Chapter 284 What You Think You Think Is What You Think
Chapter 284 What you think you think is what you think
Author: Sanqiu Empty City
Chapter 284 What you think you think is what you think
Ships sailing on the sea are indeed relatively leisurely for students.
Konoe Aki didn't deliberately contact Li Yu, but she did stand out among these students.
Konoe Aki is very smart, but if he shows his strong strength among the students, Li Yu will definitely pay attention to him.
The students were bored and studying some of Li Yu's papers on the boat. After all, they were going to enter Li Yu's company and laboratory.
It's just that some of Li Yu's articles are indeed too profound, especially the mathematical theory papers, which involve a lot of advanced mathematical knowledge, and it is impossible for them to understand them.
However, some of Li Yu's recent articles in Science are relatively popular, such as the content just released on the calculation of the three major cosmic velocities.
Konoe Akiyuki was actually able to understand some of the points and could even explain them to other students.
Although it is not a profound knowledge, it cannot be said to be very powerful, but among these people, it seems to be very outstanding.
"I never thought a girl could learn complex mathematical knowledge!" the students praised.
Konoe Akiyuki smiled slightly: "Not only that, have you heard about Mr. Li Yu's patent on radio?"
"Radio? What is it?" The students really didn't know this kind of high technology.
Radio is relatively abstract. At present, domestic schools rarely even talk about communication, let alone radio.
Konoe Akiyuki continued to explain to them on paper: "Radio is a long-distance communication device that does not require telegraph lines..."
Konoe Akiyuki did not understand profound technical knowledge, but the students were fascinated by the simple popular science.
Everyone knew that what Li Yu was doing was powerful, but when they heard it now, they thought it was too advanced! They didn’t understand it at all!
He became more and more determined to follow Li Yuqian.
After that, Konoe Akiyuki also mentioned Li Yu's patent on automobiles. Nowadays, there are only a few automobiles in Shanghai, and most students have never seen them.
Konoe Akiyuki actually knew something about it.
The students became more and more convinced of her and praised her for her "coexistence of beauty and wisdom, temperament and elegance."
It seems that it has spawned a lot of little fans.
Li Yu was also curious in her heart. She knew so much. Especially the radio, which she had just brought back to the country and was only circulated in a small area. The people she bought were all ministers and ambassadors. She actually already knew something about it.
Do you often watch American news?
However, Li Yu didn't think much about it for the time being.
After returning to the capital, Li Yu settled them in the Rong Mansion next to him. Fortunately, he rented it. The Rong Mansion was very large, and it was very easy to live with such a small number of people. It only took two or three people to enter the courtyard.
Only Konoe Akiyuki is special and needs to be given a separate room for her.
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The day after returning to Beijing, Lu Bicheng came to see him.
He also brought the latest "Ta Kung Pao" and said angrily: "Look, this article is really irritating!"
Li Yu unfolded the newspaper, which was written by De Cuilin, the former Tianjin Customs and Taxation Department.
Ever since the Dong Chuang Incident broke out and her plot to plunder the Kaiping Coal Mine was exposed, she became furious and published various slanderous articles. Today she even pointed the finger at Confucius.
However, he did not dare to directly attack it himself, but borrowed the words of the great German philosopher Hegel.
Hegel indeed said this: "In fact, Confucius' understanding is more of a common sense morality, which can be found in any nation. This is something without excellence. Confucius is indeed a
Wise man, there is no speculative philosophy in Confucius at all, but more of some moral lessons, and it is difficult for us to get anything special from this."
Hegel even said: "In order to maintain the reputation of Confucius, it would be better if his books had never been translated."
Hegel obviously didn't understand, and then he was embarrassing Confucius and devaluing Confucius as worthless.
Later, De Cuilin talked about some contents of "The Analects of Confucius", but he obviously read the English translation or the German translation and did not get the essence.
Li Yu sneered at De Cuilin's approach.
But when ordinary readers see that he refers to Hegel, even though many of them have never heard of it, after learning from the article that he is an important German philosopher, they feel somewhat dim and even feel inferior.
Even Kong Lingyi, the Duke of Yansheng of the Confucius family, did not speak out.
But Li Yu didn't count on him either.
This Kong Lingyi, during the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, first gave a memorial to the old Buddha in Xishou, hoping that Empress Dowager Cixi would take care of her health and not overwork herself, and that good days of singing and dancing would come.
On the other side, the portrait of the German Emperor Wilhelm II was welcomed into the Confucius Mansion and enshrined with gongs and drums!
Of course, there is also a treasured statue of King Edward VII of the British Empire.
Absolutely ridiculous!
Yan Shenggong seemed not to be xenophobic at all. He kept up with the times and knew that the most powerful countries in the world at that time were England and Germany.
Just like the flattering look when the Qing army entered the pass.
Zhang Taiyan, a true master of Chinese studies, was so angry that he issued an article calling for "the people of Shandong to join the Boxer Rebellion and do nothing to promote the Holy Duke"!
Li Yu is well aware that the self-confidence of Chinese people is currently low, and he must be the vanguard.
"This bastard De Cuilin!" Li Yu said to Lu Bicheng, "Come and wait in my room. I will write an article to refute him right now and publish it in Ta Kung Pao."
