Chapter 50: Zhao Dan is waiting to calculate

At this moment, Li Si couldn't understand Zhao Dan, and the more he followed Zhao Dan, the more he felt that he was this Zhao Dan's pawn. Zhao Dan knows the art of scheming very well, not only is he also very intelligent, otherwise there would not be Zhao Dan's analysis of his people just now?

Zhao Dan knew that this Mao Sui would definitely come? Why? As long as he wants to give full play to his talents, he must first have enough ability, and with enough dedication, the result will naturally be much more obvious?

At this moment, Zhao Dan secretly thought to himself, Mao Sui, if you are a talented widow, you can be said to be a meritocracy, but if you wait for the widow to see you, don't blame the widow for disappointing the widow. Whether you are talented or not, the widow will use you. You are not a talent who will train you into a talent, and I am the same if you are a talent. Talent? It is all through dedication to get the result, Mao Sui, you must not let me Zhao Dan down?

Zhao Dan wants to control Mao Sui, because he has never seen this Mao Sui himself, even if it is hearsay that what he heard before, he himself has no way of knowing, Mao Sui's real ability Except for Zhao Sheng, no one can really see this person's ability, how to measure a person's ability, it can be measured through some small things, he himself is a little worried that if his subordinates exaggerate, it will be easy to spoil the matter of going to Qin this time, in this case, he must come up with the result? Everything was decided in the end, otherwise it would be useless to say more.

There are many ways to measure talent from ancient times to the present. The issue of talent has always been valued by politicians and thinkers, but the criteria for measuring talent have different connotations and reflect different value orientations in different eras and different historical periods. Talent statistics reflects the type, quantity and geographical distribution of talents from a statistical perspective, and also reflects the talent outlook and value orientation of the era. The 25 histories, which are in the form of chronicles, are character-centered official histories, and the biographies listed and the characters included in them are actually a kind of classification of talent statistics, which roughly reflects the value orientation of talents in ancient China. According to the classification statistics of official history, ancient talents can be roughly divided into political (administrative management), military, humanities (including literature, history and philosophy, etc.), loyalty and filial piety, ethics and integrity, economy, science and technology, and so on. Examining the talent statistics of ancient China, it is not difficult to find that the value orientation of ancient talents has the following obvious characteristics:

1. Emphasizing morality and advocating ethics

The Chinese nation is a nation that attaches great importance to moral cultivation and personal morality. This is fully reflected in the ancient talent statistics, that is, the talent concept of morality first. For example, Mencius proposed: "It is better to be noble and respectful, the sage is in power, and the capable is in office" ("Mencius, Gongsun Chou Shang"); Gou Zi advocated that "virtue is determined by the order, and the official is awarded by ability" ("Gou Zi Jundao"). In the view of Confucianism, "virtue" is the noble personality and ideal realm of talents, and "virtue" is the source of wisdom. When a person's self-cultivation reaches the highest level, he will be able to acquire relevant knowledge of heaven and earth, past and future, increase his talents, and reach the state of "benevolence".

The concept of talent with morality as the first has also been fully reflected in the official history of the past dynasties. From the "Historical Records" to the "Qing Historical Manuscript", the biography of the officials, the biography of the rangers, the biography of the lone line, the biography of Yimin (Yinyi), the biography of filial piety, the biography of loyalty, the biography of lienu, the biography of Zhuo Xing, the biography of the dead festival, etc., these people can be included in the category of loyalty and filial piety, integrity and integrity of talents, reflecting the value orientation of emphasizing morality and reverence in the ancient talent statistics: Acura regarded death as home, and sacrificed his life for the country; Acura is a loyal man who faces evil and treacherous, is iron-clad, and asks for the life of the people; Acura "rich and noble are not lewd, poor and lowly are not moved", even if you are in the troubled times of no way and in the dirt of people's desires, you can be like Qinglian "out of the mud without staining" of the wise gentleman; Acura is a chivalrous man who is upright, honest and trustworthy, and sacrifices his life and forgets his death for justice. Of course, in ancient times, such talent values inevitably had the limitations of the times, such as the concept of chastity of foolish loyalty, foolish filial piety, "from the beginning to the end", and the negative retreat of being arrogant and irresponsible to society, etc., which are not advisable. Despite this, the concept of talent with morality as the first still has a certain reference significance for today.

Second, the orientation of emphasizing political and military talents and ignoring economic talents

It has long been pointed out that a history of 24 is a history of emperors and generals. In fact, from the perspective of talent studies, this reflects the value concept of attaching importance to political and military talents in ancient times. This book is actually a family history of the emperor, and most of the people included in the biography are political and military figures. The material on the economic side is mainly concentrated in the biography of goods and the chronicles of food and goods. And economic figures can be said to be very few in the official history. Reading through the 25 histories of the vast volumes, we find that during the Han Dynasty, there were still records of economic talents in the history books, such as "Historical Records: The Biography of the Goods and Colonies" and "The Book of Han: The Biography of the Goods and Colonies", which gave a brief introduction to some economic talents: Fan Fool and Bai Gui, who became rich in business, Zigan who fought against the monarch, Coutun, who started by selling salt, Wushi who got rich with animal husbandry, Shu Zhuo, Kong Wan, and Bing who became rich with iron smelting, Xuanqu Ren, who started with Litian and livestock, and so on. According to rough statistics, the biography of the Book of Han includes more than 250 political and military figures, while there are only 3 people in the economic category. After the Han Dynasty, economic talents basically could not ascend to the "Hall of Elegance" in the official history, but were scattered in various wild histories.

The formation of this phenomenon and value orientation is, of course, closely related to the social and historical background of ancient China. In the traditional agricultural society, the concept of valuing agriculture over business and respecting the foundation and suppressing the future is deeply rooted, and industry and commerce are neglected or even attacked as the last industry, which is reflected in the concept of talent, that is, despising and discriminating against economic talents, and squeezing them out of talent.

