Chapter 87: On Confucianism
Early the next morning, Feng Daiwen took Li Tai and Li Ke to Bogutang after exercising.
Yan Shigu, who received the report, came out to greet him in person, and when he entered the hall, Yan Shigu laughed and said: "Wei Guo came just in time, you didn't come once for this thing you proposed, it's too undeserved, I came here today to see if there are any shortcomings." ”
"I've seen Elder Yan, there's nothing wrong with Elder Yan, there's nothing wrong with Elder Yan," Feng Daiwen saw that Yan Shigu came in person and hurriedly got up to salute.
"Haha, the old man is so confident that all the newly translated books are determined after the old man and a total of 10 people observe them together, to ensure that they are all annotated from an objective and fair standpoint." Yan Shigu said with a cheerful smile.
"There is Elder Yan here, it must be foolproof, and the juniors just want to see if there is anything they can help with." Feng Daiwen explained.
"Haha, the old man knows that Wei Guo is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, and now there is a shortage of paper, many classics are bamboo slips, which are in tatters, but there is not enough paper to copy, there are currently 178 people who are busy with Bogutang, and more than 1,600 copies of complete ancient books have been sorted out in the past six months, and only more than 300 copies have been copied down, and what is missing is paper." Yan Shigu called Poor Dao.
"Can you let the younger generations take a look," Feng Daiwen couldn't help but be interested when he heard that there were so many ancient books sorted out.
"Of course you can, Wei Guo and the old man come, please," Yan Shigu said.
"Elder Yan, please," Feng Daiwen got up and followed behind Yan Shigu.
"What is sorted out now are the remnants of the books that have been piled up in the palace by the Sui Dynasty in the past, and some of them have been collected by the great Confucians for many years, and there are also remnants handed down from various families, but many of them are the original ancient books that are rare to see, and even the old man has never seen them." Yan Shigu excitedly introduced as he walked.
Feng Daiwen followed Yan Shigu to a large hall, and saw a mountain of bamboo slips piled up all over the house, some people were copying on other bamboo slips, and some were in charge of cleaning up.
"This is not just a lot of remnants, it is simply a piece of bamboo slips, I don't know which one belongs to at all, I can only sort it out first and not let it break, and then let the learned people bring people to the expo to organize it into a book, and the sorted ones are stored in the back, Wei Guo and the old man will come." Yan Shigu said.
"Elder Yan, the younger generation thinks it's inappropriate to put ancient books here, these are all bamboo slips, paper, in case of fire, you and I will be sinners for thousands of years." Feng Daiwen said as he walked, Yan Shigu in front of him.
"Yes, that's true, the old man hasn't thought of this yet, fortunately, you reminded me, it's better for you to see where it is placed." Yan Shigu asked in a cold sweat.
"The younger generation will be a saint, build a small brick and stone building here, specially used to store the classics, but Yan Lao, this person has to be re-checked, those with unknown net worth must not want it, in case someone is bought by a foreign race, or they are a foreign race, if they steal a few books, it will be a major loss for us, not to mention if they set a fire to the evil-hearted people,,, Feng Daiwen said to Yan Shigu one by one.
"Yes, yes, what Wei Guo said is very true, the old man must be strictly investigated, and Wei Guo must take a good look at whether there are any other problems." Yan Shigu was sweating profusely by Feng Daiwen's words, and he was afraid,
"Elder Yan and relaxed, there is no problem now, the change is that no one is allowed to stay in the house after nightfall, there can be no candles in the place where the ancient books are stored, and the guards must also be strengthened," Feng Daiwen persuaded Yan Shigu when he saw Yan Shigu's worried look.
"Oh, the old man didn't expect there to be so many problems, but the old man has been cultivating himself for many years, and this calm kung fu is still not at home." Yan Shigu said with a wry smile.
"Yan Lao is just concerned about it, and Yan Lao, you are obsessed with learning, and you only want to better restore these ancient books, and it is normal to think of them in some places, so the juniors often say that this professional matter should still be handed over to professionals, and if you let the juniors sort out these books, you can't get them," Feng Daiwen said with a smile.
