Wentang

Chapter 395 Master-Apprentice Inheritance
It was Yue Shan's intention to keep some people out.

After leaving the minting business, he returned to the academy and sent invitation letters to all those who often teach in the academy, asking them to be guests in the small meeting room at Sishi today.There are about thirty of these people.

Some people refused in person, and they had nothing to say about this kind of Yueshan.He made it clear that he didn't want to cooperate, so he didn't force it, and there was no need to force it.

However, there were still a small number of people who refused in person, and most of them agreed to the invitation.

Today, the group of people who agreed to the invitation have behaved differently.Some arrived on time, some were late.

Yue Shan put a cross in his heart for those who were late, but out of politeness he waited two or three quarters longer.Then seal the door, and will not be accepted if you come again.

Then the scene outside the door happened.

Although this scene was beyond Yue Shan's expectation, the result was something Yue Shan was happy to see.Feng Yi's slashing and beating words not only humiliated that group of people, but also beat up the group of people in the room. He stood on the commanding heights of morality.

Then he came up with his own solution.

During the minting period, Yue Shan has been thinking about how to deal with the problem of other scholars teaching privately.

The difficulty of this problem is how to get these people to stay and teach according to his plan instead of teaching themselves.

After thinking about many ways, they finally decided to separate the family, keep Longshoushan Academy, and then open another high-level academy.

Advanced academies teach courses in different categories, including special law subjects, Confucianism subjects, Taoism subjects, and science subjects.

The subject of law naturally tends to study the thoughts of jurists, but other subjects should also be dabbled in.Science is a subject that mainly studies physics and mathematics, and other subjects must also be studied.This is true of both Confucianism and Daoism.

Advanced colleges implement unified enrollment, unified management, and unified teaching.

Unified enrollment means recruiting students from the whole society, taking the exam first and selecting the best.Unified management is very simple, that is, the academy establishes a special management system to manage all students in a unified manner.

Unified teaching means which course to offer and which teacher is in charge of this course must be determined in advance, and then the students will be taught in a unified manner.

This model can be said to have completely changed the original master-student relationship, and the teacher has really become a person who teaches the way and solves doubts, and no longer has the responsibility of a "father".

From then on, the master became a teacher.

This kind of change is naturally difficult to accept, and it was questioned as expected.

"Qingshuihou, it's not that the old man disrespects you, it's just that this method is against common sense. If you really follow this method, where will it lead to Mr.?" Liu Degeng said seriously.

Most of the others expressed their support, only a few remained calm.

Yue Shan can also understand his concerns. It is difficult for modern people to understand the master-student relationship of ancient people.Many people say that they are not masters and apprentices, but slaves.

In fact, it is not the case. The saying that the disciples of the church starved to death of the master is not just a simple talk, but such a thing will really happen.

In ancient times, the movement of people was restricted, coupled with the inconvenience of communication, people's living circle was very small.A storyteller, his audience may be a small group of people in a certain corner of the city.

If the storyteller accepts an apprentice, he will be responsible to the end, not only to teach storytelling but also to find a place for him to tell stories.If you can't find it, you must give him part of your own territory.

This is not an exaggeration at all. When Yueshan traveled to the western frontier in the early 21st century, some shaving masters there still kept this tradition.

The master accepted the apprentice to teach for a year, and then either passed the small shop to the apprentice to find another place to open a new one, or opened a new barber shop for the apprentice elsewhere.

At that time, Yue Shan was surprised that such a good thing happened?
It was only later that I learned that this apprentice had to show respect to his master during festivals.If the master encounters difficulties, he will provide help, and even if the master has no descendants, he will be responsible for the care of the elderly.

Because he gave you the craft of eating.

That's why the master is called the master.The master's father is the father's father, not the master who drives the master in later generations.What is involved here is the question of survival.

Although scholars are not so exaggerated, they must abide by this rule.In the Tang Dynasty and before, knowledge was passed down from family to family, and it was the basis for ensuring the continuity of family inheritance.

Passing on knowledge to apprentices is equivalent to giving others a share of the foundation of family inheritance, and it is a great risk.

Therefore, the ancients were extremely cautious in recruiting students, and every gentleman who is willing to teach publicly is worthy of respect, even if he is not teaching his own core knowledge.

Now Yue Shan respectfully changes this master-student relationship, turns the master into a teacher, and imparts knowledge openly.It's tantamount to breaking everyone's foundation. It's strange if there are no opinions.

This is because Feng Yi's words just now helped him calm down these people, otherwise someone would have got up and left long ago.

So Yue Shan was prepared for this situation, and he said calmly: "Everyone, if Confucius thought like you back then, there would be no prosperity like today."

There was embarrassment on the faces of the people. Back then, ordinary people could not be punished and doctors could not be punished. It is impossible for them not to know this history.It was Confucius who opened a private school for the first time, which gave the "common people" the opportunity to learn the knowledge of etiquette and law.

Didn't Confucius know that he was breaking the foundation of the nobility?Maybe he knew it, maybe he didn't realize it, but he did it.

And these descendants, enjoying the benefits brought by the master, but cherishing the knowledge of the master when they read their mouths, boasting and thinking that they have learned the truth...it is really shameful.

But if you want them to pass on their knowledge to everyone like this, they are definitely not reconciled.So the venue suddenly fell silent.

Yue Shan continued: "Confucius gave us the opportunity to sit here, but today it is our turn to save Confucianism."

"Save Confucianism, why did Qing Shuihou say that?" Liu Degeng frowned.

"In the former Han Dynasty, Confucianism was deposed by hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism. Today, the sage respects Lao Tzu and ancestors. He wants to promote the learning of his ancestors. Recently, he has frequently expressed his dissatisfaction with Confucianism. In the future, it is inevitable that he will not be able to 'depose' How should I, the Confucian school, deal with the matter of Taoism being the only school of thought?" Yue Shan said.

"Qingshuihou, don't scare me with alarmist talk. Confucianism has already become a big trend when hundreds of schools dissipate. There is no reason to change it." Xing Yuyan retorted.

"Yes, most of the scholars nowadays are my Confucian disciples. Changing the course will definitely cause turmoil in the world. How can a saint do this." Others also refuted.

"Is that really the case?" Yue Shan sneered, "What do you say about Buddhism? Back then, Taoism did not show Confucian dominance when a hundred schools of thought disappeared, but Buddhism was still allowed to compete with Taoism and Confucianism. Isn't this lesson enough?"

The venue was suddenly silent.

(End of this chapter)