I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 427 Gaps in Knowledge

A single word sets the topic of the court debate.

Zhao Xi once again surprised the Zhengshitang, and even the entire scholarly community.

How should I put it, this is indeed a problem, but it is not a problem.

Regardless of the school of thought, all arguments revolve around Tao, and all expositions are to express Tao.But no one can figure out how to argue this way.

definition?Or elaboration?Or paraphrase?There is nothing wrong with the argument.This way is too broad.

What is even more confusing is the court defense rules mentioned by the officials.

A title of Taoism confuses the ministers of Zhengshitang, who don't know how to agree to the court defense rules set by the government.

Whether it is discussing the Tao, clarifying the Tao, proving the Tao, or explaining the root of the Tao.

As long as one person begins to explain, no one can interrupt or argue until the speaker has finished.

After all the explanations are over, the court will indicate the end of the explanations.

At this time, other schools, including all the scholars and courtiers present, can argue and ask questions about the content of the elaboration.

Similarly, those who agree with the expositor's theory, or those who are close to the expositor's theory, shall not repeat it.

These must follow a certain order, whether to call the names of those participating in the debate or raise their hands to signal, is decided by the Zhengshitang.

At the same time, once someone refutes and expounds his own interpretation of Tao, he will accept everyone's rebuttals the same as the No. 1 narrator, except those who agree.

Anyone who is grandstanding or violates the regulations will be expelled from the courtroom as a destroyer of the court debate. In serious cases, his fame and title will be affected.

This was drawn up by the officials and the ministers after a meeting, and it cannot be changed.

Fortunately, half a month before the court debate, the imperial court announced the topics and rules of the court debate, which also prepared those who participated in the court debate.

The only regret is that the imperial court explicitly forbids any form of debate on Tao before the court debate.

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The largest palace in the Kingdom... the Daqing Palace, is full at this time.

Because this is a court debate, it is different from a court feast.

In view of his respect for the sage Kong, Zhao Xi also sent people from Qufu to invite Yan Shenggong to Bianliang.

And where Zhao Xi usually sits, there is also a memorial tablet of Confucius...it really looks like that.

Those present are all disciples of the saints, equal in a way.Of course, the king should be excluded.

But Zhao Xi did something very popular.

The courtiers and workers on weekdays have no seats. At most, they are pity for a certain old minister, and the emperor will give them a seat.

At this time, everyone in the Daqing Hall, no matter whether they were ministers or white scholars, had a futon to sit on.

To talk about the Tao, you have to have a way of talking about the Tao.This move was praised by Shilin.

It's better to be an emperor... Zhao Xi touched his couch, feeling very emotional.

Due to the original table and chair workshop in the guard camp, all the court halls have now been replaced with various seats, and Zhao Xi has also remodeled his emperor's seat according to later generations.

Take a look at the squatting kneeling below... Let's have a good debate.

There is a saying called knowledge barrier, that is to say, the knowledge that people have mastered will cause obstacles when accepting new knowledge.

Zhao Xi's knowledge system has been formed through the logical and rigorous systematic education of later generations.

Although he came to this era and accepted the education of this era, he still could not replace his knowledge system.

In dealing with people, maybe he will adapt to the times, but Zhao Xi can't clear up the knowledge formed in his mind.

Relying on the ability of an adult when he was young, he memorized a lot of the current classics by rote. What he really understood was what Sun Fu explained back then, and he was incapable of deriving his own family's words.

As for this court debate... Well, for Zhao Xi, he was just watching the excitement, and he was still dizzy if he didn't need to explain it in vernacular.

It's a pity that this court debate is all about showing off their talents. Who can speak in plain language?
If it is a classic interpretation, maybe Zhao Xi can still hear the way, at least he has been taught.

But these words of Tao's family are all their own experiences, and the words that are cloudy and specious can't be fully understood.

Don't look at these scholars and courtiers nodding their heads, Zhao Xi feels that they also know only a little, but they are just embarrassed and pretend to understand.

I couldn't understand their quotations, but Zhao Xi could clearly capture the core essence.

For example, Zhang Zai's emptiness is qi, one thing and two bodies, put aside his vague vocabulary, and attribute the essence of his academics.Zhao Xi really thought it made sense.

If Zhang Zai's qi is replaced by molecules... it is in agreement with the scientific theories of later generations.

And the Dao he mentioned is the process of gasification. He said he was talking about Dao, but it would be better to say that he was imagining physical and chemical reactions.

There is a saying in later generations that the Han nationality has no science, only technology.From the characteristics of Zhang Zai's theory, Zhao Xi saw the hazy consciousness of science.

It's a pity that most of the prosperity of the literary movement is due to the poor classics, who put their energy in the pile of old papers, and no elite will sink their hearts to understand the nature of matter.

Of course, the scientific examination should bear the responsibility, and there is a lot of weight... After all, learning civil and martial arts, the goods and the emperor's family.

Think too much!Zhao Xi thought about changing, but it really needs to be done slowly.

Let's talk about the rebutters, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi heard that they were related to Zhang Zai, so they put aside these in the dispute of orthodoxy.

Ercheng's theory is purely talking about principles.

It's just that his two brothers focus on people, and they only mention the origin lightly.More emphasis on humane discourse.

It is the embodiment and detail of Dong Zhongshu's harmony between man and nature.

It focuses on how to follow the Tao called heaven, monarchs and ministers, father and son... is ethics.

This should be the root of Confucianism in later generations, but Zhao Xi did not hear some content that was insulted by later generations, and was just establishing a rule between people.

In today's era, perhaps in future generations, or even in any era, Er Cheng's theory has some truth.

Distinguished status and class distinctions are the rules for people to get along with each other.

This is the way, and it is also the foundation of etiquette.

If Ercheng's Neo-Confucianism is to explain the Tao between people, Sima Guang's Tao is directly limited to a single individual.

Although Sima Guang also mentioned the way of heaven, it was a bit mysterious.

Sima Guang's point of view is the word "sincerity". He believes that sincerity is the main purpose of heaven, and people should think about sincerity and understand sincerity, so as to achieve the same goal with the sincerity of heaven and realize the unity of heaven and man.

Whether the sky is sincere, and how to be sincere, cannot be demonstrated.Besides, what the sky is, I only have a concept in my heart, and it seems that everyone knows it without saying it.

But Sima Guang couldn't talk about the sky, so most of his statements focused on why people should be honest and how to be honest.

Zhao Xi does not believe that the three viewpoints that have already been debated are in conflict, or that they just have different emphases.

But in their view, the foundation of Tao is different.

Qi, reason, and sincerity, which of the three is the way... On this issue, each one is arguing with each other.

What they are really arguing about is fundamentally wrong.This is the difference between macro and micro. Because they value academic influence too much, they do not pay attention to the complementarity of their respective theories.

(End of this chapter)