Chapter 117 Investigate things to achieve the unity of knowledge and action
Chapter 117: Studying things to gain knowledge, integrating knowledge and action (please subscribe, please vote)
It is not easy to drag Hua Xin into trouble.
In other words, there was no need for anyone else to pull her. Hua Xin was already soaked in the water by himself.
In terms of how radical the reforms were, Hua Xin was completely more radical than Chen Qun.
So when He Yan and Chen Qun came to visit together, Hua Xin agreed to help them after thinking for a moment.
Hua Xin has a handsome appearance. Although there are spots on his head, this not only does not make people think that he is aging, but also adds a touch of dignity.
He was wearing white clothes, simple yet solemn. After hearing what Chen Qun said, he turned his attention to He Yan and stared at He Yan with interest.
"Last time my mother asked Mr. Hua to rescue her, I didn't even thank Mr. Hua. I was really rude."
He Yan came up and apologized to Hua Xin, and directly threw gold and silver at Hua Xin.
"This is some apology from the boy. I hope Mr. Hua will not refuse."
I saw a black bird made of gold in He Yan's hand. Its soaring posture was vivid. It was truly a treasure!
That's right! This golden black bird was also obtained from Yuan Shao...
"Marquis Shen, if this kind of courtesy is spread out, won't it mean that I, Hua Xin, will become a villain who is greedy for money?"
Hua Xin still cherishes feathers very much, and he really doesn't dare to accept such an expensive gift.
"If it hadn't been for Mr. Hua last time, Yan would have been framed by a traitor and turned into a withered bone in a grave. So what Yan repays is Mr. Hua for saving his life! Does Mr. Hua think that my life, He Yan, is not worth as much as a golden bird?
"
"If Mr. Hua doesn't accept the golden bird, it will make Yan sleep uneasy. If you ask Mr. Hua to accept it, it will give me peace of mind."
Seeing this, Hua Xin had no choice but to ask Zheng Hun, who was following him, to accept the golden black bird.
"I already know what Marquis Shen and Changwen are planning."
Hua Xin looked at He Yan critically: "But this is no small matter. Do you two have confidence?"
"No!"
The word He Yan blurted out, which frightened Chen Qun standing by.
However, He Yan quickly said: "Brother Changwen and I have only a 20% chance of winning."
"But if you add Hua Gong, the chance of winning is at least 70%!"
"Only 70%?"
"After all, it's a matter of changing the world. How can it be so easy?"
Hearing He Yanruo's flattery, Hua Xin's expression didn't change at all, but the hand stroking his beard couldn't help but move a little faster.
"Indeed, 70% is not low."
"I just don't know that Marquis Shen has a plan?"
"some."
Since he came to look for Hua Xin, He Yan naturally did his homework well.
"The first thing is to abolish the prophecy."
Chen Wei deified the Liu family's imperial power, regarded Confucius as the religious master, and developed Confucianism into Confucianism, which has a complete religious theological system and has now become the official ideology of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
To abolish prophecy, it cannot be done with one or two edicts or one or two books.
And if prophecies are to be abolished, we must find a set of theoretical tools that can explain the laws of the world more clearly.
Such as metaphysics.
Another example is Buddhism.
Another example is Taoism.
Another example...
Anyway, countless people in later generations have tried and made mistakes, and finally found the ultimate answer——
"Studying things leads to knowledge, and the unity of knowledge and action!"
Style means pursuit.
To achieve is to seek for something.
Study the principles of things thoroughly to gain knowledge.
But this is only one of them. Without the following sentence, it is not difficult to guess that in the future, reason must be higher than power, and Taoism is higher than governance. Putting human desires against heavenly principles will lead to another twisted path.
Only by adding the "unity of knowledge and action" and closely integrating the understanding of the principles of things with the implementation of them, can it be possible to embark on a new and correct path.
After hearing He Yan's words, Hua Xin and Chen Qun each murmured -
"Studying things to achieve knowledge?"
“Unity of knowing and doing?”
These two sentences are very rough, really very rough!
However, just these eight rough words seemed to show the two of them a brand new door.
Behind the door is a new world they have never imagined.
"Marquis Shen! What do you mean by this?"
Hua Xin swallowed secretly. This was a little trick he only did when he was studying when he was young.
There is no doubt that He Yan once again aroused this great Confucian's desire to learn!
"Most of the early prophecies, such as "The great Chu will rise, King Chen Sheng will rise" are man-made."
"It's just man-made, after all, it can't be completely natural. So some people set their sights on distant and mysterious celestial phenomena."
"So the first thing we have to do is to explain the celestial phenomena based on the principle of "studying things to gain knowledge"."
Because of the political correctness of the Han Dynasty, every time a strange celestial phenomenon occurred, a San Gong would be thrown out to stop the disaster.
Yang Biao, the imperial servant at the time, had a strong say in this regard.
There is a solar eclipse today. Yang Biao was demoted from Taiwei to Taiwen, and was promoted to Sikong after the eclipse.
Tomorrow the comet will hit the moon, and Yang Biao will be demoted from Sikong to Guang Luxun, and will be promoted to Situ after passing.
Later, there was another earthquake, and Yang Biao was demoted from Situ to Shangshuling, and then promoted to Situ.
In this way, Yang Biao sat down all three men by himself...
This may seem like child's play, but is it actually a way for Emperor Liu to preserve his imperial power?
From then on, almost all the three ministers and nine ministers became elevators, and they could only survive long by relying on the emperor or their relatives.
As for the emperor and his relatives, no matter how fierce the fight is, they still have imperial power in essence.
