Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 84, the great unification begins with Confucianism (there is another chapter, a little later)
"It's not convenient to talk here, you come with me."

Ziyou took Shen Shiyu to a side hall, Ziyou and Shen Shiyu sat opposite each other.

"How do you feel about the great unification I mentioned?" Ziyou asked.

He was not in a hurry to answer Shen Shiyu, he wanted to know Gongyangru's opinion on this matter, if he knew that the Great Unity is too shocking now,

Moreover, ideological unification is simply impossible in today's situation where a hundred schools of thought contend, and it will only become the public enemy of a hundred schools of thought.

"It's too shocking, but I can understand a little bit. The teacher couldn't put it down when he saw Mr.'s bamboo slips at first, and asked the whole Gongyang Confucianism to study, but soon the teacher stopped us from reading, saying that it was inside. The theory is too shocking, and the whole Confucianism will be buried with it if it is not careful." Shen Shiyu said.

"It seems that Mr. Gongyang has also seen this point." Ziyou said.

In fact, there is already a vague concept of Great Unification, but it has not been put forward so clearly like Ziyou, and the Great Unification he gave to Gongyangru is a castrated version, in which only the unity of the country, system and society , and there is no ideological unity.

Although ideological unification can reach a very high level in a short period of time, it is not conducive to development in the long run and can easily lead to social rigidity. This is not what Ziyou hopes. What he hopes is that this land will be full of vitality , the scene where everything happens unexpectedly.

What's more, today is a situation where a hundred schools of thought are contending. If Ziyou wants to complete the unification of the world and create a country that lives and works in peace and contentment, the help of a hundred schools of thought is indispensable, so the ideological unification cannot be proposed for the time being, otherwise Ziyou and even the entire Confucianism will become a hundred schools of thought. public enemy.

Today's one-sided unification is enough for Gongyang Confucianism. As for why Ziyou chose Gongyang Confucianism, it is because they are fanatical enough, and they are also a faction of Confucianism that has a certain basis for the theory of unification.

"Yeah, I didn't understand the teacher's words at the time, but then I thought about it, how can the great unification only have superficial unification, and there must be ideological unification. The teacher will only be afraid when he thinks of the latter." Master Shen Yu said.

"That's right, Mr. Gongyang did the right thing. I don't know what you want to ask?" Ziyou asked.

"What exactly is the Great Unification? And why is the Great Unification necessary?" Shen Shiyu said.

Ziyou began to explain this question gradually to Shen Shiyu. The great unification proposed by Ziyou is just to build a unified country, to build momentum for Qin to unify the world in the future, and to facilitate the elimination of the regional differences formed over the past hundred years in the Spring and Autumn Period. The national division caused by division is followed by a unified system, a unified nation, and so on.

After Ziyou's explanation, Shen Shiyu also found that the unification that Ziyou said was just the tip of the iceberg. Many things have not been said. thing.

"It's not the time yet, talking about it now will only increase your troubles. It's time to bring up these things after the land is unified." Ziyou said, although Gongyang Confucianism is useful, but it is too fanatical. The frenzy will lead to loss of reason, wanting to eat a big fat man, but in fact it is obviously not possible, the stride is too big and it is easy to pull the egg.

"Well, it is our honor to hand over this great unification to the Gongyang family, but Gongyang Confucianism has limited power, and Gongyang Confucianism lacks classics to support it. This makes it difficult to spread the idea of ​​​​great unification." Master Shen said.

The knowledge of the Gongyang family is passed down orally from generation to generation, and they lack their own classics. In this era, if you want to teach on a large scale, you can’t do it without classics. This is equivalent to that you want to teach students, and you also have this knowledge in your mind. , but the students do not have teaching books, although they can listen to your lectures in class, but what about after class?Students can only go to you, but each student has different problems, and your energy is limited, which makes it impossible to spread your ideas on a large scale.

"I can help Gongyang Confucianism write classics." Ziyou said.

"No, instead of helping Gongyang Confucianism to compile a classic, sir, it is better to write one yourself. After all, Gongyang Confucianism is a small branch of Confucianism. It can perfectly interpret the concept of great unification, and at the same time, it can also outline the appearance of the world in Mr.'s imagination. Relying on Mr.'s fame and prestige, it is easy to attract enough scholars to debate and study, and it can quickly promote the spread of Mr.'s ideas. Isn't there only the beginning of the theory of practice?" Shen Shiyu reminded.

Shen Shiyu's reminder made Ziyou Maosai suddenly enlightened. He originally thought that the unification was originally proposed by Gongyang Ru, so he wanted to let Gongyang Ru continue to exert his advantages. After Shen Shiyu said this, he forgot himself The advantage is greater than that of Gongyang Confucianism. Maybe I can't compare with them in academic research and learning, but there is one thing they can't match, that is, the memory from later generations of more than 2000 years.

"Taught." Zi Xunli said.

"Sir, since Gongyang Confucianism is not enough to achieve great unification, and since we want to achieve great unification, why not start with Confucianism first? Make the great unification of Confucianism your help?" Shen Shiyu reminded again.

Speaking of the great unification of Confucianism, it’s not that Ziyou has never thought about it, but it’s too difficult for the Confucianists to unify. They are all engaged in learning and thought, and everyone’s understanding is different. Now if they get together, they can quarrel. Not to mention other things, even the later Dong Zhongshu and the others failed to unify Confucianism, and there are many factions within Confucianism.

"The unification of Confucianism is indeed a problem, but it is still possible to let them work towards a goal, it just depends on how you let them accept this goal." Shen Shiyu said that the unification of Confucianism is basically impossible, Different schools and branches have different researches on theories, and forcibly combining them together will only be counterproductive.

"If it's just a goal, it's very simple, but it needs the help of Gongyang Confucianism." Ziyou said, it's very simple to start towards a goal, and it doesn't need all Confucians to participate, and it will be counterproductive to involve some people.

"What do you need Gongyangru to do?" Shen Shiyu asked.

"At that time, help me stand in the front." Ziyou said with a smile. Although Gongyang Confucianism is not a big faction, in the debate between Confucianism and Mohism, only Gongyang Confucianism dared to say that it could win. Ziyou remembered Qi Mo's debate with Confucianism At that time, it was Gongyang Ru who was at the front, exchanging five minor injuries for the opponent's huge victory of thirteen serious injuries and three deaths.

As for the so-called enlightenment, it is also easy to understand. Confucian Gongyang Confucianism's enlightenment ability can be regarded as a must, especially for young people, it is fatally attractive, and they understand young people very well.

Shen Shiyu smiled wryly. He knew that if Gongyang Confucianism failed this time, he would become benevolent, but there was nothing he could do about it. They had already decided to be tied to the chariot of Ziyou, and to challenge other Confucian factions. I also want to try it. In this era, debate is more effective for learning, improving oneself and absorbing the excellence of others through debate.

This is how Confucian righteousness was brought over by Mencius from Mohism, and Mohism could only endure it. After Mozi's death, they would no longer have anyone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Confucian sages.

(End of this chapter)