"Yes, our Guangdong Province has Ruan Gongbao in charge for seven years. It is a rare blessing in a century." The Confucian scholar who praised Ruan Yuan was Liu Binhua, the lecturer invited by Wenlan Academy. At this time, he listened to Ruan Yuan's lecture to the students.

Encouraged, he also asked Ruan Yuan: "It's just Ruan Gongbao. I also heard that Gongbao was looking for a mountain leader for Xuehaitang. But today, the Xuehaitang has been officially completed, but Gongbao has never told us that Xuehaitang will be in the future."

Who is the mountain chief?"

"Pu Shi, you still have to preside over the affairs of Wenlan Academy. I can't leave the position of mountain chief to you." Liu Binhua, also known as Pu Shi, Ruan Yuan also smiled at him. But after talking and laughing, Ruan Yuan

But suddenly he said seriously to all the students in the audience: "Actually, I have been thinking about this matter of Shanzhang for several months. Unfortunately, there is no perfect way. You come to Xuehaidang to study and study, and you are here to talk about practical learning.

I won’t teach you Eight-part essay. But if one day in the future, you are influenced by those who only know Eight-part essay and abandon the practical study of classics and history and study Eight-part essay exclusively, then that would be contrary to my original intention today.

?So, I thought about it a lot, and now I have a solution, that is, in our Xuehaitang, from now on... we will not have a mountain chief, nor will we have a mountain chief!"

"No, no mountain chief?! Then...then what are we going to do with the academy's affairs in the future?" When the students heard that Ruan Yuan no longer considered establishing a mountain chief, they knew that the mountain chief also dealt with the daily maintenance of the academy.

Responsibility for affairs, once Xuehaitang does not have a mountain leader and general affairs cannot be handled in time, Xuehaitang will soon be in trouble.

"Yes, if there is no mountain chief, then who will manage the affairs of the academy in the future?" Ruan Yuan seemed to have heard everyone's doubts, and immediately replied: "When I established the Xuehai Hall, I worked with Shi Hua

, Yueting and the others discussed that in the future, your study and studies must be led by seniors, so that junior students can also be supported by seniors. So later when I thought about the establishment of the mountain chief, I had an idea. If it is daily affairs, we will leave them to

If the seniors handle it together, then does our Xuehaitang really still need a mountain president? Isn’t it necessary anymore? My approach is that from now on, all decisions on the daily affairs of Xuehaitang will be made by the seniors! The seniors of other academies

I will transfer all the duties to you and other seniors today!"

"Of course, if there are only one or two seniors, then I don't think this senior is any different from other academy captains. I originally thought of setting up four seniors, but now I'm thinking, if I transfer all the posts of mountain captains to you

Four seniors may not be enough. So I have made a decision here today. There are eight seniors in Xuehaitang. These eight seniors will be responsible for all the management of Xuehaitang. If any senior is not in Xuehaitang, he will be

The remaining seniors will decide on one person to be the senior. No matter what, eight seniors will be present in Xuehai Hall at the same time! I know that if I had not personally appointed these eight seniors, some people would be dissatisfied, so I

I have also gotten to know the people in your Xuehai Hall in detail. The eight people I have chosen today are all the most famous people here. Wu Lanxiu, Zhao Jun, Lin Botong, Zeng Zhao, Xu Rong, Xiong Jingxing, Ma Fuan, Wu Yingkui. You.

The eight of you will come out first, and today I will officially appoint you and others as the first seniors of Xuehaitang!"

"Students thank the President for promoting me!" Wu Lanxiu and other eight people immediately stood up and stepped forward one after another. Ruan Yuan also took the letter of appointment prepared before and handed it out to the eight people one by one. Since then, the Xuehaitang senior system has been tested.

The curriculum and funding system were fully established, and with the completion of the new academy, Xuehaitang became the most prestigious institution with the most talented people in Lingnan in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. Ruan Yuan’s system of eight senior students running the school became even more

It maintains the independent development of Xuehaitang to the greatest extent. In addition to the indispensable academic and political examinations, Xuehaitang can be independent from the government to a great extent and go its own way. Because of this, most of the students admitted by Xuehaitang are

He was a progressive scholar from Guangdong and Guangxi who had real talent and practical knowledge and did not seek fame or wealth. Under the management and development of generations of seniors of Xuehaitang, Xuehaitang has been prosperous for the next eighty years.

"Okay, from today on, you can participate in the management of Xuehaitang." After Ruan Yuan appointed the eight seniors one by one, he also said to the eight people and everyone in the audience: "Since our Xuehaitang has already

After it is officially established, publishing will naturally be indispensable in the future, so that you can also spread your articles in the academy. Last year at Wenlan Academy, we already published Mr. Litang's "Diaoxianlou Collection", and this is just

Mr. Litang's work is a one-man work with not much content, just for everyone's testing purposes. Starting from this year, I will also leave all the publishing of "Huang Qing Jing Jing" to you. Now I have exhausted all the Jing Jing Jing's collection at home.

Sergeant Jiang Nanjing also brought us many manuscripts. I have calculated that this "Huang Qing Jing Jing" is the work of seventy-four people who studied the classics, one hundred and eighty-nine volumes, a total of one thousand four hundred

Eight volumes. If we can successfully publish this interpretation of the Sutra, the name of Xuehaitang will naturally be spread throughout the world!"

"Thanks to the great love of the General Secretary, we will do our best to publish this book. It will become a great cause of the country and the dynasty and live up to the kindness of the General Secretary in establishing a school!" Wu Lanxiu, Lin Botong and others replied to Ruan Yuan one after another.

