This first article was not what Zhu Youxiao wanted to write, but what Ye Xianggao asked.
He comes from a later generation, and he always has some inexplicable feelings of resistance towards Confucius.
It is already very good to be able to write like this.
But according to Yang He, he did not set Confucius high enough to let him or them satisfy.
And Ye Xianggao was also in a hurry below.
After finally persuading the emperor to list this article as number one, Yang He was not satisfied yet.
If he really pissed off the emperor, the title of the first article would no longer be available, which would not look good.
Yang He continued: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, when heaven and earth collapsed, rituals and music collapsed, I was born Confucius.
He not only restrained himself and restored rituals, but also upheld benevolence and righteousness.
In particular, he rooted and internalized the seeds of morality in people's hearts, making people understand The reason why self-denial and propriety and benevolence and righteousness are achieved enhance people's self-confidence and self-esteem, and also establish the scale and atmosphere of Chinese culture.
This is the so-called "Tao was taught by Confucius", "Zhongni will not be born in heaven, and it will last forever."
Like night.”
Liu Zongzhou also stepped forward and said: "The teachings of conscience are like the sun rising in the sky.
The ancients said: Heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is as long as night.
The conscience is born and does not seek externally.
This is what Mencius said: " What a person can do without learning is his good ability; what he knows without worrying about it is his good knowledge.
"No matter what the world is like, under the illumination and guidance of moral lights like the sun and moon, our lives have an internal basis and strong motivation for the why and what of our lives, and we have the ability to judge true and false, right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and ugliness.
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This consensus is the basis for the survival, continuation, development and transcendence of a country, a nation, a religion and a culture, and all of this is given by our saint Confucius.
Therefore, please change it to Tian Bu Sheng Zhong Ni.
Eternity is as long as night.”
Zhu Youxiao said: "But if you praise Confucius so much, will you belittle Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wenwu, Zhou Gong and other saints?"
Liu Zongzhou said: "Such a high praise for Confucius does not disparage the pilgrimage, nor does it close the door for those who come to enter the holy realm.
On the contrary, the pilgrimage becomes more holy because of Confucius's invention, and those who come come to the saintly place are privileged to enter the saintly realm because of Confucius.
None of this is what Confucius calls a saint.
That is to say, what Wuzong of the former Yuan Dynasty said, "Those who became saints before Confucius cannot be understood except by Confucius; those who became saints after Confucius cannot be understood except by Confucius."
From this point of view, Liu Xie said, "It is more strange than Emperor Xi."
It is untenable that saints burn paper candles all day long to walk."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he looked at Ye Xianggao and Xu Guangqi.
Ye Xianggao got this opportunity and immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that the sky did not give birth to Zhongni.
The eternal night has set the master to a certain height.
They feel that it is not enough.
Everything depends on the holy decree."
Xu Guangqi said: "When I look at the West, they also have saints, and Confucius is the conscious bearer of Confucianism, thus establishing the basic laws of heaven and human relations in the universe, so that life and society have their own value.
We put Master higher, It’s not a bad idea.”
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Since everyone thinks that Master should be raised, let's change the first article to "If God does not give birth to a Master, eternity will last as long as night."
All the ministers knelt down and shouted: "Your majesty is wise and wise, long live my emperor!"
Some people actually shed tears, which made Zhu Youxiao believe that this should be their true thoughts.
His initial resistance to Confucius disappeared.
In his mind, he was only qualified for the middle class.
Could it be that all the ministers in the dynasty were not as knowledgeable as him, let alone famous scientists in history.
It can only be said that my understanding is not in place.
This is when Zhu Youxiao really began to regard Confucius as a saint.
It was not like before to maintain the goodwill of scholars and officials, but he really began to understand Confucius attentively and realized that under the circumstances at that time, Confucius's achievements were How amazing, and how important the orthodox inheritance of Chinese culture is to the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.
A famous historian from later generations commented: "Emperor Tianqi continued to perpetuate the Chinese orthodoxy.
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More importantly, he perfectly carried forward Confucianism, abandoned some decadent ideas that hindered the progress of the Chinese people, and added some other civilizations.
The advanced ideas of Confucius have made Confucius’ teachings become popular among most people in the world.
The New Confucianism he believed in.
And the cultural consciousness he inherited and promoted was not a general ideological system, but a teaching that reflected the way of heaven and human relations.
Some people call it Heri Dangzhao, which is a very accurate metaphor.
While raising the historical status of Confucius, he also made himself known as the new saint by later generations. " Zhu Youxiao stood up, waved his hand and said: "Everyone is studying the teachings of the saints, so we must follow the teachings of the saints and carry forward Confucianism together so that all civilized people in the world can know the teachings of Confucius.
Let them all know that we are Descendants of saints, our ancestors have created a splendid culture, we must not fall behind others, we must have what others have, and we must have what others do not have, so we must not let our ancestors be shamed.
We can only do better than our ancestors.”
All the ministers said together: "I would like to attach myself to Jiwei and promote our Chinese orthodoxy."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "There is another news.
After suggestions from the cabinet, I have decided to use the year of the Master's birth as the first year of the A.D. and set the new calendar to be implemented next year.
Then the Master's name will be remembered forever.
Master's The light will shine on China forever.”
The ministers were even more ecstatic, and some even burst into tears.
Zhu Youxiao said that the proposal was made by people in the cabinet, hoping to improve the prestige of the cabinet and eliminate the opinions of some ministers such as Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao, especially the resentment of Donglin people towards Ye Xianggao.
It turns out that this explanation is still useful.
Compared with Confucian orthodoxy, partisanship is nothing at all.
At least the people of Donglin have forgiven Ye Xianggao for some of his previous actions, and everyone has a good impression of the first and second assistants.
Of course, as for how long it can last, it's better not to have too high hopes.
After rejoicing, the things that should be done still need to be done.
Regarding the second article of common sense, someone else made comments: "Your Majesty, I think that the solution of seeking truth from facts seems to be somewhat different from ancient books.
This statement was first seen in Ban Gu's Han Shu, King Xian of Hejian studied ancient times and sought truth from facts.
Later, Yan Shigu’s annotation was to obtain facts and seek truth every time, but this article calls learning for practical use and talks about combining theory with practice, so I am a little confused.”
These words made Ye Xianggao a little unhappy.
The combination of theory and practice was proposed by Zhu Youxiao, and learning for practicality was the view of the Donglin School.
It was not easy for Donglin's view to be affirmed by the emperor, and some people actually jumped at it.
It's really hateful to come out and make irresponsible remarks
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