Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 577 Tutorial

"Speaking of which, I have some questions to ask you before I go in. I found that your courses are a lot different from what I saw."

"for example?"

"For example, 'the people can be guided by it, but cannot be made aware of it.' This is used as a governance philosophy in our country. It emphasizes the need to carry out a policy of obscuring the people to a certain extent for all parties under governance. For example, except for citizens, no one can Reading. But your explanation here seems to be different?"

"Ah, yes, it is indeed different." Shangluo nodded, "But this problem is probably because you have not updated the teaching materials. When did you establish your understanding of this sentence?"

"Through humanistic exchanges in history. I know that in this sentence, many people think that Confucius himself did not mean 'fooling the people', so they tried every means to break up the sentence in various ways. We directly adopted the meaning of 'fooling the people' and thought it could be used. But you seem to have used a different way of writing it here? It’s not ‘the people can control it but not know it’, but ‘the people can control it but cannot control it’. Why is that?”

"Because it's updated."

"Update? Can The Analects of Confucius be updated?"

"Please, "The Analects of Confucius" was written by humans, and it is not a scripture that records the words of gods. Of course it can be updated. There are many versions of the current "Analects of Confucius" in history. Some words seem inexplicable because the version is wrong. This sentence I updated this because you didn’t see it? It’s because the ‘Guodian Chu Bamboo Slips’ were unearthed in Guodian Village, Hubei in the third year of Taihe Period. There are original copies of the Analects of Confucius in them, which are early materials from the middle period of the Warring States Period. So according to This Analects has been updated to be closer to how it was written in Confucius’ time – you didn’t know that, did you?”

"Almost no one of us knows what has happened in Cathay in recent decades. We only know that the emperor has changed and so on."

"Then you should be able to find this section when you review modern history. Modern history is relatively late, and it's not often tested. Just understand it."

"What does this sentence mean?"

"That's the literal meaning. The people can guide and enlighten them, but they can't make them know. There are two aliases in this sentence. You Tong Di, Zhi Tong Zhi. The combined meaning is that the people can guide and enlighten, but cannot force - in fact' The original text recorded in the "Guodian Chu Slips" is more detailed and is a supplement to this paragraph: The people can guide them, but they cannot control them. The people can guide them, but they cannot force them. Jie does not say that his people will be in chaos. But the people are in chaos."

"This means"

"Here is an analogy with Xia Jie. Xia Jie used force to torture the people without enlightenment, so it led to great chaos in the world, Yu's rule was lost, and the dynasty established by Dayu perished."

"So that's the case, so why are there Chinese characters?"

"It's hard for me to say. But I've told you before that there are many ways to write Chinese characters. As long as people can understand it, you can use whichever way you want. But this way of writing becomes more inconsistent the earlier it is written. Especially in "The Analects of Confucius" 》This kind of pre-Qin literature is in the early stage of the evolution of Chinese characters. Many characters were later divided into different meanings, but they could be used interchangeably at that time. So. Looking at it now, it is actually the characters that were written wrong, but you can't blame it. The ancient people of the pre-Qin Dynasty were right when they wrote it."

"Who's to blame?" "Wait a minute." Shangluo touched his chin, "It's best not to ask me this question, because our opinions are different. I suggest you ask a 'local' who you think is reliable. .After all, I come from the 'Second Uncle's' family, so I don't have the same views on this issue."

"Hello?" Leaning on the bed, Yanqiu answered the phone, "Ah, Phaethon, what's the matter? You have to ask for leave today. If you don't come, what will I eat? Can Shangluo come in your place? Okay, It's okay. Well, it's indeed okay. Do you still have questions to ask me? Are they from the textbook?"

Yan Qiu sat up immediately: "Ah, I suddenly asked such an 'academic' question. Wait, I'll look for a book. Which one? Compulsory course five, right? Which paragraph?"

After hearing the explanation, Yan Qiu nodded.

"Ah, so you want to ask, who is to blame for the typo, right? Of course it's not the fault of the people of Confucius' time, they wrote it correctly. Of course it's not our fault, we are the victims. It's the middle group that's to blame. The evolution of writing doesn’t happen overnight, so what were those people doing in the middle, and why didn’t they quickly write out the wrong parts when they realized something was wrong?”

"Ah, for you, can the ancients also be blamed?"

"The ancients are also human beings, so why can't they be blamed? For example, the "Book of Jin" was compiled in a mess. Magic is flying all over the sky. There are too many spells like flies transmitting thunder to protect the body. Fang Xuanling doesn't know what he is doing. This dynasty also has In the messily compiled "History of the Yuan Dynasty", there are a lot of Timurs who can't be distinguished at all, and the two different writing methods of Batu and Badu are regarded as two different people and are written separately. Although there was indeed a etiquette at that time It meets the needs of the end of the Yuan Dynasty, but it is not that rough, it is too rough."

"This is really true. I need to change my brain to learn it. We will not learn anything from Caesar, nor will we investigate what Aristotle is thinking. And you... seem to be able to investigate? Even Confucius Can."

"Yes, Confucius can also say that he has problems. Why not? Confucius is just a little old man. Confucius' execution of Shaozhengmao should be discussed carefully before the investigation is clear. Because from the current judicial perspective It seems that what Confucius did was very unreasonable. As the prime minister of Lu, Confucius directly used physical means to solve the problem of Shao Zhengmao, a doctor who was also giving lectures. No matter how you put it, this matter is suspicious."

"Ah, is this really allowed to be said?"

"Let's just say it. Confucius was a living person. Have you ever said that 'God is dead' or something like that, or discussed it. But in fact, to us, Confucius is a dead person. Why did he die? It was very clear at the time. What he said was not completely without problems. You cannot think that everything he said is correct just because he is Confucius - this is not in line with the teachings of Confucius himself. So Confucius was wrong. , Of course I have to say it, but just don’t scold him. If someone made a problem before, he should be scolded, and people in this dynasty should be scolded even more. What nonsense in "Yuan History" compiled by Song Lian, does he dare to read it himself? "

"Good guys, it turns out you have this understanding. Good guys."

Phaethon touched her forehead, and she had to calm down: "I always feel that this is a very powerful statement. I understand, wait, I will read the book, don't hang up the phone yet."

(End of this chapter)