Chapter 58: Translation
In addition to pumping his two big mouths, and some things after that, he also pumped him a few hard, and Chen Jian's brain was much clearer. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In these days in Quanzhou, Chen Jian has been looking for opportunities to show off the muskets he has brought, but there are not even many interested officials, but none at all.
Come to think of it, the cutting-edge level of firearms in the Ming Dynasty was actually not bad. There are not only a replica version of the Portuguese-style musket, but also the Tufic musket of the Sultan's pro-army named Lu Mi Gong, but in order to imitate the Tufik matter, Zhao Shizhen offended the Ministry of Household War and the Ministry of Industry, which involved too many interests, and in the end it could only be stopped, and in the end, when the demon book case was made, Zhao Shizhen was forced to die of schizophrenia and panic by heading.
However, although the matter of muskets was not taken seriously, the rest of the matter has made some progress. The distribution of grain and rice, the control of prices, etc., and the fact that this was a place of resistance against Japanese invasion and the construction of the collapsed city walls were also a top priority, and those who were proficient in engineering and accounting brought in them finally came in handy.
After several earthquakes, the brick and wood buildings in Quanzhou counties were basically destroyed, but it also brought about the prosperity of a stone culture. The original variety of stonemasons, coupled with those brought by Chen Jian, can be regarded as driving a cultural exchange.
Since then, many buildings in Quanzhou are made of stone, and the stone carvings in the nearby counties are also second to none in the nearby provinces, especially the first mixed cement and stone buildings appeared, and the live lions brought by Chen Jian made the craftsmen have a copy of the things are more lifelike, and the stone lions of Quanzhou have been a must-have since then, which is also an interesting thing.
At this time, it was September, the weather was gradually getting cooler, the corpses that should be burned were burned, the places where lime should be sprinkled were also sprinkled, the price of rice gradually stabilized, and there were porridge factories to help relief, and only a few thousand people died after counting the whole Quanzhou, and the epidemic was not prevalent, which is also a prosperous scene.
The sweet potatoes brought in have begun to spread to the vicinity, and can be planted on the edge of the fields, including some sandy soil where rice cannot be grown. The propagation technique of cuttings written by Chen Jian, as well as the methods of directly drying and grinding sweet potatoes as staple food and making vermicelli after receiving the goods, have also been spread.
The weather was cool, and the epidemic was relieved, and then there were only a few aftershocks from the shaking of the houses, which were not a big deal.
Chen Jian and the others can be regarded as having a foothold here, and many people rumored that the ship of Chen Jian and the others was drifted here because of a strong wind blowing by Guo Gong, the king of Guangzezun. This is not taboo, as long as it is not said that he is the reincarnation of such and such a king.
Not only helped the price of square meters, but also helped promote sweet potatoes and treat the people, Chen Jian took out a lot of money to restrain everyone in the fleet not to do some looting and rape and the like, and everyone praised him for a while.
In addition to the praise from the bottom, some smugglers also quietly began to contact Chen Jian and others, and Chen Jian Ming refused them one by one.
When they won these reputations, some of the backbone elements of the party who came with them also went deep into some rural areas of Quanzhou to inspect the squire, refuge, exploitation, and encirclement of the sea, and also went deep into some poor people to chat about their daily life and inspect the bays where large-scale smuggling can be immuggled.
This earthquake also gave Jiang Zhili, the prefect of Quanzhou, a good reputation, and the people of Quanzhou wanted to build a shrine for him.
The relationship between the two has become much closer, and he is ten years older than Jian Chen, and Jian Chen calls him Brother Li. However, Chen Jian's husband didn't give Chen Jian a word, so it was a little troublesome to call him, and it was nondescript.
On this day, the amount of work of the city wall has been calculated, and the effect of Chen Jian carrying the cement that has turned half the world has been demonstrated, Jiang Zhili was overjoyed and invited Chen Jian to a banquet.
Originally, the local squires and celebrities also had to have a banquet, but there were some things that had to be discussed with Jian Chen, so it was just a private banquet.
Taking advantage of the earthquake and wind disaster, Chen Jian finally got a formal banquet, which seemed to be quite good, and he would soon have a reply to the matter of coming to Fuzhou.
However, it was not only him who feasted on this earthquake, but also the heroes from all over Quanzhou. The dream of selling rice to make a fortune was ruined by Jian Chen, but everything else is still business as usual. The widows who should let the women in the clan keep the widows, the people who should buy the land by the catastrophe, the people who should occupy the tidal flats and the fishing grounds of the tidal flats, they are happy to eat.
This is the norm, and there is nothing to say, it is like this every year, but the frequent earthquakes in recent years have made this kind of activity much easier, and the speed of encirclement and annexation has been faster.
In addition, this year, because of the earthquake to reduce taxes, the rich are overjoyed, so they have donated money to rebuild Luoyang Bridge, Qingjing Temple and other local attractions, by the way, I hope that Jiang Zhili will be careful, do not vainly try to return to the occupied Shageao and other places of tidal flats, lest everyone look bad.
However, since these are ordinary things, they will not disturb the interest of this small banquet. Jiang Zhili also knew that Jian Chen didn't like those entertainments, so he chose a quiet place, talked about what he had seen and heard these days, and talked about a few words of gratitude from the bottom of his heart, and then talked about this Yixue.