Third, the orientation of emphasizing humanistic talents and ignoring scientific and technological talents

In the long history of thousands of years in ancient China, the Chinese nation has made extraordinary achievements in science and technology, in addition to having the four major inventions that benefit the world - papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and compass, it has also made outstanding achievements in mathematics, astronomy, geography, medicine, ceramics, textile technology, and other fields: there are the world's earliest records of solar Mozi, Halley's Comet, solar and lunar eclipses, and meteor quotient, the world's earliest "decimal value system notation" of opening squares and squares, and the world's earliest and most accurate value of pi. There is the world's first celestial measuring instrument and geodynamic instrument, and ancient agricultural science has also been at the world's advanced level for a long time.

However, in traditional ancient societies, scientific and technological talents were not given the attention they deserved. This is closely related to the ideological concept of emphasizing literature over technology in ancient society. Feudal society has always advocated governing the world with ethics and morality, ignoring science and technology, so that scientific and technological innovation is regarded as "strange skills", and people engaged in science and technology can only compliment the last skills, and have the value of "gentlemen do not use weapons". "Half of the treatise on language rules the world" is a reflection of the ideological concept of emphasizing literature over technology. In the rich historical books, there are very few people who introduce scientific and technological talents, and people talk about the poets, lyricists, thinkers, and writers who are proud, while they ignore the scientific and technological talents. Reflected in the talent selection examination, the emphasis is on poetry and poetry; Reflected in the talent statistics, the emphasis is on humanistic talents. From the statistics of the 25th History, it can be clearly seen that from the "Historical Records" to the "Qing Historical Manuscripts", humanistic talents occupy a relatively large proportion, in addition to the literary talents scattered in the various biographies, almost every official history has "Confucian Lin Biography", "Wenyuan Biography" or "Art Biography", "Literary Biography", and "Taoist Biography" that specifically introduce humanistic talents, and the proportion is increasing. The preliminary statistical results show that from the Book of Han and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty to the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty and the History of the Song Dynasty, there are 27, 64, 142 and 300 humanistic talents included in the biographies, respectively, and the tendency to attach importance to humanistic talents is becoming more and more obvious. In stark contrast, scientific and technological talents are only occasionally seen in the mysterious biographies of "The Legend of Fangshu", "The Biography of the Japanese", and "The Biography of Fang Ling" and the "Astronomical Chronicles", while the scientific and technological figures who are officially selected for the biography are as few as the morning star, only Zhang Heng, Cai Lun, Bian Que, Canggong, Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty, Guo Shoujing of the Yuan Dynasty and others in the Han Dynasty. It was not until the Republic of China that the "Qing Historical Manuscript" was specially listed "The Biography of the Domain", which introduced dozens of scientists in the Qing Dynasty, such as Wang Xilan, Mei Wending, Ming Antu, Xu Rulan, Shi Yuechun, Li Shanlan, Hua Hengfang, etc. Some scientists are biographed not because of their scientific and technological achievements, but mainly because of their political background, such as Zhang Heng and Shen Kuo. Cai Lun was included in the "Biography of Eunuchs" as a eunuch.

Fourth, the official orientation

Since ancient times, China has been a typical "official-oriented" country. The social value system based on being an official is indestructible and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the official position has become an important symbol to evaluate the value of a person's achievements. As a result, "making a palace" has become the life pursuit of scholars. This talent value orientation is also prominently reflected in the talent selection system. The implementation of the imperial examination system has gradually formed a new method of talent statistics, that is, classification and statistics are carried out according to the qualifications of talents, talents, and scholars. The champion is a top talent, can be a good look, this is the predecessor of today's traditional talent classification according to technical secondary school, junior college, undergraduate, graduate and other academic qualifications. According to rough statistics, from the establishment of the imperial examination system in the Sui Dynasty to the abolition of the Qing Dynasty, the ancient imperial examination produced more than 700 champions, more than 100,000 jinshi, more than 1 million people, and countless Xiucai and Gongsheng. The imperial examination system is the longest and most influential talent selection system in Chinese history, which strengthens the awareness of the official standard and the awareness of the official position as a measure of the value of life.

The value orientation embodied in the ancient Chinese talent statistics is a reflection of the ancient talent concept. This talent value orientation has had a profound impact on Chinese society. Among them, there are many desirable factors, such as the concept of morality and morality. But there is more to it than that. The reason why in modern times, China's economy has lagged far behind the West, science and technology have also been left behind, and it has been subjected to the Western powers everywhere and allowed to be slaughtered by others is not unrelated to the traditional value orientation of our nation that despises economic and scientific and technological talents. In particular, the value orientation of the official standard has almost dominated the real life of ordinary people in the whole society, and people are regarded as the only way to realize the value of life, and the pursuit of officials other than being an official is regarded as a sideline, and people's concern for official careers exceeds their love for science, which is bound to weaken the diversity of social functions and limit the multi-directional expansion of talents. As a result, it has not only caused a waste of qualified personnel, but also seriously restricted and hindered the development and progress of national science and technology.

Talent is worthy of respect, but in ancient times, it was particularly important for emperors and monarchs. It is another thing to select talents to control talents, and the way to control talents is to let them pay the results through some subtle things, and then to use some routines to let them know the means of the emperor or the means of their own masters. If this doesn't work, you can only beat them hard to let them know that they can reuse them and destroy them at the same time, and it depends on what they do?

At this time, Zhao Dan and Li Si were also waiting for Zhao Sheng's group of people, and a long wait has already begun? The real show has begun, and the time has also begun, and the show is yet to come?