"Master Chief, I'm sorry, Mr. Fang Zhizhi, who is in charge of you, just sent me a letter of complaint." At this time, Tan Ying took a letter from Zhu Sheng and sent it to Ruan Yuan.

Ruan Yuandao: "Well...Mr. Fang said that the President had a debate with him, so he came today to send his greetings, and agreed that on the fourth day of February, he and the President would compare the merits of the Han and Song dynasties in the Xuehai Hall.

Moreover, he also said... He said that the general system can also give up the debate, but now he has written three volumes of the shortcomings of Sinology, called "Shangdui of Sinology". So if the general system gives up the debate, he will give his new book

Write a preface to acknowledge the mistakes of Han studies and promote Song studies for him."

"Isn't this nonsense? Yusheng, Fang Dongshu is still outside the Xuehaitang, right? Go and tell him that I will accept the debate at the Xuehaitang on the fourth day of February!" At this time, Tan Ying was already known as Yusheng, and Ruan Yuan became known as

As expected, it was impossible for Ruan Yuan to give in in the face of school differences. Instead, he said to everyone in Xuehaitang: "Just in time, I think this is the best start for your Xuehaitang. Maybe there will be academic differences between you in the future."

It is normal for debates to arise due to disagreements over political affairs. As long as after the debate, you can still remember that the person opposite you is a classmate or senior of your Xuehai Hall. Don’t forget the relationship between teachers and students as classmates.

That's enough! This time I will have a debate with Fang Zhizhi to show you what our Xuehaitang is going to stick to and what path the Xuehaitang will take in the future!"

"We understand what the president said!" Wu Lanxiu and others immediately paid their respects to Ruan Yuan. The students in Xuehai Hall started talking among themselves when they heard that Ruan Yuan was about to debate with a staff member. Some students saw it.

Ruan Yuan might be able to show off his talents, and naturally he would be very excited. Some people were worried that Ruan Yuan might not pay attention and be silenced by Fang Dongshu's words. In that case, the opening debate of Xuehai Hall would not be so glorious.

But no matter what, the fourth day of February came as scheduled. On that day, students and students gathered in the Xuhai Hall, and Ruan Yuan had no choice but to choose the main hall as the place for debate. And Ruan Yuan abided by the agreement, wearing only a Confucian scholar's robe and official uniforms.

None of them were needed, and they sat opposite Fang Dongshu. But even so, all the senior students and disciples of Xuehaitang, as well as the staff of Ruan Yuanmu who came specially to watch the battle, all sat behind Ruan Yuan without exception. Many others had to sit behind Ruan Yuan because there were not enough seats.

Standing person. Although Fang Dongshu also has a seat, the seat behind him is empty.

"Zhizhi, you have also seen that today I am not here as a governor, but as a scholar who has studied Sinology for forty years, and as a Jinshi in the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, I am here to argue with you. In this way, Zhizhi

Are you still satisfied?" Before the debate, Ruan Yuan took the initiative to ask Fang Dongshu.

"President Ruan Zhi, you don't have to be so pretentious. You said you are just a scholar today, not a governor, so why are there so many people behind you?" Fang Dongshu saw this debate, and there was a sea of ​​people behind Ruan Yuan. After he sat down,

, but there were only empty seats and walls. But even so, Fang Dongshu still spoke calmly, without flinching, and asked Ruan Yuan.

"Zhizhi, I have told them before that in this debate, if any of them thinks what you say is reasonable, they can stand on your side and I will never blame him for a word. But there is no way.

Now it’s me who they believe in?” Ruan Yuan looked at Fang Dongshu’s unyielding appearance, but also smiled at him and said: “Otherwise, think about it, I have been studying and studying for forty years, and I have always adhered to four words: seek truth from facts.

.I also believe that the knowledge of seeking truth from facts is the easiest for outsiders to accept and the most unbreakable. Therefore, after forty years, these people are willing to agree with my ideas and share the same boat with me. But it is also human nature? Zhizhi,

Today’s debate, where do we start?”

"Mr. Ruan, since you gave me the opportunity to start the debate, I won't be polite!" Fang Dongshu seemed to be really prepared. Seeing that Ruan Yuan had announced the start of the debate, he immediately said to Ruan Yuan: "Today's debate will be

Ever since the day when you were governor of the Yuan, you said that the principles of heaven are difficult to discern! Since Mr. Ruan thinks that the principles of heaven are invisible and everyone has an opinion, everyone will regard their own opinions as the principles of heaven. It is useless to argue in this way. We need someone.

Visible things serve as the standard. Then let me ask Mr. Ruan first, what is the standard you are talking about?"

"I have thought deeply about this matter for a long time, and I think I have a way to deal with it, and that is to use etiquette to act as an agent." Ruan Yuan was naturally familiar with this matter, and immediately said to Fang Dongshu: "What I said about using etiquette to act as an agent is

, the first word "li" is the etiquette of etiquette, and the second word "li" is the principle of truth. Don't get me wrong. The so-called "Three Thousands of Quli", this etiquette is something that can be seen and feasible one by one, and there is movement and stillness in it.

Yidu is clear and understandable. However, the principles of heavenly principles cannot be seen or heard. Scholars each think that they are justified, and they can only argue endlessly, but cannot reach a conclusion. In fact, this is not just my opinion. In his later years, Zhu Zi also understood that the principles of nature are empty words.

The disadvantage is that Zhu Zi talked about etiquette in his later years, and was particularly resistant to difficulties. He wrote to Li Jizhang, saying that he wanted to practice etiquette and pay attention to the chapters and sentences. He wrote with Ye Weiwei, but he regretted that he could not pass down the etiquette. This shows that in his last years, Zhu Zi already understood the meaning of empty talk about heavenly principles.
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