Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 330: A pile of old papers!
"How can you confuse the teachings of the sages?!" Fang Xiaoru's eyes flickered slightly, and he rolled up his sleeves and loudly objected. He looked coldly at Xia Zhibai who was pointing the finger at the country, and sneered: "Mozi's teachings have long been swept into the heap of history. How can they be useful?"

“The learning of the sages encompasses everything, and the wisdom of all things is contained in it.”

"What kind of disgrace is it to ignore the main point and pursue the trivial?"

"We should learn from the best, so why should we try to catch up with the worst?"

"The Mohist school's teachings are but a minor trick."

"Not worth learning!"

Huang Zhang and others also jumped out at this moment.

"Correct."

"What's so good about Mohism? There have been so many scholars and writers throughout the dynasties, but how many of them have spoken for Mohism? If Mohism is really that powerful and as useful as you say, wouldn't so many emperors and generals know about it? How could they not use it?"

"The reason why I don't use it is because it's useless!"

"Mohism has always been completely useless in governing a country or studying knowledge."

"This has been verified in the Zhou Dynasty. Otherwise, why did the Mohist school decline while our Confucian school flourished?"

"Now that my Confucianism is spread all over the world, and Confucian students have become the mainstream of the world, you want to attack my Confucianism for your own selfish reasons. You really have ulterior motives. I will definitely impeach you to Your Majesty. You should be punished for slandering the teachings of the saints!!!"

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"It is not advisable to respect the past and despise the present. Who can guarantee that the ancient scholars are always right?" Xia Zhibai's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at the people below, and gradually frowned.

When he frowned, the atmosphere in the whole room suddenly became depressing.

The scholars who were close to Xia Zhibai felt an invisible pressure that made it hard for them to breathe.

The entire hall was in complete silence; not even the most ordinary cough could be heard.

"During the Zhou Dynasty, hundreds of schools of thought contended with each other, but there was no winner. However, under the hegemony of the monarchy, the era of hundreds of schools of thought gradually withered and fell into decline. In order to better govern the country and to better educate and unify the world, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose to abolish hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism. However, the Confucianism at that time had already undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the Confucianism of Confucius' time."

"Gongyang, Guliang, and Zuozhuan."

"It is said that there were also the Zou family and the Jia family, but they have long been lost."

"Today's Confucians, when studying the Spring and Autumn Annals, must read the Three Commentaries, but without annotations the text of the Three Commentaries is incomprehensible."

"From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, there were too many people who annotated the texts or studied their key points to count, but the basic annotations should be the annotations and commentaries in the Thirteen Classics. Zuo Zhuan, annotated by Du Yu of the Jin Dynasty, and annotated by Kong Yingda of the Tang Dynasty. Gongyang Zhuan, annotated by He Xiu of the Han Dynasty, and annotated by Xu Yan of the Tang Dynasty. Guliang Zhuan, annotated by Fan Ning of the Jin Dynasty, and annotated by Yang Shixun of the Tang Dynasty."

"The three commentaries have their own general rules. If you study the classics and commentaries according to these rules, you will find it convenient, but you should not be biased towards one school and think that you are right."

"However, over the years, the Confucianism you have read is all the annotations of the predecessors, and it may have deviated from the original. Even the ancient scholars knew that they should not be stubborn and self-righteous. You are well-read, but you are stubborn and think that Confucianism is correct. How ridiculous."

"The more you argue, the clearer the truth becomes."

“It is not because Confucianism survived to the end that it automatically became correct.”

"If that's the case, then wouldn't the old scholars in their seventies and eighties in the countryside have a better grasp of the truth than you?"

"Because he lived long."

"Wang Bo of the early Tang Dynasty was a man of extraordinary talent, but unfortunately he died young. But who dares to deny Wang Bo's talent? Who would criticize his talent or even belittle it because of his early death?"

"So you should change your ideas." "Just because the Mohist school broke the orthodoxy, you can't regard all the Mohist things as trash. This is wrong."

"And judging from your ages, you probably all came from the Yuan Dynasty."

"The Yuan people are barbarians."

"Under their barbaric rule, literature declined, and all kinds of operas emerged one after another. How could they understand Confucianism? The Confucianism of the Yuan Dynasty that you studied was a castrated version. Otherwise, why would you admire the Song Dynasty so much?"

"Now that our Great Ming has conquered the world and restored the Han people's rule, we should have made great efforts to reform and repair the damage done by the old Yuan Dynasty to the Chinese land. However, you are clinging to the "relics" of the old Yuan Dynasty and even regard them as the orthodoxy of the world. How absurd."

"Everyone, are you still missing the Yuan Dynasty and still dreaming of continuing to be the 'old guard' of the Yuan Dynasty?!"

"otherwise."

"Why are you holding on to this pile of old papers?"

"Are you unwilling to accept the precious culture of the great Chinese nation that has existed for thousands of years?"

After hearing Xia Zhibai's words, Fang Xiaoru, who was originally angry, changed his expression drastically.

Others are no less far behind.

How could they still miss the old Yuan Dynasty, how could they still want to be the "old guard" of the Yuan Dynasty? Now it is the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty has long become a thing of the past, but the Northern Yuan Dynasty still exists. If they cannot answer well, they may bring disaster upon themselves.

after all
Your Majesty hates people who are indecisive the most.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Liu Sanwu suddenly laughed out loud and said three "good" words in a row, but each word was sharp, and it was clear that he was laughing out of anger.

His sudden laughter also scared the other scholars. Thinking that he was going to have a fit, their eyes lit up and they all took a step back, leaving space around Liu Sanwu. However, Liu Sanwu did not have a fit. He just flicked his sleeves. He was still calm, but his tone was chilling.

"As a Hanlin scholar and the top scholar of the Ming Dynasty, you should know that the Ming Dynasty was not easy to come by. You should unite everyone and let us Hanlin scholars contribute to the Ming Dynasty. But what have you done in the past few months?"

"Party unity, fighting against dissidents."

"He attacked us, the Imperial Academy scholars, to the utmost."

"He used his status to attack us, and now he has even created a language trap to make us fall into it. He deserves death, and his heart is sinister and vicious."

"As a Hanlin scholar, you are always making all kinds of accusations and criticisms for your own selfish reasons, as if you are definitely right. You are also always refutating my opinions as worthless. People like you are indeed unworthy of the word 'ritual', let alone studying 'Confucianism'."

"You are an outlier among the literati!"

"As fellow Hanlin scholars, we believe that we have done our duty and put in all our efforts in compiling the book, but you, on the other hand, not only do not approve of it, but you even take the opportunity to attack us. However, as a Hanlin scholar, I will not argue with you, lest I lose face and the demeanor of a court minister. Just wait for your criticism."

"It is a disgrace to me to serve in the same court as a literary ruffian like you."

After saying that, Liu Sanwu turned away!

He could no longer tolerate Xia Zhibai's dominance and arrogance.

In particular, he tried to impose his own views on them, which made Liu Sanwu even more unacceptable.

How could Xia Zhibai question his talent?
(End of this chapter)