"Yes, what Wei Guo said is very true, the old man will ask the sage to send someone to manage and coordinate the daily affairs," Yan Shigu calmed down and said.
"Here, this is the storage and sorting out the complete, some are in the whole book, some only have one chapter, but they are all complete," Yan Shigu smiled happily as he looked at the room full of books.
Since most of them are bamboo slips, a large hall is full, just like walking to the library of later generations. "This is the treasure of our nation, Yan Lao, these must not be learned by people of other races, otherwise there will be endless troubles." Feng Daiwen looked at so many ancient books and said solemnly to Yan Shigu.
"The Tao is not lightly preached, and the law is not sold cheaply, the old man understands." Yan Shi Ancient Road.
"Yan Lao and his younger generations don't mean this, Yan Lao knows why the grassland peoples have changed countless times, from Dirong, to the Xiongnu, to the Turks, and no matter how many ups and downs my Central Plains experience, it is all Han people," Feng Daiwen asked.
"There should be many reasons for this, we and other Han people are constantly striving for self-improvement, and they have also gone through hardships, and countless people have died to be expelled from other races." Yan Shigu thought for a moment and said.
"Elder Yan is right, but the younger generation thinks that the most important thing is that we and other Han people have words, books, and will not be passed on, people of different races do not have their own culture, writing, everything is passed on by word of mouth, if there is a war, a few generations later, they will still know who they are, what traditions they have, and if they are not careful, they may not even know who their ancestors are, so the younger generations think that this is the most fundamental reason for our continuous inheritance," Feng Daiwen picked up a book and pointed vigorously to Yan Shigu and said.
"Bang, that's a good point, the old man also thinks that it really shouldn't be passed on to other races, but he has been looking at flowers in the fog, and he doesn't know the truth very well, Wei Guo's words made the old man wake up, the old man wants to write to the saint, and inform the world that no books and techniques will be taught to people of different races in the future." Yan Shigu listened to Feng Daiwen's sonorous words, and couldn't help but high-five and admire.
"Hehe, Elder Yan has won the award, and the teaching can still be taught, but we must have a choice of teaching, such as reciting poems and songs, being dedicated to goodness, Buddhism suffers in this life, and cultivating the next life, these truths are not good if you are unreasonable," Feng Daiwen said with a smile.
"Haha, yes, yes, teach them, but Wei Guo is prejudiced against Confucianism," Yan Shigu said with a smile disappreciatively.
"Haha, don't mind Elder Yan, the younger generation has always thought that Confucianism can teach people to know honesty and shame, understand etiquette, self-cultivation, and is an excellent knowledge, but the only thing that can't is to govern the country, simple Confucian people governing the country for the whole country, the famous clan is a disaster, if Confucianism is allowed to live in the temple for a long time, the younger generation can be very sure that Confucianism will become a sinner of the famous clan," Feng Daiwen said in a firm tone.
"Wei Guo's words are too biased, and the understanding of Confucianism and classics is not thorough enough." Yan Shigu frowned and said.
"Yan Lao, you are very knowledgeable, and you can see through the ancient and modern times, but you look at several great Confucians in the court, every time they talk about different races, they are all open and say, close their mouths and educate, take a look at the big families, they are all teaching that there is a family in the country, many of them are still great Confucians, you always see it, but how do you know other Confucianism, the younger generations seem to have only one way to govern the country, that is, the foolish people, not the wisdom of the people, how to strengthen the country, so the younger generations think that Confucianism is the most suitable for teaching, not governing the country." Feng Daiwen said excitedly.
"Alas, the old man is old, but he will support you, today's events can be out of your mouth and into my ears, and I will not tell others." After a long time, Yan Shigu let out a long sigh, patted Feng Daiwen on the shoulder and said,
"Thank you, Elder Yan!" Feng Daiwen looked at the old man in front of him with admiration and gave a deep salute.
Yan Shigu helped Feng Daiwen and the two out of the main hall.