Three Kingdoms

Outside Pingyang City, the early spring wind is not yet very warm, but there are more pedestrians on the road. Among these pedestrians, most are students wearing silk and satin and wearing kerchiefs on their heads.

Although they were walking in the same direction, some people took cars and some walked.

The carriages were decorated with fine silk, thick-walled interlayers, and blankets to keep out the cold. There were even copper pipes hidden in them, and then a brazier was used to burn charcoal under the car to keep out the cold. Therefore, in this kind of carriage, The temperature is very different from that outside. You only need to wear single clothes. Naturally, compared with those who are shivering in the cold wind on the road, they look more elegant and extraordinary.

Cold weather is a matter for the poor. As for rich people from well-off families, the cold is no longer a threat, but an environment to show off their strength.

The trend of studying in the Han Dynasty was at its peak. Among the people who went to Pingyang Taoshan Academy, they were all students who had high hopes from a family, or even a family. Some of their goals were to make more friends through this, and some were to hope that through such Ways to change your life...

Although different people have the same goal of walking, their paths in life are different. Therefore, although they are on the same road, some are looking for friends, sitting in the car drinking and laughing; some are holding a scroll. The polished scroll is so polished that you can't even walk two steps without looking at it.

We were walking and walking, and suddenly the road ahead became a little congested. There was only one road up the mountain. Naturally, there was no way to accommodate so many carriages and horses traveling at the same time. Therefore, under the Qumen, we could only abandon the carriage and climb the mountain. .

Xun Zhi looked up and saw a stone path winding up. The peach trees on both sides had some green buds. Students in green shirts walked slowly, adding a lot of vitality to the entire Peach Mountain.

"Ah, cut..."

Just when Xun Zhi's heart was surging, a person next to him suddenly sneezed hugely, spittle flying everywhere, and then his servant shouted, "...Hurry up and get some hot wine with ginger soup, young man." Don't provoke the cold...You idiot, why don't you take off your leather robe and put it on the young man..."

Xun Zhi turned around and saw a boy who was obviously from a rich family who had just come out of the warm car. He was blown by the cold wind and sneezed several times. His nose was full of mucus, and his original grace with long sleeves and fluttering sleeves was gone.

Xun Zhi lowered his head, concealing the smile he couldn't help but smile, and then followed the flow of people and walked through Qumen.

"Qumen..." Xun Zhi muttered for a moment, and then couldn't help but look up again, "...Qumen, Qumen...haha, it doesn't have a different flavor..."

Xun Zhi is a descendant of the Xun family, but it has already declined as a side branch. Apart from the Xun family name, he is just subordinate to the clan uncle and can receive academic scholarships within the clan once a year.

But even that meager academic qualifications have been cut off since last year.

Xun Shuang followed Liu Xie to Chang'an, and Xun Yu took his family to Jizhou. The remaining Xun clan in Yuzhou was in chaos and without a leader. No matter how you calculate it, declining branches like Xun Zhi are not among the first in need of care. was on the list, and his livelihood was cut off.

As a last resort, he packed up the few belongings at home and prepared to join his uncle Xunchen, who was relatively close to him in Jizhou. He originally thought that he would become a scribe under him and make a living, but he didn't expect that he would be killed halfway. But I met Xun Chen who resigned...

Xun Chen took Xun Zhi with him and did not return to Yuzhou. Instead, he stopped in Hanoi near Wen County. When he heard that Pingyang had opened a new school palace, Xun Zhi reported it to Xun Chen and got him with the attitude of giving it a try. support, came here.

"Qumen...well, Youdao..." Xun Zhi looked at the word "Youdao" with dragons and phoenixes dancing on the stone wall halfway along the mountain path, "...those who follow Qumen will not come? Or maybe it has other meanings..."

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At this time, on top of Taoshan and in the Shoushan Academy, Fei Qian and Cai Yong were sitting together, watching the students arriving at the academy one after another.

Today is just the beginning of school, and there are already many students here.

Of course, the number of students that can be accommodated in the Academy is limited, so if you arrive later, you may not be able to live on Peach Mountain. And those who cannot live on the mountain, even if they say that they are students of the Academy, it seems that It was also lowered, so many students came to Pingyang early in order to be able to enroll successfully when school started...

"Zi Yuan, why don't you honor Duke Zhou in the main hall of the Academy?" Cai Yong stroked his beard, then looked at Fei Qian and asked with a frown.

Cai Yong himself was more in favor of ancient classics, so he asked to erect a statue of Duke Zhou instead of a statue of Confucius. This happened to be a fundamental point of difference between modern classics and ancient classics.

Jinwen Confucianism admires Confucius and believes that all Confucian classics come from Confucius. Therefore, Confucius is sanctified as the embodiment of knowledge. Therefore, there are many portraits or statues of Confucius in the academy.

However, ancient classics believe that not all of the so-called Four Books and Five Classics are from Confucius, but are records of history from ancient times to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and are not sacred things. Therefore, ancient classics admire King Wen of Zhou and believe that the dynasty of Duke Zhou was the only one in the history. It is the beginning of all Chinese rituals, so there are many portraits of Duke Zhou.

When Cai Yong asked Fei Qian, he was not just asking about a portrait, but about Fei Qian's attitude and stance towards the Confucian classics system of the entire academy.

In fact, Cai Yong is not completely opposed to Jinwen Jingxue, but as one of the main authors of the Kexi Ping Shijing, he really disagrees with the so-called Weishu and Weiyan Dayi in Jinwen Jingxue.

Everyone has their own understanding of the scriptures, and they may deviate from each other. Cai Yong does not object to this, but Cai Yong resents someone imposing his own understanding on everyone and demanding that everyone else must Interpret the scriptures arbitrarily based on your own assumptions, and label anything that is different as being against Confucius...

So when Cai Yong learned that Fei Qian had removed the statue of Duke Zhou from the main hall of the Academy, he immediately became a little uneasy and came to Fei Qian to ask for clarification.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "May I ask Master, was Confucius a human being? Or a sage?"

Cai Yong frowned even more and said: "Since Zhongni said, 'If you don't know life, how can you know death?' then we know that he is just a mortal."

Fei Qian continued: "Is Duke Zhou also a human being? Is he also a saint?"

Cai Yong was stunned for a moment, then paused for a moment and said: "Duke Zhou... he will not live forever, so he must be a mortal..."

Fei Qian said: "Master's words are reasonable. Saints should live forever, so only heaven and earth can be called saints... But I dare to ask master, if Zhongni and Zhou Gong are both mortals, if Zhongni is not established, why should Zhou Gong be carved?"

Cai Yong thought for a while, then looked at Fei Qian and said, "What Ziyuan means... is he to ignore the past and the present?"

Comments by Hikaru Soju: Journey to the West: (a traitorous book that promotes the superiority of Western civilization) Red Mansion: (a vulgar book that promotes a vulgar lifestyle) Water Margin: (a dangerous book that incites people who do not know the truth) Three Kingdoms: (1 This book is written with ulterior motives to promote the separatist forces).........just let everyone be happy...