Chapter 219: Super-Translation

Qin Chao shook his head slightly: "Find Shen Kuo." Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Writings" involved astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines, and the Qin Dynasty remembered that "Mengxi Writings" involved physics in optics, magnetism, acoustics and other fields.

"No, I can't. Guo Yuanyuan said, "He knows a lot, but this "Physics" and "Chemistry" are not handicrafts, they are to write principles and analyze the essence of things. ”

It is true that the Qin Dynasty has spent the most time with Guo Yuanyuan over the years, and Guo Yuanyuan is not ashamed to ask, and a lot of knowledge is taken out of the mouth of the Qin Dynasty.

In physics, the Qin Dynasty also said a lot to Guo Yuanyuan, such as inertia, motion mechanics, levers, optics, magnetism, acoustics......

Qin Chao's brows furrowed, and Qin Chao was naturally able to compile "Physics" and "Chemistry" in junior high and high schools.

"Then let it go. "The Qin Dynasty said in a deep voice, compared with imparting knowledge, the Qin Dynasty valued more the wisdom of the nation.

"Now that I have divided the subjects into such fine sections, and proposed the two subjects of Physics and Chemistry, and defined their nature, coupled with the vernacular movement, if it is really effective, it is natural that someone will study this aspect and write about physics, chemistry, and even other disciplines. ”

"Di~~~"

"It's from Lingnan. Huaping connected and received the telegram, and Qin Chao's eyes lit up: "It's Xiaolong and Xiaohu." Soon Hua Ping wrote down the received message, and Qin Chao glanced at it, and his brows were furrowed.

Since the release of the preview of "The Origin of Species" in "Wulin Feng" a few years ago, the Qin Dynasty quickly wrote the book "The Origin of Species", but it was a super translation.

The so-called super-translations are very similar to most of the classics of the Chinese tradition.

It is to directly use the form of quotations to present the classic passages and summary conclusions in the book, especially the various 'conclusions'. It eliminates the need for a cumbersome and lengthy argumentation process.

It's just that the super-translation of "The Origin of Species" is very different from the Confucian classics and Taoist classics in that it only writes about the "evolution of species", rather than a hodgepodge of ethics and morals, statecraft and other knowledge.

Therefore, as soon as the Qin Dynasty came out with this super-translation. Those who have seen it, such as Qin Long, Qin Hu, Guo Fenfa, Duan Wubing, Guo Yuanyuan, etc., are all excited and excited, and strongly demand that the book be published.

"The Origin of Species" is a book with great influence, and the content in it is also very controversial, the Qin Dynasty naturally cannot throw it out like this, the reason why it was written and handed over to Qin Long, Qin Hu and others is because-

"Since the publication of The Origin of Species in London, England in 1859, it has been warmly received by many citizens and has been rushed to buy, and the first edition was sold out on the day of publication. But it has also caused unprecedented controversy, some of which are still controversial centuries later. ”

Because of the overthrow of the so-called superstitious view of natural life, on the one hand, "The Origin of Species" has achieved great success, and on the other hand, it has also aroused unprecedented criticism, even abuse and curse from various factions such as the old school, vested interests, religious sects, and believers in "God".

"The 19th century. The publication of "The Origin of Species" can cause abuse and curses. Now in the 11th century, I'm throwing out this book......"

Qin Chao closed his eyes and wanted to know how earth-shattering this book would be after it was really published.

"Sima Guang's Lianshui school believes that 'the Heavens are also the Father of all things.'" Cheng Yi believes that "reason exists in all things in heaven and earth." And the Three Principles and Five Constants are this principle', Shao Yong believes that 'all things are born from the Tao'...... But my "Origin of Species" is that "all living things are just a bunch of chemicals". ”

How can a completely different school of thought not cause a backlash?

However, Sima Guang, Cheng Yi, and Shao Bowen completely abandoned their own school views to support the views of the Qin Dynasty after reading a copy of "The Origin of Species".

Therefore, the Qin Dynasty did not dare to throw out the 'super-translation', but to write it with rigor. The complicated process of argumentation before the book dares to be published.

Even so, the Qin Dynasty was still not at ease, so a few years ago, the super-translated version was handed over to Qin Long, Qin Hu and other Taiji societies, which required only one - to make the ideas in the super-translated version into a collection of Taoist questions, and to demonstrate them with the recipe of longevity.

But what disappointed the Qin Dynasty was that the entire Taiji Society, in so many years, had not yet come up with the results of the "Origin of Species" longevity formula.

Now that "The Origin of Species" is about to be published, the Qin Dynasty naturally asked once again about the progress of the Taiji Society, but-

"'Species are changing' has reached the key point, if it is solved, it can be successfully successful, but we don't know how long it will take to solve this difficulty, plus we have a lot of manpower, has been invested in the governance of Lingnan, everyone is not sure ......"

