Zhao Jiu continued to pour himself a glass of wine, as if to give himself courage, but he was already a little drunk: "In other words, compared with Buddhism and Taoism, the new school is actually just missing a foundation? Compared with Neo-Confucianism or Taoism, it is just missing half a foundation?"
Lu Haowen finally lost his composure: "Your Majesty, you are missing half of the foundation, isn't that enough? How many great scholars have spent their whole lives studying classics, and several generations of people and factions have studied non-stop, only to find this half foundation..."
"It's still that ridiculous 'qi'?!" Zhao Jiu raised his glass and drank again, sneering unbearably.
"Your Majesty!" Lü Haowen stood up and faced him sternly. "Although Hu Anguo's 'qi' has obvious flaws, he dared to take this step, and it must have been decades of hard work. How can it be ridiculous?!"
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so frivolous." Zhao Jiu put down his wine glass, looked up at the sky and said, "To be honest, Mr. Lu, I have studied Hu Anguo's 'qi' a lot these days... and I have gained a lot of experience."
Lu Haowen frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, do you want to connect Hu Anguo's Qi with Wang Shuwang's new learning? Forgive me for being frank, but it would be better to learn from the Buddhist concept of emptiness."
"I would rather use 'qi' than 'kong'!" Zhao Jiu sneered at his prime minister again. "Prince Lu, do you think that I am talking nonsense when I tell you to eat more meat and less vegetables?"
"Your Majesty." Lu Haowen tried to suppress his emotions and advised. "I know that your Majesty hates Buddhism, but that is a Buddhist problem and has nothing to do with the doctrine. It's like your Majesty thinks that the bad one is Cai Jing, not the new school... It's not the same thing! Moreover, Buddhism has indeed gone a step further here. Even Hu Anguo's 'Qi' has borrowed from Buddhism and Taoism, hasn't it?"
"I'm just making a comparison. In fact, the reason I came here today is to ask you, Mr. Lu, to come forward and help me complete this natural law (cosmology) and then sew on the newly learned utilitarianism, right?" Zhao Jiu was also obviously impatient.
But when these words came out, not only did Lü Benzhong feel bitter when he heard them from a distance, but even Lü Haowen, who had a good character, finally became furious: "Your Majesty! If I could explain this heavenly principle (which is consistent with the Confucian worldview) to you in person, I would have become a saint long ago!"
"That's hard to say." Zhao Jiu quickly poured another glass of Lanqiao Fengyue, then raised the cup to the sky and said, "If I were to ask you, today's weather is very good, and the yin and yang meet, it's a good time to comprehend the principles of heaven... Maybe we, the king and his subjects, can make up for this principle of heaven, and then you, Lord Lu, can use it to sew new knowledge, and you will really become a saint!"
"The emperor has drunk too much!" Lu Haowen angrily waved his sleeves.
"Taishigong said that one should study the relationship between heaven and man, understand the changes of ancient and modern times, and form his own opinion." Zhao Jiu was already half drunk, but he didn't care and sighed at the sky. "Zhuangzi said that one should judge the beauty of heaven and earth and analyze the principles of all things. Mr. Hengqu said that one should establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, inherit the unique knowledge of the past sages, and create peace for all generations... There are also 172 questions in Qu Yuan's Heavenly Questions. I have thought about it for a long time and have already known it in my heart. That is, the theory of heaven's principles must exist! With it, I can drive Confucian officials with half the effort. Without it, I will get half the result with twice the effort!"
Lu Haowen glanced at his son Lu Benzhong, and the father and son looked at each other and sighed... The meaning was very clear, the official was drunk, and Lu Haowen had clearly said this before.
"In my opinion, Hu Anguo's biggest problem is that he regards everything as 'qi', but he doesn't know that his qi is too broad. It should be divided into two parts, one is the principle, and the other is matter." Zhao Jiu looked up at the sky and kept talking. The white air around his mouth kept dissipating, but kept pouring out again. "So, we have to change it like this. The so-called heavenly principle is one, the principle of heaven (the basic law of the universe), and the other is the origin of heaven (the matter that makes up the universe, which can be atoms)... Things and principles are not the same thing. We have to separate matter from the concept of heavenly principle... Mr. Lu, do you think I am right?"
You know what, Lu Haowen and Lu Benzhong were stunned. They actually felt that the official's drunken words were quite interesting, and even had some connection with the statements of the Cheng brothers, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism.
"Then may I ask the emperor..." Lü Haowen was almost helpless and decided to perfunctorily answer. Anyway, if he continued to ask, the emperor would definitely end up in a dead end like those Neo-Confucian and Taoist predecessors. "Since we are talking about Qu Yuan's "Heavenly Questions", then I would like to ask the emperor a few questions based on the "Heavenly Questions"... If it is like this, 'before the heaven and earth had a shape, how can we study it (before the heaven and earth had a shape, what was the universe like)?'"
"Naturally, the principles of heaven existed first (the basic laws governing the operation of the universe came first) and converged into Tai Chi (the origin of the universe)." Zhao Jiu's face flushed as he answered calmly.
Lu Haowen didn't care. It was just the initial setting, so he could say whatever he wanted. So the minister just nodded and continued to ask perfunctorily: "Who can understand the darkness? Feng Yi only has an image, how can he recognize it? (However, how did the chaos get to the state of being clear)?"
"Taiji suddenly gave birth to Yin and Yang (the Big Bang), and from Yin and Yang came the Origin of Heaven (atoms gradually formed after the Big Bang)." Zhao Jiu looked at the sky and blurted out this noun substitution, which took him two or three months to sort out. "The Origin of Heaven came out, following the principles of Heaven, and then all things were born (atoms formed various substances), and all things also followed the principles of Heaven, and naturally they were clear and discernible."
Lu Haowen thought about it for a while, and was sure that the logic was still valid, so he continued to ask perfunctorily: "Your Majesty's words have already mentioned the first few questions of "Heavenly Questions". Then I would like to ask your Majesty, since all things are born and yin and yang are known...what is the next time of light and darkness (what is the time of day and night)?"
"The sky gave birth to all things. Among all things, there is an extremely yang thing that removes yang and collects yin, which is spherical, and that is the sun; there is an extremely yin thing, which is also spherical, and that is the earth, which removes yin and collects yang... The earth rotates on itself, and is attracted by the sun and revolves around the sun, and light and darkness are generated by itself." Zhao Jiu blurted out, but he was a little nervous, as if he was afraid that his mediocre level would not be able to make the logic self-consistent. "In fact, these things can be verified slowly in the future... It is better than the great world and small world of Buddhism... I know that Mr. Lu's question is not here."
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