Zhao Xin did not return to Beihai Town until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. When he heard that Wang Rongfu from Yangzhou had recovered and been discharged from the hospital, he planned to pay a visit.
The small courtyard where Wang Rongfu lived was near the Shen family. He came to Beihai Town alone, and had breakfast and dinner at the Shen family every day. In the morning, there were only a few women in the Shen family at home, so Zhao Xin felt it was inconvenient to come, so
So he went directly to find Wang Rongfu, but when he arrived, he found no one at home.
In desperation, he had to go to the Shen family to inquire in person and asked Guisheng's father, Ah Si. Only then did he find out that Wang Rongfu would go to the primary school library to read after breakfast every day.
There are now several libraries in Beihai Town. The technical school, sailor school and juvenile military academy all have libraries, but they are only open to naturalized students and cannot be taken out.
All the various books in the library are not original, but printed; the eight teachers at the education department have been busy organizing books in their spare time.
But the most troublesome thing is mathematics, physics and chemistry. A large number of formulas named after Westerners should be changed. Teachers have been discussing and even quarreling for a long time. Finally, an old teacher named You made the final decision and said
Let's stop fussing and just use the original name, otherwise we will get confused in the future.
A large number of paper and electronic books and documents brought from another time and space. Basically every book must be edited and sorted to remove the content related to another time and space. Then it will be proofread by a dedicated person, and finally scanned and printed before entering the library.
For borrowing.
You can't rush this matter, otherwise you will make mistakes. After that, everyone worked slowly and leisurely for more than two years, and successively completed the work of organizing more than one hundred sets of books.
The library in Beihai Town Primary School was only opened in November last year. It mainly stores some compiled ancient books and documents of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Zhao Xin deliberately found many ancient books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties that had become banned books during the Qianlong period, and some
Books written by some Europeans.
For example, the four volumes of Fu and Supplements of the Unification of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Huangyan's Chronicle of the Northern Expedition, Yu Ruoying's Collected Works of Fugaotang, twenty-six volumes, Huang Zongxi's Yuanjun and Yuanchen; and Can
"Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty", "Chronicles of Jiashen", "Gu Bu Gu Lu", and Lu Liuliang's "Lecture Notes on the Four Books", etc. Of course, the Wenyuan Pavilion edition of "Si Ku Quanshu" and the photocopied version of "The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" are also
I sorted and printed some of them.
Another example is Maya Chievelli's "The Prince", Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War", Edward Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", etc.
Ever since the primary school library was established, Wang Rongfu, Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi came as soon as the door opened every day, rain or shine, and even ate lunch and read while eating steamed buns, and stayed all day long.
Wang Rongfu lost his father when he was young. At that time, his mother, Zou, and their three siblings had no way to seek help and were struggling. When he was a boy, he worked as an apprentice in a bookstore. He loved reading and read hundreds of classics and histories, including Yangzhou.
There is a saying among the people that "If you don't read books, you will be a king." When he was recuperating in the hospital, he heard someone mention that there were many books in the library of Beihai Town School. After he was discharged from the hospital, he came over and browsed through it and found that there were many books.
They are all things I have never seen.
How can he endure this? He must read it without stopping!
Wang Rongfu's character is both lonely and crazy. In addition to his arrogant knowledge and talent, he is also straight-tempered and not tolerant when it comes to things because of his childhood experiences. But on the other hand, he is a straightforward guy who can easily offend people with his words.
, and not so much Wanwanchangzhi. I had more contact with Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi, and the three of them occasionally communicated while reading.
Lin Ziping, an old man, can be listed as one of the "Three Wonderful People of Kuanzheng". His personality is similar to Wang Rongfu's. He doesn't like fame and loves reading. His map surveying team has been established long ago, and he is just waiting for the spring to start.
Let’s set off. It’s freezing cold now and there’s nothing to do, so I come to the library every day to kill time.
After coming to Beihai Town for a few months, although the Mandarin that Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi learned sounded weird, normal communication was no longer a problem. These two people already had a good foundation in Confucianism, and sometimes they had discussions with Wang Rongfu, and they had some interactions.
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When Zhao Xin came to the door of the library, he heard a young man inside saying loudly:
"The reason why people are human is the Chinese etiquette. Although Yi Di is a human being, he can also rule the country; but Mr. Wang, you have to know that the king of beasts can also rule the beasts. Therefore, the reason why people are Yi Di and the beasts are not following the etiquette.
However, if people are rude, they are no different from animals; if Chinese people are rude, they are no different from barbarians."
