After convincing Hua Xin with the new theory, things became much easier after that.
Hua Xin is worthy of being a great Confucian, with profound knowledge. Under He Yan's suggestion, he directly changed the new theory into a brand-new interpretation of "The Book of Changes", using "New Interpretation of the Book of Changes" and "Mencius" as the carrier, and achieved this inheritance of ancient classics
The words of firewood.
For several days, the three of them plus Zheng Hun worked hard and finally determined the basic regulations of the "New Learning".
The core is the eight characters proposed by He Yan: "investigate things to gain knowledge, and integrate knowledge and action."
In philosophy, the New Learning has developed "everything in the world is born from existence, and existence is from nothingness" to "everything is different according to superiority and inferiority", that is, "the existence of external objects is due to tangible matter, and tangible matter is
It comes from intangible matter, and this intangible matter does not change due to differences between people."
Ideologically, the new learning completely denies prophecies, and uses the laws obtained from practice to explain celestial phenomena and bring order out of chaos.
Politically, Xinxue integrated Mencius's teachings, that is, "the people are valued and the emperor is despised", which advocated depriving the emperor of his dominant position over all things in the world.
If modern classics and ancient classics used idealism to help the emperor strengthen his rule, then new learning used materialism to challenge the emperor's supremacy.
This is no longer a class war, but a real orthodoxy war!
A small flame lit up quietly in the land of Yingchuan. Whether the small flame was extinguished by the endless darkness when it was born or whether it grew into a raging fire that could start a prairie fire all depended on the four people sitting in the house.
After the four people completed the revision of "New Interpretation of Zhouyi" and "Mencius", they all held the scrolls solemnly, their eyes filled with the light of firm faith.
"After that, it's time to spread it."
A viable doctrine must be accepted by more people, improve it, and be accepted by more people.
Otherwise, if you entertain yourself, no matter how bright your thoughts are, they will be covered in dust.
Hua Xin and Zheng Hun stood up and said, "I'm going to visit some old friends these days, and then gather my former students together to teach them new knowledge."
Chen Qun also stood up: "I will show his new knowledge to Xun Lingjun and ask him to help spread it."
He Yan finally said: "In that case, I'll leave it to you!"
???
Seeing the three people looking at him strangely, He Yan also spread his hands: "What else? I am very familiar with some of the soldiers in the army. Is it possible that you want me to teach a group of Qiuba who are illiterate some new skills?"
Hua Xin and Zheng Hun are basically a group of great scholars and belong to the high-end market.
Chen Qun's basic base is a bunch of aristocratic families, belonging to the mid-range market.
He Yan... I'm sorry, He Yan doesn't seem to have a basic base at the moment. Even if he does, there are tens of thousands of illiterate farmers and soldiers.
When the people's wisdom is generally undeveloped and productivity has not improved, if you want to use them as the foundation... that is not something that mediocre people like He Yan can do. Let the great people do it.
Hua Xin and Chen Qun thought about it, so they didn't embarrass He Yan.
"But I still have something that can help. It just needs to wait for some time."
What He Yan was talking about was, of course, papermaking and printing.
As a set of techniques that have been used badly, He Yan said that it can be done by relying on memory in three days.
What's more, with the support of the entire aristocratic family, it is really not difficult to build something with no technical content.
When the slightly yellowed "New Interpretations of Zhouyi" and "Mencius" bound into volumes were handed to Hua Xin, Hua Xin looked stunned: "Can things be written on paper?"
"nature."
“And you can print a lot!”
He Yan invested a lot in spreading the new learning this time, and all he wanted was a volume.
Ten engravings were started at the same time, and only "New Interpretations of Zhouyi" and "Mencius" were printed. In just a few days, hundreds of copies were printed for Hua Xin and Chen Qun's dissemination.
The first person to see Xin Xue was none other than Xun Yu, a social butterfly who was extremely sensitive to Xuchang's trends.
Words cannot describe the shock in his heart when he saw these two books.
"This book should be in heaven!"
The explanations about celestial phenomena in it were so detailed that Xun Yu even began to wonder if this book was written by an immortal.
"Taishan, there are no immortals in the world, only the most basic laws. If you don't have this understanding, you won't be able to understand this new learning."
In the past few days, Chen Qun has become more and more understanding of the new learning, completely abandoning what he has learned in the past, and considers himself a "Confucian student of the new learning".
So when he saw someone mentioning immortals, Chen Qun couldn't help but refute him, even if the person was his father-in-law Xun Yu.
"There are no immortals in the world?"
Xun Yu was stunned for a while, savoring these words carefully.
If there are no immortals in the world, does it also mean that there is no "Heaven", no "God", and no "Son of Heaven"?
After thinking step by step, Xun Yu finally discovered the core of the new learning.
This discovery also made Xun Yu choose to read the two newly learned classics from the beginning again.
With Xun Yu's wisdom, he would naturally be able to understand things he didn't understand the first time after reading them again.
"This knowledge is incredible!"
Xun Yu still couldn't believe it: "You said this was done by Hua Ziyu? He has been in Jiangdong for several years and he has already reached the level of a master of this generation?"
Chen Qun nodded and shook his head, looking very confused.
But in the end, Chen Qun told Xun You the truth and asked him not to spread it outside -
"To the outside world, everyone claims that it was the work of Hua Xin and Zheng Hun."
"But internally, the four of us all know that the one who has contributed the most is...Marquis Shen."
He Yan?
Xun Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, as if "are you kidding me?"
And Xun Yu's appearance did not escape Chen Qun's eyes: "Look! This is why we have to give the credit for pioneering new knowledge to Brother Ziyu."
"Marquis Shen once said that the prejudices between people are like a big mountain."
"If the world knew that the new learning came from the hands of a young man, they would definitely despise it, thus delaying the spread of the new learning."
"Even if all of us have confidence in the new learning, it will take at least ten or twenty years for it to be developed."
"By that time, it will naturally not be too late for Marquis Shen, but it will be too late for us."
Chen Qun sighed: "Marquis Shen really has the mind and wisdom of the ancient sages."
"This new theory, even in the era of hundreds of schools of thought, might not be able to stand out and become a prominent scholar. At that time, Marquis Shen might not be able to be called "He Zi" by the world. Now, for the sake of morality, he has put this
It’s really admirable to give up a share of the credit.”
"..."
Xun Yu had long since stopped listening.
In this new study, the one who contributed the most was He Yan?
Xun Yu knew He Yan's performance during the Battle of Guandu. If He Yan could still be defined as a "genius" at that time, now with the emergence of new learning, He Yan can already be defined as a "monster".
A monster that "brings dragons to tigers, raises eagles and beats fans"!
Xun Yu was in a complicated mood at this time, touching the book in his hand...
etc!
Book!
Only then did Xun Yu realize that the thing in his hand was actually not a bamboo slip or silk cloth, but...paper?
Although he didn't want to believe it, Xun Yu still asked Chen Qun: "Is this also done by Marquis Shen?"
"Um……"
Chen Qun's words once again made Xun Yu feel speechless.
"I'll go find Sikong!"
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I went out today to celebrate my birthday. I came back a little late and I didn’t have enough time. The two chapters during the day tomorrow will be longer.