Dahan first prince

Chapter 374 Cangjie wrote a book to teach his heirs

While Lu Zhi watched his daughter Liu Le leave, and was distressed about the affairs of the queen Zhang Yan and the eldest son Liu Gong, the emperor Liu Ying sat wearily on the imperial couch in the oath hall of Weiyang Palace, fiddling with her hands weakly. bamboo slips.

In today's Han Dynasty, this bamboo slip is a classic that is familiar to almost every literate person, and it can even be said that every "cultural person" who can read characters.

——Cangjie.

Decades ago, after assisting the First Emperor Yingzheng to rule the world, Qin Prime Minister Li Si, like his predecessor Lu Buwei, gave birth to the idea of ​​"writing words to pass on to future generations";

However, unlike Lu Buwei who gathered scholars from all over the world to co-author the long masterpiece "Lu Shi Chunqiu", Li Si, the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, wrote by himself a classic that will be used for children's enlightenment for thousands of years in the future: "Cangjie".

At this moment, the first sentence of the bamboo slips that Liu Ying held in her hand directly pointed to the historical mission of "Cangjie".

"Cang Jie wrote books to teach his descendants..."

Muttering the words in the book with a tired expression, Liu Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly on her brows.

In fact, the first enlightenment book in Chinese history was not "Cangjie Pian" written by Qin Xiang Lisi, but "Shi Zhen Pian" compiled by Tai Shizhen (zhòu) during the reign of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It's just that "Shi Zhen Pian" uses the complex and difficult-to-learn seal characters throughout the book. By the end of the Warring States period, not to mention the role of "enlightenment" and "literacy", even people who could understand it were rare. And less.

After the first emperor ruled the world and decided to unify the characters, using Xiaozhuan as the only common font in the world, the first enlightenment book in Chinese history: "Shi Zhen Pian" no longer had the need to continue to exist.

When the First Emperor Yingzheng Mingzhao the world, "Books with the same text, cars with the same track" as the national policy of the Great Qin, the first to stand up and respond were Li Si, Zhao Gao and other confidants of the First Emperor.

Among them, the Prime Minister Li Si wrote seven chapters of "Cangjie Pian", Zhao Gao of CRRC Mansion wrote six chapters of "Yan Li Pian", and Tai Shi ordered Hu Wujing to write seven chapters of "Bo Xue Pian", a total of twenty chapters, which are called by the world: Qin Sancang.

Later, when the Qin Dynasty fell and the Han Dynasty prospered, the local teachers combined these three chapters into one for the convenience of teaching, with six chapters as one chapter, a total of 55 chapters, [-] words, and called it: Cangjie chapter.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the "Cang Jie Pian" circulated in the Han Dynasty today cannot be regarded as the author of Li Si, Prime Minister of Qin Dynasty, but the joint authorship of Li Si, Zhao Gao, and Hu Wujing.

However, regardless of whether "Cangjie Pian" was created independently by Qin Prime Minister Li Si, it does not affect "Cangjie Pian" as a children's enlightenment and literacy book. The content contained in it is far more than just a "children's enlightenment book". ··
Take for example Chapter 1 in the "Han Cangjie Pian" that has been circulated throughout the Han Dynasty:
——Cang Jie wrote books to teach his descendants.

The youngest son accepts the edict and is cautious and respectful.

Do your best to recite it day and night.

Gou's affairs become history, and plans will be debated.

Super Yiqun (qún), the appearance is particularly different.

Although it was hard work at the beginning, there must be sorrow (xǐ) at the end.

悫 (què) is willing to be loyal and trustworthy, micro-secret (yì) (sè), 儇 (xuān) is sick.

Throughout the sixty words, apart from the life mottos implied in it, right and wrong, and even Qin Prime Minister Li Si's personal philosophy, there are no fewer than five uncommon words among the sixty words!
Not to mention young children at the stage of enlightenment and literacy, even celebrities who are well-educated and well-known in local counties and counties. When they see Chapter 1 of "Cangjie Pian" again after they grow up, they are likely to get stuck and even find that they have a lot of knowledge. I don't know the words!
This is the case with Chapter 1 at the beginning, not to mention the dozens of chapters that follow.

——(yáo), (yíng) in Chapter 2;
Qi (shì) and 饃 (bāo) in Chapter 3;
In Chapter 4, 疢 (chèn), cough (kài), 捾 (wò), urgent (jí), Cuan (cuàn), and 鬼 (qióng)...

