Chapter 39 - Chinese Studies and Western Studies

In the palace of Weiyu, after listening to Yue Le's retelling, Emperor Fulin had already fallen into contemplation.

Xuan Ye's long remarks on Han culture, in which new ideas emerge one after another, so that Fu Lin, who has long admired Han studies, is also quite touched, although many things are heard for the first time, but after a little speculation, you will find that what you say is true. This actually made the young emperor, who was less than twenty years old, jealous of his young son who was less than two years old in his heart again, and felt sad about his childhood when he didn't learn and played around!

For a while, neither Yue Le nor Wu Liangfu dared to disturb Emperor Bixia, who was planning ahead, so they were so quiet, each thinking about their own ideas.

After secretly hurting himself for a long time, Fu Lin's mood calmed down a lot.

After all, Xiao Xuanye would not use this kind of opportunity, and there was absolutely no need to show off any Confucian knowledge in front of him, so there must be a deep meaning in it. But what does that mean? In particular, the biggest threat to the rule of the Qing Dynasty is not the overflow of the Han people, but the pedantry of the Han people's learning, and the threat of the West coming from the East, which is simply a strange story through the ages! There must be a follow-up to this little guy!

"Fourth brother, what else did Xuan Ye say? Let's talk about it together! After a long silence, Fulin decided to continue the question.

"Xuan Ye does have a long speech...... Yue Le admired the intelligence of this emperor's younger brother very much, and continued to report-

Xuan Ye also said that he thought that after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he must not hold on to the Han doctrine, let alone let it rest on its laurels and stagnate; Treat those who come to the East and learn from the West, and they must not be regarded as a flood beast, lest they be avoided. Specifically, there are three sayings:

First, Sinology is actually the way of Confucius and Mencius and Confucianism, and it is first necessary to clear the source on this name. What is Sinology? That's not the knowledge of his Han family, when Confucius, how could there be any Han people? All the people of China, my Manchurian ancestors are cautious [1] also have a copy! What's more, now that China is unified, it can't be mentioned with them anymore, but it can be called 'Chinese culture'! After all, the group of Han relics also put "China China" on their lips all day long, although it was to distinguish Manchuria from outside the Pass, but after Sinology was respected as 'national studies', they had to admit that China China had long been self-contained! ”

Seeing Fu Lin nodding, Yue Le had the confidence to continue:

Xuan Ye also said, needless to say, this so-called Han Confucian doctrine is really very useful for the current Qing Dynasty. At this point, we should prevent the so-called 'nationalization of Confucianism', and make Han Confucianism the only correct theory that will remain unchanged for eternity, and improve and develop it, and then absorb and knead it into 'national studies'. You must know that although Confucius said that 'saying but not doing, believing and being ancient[2]', since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, and even the Han relics in Jiangnan today, have been transforming the so-called classic Confucian authors without stopping for a moment. As the orthodoxy of China, the Qing Dynasty should naturally transform Confucianism into a university that keeps pace with the times on the basis of adopting hundreds of Chinese and foreign schools! ”

"Keep up with the times!" Fulin repeated, although unheard of, but the meaning is clear, very easy to understand!

"Yes, with the times! If it doesn't keep pace with the times, could it be that the Qing Dynasty watched the Li family break into the temple and destroy the society outside the gate? If you don't keep pace with the times, will you let the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty make waves? Yue Le recalled that when Xuan Ye said this yesterday, that righteous and awe-inspiring look made him awe-inspired! [Hongyi was actually secretly praying at that time: Jiang Dada! Offended, offended! Forgive sins, forgive sins! A good word is a good word, it is definitely a treasure of Chinese culture, and it stands to reason that it can be used in advance across 360 years! So it's still xiexie! 】

