Wentang

Chapter 689 New Book
As soon as Yue Shan walked out of the office, he saw Wang Ji walking towards him.

"It just so happened that I was going to find you."

Wang Ji also said: "Coincidentally, I also have something to ask you, let's go to your office and talk about it."

The two returned to the office together.

"Tell me what you want from me."

"What do you want from me?"

After sitting down, the two spoke almost at the same time, and then they looked at each other and were silent for several seconds, and finally Yue Shan said: "You go ahead, what I want to say may be troublesome, so I will put it later."

"The things I said are also more troublesome. Maybe you won't be in the mood to talk about your things after I finish talking." Wang Ji also said.

Where are you leaving this doll, Yue Shan was speechless.But at this moment, he was not in the mood to play this kind of word games with him, and went straight to the point: "I heard that Confucianism and Legalism are fighting again, what's going on?"

"Hehe..." Wang Ji laughed, and said, "Isn't this a coincidence, isn't this a coincidence, I was about to tell you about this too."

Yue Shan: "..."

However, Wang Ji's attitude made him heave a sigh of relief. It seems that the conflict between Confucianism and Legalism is not as serious as he imagined, otherwise this man must not be in the mood to have fun here.

Only then did Wang Ji explain the matter, and let Yue Shan know where the difference between Confucianism and Legalism lies today: the issue of the speed of casting spells.

This made him completely let go of the stone in his heart, as long as it wasn't about the dispute over etiquette and law.

The biggest difference between Confucianism and Legalism in history is the dispute between ritual and law. Confucianism respects the ancients and respects the rule of the three generations, and everything is done according to the ritual, regardless of whether the ritual is in line with the social situation at the time.

The Legalists, on the other hand, are determined to reform. They believe that it is useless to blindly respect the past. Reforms must be carried out according to the actual situation in order to adapt to the current society and make the country strong.

Therefore, the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism can also be seen as a dispute between the conservatives and the reformers.

But now the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism in the academy is still at the level of sentencing, which is not a big deal at all, and even this kind of quarrel is beneficial to the development and integration of both parties.

In fact, it’s true to think about it. Weishui Academy is the world of new Confucianism. The Confucianism transformed by Yueshan is no longer so conservative. On the contrary, it is the most radical thought of this era, and the idea of ​​respecting the ancients is not as strong as the predecessors.

And the Legalists.First of all, there are no pure disciples of Legalism anymore. Today's scholars start their studies through Confucian classics when they were young.

When they grow up, they learn Legalism out of interest or other reasons, but Confucianism has penetrated into their hearts, and they will inevitably be influenced by Confucianism when studying the law.

Moreover, Legalism has been suppressed for hundreds of years and has begun to absorb Confucianism and Taoism, which is far less extreme than before.

In addition, Yue Shan listed "Xunzi" as a compulsory subject of law.Xunzi, known as Confucianism, is a master of Legalism and Confucianism, and he is also the first sage who started to integrate Confucianism and Law.

Influenced by his thoughts, the current Legalists are not so hostile and have become much more peaceful.

Therefore, the differences between Confucianism and Legalism today are not as big as in the pre-Qin period, let alone Weishui Academy, which is the base of new learning.

Thinking of this, Yue Shan was completely relieved, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, it's a good thing to fight, don't you know the reason?"

"That's what you say, but many differences will only become more and more noisy, especially for two different schools." Wang Ji shook his head.

"What do you mean?" A bad premonition rose in Yue Shan's heart.

"In order to refute the opponent, some people have already begun to dig up those old ideas from the pile of old papers. It will not take long for this dispute to evolve into a dispute over etiquette, and by then I am afraid it will be difficult to end it." Wang Ji said.

Yue Shan's mood became heavy, and he asked, "Since you know everything, is there a solution?"

Wang Ji said: "Two ways. The first is to return to the previous situation and start to suppress the Legalists again, so that they lose the right to speak again."

"What about the second method?" Yue Shan didn't directly deny the first method.

Although he didn't want to see this kind of situation, he was even more unwilling to see a big ideological split. If it didn't work, he could only temporarily wrong the Legalists.If you choose one of the two, Confucianism is still more suitable for the current society than Legalism.

"The second method is that someone can bring forth the old and bring forth the new to complete the integration of the two ideologically, and limit this debate to the current stage, so as not to touch the debate on etiquette and law in a short period of time, creating time for the integration of the two."

