"Ode to a Parrot" is a short poem written by later generation Mi Heng to describe his own situation by referring to the situation of a parrot being captured in a cage because of its beauty.
The entire Han Fu reveals only two emotions - "suffering" and "confusion".
You Heng is never the only person who has such emotions.
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, wars between princes, the rise of the Three Kingdoms, the chaos of China, and the fall of China...
For the next three to four hundred years, Chinese scholars would live their lives with this kind of emotion.
Everyone knows that we need to change, but no one has really found a way out for everyone.
In this process, metaphysics, Buddhism, Taoism, Neo-Confucianism... these religions and schools all wanted to save the world, but they all failed, and in the end they just taught everyone to mess up.
Mi Heng is actually a bit of a loser now. It’s just that such emotions are hidden too deeply, and coupled with his bad mouth, no one is willing to understand him at all. This has resulted in Mi Heng never experiencing the so-called "
I feel the same way.”
But today, Mi Heng felt it.
From this short Han Fu, Mi Heng felt an unprecedented resonance.
After reading it over and over again, Mi Heng's mood changed from joyful to irritable.
"Why not? Why nothing?"
"Ode to a Parrot" only provides emotions, but does not provide a panacea to alleviate or get rid of such emotions.
What's the difference between this and throwing a stunning beauty in front of you but being unable to do anything?
Mi Heng immediately grabbed the letter and ran all the way to Sikong Mansion.
Mi Heng lost his shoes on the road and his clothes were stained with a lot of mud, but Mi Heng didn't even notice.
He has been tortured by this confused emotion for too long.
Even if there is a little glimmer of hope now, he will not let it go!
"He Yan!"
Mi Heng ran to the door of Sikong Mansion and started shouting. The waiters in the mansion were startled and thought someone was making trouble, so they quickly invited Mrs. Bian to come out to meet the enemy.
As Cao Cao's virtuous wife, Mrs. Bian was also very familiar with famous people in Xuchang. She knew who Mi Heng was as soon as she saw his appearance.
When she heard Mi Heng calling He Yan's name, Mrs. Bian thought that He Yan had offended Mi Heng, which made Mrs. Bian frown.
"Go and tell him that Yulang is no longer in the mansion and let him go back."
Not long ago, He Yan's biological mother, Mrs. Yin, officially gave birth to a Cao son for Boss Cao, named Cao Ju.
In this case, the relationship between He Yan and the Cao family is deeper, and Mrs. Yin also knows the importance of He Yan to the Sikong Mansion now, so naturally she is not willing to let Mi Heng bother He Yan.
"If He Yan doesn't come back, I'll keep waiting for him here!"
Mi Heng was as shameless as not sleeping, so he lay down on the street in front of Sikong Mansion, causing the dignitaries passing by to look at Mi Heng in surprise.
Mrs. Bian is in charge of Sikong Mansion and treats her sons very gently. But if someone dares to cause trouble in Sikong Mansion, Madam Bian will let him know what it means to be a "hero among women".
After a few greetings, two big and thick tiger warriors came directly to Ni Heng and carried him away.
At first, everyone thought that everything was clear now, but Mi Heng ran back with disheveled hair soon after, and continued to sit down at the gate of Sikong Mansion, waiting for He Yan.
Seeing that Mi Heng was so "unattractive", Mrs. Bian became cruel and wanted to have Mi Heng thrown directly outside the city of Xuchang.
Fortunately, within this period of time, He Yan also learned the news and immediately rushed to Sikong Mansion with Cao Pi.
When He Yan arrived, Mi Heng was being lifted up by two tiger soldiers one after another, and when he was about to send him away again, He Yan stopped them in time.
"lay down!"
Mi Heng landed on the ground and didn't care about being thrown out. He patted his clothes casually, dusted them off and walked straight to He Yan.
He looked at He Yan and Cao Pi, and finally set his sights on He Yan himself.
"You are He Yan."
He Yan joked: "You and I have never met, how do you know that I am He Yan?"
Mi Heng glanced at Cao Pi with disgust: "This person is so ugly, he must not be He Yan."
Cao Pi:???
"What do you mean!"
Cao Pi jumped up as if his tail hair had been stepped on.
"That's what it means!"
Mi Heng picked his ears and said, "People say that He Yan is a handsome man, but someone like you can at best be considered a man."
Cao Pi turned around gloomily and asked He Yan: "Where is my sword?"
