Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 893 0888 [Dengwen drum still rings]

Sichuan, Renshou.

As early as last winter, Li Chun traveled north by boat and car. He spent the winter at an inn in Hanzhong, and continued on his way after the snow melted, heading straight to Luoyang through wind and rain.

Li Chun still remembered his father's solemn instructions before leaving home: "An old friend of mine in the court revealed that the Ming Dynasty really wanted to upgrade "Xunzi" into the classics. "Xunzi" can be upgraded into the classics, and the works of my teacher can also be used. Remember, Remember, don’t mention Zhou Gong. I have deleted all the articles involving Zhou Gong.”

The ascension of "Xunzi" to the classics has brought about more than just controversy.

Those schools that were banned in the former Song Dynasty saw the change in the trend from the court's move.

They... also want to take advantage of this opportunity!
When Su Shi had just passed the Jinshi examination, Long Changqi was already recognized as the greatest Confucian scholar in Sichuan.

This man was born in Yeluzi, and because his family was poor, he could only become a monk. He grew up in a temple and learned to read and write by relying on Buddhist scriptures. He also took the opportunity to teach Buddhist scriptures to the gentry's family members and went to borrow the books in the gentry's home.

After thirty years of painstaking study, I mastered Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Not only was he famous in Shu, he was even invited to Fujian with a high salary to lecture on the Book of Changes.

Unfortunately, the examination of the imperial examination at that time was relatively strict, and those who had been monks were not allowed to apply.

Just when Liu Yannian was hesitating, a donkey cart drove slowly.

Hearing that he was the nephew of the great scholar Liu Chang, many Confucian scholars were in awe, and Liu Yannian's reputation became even more famous!

No writing is allowed, only engraving of books and engravings is prohibited, no further printing and selling is allowed, and no more public dissemination is allowed.

Liu Yannian debated several times in Luoyang, using "Etiquette and False Theory" as the starting point, quoting scriptures and making many scholars speechless.

There must be others who are studying quietly!
Li Chun's father was Long Changqi's disciple in his later years.

Relying on the connections left over from his uncle's past, Liu Yannian visited many officials. He carefully explained his intention, but most of the officials refused to report to the emperor for him.

But Liu Chang refused to let go. He drove Long Changqi back to Sichuan, banned all his writings, and made the old man angry to death.

A young scholar jumped off the donkey cart and asked two servants to help carry the box. Then he took out the money to pay the donkey cart driver.

Li Chun also studied with his father since he was a child. Their family has a complete set of Long Changqi's works.

Then he met Liu Yannian's uncle Liu Chang.

These recommendations and memorials were like a mud cow drowning in the sea, without making any waves.

Do you want to knock it?
What should I do if I offend the emperor by beating the Dengwen drum?

However, there were also a few people who recommended Liu Yannian to the emperor, saying that a great scholar from Jiangxi requested an audience.

It was not until Long Changqi was over eighty years old and was recommended repeatedly by Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and others that the emperor allowed Long Changqi to bring his works to Beijing.

His students are all over Sichuan. Even Wen Yanbo came to Shu with his father when he was young and worshiped under Long Changqi's disciples.

Even so, he still didn't dare to beat the Dengwen drum.

At that time, Sichuan society was in turmoil, and Han Qi was sent to govern Shuzhong. The first thing he did when he arrived in Chengdu was to invite Long Changqi to be a professor of official studies, in an attempt to appease the Sichuan scholars.

The peonies began to wither, and Liu Yannian finally couldn't bear it any longer and led his servants to the Dengwen Drum.

Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, military, Ming, Yin and Yang, Zongheng... Hundreds of schools of thought, all three religions and scholarships, there are dozens of volumes.

When the peonies were in bloom, Li Chun finally came to Luoyang.

At that time, Ouyang Xiu only opposed Long Changqi's criticism of Duke Zhou and did not take any unnecessary actions.

The young scholar straightened his clothes and strode forward.

