The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 301 The work comes to Beijing

In the original history, Yao Lu went to Taiwan to study the actual life in order to write a book. He also went deep into the inland reclamation land to record the life of the immigrant villages on the island and describe the transactions and wars between local indigenous people and immigrants.

But now after reading "On the Nation-State", it is even more reasonable for Yao Lv to go to Damuan Island to inspect with the idea of ​​​​expanding Chinese civilization.

Yao Lu was not a nationally renowned scholar like the Donglin Party members, but he had a strong influence among local scholars in Putian.

There are tens of thousands of people living in Fujian, and there are also scholars among them. However, these scholars are not very interested in the profound ideas of the Donglin Party and the Taizhou School. The most influential among them is local scholars like Yao Lu. .

As the Fujian maritime merchants were the main force in the expansion of Chinese civilization into Southeast Asia at this time, the actual effect brought about by Yao Lu's acceptance of "On the Nation-State" must be very obvious.

Yao Lu read "On the Nation and the State" on the ship to Dazhan. He was more surprised than he had imagined. He read it repeatedly over the next few days and then wrote it into an article.

Half a month later, the article was published in Quanzhou's "Business Daily".

The title of the manuscript is called "Reading the Theory of Nation-State":

"I met Wang Jianyang in Xinghua Prefecture this month.

Readers who love to learn history should be familiar with this man. Jianyang is famous for his "History of Portugal". Talking with the public, Jianyang Yan and his two recent books are quite satisfying. One is "Shu Zheng of Ancient Chinese Prose", which talks about the study of textual research, which has become prominent among Confucianism; the other is "On Nation and State", which talks about the relationship between nation and country. The relationship is that there is only a manuscript and it has not been published yet.

At that time, Chief Shen Shihong of Wuyu Island in Fujian Province led troops to attack the Japanese pirates on Dayuan Island. The traitorous Fujian people on the island colluded with the Japanese pirates and harmed each other, resulting in the loss of troops and shipwrecks.

I didn't believe it at first, but when I heard that Gao Yin was robbed and killed by Japanese pirates in Fuzhou, my officials investigated and the news came out.

As soon as the report came out, Wang Wenlong became famous overseas again, and many overseas businessmen had a good impression of Wang Wenlong.

Yao Lu's article is more than 3,000 words long and summarizes the general contents of Wang Wenlong's "On the Nation and the State".

Jianyang also came to a shocking conclusion, saying: Europeans at sea are eyeing the sea, and the Dutch will plot to attack Damuan Island. If the Fujian people do not take the Da Yuan Island, it will be a disaster for the Fujian Sea if outsiders take it.

After I read it by myself, I gradually realized that I understood the great meaning of the nation and the country, and also understood the reason for Wang Jianyang's sad cry.

I have also published half a volume of the manuscript "On the Nation and the State". Please give it a try and read it.

In "On the Nation and the State," he also predicted that the civilization that took the lead in establishing national ideas would be able to stand proudly in the world, while those who lagged behind would not only lose their country, but even be in danger of annihilation and annihilation. The reasons are as follows..."

Said: The Dutch people have high money and want to plot Dajuan Island. This is exactly what Jianyang Gong said. Yu Nai was shocked.

Jianyang Gongyan said, "The people are ignorant and help the bandits and harm themselves without knowing it".

At the end of the article, Yao Lu even directly called Wang Wenlong "another Li Zhuowu". This title may not necessarily be a good thing outside Fujian, but Li Zhi's reputation in Quanzhou is very positive, and this title is definitely considered among the maritime merchant community. A huge compliment.

... Duke Jianyang was not a particularly famous official, but his knowledge was enough to establish a sect. His prophecies were not based on seeking immortality and divination, but on so-called scientific research.

It is also because Yao Lu is indeed well-known among maritime merchants. It would be rare for anyone else to publish such a large-page article in the "Business Daily".

It was the first time that maritime merchants heard about the book "On the Nation and the State". Some interested merchants sent their families back to the Ming Dynasty to look for this book. They wanted to see how good this heavenly book praised by Yao Lu was. .

