Chapter 234: A Hundred Schools of Thought Contend
Qin Law also has detailed regulations for funerals, no extravagance and waste, let alone wasting time, crying when you should cry, burying after crying, and going to farming after burying, so as to shine for the Qin State. Of course, Wu Anjun is a feudal monarch, and he must not be buried in it after crying a few times, but the main problem is that no one came to mourn for him, and Bai Zhong, the only son of Wu Anjun, was unwilling to come back even if he heard the news of his father's death.
If it is a few hundred years in the future, his unfilial behavior can make him lose his official position and even his life, even in the Qin State, which governs the country according to the law, filial piety is also very important, if the father sues the official, saying that his son is not filial, the government can help him execute his son. Fortunately, Wu Anjun would not jump up and sue his son, no one reported him, and Bai Zhong did not punch his father's body a few times, so naturally he would not ask for guilt.
In the end, it was Ying Yiren who seized this good opportunity, he personally presided over Wu Anjun's funeral, which made Gongzi Yiren get a lot of Qin people's favor, no matter what the people of the other six countries think, Qin people still respect their own general, this hero, I heard that Bai Qi was seriously ill, the people of Qin were very worried about him, and often people blessed him and exorcised ghosts for him, and Ying Yiren served Wu Anjun, and even mourned for him, so that he was also respected.
Bai Qi may have seen Gongzi Yiren's thoughts a long time ago, so he didn't let this Gongzi leave, probably King Qin also saw his thoughts, so he didn't interfere, just let Yiren handle these things. The news of Wu Anjun's death soon spread in the Qin State, and many of the officials of the Qin State obtained official positions through the military merit system, and these people had followed Bai Qi to fight.
The Qin State fell into an inexplicable desolate atmosphere for a while, and even some Qin people secretly built a temple for Wu Anjun to worship him, of course, this was illegal in the Qin State, and it was quickly demolished. From the common people at the bottom to the palace, this sad mood completely enveloped the Qin State. Even King Qin, his mood in the past few days is also very wrong, he rarely drinks, and he never gets drunk, he is drunk on this day, and he talks about something to himself.
Fan Ju also came to participate in Wu Anjun's funeral.
His relationship with Wu Anjun is very bad, maybe because Wu Anjun is the only minister in the palace who can change his decision, or maybe because Wu Anjun has no respect for him, or maybe because he is afraid of him, in short, no matter how bad the previous relationship was, on this day, this relationship is over. Fan Ju stood in front of Wu Anjun's spiritual seat, but he didn't have the joy he imagined in his heart.
He has always wanted to kill Wu Anjun, but he didn't wait for this opportunity, the arrogant Wu Anjun has countless loopholes in his body, which can be used by him, but as long as he can still obey King Qin's orders and continue to fight, then King Qin can tolerate his arrogance and let go of his suspicions. At this moment, looking at the skinny old man who closed his eyes tightly, Fan Ju's heart suddenly felt an inexplicable discomfort.
His biggest opponent in the Qin State left like this.
He bowed respectfully towards Bai Qi.
Unlike in China, when the six countries heard the news, they were ecstatic and ecstatic! Bai Qi is dead? That's great!
Since Bai Qi became the commander of the Qin army, the Qin people have never lost, no matter who they are fighting against, no matter how many people they are fighting against... When Bai Qi killed batch after batch of soldiers, when he broke through the cities and killed one general after another, the princes would be frightened by him in their dreams, and Bai Qi completely became their nightmare, and the despair in the face of Bai Qi was incomprehensible to others.
Impeccable, there is no way to defeat, there is no weakness, there is only a victorious war machine in my mind, as if there is no human weakness at all, even in the face of death, it is so calm, no fear, no despair, no guilt and remorse, even when I stop breathing, I can still calmly say that I am going to die, but I regret that I can't meet Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo can feel that fear the most: Bai Qi, this buddy has won battles for forty years, and the soldiers he has killed over the years are more than the total population of Zhao State... Even if Zhao Kuo finally repelled Bai Qi, he was ready to die, that battle, if it weren't for Lian Po, Wei Wuji, if it wasn't for Zhao Guo's soldiers who fought hard, I was afraid that he would be wiped out by Bai Qi's entire army....
Bai Qi doesn't like to enjoy, he has received so many rewards, but he has never enjoyed these conveniences, he has never enjoyed the benefits after the promotion of the title, he still eats rough meals, often stays in the barracks to practice, others fight to improve the title, he fights, just because he likes war, he enjoys war.
