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Jixia School Palace, the main battlefield of the spectacular "Hundred Schools of Thought", is located near Jimen, Linzi City, the capital of Qi State. The establishment of the Jixia School Palace should be an important measure of King Qiwei's reform. History: King Qi Wei founded the Jixia School Palace and named the scholar "Doctor".

At that time, the monarch of Wei State, Wei Wenhou, respected the head of Confucianism, Zi Xia, and established the Xihe Zhixue, and recruited almost all the talents in the world. In order to gather talents, attract magi, and fight against the study of the West River, King Qi Wei regardless of the cost, after the completion of the Jixia School Palace is large-scale-"for the opening of the first Kangzhuang Qu, the high gate house", the Magi who entered the Jixia School Palace are also respected, and the future is bright.

During the reign of King Qi Xuan, King Qi Xuan continued the tradition of King Wei and adopted a more enlightened policy, "tending to scholars", "noble scholars", and "good scholars", and the scale and achievements of the Jixia School Palace reached its peak. King Xuan of Qi made a great contribution to the development of the Jixia School Palace, at that time, the Quartet travelers, scholars from all over the world came one after another, "Zou Yan, Chun Yu, Tian Piao, Jiezi, Shen Dao, Huanyuan disciples seventy-six people, all gave the first rank as the doctor, and they were not cured and discussed." "Confucianism, Taoism, Ming, Law, Mo, Yin and Yang, Novels, Vertical and Horizontal, Soldiers, Farmers and other schools of thought, scholars gathered together, around the occasion of heaven and man, the changes of ancient and modern, rituals, kings, righteousness and other topics, debate, mutual absorption, common development, Jixia School Palace reached its peak. Because a large number of well-known scholars were concentrated in the Jixia Academy, they made suggestions for the political, economic, and military aspects of the Qi State, and cultivated many talents, which greatly increased the strength of the Qi State and once again dominated the world.

However, in the later period of King Qi Min, King Qi Min did not listen to advice, the politics were dark, and the wise men and scholars left the Qi country one after another.

King Qi Xiang restored the country, rebuilt the Jixia School Palace, although efforts were made to develop the Jixia School Palace, and the three famous scholars Xun Guo were sacrificial wine to attract talents from all over the world, but the Jixia School Palace still did not recover to its heyday.

The Jixia School Palace has three functions, the first function is to consult, the Jixia School Palace is a place for the monarch of Qi to consult and ask about politics and scholars to discuss state affairs. The rulers of Qi did not hesitate to establish the Jixia School Palace, implement various preferential policies, and recruit people of insight from all over the world, whose fundamental purpose was to use the strategic wisdom of the world's wise men to serve their political goals of enriching the country and strengthening the army and striving for the world. The king of Qi consulted the scholars on state affairs and world affairs, which made the scholars play the role of a think tank, and the palace became a political consultation center.

The second function of the Jixia School Palace is education, the history of Mencius travel "after dozens of cars, hundreds of servants", Chun Yu has "three thousand disciples" said. At the time of King Xuan, the number of teachers and students under Ji was as high as "hundreds of thousands"; The school palace has strict rules and regulations, and the "Guanzi Discipleship" chapter should be the student code of the Jixia School Palace, which is detailed and strict from diet and daily life to clothing, from classroom discipline to after-class review, from respect for teachers to moral cultivation; The palace also holds regular teaching activities, and study tours are one of its teaching methods. Students are free to come to Jixia to seek teachers, teachers can enroll students and give lectures in Jixia, the implementation of these study tours, so that the bachelors have broadened their horizons, broken the boundaries of private learning, and the ideas are inclusive, promoting the development of various theories and the creation of new theories, greatly promoting the cultivation and growth of talents, and making Jixia School Palace become the center of educational talents.

The third function is academic, Jixia School Palace is the center of the gathering of hundreds of schools of thought during the Warring States Period, Confucianism, Taoism, Moism, Legalism, famous scholars, Yin and Yang Five Elements Family, Zongheng Family, Bingjia and other academic schools, have been active on the Jixia stage. Jixia scholars have their own ideological systems, and in order to seek their own existence and development, they start arguments with each other, so that there is an unprecedented vivid situation of a hundred schools of thought contending in the Jixia Academy. In the controversy, not only fully demonstrated their respective theoretical advantages, but also made the scholars realize their respective theoretical weaknesses, prompting them to constantly absorb new ideas, revis, improve, and develop their own theories. It is also because of the opening of the Jixia School Palace that the name of the Jixia School Palace can spread all over the world.

When Zhao Jie and his entourage arrived at the Jixia School Palace, there were two people debating on the huge podium of the Jixia School Palace at this time, and Zhao Jie asked the people around him: "Who are the two on the stage!" ”

The people around him looked at Zhao Jie with disdain, and then replied: "You don't know this, you know at a glance that you are a foreigner, the white-haired old man sitting at the top of the stands, he is the world-famous Lu Zhonglian, and the general of our Qi State, Tian Dan, is called the distinguisher, and the other young man sitting at the bottom is called Zou Zheng, who has just become famous, and today he challenged Master Lu to argue with him." ”

Zou Zheng seized the opportunity, took the lead in asking questions, and looked at Lu Zhonglian as if he was challenged. "I would like to ask you, sir, what is the world?"

Zou Zheng is less than 30 years old, learned from Zou Yan when he was young, in recent years, he has been fine and easy to learn, committed to the study of the four yin and yang and five elements, quite experienced, his argumentative style is sharp, round and grand, stationery is difficult to win, Qi people praise it as "talking about Zou".