Zhao Xin recognized it. The speaker was Sato Shinbuchi. At this time, he heard another person in the room speak loudly in Yangzhou dialect: "So much, I can sum it up in one sentence. "Spring and Autumn" says that the princes use barbarian etiquette.
If the barbarians invade China, they will be invaded by China. The princes will use barbarian rituals to barbarize them, and if the barbarians advance into China, they will be invaded by China. The heart of a sage is the heart of heaven and earth.
What's so bad about the distinction between Hua and Yi? Later generations who talked about the Spring and Autumn Annals were very strict about the distinction between Hua and Yi, which greatly failed the purpose of the sage."
"Is this Wang Rongfu?" Zhao Xin heard the two people talking fiercely and was afraid that they would interrupt them after entering, so he stopped at the door.
Sato Shinbuchi, who was in the room, added: "The name of China is the country's self-proclaimed name, with our king as the center, and the outside world as barbarians. The so-called China and barbarians are based on the sage who considered the whole universe of heaven and earth and decided that China is China and the foreign countries are
Yi Di. Change the theory of success, don’t worry about it! The sage praised the country where he was born and called it China, and despised foreign countries and called it Yi Di. This is the sage’s private intention! Although it has been decided since ancient times that the Tang Dynasty is China
, Japan is a barbarian, don’t you know that the barbarians outside Japan are no less inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty. Although I was born in Japan, I have been determined to learn from an early age, and sages can come, not to mention that even China in the Tang Dynasty also had shameful aspects.
"
Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "The saint is selfless! In ancient times, the saint came first and his body came first, and his body and body existed outside. If there is selfishness, the way of heaven will not exist. Besides, what is Huayi? Mencius said: Shun was born in Zhu Feng and moved to Fu.
Xia, died in Mingtiao, a native of Dongyi. King Wen was born in Qizhou, and died in Biying, a native of Xiyi. He traveled to China with his ambition, and if it conforms to the festival, he will become a sage first and then a sage, which is why he is one."
At this time, Lin Ziping, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly laughed and said: "Mr. Wang, according to your statement, is Zhao Wangdian Hua or Yi?"
Wang Rongfu said: "I look at the king of Zhao. Although he looks like a human king, he has no real king. The rituals of the king and his ministers have not been determined, and they have no names. They live in a corner outside the Great Wall. How can we talk about China?"
As soon as he said this, Sato Nobubuchi loudly shouted: "Arrogant!"
Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "What do you know, kid! Etiquette is as important to the country as it is to the king! Sincerity is the tool of the body, and it is also the source of success. As the saying goes, there are three hundred etiquettes and three thousand majesties. They are big and crowned. , the rules of dusk, funeral, sacrifice, dynasty, hiring, shooting, and feasting, small and bowing to give way to advance and retreat, the rules of eating and drinking, and the rules of daily life. The monarch and his ministers rely on it to follow the order; the husband and wife rely on it to distinguish between the inside and outside; the father, son, and brother, marriage and in-laws , relying on it to be smooth. Therefore, it is said: "If the appearance is etiquette, the heavenly virtue is ready; when the rule is custom etiquette, the king's way is complete."
Lin Ziping nodded and said: "In my opinion, the dignity and inferiority of a country are due to the number of gentlemen and villains, and the good and evil customs. Living in China is not enough to be proud, and living in barbarians is not enough to be ashamed. Confucius said, quality is better than culture. If you are a wild man, if literature is better than quality, then history will be better. If you are gentle and polite, then you will be a gentleman. How could the King of Zhao defeat the Tartar army if he had not been ordered by Heaven?"
Wang Rongfu sneered and said: "Yes, not only did they defeat the imperial army twice, they also defeated Sendai, Nagasaki and Edo!"
One of the reasons why he chose to come to Beihai with Shen Jingdan was because of Zhao Xin's sincere letter. In that letter, Zhao Xin sincerely expressed his respect for Wang Rongfu and greatly complimented his filial piety to his mother. In the past, the second thing was that he heard from Shen Jingdan that Zhao Xin defeated the imperial army, and also heard that this man violently attacked the Japanese country several times. So he wanted to see who this "Queen Zhu Ming" who was crazier than himself was.
Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi couldn't help but blush when they heard this. However, Lin Ziping usually travels around all the time and his skin is very dark, so the redness is not visible at all.