When King Han learned of Bai Qi's death, he danced happily and even rewarded the ministers in the country. When the king of Wei learned about this, he couldn't believe it, and he hurriedly sent people to investigate the matter, and prepared an army to recapture the city occupied by the Qin people not long ago. Only King Zhao, after hearing the news, was sad, he was very sad, such an outstanding sage, he actually died like this, and he was not able to meet the widow until he died.
The heart of the king of Chu is extremely complicated, he wants to celebrate this event, but he feels that he has lost the opportunity for revenge, when Bai Qi burned the ancestral tomb of the king of Chu, this hatred, the king of Chu has never dared to forget, and now Bai Qi is dead like this, but he has no chance to take revenge on Bai Qi.
Zhao Kuo is reading the classics of the Mo family in the courtyard, probably because of the reason that he has come from the era of science and technology, he has always had an inexplicable sense of intimacy with the Mo family, because the Mo family he knew in his previous life is a group of scientists, studying machinery, helping the weak, fighting against the strong, it has a different kind of charm, but when Zhao Kuo really began to understand the Mo family, he was still taken aback.
Mozi has a simple materialist philosophical thought, in terms of epistemology and logic, his views are too amazing, when he talks about his thoughts, opinions, will use logic to dialectic, which makes Zhao Kuo gasp, Mozi never guesses, never speaks nonsense, all his views, is a set of dialectics that can be justified.
In the past, there was a famous proposition that the rabbit could not catch up with the turtle crawling in front of him, because the rabbit must first reach the starting point of the turtle, and when he reached that point, the turtle crawled forward for a while, but Mozi directly solved this proposition: he imagined that there is a line AB, from the end of A to the end of B, into half of the full length of C, then cut off, the remaining CB is half of the full length, and then take half of the CB as before, and the remaining is a quarter of the full length, and so on to infinitely many times, and finally will reach the front of the line B.
Although Zhao Kuo couldn't understand this thing, it didn't prevent him from being surprised.
Mozi said in the Book of Ink that "force is the accelerated motion of an object", and he can understand this... He also said that space is an inseparable concept from time, and light travels in a straight line. Seeing philosophy, Zhao Kuo was stunned, what kind of monster is this?? It would be wrong to say that Mozi was a scientist who explored nature, because in the humanities, he had more important academic achievements.
In logic, he proposed three methods of argumentation, class, and reason, and even solved the proposition that the white horse is not a horse... Although the famous does not admit this. Zhao Kuo originally thought that the greatest contribution of the Mohists came from the machines they invented, but now he knows that these academic achievements are the greatest features of the Mohists. Another point is that Mozi's remarks are all contrary to Confucianism, and no matter what Confucianism says, Mozi must say the opposite.
No wonder Confucianism and the Mohists were so stiff, of course, when Mozi was still there, it can be seen from his dialogue with the Confucians that Mozi was bullying children, and through his own logic, he directly said that the Confucians were worthless, but after Mozi's death, the Mohists did not develop anything... However, Confucianism is constantly developing, changing, and sages are produced, and a Confucian like Xunzi can suppress the Mohist alone.
No matter how good the doctrine is, what can we do if there is no ideal successor?
Just when Zhao Kuo was relish and reading repeatedly, Di suddenly broke in, and he shouted with a smile: "Ma Fujun! Bai Qi is dead! Bai Qi is dead! When he opened his mouth, many guests inside and outside the courtyard were very surprised, and they stood up one after another, looking at Di, Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Di, Di looked very happy, he sat down, and said to Zhao Kuo: "Bai Qi is dead!" ”
"I heard that it was King Qin and Fan Ju who joined forces and poisoned Bai Qi!"
"This can't be!!" , Someone shouted loudly, but the person who spoke was the disciple Yang Duanhe, Yang Duanhe was originally asking Han Fei for advice, and suddenly heard the bad news brought by Di, his eyes immediately turned red, Zhao Kuo glanced at him and put down the book in his hand. Di was still arguing: "That's the case, the news I brought, there is no mistake!" As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Kuo and said seriously: "I heard that Shangjun is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to unite Wei and Chu to crusade against Qin again..."
Zhao Kuo has no words, speaking of which, he really doesn't have a good impression of Bai Qi in his heart, Bai Qi brings him only fear and despair, the kind of fear when facing him, Zhao Kuo still dare not forget, fighting against him, you don't know at all that he will emerge from the meeting, and when he will attack, he is elusive, but when he hears the news of his death, Zhao Kuo has no joy in his heart.
