"Stop!"

Min Zishun wanted to chase after Chen Yuan, but he didn't take a few steps before he heard his uncle stop.

Min Wenwei asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Min Zishun turned around and said, "Uncle, nephew wants to ask for some knowledge." ”

"His knowledge is passed down from Ercheng Yan, which is naturally excellent, but it is too biased towards the side path," Min Wenwei admonished, "When you are in the middle of the imperial examination, it is not too late to learn from him."

Min Wenwei has been in charge of the academy for more than 20 years, and he has not even come out of a single jinshi, and no one complains about him for this situation.

Because in the entire Hanzhong region, for more than 300 years in the Song Dynasty, there were only 22 Jinshi, and one was produced in 15 years. This is just an average, even if there is no jinshi for 30 years, it is a very normal thing.

It's like Jiangdong Jiangxi, a test is a bunch!

In the Song Dynasty, there was no north-south list system, and the distribution of Jinshi was extremely unbalanced, mainly from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Fujian, Kaifeng, Guanzhong, and Hunan. Even these areas are relatively concentrated, such as Sichuan, where most of the Jinshi come from Chengdu Fulu, and in Guangdong, where most of the Jinshi come from Guangzhou and its surroundings.

In the Hanzhong area, an average of one jinshi in fifteen years is already very good, and Yangzhou Academy is definitely a high-end college.

Min Zishun bowed again: "Uncle, sincerity and benevolence, my nephew also knew it before, but it was not as clear as it is today." Mr. Chen is a true Confucian, and his nephew wants to study with him, and he asks his uncle to be sure. ”

Min Wenwei said: "You are a thousand-mile horse of my family, and you are one of the most promising middle jinshi in the past 20 years." ”

Min Zishun said: "Officials can not do it, but true learning cannot be unsought." ”

Min Wenwei said: "This Mr. Chen, at the age of eighteen, was the first to solve the formula, and in the next twenty or thirty years, he didn't even take the imperial examination, he only knew how to bury himself in learning. Do you want to be like him? ”

"The heart yearns for it." Min Zishun lowered his head, although he didn't dare to look at his uncle, he had already made up his mind.

Min Wenwei knew her nephew very well and knew that once he made up his mind, he would not be able to pull back the nine cows. After being silent for a while, he said helplessly: "Six years, only follow him to study for six years, and after six years, I must come back to the imperial examination!" ”

"Nephew obeys!"

Min Zishun was overjoyed, immediately bid farewell to his uncle, and ran wildly in the direction where Chen Yuan left.

Ling Guxu sat next to Bai Chongyan and said in a low voice: "Why don't we go too, I think Mr. Chen is very reasonable." ”

Bai Chongyan said with a humble heart: "First pretend to move the stool back, and then go to Mr. Chen halfway, don't let the mountain chief find out, otherwise we will definitely be scolded." ”

Li Hanzhang said with a smile: "What Mr. Chen said, I have heard people talk about it before, but it is not as clear as he said, and it seems to be passed on from Mr. Mingdao (Cheng Hao)." ”

Ercheng is a key figure in science, but their emphasis is also different.

Cheng Yi is biased, and Cheng Hao is biased.

At this time, the Luoxue disciples were basically double cultivators, but they also had their own preferences. For example, Yang Shi and Chen Yuan's apprentices are more inclined to Cheng Hao and closer to Xinxue. Zhu Xi, the successor of Yang Shi's later four or five generations, moved closer to Cheng Yi's science.

Anyway, it was in the Southern Song Dynasty that the study of mind and science separated.

Yang Shi and Chen Yuan's kindness and benevolence are similar to Wang Yangming's conscience. Their focus on practice is similar to Wang Yangming's unity of knowledge and action. Everyone can be holy, and it is the slogan of Wang Gen of Xinxue. Lu Wangxinxue has a very clear inheritance relationship with these Luoxue ideas in the Song Dynasty.