"Second, we can't blindly resist the spread of Western learning to the East, but to take its essence and remove its dross, and learn from and absorb it for my own use. The Western region is small and sparsely populated, so their knowledge is often based on practicality, but they have a very mysterious understanding of the metaphysical human destiny and so on, and they often do not understand it thoroughly. In fact, the Western techniques mastered by John Tong and other missionaries from the East are far from the most modern KitKat in the countries of Europa thousands of miles away! If we allow the Western countries to blindly delve into practical studies, we will accumulate and make breakthroughs in weapons, navigation, astronomy, arithmetic, and so on, and then we will be afraid of the barbarian land, the barbarian soldiers, and the fierceness of the army, all of which will grow in the state of Chinese civilization. This small Rakshasa country is nothing more than a barbarian country in the eyes of the countries of Europa, but its firearms are self-evident to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. If this 10,000-mile northern frontier is won by the Rakshasas, then he can chase Europa in the west and restrain the Qing Dynasty in the east! Now, we must prepare for the future, and we must start to stop this momentum in its infancy! Yue Le was almost reciting, even though he basically had a feeling of cloud, mountain and fog shrouded in this passage.

Yesterday, when Hongyi said this, Yue Le, like the current emperor, was noncommittal. Although Yue Le belonged to the reformers in the early Qing Dynasty, he had heard of such a sensational international political situation for the first time after all, and he didn't quite believe it. Hongyi saw it in his eyes, and did not continue to entangle, this realistic version of the crossing is not the whimsical appearance of many authors in later generations, some things are man-made, but they are also made in the sky!

Third, Chinese culture is a cultural rejuvenation of sports, Western learning is a tool for public use, the combination of Chinese and Western is Chinese, and the use of Yi long skills to control Yi [3]. The skills of Tang Ruowang and others can be described as excellent in our dynasty, but if we can introduce more Western professional workers' 'Shinong Industry and Commerce', and then gradually introduce Western utensils in batches, choose those who are good and learn from them, and turn the foreign into the middle and lead the tide!

The top priority at the moment is to use their firearms to make these ingenious skills, and at the same time, with our vast wealth of talents in China, we must make firearms that are even better than them! The second is to clarify the only criterion of 'Huayi's distinction' and promote it to the four seas. The Qing Dynasty should set the main criterion for distinguishing between Huayi and whether to respect Chinese etiquette, pursue the three rules of 'courtesy, virtue and benevolence', and abandon the standards of blood, geography, and clothing. This standard should also be used as the main purpose that all countries must accept when they come to the court, and be included in the canon, and broadcast the contents of filial piety, brother (悌), loyalty, forgiveness, courtesy, knowledge, bravery, respect, generosity, faith, sensitivity, and favor to the world, so that all countries in the world will respect China and obey the orders of the Qing Dynasty! ……”

Fulin savored the ......

Although many of Xuan Ye's words were retold by Yue Le, many of the meanings in them may change slightly, but the main meaning is very clear, that is, he, the emperor who was born in Manchuria, cannot just be satisfied with "the first to worship Manchuria, the Manchu and Mongolian families, and the Manchu and Han as one", if in terms of culture, "the first to worship China, learn from others", in the military "north to block the Rakshasa and the Sina Ocean", and in the KitKat, "use Western learning for use, and use Yi Chang skills to control the country"...... So, what will the future of the Qing Dynasty look like? If at that time, he could truly become an enlightened saint who was sincerely supported by the majority of Han people and Han ministers, then what kind of obstacle would the constraints of these Manchurian old men be now!

"Your Majesty, the second elder brother Zuihou still wants a slave to talk to you in secret, he said that he still wants to ......" Yue Le whispered very mysteriously, so subtle that only the two of them could hear it.

"Oh......" Fu Lin's face was full of questions, but it was Yue Le, who took the initiative to tilt his upper body towards the same movement, and after listening to a few words, Fu Lin's face was overjoyed, and Yue Le looked at each other and smiled......

"Drive Cining Palace!" Fulin finally gathered up his divine deeds and preached the word.

Three days later, after Fu Lin had long talks with his own emperor's mother, the empress dowager finally allowed Dorobelle Xuanye to be the president, and summoned Fan Chengmo, the speaker of the Longxing Holy Miracle Day, Tang Ruowang, the supervisor of Qintian, and Ji Kaisheng in the right of the military department, to form a writing team in the name of lecturing for the prince in Dongerso, and began to compile a booklet called "Chinese Studies and Western Studies".

