Han Dao world

Chapter 1091 The First Opening of Hongmeng
Seeing Cai Yan's embarrassment, Liu Xie couldn't bear to say any more, so he changed the subject.

He asked Xuan Ye said.

Cai Yan didn't know the specific situation yet, and said that he had only read the abstracts of the literature related to Xuan Ye's theory, but didn't see the specific content. He didn't know what Xuan Ye said.

Only then did Liu Xie realize that he was thinking too much.

But in order to alleviate the embarrassment just now, he still used this topic to continue talking.He didn't want to take what Xuan Ye said as his own, and it was inconvenient to explain it directly. It would be more appropriate for Cai Yan to relay it.

In fact, Xuan Ye's theory did not come out of thin air, let alone the product of the traversers, but the derivation of the vitality theory.

Xuan Ye said that all things are transformed by vitality, not only the sky, but also the earth.

This statement makes sense in theory, but intuitively, it is difficult for people to accept.The sun, the moon, and the stars are nothing more than they can't be touched anyway.Everything in front of you can be seen and touched, and it is also said to be qi, which is hard to be convincing.

But contrary to Liu Xie's expectations, after a little discussion, both Cai Yan and Yuan Heng said that Xuan Ye's theory was more reasonable, at least more reasonable than Gaitian's and Huntian's.

Gaitian said that the biggest problem is the roundness of the sky and the ground. This point has been proven wrong. The earth is most likely not flat, nor is it likely to be square. A circle is closer to the truth.

This point does not need Huang Yi's star-stretching technique to prove it, the lunar eclipse is the most powerful evidence.

Although Cai Yong and Zhang Heng were not together for a while, they admired Zhang Heng's talent very much and studied Zhang Heng's knowledge in depth.Later, when he was living in the rivers and lakes, he saw Wang Chong's "Lunheng" in Kuaiji, and he had a further understanding of Zhang Heng's knowledge.

Using lunar eclipse to deduce that the earth is round is not only logical, but also can be verified by astronomical observations.

The lunar eclipse is caused by the projection of the earth, which is tenable.

Looking at Cai Yan and Yuan Heng's plausible words, Liu Xie was a little confused.

This speed is a bit fast.Are young people more receptive, or are they too much influenced by me?
Especially Yuan Heng, I haven't seen her for more than a year, her thinking is sharper, and her logic is more rigorous.

When Liu Xie asked, he realized that in addition to collecting materials on Goguryeo and Buyeo, they had also read a large number of classics from the Western Regions, and they were especially interested in the content of reasoning and argumentation.When they have nothing to do, the two often argue with each other. While killing time, they also exercise their debating skills and thinking.

When they learned from the newspaper in the residence that the emperor opened mathematics for the freshmen in the lecture hall in Nanyang, they also specially studied some mathematics in the Western Regions.

When they came to Nanyang this time, what they most wanted to know was the mathematics textbook compiled by the emperor, and to see how the emperor combined different arithmetic systems together.The mathematics of the Central Plains is good at calculations, and the mathematics of the Western Regions is good at proofs. They think that the two are completely incompatible.

As soon as Liu Xie heard it, he knew that they had already walked ahead of many people. They not only noticed the specific techniques, but also touched the relatively abstract principles. The emergence of mathematical theories was just around the corner.

According to his limited knowledge of the history of mathematics, Liu Hui, the founder of Eastern mathematics theory, seems to be between the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

In other words, the accumulation of oriental arithmetic has been very deep, and it has the basis for the emergence of the theory.His arrival only accelerated the process.Not surprisingly, the opportunity to develop from arithmetic to mathematics is within [-] to [-] years.

But it's a pity that he doesn't have such background.

He can solve a lot of equations, and he can also prove a lot. It is a bit difficult to rise to the theory.

He is too busy and doesn't have much time to think about those issues.

