I am Da Song

Chapter 257 An Opportunity to Lift Confucian Oppression

A powerful civilization must be inclusive and absorb the achievements of other civilizations.

The diffusion of civilization should not just be the spread of the advanced civilization of the Central Plains to the Hulu in all directions.Similarly, the Central Plains should also absorb useful nutrients in the Quartet.

Zhao Huan looked at Chen Dong and asked: "Chen Siye's words are very wise, but what about the actual situation?"

As the highest institution of higher education in the country, Taixue naturally possesses all-around unparalleled advantages.

Whether it is a large number of professional doctors, the National Library, or various colleges, mobile teaching, all have part of the rudiments of future universities.

But this does not mean that the West does not have the essence of Taixue that can be absorbed.

Chen Dong said: "Taking Taixue as an example, Taixue learned from all schools of thought, imitated Jixia Academy on the top, and borrowed from the masters of Dashi. Therefore, Taixue can be said to be inclusive."

"In terms of academics, Taixue imitates Karuin University. All colleges will award bachelor's degrees to students after successful studies. If they are successful in research and publish papers, they will be awarded a doctor's degree."

"Only those who have obtained a doctor's degree are eligible to teach in Taixue, and those who have obtained a bachelor's degree can complete their studies and be selected for the country."

Zhao Huan nodded slightly, the openness of Song Dynasty's civilization is really gratifying.Chen Dong also lived up to his great trust and worked hard to manage the Taixue.

These two systems are popular in the West, but they are actually similar in the East.

Needless to say, the honorary status of a doctor.Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, a doctorate has been the highest achievement a scholar can achieve.

As for the conditions for obtaining a doctorate, Da Song is undoubtedly narrower and harsher than the West.The West has papers, while the East wants to write books, and mainly for Confucianism.

In other disciplines, it is not impossible to obtain a doctorate, but it is extremely difficult, and there are only a few people in Zhuxia who have a history of thousands of years.

It can be said that the exclusive respect for Confucianism has greatly harmed the development of other disciplines in the Central Plains and restricted the progress of the entire civilization level.

Chen Dong is now mixing things, which is not a big innovation, but it undoubtedly gives other schools of thought besides Confucianism an opportunity to develop.

It gave the entire civilization a vital respite from the oppression of Confucianism.

And as long as they are calmed down, with the background of the Song Dynasty civilization, other schools of thought will immediately achieve rapid development, leaving other civilizations far behind.

To use the most vivid metaphor, the gap is like the difference in the understanding of Confucianism between the East and the West.

If Confucianism is also considered a discipline and a type of civilization, there is no doubt that after 2000 years of persistent national research, the Central Plains has an absolute advantage over other civilizations.

But it is a pity that this is not the world of Confucianism and Taoism, nor the civilization of Xianxia.If you study Confucianism, you can't kill people with a pen, and you can't enrich the country and strengthen the army.Therefore, the promotion of the entire civilization is very limited.

If the scholar-bureaucrats allocated 2000 to [-] percent of their research energy on Confucianism in the past [-] years to engineering, medicine, and mathematics, the entire level of civilization would also develop by leaps and bounds.

Zhao Huan said: "Nowadays Taixue awards degrees to all college students, which undoubtedly brought a glimmer of hope to the overall take-off of the Song civilization. But even if we want to extract the essence, we should focus on it and distinguish the order. Dare I ask Chen Si Ye thought, what aspect of Dashi should I learn from the classics, and what strengths should I learn?"

Chen Dong said with a smile: "On this point, Taixue really has a fair opinion. The two civilizations are very different. My Zhuxia is far superior to Dashi in terms of hard work and tenacity, great ambition, self-improvement, generosity and heroism, and majesty. But Dashi It also has its obvious advantages, this nation is located on the Silk Road, and is especially good at doing business, exploring and communicating, and learning from others’ strengths.”

Zhao Huan's eyes lit up. This is a public opinion. The Arabs and Jews in the Middle East are good at doing business.

Even in Tokyo, there are a large number of Jews running businesses.

However, with Tokyo's prosperous economy and developed commerce, it is reasonable to attract a large number of Jews and Arabs.

"Dare to ask the details?"

Chen Dong concluded: "Since the Central Plains, the country's major policies have been focusing on the basics and limiting the development of industry and commerce. Even if we encourage industry and commerce, there is undoubtedly a gap between the level of industry and commerce and the big cannibals who are proficient in this way."

"In terms of business, various business models such as companies, banks, demand deposits, exchange rates, currency exchanges, loans, income and expenditure ledgers, deposits, transfers, double-entry bookkeeping, checks, promissory notes, and trusts have emerged in Dashi."

"In terms of industry, there are agricultural comprehensive enterprises, milling plants, milling plants, shelling machines, paper mills, sawmills, shipyards, crushing plants, steel mills, sugar plants, tide water power plants and windmills."

After listening, Zhao Huan was so thankful that he was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, not the emperor of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It can be confidently said that although there is a slight gap in all of these, under the atmosphere that Dasong encourages business and industry, Dasong basically has everything that Dasong should have.That is, the degree of development is slightly different.

But you must know that this is already the only aspect that Dashi can show.Dasong is comparing Dashi with the weakest industry and commerce to inherit the industrial and commercial tradition for thousands of years.Except for this item, the gap between Dashi and Dasong in other aspects is too big.Whether it is military equipment, technological innovation, or philosophical calculations, ideology, and social governance, there are gaps that cannot be bridged.

It's no wonder that Chen Dong dared to say confidently that the level of civilization of Song Dynasty far surpassed that of Dashi.

And more importantly, the Great Song Dynasty is now prosperous and strong, and it is developing vigorously and entering the country at a rapid rate.

Dashi has fallen into disintegration, and is now being devastated by the First Crusade.

Zhao Huan looked at Lu Weina at the side, and asked, "How do you feel? Is the highest school of my holy dynasty worth nothing? Can my dynasty be called the highland of civilization?"

The highest institution of a super empire naturally has a very strong foundation.In particular, Song Dynasty also paid attention to school education, bringing together the essence of national culture to Taixue, which naturally deserves the title of the highest institution of learning.

Lu Weina frowned and said: "Tai Xue is the highest institution in the East, and it is reasonable to learn a lot, but I don't understand. Are all Eastern scholars so humble?"

"Why do you feel that this court scholar is too humble? The introduction to you is too detailed."

Zhao Huan smiled lightly, the little girl was quite observant.

But Luwena didn't think much about it, after all, no one would think that a stranger they met on the street was the emperor.

She continued: "Actually, I stayed in Tokyo because I thought Tokyo was more prosperous than Dashi. If the Central Plains absorbed the business advantages of Dashiren, it would definitely be more prosperous and civilized."

Zhao Huan also nodded. This aspect is the most important aspect of the study of the Arab Golden Age at the national level.

As long as the Song Dynasty can fully develop industry and commerce to the level of the Arabs in a few years, it will make up for the last shortcoming, and there is only one opportunity away from full modernization.

(End of this chapter)