Chapter 84, Great Unification Begins with Confucianism (there is another chapter, a little later)

Author: no falling bones

Chapter 84, Great Unification Begins with Confucianism (there is another chapter, a little later)

"It's not convenient to talk here, so come with me."

Ziyou took Master Shen to a side hall, where Ziyou and Master Shen sat across from each other.

"What do you think of the great unification I mentioned?" Ziyou asked.

He was not in a hurry to answer Shen Shiyu. He wanted to know Gongyang Ru's views on this matter. If he knew that the Great Unification was too shocking now,

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

"It was too shocking, but I can understand it a little bit. When the teacher saw Mr.'s bamboo slips, he couldn't put it down at first, and asked all the Gongyang Confucians to come and study. But soon the teacher stopped letting us look at it, saying that it was inside

The theory is too shocking, and if you are not careful, the entire Confucian school will be buried with it." Master Shen Yu said.

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

In fact, there is now a vague concept of great unity, but it is not as clearly stated as Ziyou. Moreover, the great unification he gave Gongyang Ru is a castrated version, in which there is only the unity of the country, system and society.

, 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 the rigidity of society. This is not what Ziyou wants. What he hopes is that this land is full of vitality.

, a scene where all things come alive.

What's more, today is a situation where hundreds of schools of thought contend. If Ziyou wants to unify the world and create a country where he can live and work in peace and contentment, he needs the help of hundreds of schools of thought. Therefore, ideological unification cannot be proposed for the time being, otherwise Ziyou and even Confucianism as a whole will become the victim of hundreds of schools of thought.

Public enemy.

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

"Yes, I didn't understand what the teacher said at the time, but then I thought about it. How could a unified nation only have superficial unity? There must also be ideological unity. The teacher only became afraid when he thought of the latter." Master Shen

Yu said.

"Yes, Mr. Gongyang did the right thing. I wonder what you want to ask about?" Ziyou asked.

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

Ziyou began to explain this issue gradually. The unification proposed by Ziyou is just a hope to build a unified country and build momentum for Qin to unify the world in the future. It is also to facilitate the elimination of the regional differences formed over the past hundred years in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The ethnic fragmentation caused by division was followed by a unified system, a unified nation, etc.

After Ziyou's explanation, Shen Shiyu also discovered that the great unification Ziyou said was just the tip of the iceberg. Many things were left unsaid. These things made Shen Shiyu feel that he still had unfinished thoughts. He very much hoped that Ziyou could tell them.

thing.

"It's not time yet. Saying it now will only make you more troubled. It's time to bring these things up after this land is unified." Ziyou said, although Gongyang Ru is useful, it is too fanatical.

The fanaticism will lead to losing one's mind, and one wants to become a big fat man in one bite, but in fact it is obviously not possible. If you take too long, you will easily lose your eggs.

"Well, it is our honor that Sir has handed over this great unification to the Gongyang family. However, Gongyang Ru's power is limited, and Gongyang Ru lacks the support of classics. This makes it difficult to spread the idea of ​​great unification."

Master Shen Yu said.

The knowledge of the Gongyang family is passed down orally from generation to generation and lacks its own classics. In this era, teaching wants to teach on a large scale, and it is impossible without classics. This is equivalent to if you want to teach students, you also have this knowledge in your mind.

, but students don’t have teaching books. Although they can listen to your lectures in class, what about after class? Students can only go to you, but each student’s problems are different, and your energy is limited, which makes it impossible to spread your knowledge on a large scale.

Concept.

"I can help Gongyang Ru compile the classics," Ziyou said.

"No, sir, instead of helping Gongyang Ru write a classic, it is better to write one yourself. Gongyang Ru is a branch of Confucianism after all. Gongyang's ideas are passed down from generation to generation. It is too complicated to compile. Sir, writing a classic by yourself will not only

It can perfectly interpret the concept of great unification, and at the same time, it can also outline the way the world looks like in the teacher's imagination. Relying on the teacher's fame and prestige, it is easy to attract enough scholars to debate and study, and can quickly promote the spread of the teacher's ideas.

Isn't there only the beginning of the essay?" Shen Shiyu reminded.

Master Shen Yu's reminder made Ziyou suddenly enlightened. He originally just thought that the Great Unification was originally proposed by Gong Yangru, so he wanted to let Gong Yangru continue to take advantage of it. After Master Shen Yu said this, he forgot about himself.

His advantage is greater than that of Gongyang Ru. Maybe he can't match them in terms of scholarship and learning, but there is one thing about him that they can't match, and that is the memory from later generations for more than two thousand years.

"I have learned a lesson," Zi Xingli said.

"Sir, since we want to achieve great unification, Gongyang Confucianism alone is not enough. Moreover, since we want to implement great unification, why not start with Confucianism? Turn Confucian unification into Sir's help?" Master Shen reminded again.

When it comes to the unification of Confucianism, it's not that Ziyou has never thought of it, but the Confucian bunch is too difficult to unify. They are all engaged in learning and thinking, and everyone has different understandings. Now, even if they get together, they can quarrel.

Not to mention other things, even the later generations Dong Zhongshu and others failed to unify Confucianism, and there were many factions within Confucianism.

"The unification of Confucianism is indeed a difficult problem, but it is still possible to get them to work towards a goal. The only problem is how to get them to accept this goal." Shen Shiyu said that the unification of Confucian thought is basically impossible.

Each school has different approaches to theoretical research, and forcing them to be combined together will only be counterproductive.

"It's very simple if it's just a goal, but it requires the help of Gongyang Ru." Ziyou said, it's very simple to start towards a goal, and it doesn't require all Confucians to participate. Letting some people participate will be counterproductive.

"What does Sir need Gong Yangru to do?" Shen Shiyu asked.

"He helped me stay in front." Ziyou said with a smile. Although Gongyang Ru is not a big faction, in the debate between Confucianism and Mohism, only Gongyang Ru dared to say that he could win. Ziyou remembered that Qi Mo debated with Confucianism.

At that time, it was Gong Yangru who stood in front and traded five minor injuries for the opponent's thirteen serious injuries and three deaths, a huge victory.

As for the so-called enlightenment, it is easy to understand. The Confucian Gong Yangru's ability to educate is unparalleled, especially for young people, which is fatally attractive. They understand young people very well.

Master Shen had a wry smile on his face. He knew that Gongyang Ru would become a benevolent man if he didn't succeed this time, but there was nothing they could do. They had decided to tie themselves to Ziyou's chariot and challenge other Confucian factions. He

I also want to give it a try. In this era, debate has a learning effect, the effect of improving oneself and absorbing the excellence of others through debate.

This is how Confucian righteousness was brought over from the Mohist family by Mencius, and the Mohist family could only tolerate it. After Mozi's death, they no longer had anyone comparable to the Confucian sages.
Chapter completed!