Hearing this, Tian Feng and the other three looked at each other, and then laughed: "What Yuan Tan said is true. I'm just waiting for you."
During this era, Buddhism had been introduced to China, and some literati also began to study Buddhist culture.
Therefore, it is not surprising to say the word "appearance".
At this point, the four people skipped the topic and stopped discussing it.
What Gu Yong said is good, who doesn't have some secrets yet?
As long as Chen Yuan is one of our own, isn't it enough?
As for what secrets he has, if you insist on pursuing them, you will offend others.
It's rare to be confused.
The letters have been sent out. As for the results, it all depends on luck.
However, Chen Yuan is confident that even if he can't invite everyone, it shouldn't be a big problem if he comes.
After all, the teaching staff at Xiangyang Academy is terrifying.
Cai Yong, Sima Hui, Pang Degong and Xiang Lang are all very famous.
That is to say, Xiang Lang is slightly weaker, but in Jingzhou, Xiang Lang's reputation is not weak at all.
In terms of martial arts, ordinary people may not know about Tong Yuan and Li Yan, but those powerful people must know about them.
How powerful these two people are.
If you can be taught by these two people, it will definitely be a rare good thing.
As for the Cai family's affairs, we can't rush them, we need to take care of them slowly.
Let’s take care of Zhang Wen first.
Jian Yong also took care of everything in Luoyang. As soon as the comet hits the moon, Zhang Rang and others will have people impeach Zhang Wen.
This kind of thing is basically accurate once you play it.
Even if there is no impeachment, Zhang Wen will voluntarily resign from his position to avoid suspicion.
This tradition originated from Dong Zhongshu during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The root cause lies in the induction of heaven and man.
This ghost theory originated very early and is scattered in ancient documents.
"Hong Fan" says: "Su, when the weather is cold", "Yi, when the weather is Yangruo", it is believed that the monarch's political attitude can affect changes in the weather.
This is the germination of the idea of relationship between heaven and man.
Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and believed that disasters were caused by the monarch's lack of morality.
Confucius once said: "If a country is in severe drought, will it mean that all punishments and virtues are lost?" He also advised the monarch to "rectify punishments and virtues in order to serve heaven."
"When a country is about to prosper, there must be auspiciousness; when a country is about to perish, there must be monsters. See the turtle and its four limbs." Those who are virtuous will be able to influence heaven. "A house that accumulates good deeds will have more happiness, and a house that accumulates bad deeds will have more than its share.
"Disaster." On the other hand, Confucius emphasized that "if you sin against Heaven, you have nothing to pray for."
Mozi said: "Those who love and benefit others will be blessed by Heaven; those who are evil and treason will be punished by Heaven."
Dong Zhongshu inherited the idea of the Five Elements in the Confucian tradition "Hong Fan" and carried it forward, establishing a set of cosmological theories that encompassed heaven and man. Dong Zhongshu believed that the universe is composed of five different attributes: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
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According to Dong Zi, not only the weather is composed of the five elements, but also the human affairs are composed of the five elements.
In short, in the end, Dong Zhongshu proposed that heaven and man merge into one, that is, heaven and man are one.
A comet hitting the moon is a very bad celestial phenomenon, which means disaster will happen.
By this time, a more systematic view had been formed.
When a comet hits the moon, it will lead to disaster and the loss of moral integrity.
There are three public affairs, and it does not necessarily have to be Zhang Wen who was dismissed from office.
But if someone adds fuel to the flames, Zhang Wen will definitely not be able to escape this disaster.
In Chen Yuan's memory, the comet hitting the moon seemed to be happening soon.
Chen Yuan's memory was correct. Three days later, in the middle of the night.
It was originally a moonlit and quiet winter night, but now the whole of China fell into silence.
Nonsense, who doesn’t sleep in the middle of the night?
Unless someone has other agendas.
Chen Yuan is one of those people who has other agendas.
Chen Yuan did not sleep, and even invited several people to have a drink in his house.
Among them were Liu Bei, Gu Yong, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Xi Zhicai and Dian Wei.
The reason why Dian Wei came with him was because Dian Wei was now Liu Bei's guard commander.
Whenever Liu Bei travels, Dian Wei will inevitably follow him.
The purpose of having a drink this time is to witness the astronomical spectacle of a comet hitting the moon.
To be honest, Chen Yuan is not very interested in the idea of celestial induction.
Of course, although he didn't catch a cold, Chen Yuan didn't think it was unreasonable.
Man is originally born from heaven and earth, and is naturally connected with heaven and earth. The interaction between heaven and man has its own reason.
But excessive application or misinterpretation of the scriptures is a bit nonsense.
