Wrong! How dare they do such a thing to an octogenarian!
The ancient literature school hidden in the court sharpened their knives and jumped out directly.
It was like the chicks finally found their mother.
"Mr. Quan!!!" They burst into tears: "You are finally willing to serve as an official!"
Quan Yingzhang was stunned, and did not even think of retorting "I don't want to serve as an official". He subconsciously said: "You are..."
"We are from the ancient literature school!!!"
We are from the ancient literature school!
The echo continued for three days.
Even the old emperor widened his eyes in shock, with a strange look on his face -
[You ancient literature school are still alive? ! ]
The mouthpiece came out again, and his voice was full of shock.
The others nodded vigorously: Yes, yes!
This is really... who could have thought of it? !
Colleagues who usually drank wine and worked together, and occasionally talked about modern classics, turned around and defected to the enemy!
Several people collapsed on the spot.
"My friend! You!"
"Teacher! You and I have studied modern Chinese for half a lifetime, and now you tell me that you are a classical Chinese student?!"
"Confidant! You! Me! You are a classical Chinese student, then what exactly are we discussing in our daily debates? It's hard to find a soulmate, so when I was climbing up the official ladder, I pulled you aside several times, for fear that you would be transferred out of the central government, and then we wouldn't be able to drink wine and talk about scriptures together in the local area! And it turns out that you are a member of the classical Chinese school?! What's the meaning of "High Mountains and Flowing Water"! What's the meaning of "Bo Ya and Zi Qi"! I made a mistake after all! How do you, my teacher! My classmate! My relatives and friends, view me! How do they view our relationship!"
"Actually..." the confidant said hesitantly: "What we discuss in our daily lives are some obscure classical Chinese classics that I found..."
His friend was struck by lightning and took three steps back.
Friend rushed forward and held his hand: "Friend! You are very talented in understanding ancient literature and classics. Believe me! Come and learn ancient literature! You will surely soar to the sky!"
"Ah? This... is not... me..."
Friend was dragged away with a hesitant look on his face, and he was completely unable to react. When others stood on the camp of the ancient literature school, the hesitation on his face gradually turned into determination: "Okay! Friend! Let's continue to be friends!" He
actually defected on the spot.
The people of the modern literature school were so angry that they angrily called him a traitor and a running dog of the ancient literature school!
Quan Yingzhang's mind was rumbling for a while, and when he came to his senses, he laughed heartily: "Good! Good! I thought there was no one in the court who was good at ancient literature! It turns out that you are just lying on straw and enduring humiliation!"
Xu Yanmiao: [Fight, fight!]
He pounded his cane and looked proudly at the modern literature school that had automatically split to the opposite side: "My way is not alone! What nonsense do you have! Take it out!"
Xu Yanmiao: [Fight, fight!]
The group of people from the ancient literature school stood behind Quan Yingzhang, also looking proudly at the opposite side.
The people from the modern literature school sneered: "You are like an ant trying to shake a tree!"
Xu Yanmiao: [Fight, fight! 】
The people of the modern literature school and the ancient literature school suddenly said in unison: "Shut up!!!"
Xu Yanmiao's eyes lit up.
【Wow! A fight has started!】
The corner of the military secretary's eye twitched slightly.
This debate really cannot be done without you! If you say anything less, they can't fight.
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The old emperor also saw the excitement and asked the Jinyiwei to bring in a dozen sets of tables and soft cushions for both sides to sit and discuss.
——The main reason is that Quan Yingzhang is old, and it usually takes more than a few hours to discuss. If this old man is allowed to stand here for so long, he will have to be buried on the spot today.
The Modern Text School was the first to attack: "When the Ancient Text Book of Shangshu was first published, it was clearly stated that it had 16 more chapters than the previous Modern Text Book of Shangshu. The number has not changed in the past 400 years. 400 years later, there was war, and then peace. How come there are 25 more chapters? The number of chapters is inconsistent, so it is fake!"
The faces of the people of the Ancient Text School became solemn.
Even Quan Yingzhang, the leader of the literary world, frowned.
They are serious about debating the classics, not fighting on the street. If it were the latter, they could certainly shout at the top of their voices, "The fact that there is no change in the official documents does not mean that it does not exist in the folk. The folk world is so large, and the books are scattered everywhere. Isn't it normal to find them only after 400 years?"
But you can't argue like this.
To debate the classics, you have to find the corresponding content in the classics and historical books to refute the other party.
Even if the whole world knows that Confucius is a man, when you are arguing against the classics, if you need to explain this point, you have to find something in the classics to prove it - for example, after Confucius and Wei Linggong's wife Nan Zi were in the same room, even his disciples suspected that Confucius was not innocent, which can prove that Confucius was a man.
