Chapter 414: I didn't see Qin Shi Huang back then
Chu Suiliang suddenly opened his mouth like this, and directly attacked Shi Bufan for blaspheming the ancients by doing so. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info This immediately made everyone look at Chu Suiliang, and Chu Suiliang's words were directly aimed at Shi Bufan. Shi Bufan snorted coldly in his heart, this Chu Suiliang still can't forget his conflicts. At that time, there was a conflict between Shi Bufan and Chu Suiliang, and Chu Suiliang sued Shi Bufan for stealing books from the Xiuwen Museum, but he was cleaned up by Shi Bufan. Although Chu Suiliang was not punished, he lost a big face because of this, and the two of them took over Liangzi. So this time, Chu Suiliang opposed Shi Bufan's opinion, which is also normal. Chu Suiliang must oppose everything that Shi Bufan proposes this time. As for the excuse for opposition, this one is actually easy to find. Because there is no excuse for the sin that you want to add, as long as you want to oppose it, then you can find an excuse for anything.
"The house servant shoots, Shi Bufan's statement is really ridiculous. Shi Bufan's remark was disrespectful to the sages, and he actually proposed that those who carried out the study should also be given the status of compiling history books, and these people are really unreasonable. What qualifications did these craftsmen have to be on par with the sages? In this way, according to the division of trades, wouldn't it be true that even the merchants would be able to sit on an equal footing with us scholars? Is there any distinction between dignity and inferiority? What's more, how can people learn from history when compiling history books like this? When we compile history, that is, we can let people learn from history, so how can we learn from history? Chu Suiliang objected.
Chu Suiliang is so opposed, in fact, there are two excuses. One is that Chu Suiliang believes that it is definitely not possible to compile history according to industry and demand, because this will give those merchants, officials, scholars and emperors a feeling of "equal sitting". And this excuse is very vicious, and he directly believes that Shi Bufan is deliberately opposing the superiority and inferiority of the feudal era, and is opposing the noble theory of the scholars of this era. In this way, I hope to call on everyone to oppose it and oppose the division of Shi Bufan.
However, the division of history books by such categories is actually an idea to improve the status of certain industries. In the past, those ordinary craftsmen and inventors were also low-status people in the history books, and even those accessories of "emperors and generals" were not qualified to take the initiative. However, once these inventors are given the status of compiling history, it is recognized to a certain extent that these inventors are also advancing the historical process and are people who have contributed to history. How did this make these nobles accept? These ancient literati looked down on these inventors in their bones.
Many time-travelers have traveled to ancient times and thought that the ancients would definitely attach importance to invention? In fact, the ancients did not attach importance to inventions, and in ancient times, they would not attach importance to inventions, nor would they attach importance to these so-called inventions. Even after the invention is made, it is just an ordinary little person, and even a word from others can force you to take out this achievement. If it weren't for Shi Bufan's lack of financial resources to borrow the Tang Dynasty, so in order to raise money, he had to take advantage of the situation to come up with this patent bill, otherwise this patent may still not be promoted. Of course, the promotion of patents does not mean that the status of inventors has improved. On the contrary, these literati still looked down on inventors, so they resolutely opposed being written into the history books. In particular, this kind of mainstream history book is recognized by the government as an "official history book".
"Chu Suiliang, what do you mean by that? How have I ever said that I would blaspheme the sages? I'm just going to write history books for different people, and the scholars can go to the scholars, and the ordinary people can go to the history books of the ordinary people! Not only am I not blaspheming the sages, nor am I destroying the dignity of the upper and lower levels, but I am maintaining the dignity and inferiority of the upper and lower levels. Otherwise, let those 'sluts' and the emperors and generals write it into a history book together, isn't this blaspheming those emperors and generals? So, isn't it good that the emperor is one and the generals are each one, so it's not very good? Shi Bufan said instead.
Chu Suiliang felt as disgusting as eating poop, the same thing, said in different directions, and the meaning was completely different. Chu Suiliang believes that the separate compilation is on an equal footing with those "nobles" and is a blasphemy. However, after such a great shift in Shi Bufan, it has directly become a separate compilation, which will become a respect for those emperors and generals, because it is not mixed, which represents highlighting the noble status of emperors and generals, rather than letting those "lowly" craftsmen write with them, so that it can highlight the nobility of emperors and generals?
So, this is completely a thing where the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable. The same is true of liberal arts, there is no absolute standard answer, interpreted from different angles and in different languages, and even able to lead to the exact opposite result. Shi Bufan's explanation has also won the approval of many people.
"I think Shi Bufan's words are also right, people with different identities are separated, then this is also a kind of respect, for the emperor, for the famous generals and appearances." Someone else agreed.
Soon both sides had different opinions on this issue, with some agreeing to continue writing this interesting history, while others thought it was insulting to the sages. Everyone has their own ideas, but this topic is partly born and has its own ideas. Because no matter how this topic is explained, it works, and some people write their statements separately, which is to put those lowly people on an equal footing with the nobles. However, there are also some people who scoff at this statement, thinking that it is respectful of the nobility to compile it separately, so everyone quarrels back and forth without a result.
As the prime minister, Fang Xuanling, he may not be very good at other things, but he is very good at making mud.
"Alright, let's stop arguing. In this way, we simply do this, on the one hand, we compile the official history of the imperial court, that is, the history of the past chronicles. But the other side is also writing this so-called interesting history. However, there is a difference between the two. Among them, the official history books were personally issued and stored by the Tang Dynasty government and passed on to future generations. But those interesting histories must not have too much contact with our Tang Dynasty government in name, what do you think? In this way, those official history books are given to court officials and scholars to read, and those ordinary interesting histories can be read by ordinary people, so that the classification does not interfere with each other. Fang Xuanling said.
