Chapter 480: Rule of Three Generations

Wang Anshi and his son were a bit stimulated, and they didn't know how to respond for a while, Shen Long didn't rush, and waited for a while before continuing to ask, "Does Jiefu know where the root of the problem of Confucianism is?"

"I also ask the Taoist priest to give me advice." Seeing the pictures of the rich yield per mu, Wang Anshi carefully recalled what he had learned. The two agricultural books "Qi Min Yao Shu" by Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty are slightly involved, but these are not Confucian works. Their authors may be Confucian scholars, but the things they write are quite different from Confucian classics.

Shen Long pressed the book-like object, and a circle appeared on the curtain. He pointed to this circle and said, "I think Confucianism is like this circle, and the classics of sages are like the outer ring of this circle. Duke Zhou, Confucius, Mencius, etc. People frame this circle tightly, and Confucians of later generations can only make fuss within the circle."

"It can also be said that later generations of Confucianists believe that the sage has explained the Dao clearly and plainly. Whether it is self-cultivation and harmony, or governing the country and the world, as long as you understand the meaning of the sage, there will be no problem. What does Jiefu think? ?” This is equivalent to treating the sage classics as unshakable Guigao.

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment, no one had ever analyzed Confucianism in this way before, but Wang Anshi thought about it carefully, it seems that Confucianists in all dynasties and dynasties have done this, and he also regarded it as the truth, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he nodded in response. Then ask, "Sure, what's wrong with that?"

"If there is only a corner of the Central Plains in the world, and if everything in the world has remained unchanged since the Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties, there is nothing wrong with it; however, Da Jiefu, the great master of the world, has also seen that the Central Plains is only a corner of the world; It is also impossible to stay the same, the world is changing and Confucianism has not changed, and it will not be able to keep up!" Shen Long sighed.

"The Confucianism of today is also different from the Confucianism of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It cannot be said that Confucianism has not changed." Wang Yu couldn't help retorting.

"Hehe, no matter how much it changes, it's still just making a fuss in the circle. To put it bluntly, it is to check for omissions and fill in vacancies. To put it bluntly, it is to do a dojo in a snail shell. What is the future of this?" Shen Long He sneered, "Besides, you regard the sage classics as an iron rule, but are the sage classics really free from mistakes?"

Hearing this, Wang Anshi and his son were a little excited, and immediately wanted to refute. Shen Long raised his hand to stop them, and then changed the screen again, ""Book of Rites" is a Confucian classic, right? You two should remember that there is "rotten grass turns fireflies" '."

"This sentence comes from "Book of Rites-Yue Ling", and its text says: "The moon of Jixia. The sun is in the willow. In the dark fire. In Dankui. Its day is Bingding. Its emperor Yandi. Its god Zhu Rong. Its insect feathers. Its The sound sign. The rhythm of the forest bell. The number is seven. It tastes bitter. It smells burnt. It worships the stove. The lungs are sacrificed. The warm wind begins. The crickets live on the wall. The eagle learns. The rotten grass is a firefly.'" Wang Xi blurted out, what's wrong with that?

"The rotten grass turns into a firefly, which means that the firefly is transformed from rotten grass,

Does it mean this? Shen Long asked, Wang Anshi and his son nodded.

"However, this is not the case." The picture on the wall moved, clearly showing to Wang Anshi and his son the whole process of fireflies laying eggs on aquatic plants in summer, larvae pupating in the soil, and turning into insects in the next spring. The eggs are laid in the aquatic plants, and the little fireflies are born from the eggs, but not from the rotten grass."

This is what Han Dachui used to criticize Confucianism. Shen Long was deeply impressed by it and just used it to point out that the sage's classics are not perfect. Raise some fireflies, and you'll know if I'm right."

"Even so, it's just a small omission." Wang Yu still couldn't accept it.

"Well, let's treat it as a trivial matter. Let's talk about the more important thing. Confucianism has always advocated the rule of the three generations, and has always regarded the revival of the three generations as the highest ideal, is it right?" Shen Long asked again.

"Of course, Master said: 'The way of the great way is also the hero of the three generations. Qiu has not caught it, but he has the ambition.'" Wang Anshi nodded in agreement. The admiration of governance is far above that of ordinary Confucians.

What's the problem? Wang Anshi and his son immediately began to worry. Even if the saying of "rotten grass turns fireflies" just now is wrong, it is just a small omission, and the rule of three generations is the foundation of Confucianism.

"Later generations have a science called archaeology, which aims to study the history of ancient human society based on the material data left over from various activities of ancient humans." Shen Long's words were a bit convoluted, but Wang Anshi and his son barely understood.

"All Confucians praise the rule of the Three Dynasties, but how many people really know what the world looked like during the Three Dynasties? Even when Confucius was born, it was at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Guessing from some crude history books."

"However, what was left in the Three Dynasties is not only the history books, but also the city of that year, with engraved characters and the tortoise shell. The layout of the city can infer the social style at that time. Yes, the credibility is higher than the history books of later generations." This is also the content in that novel, and Shen Long feels that this must have a greater impact.

The screen changed and changed to the ruins of the Yin Ruins in Anyang. Shen Long pointed to it and said, "This is the capital of the Shang Dynasty excavated by later generations. King Pan Geng of Shang moved his capital here. After that, the Shang Dynasty has been using this place for more than two hundred years. It is the capital; through the excavation of the ruins of this place, the palaces and ancestral temples of the Yin and Shang Dynasties were discovered, and more importantly, the writings of the Yin and Shang Dynasties were discovered!"

A tortoise shell appears on the screen, and the tortoise shell is covered with simple words, "Yin people respect ghosts and gods, and they must use tortoise shells and ox bones for divination on every important event. If you can decipher the writing on the tortoise shell, you will know exactly what it looked like in the Three Dynasties!"

"Later generations called the writing on these tortoise shells and ox bones oracle bone inscriptions. After years of research, many have been deciphered. It can be said that the research on the three generations of later generations is far better than that of the Song Dynasty." Shen Long looked at Wang Anshi who was stunned. Father and son, decided to give them a little more stimulation.

"This place is in Xiangzhou. It may be difficult to find palaces and ancestral temples, but if you send people to Xiangzhou to buy tortoise shells, you may be able to find tortoise shells with engraved characters. Jiefu might as well send people to Xiangzhou! Maybe you can also decipher some characters. "

I don't believe it. In the mind of Confucianism, is a slave society better than a feudal society?