214. Punch the Literary Nursing Home (V) (Page 1/2)

Come on!

How sharp and bold one must be, or how confident and unbridled one must be to dare to say these four words in front of thousands of old Confucian scholars!

The whole place was dead silent.

The old Confucian scholars who came to Kaifeng from all over Daliang have recently been cursing "the traitor Cui Xian for his arrogance and ignorance".

Now facing this extremely young boy, they truly realized—

What a genius!

A super genius who is illogical, unreasonable, and so fierce that it makes people despair!

The premeditated "attack by thousands of people" specifically targeting Cui Xian not only failed to suppress Cui Xian.

On the contrary, this group of "great scholars" were thrown into disarray by a series of precise and ruthless counterattacks.

All quotations from classics were countered by the other party with more sophisticated interpretations of the classics, and the moral high ground was lost, and the academic theory was full of loopholes.

How embarrassing!

In the end, he was ridiculed: If you are afraid of debating in court, then please light a fire!

What kind of fire is this?

Could they really burn Cui Xian to death in public?

There was an eerie silence at the scene.

Pei Jian finally reacted at this time. Ignoring the old Confucian scholars around him with bloodshot expressions, he shouted loudly: "You shameless old people, are you playing dirty tricks?"

Gao Qi even yelled at the top of his lungs, mocking him bluntly, "What a shame! Using dirty tricks is so embarrassing, hahaha!"

Yan Siyuan sneered and added: "If you are new, just practice more!"

The old scholars: "..."

After practicing for decades, if you are still not as good as a 14-year-old boy, what is the point of practicing?

Let’s go home!

On the other hand, frontline reporter Old Cui gritted her teeth and wrote furiously, "These shameless old scholars are bullying my beloved grandson. I will severely punish them and let the whole of Daliang know how shameless these people are!"

The shouting of Pei Jian and others broke the previous tense atmosphere.

The large number of onlookers also realized that this group of old Confucian scholars had no martial ethics and burst into mocking laughter.

Amidst laughter.

On the debate platform.

The old scholar in gray took a deep breath, his face turning from red to purple, and then from purple to red. After a long moment, he said weakly, "Stop... stop... stop! I will debate these ten questions with you!"

Cui Xian bowed and said, "Please!"

This old scholar in gray is sixty years old this year and is known as "Mr. Xiu Wen".

Her reputation is no less than that of Chen Chong who was defeated by Cui Xian before!

Today, in addition to Mr. Huan Ying, Mr. Xun Zhang and Mr. Ban Lin who are regarded as the "last trump card", there are three people present at the scene.

Mr. Xiu Wen is highly expected by a group of old scholars!

Seeing the old gentleman preparing to take action, the old Confucian scholars who had just been suppressed by Cui Xian to the point of being unable to breathe, their eyes once again flashed with hope.

Under the gazes of countless people, Mr. Xiu Wen looked at Cui Xian and said directly, "The Zhou Li - Sifu clearly states that 'the attire of a duke, from the crown and tiara downwards, should be like that of a king.'"

"The royal crowns and robes of the princes are established by etiquette. Is this just empty talk? The "Gu Ming" records that upon King Kang's ascension to the throne, the princes entered the court in royal crowns and robes. This is in accordance with etiquette. How can this be considered as usurpation?"

This is the eighth question in the ten questions of the Book of Documents: "The Gu Ming" is an overstepping of ritual system.

Cui Xian's original words on the question were:

When King Kang ascended the throne, "all the princes entered the court wearing crowns and robes." However, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, crowns and robes were exclusively for the emperor. Jia Kui's "Explanation of Zhou Li" proves that: "The "Gu Ming" displays the red sword and the big instructions, which are all Eastern Zhou artifacts; the princes began to wear crowns in the Spring and Autumn Period, and this must have been embellished by later generations."

Obviously, Mr. Xiu Wen had witnessed Cui Xian's terrifying knowledge.

So he chose the "ritual system" that he was best at to challenge Cui Xian.

Whenever the word "ritual" is involved, such debates are difficult to win.