Fang Xuanling: This is in harmony, because the two opinions have their own reasons, and it is problematic to adopt either one. Therefore, Fang Xuanling simply adopted the method of diluting mud and directly adopted the two together, but the two sides did not interfere with each other. This official history was read by officials and scholars, while interesting histories could be read by ordinary people, so that the two sides did not interfere with each other.
"Hmph, only the canonical history can have enough influence. As long as the imperial court declares this to be the official history, who else will read your so-called interesting history? This official history has marked the reputation of the imperial court, so where will those so-called interesting histories have any status? Even if you compile it and the court doesn't recognize it, what can you do? Therefore, if you are not recognized by the imperial court, will the people recognize it? Chu Sui thought in his conscience.
But Shi Bufan also understood Fang Xuanling's mentality about Fang Xuanling's suggestion. Fang Xuanling's mentality is actually an elite idea that is superstitious about government authority. They completely believe that history is created by these elites, that history is created by them, emperors and generals, and that it is not ordinary people who create history.
This Fang Xuanling is actually working with the mud, but he is biased towards those scholars. Fang Xuanling proposed that the so-called "interesting history" would not be included in the legal history books of the government, so that the people would not read it seriously. Because the government doesn't recognize it, what can they do? Fang Xuanling is obviously superstitious about the authority of the government, thinking that as long as the government does not recognize this historical book, the people will not read it. This kind of thinking was shared by many ancient officials, who believed that the authority of the government was invincible, that the authority of the government was supreme, and that as long as the government did not recognize it, then the people would not look at it. This kind of thinking is actually very strange in the eyes of later generations, but the ancient officials were like this, believing that the authority of the government was supreme, and that the people would absolutely obey the government and must obey the government. What the government doesn't recognize, it won't be able to be circulated.
Regarding this kind of thought, Shi Bufan just wanted to criticize: "It's stupid and naïve!" ”
That's right, Shi Bufan refuted the thinking of Fang Xuanling and others, that is, he was very stupid and naïve. These guys are too high-born, they are completely ungrounded, and many of them don't understand the situation at the grassroots level. These guys are too high-born, and they have always been exposed to high-level things since they were children, but they have been seriously out of touch with the grassroots people. Such elite thinking has infiltrated the marrow of these scholars. They believed that they could establish authority through the noble mystery of the scholars, and establish the so-called authority through this "ungrounded" and "non-people-friendly" way, so that the people would worship them.
They already think that such means will make the people inevitably obey them, but they forget that the middle and low-level people are the real mainstream of this society, and it is the people who account for more than 99% of the world's population. They seem to have a lot of power on the surface, but they don't necessarily listen to them completely during the power enforcement phase.
"If the government wants to ban books, it will be so easy to ban them, and those ancient banned books will not be handed down. What so-called various prophecies, as well as all kinds of so-called push back pictures, all kinds of messy things, and what Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's novels, will not be handed down. The more you forbid it, the more the people will spread it themselves. Do you think that if your government doesn't support it, then the people won't go to see my interesting history? Market! You guys who are not grounded, you don't know how to cater to the market demand, you don't know how to cater to the market demand, which will inevitably cause no one to watch. Shi Bufan thought.
These ancient officials thought like this, they didn't know how to cater to the needs of readers, the ancient ruling power was given by relying on "mystery", they hoped to maintain this "mystery" to ensure that they were not grounded, and through this ungroundedness, they even imposed it on ordinary people, forcing the middle and low-level people to accept their thinking. This is the thinking of these rulers in ancient times, through various ungrounded practices to attract the people to worship, considered mysterious and noble. In doing so, it will inevitably create a lot of elite thinking, which is vividly reflected in these ancient officials. Superstitious to power and superstitious to elites, this is also the idea that Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang have.
"Okay, that's it!" Shi Bufan has no opinion.
Shi Bufan then recited a verse: "The Great Wall is still there today, and I don't see Qin Shi Huang back then!" ”
Shi Bufan finished reading and left, and everyone present fell into a state of stunned.
"The Great Wall is still there today, don't you see Qin Shi Huang back then?" Fang Xuanling suddenly muttered twice.
"Could it be that the 'Qin Shi Huang' he said refers to the imperial court, and the 'Great Wall' is something that circulates in the hearts of the people?" Fang Xuanling thought.
Everyone understands the reference to Shi Bufan, and Shi Bufan's poem is a quote from a poem by Zhang Ying in the Qing Dynasty, but the things referred to in his poem are not the same as Zhang Ying. Zhang Ying used the Great Wall as a metaphor for matter, and Qin Shi Huang as a metaphor for the longevity of human life. However, Shi Bufan here is just the opposite, Shi Bufan uses Qin Shi Huang to refer to the "dynasty", and uses the Great Wall as a metaphor for the inheritance of ideas in people's hearts. Here is just the opposite, the dynasty is time-sensitive, a dynasty is only a few hundred years, and once the dynasty is extinguished, then what he recognized and what he did not admit back then will also go with the wind. On the contrary, what is in the hearts of the people is what can really be passed on forever.
These scholars thought that they could guarantee their rights and interests forever by relying on the imperial court and government, and that the people could not accept this so-called "interesting history". But Shi Bufan is borrowing this poem to satirize, they rely on the Tang Dynasty court to limit the development of this "interesting history", but can they limit it? Can we limit eternity if we can limit it for a while? Once a dynasty falls, then in the end, everything will return to dust, and the roots will not be forbidden. On the contrary, only the "Great Wall" rooted in the hearts of ordinary people can truly be passed on forever, not completely destroyed with the fall of a dynasty.
Shi Bufan borrowed Zhang Ying's poem here, but what he came up with was exactly the opposite of Zhang Ying, so it was literature. Literature can be used in different contexts, and the meaning can be the opposite.
(To be continued.) )