Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 578 History Book

Phaethon put the phone aside.

"How is it?" Shangluo took the time to ask.

"It's true that he should be scolded. Yanqiu thinks he should be scolded."

"That's right, they really deserve to be scolded. Their academic attitude is really inappropriate for leaving us with so many troublesome things."

"Speaking of which," Phaethon asked suddenly, "I'm also very interested in your opinion. What do your hometown, I mean 'your family', think about this matter?"

"Both sides have the same view on this aspect. The ancients scolded when they should, and it was taboo for the venerable at most. Confucius was a venerable and could not be scolded. But Song Lian was from this dynasty, so he scolded him if he scolded him. Fang Xuanling was born in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. I’m old enough, feel free to scold me.”

"Tsk, I can't learn from it. But it's understandable."

"Where are you guys?" Shangluo asked.

"On our side, Aristotle and Plato may be living people, but their words are as unshakable as the gods, just like the oracle of Delphi."

[Hey, it seems that you really believe it. In the past ten years, you have not believed much in the Oracle of Delphi. 】

"That's because many people know about you, and they have some doubts about your technical level."

[But Aristotle is also a human being! Why is Aristotle exempt from inspection? 】

"Because... it's hard to say." Phaethon shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because our entire civilization is based on it, so it really can't be changed. Thinking about it this way, this historical baggage is really a bit heavy. And, this makes me think about Another question creates more. more questions.”

Phaethon took out the required part of his history textbook and showed it to Shangluo.

"This part? Dayu controlled the floods? Is there any problem?"

"Is it possible to write about the origin of civilization? And it can be written in such a specific way? Where Greece came from is a mess, and where the Romans came from is even harder to say. This cannot be said."

"why?"

"Well" Phaethon thought for a moment, "You can understand it this way: Greece and Rome are essentially two nations. But there is a myth that connects the two sides - after the destruction of Troy, the Trojan prince Aeneas fled to The West, first to Carthage and then to Rome: this is very important because it is the story that connects Rome and Greece.”

"Can't you say this?"

"This is absolutely not to be touched. Whoever touches it will die. Because as soon as you think about it with your head, you will know that there is a problem - the Trojans ran to Rome to rebuild their country. Isn't this to put gold on their foreheads? They are just trying to give Rome Lift up your origins and bring Rome to a level with Greece, so that the origins of Greece and Rome can be integrated. Because in the Trojan War, half of the gods sided with Troy. This is It means that Troy is qualified to share the world equally with Greece. And on your side, it can be said that Shun imprisoned Yao?"

"Tsk." Shangluo shook his head. You might as well ask Yanqiu. I can't tell you. "Yao, Shun, and Yu." Yanqiu took the phone and flipped through the required chapter 1 of the history book, because the history book started from ancient times in chronological order.

"This is easy to understand. Yao was six people and Shun was eight people. It is not a story between two people at all."

"Wait a minute, is this also updated?"

"Yes, it has been updated. We have systematic historical research, and everything has been researched. From the part you have seen, you think there are only Yao, Shun, and Yu in ancient times. That was written by Sima Qian, and that old man Sima Qian was very bad. He also wrote about Chi You taking pandas to fight the Yellow Emperor, do you believe this?"

"I believe it. Didn't Chi You lose?"

"That's true. But it's impossible no matter how you think about it. Pandas roll on the ground as soon as they appear. They have no desire for fresh meat, and they don't have hunting instincts when they see humans. After that, there will only be King Mulu. I think this credibility is similar to that of King Mulu, who was written by Luo Guanzhong anyway. Hey, Shi Naian is the best writer, and his writing about cannibalism is brilliant. He also has to eat people's hearts and livers. Splash it with cold water, it’s wonderful.”

"Well" Phaethon nodded, "Maybe this is the problem. Our attitude towards history and the ancients is completely inconsistent with yours. We are not too keen on archeology, nor do we like to research ancient documents."

"why?"

"Because there is no use in researching it. We only study Aristotle, but his words have been recorded. Even if we update it, it will be of little use, because there are only a few books studied by the world. "

"Well" Yan Qiu thought for a while, "So this creates some obstacles for you to learn history, right?"

"It's really terrible to write all ancient history in such detail, one by one. The ancient history of Greece can only be verified from Homer's epic, but the stories recorded in Homer's epic are very important to ordinary people. The term ‘Greek’ is also an ancient matter. Because in the era of Homer’s epics, those later countries of turmoil did not exist at all.”

"So, you have to accept this view of history, otherwise it will be difficult to score. History is history, and every detail of history can be studied and learned."

"Okay. I understand. So this part is..."

"Ah, just reading the textbook is equivalent to correspondence teaching. There are many contents that you cannot learn through correspondence. For example, our teacher specially emphasized the content of Dayu's flood control during the class. This is what is often said, 'reason comes from benevolence' First'."

"What's the meaning?"

"That is to say, although Confucius later engaged in benevolence, Neo-Confucianism was the most important at the beginning of our civilization. The cornerstone of our entire civilization is Neo-Confucianism. Because from the perspective of history rather than mythology, Dayu's flood control It was a process of nation-building, and the cornerstone of nation-building was engineering in Neo-Confucianism. In the process of water control, Dayu traveled to various parts of the world - the world we know - and in the process, he gradually formed a system by mobilizing manpower and resources. A concept that unites us all: reality is cruel, and we should all treat it from a scientific and prudent perspective.

"To be specific." She added, "Yu's process of controlling floods will definitely involve the deployment of manpower, resources, and even the army. The reason why the world obeyed him at that time was because the people at that time had already formed a The consensus of "need to unite together rationally". From this, our civilization was born from this huge project. Through this, the country emerged. So before, Yao and Shun were myths of many people, eight or six. From the great Starting from the time of Yu, Dayu is the same person, he is the first person to be arbitrary throughout the ages, there is no doubt."

(End of this chapter)