Chapter 106: The Wind Rises at the End of Qingping
Gongsun Long's prediction is correct, if it is said that the refutation of Yin and Yang, Confucianism, and Mo is just a small wind and a light rain, Xunzi's "Theory of Heaven" came out, which completely made the big Ding of Jixia School Palace boil. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
But all the articles of famous scholars in the palace will trigger copying, one pass ten to hundred, and some of the corporal Ji who had previously scoffed at Chang'anjun's remarks began to waver after reading the "Theory of Heaven". After all, Xunzi is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world, and he stands up to support Chang Anjun, does it mean that Chang Anjun is right?
They began to re-examine the ideas put forward by Chang An Jun, and after no longer closing their eyes and listening, they found that it was not so difficult to accept, and there was a bit of excitement in the novelty.
"Ridiculous, could Zou Zi be wrong?"
However, more people still choose to believe that Zou Yan, who is older and more knowledgeable than Xunzi. Xunzi's reputation is only in the school palace, but Zou Yan has traveled around the world, and his achievements as a king's teacher are much higher than him.
The Yin-Yang family is still waving their flags and shouting in the Xue Palace, Zou Yan has already asked the protΓ©gΓ© disciples to give a mobilization order, and the Yin-Yang family disciples scattered all over the Qi country are rushing back one after another, and they are ready to win by numbers.
Moreover, the sharp words in Xunzi's article also caused him trouble, and he was unanimously criticized by Qilu Confucian students in the Jixia School Palace.
"Xun is disrespectful to the heavens, the heavens are supreme, how can they be controlled by animals, it is a great rebellion, it is really a great rebellion!"
"The poem also says that the sky sees itself as the people, the sky listens to the people itself, Xun Guo denies the mandate of heaven, don't you even know this?"
Qilu Qunru was heartbroken, and the Mo family, who had always been at odds with them, actually sided with them this time. They didn't care whether Xun was sacrificing wine or not, at the instigation of Teng Geng, hundreds of people gathered in front of Xunzi's residence to reprimand him, and a few supporters of Xunzi were led by his disciple Li Si to debate with the people outside the wall across the wall, and the skin of the wall that had just been painted was cracked by spit......
For a time, the school palace was divided into two camps, and thousands of corporal Ji either supported Xun Guo, Chang'an Jun, or Zou Yan, and the two factions attacked each other.
On this day, after going to Jixia for a walk and coming back, Tian Jia once again sat in men's clothes and sat in the small grass pavilion between the two houses, and told Mingyue what he saw.
She said that when she walked into the school palace, she saw the entrance of the archway, the edge of the pan pond, the peach forest, under the Tianwen wall, on the debate altar, and in the school, there were people everywhere who were holding each other's clothes and quarreling, which was completely different from the previous gentle and polite atmosphere.
Then Tian Jia smiled and said: "Jixia has become a boiling trend, and the two sides are incompatible, and this situation has caught up with the big debate fifty years ago." β
"What happened in the school palace fifty years ago?" This is the first time that many Mingyue have heard this say, and Gongsun Long also mentioned that there was an unprecedented big debate in the school palace fifty years ago, and now Tian Jia mentioned it again, which made him curious.
"Chang'anjun doesn't know?"
Mingyue spread her hands: "I was not born fifty years ago, and I only have some understanding of the School Palace, which I also got from Mr. Gongsun and you, if you don't say it, how can I know?" β
Tian Jia smiled: "I also listened to the elders repeat that fifty years ago, a controversy broke out in the school palace about Yao Shun Chanrang......"
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"Everyone knows it, Rumo, and the sworn enemy! Confucianism wears wide robes and large sleeves, and Mobi brown clothes and short clothes; Confucianism was mourned for three years, and Mo Biyan was buried; Confucianism speaks of destiny, and ink must say that ghosts are not fate...... However, fifty years ago, Confucianism and Mohism stood together because of one thing. β
Although the two schools of Confucianism and Mo have great differences, they have the same expectations on how to govern the world and who will govern the world, that is, the politics of sages.
Mozi. Shang Xian" advocates that the sage governs as the king, and Confucianism also advocates the promotion of the sage, so the two families created the story of Yao Shun Chan Rang according to their own doctrine needs.
At that time, all countries in the world had some internal problems because of economic development and ideological emancipation, and it was difficult to solve them. A Confucian scholar of the Chu State wrote an article entitled "The Way of Tang Yu", calling the Zen Concession of Yao and Shun "the supreme benevolence" and advocating that today's monarchs follow suit.
The monarchs were so stunned that no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all began to pursue this set on the surface, and before King Wei Hui died, he pretended to give up the throne to Hui Shi......
Although this did not happen, it also caused a huge repercussion at the time. Believing in the absolute power of the monarchy, the Legalists of the first line of the world will definitely not do it, whether it is the Legalists of the Three Jin Dynasty and Qin, or the Guanzi School of the Qi State, they immediately united together and sang against Confucianism and Mo in the school palace.
At the height of the debate, a Legalist even went to Wei to participate in the compilation of the history books of Wei and wrote, "Xi Yao was in decline and was imprisoned by Shun." Shun imprisoned Yao in Pingyang and took the throne. The record directly denies the authenticity of Yao Shun Chanrang.
Confucianism is very passive, because they can't find the ancient literature, at this time someone had an idea, began to play the Spring and Autumn period penmanship of the counterfeiting specialty, in order to prove that Yao Shun Chan Rang is true, actually forged the "Shangshu. Yaodian and Shangshu. Da Yu Mo" two articles.
