Three Kingdoms

In the city of Chang'an, there was originally an Imperial College. Unfortunately, after the Western Han Dynasty, on the one hand, Liu Xiuding was in Luoyang, and on the other hand, Chang'an also suffered from wars during the transition between the two Han Dynasties, resulting in the destruction of many palaces. Naturally, the Imperial College was unable to Staying alone, Chang'an never restored the Imperial Academy for one or two hundred years.

This time when Qinglong Temple was built, the original Taixue ruins were also repaired. There was no spare time to deal with the original main hall, but the square was reorganized and a high podium was built on top of the original Taixue ruins. .

On the west side of the Taixue Ruins Square, there are some stone steles standing. These stone steles are replicas of the Pingyang Stone Scripture. Because the project of carving stones was indeed a very cumbersome matter in the Han Dynasty, the progress was not fast. Now it is only Three stone tablets nine feet high and four feet wide were erected. On the front and back of the stone tablets, scriptures were engraved in three types of characters: gold, seal script and official script.

These three pieces are all engraved with "Book", that is, "Book of Documents".

Nowadays, General Fei Qian of the Hussars is going to open Qinglong Temple to preach. After hearing the news, many nobles gathered. Among these nobles, there are naturally some people who have many complaints about this stone tablet. There is no other reason than that the carvings on the stone tablet are "Shangshu" is not the version by Fu Sheng, but the one written by King Lu Gong. (notes in this chapter)

"Hey, isn't this Brother Chen? Why, are you here to imitate the Stone Scripture again today? Didn't I see that you had already made a rubbing yesterday?"

"Ah, I've met Brother Wu... Brother Wu doesn't know something. This rubbing book seems to be missing a little bit of charm and agility... So I'd better copy it with my own eyes to get the charm..."

"That being said, it seems to be the case..."

"You said Mr. Shui Jing was giving the lecture today?"

"Exactly, exactly. I've heard his name a long time ago, and it's a blessing to see him unexpectedly today..."

A group of people gathered around the stone tablet, some were making rubbings, some were copying, and some were talking about it.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Those who are equipped with writing will use writing to mess up the principles; those who are equipped with martial arts will use force to mess up the prohibitions. If there is nothing, I hope that a system or something will fall from the sky, and then rely on the system to make others abide by the rules, and I can not abide by the rules...

This is human nature, which is why modern scriptures are so popular.

The inheritance of scriptures is a very serious matter for most noble families, because mastering the scriptures not only masters the text, but can also use these scriptures to defend oneself and attack the opponent, just like The systems that will be loved by later generations will become their own personal self-defense armor and close-attack weapons. But now, someone suddenly says that your system is not compatible and needs to be updated to a larger version number, otherwise you will not play with it... …

For ordinary beginners, of course, no matter what version of the system, as long as it works well, after they have learned how to use it, they can bully those who do not have a system to get pleasure, but for those who already have a system, suddenly It was found that it was incompatible, and after so many years, the pleasure of being possessed by the system has become unstoppable. Of course, I was unwilling to accept the loss, and I was unwilling to go through the painful path of the past again, so naturally I opposed the version number update, and opinions arose one after another. I hope that through such behavior, we can put some pressure on the authorities.

Maybe the version number cannot be modified, but how much compatibility does it have to have? Everyone can accept adding a patch. Such a major update requires deleting the old system and re-downloading the new system. Who can bear such a large amount of data?

Jinwen Classics is mostly taught by dictation. Since it is dictation, there will naturally be slips of the tongue. But after the slip of the tongue, what should I do if someone discovers it? Some people frankly admitted that they had revised it, while others refused to admit it and began to round it out from other scriptures...

Therefore, in the study of modern scriptures, small words and great meanings appear. Just like merchants in later generations must indicate a "right of interpretation of activities", problems of one kind or another have arisen in the teaching process of almost all modern classics, but when problems arise, the solution is often not the problem itself. , but the person who discovered the problem, so Jinwen Jingxue, which has many backdoors, is naturally more popular.

I can cheat as much as I want, while others can only act honestly. How cool is that? Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that some people openly claim that "turtle dove" is "chicken"...

A familiar one in the Book of Songs is "Guan Guan Ju Jiu, in the River Continent". As a son of a noble family, how could he not know the difference between a turtle dove and a chicken?

You must know that when nobles meet each other, in formal etiquette, they often include some animals that correspond to each other's identity. Turtle dove is one of them. When Confucius paid homage to Lao Tzu, he kicked the turtle dove in his arms. , as a son of a noble family, how could he not be able to distinguish this clearly?