"Okay, people praise you for being a man, go ahead and enjoy it yourself!"
He Yan originally wanted to appease Cao Pi, but Mi Heng was not used to Cao Pi. He shook his head and said: "I mean...his appearance can barely tell that he is a human being!"
Cao Pi: convex (fuck panfuck)!!!
He Yan grabbed Cao Pi, who was running away, and asked two tiger soldiers to carry him into Sikong Mansion. He took Mi Heng to the county government office in Xu County.
As soon as he entered the house, Mi Heng saw that the layout of Xuchang County Government Office was different from other places.
The low tables and chairs in the past have been almost entirely discarded, replaced by tables and chairs that are more in line with ergonomics.
The heavy bamboo slips have basically disappeared, and more papers are neatly placed on the table. Dozens of officials can sit in the lobby and start working, which is simple and efficient.
Mi Heng found a free chair and sat down, then picked up a paper file and started reading it.
"Huh?"
In the past, one scroll of bamboo slips could only record one case. Not only was it difficult to search, but the record was not comprehensive because the text carrier was too small.
But after changing to paper, one page often fits on top of the previous roll of bamboo slips. This change also allows the clerks to confidently record on the paper without having to worry about insufficient space.
At least in one of the files that Mi Heng looked at, the clerk recorded in detail the time, place, course of the incident, and the final punishment.
If it had been written on a bamboo slip, it would probably have been a simple sentence - "The Wang family of Xuchang kills people and punishes them."
Mi Heng experienced the changes carefully, rubbing the paper with obvious graininess with his fingertips, and guessed a few things in his mind.
"Marquis Shen, is this done by Xin Xue?"
"yes."
"Why should new students spend so much time doing this?"
“It’s not that the new learning is a big deal, but that this is the meaning of the new learning.”
"What's the point?"
"Their power is the power to pursue good things."
He Yan made a metaphor: "It's like the parrot pursuing freedom."
Mi Heng saw that He Yan said words that he had never read in the New Learning Classics, which further confirmed his judgment.
"I just said..."
Mi Heng became visibly excited: "Hua Xin and Chen Qun are just rotten scholars who follow the old rules! How can they come up with new ideas?"
"Even Yang Biao is just a middle-aged man! The "New Interpretation of Shangshu" written by him is even worse than the first two new books on the classics! It turns out there is someone else behind this!"
Hua Xin, Chen Qun, and Yang Biao all received failing grades in Mi Heng. Their ability to make a new study with a score of "ninety percent" on the test paper already made Mi Heng suspicious. Now after meeting He Yan, Mi Heng
Finally, my thoughts were confirmed.
"Why does Marquis Shen need to hide his clumsiness from the world? Is it possible that he is too embarrassed to see others?"
"It's not about hiding clumsiness, it's about maximizing benefits."
Hua Xin's reputation, Chen Qun's resources, and Yang Biao's prestige allowed the new school to reluctantly grow a seedling of its own in the pond of the old school.
If He Yan ended up in person, the time would probably be extended indefinitely, so He Yan didn't want to wait.
Mi Heng didn't expect He Yan to answer like this, and couldn't help but wonder: "Does Shen Hou not care about such an opportunity to leave his name in history?"
"Leave a name in history?"
He Yan touched his nose disdainfully: "It's not easy for me, He Yan, to leave my name in history? It's only a matter of time!"
Mi Heng:???
Mi Heng thought he was crazy enough, but he never imagined that he would meet his opponent today!
Under the influence of Confucianism, this is almost the highest "posthumous name" for scholars.
No matter how arrogant Mi Heng is, there is no guarantee that he will not leave his name in history, but He Yan actually said that it is only a matter of time?
Mi Heng immediately became unhappy and put his legs together, his anger sinking in his Dantian, and he wanted to start a quarrel with He Yan.
He Yan saw Mi Heng's actions and immediately stopped him: "From now on, listen to me, you are not allowed to say a word!"
"Why?"
"If you say half a word while I'm talking, then I won't say anything."
"You don't make sense!"
"It makes no sense, but it's not illegal."
He Yan used the "Great Silence Technique" to abolish Mi Heng's unparalleled skills, which made Mi Heng want to leave.
But looking at the tables and chairs next to him, and thinking about the parrot, Mi Heng finally agreed to He Yan's unreasonable request, tore off a piece of cloth and stuffed it into his mouth.