In Wang Yangming's later years, he tried to integrate mind and science, and if he succeeded, what he came up with was an advanced version of Luoxue......

Seeing that her nephew had run away, Min Wenwei scolded the teachers and students: "You are still stunned, hurry back to the school to study!" ”

More than 200 teachers and students scattered with benches.

Min Wenwei also huffed back to his office, but he didn't know that after he left, some students suddenly turned around and chased Chen Yuan. There was even a college teacher who hid from the mountain chief and followed.

Min Zishun ran for a while, but he didn't see Chen Yuan's shadow, he walked blankly and pursued, and suddenly saw two people standing under the old locust tree.

He rushed over excitedly, and heard a conversation.

Chen Yuan said: "Before heaven and earth, Taiji was a chaotic thing. Tai Chi is divided into yin and yang, one yin and one yang is the Tao. The metaphysical is the reason, the metaphysical is the qi, the reason is different, and the order is not distinguished. In the world of life, there is a two-five atmosphere. Those who are clear are wise, those who are turbid are foolish, and those who are neutralized are sages. To seek the Tao from learning is to seek a neutralization. Wise and benevolent, fools can also be saints. ”

Zhu Ming did not subvert the ancient worldview, because this belonged to the public perception of the Song Dynasty, and no matter which school of thought recognized it.

Do you want to talk about the Big Bang?

Even if it is pulled out, it can be said that before the Big Bang, the chaotic universe was Taiji. The differentiation of yin and yang gave rise to the Big Bang of the universe, and the qi of the five elements is the various elements of the universe, and the principle is the various laws of the universe.

Zhu Ming said: "The younger generation majored in "Zhou Yi", and the system has a legend: one yin and one yang is the Tao...... The benevolent see the benevolent, the knower sees the know, the people use it every day but do not know, so the way of the gentleman is rare. Show all benevolence, hide all uses, drum up all things without worrying with the saints, and the great cause of virtue is the best!"

"Yes!" Chen Yuan clapped his hands and praised.

To create a school, you can't just talk nonsense, you have to conform to the articles of the sages, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.

It is very clear in the Book of Changes: The Biography of Words that the road of heaven and earth, the benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise. The people use it every day, but they don't know the reason, so the gentleman's avenue cannot be demonstrated. When the truth is revealed, it is benevolence, and when the truth is hidden, it is used by the people every day. If everything can be done in its own right, the cause of Shengde will succeed.

This is the basis for Zhu Ming and Chen Yuan's opening.

That is, to let the people know that there is a way in their daily life, and let them understand these truths. Then the people of the world are gentlemen, the road of saints will be highlighted, and the great cause of Shengde will be successful.

Zhu Ming continued: "Show all benevolence, hide all uses. It can be used for benevolence, or it can be used for benevolence! ”

Chen Yuan exclaimed: "Good, Ling Zun is really a great Confucian!" ”

Zhu Ming is carrying private goods again, and he wants to come up with a "practical learning" faction.

The truth is hidden for daily use, and the people can be benevolent and gentlemen when they understand it. What are so many gentlemen doing with it? Of course, it is to turn benevolence into use, that is, the gentleman uses the truth he has mastered to transform it into the daily use of the people.

Turning benevolence into use can be at the moral level, teaching the people to understand etiquette and abide by the law, respect the old and love the young. It can also be invention and creation, water conservancy, with the endorsement of "Zhou Yi", the future miscellaneous science is also a road, not a side road.

"The daily use of the people is the Tao", this is epistemology.

"Seeking benevolence with fate" is the methodology.

"Turning benevolence into use" is a theory of practice.