In Liu Yannian's astonished eyes, Li Chun took off the drumstick and slammed it out with both hands.

“Dong dong dong dong!!!”

The drum for reporting the incident sounded.

People nearby stopped and ran to watch the excitement.

All the officials in the east city stopped working when they heard the sound of drums.

The censor of the Supervisory Yuan who was in charge of hearing the drums hurriedly walked out of Donghua Gate: "Who is playing the drums? Is it because there is a grievance that is difficult to redress, or is it something else?"

Li Chun stepped forward and bowed before him: "Mr. Junping once again taught Li Chun, his disciple, and now he is bringing a book to request an audience with His Majesty the Emperor!"

The Longchang period's teachings were banned for decades and were difficult for scholars outside Sichuan to access.

The censor had never heard of it and asked curiously: "Which great sage is Mr. Junping?"

Li Chun replied: "Dragon taboo Changqi Gong, nicknamed Zhuxuan, known as Mr. Junping and Mr. Wuling in the world. Mr. was recognized as the greatest Confucian in Sichuan at that time, and wrote dozens of books in his life. Unfortunately, he was plotted by a villain, and the book I have been banned by the Hunjun. Now that the Holy Emperor is alive, I am here to present the book."

The censor didn't think much and said with a smile: "I see, I must..."

"Nonsense!"

Liu Yannian shouted angrily: "You must make it clear today, who is the villain?"

Li Chun said: "The corrupt scholar Liu Chang from the previous dynasty!"

"That's unreasonable!" Liu Yannian raised his fist and was about to hit him.

That was his uncle, the greatest scholar in Jiangxi after Wang Anshi, but he was called a villain by the young man in front of him!
The censor shouted: "Stop them."

The official behind him immediately stepped forward and dragged the two people who were about to fight away.

Li Chun asked: "Who are you?"

"Jiangxi Liu Yannian!" Liu Yannian said, holding the bamboo stick.

Li Chun sneered: "A descendant of Liu Chang?" Liu Yannian said angrily: "How can you, a bastard like you, call my uncle by his name?"

"So what if we call him by his first name?" Li Chun said disdainfully, "The doctrine is controversial, so debate is the way to go. Even if there is indeed something wrong with Mr. Junping's knowledge, the emperor can still order it to be corrected. Relying on the power in his hands, he can directly cut officials. What is a banned book but a villain?”

Liu Yannian was too lazy to argue with this junior. He said to the imperial censor: "Longchangqi's learning cannot be spread in the world because it criticizes the sage Zhou Gong."

Li Chun said: "All articles discussing Duke Zhou have been deleted."

When this happened, Wang Anshi had not yet started his political reform, and his new learning had not yet taken shape. Therefore, Liu Chang was the greatest Confucian in Jiangxi.

The greatest Confucian in Jiangxi killed the greatest Confucian in Sichuan and completely banned his knowledge. This is an "accomplishment" that can be written about in a big way.

At least the Liu family members knew exactly what was going on.

Liu Yannian said: "Just delete the articles criticizing Duke Zhou? Long Changqi also said that there is no imperial way in the Six Classics!"

This censor is relatively young and has been dumbfounded by this moment.

Long Changqi’s path was so wild!
Duke Zhou is the humanistic ancestor of Chinese civilization. To criticize Duke Zhou is to criticize Chinese civilization, which is tantamount to directly digging into the roots of Confucianism.

And "there is no imperial way in the Six Classics" is also a treasonous statement.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Confucian scholars regarded emperor, emperor, king, and hegemon as the symbols for dividing the history of the pre-Qin Dynasty.

The imperial way represents Tao, the imperial way represents virtue, the kingly way represents merit, and domineering represents power. Shao Yong said that these four ways are the essence of the "Book of Changes" and the foundation of the Confucian classics.

However, Long Changqi said that "there is no imperial way in the Six Classics", which means that Confucianism does not have the content of "ruling the country by the way", but only ruling the country by morality, merit and strength.