In this way, the Liu family is naturally stable, and there is no need to worry about outsiders coveting the divine weapon of Sheji... It can only be said that the person who conceived this political model is definitely a genius, a super genius!
As long as everyone does not defeat the theory of prophecy, this model is almost unsolvable. Emperor Liu only needs to sit high in the clouds and watch the wind blow and the clouds surge.
It’s not that no one has done something about Chenwei. Ancient Classics is a pioneer. However, they can’t come up with enough new theories to replace Chenwei. They just want to veto Chenwei. And they have the imperial power firmly in their own hands.
Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the People’s Republic of China, therefore failed.
Now is the time when the Han Dynasty is in decline and the imperial power is declining. Plus He Yan still has theories on his side, so he is naturally qualified to attack the prophecy.
"First of all, let's use this solar eclipse as a breakthrough!"
A solar eclipse is nothing more than a celestial phenomenon caused by the movement of the moon between the sun and the earth. If the three happen to be in a straight line, the moon will block the sun's light from the earth, and the black shadow behind the moon will fall on the earth, so
It will block the sun.
This model is not difficult to make. He Yan directly used three small balls to show the movement relationship between the three.
Fortunately, China did not pay much attention to the "geocentric theory", and Hua Xin and Chen Qun did not worry about being kidnapped and burned. They quickly accepted this model after temporarily forgetting about "the sky is round and the earth is round".
"After that, I just need to look through historical records and find out the patterns of solar eclipses."
"Not only solar eclipses, but also lunar eclipses, comets, five-star constellations, five-star gatherings, white, black, and red energy, and even Yinghuo Shouxin..."
"As long as the rules can be found, this prophecy theory will naturally be nonsense!"
Hua Xin and Chen Qun looked up the information hesitantly, but their hands kept shaking every time they opened a scroll of bamboo slips.
"The first year of Jianhe, Dinghai year, Renyin month, Xinhai New Moon solar eclipse!"
"In the third year of Jianhe's reign, in the fourth month of summer, there will be an eclipse!"
"In the autumn of the second year of Yuanjia, the seventh month of Wushen, Gengchen, there will be an eclipse on the sun!"
"Ding Maoshuo, the ninth month of Jiaxu in the second year of Yongxing, there will be an eclipse on the sun!"
"In the third year of Yongshou's life, the leap month will be dark, and the sun will be eclipsed!"
"In the first month of the first year of Yanxi's reign, in the summer and fifth month, Jiaxu was dark, and there was an eclipse on the sun!"
"In the spring of the fourth year of Yanxi's reign, there are stars in my heart!"
"In the spring of the eighth year of Yanxi's reign, in the first month of the year, there will be an eclipse of the sun!"
"In the fifth month of the first year of Yongkang, Renzi dimmed, and there was an eclipse on the sun!"
"Ding Weishuo, the fifth month of the first year of Jianning, there will be an eclipse!"
"In the tenth month of winter in the first year of Jianning, the sky is dark and the sun is eclipsed!"
"In the winter of the second year of Jianning, in the tenth month of the Wuxu period, there will be an eclipse!"
"Bingyin is dark in March of the third year of Jianning, and there will be an eclipse on the sun!"
"In the third month of the fourth year of Jianning, there will be an eclipse on the first day of the lunar month!"
"In the winter of the second year of Xiping, in the twelfth month of the twelfth month, there will be an eclipse on the sun!"
"In the winter of the sixth year of Xiping, in the tenth month of Guichou Shuo, there will be an eclipse!"
"In the second month of the first year of Guanghe's reign, on the first day of the lunar month, there will be an eclipse!"
"In the winter of the second year of Guanghe, in the tenth month of the month, Bingzi is dark, and there will be an eclipse on the sun!"
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"..."
correct!
correct!
Still correct!
It is estimated that the person who established the theory of prophecy did not expect that just because he wanted to use prophecy as his own weapon, China now preserves the most accurate astronomical data in the world.
And these information, in turn, today have become the biggest bargaining chip to kill the theory of prophecy!
Hua Xin and Chen Qun looked and calculated, and finally they both raised their heads: "If the calculation is correct."
"The next solar eclipse..."
"It will be Dingmao day in February next spring!"
Their breathing quickened at the same time.
This is your chance!
A huge opportunity!
As long as they can seize the opportunity, it is really possible for everyone to bury the system of Zhenwei!
As long as this calculation method is correct, every subsequent solar or lunar eclipse will be a nail in the coffin of the prophecy theory!
In other words, it is to hammer another nail into the head of the supreme Emperor Han!
In less than ten years, with the frequency of solar eclipses, the mystery of the Han Dynasty will probably be stripped away, even to the underpants.
"good!"
Hua Xin and Chen Qun are both extraordinary people. With the help of the eight words "investigating things to gain knowledge, and integrating knowledge and action", the landscape before them is no longer what it used to be.
The most mysterious celestial phenomena can be explained, but what about earthquakes? What about storms? What about droughts and floods?
Is there an explanation for all of this? But just like this celestial phenomenon, no one has discovered it yet?
In the past, Hua Xin just felt that prophecy was not helpful to politics.
But now, Hua Xin feels that prophecy has harmed more than just one political party. It is simply unparalleled! It is a heinous crime!
After gathering his mood, Hua Xin's eyes were particularly determined at this moment: "Even if Marquis Shen and Changwen don't come looking for me, I will continue to study this way."
Yu Gong, this is to save the common people and ask for the way of heaven.
Privately, this is the great cause of establishing a sect and even establishing a saint!
A golden black bird Hua Xin can resist the temptation, but for this great cause of sanctification... it is really hard for Hua Xin to say no!