Chapter 183: Back to the Roots
In the study, the king was also thinking.
Compared with Qin Xianao's 'consistent words' and Wang Anshi's 'Discussion on Literary Improvement', Wang Anshi's is the most substantial and detailed, except for the third suggestion, Qin Xianao's rest of the suggestions are generally in line with Wang Anshi, and it didn't take much ink to write at all, and this third one, Wang frowned.
The third requirement is that academic texts must be regularized and logical, not that what is said in it is unreasonable, but that the implementation is not operational at all.
"Huh?"
Wang looked at Wang Anshi, who was waving a pen on the table at this time.
"I think ...... about language norms and logic" This is an article written in response to Article 3 of the Declaration of Consistency of Words, Wang Bilian looked at it, and after looking at it for a long time, his eyes widened by two points.
"Father, do you agree to do this?" said the king.
Wang Anshi snorted: "Why don't you agree?" In fact, Wang Anshi's thoughts are generally similar to Wang Bei's, and he thinks that this proposal to strengthen norms and logic is not very wrong, but there are two major inappropriateness, one is manipulation, how to standardize, and the other is whether it is necessary.
"It is completely unnecessary to meet the needs of reality. ”
"But Qin Xianao couldn't think of this?" Wang Anshi squinted his eyes and read "Principles of Ethics", Wang Anshi didn't believe that Qin Xianao was short-sighted.
"Qin Xianao has wonderful ideas, but not only wonderful ideas, the book "Principles of Ethics" can see that any of his ideas are very thorough. ”
"Here, why does he have to bring this up?" Wang Anshi's gaze fell on the bookshelf, where there was a book "Travels to the Immortal Country". "All I can think of is that he wrote "Travels to the Immortal Country", and the world he built in it may really be what he wants to achieve, or he thinks that the direction of the world should be like this. ”
Normative language and attention to logic are not used normally. However, science in the country of immortals is extremely developed, as long as it is scientific, it requires people to explain the truth clearly and without ambiguity, which requires language to achieve the purpose of norms and logic.
"Is it possible to realize the Immortal Kingdom?"
"Will science evolve like that?"
"Who knows?"
"But Qin Xianao thinks that it should be like this, it will develop like that, so why don't I, Wang Anshi, gamble!" Although he is not very sure of the world of the Immortal Kingdom. But Wang Anshi decided to take a gamble and bet on Qin Xianao.
Soon Wang Anshi published an article supporting Qin Xianao's standardization of language and focusing on logic, and then Wang Anshi ripped a piece of paper again, and the pen went up, and this one-
"Father, aren't you at odds with Uncle Sima and Cheng Yi?"
Wang Anshi's subordinates wrote articles praising "Principles of Ethics", and they also praised "Principles of Ethics" Wang Anshi is different from Sima Guang and Cheng Yi, who first praise and then depreciate, and think that it is wrong, Wang Anshi recognized this book from beginning to end. It is believed that its value has been higher than all the books of all dynasties, and it is the first strange book of the ages.
"And even if you want to do this, father, you don't need to exaggerate that book so much, right?"
"Exaggerated?" Wang Anshi glanced at his son.
"You don't understand, my praise for this "Principles of Ethics" is not only not exaggerated, but I don't think it is enough to describe his advanced nature. ”
"Ah!" the king glared.
"The doctrine of ethics of the sages of the past is like an ordinary private house, even if the achievement is slightly higher, it is only a small building with one or two or three floors, but it is ...... Qin Xianao's book, you will know it if you read it through. It was a building, a skyscraper in "Travels to the Fairy Country". It's not one or two floors higher than those books, it's one or two hundred!"
"One or two hundred floors high?" Wang Bei could hardly believe that this was the words of his father, who had always been arrogant and had single-handedly resisted the Confucianism of the world.
"How is this possible, Qin Xianao is just a nose and two eyes, is it really so much smarter than the sages of the past dynasties?"
"It's not smart, it's method. Wang Anshi said in a deep voice. "Qin Xianao's most clever thing is to grasp the main contradiction of things, like this academic article, what is the main contradiction? Is it beautiful and concise? No, it is to explain the truth clearly. Therefore, he made two improvements, one of which was to abandon the tradition of practicing words and sentences in the past, and directly write in the vernacular that everyone despised. ”
"The second is to focus on standardization and systematization. ”
"A truth to set him to death, with definitions, axioms, formulas, concepts, noun explanations, and so on, the foundation is firmly laid, and the foundation prison building is built high, and he does not cut corners on every floor, and he can naturally continue to build. Wang Anshi was very emotional.
It is just two changes, but it allows the truth and research to go deeper, and little by little pushes ethics to the point that no one can touch and make people look up.
When Wang Anshi wrote the article.
The new newspaper also caused a huge sensation.
"It's hard to imagine that Qin Gongzi really posted a signed article this time, but it was actually ......"
"I ignored the attacks of Sima Xianggong, Mr. Yi Chuan, Lu Xianggong and others, as if I didn't know, but instead issued a ......"
"He doesn't bother to argue!"
If Qin Xianao did not reply to the attack on "Principles of Ethics" and "Theory of Tools" in the interview with Sima Guang and others earlier, everyone also said that Qin Xianao did not know, or had other ideas, but this time Qin Xianao obviously published an article in the newspaper, but did not reply, what does that mean?
Some people think that Qin Xian is arrogant, so he doesn't dare to refute it, but the market for this interpretation is not big at all. Many people's thoughts are that Qin Xianao is disdainful, after all, every time Sima Guang and others came out against Qin Xianao in the first few times, but every time they were slapped in the face, they would be bored if they were Qin Xianao.
