Chapter 128: Make a canon! Let the ancient sages of China shine for thousands of years!
Ji Zhao was still in a deep sleep. This sleep had lasted too long, and there was no sign of waking up. However, the various schools of thought were too important, so he still sent vague messages to his descendants.
The great code that Luo Guo wanted to compile was to include all the theories of various schools of thought, and to be all-inclusive, especially those conflicting theories, which were the most precious things.
These theories, each of which has its own merits but is in conflict with each other, can help people face various situations without going directly to the extreme path of either this or that.
“Starting with Guanzi, we will collect all the works of all the saints and sages in the past few hundred years, not only Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism, but also those small schools of thought. All of them must be included.
I also want to inform the descendants of the Luo family that from now on, they should continue to add new knowledge and pass it down through the ages, so that the descendants of the Chinese people millions of years later can still see the wisdom of the sages countless years ago. "
Luo Chang looked at the ring on his hand and said with emotion: "If it weren't for the Luo family's tireless collection, I don't know how many precious historical books would have been lost in hundreds of years of war.
History books are the roots of the Chinese people. With history books, we can know where we come from and what our ancestors did, and pass down the glorious stories to be boasted by future generations. "
Inside the palace, the Luo royal family's children all had proud looks on their faces.
millennium!
Ten thousand years!
What a terrifying number.
Among the various nations of China, whether it was the emperor, princes, or ministers, all sought hundreds of years of wealth and honor. If it could last for a thousand years, it would be a blessing from heaven.
But the Luo family really wants to survive for ten thousand years, or even ten million years.
Luo Chang sang leisurely: "The spirit of the Su King is in heaven."
Everyone in the office was stunned, and then they sang in unison: "May the glory of the Su King last forever!"
It seems that the Zhou Dynasty will not last forever, but the Xia people will last forever, and the glory of King Su will last forever.
And it is books that pass on these glories.
Editing a book is a very difficult task. Even for Luo, a country with an 800-year tradition of editing books, it is still a very difficult task.
The only thing to be thankful for is that most of the original books are in Luo Guo's hands, which means that Luo Guo does not need to spend a lot of time collecting books and materials whose whereabouts are unknown.
As for the few books still in the hands of various schools, as long as Luo State tells the world that it is willing to exchange books, countless people will flock to it.
This is because, except for the Mohist school which was born not long ago, it is very normal for omissions in books or errors in excerpts to appear in theories such as Confucianism and Legalism which have been around for quite some time.
Over time, they have acquired a large number of book annotations, but they have no idea whether the books they have are original.
As for where the original version is, it is naturally in Luo’s storage room!
Confucian scholars all over the world know that the most authentic Confucian classics are in the hands of the Luo family. Those were all written by Luo Minggong and Confucius themselves.
There are also annotations by two sages in it, which are far more valuable than those held by Confucianists today. Only from those books can one truly see the state of mind and understanding of the sages when they were writing.
This is even more true for the Legalists. The distinctions among the Legalists were not very clear, and there were also great differences within the Legalists. In the past, the Legalists of Qi personally went to the State of Luo to seek books.
The only better one is Taoism, because Lao Tzu wrote five thousand words back then, and at least Taoists still have the original scriptures.
But the number of annotations in the Tao Te Ching is dozens of times that of the classic. Lao Tzu did not write them at all. They were all recorded by Luo himself when he was explaining them.
The Taoist had long wanted to ask Luo for books, but he didn't know how to start. Books are such precious things that they cannot be given to others easily.
The news that the royal family of Luo State wanted to compile a great codex to continuously include the theories of various philosophers and to pass down this codex forever to future generations soon became popular in various countries and instantly caused an uproar.
“Mountains may collapse, rivers may dry up, dynasties may fall, and nothing in this world is imperishable, but only human wisdom is eternal.
The Xia people occupied the central land of the world, while the four barbarians were abandoned and could only survive in poor and evil places such as mountains, rivers, swamps, deserts and forests.
This is because the sages of the Chinese nation were favored by heaven with their wisdom!
The deeds of the ancient sage kings can only be passed down through word of mouth, but even so, they can still be boasted by future generations.
Our ancestor King Su wrote several volumes of books and ordered all nations to appoint historians. This was to pass on the deeds of the nations so that future generations would either boast about them or despise them.
Whether one is remembered for centuries or condemned for eternity, it will all be recorded in history.
For hundreds of years, since our ancestor Ming Gong wrote "Luo Yu", which stated the kingly way, and "Luo Gong Chunqiu", until Lao Tzu wrote "Tao Te Ching", many sages have written books.
These sages were not princes, and perhaps there were only a few records of them in history books, but their contributions to the Chinese nation were far greater than those of ordinary princes and kings.
The spirit of King Su was in heaven, sending down revelation to the world!
The descendants of the Luo family should boast about these sages and let their thoughts be passed down forever.
The Luo family will erect a tall stone tablet in the country of Luo to record the classics of the various philosophers, build a temple, and use metal and jade to cast statues of the various philosophers, leaving their faces until the country of Luo is destroyed. The spiritual wisdom of the various philosophers and sages will also remain in the world forever!"
These words made people all over the world feel uneasy. In the past eight hundred years, if one wanted to boast to future generations, one had to become a king, a prince, a general, or a minister, and only then would one be included in the history books of various countries.
During the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty, tens of millions of people came and went, but how many of them were able to leave their names in history books?
The Luo State Academy is a place for saints to be sanctified. Now the Luo State is going to build statues for these saints. It is a revelation from the King Su. If their own ancestor can participate in this statue building, even if he is temporarily weak, he will eventually be one of the orthodox saints of Xia.
Just wait for the opportunity to make a comeback.
If you are not convinced, you can kick my ancestor out of the temple built by King Su!
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Ancient China preserved historical texts and ancient cultural books to an incredibly complete degree. Chinese archaeologists only need to carry ancient texts to accurately find sites from thousands of years ago. This has to be said to be a miracle.
The sages of ancient China left behind rich thoughts that embrace everything. The inheritance and changes of these thoughts can perfectly correspond to the progress of Chinese history.
That is, China's historical development always corresponds to changes in ideas.
This is something that other civilizations in the world that lack historical materials and classics cannot achieve. ——"Global History: Ancient Chinese Civilization"
Please write more in the evening, this chapter is so difficult to write.
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