If you can't prove it, then when the other party has the official discourse power, Confucius' legendary life will probably have to add a "Confucius woman was not inferior to others throughout her life."
If this official discourse power had been in control for a longer time, the questions in the imperial examinations would have been set by your school, and the answers would have been based on your school's interpretation of the classics. For generations, everyone would have secretly criticized this school for being so bold as to forcibly change the image of Confucius. They knew that Confucius was a man, but for the sake of the imperial examinations/for their own reputation, they could only claim to support this view.
But after the Five Dynasties, the view that Confucius' daughter dressed as a man would definitely become one of the mainstream.
——This is also why schools must fight for orthodoxy. If they win orthodoxy, it is equivalent to directly monopolizing the discourse power for a certain period of time. You can instill any viewpoint you want into the scholars of the world, no matter how outrageous it is.
The people of the ancient literature school were almost eager to refute each other.
So Confucius... No, so why did the number of "Gu Wen Shang Shu" suddenly increase?
The two friends looked at each other, and one of them said: "It is recorded in "De Ming Xu Lu" that during the reign of Emperor Xuan, a woman in Henei found three chapters of "Tai Shi" in ancient text. This is in addition to the sixteen chapters of "Gu Wen Shang Shu". Therefore, your statement that "the number has not changed in four hundred years" is a lie! In addition to this, there are also..."
They mentioned about three or four other books with similar contents.
Now it was the turn of the modern text school to frown.
They had read some of these books, and only vaguely heard of the titles of some of them. They didn't expect that someone on the other side would be so involved in such a wide range of subjects.
But it doesn't matter, they have other evidence!
Another person stood up: "Xunzi said: The human heart is dangerous, and the heart of Tao is subtle. These eight words are quoted from the Taoist scriptures. And the Ancient Text Book of Documents also has a similar sentence: The human heart is dangerous, and the heart of Tao is subtle. If the Ancient Text Book of Documents came first, why didn't Xunzi say that it was quoted from the Book of Documents? The Ancient Text Book of Documents! It's a fake book! It didn't exist before Xunzi was written, so it couldn't be quoted."
People from the Ancient Text School: "..."
You really have the nerve to say that, it's their freedom to quote what they want! Xunzi just wanted to quote the Taoist scriptures but not the Book of Documents, so what's wrong!
But...
the people from the Ancient Text School wiped their faces.
Let's argue!
This is how to argue about scriptures. No matter how outrageous the question is, you have to quote scriptures and classics to answer it.
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This question is particularly tricky.
The people of the ancient text school either held the corners of the table with their hands or had wrinkles at the corners of their eyes, and they were slow to respond.
Xu Yanmiao suddenly had an idea and poked the military official: "Can I find a way to prove that "Xunzit" did not quote "The Book of Documents in Ancient Texts" because Xunzi had never heard of this book?"
The military official thought for a while and said: "Then I can prove that "The Book of Documents in Ancient Texts" is well-known, and Xunzi has never heard of it, which means that Xunzi is ignorant. Then, through this, I can attack your theory and say that the core idea of your theory is that Xunzi is ignorant."
Xu Yanmiao's eyes widened.
The Secretary of the Ministry of War became interested: "If you are tricked into this point of view, then you will not be able to use all Xunzi's points of view in debates in the future."
He is ignorant, and the arguments based on his point of view must be refuted. Although I haven't found it yet, I don't need to look for it, because you have personally admitted that Xunzi is ignorant!
——The Spear of Yizi, the Shield of Trap
Xu·Bianjing Xiaobai·Yanqiao's eyes widened even more.
[Isn’t this just a gangster! 】
He suddenly realized.
[It turns out that debating scriptures is just a matter of sniping with the best! 】
——Then he kept nagging a lot in his heart. Anyway, the whole court knew what "Gang Jing" meant.
Ancient Literature School: That’s right! Jinwen school is the best!
The School of Modern Literature: What? You can't argue with others,
so you call them argumentative? The School of Modern Literature challenged: "How? Have you thought of a way to prove it? Don't fight. The Book of Documents in Ancient Text is a fake book."
The people of the School of Modern Literature pursed their lips slightly. In the middle of winter, they were so anxious that beads of sweat oozed out of their noses.
Quan Yingzhang pondered for a moment. It was as if there was a hall of books in his mind. He flipped through the pages of the classics one after another, just to find that one sentence and make a rebuttal.
"Xunzi said that books are the records of political affairs; poems are the end of the middle voice; rituals are the major divisions of laws and the outlines of categories."
He really found it.
