Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 85 0080 [Sang Xia Discusses the Way]

"In the beginning of human beings, nature is inherently good..."

Lu Tixue finished reading it carefully, nodding his head from time to time to express his agreement, and finally said: "This Mongolian text is indeed superior and beneficial to children's learning, but it cannot be called a classic, and it should be renamed "Three-Character Wen"."

Ju Ming didn't care about this, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your name."

Lu Tixue smiled and nodded: "Li Tong judges that you have mastered the three classics, so I will test you."

As soon as these words came out, the twenty scholars from Xixiang County who were accompanying them cast their eyes on Zhu Ming in unison.There are doubts, disdain, jealousy... all kinds of emotions, and so on.

It is not easy to talk about the three classics!

A teenager who has mastered the three classics can basically conclude that he is bragging.

Lu Tixue said to Professor Qian and the scholars: "You can answer the questions I asked."

"Please don't hesitate to teach me!"

Everyone bowed one after another.

Lu Tixue stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the mountains and rivers in front of him: "What is Tao? What is tool?"

A scholar surnamed Yu rushed to answer: "What is above the metaphysics is called Tao, and what is below the meta is called utensils."

Before this person finished speaking, the rest of the scholars were already full of regret.

What I regret is that I reacted too slowly and missed the opportunity to perform.This is the original sentence in "Yi Zhuan", and it is very famous, even if you die, you can answer it in "Zhou Yi".

Lu Tixue looked at Zhu Ming: "What do you think of success?"

Zhu Ming understood what the other party meant. In the past, Bai Chongwen, Li Hanzhang, and Xiang magistrate's examination questions all used the content of the imperial examination as the starting point, and they just asked Zhu Ming to explain the scriptures.

Lu Tixue in front of him has already skipped the imperial examination, and wants to discuss the theory with Zhu Ming directly.

Zhu Ming replied: "The way is the principle, and the tool is the thing."

Such an answer is similar to that of a scholar surnamed Yu, but more specific.

Lu Tixue asked again: "What's the matter with Taoism?"

"For Dao Body Equipment!"

"Tao artifacts are the same."

"The way is also the tool, and the tool is also the way."

"..."

The entourage rushed to answer, this time they had to seize the opportunity, and all they said were big and empty mainstream views.

Zhu Ming thought carefully, but did not speak, he was guessing what Lu Tixue was thinking.

Candidates who are good at reading comprehension know that only by understanding the intention of the questioner can they get infinitely close to the standard answer.

Lu Tixue asked Zhu Ming: "Why don't you say anything?"

Contacting Lu Tixue's words and deeds before, the other party seemed to admire miscellaneous learning, and Zhu Ming gave the answer: "The rule of law is manifested."

Lu Tixue was taken aback when he heard the words, and after thinking about it, he laughed happily: "What a ruler and Taoist, he is really a member of my generation!"

This is not only a standard answer, but also beyond the expectations of the question maker.

"Governing the instrument and showing the Tao" is the thought of the meritorious school in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the court experienced a series of disastrous defeats, and many scholars began to reflect.So I propose to apply what I have learned, and the pursuit of learning is to make the country rich and the people strong, to abandon those false and empty principles, and to be practical and realistic.They advocate the equal emphasis on agriculture and commerce, the equal emphasis on righteousness and benefit, and the use of kings and hegemons.

The environment in which the Gonggong School was born in the Southern Song Dynasty and the content they advocated are exactly the same as the Shigong School in the late Ming Dynasty.It's all about the weakness of the country, abandoning empty talk and pursuing practicality.

Of course, Lu Tixue is not a school of meritocracy, but he admires miscellaneous learning, and they can get along with each other.

Seeing that Lu Tixue's itching was being scratched, Zhu Ming pursued the victory and said: "The universe is nothing but things, and there is nothing between daily use and use."

Lu Tixue savored this sentence carefully, and felt a sense of confidant, and at the same time, he was a little jealous: I thought so too, why didn't I sum it up?

