Chapter 278: The Significance of the Opening Ceremony

Guiyi Fang, Qingxin Academy.

Wu Qing stepped into the auditorium, which was also built according to the Great Hall of Qixia Mountain, but it was more than twice as large as the Great Hall of Qixia Mountain.

The purpose of the auditorium is mainly to give a big lecture on the first day of each month and to confer the certificate of Qingxin Academy to the graduates who go out from Qingxin Academy every year, with this certificate, they can go to Wuqing industry to do a very good job. Of course, the role of the auditorium is not only here, but also the exchange meeting between teachers and students will be held here.

Now that Qingxin Academy has officially moved to Luoyang, the teachers of Qingxin Academy have been awarded the official title of doctor, although they are controlled by Guozijian, but the degree of freedom is very high. What's more, with Wu Qing as the dean, who dares to be embarrassed?

Today is the opening ceremony of Qingxin Academy in Luoyang, and Wu Qing, the dean, must naturally be present and give a speech, which is also a major feature of Qingxin Academy.

Wang Bo and Lu Zhaoling led all the doctors to wait at the door, and when they saw Wu Qing coming in, they all smiled with their hands.

"Yuanshan, I've been waiting here for a long time!" Wang Bo said with a smile.

Today, Wang Bo mainly studies the commonalities between classics and science, and polishes the theories of science, teaching students Confucian scriptures, and is regarded as the second-in-command of the Qingxin Academy. And his father Wang Fuchou also resigned at home after returning from Jiaozhi.

Wu Qing hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Zi'an, it's hard work, can the family settle down?" ”

Wang Bo smiled: "Thank you, son, everything is settled." ”

Wu Qing nodded, and saw that Lu Zhaoling was also here, and Lu Zhaoling was not in good health in the past two years. Therefore, Wu Qing also took great care of him and let him rarely teach, but Lu Zhaoling's research on science was about to catch up with Wu Qing. He even put forward the new idea of "learning from things", which made the science of science more abundant in philosophy and physics.

"Gong Lu, you're here!" Wu Qing hurriedly grabbed Lu Zhaolin's hand.

Although Lu Zhaolin was not in good health, he was in good spirits, and said: "Today, the academy moves to Luoyang, and my science will surely shine through the ages, how can the old man not come!" ”

Wu Qing was full of emotion. When Lu Zhaolin first saw him, he only had a little respect for himself, and he even disdained science. But now he is the guide of science, so he said: "At the beginning of today, the name of Lu Gong will go down in history." ”

Lu Zhaolin was naturally very happy. Seriously. I haven't seen Wu Qing for nearly three years, and he really wants to discuss it, especially his theory of "learning from things" still needs to be improved.

As for the other doctors, they are all outstanding graduates of Qingxin Academy, and the seventy-two doctors are mainly engaged in research work, teaching some special students by the way.

Wu Qingdu bowed his hands one by one. Immediately, Wu Qing ascended to the three-foot-high podium. The auditorium was already full of students, as well as scholars, officials, students, and so on who had come to attend the opening ceremony of Ching Shin College. Among them is Guo Zhengyi, who was demoted from the political hall.

When Wu Qing stepped up to the podium, he looked at the middle school students. One of the students shouted "Stand up", and then all the students stood up and shouted, "Hello teacher!" ”

Wu Qing bowed and said, "Please take a seat!" ”

Such a ritual process amazed the spectators present, and they couldn't help but have expectations for Qingxin Academy.

Wu Qing waited for the auditorium to be quiet, and then stood behind the lectern.

"Students, teachers, and scholars, welcome to the opening ceremony of Qingxin Academy!"

"I know that many of you are here out of curiosity, so I very much welcome you to come here, Qingxin Academy will not cherish itself, Qingxin Academy is open to all students of Datang."

Wu Qing naturally won't talk about science or anything like that at the opening ceremony, after all, now the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are arguing endlessly, and if science suddenly emerges, it will undoubtedly only make science fall into a quagmire. But without mentioning the reasoning, it is obvious that these people who come to watch the ceremony cannot be convinced.

Suddenly, he had an idea, so he pointed to the colorful flags that were fluttering in the wind outside the house and asked, "When you see the colorful flags fluttering outside the house, who can tell me why is this?" ”

A scholar of literature who believed in Buddhism said, "Students can answer in the Buddhist language of the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng Zen Master." ”

When Wu Qing saw that it was a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, he smiled and said: "Mr. said to listen to it, and let everyone see and understand the wisdom of Buddhism." ”

The man bowed and said, "It's not the wind that moves, it's not the flag, it's the heart." ”

Wu Qing couldn't help but sigh, these six ancestors Huineng is really good Buddha nature, so he smiled and said: "What this gentleman said makes sense, this is also the Buddha nature of Zen Master Huineng's 'epiphany', but this is just the words of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual thing. It's like, I close my eyes, it's dark. ”

Everyone in the auditorium was stunned for a moment, and then thought, isn't it dark when you close your eyes, isn't it like it's dark. That seems to be true.

