Wandering

Chapter 161 The blue sky is ten feet high, accusing Sang of the first emperor
Feng Junzi's words don't seem to be talking about practice, but rather testing my Chinese studies.Fortunately, I am not completely free now, so I thought for a while and replied: "The imperial examination is determined by stereotyped essays, and the world's articles are only tested in Zhu Xi's "Four Books Collection Notes" (Note 1)."

Feng Junzi slapped the table again: "Isn't this what it is! The decline of civilization is not about the superficial prosperity, but the spiritual atmosphere of this nation. I think the Song Dynasty was the richest country on the earth back then, but the rich can't be strong. Where is it? Thoughts have been imprisoned, and the creative spirit of the entire nation has been closed. For the next 800 years, to measure talents and measure success, how can civilization not decline only by Zhu Zi's "Four Books Chapters and Sentences"?"

I hurriedly interrupted him: "Wait a minute, it seems that this account cannot be settled by Zhu Zi. The imperial examination is originally a family affair of the emperor. Besides, the imperial examination was not invented by Zhu Xi. If I remember correctly, the imperial examination was invented by Emperor Sui Yang .”

Feng Junzi: "You remember correctly, the imperial examination was first created by Emperor Sui Yang. The examination system was used to select talents, and it has been used for the first time in the world. Although Emperor Sui Yang later became a licentious person, he still made great contributions to the country in this regard!... Qin Although the two dynasties of Sui and Sui ruled the world and died in a short period of time, they both created a thousand-year trend."

"Stop it, why are you talking about Qin Chao again? Then you scolded Qin Shihuang just now..."

Feng Junzi's anger had just subsided a little, and he was furious again when Qin Shihuang was mentioned.Then he stretched out his hand and patted the table heavily: "He actually burns books and defrauds scholars, of course I will scold him. If he crawls out of Gan's coffin, I will take him back with one kick!... Qin Huang burned books and defrauded scholars , Zhu Xi's book of usurping Confucianism is a person who should be scolded..."

"Boy, I've seen people who are drunk and crazy, but I've never seen you play like this! I've been listening outside the door for a while, and I can't help but come in and argue with you." While talking, Old Man Tang pushed the door away. came in, followed by Teacher Liu Feier.

No matter how angry Junzi Feng is, he is still a student after all, and he still has to restrain himself when he sees the teacher.Especially this old man Tang, no one from the school leaders to all the teachers and students of the school dared to stab him in front of him.Feng Junzi saw that old man Tang was half awake from the wine, and stood up with a chair.

Old man Tang found a chair to sit down, and also asked Liu Feier to sit down.He looked at Feng Junzi's expression with great interest and said: "You said that old master Zhu imprisoned books and usurped Confucianism. Then I ask you-searching things, extending knowledge, sincerity, rectifying one's heart, self-cultivation, regulating the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world. Zhu Xi has another Which sentence is wrong?"

Feng Junzi became emotional again when he heard this remark: "Of course there is nothing wrong with the chapters and sentences of "The Great Learning", but the taste of Old Master Zhu is not right."

Old man Tang smiled slightly: "Sit down and talk!...Zhu Zi is a great master of learning, 'everything has a reason' should be good, right?"

Feng Junzi sat down and poured wine, thought for a while and poured a glass for old man Tang before saying: "Confucius's ritual is 'benevolence and ritual', and Zhu Xi's rationale is 'death'. There is nothing wrong with 'everything is rational'. But it’s wrong to say that ‘the heart of the Tao is not the heart of the human heart’! He talks about a ‘principle of heaven’, but he always struggles with ‘human desires’. Talking about the principles of heaven obliterates human nature.”

Old man Tang was still laughing: "The word Tianli was invented by Neo-Confucians. Don't ordinary people also say that there is always Tianli in the world?"

Feng Junzi: "There are natural principles, that's right! But the fault lies in the fact that the natural principles are not Zhu Xi's natural principles. He talks about hanging on the natural principles and destroying human desires in the world. People who disagree with the above will become people who do not follow the natural principles. This It implies a very dangerous trap—academic ideological hegemony and spiritual authoritarianism. This is poison, this is a disaster! How many generations have been destroyed until today. The legacy of Neo Confucianism has deeply hit the soul of every generation of those in power In the imprint, don't you see such traces in the era you experienced, including the era I experienced?"

The smile on Old Man Tang's face gradually faded away, he also drank a glass of wine, and looked at Junzi Feng thoughtfully: "This is Junzi's Residence, not Ehu Temple (Note 2), I am not Master Zhu and you are not Lu Jiuyuan ...Huh? Wait, I almost let you, a stinky boy, get involved in it....Stinky boy, tell me honestly, what are you doing at home? How did your parents deal with you?"

Old man Tang suddenly jumped out of this debate about Confucianism, and asked if Junzi Feng had provoked his parents at home?Both Liu Fei'er and I were a little surprised.Look at Junzi Feng's expression as if someone has hit the nail on the head, his face immediately aggrieved, and his voice dropped an octave.He cowardly asked old man Tang: "Teacher Tang, how did you find out?"