Because it is difficult to tell the winner in a short period of time!

As long as no conclusion can be reached in today's debate, we can simply and roughly conclude that the thief Cui Xian is talking nonsense!

Therefore, after Mr. Xiu Wen finished speaking, thunderous cheers from the old Confucian scholars immediately rang out from the audience.

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However--

They were happy too early.

Almost as soon as Mr. Xiu Wen finished speaking.

Cui Xian didn't hesitate and asked directly, "When was the Zhou Li written? When did the Gu Ming talk about the events?"

"To use the idealized political codes of the Warring States Confucian scholars to prove the reality of the early Western Zhou Dynasty is like using the wood of the future to decorate the gates of the past!"

"There are hundreds of Western Zhou bronze inscriptions that speak of audiences and rewards, but not a single word about princes wearing crowns. Mao Gong was given the 'Black Gun Robe,' which was already a high honor. How could there be a full set of crowns and tassels?"

"The names of instruments in the Gu Ming (Gu Ming) like 'Fu Fu', 'Hua Yu', 'Chi Dao', and 'Da Xun' all radiate the spirit of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!"

"Why?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the cheers all around stopped abruptly.

Even Mr. Xiu Wen, who was ready to fight a protracted war with Cui Xian, was visibly stunned.

no?

You are only 14 years old. Even if you chewed and swallowed the "Book of Documents", you would not be able to research the clothing, utensils and rewards as easily as you do!

Is this reasonable?

Below the debate stage, some old Confucian scholars who claimed that they could recite the Book of Documents backwards lowered their heads, took out the Book of Documents and quickly flipped through it to verify.

For a moment, there was the sound of flipping pages.

"Fufu is facing each other!"

"The red sword is unmistakable."

"hiss!"

Now, whether it was the old Confucian scholars or the young students, they all looked at the Book of Shang in their hands in shock and confusion, and then looked up at Cui Xian on the stage——

I'm stupid.

Mr. Xiu Wen came back to his senses from his daze and argued, "The system may have evolved, and there may be some records left behind! How can we conclude that it does not exist just because it is not mentioned in the bronze inscriptions?"

Cui Xian spread his hands and sneered, "It's not evolution, it's fiction! Projecting the rituals of later generations onto the halls of the previous king is the greatest disrespect to the former king!"

Mr. Xiu Wen's face suddenly turned pale.

He moved his lips for a long time, but couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.

The sixty-year-old scholar looked at the excessively young man in front of him with shock and dejection, his expression quite puzzled.

I...have lost already?

This is unreasonable!

Considering that Xiu Wen is a well-known figure in the literary world, even if he loses, his defeat won't be so quick and miserable!

In fact, this is a crime not caused by war.

Cui Xian, who traveled from the modern times and stood on the shoulders of giants, is familiar with all the fatal loopholes in "Shangshu".

So from the very beginning of this debate, he was destined to win.

And it was an overwhelming victory without any suspense!

But, the rest of the people present didn’t know!

In their eyes, another great scholar was quickly defeated by Cui Xian in just two rounds.

Even Chen Chong was defeated more quickly and thoroughly than last time!

Mr. Xiu Wen’s faith in Taoism collapsed.

The other great scholars on the stage also looked pale.

Pei Jian, Zhuang Jin and others were dumbfounded.

Countless young students, clutching their books tightly, looked at Brother Cui on the stage with fanatical eyes, feeling both excited and flustered.

Only the people who were watching the excitement were wondering, "What's going on? It's over just as it started?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen enough. It's so boring."

"Why do they look so strange, and no one is talking?"

"I heard something, and it seems that the little prodigy won, and a book called Shangshu is doomed? Oh, I really don't understand."

The people's discussions brought the group of dazed old Confucian scholars in the audience back to their senses.

then.

Under the gaze of countless shocked eyes.

The old scholars looked at Cui Xian on the stage in horror, then fell to their knees with pale faces, crying:

"Mr. Huan Ying! Please save the Book of Shangshu!"