Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 221 The End of Zhu Neo-Confucianism

Yingtian Mansion, Chang'an Street, Jin Mansion.

Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi sat opposite each other. Their eyes were straight, staring at the three books on the table.

These three books are "Chunqiu Gongyang Zhuan", "Chunqiu Gongyang Jiegu" and "Gongyang Zhuanshu".

There are three books, and each one has the word "Gongyang" on it. What does this mean?
Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi remained silent.

After the emergence of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, Confucianism was basically dominated by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and the ideas of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism were followed until the Ming Dynasty.

And now, as the crown prince and a student of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, Zhu Gaochi suddenly gave them three books on Gongyang Neo-Confucianism.

what does this mean?
"What should I do?" Jin Youzi couldn't stand it anymore in the end, and moved his eyes away from the three books and looked at Yang Shiqi.

However, Yang Shiqi remained silent.

In fact, Jin Youzi also knew that when Zhu Gaochi published these three books, he was no longer asking them to give advice, but to learn from them.

This is an order.

Since he is giving an order, it means that Zhu Gaochi has read these three books, or even read them thoroughly, otherwise it would not be an order.

In addition, why did Zhu Gaochi give these three books to the two of them instead of to Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others?

This has another meaning.

"What should be done must be done." Yang Shiqi sighed and stood up.

"Now there are only two choices before you and me, either follow His Royal Highness's order and complete this matter for His Highness, or..."

Having said this, Jin Youzi also sighed.

Although Yang Shiqi didn't say it, he knew it.

Now that things have reached this point, if they don't do what Zhu Gaochi said, then the only way waiting for them is to resign and return home.

Yes, Zhu Gaochi decided the fate of Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi in just three books and one sentence.

He is not just for Jin Youzi and Yang Shiqi to read. He is a prince, not a gentleman, and is not responsible for teaching and educating people.

Giving them a book means letting them read it, so why let them read it?

There is no doubt that they must be responsible for promotion.

It is quite difficult to promote Gongyang Studies under the banner of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and it is Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism that has been established for more than two hundred years.

In fact, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was not as useless as later generations imagined. It was able to gain a firm foothold in this feudal era and become a well-deserved mainstream thought. Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism still had its merits.

The ideas of paying attention to integrity and morality, social responsibility and historical mission were all brought by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

For example, Zhang Zai's "Four Sentences on Hengqu", Gu Yanwu's "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", and Wen Tianxiang's "No one has ever died since ancient times, and his loyal heart will illuminate history", etc., all have the shadow of Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism in them.

But compared with its advantages, the shortcomings of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism are also obvious.

Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism focused on the "inner sage" line of governing the world and the ideological trend of "valuing etiquette and righteousness rather than power and strategy", which developed the traditional Confucian concept of putting righteousness first and profit later into a one-sided concept of valuing righteousness over profit.

Moreover, the reason why Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was able to reach this height was not actually because the idea was outstanding, but because the natural principles of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism were moral theology, which gave the royal power a legal basis.

At the same time, it is also the legal basis of Confucian theocracy.

Therefore, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was not so outstanding that it was unanimously accepted by the entire society. Even in the Southern Song Dynasty when it was born, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was not outstanding. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty designated Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as an official school that it became increasingly prosperous.

In fact, many former sages and great Confucians looked down upon Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, because Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism can no longer be regarded as Confucianism.

Although the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties refers to Confucian thought and uses Confucian terminology, the Neo-Confucianism of Cheng and Zhu, especially the Lu-Wang Xinxue, relied on the Buddhist ontological thinking model to construct its ideological and theoretical system.

Therefore, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism can also be regarded as Buddhism under the cloak of Confucianism.

Therefore, the so-called benevolence thought has deviated so far from Confucius, the sage who ruled the world with his "whispering words".

However, in an era, it is very difficult to change and define a doctrine as a new official doctrine.

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Yunnan, Prince Wu's Mansion.

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe didn't know that Zhu Gaochi in Yingtian was planning such a big thing, but it didn't matter even if he knew, because he was doing the same thing.

Originally, Zhu Zhanhe felt that Chen Xun's arrival was unnecessary, because in Zhu Zhanhe's view, the court actually needed talents like Chen Xun more.

He himself is already a radical, or can be said to be a representative of the hawks, and does not need Chen Xun to help him.

However, now Zhu Zhanhe discovered that Chen Xun's arrival was actually a good thing.

At the very least, Chen Xun can do a lot of things that he doesn't have time to do, or can't do.

"It seems that the prince's character is not born with him, nor does he develop it for no reason, but for a reason."

Chen Xun looked at the books in front of him and sighed sincerely.

"However, it is true that the Gongyang School's ideas of great unity and great revenge coincide with the character of His Royal Highness."

"Now that I think about it, building the Jingguan on the grassland was to avenge the Mongolian Yuan for humiliating and oppressing the Han people."

"The burning of Jiaozhi was to avenge Chen Jikou and his son for ravaging the Ming Dynasty's border areas."

"The purpose of massacring the Japanese was to avenge the Japanese pirates who had been invading the Ming Dynasty's waters since the Hongwu period, robbing property, and robbing our people of the Ming Dynasty."

"You can really find the roots."

Zhu Zhanhe rolled his eyes angrily when he heard this.

What the hell, I was just clearing out those non-human things in advance. How come it became the basis for you, Chen Xun, to explore my character?

"Don't talk so much nonsense, just tell me if it can be done." Zhu Zhanhe looked at Chen Xun in front of him with a dull expression.

He had high expectations for Chen Xun.

"If we were in the capital, it would be a bit difficult." Chen Xun smiled and put down the "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography" in his hand and looked at Zhu Zhanhe.

"Confucianism has now taken root in almost all Confucianism in Ming Dynasty. If you want to overthrow Neo Confucianism and promote Gongyang Studies, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky."

"but!"

The smile on Chen Xun's face was a bit proud, and even a bit proud.

"This is in Yunnan. If you can't do it with the help of Your Highness, then Chen Xun is not worthy to come here."

"That's good!" Zhu Zhanhe sat upright suddenly, pulled out a token from his waist, and threw it to Chen Xun.

"This is for you, but remember, it's not something you should do. You'd better not touch it. You have to know that the name I don't like is not groundless."

"However, don't hesitate to do what you have to do."

"As long as you do the right thing, no matter who makes things difficult for you, I will help you solve it!"

(End of this chapter)