Compared with historical materialism, the theory of dialectical materialism is more difficult for Ding Shiqing. When Ding Shiqing first saw the theoretical books of the Revival Society, as a showman, he still despised the rough and straightforward language in the books.

However, it was not until he seriously read Wang Shuhui's book on the basic theory of historical materialism for the first time that he realized that Wang Shuhui wanted to use very superficial and straightforward language to expound a heavenly truth to the masses with shallow cultural knowledge.

As a scholar, Ding Shiqing knew that the legendary Confucius was a sage who tirelessly educated the people. But Ding Shiqing, who lives at the bottom of the society, also knows that legends must be just legends, but he knows how stupid and stubborn the common people are. If you want to reason with them and preach the holy word, that is an act of playing the harp to the ox. The common people ignore all the reasons that cannot directly help them farm better and get more harvests.

As a great sage, Confucius was an old man who didn't know anything about farming and management at all. Confucius himself said that it is not possible to farm the land by yourself. And his old man clearly pointed out that scholars do not study for the purpose of farming. To a certain extent, studying is a great thing to not farm, or to fool others to take the initiative to help him farm.

(Fan Chi asked for a lesson.) Zi said: "I am not as good as an old farmer." "Please learn as a nursery. He said: "I'm not as good as Lao Pu." "Fan is late. Zi said: "Villain, Fan Xuye! Good gifts, **** don't dare to be disrespectful, good righteousness, **** don't dare to disobey; On a good letter, **** don't dare to be ruthless. If the husband is so, then the people of the Quartet will carry their sons and come to the place, and use the crops? ”）

Ding Shiqing wasted more than 20 years in the imperial examination, but he was only admitted to a showman. Behind his fame is that his family's land has been sold, and his wife and children are starving. When his wife and children became food for the victims of the famine, and he had to become a bandit, Ding Shiqing found out that the teachings of Confucius were all false, and Confucius's words were all lies.

Ding Shiqing used to think that "everything is inferior, only reading is high". When faith was shattered by reality, Ding Shiqing went to the other extreme. He became a believer in the theory of the uselessness of reading.

However, after living in the environment of the revival association for a while, Ding Shiqing realized how absurd his two ideas were in the past.

In the environment of the Revival Society, from the leading cadres to the ordinary workers and staff, as long as they are in the Revival system, everyone is literate and everyone can read.

Ding Shiqing discovered for the first time that the matter of reading and reading was neither a noble thing to tell the truth of sages, nor something specifically related to official status. In a revival environment, reading and literacy is the simplest tool. Reading and literacy is the most realistic thing that can directly and concretely guide people's every move.

Under the rule of the Renaissance Society, the peasants had to learn to operate various agricultural machinery and construction equipment while familiarizing themselves with various rules and regulations. Learning this knowledge and attending a training course is only one aspect. Many details require these farmers (farm workers) to take out the illustrated manuals from time to time to study and review.

Under the Renaissance Society, workers were required to familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations as well as the technical knowledge required for their positions. Whether it is turning, pliers, grinding, boring, casting, forging, welding and other technical jobs, or the most ordinary basic workers, they need to engage in their own labor and do their own work well in accordance with the operation manual.

It was the ordinary soldiers of the Revival Army that Ding Shiqing saw the most, in addition to training every day, they still had to hold books and review their homework every day.

Ding Shiqing once had a simple exchange with many soldiers. He was amazed to find that each of them had to engage in cultural learning, and that the knowledge they learned was all very specific, very instructive, and solid knowledge that could be applied after learning.

Ding Shiqing, who is also a reader and has experienced real hardships, found that the reading he knows and the reading of the Revival Society are two completely different concepts.

Ding Shiqing's books in the past also paid attention to the application of what he had learned, but the books of the Revival Society themselves were intended for use. After reading the books of the Revival Society, you can use it, and the knowledge in the books of the Revival Society is the most direct for people to use.

In Ding Shiqing's past life, he began to enlighten at the age of seven, and when he was twenty-seven years old, he studied for a total of 20 years. The only purpose of participating in the imperial examination is to gain fame, and only after obtaining fame can you become an official. If you become an official, you can change your fate.

For him, studying is for the imperial examination, and the imperial examination is for being an official. Reading books and the things in the books he reads have no real effect. A senior in the field he knew once told him very bluntly, "These four books and five classics have no meaning, all the books they read and all the articles they do are just a stepping stone to officialdom." ”

From then on, Ding Shiqing clearly realized that reading itself was not because of the content of the Four Books and Five Classics. The teachings of the Four Books and the Five Classics are not the beliefs of the readers. Study, take the imperial examination, and then become an official. This simple and mechanical process is the belief of all readers.

After the collapse of his faith, Ding Shiqing rediscovered the meaning of reading in the environment of the Revival Society. Yes, in the Revival Society, reading itself is meaningless, and the matter of reading does not have the kind of sacred meaning that he used to think is superb. Reading in the revival society is simply because of the knowledge in the book and the content of the book. All the books in the revival are simple tools.

In the Revival Society, where everyone reads and everyone can write and calculate. No matter who reads, even those young people who study in the academy every day (the Cadet Army) do so simply to learn knowledge and culture. In the revival society, the examination was much more than the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

Peasants (farm workers), workers, soldiers, officers, cadres, all the people in the Revival system had to take various exams constantly. Professional title evaluation, promotion training, academic ability test, whether it is a worker, peasant or soldier, anyone who wants to enter the revival meeting must keep studying and taking the exam. But this is completely different from the imperial examination.

The root cause of all the reading and exams in the revival society is the knowledge in the books. Reading is not the goal, nor is the exam, only mastering knowledge and applying knowledge is the only goal. Space-Time Gate 1619

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