"True Confucianism, fake Confucianism..." Seeing Fang Xiaoru in a state of intoxication, Zhu Su was also thoughtful. This statement is not bad, as it can clearly divide the ranks of literati.
Zhu Su was already considering whether to spread these two words throughout the world to cause literati to attack each other.
Since he was able to successfully persuade Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Su immediately led people to drive into the palace. Whether this was possible or not, he had to consult Lao Zhu for his opinion.
When it was already past noon at the palace gate, Lao Zhu had a rare free time and was playing in the pavilion of the imperial garden with Queen Ma, Prince Zhu Biao, and his grandson Zhu Xiongying.
"Then, does the fifth brother want to restore the original Confucianism of Confucius' time, use Confucianism to attack Confucianism, and unlock the shackles of Confucianism's wrong thinking?" Zhu Biao frowned and thought. "Confucius is the sage of Confucianism and restores the old system.
, it is indeed easier for Tiandong Confucian scholars to accept it."
"If this were to happen, wouldn't it mean starting from scratch? The original Confucian thought was, after all, poor. How can we ensure that no other Confucian scholar will still be searching for chapters and sentences in those old papers and tinkering with them dozens of years later?
Is there a new Confucianism that will harm the country and the people?"
Zhu Su nodded: "What the elder brother said is true. Therefore, when they promote original Confucianism, they are not just following the original teaching."
"While promoting it, we should draw a bottom line for it, one is 'managing the world and applying it', and the other is 'Confucianism is clear and the nature is clear'."
"The original meaning of the so-called 'jingshijiaizhi' means that Confucian thought must have its practical significance. We need to pay attention to reality, face contradictions directly, and never copy them mechanically, instead of misunderstanding the emptiness of the so-called 'reason', 'qi' and so on.
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"As for 'Ming Confucianism sees nature', it does not seek to put an end to taking words out of context and copying them mechanically. For example, 'Zilu asks about politics', then it is talking about 'asking about politics', and it cannot be related to morality, ethics, heaven and earth, and regulating qi. From reality
We should start from the beginning and understand the Master's intention to teach students according to their aptitude. We should not just copy the superficial methods, but seek to explore and understand the original intention of why the Master said that, so as to 'not only observe his actions, but also see his nature'."
Zhu Biao pondered for a while, and then praised him fiercely: "Wonderful! What a man who manages the world and makes practical use of it, and who is a wise scholar who sees his nature!"
"In this way, Confucianism can be regarded as truly enduring. As long as there is no practice and practice and stick to the rules, it cannot be regarded as Confucianism!"
"No." Zhu Su nodded and smiled. "In addition, scientific methods can be used in parallel with Confucianism. Science arms the legs, and Confucianism arms the mind. Scientific logic is rigorous, and it can also make people down-to-earth and think less about illusory things. Moreover, just
Only by cultivating both the outside and the outside can we achieve the true China that will never be easy."
"What Su'er said makes sense." She rarely expressed her opinions in discussions, and Empress Ma, who was hugging Zhu Xiongying, also shut up. He mistakenly said to Zhu Biao, "Mom hasn't read many books, but she also knows whether the science is true or not."
It is a good knowledge that can benefit the people. Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s talk about wool. Who would have thought that if wool is rinsed with medicinal water and spun, the clothes woven will be much warmer than cotton clothes? "
"Those Confucian scholars always look like they know everything. He thinks that they can't figure out the truth. Thoughts and legs. How good is that? He looks at the Great Song Dynasty. Is it because he cut off his legs?
, my thinking was distorted again, and that’s why I became so cowardly. At first, I was invaded by foreigners, and the entire country of China was sent away."
Ever since she learned about Chongzhen's death, Empress Ma, who had always been a virtuous and virtuous woman, had become unusually hostile to the civil servants. Moreover, she had always been a very kind-hearted person, and she was not interested in science, the kind of knowledge that could truly benefit the people.
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"It's obvious what Lao Wu meant." Seeing Lao Zhu who had been thinking deeply, he spoke. Zhu Su and others became quiet. "We have two doubts."
"First, if we seek to trace Confucianism back to the original intention of Confucius, does that mean that the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Virtues, the connection between heaven and man, and the like should no longer exist?"
"It's very second. What we want to ask is that those civil servants will stop focusing on fighting with the emperor and divert their goal of 'wanting to share the same world with the emperor'."
"That point, we don't seem to see how to transfer it?"
Lao Zhu looked directly at Zhu Su and said.
As an emperor, Lao Zhu did not care whether the inheritance of Confucianism could be accepted by others. He even did not care about its appearance at all.
What he cared about all the time was whether such a theory could help the Ming Dynasty, prove the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty's rule, and whether it could become an obstacle to the imperial power of the Moon Queen.
"You know the truth from thousands of miles away. Someone has asked the question to the core." Zhu Su smiled and flattered him, making Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao and Queen Ma laugh.
After Lao Zhu urged him to laugh and scold him, "Stop talking nonsense," Zhu Suna said: "Actually, your two doubts are already contained in what he just said, 'Ming Confucianism sees nature.' The so-called Ming Confucianism sees nature.
Looking through the appearance to see the essence will reveal whether Confucius wanted to teach people anything."
"Brother, you are well-read, and if you tell me, Confucius traveled around the world and created Confucianism, sparing no effort, then what was his fundamental goal?"
"The fundamental goal?" Zhu Biao was slightly startled. Under the gaze of Lao Zhu and Queen Ma, he thought for a moment and said: "What Confucius wanted in his life was nothing more than the four words 'reviving Zhou rites'. Could it be five
Brother, what I am referring to is not Zhou Li?"
"Brother is right, and right. 'Zhou Li' is still a form of expression. What Confucius wanted to achieve is the polite, orderly, strong and rich China behind 'Zhou Li'
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"The Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Virtues are inspired by heaven and man. It seems to strengthen the imperial power, but in fact it is illusory and has long lost its power to intimidate. Changes in the sky are not natural phenomena. However, whenever there was a change in the sky, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty often gathered in groups to refute it in the name of heaven.
The king and father have a clear policy to protect their own interests."
"With that kind of rule, is it strengthening the imperial power or weakening it?"
Zhu Su's words made Lao Zhu thoughtful. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he wanted to promote Neo-Confucianism. In fact, what he valued was whether Neo-Confucianism emphasized the preservation of natural principles and the elimination of human desires, the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles, and whether it was for the imperial family to suppress officials and maintain the original state of society.
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However, after knowing the situation of the Ming Dynasty after the month, he has completely understood that just by promoting Neo-Confucianism, it is impossible to control hundreds of officials. After all, the so-called great Confucian scholars are from the same school as the civil servants, and how many of them will actually believe in the so-called
Son of Heaven, three cardinal principles and five constant principles?
If you want to use their knowledge to suppress Confucian officials, then let them take care of themselves. By the way, I handed them a knife, a knife that can stab the imperial power.
Looking at Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Chongzhen, we can see how wronged the emperor was when he asked for help from civil servants.
"Father, you started at a young age, expelled the Tartars, and won the right of the country. There is no one in the east. The reason why you are called the emperor is not because of the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles, but because you comply with the people's will. I really want to follow the so-called principle of the king as the minister. In the past month
If you are not a subject of the Yuan Dynasty, wouldn't you become a rebellious minister and a traitor?" Zhu Su said.
"It is untenable to use that argument to persuade thieves and bandits."
"In this case, it is better to change to a more tenable term, 'respect the king and reject the barbarians'!" Zhu Su said.