Hongyi, who is involved in the work of editing books for the first time, has been very excited in the past two days, because of his many thoughts, Fan Chengmo and Ji Kaisheng have naturally translated them into esoteric Chinese. Although I have been studying diligently for more than a year, in the face of the vast sea of Confucian classics, even if I don't eat, drink, or sleep for a year, I can't study it for a whole percent, let alone understand it thoroughly! Fortunately, those two are both great Confucians, and they have had more or less contact with themselves early, and often as soon as a new idea of their own comes out, the big guy cites scriptures to corroborate or refute it. Even John Tang has devoted himself to the study of Buddhism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism for more than 30 years, and has become a qualified Confucian expert!

Although several people often debated, Zuihou still adopted Hongyi's meaning, because Xuanye, the second son of the emperor who is now expensive Dorobelle, takes care of everyone's interests very thoroughly, which is really an irresistible temptation!

As for Tang Ruowang, Hongyi just said one sentence: "Western learning is supplemented, Chinese culture is the mainstay, but Chinese culture is not immutable, and many of the Haode thoughts of Jesus' teachings are actually similar to the three doctrines of Lideren and Renren of Chinese culture...... "Tang Ruowang immediately understood that he had been in China for more than 30 years to transmit the holy sound, and the biggest resistance was from those stubborn old rotten Confucians. So, this small team of writers is running at full capacity with all their might.

As reformers in the early Qing Dynasty, as long as they did not endanger the rule of Manchuria, Fulin and Yue Le were happy to see a book that could put the Hanchen and Yangyi in order. As for the Queen Mother, she simply wants her little grandson to become famous as soon as possible and become a real liliang that she can rely on. As for what to write? There is also the old soup soup John in it......

[1] The Manchus are one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, and their history can be traced back to 7,000 years ago during the period of the Sushen Xinkailiu culture and the Cha Ah Chong culture. Su Shen, an ethnic group in Northeast China in ancient China, is the ancestor of the modern Manchu people. It is also known as prudence and prudence. Legend has it that the Shun and Yu eras have been associated with the Central Plains. During the reign of King Wu of Zhou, Su Shen Gong "Zhu Ya Shi Yan" surrendered to Zhou. Shang and Zhou periods in China's Heilongjiang River, Ussuri River basin and Changbai Mountain area. It is generally distributed in the north of the present-day Changbai Mountain, west to the Songnen Plain, and north to the middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River. The ancestors of the Manchus were cautious and have been seen in historical records since the Shun Yu period in the 22nd century BC. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" contains: "In the great wilderness, there is a mountain name that is not salty, and there is a country of Su Shen. "The Bamboo Book Chronicle" contains: "Emperor Shun has Yu for twenty-five years, Xi Shen (that is, Su Shen) came to the court, and paid tribute to the bow and arrow. "When Yu Ding Kyushu, King Wu of Zhou, King Cheng, Su Shen sent envoys to pay tribute, and the most famous tribute was "Zhu Ya Shi Yan". The Zhou people called "Su Shen, Yan, Bo, Wu Beitu" B.C. Xia Shang Zhou Dynasty Su Shen Kingdom, Han to the Two Jin Dynasty of the Lu Lou, Northern Wei Dynasty Beji, Sui and Tang Dynasty Jin Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty to Ming Dynasty Jurchen.

[2] From the "Analects of the Analects": "Zi said: Tell but don't do, believe and be ancient, and steal compared to my old Peng." "Speak but do not do - only narrate and expound the doctrines of the predecessors, and do not create them at will. Believe in the ancients - believe in and love the things of the ancients. This is a way of learning by Confucius, that is, it completely follows the principle of "saying but not doing", and only takes the ancient haode things as the cause of Chen Chen, and does not create his own thoughts.

[3] Everyone is familiar with the "master of the art to control the country", but that was in the international political environment two hundred years later, and it is not necessary to talk about "division" now, it is very good to be able to "use".