Wu Qing looked at the dazed crowd and explained: "When you close your eyes, it's dark, this is what you think in your heart, what you feel in your heart, and it also belongs to the spiritual level. But in fact, if you close your eyes during the day, you just can't see anything, if you close your eyes during the day, you feel that it is dark in your spirit, but in fact, the sky is still daytime, and it is not dark because of your perception, and the day is still day, which is a fact. ”

"As for not the wind, not the flag, but the heart, the same. Dr. Lu Zhaolin said that 'learning from things' is to pursue the principle of all things, tracing back to the source, why does the flag move, it is because there is wind, then why is there wind? ”

Everyone in the auditorium was deeply attracted by this question, and Wu Qing said with a smile: "The warship can set sail, but it depends on the wind, not on the heart. If you only rely on heartbeat, can the warship still set sail? This is the principle of 'no wind, no waves'. The flag gets the wind and can be waved against the wind, so how does the wind come about? That's what I'm going to study at Pure Heart Academy. ”

Wu Qing looked at the contemplative students and those literary scholars in the auditorium, and said: "Today, my Qingxin Academy is valued by the saints, and I have ordered us to move to this Luoyang City, and we should do our best to cultivate talents for governing the country for my Tang Dynasty, and you students, please work hard." ”

Wu Qing bowed deeply, and then stepped off the podium.

Then Wang Bo spoke passionately, he was a person with good poetry and writing, so his speech won a full house, after years of precipitation, Wang Bo's poems have more charm.

After Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin also spoke, especially to explain the knowledge of things, after all, "knowledge of things" is a doctrine advocated by many people of insight since the pre-Qin period, but it has been abandoned by Confucian scholars and so on in the past dynasties, and now it is proposed again, and given a new meaning, which is very necessary in the promotion of science.

After the opening ceremony of Qingxin Academy, the whole Luoyang knew what Qingxin Academy was, and let more people in the world know that science is an emerging science. It inherits the precious wealth of its ancestors, and uses dialectical methods to interpret Taoism and Buddhism and other hundreds of schools, which is a new doctrine that has never been seen before.

Some people are excited about the emergence of this theory, some are skeptical, some people criticize it, and of course some even call it "pseudo-science".

But no matter what, the theory of "learning from things" has been recognized by many scholars, after all, what has been handed down for thousands of years, who says that it is unreasonable? As for whether or not to agree with the theory of science, that is a personal matter.

Since someone reported to the Empress Dowager Wu, when the Empress Dowager Wu heard Wu Qing's dialectical words, she couldn't help but think about it, and said in her mouth: "The flag moves, the wind moves, and the heart moves." ”

For her, who believes in Buddhism, blasphemy against Buddhism is an unforgivable sin, but the person who said this is her nephew, a member of the martial family, a concubine of the Taiping, and an absolute loyalty to the martial family, so she can't help but chant too. She is full of poetry and books, and she also knows "learning from things", but the new concept given by science makes her not understand and understand. However, she also had to admit Wu Qingzhi's talent, and she couldn't say that a hundred years later, he would be respected as a saint like Kong Sheng.

Empress Dowager Wu looked at Shangguan Wan'er, who was tidying up the music next to her, and asked, "Wan'er, what do you think is the reason for 'the flag is moving'?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned for a moment, she naturally knew what the Empress Dowager Wu was doing at this moment, she hurriedly bowed and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Empress Dowager Wu smiled bitterly: "I know that you won't say it, but this palace asks you what you are doing." This palace forgives you for your innocence, and you can tell me what you think. ”

Shangguan Wan'er paused and said, "According to Confucianism, when the flag moves, the wind moves. The Zen words of Zen Master Huineng say that it is not the movement of the flag, nor the movement of the wind, but the movement of the heart. Nowadays the science of science explains that the flag moves because of the wind, and the wind is created by some kind of physics. The slave and maid don't know how to explain it, the slave and the maid just think that the words of a hundred schools of thought have their own reasons, and we should not be biased as people who read books, but should encourage these words, so as to reproduce the civilization of 'a hundred schools of thought and a hundred flowers blooming'. ”

Empress Dowager Wu couldn't help but smile, this Shangguan Wan'er is really intimate, so she actually has a sense of openness, no matter what kind of doctrine it has, as long as she insists on her own ideas, does not suppress any doctrine, and lets the words of a hundred schools of thought be used by me, the civilization of the prosperous world will be revealed.

"Civilization!" That's right, I just changed the Yuan civilization, and the opening ceremony of this Qingxin Academy is secretly in line with this intention, and it is indeed the will of heaven!

Empress Dowager Wu laughed and shouted: "Civilization, civilization!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er was puzzled, why was the Queen Mother so happy, the Queen Mother hadn't laughed like this for a long time. When the Empress Dowager Wu stopped laughing, Shangguan Wan'er bowed and said, "The Empress Dowager hasn't laughed like this for a long time, it's really beautiful!" ”

Empress Dowager Wu was happy in her heart, and said: "You Nizi, you really will make this palace happy, so let's make a secret decree, Xuan Wuqing will come to see this palace, and let this palace have a good talk with him." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother!" Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly drew up a note, and then left the Zhenguan Palace, went to the Inner Servant Province, and asked the eunuch to pass on the secret decree.

Out of the Inner Servant Province, a touch of excitement appeared on Shangguan Wan'er's face, she could see Brother Qing again, every time she looked at her lover from afar, she really wanted to snuggle in his arms.

"Wan'er?" A woman's voice came from behind him.

Shangguan Wan'er looked at it, and saw Princess Taiping dressed in plain clothes, leading the maids to come slowly, Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly bowed and said, "The slave has seen the princess!" (To be continued......)