Jiang is still old and spicy. It turns out that Feng Junzi's evil fire was angered by his parents at home.Liu Fei'er and I didn't think of it at all, but old man Tang saw through it in a few words.Old man Tang poured another glass of wine and laughed and said, "You are still a dutiful son! You Gangchang dare not scold your parents, but you take out your anger on Zhu Xi who is determined by Gangchang!"

Feng Junzi nodded: "I understand filial piety, teacher's way, and humanity. That's why I dislike Zhu Zi's idea that the ancestors want to keep the same forever..."

Old man Tang: "Don't say that's useless! Tell me how your parents deal with you? I just heard you scold Qin Shihuang for burning books and deceiving scholars. Is it because your extracurricular books have been confiscated?"

Feng Junzi was like a discouraged ball, and said miserably: "Not only was it confiscated, the treasure I treasured for many years was torn into pieces by my mother!" Old man Tang was really powerful, and he guessed the truth of the matter all at once.The cause and effect are like this -

I have met Feng Junzi's mother, and sometimes the discipline of Feng Junzi is too harsh.I remember that Feng Junzi once read a book of "Interesting Physics" at home, which aroused her dissatisfaction.She thought it was an idle book, and Junzi Feng should only read textbooks and homework sets.Although I have mentioned him a few times before, there has been no conflict, and they have been living in peace.

Both his parents work in the same unit, and his father is a leader of the unit.In the past few days, the unit has been evaluated as an advanced one. His mother thought that he was fully qualified in terms of work performance and qualifications, but she was not evaluated.She thought that a certain leader of the unit, Feng Junzi's father, was deliberately obstructing her, and did not judge her to show her "high integrity, emphasizing virtue and avoiding relatives".His mother quarreled with his father, but nothing came of it.I didn't get a comment, and I got angry with my husband.

When I went home that day, I saw that Feng Junzi was not reviewing his homework, but was reading ancient books that had nothing to do with the college entrance examination.His mother had an attack all at once, and all the anger came to her son.Feng Junzi was probably in a bad mood because he lost Cheng Fengjie in the Palace of Forgetfulness, this time he didn't interrupt with a smile, but talked back impatiently.The more he talked back, the angrier his mother became, and finally his mother told him to get out, and Feng Junzi hid in the bathroom.At this time, her mother did something in a fit of anger that left Junzi Feng stunned.

She opened Feng Junzi's desk drawer and the camphorwood box under his bed, and found a lot of idle books that had nothing to do with "study", and tore them into pieces.At this time, Feng Junzi's father also came home, and it happened that Feng Junzi came out of the bathroom to see all this.The kid quit on the spot, dragged his father to judge, and demanded compensation from his mother.Guessing that his father was not in a good mood, he said: "Tear it up, just tear it up, and concentrate on studying!"

Feng Junzi was sad, sad and angry, but he had nothing to do with his parents.Now that things have come to this, we can't take out Hei Ruyi, can we?He ran to Zhiwei Building in a fit of anger, and began to drink and scold Zhu Xi and Qin Shihuang, and the more he scolded, the more vigorous he became.

After listening to this paragraph, we all understood that Feng Junzi was expressing his feelings today and making use of the topic.I can only express my sympathy for what happened to him.If someone else offended him, I might still be able to help, but the two who offended him today have nothing to do.After asking the reason, everyone had no choice but to comfort him a few words, and the boy's anger gradually dissipated after the words were broken.However, old man Tang became interested in the topic just now again. He poured Junzi Feng a glass of wine and asked, "You're really good at it. You actually thought of Emperor Qin Shihuang burning books and defrauding Confucian scholars, and by the way he scolded Mr. Zhu a bitch. What about your parents?" If I hear you scolding them so obliquely, I don't know whether to be happy or angry... But, you don't scold them so vigorously, do you? You're almost going to write an eternity of scolding!"

Feng Junzi muttered: "In the beginning, I just said a few words to relieve my anger. Later, the more I scolded, the more I felt that it made sense, and I felt that Qin Shihuang and Zhu Xi should be scolded. At the end of the scolding, I have forgotten that I was angry at home.  … Tang Teacher, I say that Zhu Xi is a pseudo-Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism is usurping Confucianism, do you agree?"

Old man Tang: "I agree with reservations. What you said still makes sense. Thinking about criticizing Lin and Confucianism back then, those revolutionary pens poured all the feudal ethics, three cardinal guides and five constant rules, women's footbinding, and widow's death festival on Confucianism. Saints. In fact, this is all good things done by Master Zhu and Confucianism. How much do you think Confucius was scolded for Zhu Xi? I feel wronged for saints!"

Feng Junzi: "This is not the point, the most annoying thing is that he tampered with the scriptures and faked the classics, and it was actually used by later generations as official studies."

Old man Tang smiled: "Actually, Zhu Zi is good at studying and becoming an official. Some of the faults are not Zhu Zi's....Then why did you get involved with Qin Shihuang again? I think you are also very active in scolding Qin Huang?"