Li Yu returned to the study, spread out the manuscript paper, picked up the pen and wrote quickly:
"Your Excellency De Cuilin, you are really arrogant and prejudiced, but with such a tone, you don't know how ignorant you are!"
Li Yu pointed out that he didn't understand at all, and then went on to write:
"I don't even want to mention you, Mr. De Cuilin, and besides, you are borrowing Hegel's words to make your statement. Then let me tell you, not only you, but Hegel also doesn't understand the Analects!
"I once traveled in Europe and saw the translation of The Analects of Confucius.
"You foreigners must think that "The Analects" is just a collection of crude, nutritious and cliche aphorisms, right?
"But in fact, you don't understand profound classical Chinese at all, let alone what kind of environment the Spring and Autumn Period was! Do you know what the collapse of rituals and music is, what is loss and reconstruction, what is ancient ideals, what is human beings and people
A healthy relationship between them!?
“If you can’t understand these, don’t say you understand the Analects, let alone make such nonsense that you have seen through the Chinese people!
"After all, you don't understand at all! Don't think that what you think is what you think!
"Mr. De Cuiling, I can say without politeness that your ignorant tone of voice will only make you appear worse than ignorant!"
Li Yu felt very happy after writing it and showed it to Lu Bicheng: "Send it out."
Lu Bicheng watched from the side and said in surprise: "Publishing it in the newspaper like this will probably make Mr. De Cuilin very angry. He was the former tax department."
Li Yu said disdainfully: "So what?"
"But..." Lu Bicheng was still a little hesitant.
Li Yu laughed and said: "The articles are all signed. If he has any questions, just ask me. I'm not afraid of foreigners!"
Lu Bicheng said: "You, you are too brave! Okay, I will listen to you."
After the article was published, it indeed caused an uproar.
Newspapers like things that have topical and controversial points.
Soon other newspapers such as "Zi Lin Xi Bao" and "Beijing-Tianjin Times" reprinted it one after another.
Not long after, the Times and Shanghai Shenbao also published the original text.
Everyone applauded Li Yu one after another.
Today, there are too few Chinese people who are respected by foreigners, and those who dare to criticize foreigners are even unheard of.
And Li Yu even dared to scold foreigners!
The key is to refute the great German philosopher Hegel, which makes the people excited.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door of Li Yu's house.
Lu Bicheng was there today and asked, "Isn't it a foreigner coming?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Uncle Wang, open the door to welcome guests."
The door opened, and it was Gu Hongming standing outside.
And he was dressed very formally today.
Li Yu didn't expect that he would come to visit, so he walked out of the hall and asked, "Mr. Gu, why are you here?"
Gu Hongming's tone was not as sharp as before, but a little softer: "I heard that little brother Li Yu returned to the capital, so I came here to pay a visit."
Li Yu hurriedly said: "Sir, please come in quickly!"
Gu Hongming held the latest "Ta Kung Pao" in his hand and said: "I really can't believe that you are the first to stand up and defend Confucius, and your words are so powerful that I have to admire you."
Gu Hongming argued with him many times, and now he came to the door in person and spoke in a soft tone, which made Li Yu a little bit at a loss.
"It's just self-defense," Li Yu said.
Gu Hongming asked: "Are these your words from the bottom of your heart?"
Li Yu said: "Of course!"
Gu Hongming asked: "Aren't you always opposed to Confucianism?"
Li Yu said awkwardly: "Where did I say that? Why did it become like this? I have always said that Chinese studies and science are not contradictory and can develop together."
Gu Hongming said: "I didn't believe it before, but when I saw it today, I pale in comparison. When I saw the German article, I couldn't even think of how to refute it. In this regard, you are better."
Li Yu quickly said: "Mr. Gu is overly praised. I am far behind you in my views on Chinese studies. I have benefited a lot from reading the book you gave me some time ago. Otherwise, I would not be able to write such an article to refute the foreign devils."
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Gu Hongming smiled and said: "Foreign devils, good words. I didn't expect that you actually read the book I wrote. On the contrary, I can't understand much of what you wrote now. I'm ashamed. Otherwise, I don't think I would have faced the foreigners."
Sometimes I can’t explain why.”
Li Yu said: "I'm just a step ahead. It won't take long before I think you will write a sharp article to refute."
Gu Hongming did confront foreigners many times during the Republic of China.
But at this time, he said seriously: "You don't have to be polite to me! I, Gu Hongming, said that you are one step ahead of me today, which means you are one step above me!"
Gu Hongming was a madman, and not many people convinced him, not to mention that Li Yu was still a young man.
Li Yu smiled and said: "I admit it."
Gu Hongming said: "My view of you has changed a lot today."
"That's how I am! Before, we just had conflicts of ideas," Li Yu said, "But just like I once spent a period of time in the Imperial University, my classmates and I would sometimes joke and scold the university for all the wrong things.
But it is limited to our own people. If foreigners criticize us, it will no longer work! We must be consistent with the outside world!"
Gu Hongming was stunned, clasped his fists and said: "Today I understand that your title of Imperial Master is not for nothing, I will also respectfully call you Imperial Master!"