Chapter 241: The Invention of Printing and the Four Books and Five Classics
Sent Gongzi to Zhao Guo, and finally in order to marry Yan Guo, South Korea still sent Gongsun Yu to lead 50,000 troops, sent Gongzi to Zhao, Zhao Yong conscripted 100,000 soldiers, with Le Chi as the commander, the two armies combined and drove to Dai County.
Historically, the prince of Yan State was flat, resolutely refused to return to China as a prince, and fought a big war with Zhao State, but Zhao State was defeated and came back in disgrace, and then the Empress Dowager Yi of Yan State supported the prince's position, united internally and invited King Qin Hui to send troops to fight again, and finally succeeded.
Zhao Xing would never let history repeat itself, so he sent Le Yi with his 30,000 cavalry and Poxi Army to follow. and instructed Yin Qi Xu Jie to make every effort to ensure the logistics of the army, and vowed to complete this battle by Zhao State.
Zhao Xing thinks that he shouldn't do these things by himself at all. Fighting, killing, and killing are not in line with one's own peace-loving ideological and moral cultivation.
What I should do is to educate the people and teach Wang Hua, the ideal goal that this saint pursued but never achieved.
He is a pacifist and a propagandist of world peace, especially the education of Zhongshan people is the most urgent thing for him to do.
Educating them, letting them be kingized as soon as possible, and realizing the goal that Zhongshan people have been diligently pursuing for generations and integrating into the Central Plains cultural circle as soon as possible is what they need to do the most, and this is their greatest merit. Otherwise, you will live up to yourself and cross once.
Zhao Xing returned to his own county, and he wanted to invent, invent a big thing, that is, printing to change the rhythm of human culture.
The purpose of inventing printing in advance was to sell books to Zhongshan, but to sell Confucian classics, Wang Hua, Confucianism as the most.
However, considering that books can only be copied by hand, the labor cost is too expensive, which is not conducive to the spread of culture. For the cultural development of Zhongshan and the well-being of Zhongshan people, the cost of reading for Zhongshan people should be reduced, so that education will become an acceptable price for Zhongshan people, and even the poorest people who want to study. It has become Zhao Xing's sacred duty to let everyone read books and truly educate one party, so the lazy Zhao Xing thinks that he must have the courage to do it.
For the sake of humanity's greatest goal, Zhao Xing must bring down the price of books. And the way to reduce the cost of books, Zhao Xing doesn't want to lose money for this great ideal of educating barbarians, and he can't even make less money. So, Zhao Xing decided to start the invention of printing.
Of course, movable type printing is unlikely, because of the alloy of movable fonts, there is no way to make it, because I don't even know the composition of those mold alloys, I really can't start. It was too late for the Baiji Palace to tackle key scientific and technological problems, but there was no problem with engraving printing.
Engraving printing is simple and easy, and the engraving is very durable, and it can be used forever for one engraving.
As for the massive work of engraving, it doesn't matter, because Zhao Xing is not going to print many books, and nothing else is needed, just printing the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism.
But it seems that there is a lot of work. Therefore, Zhao Xing decided to streamline the Four Books and Five Classics, remove the dross, and take the essence of them, as long as the essence of the Four Books and Five Classics is retained.
So, Zhao Xing decided to cut off half of the Four Books and Five Classics without losing his true essence, just the nonsense for Zhongshan people.
First of all, it is the printing of the Confucian classics.
So, under his leadership, those who were raised by Zhao Xinggao and Lu for historical investigation and revision, began to revise the Four Books and Five Classics.
In order to save labor and engraving costs, in order to adapt to the education of Zhongshan people, this classic was the first to be abandoned by Zhao Xing in the opening of the Four Books and Five Classics.
The golden mean is the essence of the entire Four Books and Five Classics, and it is the ideological foundation of Confucius. Confucianism pays attention to entering the market, which is to obtain high-ranking officials and generous talents by an upright tendon, and to do everything possible to change the discord of others and their own thoughts, and to change the world. However, the golden mean is the foundation of life that is integrated into Taoist thought, and the law of doing things, that is, to be flexible, to retreat, and to teach that you can't blindly advance, and you don't know how to retreat and turn back.
