Chapter 478 Luo's Collection
After the emperor's will was announced to everyone, the atmosphere in the academy changed drastically. The various schools of thought that had been hiding their true abilities all brought out their best.
After learning both literary and martial arts, he sold them to the imperial family.
No matter how hard and difficult the study is, it is ultimately for this purpose. Even the Luo family is no exception. The family needs to continuously create achievements to maintain its status and reputation.
Now the meaning of the emperor's edict is to re-divide the school records based on the debates in the academy!
This is horrible!
It can even be called a matter of life and death!
A school without a membership record is like a person without a household registration.
The debate in the academy became increasingly intense.
The debate naturally did not last just one day.
This gives many schools of thought the opportunity to adjust, draw nourishment from it, and find flaws. Those with stronger learning abilities will naturally be able to fight back.
But more often than not, the school with more people can analyze the opponent's weaknesses more quickly and fully demonstrate the strength of its foundation.
From the beginning of the first life-and-death battle, a bloody smell spread, and the dark atmosphere enveloped the entire academy, making everyone shudder, but there was also a kind of excitement bursting out from the bottom of their hearts, an excitement for blood.
Fighting with others is endless fun.
The whole process of the debate was unbelievable to many people. Dong Ru, who had been holding a high position in the court, was beaten dizzy. Several other Spring and Autumn Confucian scholars had been studying the loopholes of Dong Ru for too long and were waiting for an opportunity to overthrow Dong Ru in front of the people of the world.
Unless it is truly perfect, no one can withstand the research of others. After all, social sciences are different from natural sciences. Natural sciences have unshakable truths, but social sciences have to match productivity and reality. There are only better theories in the world, but no best theories.
When Dong Ru was in the most humiliating situation, Xun Ru and his followers came to Dong Ru's aid at the right time. Dong Ru had connections in the court, while Xun Ru was entrenched in the local area and needed resources from the court.
"Attack is the best defense!"
The great scholar Xunzi's series of questions directly threw the topic back, giving Dongzi a chance to catch his breath. After a little thought, he began to organize a counterattack. Back then, Dong Zhongshu established his own position by defeating all schools of the Spring and Autumn Annals.
Dong Ru was very strong in fighting, but because he had always been strong, many people ignored the flaws in the classics, and as a result, he was seized the opportunity.
Fortunately, there are many people coming to the academy this time, so they can directly copy on the spot, no, they can learn from those that are consistent with the principles of the Spring and Autumn Annals.
The Xunru lineage is just not very influential in the imperial court, but looking at the number of inherited families, we can tell that the school’s foundation is equally profound, and it shines brightly this time.
Show your fangs to all the schools in the world and use facts to tell everyone a truth.
What does it mean to be the last non-family chief priest of Luo’s Academy?
What is the school of thought passed down by Confucian saints!
Let me show you how good the Xunzi school, which once wrote "On Learning", is at teaching students. Even though there are no dignitaries or nobles in our court who need to support the Legalists of Qin and Jin, I, Xunzi Confucian, am still invincible in the world!
The rise of Xunzi made Mencius very anxious. The academic views between the two sides were secondary. The key was that the roots of their thoughts were opposite. The school of human nature being good and the school of human nature being evil could never agree on anything.
To acknowledge the other is to deny oneself.
But Xun Ru was not willing to argue with Meng Ru, as Meng Ru was invincible in the world.
Especially after the execution of Emperor Liu Dan, who dares to say that Meng Ru’s theory is wrong?
Even the emperor sitting in Chang'an City now doesn't dare to say this!
How did he come to the throne?
It was obtained by the princes who killed the tyrant during the Jingnan Rebellion. It was his own uncle who sent him to the throne. Mengru's theory is wrong. The emperor is the regicide. Who can bear this?
When facing an opponent like Meng Ru, the best way is to ignore him.
The next best way is to say, "When the Luo family takes over the world, you can come and explain the Meng family's avenue to us."
The phrase has a double meaning, meaning that only Luo can realize the kingly way, and also that the fantasy of Mencius is extremely unrealistic. The pinnacle of Mencius in the Han Dynasty was Jia Yi. Although Jia Yi was a Mencius scholar, he also studied Huang-Lao and Qi Fa at the same time, and learned a lot of skills to govern the world.
After more than ten days of discussion, when the situation gradually became clear, everyone noticed that many strange figures appeared.
"look!"
"Luo's son, Luo's daughter!"
Among them, there are about 10 to 20 people, all of whom are sons and daughters of the Luo family who bear the holy marks.
Some are older, but most are under 40 years old, and there are also some in their twenties.
The sons of the Luo family were not uncommon, as there had always been some of them working outside or serving as officials in the court.
But the appearance of so many Luo women at once had a huge impact on their appearance.
Is there a woman whose appearance can compare with that of Ms. Luo?
Of course!
Not to mention historical figures like Xi Shi who had external accessories, those famous beauties are no worse than the Luo family woman.