When Wang Ji said these words, he kept his eyes on Yue Shan, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Yue Shan smiled wryly, and said: "You think too highly of me, how can this kind of thing be so easy."

Wang Ji said: "Then I don't care, you think about it yourself. Either suppress the Legalists, or you write a book. Besides, you haven't published a book for a long time, and the disciples of Xinxue are eager for your new work. Why don't you add bricks and tiles to Xinxue by the way? .”

Yue Shan said: "What do you mean it hasn't been published for a long time? Isn't "Chinese Civilization" only published for a long time?"

Wang Ji said: "I'm not talking about this kind of book, you know what I mean."

Yue Shan naturally understood what he meant, that is, academic books should best touch the core of current academic thinking.But this kind of book is so easy to write.

Even if he is a time traveler, he has seen all kinds of information in his previous life, and he can't just write it.

Mainly because it is different now.

He had nothing before, so he just moved some advanced knowledge points from his previous life as innovation, and he could give himself extra points.

Now that he is the pioneer and leader of the new learning, the society has higher demands on him.He not only needs new knowledge points, but also connects these knowledge points into a round and self-consistent ring.

Only in this way can we meet everyone's expectations and be in line with his current status.

This is also the reason why he has not published a book for so many years since the completion of "Education". If he hadn't written some short articles from time to time, rumors that he was exhausted would have spread long ago.

After saying this, Wang Ji staggered away, leaving Yue Shan alone with a headache.After thinking about it for a while, he still decided to try to write. He really didn't want to see a good situation ruined.

He didn't rush to write, but returned home and locked himself in the study, and took out the notebook recording inspiration and past life information from the dark compartment.

The current notebook is no longer the original three or five notebooks, but half a large box with dozens of books and hundreds of thousands of words, with all kinds of information.

On top of it was a thin volume called The Mysterious Island, which had only recently been put in.

It records the process of how the doctor and his party used the existing conditions to develop the industry in the book "Mysterious Island" recalled by Yue Shan.

Don't underestimate that it only has a dozen pages, and you can build a simple and preliminary industrial foundation if you thoroughly understand the knowledge on it.It can even jump into the era of the second industrial revolution...

Every time I think of this book, Yue Shan can't help feeling that Jules Verne is really a genius.A science fiction novel has the characteristics of farming style, and it can even be said that the so-called farming style of later generations is not even scum compared with this book.

This was also one of the few novels he never got tired of reading in his previous life. He also bought a physical book and took it out to read it when he had nothing to do. Thanks to this, he was able to recall most of the doctor's operations in it.

I picked up this thin booklet and opened it carefully, as if I was afraid that the words on it would be scared away if I used too much force.

Of course, there was no answer he was looking for, he just looked through it habitually, and then put it aside preciously.

He mainly reads the remaining books, trying to find inspiration in them.

At first, Li Lizhi came to him on the pretext of sending chicken stewed mushroom soup. When she learned that he was going to retreat to write a book, she immediately became excited.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that kind of excitement, but pure joy and excitement.

She has read Yue Shan's works since she was a child and practiced the fonts created by him. She can be said to be one of his most staunch admirers.Now that Yue Shan is going to retreat to write a book again, she is naturally very excited.

Then she stopped harassing Yue Shan, and even guarded the gate for him, anyone who came to disturb him was stopped.

Li Chengqian, Chen Zhong, Feng Yi and others went to Lianghu Road to see him but failed. Li Shimin sent people to invite him to the palace several times to discuss military affairs, but they were stopped.

Only Yue Shui'er gave birth during the period, and he, the uncle, took the time to visit it, and basically never even went out of the small courtyard at other times.

The academic circles also have two completely different attitudes when they learn that he, the leader of the new school, is going to retreat to write a book.The new school is naturally rejoicing, while the ancient school is trembling.

It took Yue Shan more than ten days to re-read all the books in it, recalled a lot of information he had read in his previous life, and gained a lot of new inspiration.

And the inspiration he needed most was really found.

Unexpectedly, this inspiration came not from Confucianism or Legalism, but from the Five Dynasties Speech of the previous Republic.

Everyone knows the characteristics of the country. Once an important speech is made at the top, the people below will organize studies and write about their experience.

Yue Shan participated in many such studies, among which there was a speech on the rule of law and the rule of virtue by the Five Dynasties.