This is not good, Zhao Xing thinks that this is the dross of the Four Books and Five Classics. How can such dross be taught to the Zhongshan people, which not only does not echo the upright and brave character of the Zhongshan people, but also should carry forward their character.
So, Zhao Xing said that he is also a later generation, and it is a deafening judgment in this era, which makes all Confucian disciples admire: "Actually, half of the Analects is enough to govern the world, so let's make half of the Analects." ”
Zhao Xing really printed half of the Analects, and Zhao Xing thought that only taking the first half of the Analects would be enough to educate Zhongshan.
The Analects are written according to the syntax of analogy, with the previous sentence as the cause and the next sentence as the effect, which together form a complete treatise. But taken apart, they are also two complete treatises, but their core is very different.
The collection of the previous sentence is to teach people to be good and stop killing, and for this reason, we should not hesitate to destroy the country and the species, and reach the highest state of Dacheng. The next one, on the other hand, tells people how to protect themselves and protect the nation-state from dying.
For example, in the Analects of the Analects "The First Book of Benevolence", the original full sentence was "Although the old country is large, the warlike will perish; Although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. "However, he only printed the last sentence, and although the kingdom is great, the belligerent will surely perish." Isn't that complete? Doesn't it make sense? The most terrifying thing is that this sentence is exactly what happened to the previous situation of Zhongshan Kingdom. And the latter sentence, although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. Zhao Xing believes that this is not in line with the character of Zhongshan people, does not conform to his national conditions, and if it is published, it will poison Zhongshan people.
Another example is a sentence in the "Constitutional Question" in the Analects: "How can a gentleman repay his grievances with virtue?" ”
Zhao Xing believes that the Zhongshan people are too tyrannical and need to be educated, so "the gentleman repays the grievances with virtue." This should become the foundation of the Zhongshan people's education, which is more consistent with the previous polemic and can better show the intention and thought of the saint. As for how to repay virtue in the next sentence, the vague promotion of the idea that revenge must be avenged, that is definitely not the original intention of the saint, since it is not, simply ignore it. The details, shouldn't you care about it at all, this is Zhao Xing's principle of doing things.
I am going to educate the Zhongshan people, but I can't poison him. If you are a kind person, if you want to be a saint and preacher, how can you harm others, Confucius will strangle himself.
Those historical investigators were simply stunned when they saw these books of the Four Books and the Five Classics of the teachings of the saints so printed.
A Confucian scholar found Zhao Xing with a blushing face and a thick neck, pointed at his nose and scolded angrily: "Lord, Xingjun, if you distort the thoughts of the saints so much, you will become a disaster for future generations, and you will be stinking for ten thousand years." ”
Zhao Xing pulled the ink-stained book in his hand, and said solemnly: "I distorted the sage's remarks, ha, haven't you seen the misinterpretation of the other two people, I guess I did, your coffin board can't be suppressed, where am I." ”
"Who are they, the Lord told me who they were, and I will go and kill them now, so that they will not be poisoned through the ages."
Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "I told you that they are collectively called Zhu Cheng Lixue, and they will be popular, but I told you, you can't kill them." ”
"Why?" This gentleman is close to madness.
Zhao Xing touched his nose painfully: "Because, because, thoughts can't be killed with a sword." ”
Then Zhao Xing recruited the general manager of the bookstore that published it: "After this set of four books and five classics is printed in sufficient quantities, all the engravings will be burned, and no one can be left." And then according to the original work, re-engraved and printed without a word, even if I don't want a penny, I have to promote the world. ”
Then he solemnly promised to this Confucian scholar: "I promise, I have achieved my goal, I will take back this set of books, even if I dig three feet into the ground, I will take back all the books that will not fall and burn them, and I will kill all the people who have read this set of books and are addicted to this set of books." ”
Then Zhao Xing said solemnly: "I call this book burning and pit Confucianism." ”