Lin Ziping thought for a while and then said: "If there is etiquette, the barbarians will become the flowers. If there is no etiquette, the beauty will inevitably become barbarians. Even if you conquer with virtue, you will not be a subject. This is the great righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. In the past, the Ming emperor ascended to heaven. , Hongguang was captured, in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Cai protected the southern corner, and the Tartars rampaged across the Central Plains, which was a state of China changing to the barbarians. The Tartars were a barbarian tribe outside the Great Wall. They neither had the virtue of being ordered to do anything, nor did they contribute to China. They took advantage of it. China's downfall, violent plunder, and hundreds of years of false prestige are accompanied by endless changes and clever manipulation of the world. However, the power of our country is beyond the reach of foreign dynasties and barbarians, especially for good reasons."
At this time, Sato Shinbuchi heard Lin Ziping's words and couldn't help but admire him: "What Mr. said is true."
Before he finished speaking, the door of the house was opened with a bang, and Zhao Xin stepped in. After listening outside the door for a long time, he had roughly understood what the three people in the house were arguing about. It was nothing more than Hua Yi's perversion, " The issue of the change of ownership of the name "China".
What Lin Ziping and Sato Shinbuchi mean is that China has now fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so it is "transforming barbarians with Xia"; and due to its geographical location, the island country has rarely been invaded by foreign forces in history, and it insists on believing in Confucianism. Naturally, it is "transforming barbarians into summer".
Wang Rongfu used the example of Shun and King Wen in history. They were both considered barbarians at that time, but when they came of age, they practiced Chinese etiquette, so they could no longer be considered barbarians. To put it more broadly, let’s talk about the current Dai Qing. People can rely on their territory and practice etiquette all over the world. Why is it not Chinese?
It is said that since the demise of the Hongguang regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and even the demise of the Zheng family, the Annan, North Korea, and island countries around China have all believed that the mainland of China has sunk and China has died. Therefore, the Li Dynasty, which has the most sense of cultural superiority, calls itself China, and the island countries also call themselves China.
Not to mention Annan, which is far in the south, had called itself China as early as the Ming Dynasty.
The theory that the island nation defines itself as "China" has actually been found in various classics since the Self-Regulatory Period (mid-seventh century to tenth century). Since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, due to the introduction of Confucianism and the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate who believed in Confucianism,
, Confucian scholars in the island countries are faced with a difficult problem, that is, how to interpret the contradictions and competitions between China and the island countries as independent political entities, each called "China".
As the Manchus ruled for longer and longer, most Confucian scholars within the island countries have agreed with the argument that the island countries are China. This is because the island countries are superior to China. Compared with the island countries that can always defeat foreign invasions, China's history
On the other hand, it was repeatedly conquered by barbarians.
Yamaga Moyuki, who had a profound influence on later generations of island nation expansion theories, believed that island nations should form an East Asian cultural order centered on island nations to replace China. (This is the origin of that bullshit "Co-Prosperity Sphere" idea.)
Seeing Zhao Xin coming in, the three of them all stood up and saluted, but Sato Shinbuchi was very respectful, while Wang Rongfu and Lin Ziping only slightly bowed their hands.
Zhao Xin sat down with a smile. He originally wanted to come and see Wang Zhong, but he didn't mean what he said. He blurted out: "It's very interesting to hear the three of you arguing. I can't help but come in and listen. You go on, don't worry about me."
Sato Shinbuchi was only eighteen years old this year, and he was in the prime of his youth. He couldn't help but said: "Since Prince Zhao has heard this, I wonder what you have to say, and His Highness Yuan Haiwang will give you some advice."
Zhao Xin is a little embarrassed. Although he has read some books related to Confucianism, compared with Wang Zhong or Lin Ziping, he is really not that bad. If he is wrong, he will not make people laugh to death. Thinking of this
, he was just about to pretend to smile and say nothing, and act like a "worldly expert", when he saw the corner of Wang Zhong's mouth curled up slightly.
"Hey~~This old boy clearly looks down on me!"
Zhao Xin habitually took out a cigarette from his pocket and was about to light it when he remembered that smoking was prohibited in the house. So he turned the cigarette between his fingers a few times and said slowly: "I'm just telling you my opinion.
Don’t mind if you’re wrong by three.”
"Prince Zhao, there is no need to be humble." When he said this, Lin Ziping also became interested.
"In my opinion, the core of the 'Hua-Yi distinction' is the 'Hua-Yi defense', which is what Wang Chuanshan said at that time: the dimensions of the land, the geological history, and the geographical limits. Hua-Yi cannot be broken apart. If they are broken, people will be extremely destroyed, and for
A disaster for the people."
Zhao Xin spoke very slowly. He had read seven chapters of Wang Fuzhi's "Yellow Book", but he could not remember the original text. He could only briefly describe part of the first chapter.