Chengdetang also printed the first batch of "On the Nation and State" at this time. Yao Lu's article happened to be an advertisement for the book. More than 200 of the first batch of 2,000 books were sold overseas. Even people from Annan came to buy it.

While the book "On the Nation and the State" was waiting to ferment, the manuscripts of Wang Wenlong's lectures on text dating at the Imperial College in Nanjing had been compiled together with "Shangshu Ancient Texts" and officially introduced to the capital. Xu Fuyuan was astonished after seeing "Shu Zheng", so he wrote a letter recommending this book to several of his disciples.

Xu Fuyuan's disciple Ding Yuanjian was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli. Four years ago, he had a confrontation with his chief assistant Wang Xijue and was defeated. He was quickly criticized by the Beijing police as "impetuous" and was dismissed from office and returned home.

Ding Yuanjian was naturally not idle at home. He joined the Donglin Party and is now the boss of Donglin.

When Ding Yuanjian received Xu Fuyuan's letter, he was preparing to go to the capital for activities for the Donglin Party, so he put the master's letter and the "Book of Documents" sent by the master in his luggage and took them with him to the capital.

When Ding Yuanjian passed through Nanjing, he went ashore to sing with the officials of the Imperial College. During the banquet, he received a blueprint of "Lecture Notes on Literary Dating" presented by a friend.

There is a proofreading stage before the final version of the block printing. In order to facilitate the correction of the blockbuster, the printing in the proofreading stage cannot use black ink that is difficult to erase, so the first proofreading uses red ink, and the printed version of the book is in red. It's called the Red Seal.

The second proofreading uses blue ink, and the resulting book is called a blueprint. This kind of book generally has no minor errors and has actually reached publishing standards.

The ink on the printing plate becomes darker as it is brushed. Once the black ink is applied after the final draft, the printing plate absorbs the black ink and cannot print light-colored fonts. Therefore, after each batch of stereotypes is completed, there are destined to be only a few volumes of exquisite blue prints. Therefore, it has collectibility.

The printing workshop of the Imperial College in Nanjing is known for its fine craftsmanship, and the printed blueprints are often treasures given to each other by literati.

The person who sent the book highly recommended Ding Yuanjian to read "Lecture Notes on Literary Dating". Ding Yuanjian was originally curious about Wang Wenlong when he saw him praising Wang Wenlong in his master's letters. He heard that this lecture was also based on Wang Wenlong's lectures. , I am more interested in Wang Wenlong’s thoughts.

So he was bored on the canal, so he simply took out "Shang Shu Ancient Prose and Comprehensive Evidence" and read it.

At first, he didn't pay too much attention to this book, but after reading it, he became more and more surprised.

Then he read the blueprint version of "Lecture Notes on Text Dating" and systematically understood the scientific methods Wang Wenlong used to textual research on the "Ancient Documents". Ding Yuanjian was shocked again.

Donglin Party members like Qian Yiben believed in Neo-Confucianism and were generally opposed to "Shangshu Ancient Wen Shuzheng". However, although Ding Yuanjian was also a leader of the Donglin Party, he highly praised these two books.

Because the research method of "Shangshu Ancient Wen Shuzheng" was too comfortable for scholars of Ding Yuanjian's school, he really could not violate his original intention.

After Ding Yuan arrived in the capital, he widely recommended this book among the literati in the capital.

When he recommended this book, he also took the initiative to defend Wang Wenlong:

"Wang Jianyang's book does not slander the sages, but uses textual research methods to further study the true meaning of the sages' articles, eliminating the false and retaining the true, and eliminating the unnecessary and retaining the essential. This method truly creates a textual criticism school, and is incomparable to anyone who has studied this before... "

Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong and others claimed to be Donglin bosses, but they have resigned or lived in seclusion and can only operate behind the scenes.

At this time, Ding Yuanjian's status among the capable officials of the Donglin Party was second only to Li Sancai and the same age as Yu Yuli.

So although he is currently living at home, anyone who is interested knows that he has the support of the Donglin Party behind him, and he may one day soar out of the grass.

Ding Yuanjian, who had such a status, recommended these two books by Wang Wenlong in the capital, which naturally aroused everyone's curiosity and spread them around, causing a heated discussion.

(End of this chapter)