This sentence comes from the words of Chen Liang in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhu Xi and Chen Liang were good gay friends, both of whom belonged to the fanatical war camp, but their academic thoughts were incompatible.They both tried to convince each other, but they couldn't do anything about each other, so the only thing they could do was rely on a fight to decide whether to win or lose.

"Successfully come forward!"

Lu Tixue was delighted to see Lie Xin, completely ignoring others, and asked Zhu Ming to go forward with him.

After walking for a while, the field ridge is slightly wider, and there is a mulberry tree.

Lu Tixue didn't dislike the dirty ground, so he sat down under the mulberry tree and beckoned, "Come and sit."

So, Zhu Ming also relaxed and sat down next to Lu Tixue.

Such a situation made the entourage go crazy with jealousy, wishing to kick Zhu Ming away and replace him with himself.

Who told them not to review questions?As soon as my brain was hot, I started to answer.

To deal with this kind of test, it doesn't matter whether the answer is correct or not. It mainly depends on whether the questioner likes it or not.

"Bring the wine!" Lu Tixue shouted.

The two soap officials hurried forward, set up the wine cups to fill up for the two of them, and spread the ground with silk cloth and sprinkled preserved fruits.

Lu Tixue chewed the preserved fruit and took a sip, then asked, "What Ercheng said, 'preserving the laws of nature and destroying human desires', how do you think about success?"

"The truth is good, and there is nothing to criticize," Zhu Ming said. "Eat enough and wear warm clothes, marry a wife and have children, it is the law of nature. Overeating, concubines and concubines are in groups, and human desires are the same. We should preserve the law of nature and destroy it." Desire."

Lu Tixue was not happy: "How can human desire be eliminated?"

Zhu Ming smiled and said: "So the truth is right, and we should persuade the world in this way. But in practice, we can only abide by ourselves and cannot force others. There are even hypocritical people who treat others more strictly than themselves, You only let others destroy human desires, but your own human desires will never be rejected."

"That's right, but there are hypocrites like that," Lu Tixue raised his wine cup and said, "Come, drink!"

Zhu Ming also said: "This is about disposition. Sex is the emotion that has not yet been expressed, and emotion is the nature that has been expressed. Everyone has evil thoughts and viciousness, and he is a gentleman if he can control himself. The one who can get the right way is the person who can control his emotions. Dao, those who lose their righteousness become desires."

Lu Tixue felt strange. What Zhu Ming said was the same as what he thought, and he was able to explain it accurately.

It's very simple. What Zhu Ming said just now combined the essence of Zhu Xi and Chen Liang, the enemies.How could the thoughts of the two great Confucian scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty not crush Lu Ti's learning?
Lu Tixue seemed to hate Taoism very much, so he drank another bowl of wine and continued to criticize: "Searching things to know, Er Cheng also made a mistake, what kind of mentality and numerology are you talking about. Since you are studying things, you have to do things, things, things, how to study things if you don't do things? "

Zhu Ming deliberately followed the other party's wishes and said, "Of course. If you study things to gain knowledge, you should act according to the situation and seek the way based on things."

"It's good to act according to the situation and seek the way based on things." Lu Tixue liked it, raised his wine cup and said, "Let's drink another bowl!"

Zhu Ming smiled and clinked glasses, he had already figured out the way to become a student envoy.

The current official mainstream thinking is Wang Anshi's new learning, promoted by Cai Jing, and later inherited by Qin Hui.The new learning was eventually abandoned, and it was inseparable from Cai Jing and Qin Hui. What kind of knowledge could the two traitors admire?

At the same time, although Daoism has been suppressed, its folk influence is very large.

However, Lu Tixue has a little "merit school" thinking, which has nothing to do with Xinxue or Taoism.He was able to be an envoy to promote learning because he was closer to new learning, and he was a sworn enemy with Taoism, which was why he was promoted by Cai Jing.