The comet hitting the moon is just a normal astronomical phenomenon. It is very funny that Sangong should be dismissed just because of this.
Chen Yuan called these people here for two purposes.
One is to let everyone know that the deal with the Cai family has begun.
Another thing is to get rid of everyone’s misunderstanding about the relationship between heaven and humans.
Chen Yuan didn't want such nonsense to happen to the Liu Bei Group in the future, and waste time and energy on solving a lot of troubles caused by changes in the celestial phenomena.
So, while waiting, Chen Yuan started talking.
"Brother, gentlemen, I am confused, please teach me."
Hearing Chen Yuan speak, everyone looked at Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, I wonder what you think of the telepathy between heaven and humans?"
Everyone frowned, wondering what Chen Yuan meant.
Induction between heaven and man is the core of Dong Zhongshu’s theological teleological system.
Dong Zhongshu was a representative of the Gongyang School. Chen Yuan asked what this meant.
Gu Yong said for the purpose of taking care of his junior brother: "Zichu, what do you mean by this?"
Chen Yuan smiled: "Brother, don't be nervous. We are just chatting today about Dong Zi's thoughts."
Seeing what Chen Yuan said, the others didn't think much about it.
I thought that Chen Yuan wanted to study Dong Zi's theory. After all, Chen Yuan's admiration for the theory of Gongyang School had long been spread.
It was not that no one else heard the conversation between him and Yang Xu outside Luoyang City.
This naturally spread.
Everyone began to talk about their own opinions on the induction of heaven and humans. What kind of disasters and condemnations are there, and what are the similarities between heaven and humans? The discussion was very pleasant.
Disaster condemnation is the belief that there is a causal connection between natural disasters and the ruler's mistakes. "The root cause of all disasters and disasters is the failure of the country." If the emperor violates the will of God and does not act benevolently and righteously, heaven will cause disasters and condemn them. If "condemn them"
But if you don’t know it, you are afraid of it and use its power.”
The theory that "heaven and man are alike" holds that "heaven has yin and yang, and humans also have yin and yang. The yin qi of heaven and earth rises, and the yin qi of man rises in response; the yin qi of man rises, and the yin qi of heaven rises in response.
"The way to start is the same."
In fact, what is a huge progress in the theory of heaven-human induction?
It lies in putting a yoke on the supreme monarchy.
That is heaven.
Dong Zhongshu shaped "Heaven" into the supreme god and limited the unlimited monarchy with the theory of "reception between heaven and man".
Of course, this also provides a reasonable theoretical basis for the emperor to rule the world.
This theory has been recognized by people all over the world.
The most typical evidence is the slogan shouted by Zhang Jiao: "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand."
Whose heaven is the sky?
The heaven of the Liu family.
The heaven of the Liu family is dead, so the legitimacy of the Liu family's emperor to rule the world is gone.
Now it's time for Huang Tian of the Zhang family to rule the world.
This is also the reason why the imperial court violently suppressed the Yellow Turbans.
This is to dig up the foundation for the Liu family to rule the world.
Why did many powerful people join the Yellow Turban Rebellion?
The reason is very simple. The slogan "Zhang Jiao" recognizes the influence of heaven and man, and it recognizes the shackles placed on the emperor.
As for whether it is the blue sky or the yellow sky, they are all the same to the powerful.
You need to rely on them anyway.
Some of them say that they traveled through time and became the Yellow Turbans, and finally became the big boss of the Yellow Turbans and wanted to recruit people.
This is simply impossible.
The Emperor of the Liu family will never allow the recruitment of a Yellow Turban leader.
Anyway, at the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he would never allow the Yellow Turbans to be recruited.
As for why so many Yellow Turbans were recruited later, it was entirely because the central government lost its authority and was no longer able to control those powerful people.
For those powerful people, it doesn't matter what the sky is like, as long as they can enhance their own strength.
For example, when Cao Cao recruited the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans on a large scale, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had already died and the central authority had long been lost.
Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had no power to control the princes in these places. He himself could not protect himself.
After everyone talked for a while, Chen Yuan finally said: "It seems that all gentlemen feel that this induction between heaven and humans is very correct?"
Everyone nodded.
This is not to blame these people, it is the limitations of the times.
Moreover, the theory of telepathy between heaven and man puts a yoke on the emperor, which is beneficial to those who serve as ministers.
Otherwise, if the emperor has no control, the consequences will be very terrible.
That's not just doing whatever you want.
Chen Yuan shook his head: "Yuan doesn't think so."
As soon as Chen Yuan said this, everyone was shocked.
Good guy, are you going to oppose Dong Zhongshu?