It is no exaggeration to say that even scholars who have "studied" under the nine-year compulsory education or even higher education in later generations will inevitably put their hands on their foreheads or even cover their faces with their sleeves when they see these words.

And Chapter 55 of "Cangjie Pian", in addition to these rare characters that would embarrass intellectuals even in later generations, also contains the essence of the thoughts and philosophies of three historical celebrities, Li Si, Zhao Gao, and Hu Wujing...
Strictly speaking, Liu Ying only agrees that "Cangjie Pian" is a reference for enlightenment readings, and there are only [-] characters in "Cangjie Pian", but not even a single word appears repeatedly...
As for why Liu Ying is holding a volume of "Cangjie Pian" in her hand, shaking her head and sighing in this huge Xuanshi hall, it is not because she feels sorry for the emperor's eldest son who is less than four years old, and has to learn such obscure "sages" allusion'.

——Different from later generations, in the Han Dynasty, the issue of the education of the princes had been established as early as when the ancestor Gao Emperor Liu Bang ascended the throne.

For example, ordinary princes were enlightened at the age of three, crowned king at the age of six, and princes were enlightened at the age of three, plus they began to study the scriptures and allusions of the sages at the age of six, all of which are the "long-standing" ancestral system of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ying herself was better. When the first emperor Liu Bang came to the throne, Liu Ying was already eight years old. After studying for a few years, she rushed to the throne to inherit the throne;

But from Liu Ying onwards, the prince was enlightened at the age of three, became a king at the age of six, and the prince was enlightened at the age of three and started learning at the age of six, but it will become an unshakable custom.

Regarding this point, Liu Ying didn't think there was anything wrong.

Because it is different from the princes and county kings who received imperial salaries and were supported by the world in later generations, and even the relatives and relatives of the emperor who were raised as pigs in the future: the princes of the Han family, except for the heirs who will inherit the throne in the future, every A person's future is to become a prince with real power!

In the territory of the princes and kings themselves, except for the deployment of troops, tax collection, and revision of laws and tax systems, all other things are in the charge of the princes and kings themselves, as well as the "chaotang" of the princes. Will not interfere!
In other words: after the death of each emperor of the Han Dynasty, the crown prince will inherit the throne of the entire world, and the rest of the princes will also become "earth emperors" scattered across the Kanto land.

Therefore, it is very necessary to train the prince with a higher standard, even the standard of the prince.

From this point of view, it is a bit inappropriate for the princes to experience the thoughts and philosophies left by Qin Prime Minister Li Si, CRRC Fu Ling Zhao Gao, and Taishi Ling Hu Wujing in "Cang Jie Pian" from the age of three. It's still barely passable.

——Elite education, that’s right.

But for the folks, those common people who have to count with their fingers even for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and even use the calculation as an auxiliary tool, this kind of "elite education" is obviously inappropriate.

The reason why elite education can be dubbed the word "elite" is precisely because this kind of education method must concentrate huge educational resources on a very small part of the elite class, so as to ensure that under this kind of education method, Everyone who is trained can be qualified, even above 'good'!
There is no problem in educating princes in this way, and it is also necessary to educate future princes and emperors;
But if this kind of education method is used in the general education of training and selecting officials, it is obviously a bit whimsical.

——You must know that even in later generations, elite education is a scarce resource that can only be enjoyed by a very small number of people!
In today's barren and backward era, it is no exaggeration to say that even literacy is already a right enjoyed by very few people!

In this context of the times, if elite education is used to raise the threshold of education, let alone select enough officials to facilitate the centralization of power, even the daily operation of the regime may be difficult to guarantee!

Therefore, the reason why Liu Ying moved her mind about "Cang Jie Pian" was to make a bold attempt.

Try to lower the threshold of education, at least the threshold of enlightenment and literacy, to expand the basic set of "literati" in the world, and provide a large enough candidate base for the future system of selecting officials through examinations.

——In later generations, the Chinese nation will always complain: There are 14 million people in China in China, can't eleven people who can play football be elected?
But what these people don't know is: Among the 14 million people in China, there are only a few thousands of officially registered professional athletes, less than 1;

When the head coach of the national youth team wants to select a national youth team consisting of 15 players from a certain age group, such as athletes between the ages of thirteen and 30, the available candidates are often Only three or five hundred people.

