Song Gexing

Chapter 240 Overjoyed
That's right, Zhao Fang will not change the dominant position of Confucianism. No matter how much later generations criticize Confucianism, thinking that it has hindered the modern civilization of his country, he does not believe it.

He believes that the lagging development of modern civilization is not the fault of Confucianism, but caused by the ruling class. Otherwise, why would China lead the world before the Ming Dynasty?

As for the loud-mouthed great writer named Wang in later generations who disdained to denounce Confucianism, it was not because he himself was a Manchu.

It's a joke to sit on the crooked butt and still say something fair.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty castrated Confucianism, but put the blame on Confucianism. How is the compilation of the "Sikuquanshu" different from the Qin Shihuang who was accused of being a tyrant and burned books to harass Confucians.

As mentioned above, Neo-Confucianism is not a piece of knowledge that does not want to make progress, nor is it comparable to a waste that cedes land and pays compensation but is complacent.

Zhu Xi was the main militant in the fight against the Jin Dynasty. This is recorded in history. When Song Xiaozong summoned Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi put forward three suggestions.

First, he emphasized his academic views, sincerity, and theory of studying things to achieve knowledge, and opposed Buddhism and Taoism.

Second, he opposed the peace proposal and demanded revenge for his family and country against foreign barbarians and regained the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Third, oppose the monarch's favoring of traitors and ask for repairs in internal affairs to support the people and accumulate strength.

This is Zhu Xi, who is considered by later generations to have imprisoned people's thoughts. Let's take a closer look at the first point, be honest and sincere, and study things to know. Are you familiar with this?

Yes, this is a theory that later generations believe is unique to Yangming's theory of mind. In fact, it is completely wrong. This theory was taught by all schools of Song Dynasty theory.

Because the idea of ​​Gewu was not created by Wang Yangming, but from Mencius, that is to say, Confucianism valued practice in the era of our ancestors.

This is probably one of the reasons why Dong Zhongshu only respects Confucianism, because among all the schools of thought, only Confucianism is good at being inclusive.

Confucianism talks about opposing other schools of thought, but in fact it sees whoever has good things and uses them to enrich their own doctrines.

The most typical is Xunzi, the great master of Confucianism, who cultivated two great masters of Legalism, Li Si and Han Feizi.

This is the inclusive representative of Confucianism. Otherwise, Xunzi, who claimed to be the successor of Confucius throughout his life, would never have paid equal attention to etiquette and law, and trained two disciples who were both representatives of Legalism.

Moreover, Meng Tian is also his disciple, which shows how broad-minded the old man is. You must know that he has criticized the lack of Confucianism in Qin State as a big drawback.

Knowing that Zhao Fang didn't want to change the status quo of Confucianism being dominant, Wen Yanbo heaved a sigh of relief, regardless of the other party's white eyes, he laughed.

"The officials themselves didn't explain it clearly, which frightened the minister and blamed him for talking too much."

Zhao Fang continued to roll his eyes and said: "There is no one who can be startled at such an old age. He is still less stable than me at such a young age. There is really no one."

After saying this, everyone burst into laughter and complained that Wen Yanbo should be scolded. The monarch and his ministers were all happy, and no one objected to this decision.

For the civil servants here, there is nothing more important than inheriting civilization. The extreme Confucian theory even says that a country can perish, but cultural inheritance cannot be broken.

And there are many such people. In their eyes, the change of dynasty is reincarnation, but there is no such thing as reincarnation in cultural inheritance.

Some people in later generations said that when ancient people talked about family and country, they put family before country, so they paid more attention to family and despised the country. In fact, this is a fallacy.

This sentence is an inverted sentence. Don't forget that the word "jiaguo" is followed by "tianxia", and "jiaguotianxia" is the complete meaning of this sentence.

In other words, the highest ideal of Confucianism is the unity of the world, followed by the country, and finally the family.

Instead of talking about the world and the country, we talk about the family, the country and the world, because the latter is more catchy, or maybe it is the speaking habits of Confucius and Mencius. Don’t forget that the most common way Shandong people speak is inverted sentences.In addition, this idea is best reflected in the Book of Filial Piety. Confucian education starts with honoring parents, extends to family, and then extends to fellow villagers...

Focus on yourself and push outward one by one, and finally achieve the goal of benefiting the world.

The gentleman who is poor can only take care of himself, and the gentleman who is prosperous can help the world. This is the concrete embodiment of this principle of life.

But some people take it out of context and falsely accuse Confucians of only knowing a family but not a country.

If this is the case, why is there still the talk of being loyal to the country at all times, and why are the heroes who sacrificed their homes to defend the country being passed down from generation to generation?

It is said that Dayu controlled the flood three times without entering the house, Zhuge Liang knew that he could not do it, but he did it, and Yue Fei devoted himself to serving the country.

These vivid examples all illustrate that Confucianism has always put the country before the family.

I seriously suspect that those who speak out about such disparaging views of Confucianism have received money from foreign countries to deliberately discredit Confucianism and attack China's traditional culture.

It is said that Sima Guang was overjoyed after receiving the imperial edict, and began to immerse himself in the old papers to search for information and compile history books, which made Zhao Fang extremely happy.

This old man is a stubborn person. If he was idle all day long, he would cause trouble for him. Now that he has no time to talk to him, he can have a few days of leisure and play leisurely.

His hard work has brought him fruitful results. His father has more than a dozen daughters, and he is about to catch up with them now.

The concubines showed their pregnancies one by one, and Zhao Pan'er was finally pregnant. This made him extremely happy. He made sure to listen to the fetal movements after finishing his official duties every day, and he was happy to be disliked by others.

"The official family is very happy! The official family is very happy..."

On this day, Zhao Fang came to Zhao Paner's house as usual. As soon as he hugged her, he heard Gao Jujian running in with a lot of calls.

Zhao Fang turned around and asked, "Why is Lao Gao so happy? Did he find a treasure?"

Gao Jujian replied with a smile: "I'm happier than finding a treasure! Officials! The Tamluo Kingdom announced its surrender to us. Zhongshou Weng reported that it has been replaced by our dragon flag. Please send officials as soon as possible to decide on the province." All levels..."

Zhao Fang's eyes lit up: "Bring it to me quickly! Didn't Korea interfere? This is surprising, they have been thinking about it for decades."

"He dares! Only our great Song Renyi made him a vassal, otherwise he would have been destroyed."

Gao Jujian suddenly showed his domineering attitude and made Zhao Fang laugh. Not to mention, Zhao Fang had no intention of paying attention to Gao Li, otherwise it would be impossible to destroy it.

It’s just that after the defeat of Goryeo, the Liao Kingdom will definitely not be able to sit still. That is its backyard. If there is a fire in the backyard, the Liao Kingdom can jump up.

"Okay! Okay, now Tamra, Wa, and Ryukyu are connected, and we can set up the Navy's Seventh Fleet there."

After reading the report, Zhao Fang said with a smile, even if the Jurchens can rise in the future, they will not be able to threaten the Song Dynasty, because the Jurchen base camp will be under the peak of the Seventh Fleet.

Naturally, he has to think about his descendants. Just because he is powerful does not mean that his descendants will also be powerful. It is normal for a tiger father to have a dog son.

Of course, the best way is to destroy the Liao Dynasty in his own lifetime, and then conquer the Jurchens and take over the entire northern prairie and ice fields, which will directly block the future rise of Tsarist Russia.

But this is not that simple. Not every time traveler can be domineering and leaky. That is the setting of Shuangwen, and it is extremely difficult to achieve in reality.

(End of this chapter)