If you want to get "Origin of Species" out in advance, it's not all about prestige. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info It is more important to have theoretical support for some of your actions in the future. In the eyes of many people, theory seems to be no big deal. But in history, this kind of thing often has a power that the sword can't match. Without Newton's three laws, there would have been no Watt's steam engine; Without the steam engine, there would have been no industrial revolution. This is true for theories in the natural sciences, and it is also true for the social sciences. Without the theory of nationalism, without the ideas of Enlightenment, the road to the bourgeois revolution would have been much more difficult.

Among the epoch-making and far-reaching theories in human history, "The Origin of Species" is quite interesting. It does not require much prior knowledge and is relatively easy to figure out, but the collection of various evidence requires a lot of manpower and material resources. And this is not a big problem here in Zheng Sen. More importantly, this theory can be extended in both the natural sciences and the social sciences. Especially in the field of sociology, it is easy to associate it with nationalism and enterprising. And this can just be used to brainwash your own people, and it is definitely a weapon to enhance combat effectiveness.

In addition, trying to find a way to use the idea of "natural selection, survival of the fittest" to "Tianxingjian, a gentleman with self-improvement" to carry out a suitable package, but it is the easiest to impress those young people in the second phase of the middle school, middle-aged, and even elderly. The spread of such a fierce idea in China will certainly bring fierce opponents to itself, but it can also bring fierce supporters to itself. And these supporters could be very helpful to Zheng Sen's career.

For this reason, Zheng Sen even said that a lot of work was lost to Zheng Zhifeng, and he was busy in the study with Bell for almost a month. Finally, an epoch-making masterpiece was completed. The style of this work is basically copied from the original historical "Origin of Species", and the whole work is divided into three major parts. The first part deals with the various variations in living organisms, including domestic and natural variation, as well as the struggle for survival and natural selection. In this section, the main body and core of the book, the principles of competition for survival and natural selection, are established. The second part puts forward a series of doubts about the theory of evolution from the standpoint of opponents, and then explains them one by one to dispel them. The third uses the theory of evolution with natural selection as the core to provide a convincing explanation of the evolution of the biological world in the history of the earth, the geographical changes, the morphological classification, and the various phenomena in the development of the embryo.

Then, Zheng Sen arranged for the vernacular version of this work to be printed and distributed to all departments of the Model Army for study; While writing some synopsis of the first part of the book into classical Chinese, and then sending them to Fang Yizhi, Gu Jiang, Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong and others who have always maintained close correspondence with him.

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"Brother Secret:

The custom of Fu Taixi does not suffer from traveling far away. Since Magellan's Global, quite effective. A few years ago, the younger brother met a Taixi person, called Bell, who was a Taixi naturalist who studied the similarities and differences between plants, trees, insects and fish in the world. His ambition is to compile a chronicle of the world's natural history, which contains all kinds of species from all continents of the world. The younger brother thought that his ambition was quite similar to Shennong Dayu, and he was very strong. He sent hundreds of dollars to help him.

At the beginning of last month, Bell reversed the globe and wrote in his note: 'This is what I have gained in the past few years, and I have learned here that all things change!' ’……

One of the theories is 'competition for survival' and the other is 'natural selection'. The so-called 'survival competition'......

Brother Zheng Sen nodded

Fang Yizhi put down the long letter and said to Gu Jiang: "Brother Ningren, what do you think of the theory of evolution? ”

"The grass, trees, insects, birds, and the like directly involved in this thing, I am afraid that it is far less than that of Brother Mi. However, when I look at his arguments and examine them according to some of the things he sent me before, such as the rules of cause and understanding, I at least I think he can justify himself in his arguments. Whether this argument can stand up or not depends mainly on whether his arguments can stand up or not. Brother Mi is much better at this than I am. In fact, what I am most concerned about is not whether cats and tigers have a common ancestor, but their deduction in personnel. Gu Jiang said slowly, but he looked a little worried.

"Personnel deduction?" Fang Yizhi listened, thought about it slightly, and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Brother Ning Ren is worried that as soon as this is said, it will make sense?"

"Yes, Brother Mi, that's what worries me the most. I'm afraid that if I say this, everyone will be a beast. However, the argument for this theory is extremely rigorous, and everything that is said can be investigated and verified. If there is no problem with this evidence, it is almost impossible to publish it. Brother Secret, there is something in common between heaven and humanity. Just like Da Mu said at the time, the study of humanity is based on the heavenly teaching of the saints. In other words, humanity is based on the way of heaven. This article is published to see such a heavenly way, it is difficult to ensure that others do not make random extensions, if so, the way of loyalty and forgiveness is in danger! Gu Jiang sighed.