"Of the three theories, I agree with Xuan Ye's." Liu Xie brought the topic back. "But Xuan Ye said that it is counterintuitive. To get more people to approach, you must have more solid evidence. This point may eventually be implemented in metaphysics and mathematics. Only flawless reasoning and calculations can make people feel safe. People are convinced."

"Using Xuan Ye's theory as a model, recalculate the trajectories of the sun, moon and stars?"

"Yeah." Liu Xie nodded. "Can you do it?"

Cai Yan and Yuan Heng looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Cai Yan said: "I don't have enough astronomy and calendar, and I don't have enough computing power. I'm afraid I can't do it. Besides, Lantai has too many documents to deal with, and it's impossible for me to think about them without distraction. question."

Liu Xie thought about it, and felt that what Cai Yan said made sense.

She is too busy to devote herself to these things.

"Let's leave this matter to the Martial Arts Hall. These problems cannot be avoided when studying the star-stretching technique."

Cai Yan looked at Yuan Heng, and said: "Your Majesty, I have the responsibility of Lantai, and I can't get away from it. Ah Heng is no longer from Lantai, just helping temporarily. Why don't she turn back to His Majesty and assist His Majesty?" The paperwork may be of some help."

Liu Xie smiled, looked at the shy Yuan Heng, and understood in his heart.

What should be done, will be done sooner or later.Those who should receive will receive it sooner or later.

Now that the overall situation will be settled, the sword hanging over Runan Yuan's head can be taken back.

"Okay, you are not young anymore, you will enter the palace next autumn and winter."

Yuan Heng was ashamed and happy, and quickly bowed down to thank him.

She has reached the age of eighteen, but she has been unable to enter the palace for a long time, so she is unavoidably anxious.Now that I have the emperor's personal promise, I can finally rest assured.Father and sister can also breathe a sigh of relief, no longer have to worry about long nights and dreams.

Seeing this, Cai Yan felt a little complicated.

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Zhou Zhong had been to Wancheng, the three princes gathered together, and the related discussions started immediately.

Liu Xie didn't get involved immediately, he deliberately kept his attitude of staying out of the matter and let San Gong discuss it first.

With Xun Yu's suggestion in front, the discussion was very lively from the very beginning.In addition to the officials of the Sangong Mansion, many people rushed over from Chang'an to participate in the meeting in different ways such as letters and suggestions.

There are great differences and fierce debates, but the opinions of Sangong are relatively unified. In principle, they agree to select scholars according to different subjects. The only difference lies in the specific methods.

For example, how to take the exam, is it a unified exam like Jizhou counties or counties, or is it taken separately according to the different conditions of each state?
What textbooks do you use?
Jizhou prefectures and counties recruited ordinary officials, and the requirements for Confucian literacy were not so high, as long as they could read and write.Their exams basically do not involve the content of Confucian classics. Even if they do, they can choose words with no ambiguity, which is relatively simple.

But you can’t do this when recruiting high-level senior officials, it must involve Confucian classics.

When it comes to Confucian classics, there will be differences in teacher's law and family law.

Someone proposed to use the Xiping Stone Classics collated by Yang Biao, Cai Yong, etc., which was presided over by the late emperor and jointly revised by several famous Confucians. It is a ready-made unified textbook, and there is no reason not to use it.

However, it was soon pointed out that although the Xiping Stone Classics are standardized, they are not in line with the current situation.

The simplest one is "Mencius", which the emperor does not pay special attention to.

Many theories of the Son of Heaven's benevolent government and kingly way come from "Mencius". Now we have to select scholars by different subjects, but the scope of the examination does not include "Mencius". Is it appropriate?

Furthermore, the Xiping Stone Classics are all Confucian classics, without practical content, and there are no mathematics, agriculture, and engineering studies, which is also inconsistent with the emperor's policy of emphasizing practical studies.If you take the test in this way, the final admission will definitely be Confucian scholars who are dead-educated.

Regardless of whether it is fair or not, even if these people are admitted, can they take on specific responsibilities?

(End of this chapter)