"Brother Chen, there is still merit in your knowledge with that Hongyi and others. For example, algorithms, accounting, accounts, etc., do have advantages. A few days ago, I also read your book "Great Kyushu Sea Country Chronicles", and I felt a lot of emotion. ”
Now that they are familiar with each other, and Jian Chen has helped so much, Jiang Zhili still looked at the book after all. Although the rhetoric is crude, it is only the level of market fiction, and it is not remarkable, but the figures are detailed and the views are novel.
Especially in "The Biography of Pizaroli", in Jiang Zhili's opinion, he really has the courage of Zhao Zilong, who is Yang Changsaka, and he can't help but sigh that Panbang Yidi also has this character. As for "The Biography of Drakelie", it is simply a Yidi version of Song Sanlang, who was originally a thief and a thief......
In the past month, the level of cadres shown by these people brought by Chen Jian also made Jiang Zhili admire.
This is not the norm.
On the one hand, some of the people in the fleet are young people who are one in a million, and the other part is the best people in the new school and the party or the progressive league.
Organized, self-explanatory, obey the decisions of the organization. Unorganized, Chen Jian gave more money, so it seemed that the means of prohibiting it were superb.
Compared with the Spaniards, Dutch, and Portuguese who came to China as a whole, it is still much higher. Except for the Jesuit priest or the governor of the Indian company, the means of insight are still inferior to those of this condensed fleet.
When Jian Chen heard this compliment, he was not happy, but shook his head and said: "Brother Lizhi's words are a bit of a gateway opinion, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
"But that's it, it's a private feast."
"Brother Lizhi just called our learning...... Although I didn't say it explicitly, I could hear it, are you going to give it a name called Yixue? ”
Jiang Zhili smiled awkwardly, but Jian Chen said with a straight face: "I don't care about the title of Yixue, it's just that Brother Lizhi thinks wrong." What is a secondary school? What is Yixue? Could it be that this method of measurement is applicable to us and not here? If the knowledge available to everyone in the world can be distinguished, how can it be separated from secondary school? Only things that are not applicable to all people in the world can distinguish Zhongyi. When you say this, shouldn't you have knowledge of guns and measurements? Or is it that this knowledge is no longer usable? ”
Jiang Zhili was stunned, vaguely felt that something seemed wrong, and seemed to understand something, so he said: "The words of the sage are naturally middle school. ”
"Then the middle school is the word of the sage? Or are the words of the saints just part of the middle school? ”
These words made Jiang Zhili completely stunned, he had never studied logic, this very simple inclusion relationship made him a little dizzy, and he didn't know how to answer for a long time.
Chen Jian questioned this sentence as also to prepare for some future disputes, since science belongs to all mankind, it should not be replaced by the name "science" with the term "Western studies".
This thing is not important, but it is also very important, just two words is a huge subtle public opinion propaganda, and if it is not reversed from the source, it will trigger a series of reactions.
Since it's traditional, it's different. For example, it is a tradition to burn Bruno at the stake, and it is also a tradition to cut Ling Chi with a thousand cuts, but some things that are common to all mankind should not be counted in the tradition.
With this reason, Jian Chen said: "I heard that the "University" has three outlines and eight eyes? ”
"Exactly. The three outlines are clear and virtuous, close to the people, and stop at the best. The eight-eyed person, the object, the knowledge, the sincerity, the righteous heart, the self-cultivation, the family, the country, the peace of the world. ”
"Yes, since this Gewu is the foundation of the Eight Eyes, how did it become Yixue when it came to Brother Li? This is the study of learning from things. The study of arithmetic, needless to say, can be called arithmetic and mathematics. For example, astronomical comets have a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse, which can be translated as 'the sky and the sky', and copper, iron, stone, and ore prospecting can be translated as 'kunyu gezhi'...... By analogy, why do you have to use the name of Yixue? Or, why not, call it science? ”
"Science?"
"Scientists, from the He from the bucket, the study of measurement. When the Qin Emperor was unified, he unified weights and measures. And among all kinds of learning, this science of measurement is also the basis of all learning. If there is no measurement, there is no knowledge of astronomy and geography. That's why it's called science. That's where the name, at least in our case. ”
Jiang Zhili realized, Chen Jian got up and saluted: "Brother Li, I have a reluctant request." ”
Hurriedly helped Jian Chen up and said, "Talking to Brother Chen, I have benefited a lot, so I said that it is." ”
"It was only when I arrived in Siam that I began to read poetry and classics, and if I talked about it, I was not as good as an enlightened child. There are some things that are difficult to translate even if you want to. I'd like to ask Brother Lizhi to help me translate some things. ”
"This ...... I'm not afraid of Brother Chen's jokes, I don't know much about the learning of things. ”
Jian Chen hurriedly shook his head and said, "That's not how it is translated. For example, the word science, I would like to translate it as science. But how to derive from the science of measurement, which requires quoting scriptures, is something I can't do. That is, how to translate, I have already figured it out. I didn't think about it, how did I make the people in Shilin feel that it really made sense when they saw it......"
Jiang Zhili understood, and said with a smile: "Piercing the chisel? ”
"Sort of."
"It's not that hard. If you think about it, you will surely shine brightly in the future. The head of the eight eyes, it is true that the Ming Eye should not be used to learn Yi. ”
"The main thing is to ask the brother to write an article on why science is called the science of measurement. The specific reasons I have already written, but ...... Brother Lizhi also knows that if I write it, I am afraid that the laughter and generosity will make people think that this is Mengtong's nonsense, and the vernacular is ridiculous. ”
After that, I will write a long time ago about the importance of the unit of measurement and the reasons why science is the name of science.
This is the beginning of a good article, and Jiang Zhili can find enough reasons for this translation from the perspective of unified weights and measures.