"On Contradiction - Zhu Yijun". When Zhang Sixiu opened the thin booklet, the emperor's name pierced his eyes so loudly that the hair on his back stood up.
"Who is the Taoist?" The first sentence asks, establishing the pattern of this grand text in the universe.
"The Book of Changes says: One yin and one yang are called the Tao. Yin and yang are contradictions. Everything in all things exists - it can be exciting and cause chaos; it can be harmonious and harmonious; it can be when yang is strong and yin is weak, or when yin is weak.
The Yang is strong but the Yang is weak."
The emperor started with a question and then answered the question, pointing out irrefutably that yin and yang are the Tao. Contradiction is the embodiment of yin and yang. Zhang Sixiu was sweating slightly when he saw the first few sentences of the article.
"Where do contradictions come from? Things are the inherent nature of things. And what is nature? Movement, connection, and contradiction. Why do you think so? Confucius said: The deceased is like a man who never abandons day and night - a sage said
The principle that explains everything in the world is "motion". The movement of stars is the movement of the sky; the movement of the sea is the movement of the earth; all things move and balance, and the sage takes the stillness in the movement, and clings to the yin and yang, and the contradiction.
Huzhong - "The Doctrine of the Mean" exists from this."
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Throughout the entire text of "On Contradictions", the emperor did not just focus on theory, but provided practical examples to irrefutably prove the legitimacy of the reform - taking the salt policy reform as an example.
“When the Salt Law of the State was in its infancy, salt was expensive but grain was cheap, and the contradiction was that salt production was insufficient for civilian use; then salt production increased day by day, and grain reserves were reduced day by day, salt was cheap but grain was expensive, and the contradiction turned into the accumulation of official salt;
After the Tianxia Salt Farm was contracted, salt production increased sharply, and the conflict turned into too low salt prices - although it was good for the people, it was not good for those who made a living in the salt farm."
"For this reason, in the fifth year of Wanli, the court set a minimum salt price, and the sales of salt should not be less than five cents per catty. Is there any contradiction? No, setting a minimum salt price - even if there is a new disease, the price is illegal and low
Those who seek more sales are obviously in conflict with the Salt Transportation Department."
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If you try to view the pros and cons of everything in the world through the theory of contradiction, it will be like reading a text on the palm of your hand!
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Nothing in the world can exist without yin and yang; anything without contradiction can exist, which is the universality and absoluteness of this contradiction; spears and shields are inseparable; spears and shields are always in conflict - this is the law of the unity of opposites
.Contradictions exist in one body and share the same idea. They change as the situation changes and as time passes. This is the particularity and relativity of this contradiction.
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"The sage said: "Yi". Is it over yet? - The mystery has been solved long ago and made clear to future generations. It is a pity that those who did not see this later. At this time, those who do not know the reason for the changes in the world can only leave the boat to seek the sword.
Ridicule!”
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A booklet with less than 5,000 words, Zhang Sixiu pondered over and over again and stayed up all night. The emperor's majestic and majestic prose uses indisputable logic to describe the universality of contradictions, the unity of opposites, particularity, struggle and the role of contradictions in internal and external factors.
The principles of mutual transformation and so on were clearly explained. Zhang Sixiu gained something after reading it once, and gained something again after reading it again - and then he felt as if the fog shrouded in front of him had been lifted, and he almost screamed because he had gained enlightenment!
"On Contradiction" was adapted by Zhu Yijun based on "On Contradiction" by later great men, and it also reflects the results of his study in Chinese classical philosophy over the past few years. His own Tao, the so-called "Three Views", has long been formed; and in
The advanced insights in sociology also allowed Zhang Juzheng and other scholars who studied heaven and man to say such words as "a saint is born to know everything." Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how the philosophical thought of exploring nature could sprout in the heart of the fifteen-year-old emperor.
After the small-scale copying of "On Contradiction", Zhu Yijun's body has been shrouded in a mysterious halo among the upper echelons of the empire.
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In Jiangling City in August, Mr. Zhang Wenming was enjoying the recently popular new drama "The Legend of the Phoenix" in the Zhang Mansion Garden. "The Legend of the Phoenix" was written by Wang Shizhen. After the Wang family was exposed, it is said that Wang Shizhen changed it again and again.
, finally produced the first current affairs political drama in Chinese history.[Note]
During the Wanli period, Kun Opera was the most popular in the entertainment circles across the country. At that time, a number of famous composers and lyricists pushed the development of Kun Opera to its peak - and also created conditions for the birth of Peking Opera.
"Ming Feng Ji" written by Wang Shizhen contains five plays, including "Eating Tea", "Manuscript", and "Impeachment". The protagonists are Yang Jisheng, a hero who fought against Yan Song, and other ten loyal ministers with "Double Loyalty and Eight Righteousness". From Xia Yanfu
This set of historical facts was written from the beginning until Yan Song was defeated and Yan Shifan was executed. The ten loyal ministers who succeeded each other in the process of overthrowing Yan were praised by Wang Shizhen as: "The rising sun and the red and the phoenix sing together", which profoundly reflected the people of the time.
love and hate.