In stark contrast, those countries that appear in the top eight of the Mercury Cup all the year round have a reserve of millions of professional athletes although they only have a population base of tens of millions;
For the same youth team, the number of young athletes of a certain age group that these countries can choose from is often tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

To put it bluntly, the problem of fewer literati and fewer officials encountered by the Han Dynasty today is essentially the same as the "no successors" of Chinese football in later generations.

Without a sufficient base, the overall quality cannot be guaranteed and the internal competition is sufficiently fierce;

At the same time, the lack of base and the decline in quality will in turn lead to more parents taking a pessimistic attitude towards this, which will further aggravate the reduction in base and decline in quality. , In the vicious circle of "the worse the situation, the fewer people".

Fortunately: Different from the pessimistic attitude of the later generations towards Chinese football, the attitude of the Han Dynasty towards "knowledge" can be described as "flocking to" per capita.

As long as there is an opportunity, no one will give up the opportunity to recognize two characters and read two pages of books!

In such a friendly environment, Liu Ying's desire to expand the base of scholars is obviously getting twice the result with half the effort.

——Although nine-year compulsory education is a bit whimsical, and universal education is still a little far away, basic education to a certain extent and within a certain range is the future that Liu Ying can look forward to.

To achieve this goal, the first problem Liu Ying needs to solve is the "Cangjie Chapter" that Liu Ying holds in her hands at this moment.

"Um·······"

"Three Character Classic?"

While thinking about it, a piece of familiar melody left in her memory involuntarily appeared in Liu Ying's mind, and she even recited it involuntarily.

"At the beginning of human beings, nature is good; nature is similar, habits are far away..."

"It's the father's fault to raise or not teach; the teacher's laziness to teach laxly..."

After reading out the scattered memories in the memory softly, Liu Ying's face finally showed a look of relaxation.

As a traveler who has personally seen Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying's sense of Confucianism is obviously slightly different from that of most people in later generations.

But even so, Liu Ying still has to admit: this enlightenment reading written by the famous official Wang Yinglin, the Three Character Classic, was published in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it can be said to be the most "unfathomable" academic achievement of Confucianism.

The easy-to-understand content and the value proposition that is highly compatible with the Chinese cultural background made Liu Ying somewhat unable to restrain the urge to 'plagiarize', and wanted to make this Chinese masterpiece appear in the Han Dynasty more than a hundred years BC in advance.

However, different times naturally mean different value propositions;
Some deeds recorded in the "San Zi Jing" also need to be modified by Liu Ying in order to better fit the background of the Han Dynasty.

——Especially those things that happened after the Han Dynasty and before the Song Dynasty, even if Liu Ying didn't change it, no one had heard of it at all, right?
Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally straightened up slowly from the couch, lowered her head, and took a deep look at the "Cang Jie Pian" in her hand;
Afterwards, this volume of Han Cangjie, which was regarded by the people as "the foundation of the clan that lasted for a hundred years", was thrown to the side by Liu Ying like a shoe shoe.

As the brilliant crystallization of Chinese culture, "Cangjie Chapter" is undoubtedly a precious spiritual wealth exclusive to the Chinese nation.

But as an enlightenment reading, the Cangjie chapter undoubtedly completely failed its historical mission.

Compared with the Enlightenment, Liu Ying still agrees with the Cangjie Chapter, as a masterpiece like "XX Art of War" and "XX Spring and Autumn", or classics of famous masters, for mature scholars who have already entered the Enlightenment to study.

As for the task of enlightenment, I am afraid that Liu Ying will still need to end it in person, and personally customize a suitable children's book for Chinese children for thousands of years...
"Engraving Printing..."

"Ok··········"

Muttering thoughtfully, Liu Ying finally stood up from the couch and straightened her clothes as if nothing had happened.

Then, seeing Liu Ying walking outside the palace gate, Yang Tian took a deep breath.

At this moment, Liu Ying urgently wants to go to the Shaofu to see the "Nation's Important Weapon" that she told Yang Chengyan earlier.

But this time, Liu Ying didn't need to take the imperial chariot as usual, and went to Shanglin Garden, a hundred miles away, surrounded by hundreds of relying teams.

——Shaofu studio, as well as the Shaofu government office, were originally located in Weiyang Palace.

And the secret project that Liu Ying described as "the most important weapon of the country" was also deliberately arranged by Liu Ying in the studio of Shaofu, in an inconspicuous courtyard...
(End of this chapter)