Feng Junzi: "The mistakes that Zhu Zi wanted to make but couldn't make were made up by these emperors. Li Si didn't let people in the world talk about the past and the present, and Qin Shihuang ordered the burning of books and burying Confucianism. Everyone in the world shut up and acted like idiots, just listen to one person Talking is enough! These are the two extremes of the same road that Zhu Xi is taking—with his natural law, people’s desires in the world should not be....Do you know, I hate one sentence in reading and reading newspapers now—— —Unify thinking and understanding. Do you think this thing can and should be unified?”

Old man Tang: "Stop it, let's just talk about the ancients. In fact, no matter how much you scold Zhu Xi, he is still a great scholar and thinker. When it comes to 'justification and righteousness', his achievements are not inferior to Hegel's."

Feng Junzi: "A great man is a great man, and he should be scolded or scolded. Even if it is a kind of profound ideology, the consequences of becoming the sacred authority of the world are terrible. For example, Nietzsche came first and then Hitler, and there were hundreds of people after Zhu Xi. Stereotyped years, first..."

Old man Tang: "Shut up, shut up, don't go any further! You say that Zhu Zi tampered with the scriptures and forged the classics, don't just talk about it, show some evidence."

Feng Junzi: "Evidence, there is one at hand. In the "Book of Songs", there is a poem 'The Girl Says Chicken Crows', how did you memorize it?"

Old man Tang: "I'm getting old and my memory is bad, so I really can't recite it. Teacher Liu, can you recite it?"

Just now, Liu Fei'er and I have been sitting next to each other, listening to the old and the young quarreling, unable to get in the way.Old man Tang asked Liu Fei'er before answering: "The female is called cock crowing, and the scholar is called ignorant day. Zi Xing watches the night, and a star dies..."

Feng Junzi: "Yes, this is the one. Shi Ye, what do you mean by these lines?"

The scope of the discussion expanded, and Mr. Feng brought me in.I replied: "Actually, the meaning is relatively simple. The woman said the rooster crowed, and the man said it was still dark..."

Feng Junzi: "Look, look, even Ishino knows what it means. It's a man and a woman in bed. The woman says it's time to get up, but the man still doesn't want to get up. How normal is this? Ishino, are you Isn't it always like this?"

This gentleman's anger has subsided, but he still drank too much wine after all, and he actually asked me such a thing in front of Mr. Liu.Teacher Liu blushed a little uncomfortable, and said hello: "I think it's okay here, you can talk, I won't bother you." He got up, said goodbye and walked out of Junziju.

I glared at Junzi Feng, but this kid didn't see it at all, and said in a drunken way: "Shi Ye is holding Zhu Xi's "Book of Songs" in his hand. How do you see this pig's head? That woman has hallucinations I misheard the time, because she always wanted to remind her husband to go to court on time....The Book of Songs was edited by Confucius, and Zhu Xi annotated it in such a way, the absurdity cannot be more absurd, it is simply abnormal!"

Old man Tang also smiled, pointed to the two books in my hand and asked Feng Junzi: "What's the matter with these two books? Did you bring them? Why didn't your mother tear them up?"

Feng Junzi picked up the wine glass and drank it down, and said with a bitter face: "The scraps of paper all over the place, the only two books that are intact are all Zhu Xi's! Why don't you think I'm angry? This is Coincidence? You're just mad at me!"

Old man Tang: "No wonder you think of scolding Zhu Xi. There is such a reason. You said your mother was angry when she saw you reading a book? Which book were you reading at that time?"

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Note 1: On the basis of Er Cheng's adaptation of "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" from the "Book of Rites", he also annotated chapters and sentences, and added 130 four-character characters written by himself into the original text of "The Great Learning".At the same time, Zhu Xi also commented on the chapters and sentences of "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", and made a set of books with his own annotations of "University" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" and published them at the same time in the first year of Song Guangzong Zhaoxi (1190).Later generations collectively called "Four Books Chapters and Sentences Collection", which is the origin of "Four Books".After the Yuan Dynasty resumed the imperial examination, scholars were tested with the "Four Books Annotations".Since then, "Four Books Collection" has become the standard answer of the imperial examination.In the Ming and Qing imperial examinations for stereotyped essays, the questions must come from the Four Books, and Zhu Xi's annotations are the most important scriptures.

Note 2: Zhu and Lu are two different schools of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty. Due to their different views, the two schools had a long-term debate on academic issues.In the second year of Song Xiaozong Chunxi (1175), in order to reconcile the differences between Zhu and Lu, another famous scholar Lu Zuqian initiated the invitation of four or five brothers Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan and Lu Jiuling to the Ehu Temple in Xinzhou (now Qianshan County, Jiangxi). Domestic) assembly, the main issue discussed is "the way to learn".This is the famous "Goose Lake Meeting" in the academic history of our country.

Note 3: Hehe, in fact, this article is not a note, but canvassing!Don't forget to drop your tickets when you are reading!

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