"Poetry is the Book of Songs; ritual is the Book of Rites; and so is the Book of Documents. Xunzi regarded the Book of Documents as a record of political affairs, and 'the danger of human heart, the subtlety of the heart of Tao' is an interpretation of 'the human heart should be always cautious, the heart of Tao should be cultivated to the extreme', which is related to the heart and nature, not to political affairs. Xunzi would naturally quote the Tao Te Ching, which is dedicated to the heart and nature, rather than the Book of Documents, which records political affairs..."
Quan Yingzhang spoke freely.
This time it was the turn of the New Literature School to be defended.
The people of the Ancient Literature School cheered for the big boss: "Very good! That's right! Mr. Quan is extremely talented! Mr. Quan is knowledgeable! Mr. Quan brings glory to ancient literature!"
The Modern Literature School: "I have another question. The Ancient Text Book of Documents describes that the Yellow River floated on Jishi Mountain. The person who unearthed the Ancient Text Book of Documents made a comment that Jishi Mountain is in the southwest of Jincheng, where the river passes. However, Jincheng County was established after this person's death. How could he know the name of the county after his death?" The people of
the Ancient Literature School were sweating on their foreheads.
Quan Yingzhang: "The person who discovered the Ancient Text Book of Documents is a descendant of Confucius. The Confucius Collection says, 'The ancient texts are found on the wall, and my family has been cultivating it for generations.' Some people also call the Book of Documents the Kong Family Biography. Since it has been cultivated for generations, Jincheng County is naturally the one that descendants traced back to the book!"
Modern Text School: "I have another question..."
Quan Yingzhang: "This question is ridiculous, I will prove it with one sentence..."
Modern Text School: "I have another question..."
Quan Yingzhang: "I also have an answer..."
Modern Text School: "I have another..."
Quan Yingzhang: "I also have an answer..."
The people of the Ancient Text School were completely unable to get a word in.
In addition to the fact that Quan Yingzhang, a real big man, was quick-witted, there was also the fact that although they were in modern texts, their hearts were in ancient texts, but they usually used modern text theories and arguments in their debates. If they wanted to overturn them with ancient texts, they couldn't think of suitable evidence for a while.
But it doesn't matter, they learned something suitable for them from Xu Yanmiao.
Big Brother Quan: "You actually said that King Wen never changed the reign title and tried to prove that the Ancient Text Book of Documents mentioned this matter, which is actually a fabrication. Let's listen to the historical records..."
Xu Yanmiao: [That's right! ]
People of the Ancient Text School: "That's right!"
Big Brother Quan: "What do you mean that the Ancient Text Book of Documents was lost during the Yongjia Rebellion? The Emperor's Chronicles said that the Grand Protector taught Fufeng Su Yu with ancient texts... and the Confucian Biography said that it was passed on to... As for the Shangshu Zhengyi, it said... and the historical records... it took four hundred years and finally ended up with... You are confusing right and wrong, do you think I have a bad memory?"
Xu Yanmiao: [Big Brother is awesome! Wuhu! Debate with the Confucian scholars! 】
People of the Classical Literature School: "That's right!"
Big Brother Quan: "You guys are really nitpicking..."
Xu Yanmiao: [Big Brother is awesome! ]
People of the Classical Literature School: "That's right!"
[But what's the point of the people of the Classical Literature School defecting? Seeing that Old Quan is too easy to criticize the Modern Literature School, why do they go over and hold them back? ]
People of the Classical Literature School: "That's right..."
...Hmm? Did they get scolded?
Big Brother Quan: "You Modern Literature people, don't go too far..."
Xu Yanmiao: [Tsk tsk, aren't the Modern Literature School ashamed? A group of people can't beat an 86-year-old man! ]
“…” Never mind! Curse them all you want! At least Xu Yanmiao is on their side!
The people of the Ancient Literature School continued to cheer: “That’s right!”
The people of the Modern Literature School were defeated and could only hold on.
Seeing that the people of the Ancient Literature School only needed to mindlessly follow the boss, they were angry and aggrieved.
——They also have a boss! But the boss is probably still on his way back to Beijing! And even if he arrives in the capital, he will probably go to see his unlucky nephew Taisun who has just been imprisoned. There is no way to catch up.
Angry!
“You are what you say!” The people of the Modern Literature School were angry. They couldn’t get rid of Xu Yanmiao, but they couldn’t get rid of you!
"A bunch of idiots, I am ashamed to be in the same court with you!"
The people of the ancient literature school were speechless for a moment, and they were too embarrassed to say anything in agreement.
And Xu Yanmiao...
the people who were just having fun were very loud: [That's right! ]
The ancient literature school: "That's right..."