"But I think Wang Chuanshan said those words with a background. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, whether it was restoration of the country or revenge, what he, Gu Tinglin, Huang Lizhou and others were thinking about was nothing more than to defend the country.
Cultural inheritance, defending Confucian orthodoxy, and worrying about cultural rupture caused by foreign invasion. What’s more, it is necessary to enhance the cohesion of the anti-Qing Dynasty by elaborating these principles..."
When Zhao Xin said these words, he kept staring at Wang Zhong. When he saw the other party nodding slightly, he felt more at ease. Then he turned to Sato Shinbuchi and said: "The island country's talk about the distinction between Huayi and Huayi was nothing more than worries at the time.
The Qing Dynasty, like the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, will cross the sea to attack you. Although the Tokugawa shogunate now also respects Zhu Xi's teachings, and even let the Lin family serve as the "head of the university", I think you are not as good as you in terms of the accumulation of Confucian culture.
It’s China, not even as good as North Korea.”
Sato Shinbuchi's face suddenly turned red after hearing this. He was about to retort, but was held down by Lin Ziping.
Old man Lin nodded and said: "What Zhao Wangdian said is right. Confucianism in our country did start later than the Li Dynasty. There were constant wars in the Anzu Momoyama era. At that time, in order to educate people's hearts, Duke Ieyasu worshiped Mr. Xingwo as his teacher and pursued the way of governing the country with virtue. After that,
He also funded the Lin family to establish a private school, and Zhu Xi's learning began to flourish."
The "Mr. Xingwo" whom Lin Ziping refers to, whose full name is Fujiwara Su, also known as "Xingwo", is the founder of Zhuzi's Confucianism in the island country. It is said that before the Edo period, although Confucianism had been introduced, it was only as a form of Zen Buddhism.
Affiliated, his status was not high. In 1590, Fujiwara Souto discussed Taoism with the visiting Korean envoy, but he was regarded as a "different Taoist" by the other party. This deeply touched Fujiwara Xingwo, who had always pursued the idea of "Zen and Confucianism", and determined to
Leaving Zen and entering Confucianism.
"You have only been practicing Zhu Xi's studies for less than two hundred years, and many folk customs are still Buddhist. However, North Korea has already integrated Confucian etiquette into every aspect of life."
Zhao Xin paused for a moment and continued: "I briefly read Yamaga Soyuki's book. He based the cultural superiority of the island country on the founding of the country by "Amaterasu", the continuity of the bloodline for eternity, and the theory of "martial arts" for control.
It is very popular among the samurai class. So although you study Zhu Xi’s studies, you are still a country of “martial arts” in your heart. As for the “ethics” mentioned by Confucianism, it has completely changed its flavor in the island country and is included in the “martial arts”.”
Lin Ziping was silent for a moment and said slowly: "The people of the foreign countries have always come here, and they admire the benevolence, righteousness, and loyalty of the Chinese. Although they come from a foreign land, they can care about China, so I don't call them barbarians. The people of China have always been stubborn.
Wang Hua has forgotten his benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trustworthiness. Although he came from China, he turned his mind to barbarians. I don't call him China."
Although Zhao Xin has not read "Neiyi Xi", the meaning is still clear. He thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, no matter whether it is North Korea or an island country, Annan is only a member of the Chinese cultural circle, no matter how much he learns about Chinese culture.
A student can never become orthodox. This is not a matter of who learns Confucian culture and who becomes Chinese, but a question of the protagonist and the supporting role."
Zhao Xindong kept talking nonsense for a long time, and the little ink in his stomach was almost empty, so he wanted to end the topic. He raised his finger and pointed at the globe on the table and said: "There are seven continents in total, five of them
There are people living on all continents. I remember someone said in the late Ming Dynasty that to stick to one place and denounce all other places as barbarians is really...a frog in the well."
Wang Zhong frowned, recalled for a moment and then said: "This quote comes from the "Zifang Waiji Xiaoyan", and even the former Ming Qu Shigu. The original quote is, 'Try to look at the map, China ranks one of the tenth in Asia, and Asia
And they are one of the five in the world, starting from Chixian and Fuzhou, nine out of ten are like Chixian and Fuzhou. If they only hold on to this one side, they will be denounced as barbarians in the world, and they will not be criticized as frogs in the well!
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"Mr. Rong Fu is a great talent!" Zhao Xin praised shamelessly and continued: "The era of the weak has come. Both the Manchu and Tokugawa shogunates restricted their thoughts and closed themselves off. It is meaningless to talk about the differences between Huayi and Huayi.
If we don’t care about others, others will probably always care about us. My opinion is this: no one should use China’s name to take advantage of China.”