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Liu Bei had a good relationship with his fourth brother, so he scolded him directly: "Zichu, what are you talking about while drinking?"
Liu Bei was covering for Chen Yuan.
Naturally, the conversation while drinking should not be taken seriously.
It's not that Liu Bei doesn't trust the people in front of him, but this matter is too important. If word spreads, Chen Yuan will be criticized by thousands of people.
Chen Yuan knew what Liu Bei meant and smiled at Liu Bei: "Brother, don't panic, Yuan knows what's going on."
Liu Bei wants to curse at this moment, you have no idea.
How can you say such nonsense?
Gu Yong and others also loved and protected Chen Yuan, and they all said: "Zi Chu's drinking capacity is still light, and he started talking drunkenly after just a few drinks."
Seeing everyone covering up for him, Chen Yuan felt very relieved.
They are all upright men and they are not blind.
Chen Yuan waved his hand and said to everyone: "Brother, gentlemen, there is no need to be like this. Yuan knows what he is talking about. Can you let me finish what I said first? Even if I am wrong, will gentlemen spread the word? I believe you all
Sir, you won't. In that case, what else does Yuan have to worry about?"
When everyone heard what Chen Yuan said, they knew it was impossible not to let him say it.
No matter what, no matter what Chen Yuan said today, they were determined not to reveal a word.
Seeing this, Liu Bei felt a little relieved.
He looked at Chen Yuan angrily: "Well, let's just let you get drunk and go crazy."
Up to now, Liu Bei is still covering for Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan cleared his throat and said: "Dong Zi's inspiration from heaven and man, it is inherited from Confucius that when a country is about to prosper, there must be auspiciousness; when a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers, which explains Mozi's "Those who love and benefit others will be blessed by heaven."
, Evil people and thieves will be punished by Heaven, and the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theories will be introduced to make it perfect. With Qi as the foundation, Heaven is the highest, the Son of Heaven proclaims transformation on behalf of Heaven, and the world is all under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven. Have you ever thought about what this will bring?
as a result of?"
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what Chen Yuan meant.
What are the consequences?
There are no consequences. This theory is very good.
It not only promoted the legitimacy of the emperor's rule over the world, but also left a back door for the ministers to restrict the emperor.
This is conducive to checks and balances between the monarch and his ministers.
Chen Yuan knew that these people's thinking was restricted, and he didn't expect them to be able to tell the answer. He just mentioned it.
"The consequence is to limit the progress of various technologies."
Everyone continued to be confused.
technology?
What technology?
What does it matter if there is no progress?
Seeing everyone's confused expressions, Chen Yuan could only say further: "Everyone, what do you think the progress of our society depends on?"
"The Son of Heaven."
"saint."
"Yingjie."
.......
Everyone had different answers, but none of them got to the point.
Chen Yuan directly said the answer: "Science and technology!"
Chen Yuan knew that this ranking alone would not convince them.
Therefore, Chen Yuan began to explain: "The Sui people drilled wood to make fire, Fu Xi developed the Eight Diagrams, knotted ropes into nets, and taught people to hunt, Cangjie created characters to replace knotting ropes, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, taught people medicine and farming, and the Yellow Emperor began to make clothes and hats
, building boats and chariots, making music, creating medicine, etc., the reason why our Chinese people can develop today is closely related to the creative technology of our ancestors."
"Just imagine, without the creations of these ancestors, our Chinese people would still be stuck in the age of savages who drank hair and blood, and how could we have such a splendid civilization now."
"I call these creations science and technology, which is the so-called power of production. Only by increasing productivity can our Chinese society progress and civilization further develop. Without science and technology, we are still savages, so there is no need to talk about etiquette.
What’s the point of talking about state rule? Do you think that’s true?”
The summary of Chen Yuan’s long passage is that science and technology are the primary productive forces, and the economic base determines the superstructure.
The education and thinking that Liu Bei and others received instinctively made them feel that what Chen Yuan said was wrong and wanted to refute it.
However, after they thought about it again and again, they couldn't find any point to refute it.
Because what Chen Yuan said is right.
Chen Yuan added another heavy blow: "Sima Gong once said that when scholars are studying heaven and man, through the changes of ancient and modern times, the so-called gods are all false. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman keeps improving himself. He has never said that heaven is moving vigorously.
, a gentleman puts the gods first."
Sima Qian, let's not comment on him. Let's just say that he opposed attaching religious superstition to scientific knowledge, which makes people restrained and fearful. He criticized Wu Zhuyu (ji, sound attack, superstitious behavior of ghosts and gods) Xiang
Superstitious thoughts, and a critical attitude towards the theological worldview of divine induction.
This alone deserves the respect of future generations.