Now Confucianism also has a basis, just when the two parties were arguing, Confucianism did not expect that their leader Meng Ke suddenly stabbed them in the back!
Mencius had a more ambiguous attitude towards the matter of "Zen Rang", when his disciple Wan Zhang asked him: "Yao Yi Tianxia and Shun, are there all?" He replied, "No, the Son of Heaven cannot use the world and men." β
He didn't think that the Son of Heaven could give up the Son of Heaven to someone else, because only Heaven could decide this matter......
Mencius also did not agree with Yao Shun Chan Rang, and he saw through Lu Ru's forged "Yao Dian", after this matter was exposed, many people in Confucianism changed their caliber and opposed Chan Rang. As a result, the argument ended with the failure of the faction in favor of Chan Rang, and the other generation was expelled from the school. β
But the story doesn't end here, these people are not just academics, but dare to be a taxi, once they have an idea, they will put it into practice. Among the losers, led by the Confucian scholar Lu Maoshou, although the rebuttal in the school palace failed, they had already made a name for themselves in the world, so everyone went to Yan State, Zhao State, and Song State separately, and continued to secretly promote this matter.
Three farces that imitate the ancient Zen Rang began.
The most famous is the Zen Rang of Yan State, under the encouragement of Lu Maoshou, the King of Yan, who is extremely unconfident in himself, believed in evil and really gave up the throne to the Prime Minister of the country. Under the auspices of Lu Maoshou and a group of Confucian scholars, a grand Zen ceremony was held. King Yan put away the seals of the officials who weighed more than 300 stones, and handed them to Zizhi, who sat on the throne facing south and exercised the power of the king.
King Yan was willing to give up the throne, but the prince of Yan did not do it, he united his ministers against Zizhi, and Yan was in turmoil, attracting the intervention of the princes.
Interestingly, when the Zen of Zi was passed to Jixia, and many Confucian scholars who supported this matter showed joy, only Mencius entered the Qi Palace, saying that the Zen of the Yan Kingdom was by no means the will of heaven, but that it was not necessary to be polite, regardless of the private teaching of the rebellion, and strongly persuaded the King of Qi Xuan to cut down Yan, in that case, the Qi State would be the righteous teacher of Zhou Wen and Wu!
Of course, when he "cut down but didn't take" later, King Qi Xuan didn't listen to it.
As a result, the combined forces of Qi and Zhongshan invaded Yan State, Zizhi was killed, the prince of Yan State also died, Yan State was almost annexed by Qi State, and finally it was the "righteous army" of Qi State who killed innocents indiscriminately because of poor military discipline, which angered the Yan people, and was driven away under the excitement of the crowd......
This was the beginning of Qi Yan's hundred-year grudge, and after thirty years, Le Yi came with the revenge of the Yan Kingdom, and the Zhongshan Kingdom that was robbed by fire was also destroyed by King Zhao Wuling.
Therefore, in this incident, there seems to be no winner, except for Mencius, after that, he became the largest scholar in the world, the Simeng school is dominant, and Confucianism tends to be unified......
As for the farce of the two external Chan concessions, they were divided into the Zhao Wuling King Neizen Zhao Huiwen Wang, and the Song Yan King Neichan Yu his crown prince, which led to the Dune Palace Rebellion and the fall of the Song Kingdom respectively.
A system praised by 10,000 people, three kings who worked hard, but the combination of the two led to three tragedies. At this time, although many Confucian scholars still worship Yao Shun Chan as true history, no one dares to concede Chan in front of the king......
This bold idea of reforming the country by allowing virtuous people to succeed was a complete failure, and only after a few hundred years, it could be re-emerged by combining with Zou Yan's "Five Virtues", but by that time, the idealism contained in "Chan Rang" was completely gone, and it became a tool for the usurpation of power.
After listening to Tian Jia's explanation, Mingyue couldn't help but be speechless, who would have thought that a debate in the Jixia School Palace would finally trigger a turning point in the three countries and completely change the pattern of the world.
"Sure enough, the wind started at the end of Qingping, and the waves became between the waves, I never expected that the effect of the debate under the grass would be so big and so far-reaching......"
Now because he was careless, he actually attracted the siege of Yin and Yang, Confucianism, and Mo, which led to Xunzi's "Theory of Heaven", which led to another big split in the school palace.
The theme of this debate was "whether the rain was the will of God or the natural formation", but now it has deviated and changed to "the priority of destiny or manpower".
"Is this the debate between heaven and man?" Mingyue couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect that he would become the center of this unprecedented debate.
This is no longer a petty fight, but a side-eyed look from the world. If he wins in the end, he will be famous all over the world, and he will also be able to leave a strong mark in the history books, changing the world's attitude towards the nature of heaven and earth......
As soon as she thought of this, Mingyue stood up and said: "In the final analysis, I am the one who is the first to suffer, now the public opinion in the school palace is turbulent, and all families are attacking Xunzi, Xunzi is here to share the trouble, how can I hide in the Proton Mansion and ignore it?" Tomorrow, I will re-enter the palace and tell the corporal Ji my point of view, and open my eyes for Xunzi's words! β
It was hard for him to hold back and not give it a try.
Perhaps the outcome of this debate will change the pattern of the world like the one fifty or sixty years ago?
Maybe an enlightenment movement belonging to the Warring States period will begin here?