1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3214
Compared with Danzhou, which is famous for its culture and education on Hainan Island, Wansong Academy undoubtedly has a lot more historical heritage.

Any house in the academy, a pond, or a gazebo all have humanistic allusions related to it.For example, the classroom that Ning Qi stepped into was the place where Wang Yangming gave lectures more than 100 years ago.

But precisely because of this long-lasting cultural inheritance, it seems that it is not an easy task for Haihan to completely change the teaching direction and methods here.

Later, Ning Qi delivered a speech to the teachers and students of the academy present outside the Ming Dao Hall.

"Wansong Academy is one of the best academies in Hangzhou. In the past few hundred years, it has cultivated countless talents for the country. I hope this tradition can continue, and there will be more talents from Wansong Academy in the future. Talent works for the country."

"But now that we have entered a new era, the talents needed by the country are not the same as before. The teaching methods and content of the academy should also be applied to adapt to the development of the times and make corresponding adjustments."

"Confucianism, Confucianism, Yangming Mind, and Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism taught in the academy in the past were all theories that were established in line with the historical environment at that time. And the theory of the founding of our country, you may have heard of it, is Haihan science! In the past 30 years in our country The rapid development of my country is also based on science!"

"The talents needed by the country today must have an understanding of science. I hope that the teachers and students of the academy can study the textbooks distributed by the Ministry of Culture and Education to the academy. As for the lack of teachers in the academy, the Ministry of culture and education will solve it as soon as possible, and strive to start with Nanfang mobilized some experienced lecturers to Hangzhou for a period of time as teaching assistants, and at the same time, it also arranged for academy lecturers to go to Sanya for advanced studies.”

Ning Qi knew that it would be very difficult for an old school like this to persuade the gentlemen of the school to change their teaching direction through classic debates, and the effect might not be good.

The reputation of Wansong Academy is due to the good "employment rate" of its graduates for a long time.The content of studying in Wansong Academy can guarantee that some students will take the imperial examination in high school and then become officials. This is enough to make the academy have a high reputation and attract more outstanding talents to study here.

Therefore, he adopted a more practical method to let the teachers and students of the academy realize that although the "science education" promoted by Haihan is different from the various theories in the past, it is considered a new thing, but this has nothing to do with whether the students of the academy can enter the university in the future. Being an official is directly linked.

If you want to maintain the golden signboard of Wansong Academy, you have to make changes according to the current new rules.

As for those teachers who bury their heads in the pile of old papers and refuse to let go of old antiques, Ning Qi can let them go, reality will naturally teach them to be human.

In the imperial examination held in Donghai District last year, there were some practical questions, which had already made the candidates of Wansong Academy suffer a little.In the end, the number of nominees on the gold list was not as many as in previous years.

It’s just that they may not have figured out the reason at the time, but now Ning Qi pierced through the window paper to let them know that the reason for the failure of the exam was that the teaching content of the academy did not keep up with the requirements of the country.

If the academies are still unwilling to make changes, that's okay, Ning Qi has pointed out the way, and those who are interested will change their schools and go to those academies in the south that are more suitable for the new imperial examination requirements.

The dean of the academy, Su Sixiao's expression was not very good. After Ning Qi finished speaking, he winked at an old master next to him.

That person understood, and Dang even took the initiative to come forward and questioned Ning Qi's statement. It was nothing more than that the content taught by Wansong Academy was the theory of sages and sages. Theories, how come to Haihan, it is necessary to overthrow these theories that have been proven to be effective.

Previously, Su Sixiao introduced this old master to Ning Qi. He has been teaching at Wansong Academy for 50 years. He is the oldest and one of the most prestigious and influential employees in the academy. Just represent his personal thoughts.

Ning Qi didn't want to debate the scriptures, but he couldn't resist someone jumping out to ask for a fight.If he doesn't respond to the old master's question, and brings out some dry goods, then what he said before is tantamount to talking in vain.

"Wansong Academy has a long history. As I mentioned just now, there have been many theories here, but are there really no cases where the latecomers overthrew the former? If you don't talk about it, let's talk about the Ming Dynasty."

"During the Zhengde and Jiajing years, Wansong Academy invited Wang Yangming to give lectures, and highly praised the theory of mind. In the Wanli period, the imperial court began to revive Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, denouncing Wang Yangming's theory as fake learning, and the academy was built in the Wanli period. There are also two study rooms, Qiongli and Jujing, and the portraits of the five sons of Cheng and Zhu hanging in the Confucius Hall, all these are the evidences of overthrowing the theory of mind and advocating Neo-Confucianism at that time!"

"During the reign of Tianqi and Chongzhen, the academy transformed itself to train talents for the government. The content taught was all for passing the imperial examinations, and gradually formed its current position. Isn't this overturning the previous teaching goals again?"

"In the past few years, the academy has made changes according to official requirements. Why did I, Haihan, start pushing back and forth, clinging to the old and refusing to follow the new system?"

"Everyone here can think about it carefully. Is what these people want to protect are the theories of their ancestors, or their own authoritative status in the circle of culture and education?"

"I would like to remind some people with different thoughts that status and reputation are not easy to come by, but it may be a matter of a few words to lose them. Don't try to go against the authorities. Many people have tried it. , but the results were not good."

The old master's face turned red and white, but he didn't dare to refute Ning Qi again.

These people thought that Ning Qi's understanding of Wansong Academy was limited, but they didn't know that Ning Qi had already done his homework, so he directly quoted the history of Wansong Academy to refute their claims. If they continued to argue, they would be against themselves. , that would really be a joke.

Of course, the most important reason is that the foundation of Wansong Academy is official support. From a certain point of view, the academy is even part of the old bureaucratic system.

Standing on the side of the official position is the foundation of Wansong Academy's enduring decline.Ning Qi talked about this, if he still insisted on his own opinion and refused to listen to the advice, then he was against the authorities.

This was an extremely dangerous signal, Su Sixiao hurried forward and said a few soft words to put this embarrassing situation aside.

Ning Qi saw that he was coming out to make love at this time, but he didn't stop him.He didn't care about Su Sixiao's position and ideas, and if the people in the academy weren't useful, he didn't mind sending a group of people from the south to completely remodel Wansong Academy from head to toe.

(End of this chapter)