But when so many of them appear at once, it’s a completely different story. Twenties and thirties are the most attractive time.
"What does this mean?"
Everyone was whispering to each other, guessing the purpose of this group of people's visit. They were relatively self-aware and understood that this debate was not worth it for the Luo family to send so many people out.
In this somewhat eerie and noisy silence, the Luo family members took their seats according to their seniority and age.
Luo Sheng then stood up and said loudly: "You all came from various countries in the world to explore the great way. In this great world, if the Luo family is missing, it will definitely not be perfect.
These fifty people are all the most knowledgeable people in our Luo family, and I believe they can verify what you have learned. "
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All the people in the hundreds of families were extremely shocked. Was the Luo family thinking of taking action after being so quiet for so long?
In fact, it was because the Luo family wanted to show their strength. Their status as the world's literary master and the leader of hundreds of schools of thought could not be shaken.
You won't gain respect from others, especially scholars, just by relying on your saintly ancestors.
Look at the Kong family. Which serious scholar would look at them in the eye? The more powerful the ancestors are, the less powerful their descendants are, the more they are despised.
"Please come in, everyone."
Everyone in the hundreds of families looked at each other, somewhat hesitantly.
We always talk about family traditions because childhood education is crucial to a person's growth. The Luo family's family traditions are really deep.
No one likes to be beaten.
If the mountain doesn't come to me, I will go to the mountain.
It is said to be a confirmation, but in fact it is a one-sided output, which mainly expresses one's own understanding of those divergent views among various factions.
Every word spoken by the Luo family members stunned the people from the hundreds of families, and it felt that it was extremely in line with the classics.
In particular, no matter which classic it is, he can give his own insights and cite countless examples that he has never heard of.
Who can tell us when were the countries of "Chengguo", "Liguo" and "Rongguo" established?
These countries have never appeared in the classics of sages. Why was Luo able to find their history books?
Then everyone remembered a sentence that appeared in countless classics, "Luo then used cloth, weapons, gold and jade to buy books and history."
No one knows how many books the Luo family has.
"Regarding the interpretation of this sentence, each school has its own understanding, which is not a problem. From the moment a classic is born, every interpretation actually contains the thoughts of the person who interprets it.
Who can fully know the thoughts of the saints?
But since you are tirelessly trying to get closer to the thoughts of saints, then every word you say must take into account the circumstances at the time. Even the same thing may change due to different experiences and different moods.
For example, this sentence that has been debated among Xunzi and Confucian scholars for a long time was first mentioned 150 years ago.
A Luo clan member turned to the maids on both sides and said, "Nineteenth sister, go to the storage room and get the ninth chapter of the fifth volume of Xunzi's Interpretation."
After a while, the maid brought the books, which were all copied after the invention of paper.
Luo opened the book and said, "The ancient sage Xunzi did not explain this sentence in detail, but when I wrote this sentence, my ancestor was beside me. He was quite interested and asked about it. Xunzi talked about some of his views during the conversation with my ancestor. Luo's explanation of this sentence comes from this. Now I will tell you about it."
silence!
Deathly silence!
We are analyzing the clues here, why don't you just check the surveillance footage?
This is a shady deal!
The naked shady dealings!
"Gulp."
Someone couldn't control his inner fear and swallowed his saliva. It was like a switch was turned on and countless people gasped.
No wonder no one has studied the Spring and Autumn Period's governing chapter. Who could handle it?
All the members of Xun Ru's family were shocked. They didn't expect that after one hundred and fifty years, they would be stabbed in the back by their ancestor.
Then everyone turned their eyes to other sects. Everyone was just happy, but then they suddenly stopped and remembered that none of the sects present could escape.
Especially the Confucian scholars of the Spring and Autumn Period!
The Chapter of Respecting the King was written by Confucius, but it was about the history book of the State of Luo!
Wouldn't this result be punished by being hung up and beaten?
How could there be a family like the Luo family in this world?
True sages don't worry about these things at all. These people have not yet understood the significance of my annotations to the Six Classics. They are still at the stage where the Six Classics are annotating me. Only then will they worry too much about that all their life's learning will be destroyed by Luo's touch.
In this silence, Luo began to call out names, one by one. A debate for the world's number one school turned into a beating by Luo.
Finally, Luo Sheng said, "The prosperity of the academy today is as great as it was five hundred years ago, and it all depends on you."
Five hundred years, nothing has changed!
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With the active participation of Emperor Xuan of Han, the Yuanfeng Zhaocheng Conference was transformed from a spontaneously organized academic debate among the people into the embodiment of the official ruling ideology.
The development of academic thought always goes through a cycle of prosperity - divergence - opposition - unity - prosperity. Whether one can bridge the differences and oppositions in thought and choose the appropriate ruling ideology for the dynasty is one of the responsibilities of the ruler.
Emperor Xuan of Han was aware of this, and he was cautious and careful, choosing theories that were beneficial to the country and stabilizing the chaotic public opinion in the Han Dynasty.
(End of this chapter)
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