And the birth of the Declaration of Unity of Words -
"Yes, the article is meant to be used for preaching, and if it is written in those troublesome ancient texts, doesn't that add to the problem of 'preaching'? Good idea, it should have been done a long time ago. ”
"That's right, the scholars speak sourly, not to deceive the common people, if it is changed to vernacular, they still dare to be deceived like this?
"Haha, Qin Xian's proud son is really a ruthless person, isn't this asking for their old lives!"
"Qin Gongzi is getting more and more powerful, this kind of proposal has been taken out, I remember that the national characters in "Travels to the Immortal Country" are all consistent in words. So their Tao is particularly powerful. ”
"Gongzi Qin is powerful, and so is Xianggong Wang, this time he actually thought of it with Gongzi Qin!"
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Although ordinary people don't think much about it, most of them are very superstitious about Qin Xianao, and when they read the vernacular reform declaration, they don't really think about whether this is appropriate. It's support. It's just that Wang Anshi also intervened, which made some ordinary people a little worried, after all, Qin Xianao's work is reassuring, but Wang Anshi, although there are benefits to changing the law, there are also many disadvantages, and I dare not reassure people.
At this time, countless readers also saw this issue of the newspaper.
In a room to the west of Hongmei Academy.
"The general trend of the world, divided for a long time, will be divided, and will be divided for a long time, just like the full moon and the lack of the moon. The four seasons rotate the same, but in "Travels to the Immortal Country", I don't think so, and in the "Xinhua Party Manifesto", I think that the reason why we must divide for a long time is because the social level is not high, and I also deeply think so. ”
"But how can I jump to the next level?"
"Didn't the sages of the past generations want to cure the country well, and don't want people to be as happy as the kingdom of the gods? Why didn't they do it? This is the key ......?"
Xiao Taihou, Wang Mingyao, and Gongsun Zhun talked and thought.
Why the general trend of the world, divided for a long time, must be divided for a long time is one of the favorite topics of discussion among the three people. It's just that they can't convince others every time, and the three of them are also thinking about this topic at this time. Suddenly-
"Three senior brothers, the newspaper is here, this issue of the newspaper Qin Xianao and Wang Anshi have published articles, haha, you definitely can't think of what they said!"
The door was pushed open. Tao Shuliang rushed in with several newspapers.
"Qin Xianao sent an article?"
Wang Anshi also published an article in the newspaper? This is the first time. ”
Xiao Taihou, Wang Mingyao, and Gongsun Zhun rushed over, grabbed a newspaper each, and couldn't wait to open it to find the front page, and then read it excitedly.
"Improved text?"
"The article is a matter of the world, you can't ignore it?"
"The essence of the article is to preach, to pass on the knowledge of the ancients to future generations......"
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The more I read the trio, the more excited I became. Suddenly, Xiao Taihou slapped the table and shouted, "I understand, I understand!"
"Why is the world divided for a long time, it must be divided for a long time, why can't you break through that level, I see!" Xiao Taihou gushed endlessly, pointing to the newspaper article and said, "The description of the capitalist society after the feudal society in the "Journey to the Immortal Country" and the "Xinhua Party Manifesto", among which the capitalist society has a characteristic, that is, science and technology are particularly developed, and science and technology are the 'Tao', which is the natural laws of heaven and earth, and if you understand these laws, you can apply these laws so that the natural power of heaven and earth can be used by me. ”
Wang Mingyao's eyes also lit up: "I understand too!"
"The reason that hinders the progress of our Chinese people is that words cannot carry the Tao, and it is too difficult for the Tao to be understood and accepted by ordinary people and most people, and to get benefits. ”
"There are a lot of techniques that are beneficial to farming recorded in "Qi Min Yaoshu", but how many people in the world have benefited from it? Why? Isn't it because although "Qi Min Yaoshu" is recorded, it is still not written clearly enough, and it is often misunderstood!"
""Qi Min's Technique" is good, and it can still be recorded clearly, but according to this "Declaration", it is already difficult to complete the task of solving doubts with deeper scientific knowledge in non-standard Chinese, so that my progress in China is extremely slow!"
"That's right, it should be to the point of improvement!"
"If this is changed, and the binding effect of words on the transmission of the Tao is gone, is that ......?"
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The three of them got excited.
In Lizheng Academy, Wang Jianping looked at the newspaper in his hand and his eyes flashed: "Is literature improved? It seems to be very reasonable, if it is changed, the text can be freed from the gorgeous literature, and the readers will begin to really pay attention to the truth of the essence of research!"
"Haha. A middle-aged scribe in the back mountain of Ying Tian Academy laughed loudly, "Sima Guang, Cheng Yi and others are going in the wrong direction by attacking his ethics so much, I also said that Qin Xian was arrogant and did not answer because of his weak heart, but I didn't expect that his counterattack was really ruthless, this time even Confucius, even the dynasties and ancestors became the object of his attack, and the words were consistent, so the words were consistent." ”
"Only the consistency of words can make words play their real role, not just flowery emotional expressions!"
"The true meaning of words lies in preaching, but later generations will write poems and lyrics, write prose to convey emotions, and scold and scold, it is time to return to the origin......"
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After all, readers think a lot, not to mention that literary improvement is closely related to them, and it is impossible to be careless, as soon as this issue of the newspaper came out, many enthusiastic young people, who are really dedicated to the country and the people, regardless of their own interests, have bright eyes. (To be continued.) )