Zhang Wenming was usually busy with nothing to do, and he couldn't bear to socialize with officials from various places who passed through Jiangling, so he found work to teach his own opera troupe.
Recently, someone came to tell me that "The Legend of the Phoenix" written by Wang Shizhen in the sixth year of Longqing's reign has become popular in the south. Zhang Wenming follows the trend closely in dramas, so he ordered the class leader to lead the boys and girls to practice quickly
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On August 15th, all the chief officials in the Zhang Mansion and all branches of the Zhang family gathered in the Zhang Mansion to wish Zhang Wenming a Mid-Autumn Festival. Since Zhang Wenming loved to be lively, the Zhang Mansion set up a banquet in the garden, and the dignified people sat around it.
Drink and listen to a play.
"I hate the powerful ministers who conspired to help the party and monopolize the government to subvert the party. I can't write about his heinous crimes, I can't write about his deceitful secret intentions. Who doesn't know his obvious crimes? I will only write about him.
The six nobles were in trouble together, and they also benefited from the transportation of goods all over the world. After all, returning the thought is a sincere feeling, and you can tell the king face to face." It happened to be the end of singing "Dengqian Xiuban", and the noise during the banquet became quieter, and the performance was about to be performed.
The lyrics of Yang Jisheng's Lao Sheng were clearly delivered to the guests' ears.
Zhang Wenming was drinking from a small bowl of amber wine. Hearing this libretto, his face looked relieved. Zhang Juyi, who was waiting for his father at home, smiled and said: "This libretto talks about Yan Song, not Xu Jie, but Gao Gong."
After hearing this, Zhang Wenming smiled, put down the bowl of wine and said, "Gao Gong and my uncle have a good relationship. If he hadn't said that 'ten-year-old boy', he would have been in the court at this time——
But I can help your elder brother share some of the burden."
After Zhang Juyi heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "A tall beard cannot tolerate..."
Before he finished speaking, a cold light flashed in the corner of Zhang Juyi's eyes, and then he saw a dagger inserted into his old father's throat. Zhang Juyi was so shocked that his mind went blank, and he actually continued the sentence: "Others share authority with him.
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Then, there was chaos on the field. After throwing the knife, the old man on the stage tore the costume in half from the front, revealing a short dress. Then he pulled out a machete from behind his shoulder and went straight to Zhang Wenming's table.
Here comes the main table.
This scimitar is currently the most powerful weapon in the garden. In the Ming Dynasty, assassinations of political opponents were rare. Xu Jie and Yan Song fought for more than ten years, and neither of them thought of sending assassins to physically eliminate each other.
——No matter who is assassinated, his opponent will immediately fall into a state of destruction.
Therefore, in the garden of Zhang Wenming's house, the chairs and benches that could stand up to the machete were the chairs and benches that sat under the buttocks. The servants of Zhang's house lifted these up one after another while shouting to the martial arts guard who was drinking and having fun in the front yard to come over.
On the one hand, he surrounded the master's family and blocked the assassin's approach.
Who would have thought that the assassin just fired a feint, and in the chaos that filled the garden with shouts of "Killing!" and "Here comes someone!", he moved sideways and dodged a dish thrown by a servant.
, straight towards the northwest corner of the garden.
When he reached the foot of the big wall, he pursed his lips and whistled, and suddenly a long rope was thrown in through the wall outside the garden. Seeing that the pursuers were coming, the assassin had no time to crawl slowly, so he pulled the rope and took a few steps back.
After a short run, he grabbed the rope and jumped to the top of the wall.
The guard from the Zhang Mansion who was chasing after him saw that the assassin was about to get out. In desperation, he used the long and short weapons in his hands as throwing knives and threw them hard against the wall. The assassin held the rope with one hand and threw the scimitar outside the wall with the other hand.
Then hold down the wall and move your body sideways to fly out from the wall.
First, there was a "pop" sound, and the Yanling knife thrown by a martial artist raised by Zhang's family hit the assassin's thigh. The assassin screamed and fell out with a plop.
Everyone rushed forward a few steps and when they pulled the rope, they actually pulled the rope in from outside the wall. The person who responded must have let go of their hands. The outer wall of Zhang's house is more than ten feet high. Everyone who can jump up can take it.
The ladder and going around the back door were both slow. A strong martial artist shouted: Build a personal ladder!
The people here hadn't set up the ladder yet, so everyone heard the sound of a sword slashing into the air outside the wall. It must have been someone wielding a knife with force. Along with the sound of the sword swing, there was a horse neighing, thumping, and the sound of horse hoofs outside.
Go away.
The martial artist who climbed up the wall on a human ladder shouted: "The assassin has been silenced and all the heads have been taken away! - Go! Go report to the official and seal the city!"