Looking at this telegram, Qin Chao's brows furrowed.

"Warburg Pincus, call them back, and say that I know, the affairs of Lingnan, we must boldly delegate power, let them not be afraid of the people below making mistakes, we must cultivate talents, and we must select talents......" Qin Chao gave instructions, and soon Warburg Ping wrote Qin Chao's words into a telegram and sent it out.

Qin Chao pondered for a moment and then said: "If you add one more sentence, just say that they will be given another three months, and if there is no result after three months, I will personally take action." ”

"Personally?"

Far away in Lingnan, in the telegraph room, Duan Wubing looked at the telegram sent, his face was ugly.

"If the boss makes a personal move, he will enter the cabinet three times in half a year?" Duan Wubing's face was calm, "If he takes action in person, it will be a matter of three times and five to two, but so many people in our Taiji Club are ......"

"No way!"

"We are too poor to go on like this! We must produce results within three months!"

"That's right, we have almost done it in Lingnan, we don't have to do things perfectly, it's time to take care of it, the longevity recipe is the first, and the others will be put aside first......"

Soon, most of the members of the Tai Chi Society quickly withdrew from the chaos in Lingnan, leaving only a small part of their energy to control the overall situation, and most of their energy to focus on the longevity formula.

Time passed like an arrow, and this day was the release day of the new book "The Origin of Species", and early in the morning, countless people who had money in their pockets and could afford to buy books rushed to the nearby bookstore.

Although ordinary people are not very interested in Duan Haifeng, a genius from Dali, they are generally still a little impressed by Duan Gongzi, who is in the newspaper 'ring', and makes the entire Great Song Dynasty unable to get off the stage, plus this time Qin Xianao completely disregarded the image in the newspaper, so many ordinary people also poured into the bookstore.

Li Qingzhao was waiting anxiously on the boudoir, when his footsteps sounded.

"Miss, here, here, bought. ”

""The Origin of Species was bought?" Li Qingzhao's eyes lit up, this book "Origin of Species", Qin Xianao hyped it in the newspaper, and praised it as the best book he had read in his life, Li Qingzhao naturally wanted to see it.

I saw Xiu'er push the door in, waving a green book in her hand: "Oh, by the way, this is cheap." "Cheap?" Li Qingzhao was stunned, of course she knew that Qin Xianao issued a book, and there were often several versions, generally speaking, only the poor people bought the worst packaging, and their Li family always bought high-quality goods.

"This time the hardcover is too expensive, and the most expensive hardcover will cost fifty taels of silver a piece. ”

"Fifty taels?" Li Qingzhao was speechless.

"But the cheapest one is really cheap, as long as Baiwen is enough, Xiu'er thought, anyway, our master will buy hardcover, we bought it to see it early, so I bought this cheap one." ”

"Baiwen, this may not even be able to recover the cost, they want to let the money from the hardcover book make up for the loss of the cheaper version. Li Qingzhao thoughtfully took the green book and couldn't wait to open it.

"Chinese civilization has a long history, since ancient times, there are many myths and stories circulating in this land, and the most famous of these myths is Pangu opened the sky, Nuwa created human ......"

The preface to the opening is written by Qin Xianao.

"I'm afraid this Qin Xianao is boasting again, this person ......" Li Qingzhao curled the corners of his mouth and showed a playful smile, "It's really hard to imagine that such an arrogant Qin Xianao would be so shameless to brag about it for someone else's book." Although considering that the preface is a useless article touted, Li Qingzhao still looks down.

"There are man-eating tigers and wolves, grass-eating cattle and sheep, and horses for us to travel......"

"I think all thinking people will ask why there are so many strange creatures in this world, why are we human beings unique?"

"Are people really the spirits of all things, different from pigs, sheep, cows, and horses?"

"My grandfather traveled to the Immortal Country, and he said that the Immortal Kingdom had solved this problem, and he told me a lot of the Immortal Kingdom's views on the origin of all living beings......"

"These views are completely different from all the descriptions of all living beings in my Great Song Dynasty, and they have had a great impact on me when I was young, and since then, I have never read like ...... others."

"Although I know some of the views of the fairy kingdom on species, but I must be rigorous and serious in my studies, and just based on some simple conclusions I know, I will not go to write a book to tell the people of the world......"

Li Qingzhao snorted, although Qin Xianao is only describing his idea of not writing "The Origin of Species", but in Li Qingzhao's eyes, this is naked irony Now all the Confucianism, Confucianism, and hundreds of schools of thought do not make rigorous arguments at all when they write books, just talking nonsense with one mouth, fooling the world, and selling fame.

"Therefore, I have always had a wish, that is, to argue the views of the Immortal Kingdom in a rigorous way, but all along, the affairs have been busy......"

"Until this day, Duan Haifeng invited me to watch his latest masterpiece "The Origin of Species"......"

...... (To be continued.) )