Mingshi

Chapter 1329
On the surface, philosophy is different between China and the West, but in essence it seeks the source. There is no difference between China and the West in essence. What they pursue is the origin and truth of heaven and earth.

For example, there is not only one school of philosophy in China, nor is it stereotyped. During the Spring and Autumn Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and although the hundreds of schools of thought contended, there were many points of convergence. This is because the origin and truth they pursue are consistent.

Lao Tzu’s preaching points directly at the origin, while Zhuangzi’s teaching of mystery strips off the veil of the origin.Confucius advocated benevolence, Mencius advocated righteousness, and Mozi emphasized truth.

In the West, there are also two major schools, one school is idealism represented by Socrates, and the other school is materialism represented by Aristotle.

In fact, the vast majority of Chinese scholars are idealists, such as Laozi, Zhuangzi, Confucius and so on.But Mozi is a materialist,

In that era, that is, the Spring and Autumn Period, a number of great thinkers and brilliant philosophical thoughts appeared in both China and the West at the same time, and the contradictions and conflicts between Chinese and Western philosophical thoughts coincided with each other. That is to say, in that era, The whole world is arguing and studying the two concepts of idealism and materialism, hoping to find the origin of the world and the truth of heaven and earth from these two paths.Therefore, the civilization of philosophy has ignored the differences between the East and the West.

However, there are differences in the choice of philosophical systems between the East and the West, and they have embarked on two completely different paths.The idealism chosen by China is because Dong Zhongshu built a car behind closed doors and created a unity of man and nature, which catered to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Mohism, the representative of materialism, has even disappeared in the long river of history. What is the result of this?
It is the stagnation of science and technology!

However, in the end, materialism in the West has the upper hand, and their science and technology have achieved unprecedented development. In other words, in the West, the two theories of idealism and materialism are well combined, which has resulted in the strength of the West today.

This is the choice of the road is different, resulting in different results.

Now Luo Xin doesn't know which way to choose is right. Choosing idealism, it is obvious that the strength of Ming Dynasty is weakening, and the power of the West is increasing. Moreover, Luo Xin knows the development of later generations, and knows that idealistic China will eventually be defeated by the West. Sharp cannon defeated.

He chooses materialism, but since Luo Xin traveled through time, he has become in awe of the way of heaven.

If we regard idealism as yin and materialism as yang, is it necessary to pursue a balance between yin and yang, that is to say, to seek a balance between idealism and materialism?
The development of the West also lies in their changes. At the beginning, idealism occupied the commanding heights, and its representative was the Holy See in the West, but the Holy See finally recognized Aristotle’s theory, which allowed materialism to inherit the mantle and develop to this day. , Does this mean that tolerance and balance are the avenues of yin and yang, and the direction for the common development of idealism and materialism?

However, in today's China, Confucianism is the only one. If you want to develop Mohism, it is impossible. Confucianism will kill you in the cradle.

This requires foreign monks to chant scriptures.

First of all, because they don't understand, they won't have resistance, but they will have curiosity, and then they will fall into thinking. This is the beginning of acceptance.And what Luo Xin wanted was the beginning. It was impossible for Da Ming to change in a short period of time. It would take a long time to exert a subtle influence on it.

However, there are also many kinds of books on these catalogs?

Which one to choose?

Luo Xin told Zheng Ruozeng the general content of each philosophy book on the catalogue.

Eleven people including Sha Lang sat there and listened stupidly. They never expected that Luo Xin would know so much about the Western philosophy system. To know these books, they haven’t translated any of them yet. How did Luo Xin know about it? of?
Luo Xin became mysterious in their eyes, and they looked at Luo Xin in awe.

Zheng Ruozeng's eyes sparkled even more, and he didn't have any doubts about Luo Xin's ability in his heart that Luo Xin was in a high position at such a grade.

To be honest, he was a little dumbfounded.

He did not expect Luo Xin's knowledge to be so extensive.

At this time, it was midnight, and Luo Xin gave Zheng Ruozeng a complete introduction to these philosophical books.Zheng Ruozeng thought about it seriously, now he has decided to resign from the official position, and come to help Luo Xin rightly, he thinks this will be a big cause in the future and will be famous forever.Therefore, he also knew that this was an assessment by Luo Xin, so he seriously recalled what Luo Xin had just told him.About two quarters of an hour passed, Zheng Ruozeng opened the catalog and pointed at the title of a book.

"My lord, this book!"

"Logic!" Luo Xin's eyes lit up, then he nodded and said, "That's right, we coincidentally."

Luo Xin looked up at Sharon and said, "You should try your best to translate this book now."

"it is good!"

At this time, everyone was tired and dispersed one after another. Luo Xin and Zheng Ruozeng also found a room in the back garden. After the two of them washed up, they lay on the bed. Luo Xin asked in the dark:
"Kaiyang, how is it? Have you decided?"

"Well, it's decided!" Zheng Ruozeng's voice sounded in the darkness: "When I go back tomorrow, I will resign from the official position. Then I will come here. My lord, is the entire Luoyuan under my control?"

"Well, you are the general manager."

"I have a suggestion."

"Say."

"I don't think we can do it slowly, otherwise we may not be able to form a wave in our lifetime. After we die, we may die."

Luo Xin is silent, this is not alarmist talk, inertia has great power, and Da Ming's inertia will annihilate these seedlings.

"what do you mean?"

"I think we should start the academy immediately."

"Academy? Where do students come from?"

"My lord, don't set your sights on those scholars."

Luo Xin's eyes lit up and said, "You mean to recruit those poor and illiterate people?"

"Yes!" Zheng Ruozeng nodded and said, "But there are a few questions."

"What do you think."

"First of all, poor people have no money to study."

"I'm in charge of this. Let those people study for free, and provide them with all the expenses for studying, such as pens, ink, paper and inkstones, etc., and even take care of their meals. It's just that Luo Yuan is not big enough, so I can't take care of it. This is the only way to do it." We can now recruit students around Hangzhou City."

"This is enough. When we first started, we didn't enroll many students, only fifty."

"Well, this number is easy to recruit. Many poor families send their children as apprentices when they were very young because they couldn't afford to support them. If we give them a chance to study and cover all expenses, there will be many Someone bring the kids over."

"I think so too. This involves the second question, what age do we recruit children?"

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(End of this chapter)