From the perspective of later generations, this murderous monster dripping with blood is also a famous general to be proud of... Many years later, there will be people who will talk about his achievements and laugh and say: This is my ancestor! So brave!
Zhao Kuo thought for a long time before he shook his head and said, "I know." ”
Di was stunned, he thought that Zhao Kuo would be very happy, he knew how hostile Ma Fujun was to this general of the Qin State in his heart. However, he didn't say anything more, shrugged his shoulders, and stood up, ready to tell the good news to more people. Zhao Kuo continued to look at the bamboo slips in his hand, the classics of the hundred schools, which also brought him a lot of influence, and even a lot of help, he stood up and walked to the school, and the disciples hurriedly followed behind him.
"I have heard that the doctrine of the hundred schools of thought regards each other as their enemies, and they want to draw their swords to kill each other when they meet, but this is wrong, the hundred schools of thought have their own strengths, each complements each other, and the truth I said is: the ideas of the hundred schools of thought can be integrated, he is not completely opposed, not unrelated to each other. What I want to say can be so dialectical. ”
"The doctrines of Mohism and Confucianism are all opposites. However, they all advocated benevolence and hoped that the monarch would exercise benevolent government. Although the Mohist love is love for the people of the world, while the Confucian love is viewed according to rank, they are all the same in the pursuit of benevolence. In terms of peace, both sides want to build a paradise free of war. Confucianism demanded that the knowledge learned should be beneficial to the state, while Mozi emphasized that all actions should be useful to society... Aren't the two the same? ”
"Confucianism does not believe in ghosts and gods, Xunzi believes that human efforts can change the destiny of heaven, does the Mo family also see it the same?"
"Even these two completely opposing doctrines have something in common, and both have something to learn from each other... If the hundred schools of thought can stop useless debates and unwarranted hostility, the useless debates I am talking about are debates that persuade each other to make each other's theories more successful, and this is a debate that is completely useless to academics. The unwarranted hostility I am talking about is a doctrine that maliciously belittles others, and uses fabricated and framed methods to belittle others and boast about oneself. ”
"Useful debate is to find one's own shortcomings in the debate, is the process of learning and perfecting, this is the truth I found from Zou Zi, in my opinion, no one in the world who is good at debating can surpass Zou Zi, because Zou Zi's debate is not to prove that he is better than others, but to verify whether he is correct, in order to improve his own doctrine."
"The doctrine of the world, the era of Shengxing and Confucius, Mozi, but now they are separated, hostile to each other, except for Xunzi, Gongsunzi, Zou Zi these characters, there is no sage who can write books and teach people, what is the reason? And the sages I'm talking about are now very old... If you don't perfect your own doctrine and confront your own shortcomings, you will only let your doctrine die..."
"I carefully read the Analects, I feel a lot, I admire Confucius's personality, he also admires the ideal society he said, he put forward the benevolent government, strict requirements for himself, in the education attainments, I very much agree, he said the problem of realpolitik, requires both the ruler and the ruled to bear obligations, theoretically speaking, the ruled have the right to rebel against the ruler who does not bear obligations abnormally, which I also very recognize."
"I don't approve of the political system of the first king's time, which he pursues, and I think that there is a system that suits him in every era...."
"I would be very happy if a Confucian sage came to discuss this with me, because it was also an opportunity for me to refine my doctrine and correct myself."
"Next is the Mo family...."
Zhao Kuo carefully found out the current theories, what he had been in contact with, and what he had not been in contact with, and seriously explained his views on this school to the students, where he agreed with them and where he did not agree with them, Zhao Kuo said in detail, without deliberate belittling, nor intentionally touting, even the declining home, the primary school school like the Shi family He said it.
And he also spoke in detail about various schools, from Confucianism, various branches of Mohism, to the doctrine of Shen Buxian, he mentioned it.
Sure enough, when he was telling, Han Fei was recording rapidly.
Zhao Kuo was a little tired when he said it, so he looked at the bamboo slip in Han Fei's hand.
It's a pity that these excellent schools of thought are dying out like this.
Zhao Kuo originally hated debate, but in Zou Yan's place, he found that the debate in this era was not just to distinguish the superior, and he suddenly felt that he might be able to lead the second hundred schools of thought, and use the knowledge he brought to bring something different to all schools.