He Yan blinked: "It's nothing like this."
"Whoa! Whoa whoa!"
"What?"
Mi Heng took out the cloth strip again and said: "I'm afraid I can't help it!"
"Okay, then you'd better be stuck."
"..."
In the following time, He Yan and Mi Heng chatted a lot.
From the birth of the first tribe, to the election of the first leader, to the ancestors of the Xia Dynasty, and finally to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, whose "kingship is given by heaven".
At this point, this road has reached its limit.
If you don't destroy it and overturn it, another force will extend -
A force bent the road, turning it from a straight road forward into a circular "reincarnation" road.
Once the concept of "reincarnation" is introduced into Chinese civilization, it will become a cage more terrifying than imperial power and completely imprison everyone.
Build hope in the ruins, wait until everything has grown to the limit, and then, like fate, destroy everyone's hope for beauty, and then continue to build hope...
When everyone becomes accustomed to "self-destruction", then everyone will no longer be able to escape this cage, and will be unable to move in it for life after life.
This is why people like Mi Heng are confused.
Because they cannot accept something as cruel as "self-destruction" for the time being, their souls have not yet become numb, but they are still helpless.
"Since there is no road ahead, why not look back?"
He Yan picked up a book with complicated eyes: "History is not just the past."
"They can also be the future."
"In the state of nature before the formation of nations, men were free and equal."
"Life, freedom, the pursuit of happiness and property are all inherent qualities and rights of human beings. They should not be possessed or violated by any person or organization other than oneself."
"Our ancestors have already written the best answers in our blood, but we turn a blind eye. No one is ever willing to "reverse the wheel" and "find the answer," so we fall into a cruel and desperate trap."
"It's time...for a real revival!"
"Revival to the era of primitive, barbaric, return to nature, and 'natural human rights'!"
Mi Heng: "Woo! Woo! Woo!"
Mi Heng couldn’t bear it anymore!
If you don't let him speak anymore, he might be suffocated to death by himself!
But even so, because he had promised He Yan not to speak, he still did not take the damn cloth out of his mouth.
"Forget it, go ahead...but remember not to curse!"
"I won't scold!"
Mi Heng took the cloth from his mouth, and the next moment he rushed towards He Yan.
He grabbed He Yan's collar and looked like he was crazy: "How to revive?"
"Enlightenment."
He Yan said calmly: "Just like Confucius did."
"But what Confucius spread is "Confucianism", and what the New Learning wants to spread is "rationality."
The origin of "Confucianism" itself is closely related to human society. Its roots are in a strict system of rituals and music, and in human relationships that are harmonious but different.
"Reason" has nothing to do with society.
The essence of a thing is what it should be.
The sun and moon will not change due to human will, they will move smoothly under the action of various forces.
Wind is not caused by mythical creatures like dragons, but is caused by the relative movement of air against the ground.
Thunder is not sent from heaven to punish human beings; its essence is actually a simple atmospheric discharge.
same……
The emperor is not a "man of destiny" or a "son of God". Their existence, their power, and their essence are all traceable, evidence-based, and examples.
In this way, the iron curtain hanging over everyone's heads will naturally be lifted, and a new fast lane will once again appear on the road ahead for Chinese civilization.
Just like... countless Xia ancestors opened this path for everyone.
"I see!"
"I see!"
Mi Heng laughed loudly, as if he knew some great secret.
"Emperor? He's just a two-legged beast!"
"A Confucian scholar like Kong Rong? He is even more a civilized villain!"
"The so-called dynasty is just the most shameful trap set up by a group of cunning people! Each of us should fight against this decadent imperial power system in our own way."
At this moment, Mi Heng seemed to have found his highest goal of "splitting people"——
Blame an era to death! Spray a truth!
Compared with this, nothing like Cao Cao or Kong Rong is worth mentioning!
Mi Heng seems to be completely evolving from a "troller" to a "troller god"!
But now there is the most important question——
"Marquis Shen, where is your so-called "rationality"?"
He Yan pointed to his head: "It's here for every common person."
"But it will take time to guide it out."
The development of Confucianism was helped and organized by the "Seventy-two Sages", let alone "rationality"?
He Yan can't do this alone.
Fortunately, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, everything else was lacking, but there was no shortage of talents!
Otherwise, the Three Kingdoms will not evolve into the "Three Kingdoms Pokémon" in later generations...