There is also an APP called Xuexueqiangguo, where you have to study and answer questions every day to earn points.When he is free, he will also open it to see the important national affairs inside to understand the latest developments, not for other reasons, he has something to say when he is bragging.

Of course, he can't remember those long and long words, but it's still no problem to remember some golden sentences.

Among the golden sentences about the rule of law and the rule of virtue in the Five Dynasties, there is a sentence that Yue Shan remembers very deeply, and it is this sentence that inspired him:
The law is the written morality, and the morality is the law in the heart.

Think about it, is there anything more suitable than this sentence to solve the current problems facing Confucianism and Legalism?

According to this sentence, he also recalled a famous saying of Kant: the law is the bottom line of moral standards.

With these two sentences as the core, combined with the thoughts of Confucianism and Legalism, in the combined era.You can even try to recall the content of the speech in the fifth generation... You can really write a book.

Not to mention completely solving the current problems faced by Confucianism and Legalism, at least it can alleviate the contradictions and create time for the further integration of the two.

And we should not underestimate other literati, what they lack is not cultural background but an inspiration.As long as Yue Shan writes this book, I believe that many literati will take the initiative to perfect this idea.

Everyone contributes to building bricks and tiles together, the contradiction between Confucianism and Legalism is really not irreconcilable.

When he got the inspiration, he didn't start writing immediately, but first conceived where he was going to write and what he would write in the end.And if you want to express those meanings, you need those arguments...

This book is used to reconcile the contradiction between Confucianism and Legalism, and it is also his other work in the field of thought after a few years. It is no exaggeration to say that it has attracted much attention.It must be as perfect as possible, and there must be no such low-level mistakes.

Therefore, every sentence and every allusion in this book must be used just right.With his current knowledge, a lot of knowledge needs to be read through a lot of information to find, and every wording has to be carefully considered.

It took another two months for the book to be finalized.

And with the prolongation of the writing time, the outside world has higher and higher expectations for this book, and they are becoming more and more curious about the content of this book. Which aspect does this book focus on?

When this kind of expectation was full, Wang Ji revealed a little bit of news: This is a book explaining the relationship between Confucianism and Legalism.

Once the news was confirmed, it naturally aroused extensive discussions.

It is obvious to all that Legalism has gradually risen under the support of Yue Shan, but he himself is a standard successor of Confucianism, and all his works are evidence.

At first everyone was still wondering, what is Yue Shan going to do?Later, according to his behavior of admiring Xunzi, it should be inferred that he wanted to integrate Confucianism and Legalism.

However, none of Yue Shan's works is about Legalism, which inevitably makes people wonder whether he really has such a deep understanding of Legalism?

Now the answer is about to be revealed.

Moreover, they also vaguely realized that this book is likely to become the core and basis for the integration of Confucianism and Legalism, and determine the direction of the two integrations.

If this is the case, then they have to study this book more carefully, otherwise they really can't keep up with the times.

At this time, Confucianism was not as 'narrow' as it was in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Taoism and Buddhism joined hands to teach them how to keep a low profile, so they were not particularly opposed to the integration of Confucianism and Law.

Some people even hope that the two schools will join forces to fight against Taoism and Buddhism.

As for the Legalists, it has been said before that I won’t go into details here, anyway, they don’t object to the merger of the two.As for Taoism, Buddhism, etc., it is not their turn to object.

Therefore, for Yue Shan's book, everyone's sense of anticipation is even stronger.

Those Confucian scholars and law students who were arguing every day in Weishui Academy also stopped immediately, and the bosses took action in person. What else are they arguing about, just wait for the books to come out.

Even if there is still a dispute, it will not be meaningful until after reading that book.

It was under such circumstances that Yue Shan left the customs with his newly completed book.

"Three families rule the world?" Looking at the title of the book, Li Li was puzzled: "Is it related to the rule of three generations?"

From now until a hundred years later, she will be the first reader of Yue Shan's works.

"No, the three schools refer to Taoism, Confucianism and Legalism." Yue Shan explained.

"Ah? Isn't it a fusion of Confucianism and Legalism? Why is Taoism also included?" Li Lizhi said in surprise.

"The confluence of the three schools has been going on for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to talk about the relationship between Confucianism and Legalism without talking about Taoism." Yue Shan said.

"I understand, brother is so knowledgeable." Li Lizhi said adoringly.

(End of this chapter)