Lu Zhonglian replied: "The people of the world, as the name suggests, are also under the sky." In my opinion, all the places covered by the heavens can be called the world. ”

"What the predecessors said is true, but it is too general. The next question I want to ask is, how big is the world? ”

Lu Zhonglian arched his hand and said: "I heard that Zou Zi has a saying about heaven and earth a long time ago, and I just asked for advice today." ”

"The seniors are too modest!" Zou Zheng said this, and he couldn't help but be proud in his heart, and he said, "I thought that the sky was like a dome, and the earth had four poles, and the Kyushu contained in "Yu Gong" was not all in the world, but actually a state in the world. Under the dome, within the four poles, the land contained in the "Yu Gong" should be one-ninth of the land in the world, and there are eight states, which are not contained in the "Yu Gong", so the world does not know. ”

Lu Zhonglian smiled slightly, nodded and asked, "May I ask Zouzi, there should be land in the world, and there should be heaven on the earth, is this reasonable?" ”

Zou Zheng nodded and said, "Of course." ”

"Excuse me, Zouzi," Lu Zhonglian grasped a point, and then said, "The sky is a dome and must be round, and the earth has four poles, which must be square." If we deduce from this, there must be no heaven in the four corners of the earth. There is no land in the world, is it still called heaven? If it is not called the sky, how can it be the world? ”

Everyone laughed.

"This ......" Zou Zheng said to himself, his face was embarrassed, and he hugged his fists again and again, "Senior Gaojian, I have been taught below!" Seeing that he lost in the first round, Zou Zheng was in a hurry, changed the topic, and then asked: "The Son of Heaven or the people, which is more expensive?" ”

"It's all expensive, it's not expensive. All the people of the world have established the Son of Heaven for the sake of all the people of the world, not for the sake of the Son of Heaven. The reason why the people set up the Son of Heaven and honor him is not for him to be blessed, but for him to rule the world, to arbitrate disputes, and to protect his people."

"How should the Son of Heaven govern the princes? How should the princes govern the people? ”

"Rule it by the way. If the way of heaven is connected, the saints will be fine, the son of heaven will be fine, the princes will be fine, and the people will be fine. ”

"Can you elaborate on how to rule the world with Taoism?"

"During the time of the Three Kings and Five Emperors, the Holy Monarch practiced benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, music, name, law, punishment, and reward, and the world was governed by this,"

"Since my predecessors discussed the eight techniques of the Tao, I have a question to ask. The eight techniques of the Tao have both advantages and disadvantages. The saint acts benevolently, which can be fraternal or may lead to partiality; The righteousness of the holy monarch can be prudent in words and deeds, or it can produce hypocrisy; The holy ruler can be respectful to others, or it can lead to laziness and arrogance; The saint can be an expression of emotional aspirations, or it can produce lewdness; The name of the holy king can be a sign of the dignity of a person, or it can produce a lowly person to do something of usurpation because he envy the person of the honorable person; The lawgiver can be the one who treats the powerful and the common people equally, or he can produce treacherous people who take advantage of the loopholes in the law; The execution of a saint can be to make those who do not obey obedience, or it can lead to violence; The saint's reward can be to persuade the faithful, or it can lead to conspiracy and strife. ”

"Yes," Lu Zhonglian replied and replied, "Xia Qi and Shang Tang used the Eight Techniques to rule the world, and Xia Wei and Shang Xuan used the Eight Techniques to die in the world, what is the reason?" There is a way in the world, and if you make good use of it, you can govern the world; If the world is out of order, the art is abused, and the world can be chaotic. ”

"The predecessors not only advocated the Great Dao, but also used the Son of Heaven to govern the people, and the people with the law, may I ask the seniors, which is more important than the Tao and the Law?"

"If the Tao is in the world, the poor and lowly will not complain, the rich and noble will not be arrogant, the foolish and weak will not be afraid, the wise and brave will not be bullied, and the people will be happy and convinced; If the law is practiced in the world, the poor and lowly will not dare to complain, the rich and noble will not dare to be arrogant, the foolish and weak will not be afraid, the wise and brave will not dare to deceive, and the people will obey because of fear. In the following view, the law is inferior to the Tao. ”

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius traveled around the world, advocating morality, practicing benevolence and righteousness, but the result was that he hit a wall everywhere.

"Confucius hit a wall, not the fault of morality and benevolence, but the wrong method used. Morality and righteousness can be exercised in peaceful times, but not in troubled times. Troubled times are kings, only by strength and power. ”

"Since the predecessors ruled the world with the Tao, they continued to discuss the Tao with the predecessors. The world is declining, and if you can't go down, you have to go down; People have selfish desires, and they have to survive if they can't survive. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, people's hearts have not been ancient, selfish desires are overflowing, and morality is declining, all of which are heavenly movements. ”

"As far as I know, Tianxingjian, the Tao gives birth to all things without merit, and the Tao of Heaven is not selfish. Those who keep their own selfishness are also people. Besides, the people of the ancients could keep the way of heaven, but why can't the people of this world? ”

Lu Zhonglian and Zou Zheng asked and answered like this, and everyone in the audience was fascinated and fell into contemplation, and Zhao Jie was no exception. (My novel "Zhao Ma Treads the World" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "ddxiaoshuo" and follow, hurry up! )