It’s just that I didn’t directly say that Confucianism is immoral!

His academic thoughts were banned, which was not really an injustice.

A small censor would not dare to make the decision on such a big matter without authorization. The censor said: "Where do you two live now? Please leave your respective addresses."

The two reported the address of the inn, and the censor entered Donghua Gate with the box of books.

After delivering the books to Chui Gong Hall, Ju Ming asked about the situation carefully and opened the box with great curiosity.

The works included include:

"Annotations on the Analects of Confucius", "Annotations on Shangshu", "Annotations on Poems", "Annotations on Rites", "On Rites", "Annotations on Politics", "Annotations on Qi Qishu", "Annotations on the Tao Te Ching", "Annotations on the Yin Fu Jing", "Essence of the Eight Diagrams", "River Map", "Emperor's Heart Mirror", "Zhengxin Baojian", "Three Religions Yuantong Lun", "Spring and Autumn Zheng Lun", "Spring and Autumn Restoration", "Tianbao Zhengming Lun", "Zhou Yixiang Talisman Notes", "Enlightenment's Last Writings"...

Zhu Ming picked up "Emperor's Guide" and opened it. He read it with gusto. It was a bit mixed with Confucianism and Legalism, and mixed with hundreds of schools of thought.

Looking through the "Analects of Confucius" again, it is very good.

Let's look at "Notes on Shangshu" again. Damn it, are the views so radical? Ju Ming even suspected that it was written by a time traveler.

Ju Ming did not read them all, but turned the pages randomly and read wherever he came.

It is basically certain that Long Changqi was a true Confucian who did not adhere to secular traditions. His academic thoughts are very "modern" and highly consistent with Ju Ming's thinking.

The scriptures he annotated were often deviant and at the same time very reasonable.

Looking at Long Changqi's "Yin Fu Jing Annotation", "Essence of Bagua Diagram", "River Diagram" and other books, Ju Ming found that this person was also a mathematician.

Unfortunately, he has been dead for decades.

Unfortunately, in another time and space, all Long Changqi's works were lost.

This old gentleman made so many outrageous remarks back then and was still able to conquer many great scholars. One can imagine his high academic level.

Zhu Ming picked up his pen and wrote an edict: "Unlock all books in Longchang period. Summon Li Chun and Liu Yannian."

Lifting the ban does not encourage dissemination. After all, some ideas are too radical and inconsistent with the political correctness of the ancient court.

Whether these learnings can form a school requires the efforts of Long Changqi's disciples.

The emperor rode out of Donghua Gate and delivered the edict to Li Chun and Liu Yannian who were in the inn respectively. The two happily arranged their clothes and went out.

As for those books, they were shipped to the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites stepped forward and organized people to make copies by hand, all of which were collected in the Royal Library.

Huan Guo was confused when he received the task, and curiously picked up the "Spring and Autumn Annals". He himself is an expert on "Spring and Autumn", so he naturally wanted to read this book first.

As he read, Huan Guo put down the book and exclaimed: "This man has a lot of strange and strange theories, but he also quotes from others. Those strange theories are all well-founded... It is a pity that we have never met such a strange person."

Huan Guo did not continue reading, but turned back to the first page.

While reading, he understood and compared it with his own understanding of "Spring and Autumn".

It was so inspiring that Huan Guo even wanted to rewrite his own "Spring and Autumn Biography".

Xie Liangzuo, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, opened "Zhou Yixiang's Notes on Fu" and couldn't put it down after reading two pages.

This is the masterpiece of Long Changqi in his later years.

how to say?

The research level of Sichuan's Yi studies shocked Ercheng, and Longchang period was the Taishan Beidou of Sichuan's Yi studies.

The Yixue of Longchang period can be said to be the best in the world.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites all stopped doing anything and each picked up a copy of Long Changqi's posthumous works and started reading.

(Two updates will be resumed tomorrow.)
(End of this chapter)