The utilitarian faction has not formed at all, only scattered scholars of this kind exist.Lu Tixue was depressed. He couldn't find anyone to communicate with, and he wanted to do things seriously but was constrained, so he just traveled all day long.

Today, Zhu Ming's brainwaves matched his!

Confidant, absolute confidant!

But how can there be any confidant?
Talk to people when you see people, but talk to ghosts when you see ghosts.

Anybody from any school can come here, as long as he is a student envoy, Ju Ming can match his brainwaves.

Under the mulberry tree, the two talked more and more speculatively.

While drinking, while discussing.

Officials, scholars, squires, peasants...all stood around stupidly, just watching their nonsense like that.

Even Xiang Zhixian, a Jinshi in the second division, had no room to intervene.

Xiang Zhixian's knowledge is not enough, although he can understand, but he can't continue the topic, and talking indiscriminately is going to make a joke.

The main reason is that the content of the conversation between Zhu Ming and Lu Tixue is very different from the mainstream thinking. Xiang Zhixian thought it was the unique opinion of some school.

Professor Qian asked in a low voice: "Brother Weitian, what is the origin of Zhu Chenggong? What he and Lu Tixue said seems to be out of line."

The county magistrate also couldn't figure it out, but he pretended to understand: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been countless schools of thought. How can there be any heretics? Since Lu Tixue regards Mr. Anding as his ancestor, it must be a branch of the righteous way."

As the principal of the county school, Professor Qian was also a Jinshi--the requirements for the county school are not high, only the headmaster must be a Jinshi, and ordinary teachers can hire candidates.

Professor Qian thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "I'm so ignorant and ignorant. I didn't expect Zhu Chenggong to be able to answer the questions fluently."

After a long time, Bai Zongwang felt that his pigs should have been killed, so he couldn't help but say: "Lu Tixue, it's getting late, please move to my house and talk about it?"

"Noisy!"

Lu Tixue was very upset when the communication was interrupted, but he also got up and said, "Let's talk tomorrow, I'll cook pork first, and you all come to taste the craftsmanship."

Discussions come back to Taoism, and Dongpo meat should not be forgotten.

The student envoy was surrounded to go to Bai's house, but he went straight to the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and started cutting meat.

And the movements are extremely nimble, the knife skills are as if they graduated from New Oriental, as if they are majoring in cooking courses.

Scholars in this county can only stand and watch dumbfounded, with mixed feelings in their hearts.How can the Tixue envoy who is in charge of the education work on Lizhou Road look like this?
Shouldn't you behave elegantly and look serious all the way to the school?

I'm afraid this is a fake student envoy!
Zhu Guoxiang finally had the opportunity to communicate with his son: "What's the situation with this man?"

Ju Ming said in a low voice: "Now the mainstream schools are Xinxue, Luoxue, and Shuxue. He is not a school of thought, but he is close to Xinxue in doing things, and close to Shuxue in his conduct. I guess I can't find anyone to communicate with at ordinary times. I will vote for him." Well, chatting has given him a lot of fun. I guess we will continue the chat tomorrow, but today we only talked about the general direction, and we haven’t talked about the details yet.”

"Thinking in harmony is more advanced than giving gifts. Once the leader is happy, things will definitely be done." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming suppressed a smile and said, "I'm afraid if we talk for a few more days, he will introduce me as a confidant. Dean Zhu, you can also join in. This person's thinking is very... well, modern."

"Modern?" Zhu Guoxiang didn't understand.

Zhu Ming said: "He doesn't value etiquette, but only pursues practicality. If this school of Confucian scholars continues to evolve, they will even have the idea of ​​'non-Confucianism'. You can simply understand that they belong to the predecessors of Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi, but Limited by the background of the times and personal qualifications, the knowledge has not been so deep. You just need to talk to him about agronomy, and he will definitely like it."

Zhu Guoxiang looked at Lu Tixue who was cutting meat, nodded and said, "Then let's wait for the meat."

(Chapter 2 may be later in the afternoon.)
(End of this chapter)