Chapter 21 Questioning and doubting
In the expectant eyes of Li Yu and everyone, Lin Feng put his hands behind his back and chanted poetry aloud: "The Ming Dynasty traveled to Shangyuan, and it was urgent to report spring." The flowers are sent overnight, don't wait for the wind to blow. ”
"It is the former Tang Dynasty Wuhou's "La Ri Xuan Zhao Xing Shangyuan". Qiu Xu in the crowd whispered, his voice was very clear in the silent crowd.
Lin Feng, who was at the tip of his ear, immediately heard it, gave Qiu Xu a thumbs up, and said loudly: "Exactly, it is worthy of Qiu Dacai, who is all over the books." Qiu Xu, can you stand up and tell you about the cause and effect of this poem? ”
Qiu Xu didn't expect Lin Feng to come to this hand, and after taking a step forward in the curious eyes of everyone, he stopped moving forward, and said with some hesitation: "Lord Hui, this poem can be seen in many classics, but the cause and effect of this matter are slightly different, and the villain only cites a record that he thinks is relatively reliable." ”
Seeing Lin Feng's approving gaze, and then looking at the encouraging gazes of his colleagues around him, Qiu Xu became a little bolder, took two steps forward, and said loudly: "That martial queen said:
The ancients said: 'The Holy Son of Heaven helps a hundred spirits. 'I have ascended to great treasures as a woman, and how many have been there since ancient times...... These little things about flowers, do you want to do what you want? Even if I want to redeem the creation and order him to bloom, how can he disobey it! As a result, the next day there were all kinds of flowers, only the peony did not bloom. Wu Zetian was furious, and used the torture that Junchen and Zhou Xing used to playing, and barbecued the peony branches with charcoal fire, and the peony couldn't stand it and had to open one after another, but Wu Zetian's anger did not disappear, and the peony was degraded to Luoyang. ”
"Okay, Xie Lu, Xie Qiu Xu. How do you feel after listening to this story? Think it's true or not? Lin Feng said loudly.
The crowd was stunned, this is a record recorded in the annals of history, three hundred years have passed in a flash, who knows if it is true or not?
Lin Feng pointed at Qiu Xu and asked, "Why do you think this account is more reliable?" ”
Qiu Xu was speechless, and after a while he hesitated and said: "Compared with other records, this is the most detailed one, but the villain still thinks it is very suspicious." It is ridiculous to torture flowers! ”
Lin Feng said with a smile: "Okay, Qiu Xu, you have at least begun to question this record and the things in the record, this is a progress, this is a scientific attitude!" Now, let's take a good look at this matter! In my opinion, this thing is completely true! ”
As soon as Lin Feng's words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they all looked incredulous: Is it really so magical? Is Wu Zetian really destiny?
Lin Feng laughed twice, shaking back everyone's souls that were shocked by the shock, and then said loudly: "However, the cause and effect of this matter has been artificially reversed!"
Have you noticed a detail: grill the peony flower branches with charcoal, and the peony will open. Let's think about it carefully, why do the flowers bloom in different seasons, is it likely to be related to the different temperatures of different seasons? ”
The people present were all smart people, and they all understood what Lin Feng meant, and they all couldn't help but open their mouths wide.
Lin Feng continued: "It is reasonable to speculate that the order of development of things should be like this: Empress Wu had already discovered the fact that the flowering time could be changed by changing the temperature, and in order to prove to the world that she was the so-called destiny of heaven, she deliberately wrote a poem and ordered it first, and then secretly ordered someone to raise the temperature of the flower room to let the flowers bloom, and at the same time deliberately left a peony as a negative example, punished and made a play, so that the world's hundred flowers collectively made a perjury for themselves!" ”
"Silk-" The group below let out a long hiss, looking like they were going crazy, is this really the case in this history?
Lin Feng smiled secretly, if you don't touch your soul, you don't know the pain! However, Lin Feng maintained a calm demeanor on his face, and said loudly: "If I say, we can also invent a greenhouse that can maintain a constant temperature, so that all flowers in the world can bloom at any time, and melons and fruits in the world can bear fruit at any time, so that what happened in the former dynasty and after the martial arts can happen in front of you, do you believe it?" ”
At this moment, everyone looked at each other, this Lin Feng is too demonic, isn't this against the sky?
Lin Feng continued to put on a smiling face, and his heart was full of joy, wait for me to make a few greenhouses in the future generations, so that you will be completely shocked!
Lin Feng waited for a while, waited for these people's expressions to recover, and said loudly: "Doubters, the beginning of thinking, the end of learning!" If there is no doubt, how can we explore? Without question, how can we innovate? ”
If you have already decided that everything the ancients said was right, that everything the ancients did was absolutely correct, and that everything invented by the ancients was immutable and could not be improved, would our society and this era continue to move forward? ”
While everyone was in deep thought, Lin Feng continued: "Let me tell you, questioning is actually the premise for each of us to improve ourselves, and it is the driving force for us to continue to move forward in this era!"
If we dare not surpass our predecessors, won't our society be inferior to the next generation, and the next generation is inferior to the next? Isn't our society finally going back to the primitive state of slash-and-burn farming in the past?
To question, you must dare to question everything, dare to question any classic treatise, dare to question any historical records, dare to question any invention in the past, dare to question the so-called facts told to you by anyone, only then can you understand the truth of history and facts, and only then can you improve those inventions and create new inventions! ”
"Lord Lin, should Confucius's treatises also be questioned?" Pan Ben hesitated for a moment before he boldly spoke. Many people in the crowd who had studied the Confucian classics were also amazed.
Lin Feng glanced at him strangely and said loudly, "Why can't you do it?" Can you repeat what I just said, word for word? ”
"This ...... I can't ......" Pan Ben made another big red face.
"That's it! You can't immediately repeat what we have just said as it is, so the fragmentary words that Master Confucius intermittently narrated in the course of his travels around the world are compiled and sorted out by his disciples and his followers, can you be sure that those are the original words and original intentions of Master Confucius? After the personal interpretations of different Confucians in the past dynasties, can you ensure that the connotation and understanding you have learned are still the original intention of Confucius? Taking a step back, what Confucius said more than a thousand years ago must be suitable for the era that we are currently developing? Lin Feng asked.
In this era, the imperial court had not yet honored Confucius as the most holy teacher and the master of all ages, so Lin Feng naturally dared to risk the world's condemnation to carry out a "moderate attack" on Lao Kong.
"This ......" Pan Ben was speechless again.
Lin Feng didn't let him go, and then asked, "The people can make it, but they can't make it known." The original Analects did not indicate how to break sentences, and people habitually broke sentences like this. If I were to judge it as: 'Let the people let it be; No, let it be known. How do you explain that? ”
Shu Ya and Wu Qiao, who were standing in the crowd, couldn't help but smile, this is an example of the debate that the teacher told him, and Pan Ben must be dumbfounded.
As Shu Ya and the others expected, Pan Ben opened his mouth and was stunned, and many Confucian students also showed confused expressions. Yes, if this sentence is slightly different, it becomes a completely different, or even diametrically opposite meaning, then, what about a dry book that I have learned to memorize before?
This time, Lin Feng paused for a longer time, waiting for these people to experience this powerful impact on his thoughts. It has always been easy to change a person's behavior, but it is too difficult to change people's thoughts, and Lin Feng has to play the role of a teacher of ideological enlightenment again and again!
At this time, the sun has risen, the coolness of the morning has completely faded, and the warmth shining on the body is the good season of autumn.