Of course, there is also a possibility that the painting is too abstract, causing the tiger to look like a cat. However, painting a tiger into a cat is often ridiculed by one party, and is not something worthy of publicity. However, referring to a dove as a chicken is like this The joke spread quickly, and even ordinary petty officials heard about it...

Although Pang Tong knew about this and guessed the meaning behind it, Pang Tong did not intend to come forward in person. First of all, he was younger, and there has always been a custom in China to judge superiority based on age, so it may not be possible to come forward. Secondly, there are better candidates than him, such as Mr. Shui Jing and Sima Hui.

Of course, the best one is Zheng Xuan, but just like Wang Zha does not need to throw out at the beginning, it is always beneficial to save some cards, so Mr. Shui Jing and Sima Hui naturally become the first choice at the moment.

Sima Hui was called Mr. Shui Jing. Although he was bragging about himself, his own knowledge was also not bad. Only in this way could he be recognized among a group of nobles. Otherwise, there would not be only one Shui Jing. Mr. Mirror, he will leave something like "Mr. Eight Mirrors" in history, just like the sons of the nobles with names such as "Eight Horses", "Eight Chefs", "Eight Great Kings"...

"Mr. Shui Jing, the podium has been set up..." The clerk who was maintaining order ran over sweating profusely. When he got to Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui said respectfully, "You can go on stage to give lectures at any time..."

Sima Hui raised his eyelids, and something seemed to flash in his eyes. Of course, it's also possible that it's just a coincidence of light reflection...

Hearing that Mr. Shui Jing was teaching at the Taixue site naturally attracted a lot of gentry disciples. About two hundred people sat around the square at the Taixue site, listening to Sima Hui's lectures.

Sima Hui sat high in the lecture hall and spoke eloquently for more than an hour.

It has to be said that Sima Hui also has two or three brushes, and he has a good voice, his voice is tactful, magnetic, and pleasant to the ear. He analyzes the arguments in the scriptures in a simple and easy-to-understand way, which makes everyone in the lecture hall Everyone listened with great interest, or thought deeply, or suddenly realized something.

Of course, except for people sitting close to Sima Hui, it is still somewhat difficult for people far away to hear Sima Hui's voice clearly, but this is not a big problem, because except for small people with loud voices, After Sima Hui finished telling a paragraph, the official recited it repeatedly, and there were special people copying it to avoid any mistakes.

No one would be stupid enough to find fault with Sima Hui when he was speaking, because after all, he was a life-and-death enemy. But after the lecture, when it was time for the debate, the drama started...

Debating on Confucian classics was a favorite pastime and fashion among the gentry in the Han Dynasty. It even led to the eventual disaster of the party's imprisonment because of the excessive "Qing discussion".

After the first few indifferent questions, someone finally spoke up and pointed directly at the core issue: "What you just said depends mostly on ancient scriptures, but ancient scriptures do not establish a school... Could this be what you mean? Is it more beneficial to the country to use ancient scriptures to govern the country?"

This problem is a pitfall.

People who didn't pay attention might think that he was speaking from Sima Hui's perspective. If he simply responded like this, he would have fallen into a trap.

Because the matter of studying Gong Jingshu, especially the status of Jinwen Jingshu at present, is not the opinion of one or two people, nor is it a matter of one or two generations. When the dispute was fierce, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty held the White Tiger Viewing Conference, which reaffirmed the status of Jinwen Jingxue, especially the prophecies, which continues to this day.

Then if you are Sima Hui, does it mean that your study of Jinwen Classics is no longer good? Or is it better to study ancient Chinese classics? Are you opposing Jinwen Jingxue, or are you opposing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Guangwu, because you feel that the regulations they set for governing the country are not good?

Sima Hui smiled and said hello as usual, and then explained: "This is a very good statement! Today's time and situation are very different from those of Emperor Guangwu of Shizu, so naturally there should be changes to adapt to the current situation! Shizu At that time, there were no more than six sutras, no more than ten annotations, and no more than ten interpretations. But now, there are hundreds of annotations and thousands of interpretations! There are many people who make false claims under the guise of prophecies, and even ghosts and evil commentators! If the ancient Confucian scholars knew this , you should hold your hands and give it a rest! If you talk nonsense and misinterpret it, your mind will start to stop, how can you allow it to happen? The decline of the great Han Dynasty is nothing more than this!"