Zhu Ming continued: "My father admired agriculture, isn't agriculture the biggest daily use of the people? My father often said that farming also involves the avenue of heaven and earth. For example, flowers, divided into female flowers and male flowers, this is not the way of yin and yang? Female and male flowers mate and produce grain fruits, which is also the way of yin and yang harmony. Knowing this principle from farming is 'seeking benevolence through fate'. How to 'turn benevolence into use'? That is artificial pollination, when the weather is bad and there are not many bees and butterflies, the male and female flowers are used to facilitate the mating of male and female flowers. In this way, the grain will increase and the benevolence will be used. ”

Chen Yuan was surprised: "Flowers are also male and female? ”

Zhu Ming followed his father's example, bent down to pick up the pebble, and drew a picture on the ground to explain.

Chen Yuan praised: ""Zhou Yi" is honest and not deceived by me, it is really 'showing all benevolence and hiding all uses'. This way of cultivation implies yin and yang, and it is hidden for the people to use every day without knowing it. Our generation should seek benevolence and understand the truth from these daily uses. Knowing the way of yin and yang in agriculture, and then 'turning benevolence into use', let the people grow more food! ”

Zhu Ming also said: "Mr. respects shipbuilding, and there is also a way to shipbuilding. ”

"What's the way?" Chen Yuan asked.

Zhu Ming asked rhetorically: "Sir, do you know why the boat can float on the water?" ”

Chen Yuan said: "The heavy ones are below, and the light ones are on top." Wood is lighter than water and can float on the water. ”

"No," Zhu Ming shook his head and said, "Take a boulder and chisel it into a boat." As long as the boat is big enough, it can float on the water. ”

Chen Yuan said with a smile: "This joke, the stone boat is heavy, how can it float in the water?" ”

"The stone boat is not easy to chisel, can it be replaced by a copper boat?" Zhu Ming asked.

Chen Yuan said: "Yes, copper is heavier than stone. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "Does Mr. have a copper basin at home?" ”

"There is ......" Chen Yuan suddenly came to his senses, "The copper plate is the copper boat, which can float on the water!" How does this make sense? ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "This is what the people use every day without knowing it." Things are captured in the water, which contains the avenue, and the ship can be built with this avenue, and the river and sea can be passed to benefit the world. And the people of the world only know its use, but ignore its way. ”

Chen Yuan lowered his head and pondered, he could already be sure that things floating in water did imply the Great Dao, but how could he understand the truth?

Zhu Ming said: "This is to learn from things!" ”

Chen Yuan hurriedly asked: "How to do it?" ”

Zhu Ming asked: "What is the difference between the copper ingots sinking to the bottom of the water and the copper basin floating on the water?" ”

Chen Yuan replied: "The shape of copper is different. ”

"Of course," said Zhu Ming, "can it be concluded that the same thing of the same weight can float more and more when it spreads out?" ”

Chen Yuan clapped his hands and praised: "That's the truth." ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "Then how much should it be unfolded to just float on the water?" ”

Chen Yuan was stunned, yes, how big can an object float when it is unfolded?

Zhu Ming said: "This requires arithmetic. ”

"Arithmetic?" Chen Yuan asked, "Can you calculate it accurately?" ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Sir, have you ever heard of Cao Chong being called an elephant?" ”

"Naturally, I did." Chen Yuan said.

Zhu Ming said: "Cao Chong called the elephant, replaced it with stone, and carved water as a memory. When the ship sinks to the same depth, the stone weighs the same as the elephant. Can it be concluded that the ability of a thing to float is not only related to the size of the unfolding, but also to its own weight? ”

"Yes, yes." Chen Yuan nodded.

Zhu Ming said: "You can pour a few liters of water into a large bucket, put in the copper ingot, calculate how much the water has risen, and calculate the size of the copper ingot." You can also use copper ingots and water of the same size to calculate their respective weights...... The size and weight of things are also the reason for things. Calculating and summarizing the relationships between them, we can get the avenue where things float on the water, which is also the knowledge of things. ”

When Zhu Ming explained the buoyancy problem to Chen Yuan, there were already more than ten people standing next to him.

One teacher, twelve students, listened a little confused at the moment.

Isn't it to discuss the avenue of the world, how can you pull out these things?

(End of chapter)