Fang Yizhi didn't answer immediately, but thought about it for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "This kind of doctrine does have the problems that Ning Ren said. However, what Ning Ren said was a little too late. In fact, if someone opposes the way of benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and forgiveness in this way, Brother Ning can control it in the way of others. ”

"Oh, I don't know how to make it? Brother Mi wants to teach me. Gu Jiang listened and hurriedly said.

"The other day, I corresponded with Ohki and learned geometry from him. From him he learned a method known as the method of counterproof. Brother Ning Ren and Da Mu have studied Yin Ming quite deeply, and they know this method. Fang Yizhi said.

A smart person has an advantage, many times, some things, as long as you just mention a beginning, he can understand your meaning at once, and even know ten things. Fang Yizhi only mentioned the three words of counter-evidence, and Gu Jiang immediately reacted.

"Brother Mi, are you saying that if you follow the way of beasts, you can only succeed if you are unkind and unjust. Then the prosperous era since ancient times must be a time of cannibalism. Well, it's not that there are no loopholes, but if you have to find them, there are still a lot of loopholes. But it's not irreparable. Well, you said that Ohki could find out that he had such a problem? ”

"With Oki's intelligence, how could he not detect such a problem?" Fang Yizhi said, "Maybe he's also embarrassed by this." That's why they threw such an incomplete thing at us, to see if we had any ideas. ”

"I think so. This is an extremely important question, and if you don't figure it out, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well. Writing a letter to Damu, back and forth, only one letter in a month or two, can really make people die. Gu Jiang stomped his feet and said, "It's a pity that there is no place to learn the flying sword biography in the story of the gods and monsters." This big tree is also hateful, take a leave, run home, and die. Anyway, if he doesn't come, I'll go to Fujian to find him. Would you like to go with me? ”

"There's nothing I can't do." Fang Yizhi replied, "Anyway, Fujian is not far away. It's just that the township exam is about to take place, doesn't Brother Ning still have to prepare for the exam? ”

"What a test!" Gu Jiang said, "I haven't figured out a lot of my own knowledge and morality, so what are you going to do to participate in the township test?" To make others known to be faint? I pretend to understand by myself, and then fool around, no, is it to harm the people of the world? Before I achieved my own academic virtues, I decided not to participate in the scientific examination, so as not to harm others! ”

Fang Yizhi listened, laughed, and said, "Ning Ren said it well! It's just that Ning people have to be regarded as learning and virtue, and among the people who wear black gauze hats in this world, how many of them are successful in learning and virtue? Aren't they all harmful? ”

Gu Jiang said proudly: "Isn't it? If it weren't for these guys harming people, would the world be like it is today? These guys, either uneducated, don't know how to govern the world well, just because they memorize ancient books, and then make a fool of themselves, and finally work hard and lose money. Either they have poor morality, blindly think about themselves, and think about harming the public and private interests, and in the end, they will naturally harm others, not to mention the ...... who are uneducated and unvirtuous."

"Brother Ning scolded happily, and he should be a big deal." Fang Yizhi said.

"What's the matter? I scolded them with pleasure, but if you ask me, 'Do you know how the world can be governed?' I was speechless. In fact, scolding them is just scolding yourself. Recall that when I first entered school, I didn't know anything, but I felt that it was easy to govern the world. Fortunately, I haven't been admitted to the Jinshi, otherwise I would really become a thief - when is Brother Mi free, let's go to Fujian together. ”

"It's available at any time." Fang Yizhi said with a smile, "It's just that you have to give me a few days to arrange some chores, and also say goodbye to some friends." In addition, write a letter to Damu in advance, lest we run away, and he doesn't know where to run, I don't have the demeanor of a prince. In addition, Da Mu said that there are many mountains in Fujian, and it is difficult to travel by land, in fact, it is the most convenient and fastest to take a boat. When he came to Nanjing and returned to Fujian, he first took a river boat to Songjiang, and then changed to a sea boat to go to Fujian. Brother Ning Ren didn't have anyone around to help deal with these chores, so I was sure of buying a boat (in fact, it means renting a boat). ”

Gu Jiang smiled and said, "In this way, there is Brother Laomi." "Speaking of family backs. Jing, the money in his hand, he is indeed far from catching up with Yi Zhi.

However, in that era, it was indeed a hassle to go on a long trip, and there were many things to prepare. Zhuangzi said: "Those who are suitable for thousands of miles gather grain in March." "Fang Yizhi's family has money, so naturally it won't take three months, but it took almost a month to prepare in a mess. And when it was time to set off, as soon as Gu Jiang got on the boat, he found that there was one more person on board.