Sima Hui's words immediately caused an uproar, and the entire square suddenly fell into a debate.

In the square, Li Huang stood up and said loudly: "Sir, what you said is wrong!"

Suddenly, the buzzing discussion in the square subsided, and everyone looked at Li Huang, waiting for him to continue. Li Huang's family is actually not bad. When Emperor Guangwu founded the country, Li Huang's ancestor Li Tong was an important founding minister. Although he was not among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, he was favored by Emperor Guangwu. He successively served as Weiwei, Dasinong, former general, Dasikong, etc., and was granted the title of Gushihou.

But later on, maybe the ancestors brought bad luck to the world, and there were no decent figures in the future. By Li Huang's generation, the glory of the ancestors was only left with one sentence, "After Gu Shihou, there will be no more decent people." "...

It was Li Huang's first time to be in the spotlight like this, which made Li Huang tremble slightly and said with a little unusual excitement: "Is it true that the people established by this dynasty are just for learning?"

The last word "哉", I don't know if it's because of excitement, nervousness, or both. It even sounds like "scum"...

But Li Huang obviously didn't think there was anything wrong, and continued to say loudly: "The establishment of the Han Dynasty was not based on the classics, but more important than application! Therefore, the importance of the Six Classics is not that every word is the same as in ancient times! For example, those who understand "Yu Gong" can control rivers, those who know "Hong Fan" can observe changes in the sky, and those who know "Spring and Autumn" can judge and judge prisons! Although this article is complicated, it is the wisdom left by our ancestors, every word Every sentence has its reason, so how can we talk about it in a rigid way? What you said just now must be biased!"

Li Huang had obviously prepared these words for a long time. Both in terms of fluency and momentum, they were very strong. Naturally, they aroused the recognition of many people, and the voices of admiration and agreement came one after another.

Li Huang was proud of himself, looking up at Sima Hui on the stage.

"Emperor Xiaowu is not clear? Is Emperor Guangwu not wise? Why doesn't he respect the ancient scriptures?" Li Huang continued loudly, "The dispute between the present and the past has been decided for a long time! The debate about the White Tiger Temple is especially unprecedented. Are you a Confucian scholar? But why not be a scholar of modern literature! Therefore, in the academy, you should use modern teachings! Now that you have changed your mind, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? Is it because you want to give up the merits of the previous Confucian scholars in order to gain personal fame?"

This was a direct and focused attack. After all, if Sima Hui could not cope well and had given up an excuse for so long, then naturally no one would listen to Sima Hui's words anymore.

Sima Hui waited for Li Huang to stop talking, but kept his smile and said, "Now that you have spoken about "Yu Gong", have you ever read it through?"

"Huh?" Li Huang was stunned for a moment, you Shui Jing, what do you mean? I originally thought about saying that I couldn't read "Yugong" in full, as a way to deny the inevitable attack after three consecutive escapes, but then I thought about it, if I said that I didn't even read in full, then I would be labeled as someone who spoke nonsense without asking for a clear explanation. , doesn’t it mean that we don’t even have to argue?

As a result, Li Huang could only nod his head with some hesitation and said: "I have read it briefly..."

"Since I have read it, do you know who wrote "Yu Gong" and when?" Sima Hui asked.

"Yu Xi Xuan Gui succeeded in his prosecution." Li Huang said, "Of course it was during the time of Yu the Great in ancient times. Historians recorded his achievements and wrote them in books, which have been passed down to this day!"

"Okay!" Sima Hui smiled slightly, and then said, "In that case, in "Yu Gong", there is a saying: 'Guide the Nianshui River, flow eastward for Ji, enter the river, overflow into Ying; eastward out of Tao Qiu North, then east to He, then northeast, meeting Wen, then north, and east to the sea. "Can you understand what it means?"

Li Huang felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He hesitated and could only say: "This is a matter of ancient mountains and rivers. Sir, do you want to use this statement to describe the changes in the times?"

Sima Hui laughed, then shook his head and sighed: "No! The book "Yu Gong" determines the rivers and divides the nine states. Reading it can understand the mountains and rivers, geography, and products. Naturally, it is very good! However, the book "Yu Gong" The book was not made in ancient times! It was later generations who faked the name of Dayu in order to spread it to the world!"

If the previous words were like throwing a huge stone into the pool, now that Sima Hui said these words, it was like a storm on the sea, suddenly setting off thousands of feet of waves!