218. Cui Xian, Principal of Yuelu Academy (Part 1) (Page 1/2)
Study outside Kaifeng Prefecture.
Under the seven-foot debate platform.
There was complete silence.
After Cui Xian finished speaking, countless eyes stared at him in a daze, some dazzled, some fascinated.
In order to have a good debate, a fierce debate, and ultimately gain popularity, one thing is absolutely indispensable:
That is, the golden quote.
Catchy and thought-provoking golden sentences can definitely add the icing on the cake.
However, today's debate between Cui Xian and Mr. Huan Ying on "only following the classics" and "doubting the ancients and seeking the truth" was not full of nonsense.
Every sentence is a golden sentence!
Every word is thought-provoking!
Every word is good advice!
Even though there is silence now, Cui Xian’s words just now still seem to echo in my ears!
The more you savor these golden sentences, the more shocking and exciting they become.
He said that if one has the North Star in one's heart, all paths will lead to success.
He said that the principles of heaven are clear and obvious, and are already present in the mind.
This is no longer as simple as writing articles, composing policy papers, or engaging in academic debates.
This is to establish the argument!
An old scholar came to his senses, looked at Cui Xian on the stage with a pale face, and said sharply: "The law of nature is not external, it is inherent in the heart... No!"
"Nonsense! Absolute nonsense! Heresy! Absolutely heretical!"
He had been taught for most of his life to follow only the classics, not to explain the annotations, and to first study the philological interpretation and then the moral principles. Today, he heard a brand new ideological theory that made his faith in Taoism collapse and his mind unstable.
This made him feel fear instinctively.
Then the stress begins.
The young students murmured and repeated Cui Xian's words, their expressions sometimes shocked and sometimes confused: "Once this mind is clear, the Six Classics will become my footnotes..."
If there are mistakes in the books of sages.
Then, isn't it true that our generation, doubting the ancients and seeking the truth, is just like "all saints are but shadows, conscience is our true teacher"?
Since Cui Xian's absurd claim that the Twenty Sutras were flawed, it caused an uproar everywhere.
Until today, until this moment.
Questioning the Book of Documents and interpreting the pursuit of truth.
The young scholars who originally wanted to watch and join in the fun finally began to face their inner selves and trace back to the source.
In the bustling crowd.
The young children listened to Master Cui's debate with confusion and anxiously asked, "Sir! Did Master Cui win? Why is no one saying anything?"
"What did Master Cui mean? Is he right?"
The middle-aged teacher's eyes were filled with shock and his face was pale.
Like countless other scholars present, this middle-aged scholar was also shaken by Cui Xian's words.
But, he is the Master.
He wants to teach and educate people.
How should this lesson be taught?
The middle-aged teacher didn’t know.
The teacher looked up at Cui Xian on the debate platform again.
Then he looked down at his group of students and said apologetically, "I'm ashamed, sir, I'm still confused, so I don't know what it means, I don't know whether I won or lost, or whether I'm right or wrong."
"If you study hard and study diligently, in the future..."
Speaking of this.
The middle-aged master hesitated for a moment, then continued seriously, "In the future, you will seek truth on your own."
"Master Cui's victory or defeat today, right or wrong, may require you five or ten years from now to justify his reputation."
The children looked confused and seemed to understand what was being said.
A group of young kids looked at Master Cui on the stage from afar, their childish eyes filled with bright sparks.
Master Cui is so powerful, why does he need a group of kids like them to clear his name?
Sir, you must be lying!
On stage.
Mr. Huan Ying's old eyes were filled with turbid tears.
Because he was so excited, his body was shaking. He was able to stand steadily only with the help of Ban Lin.
Then, the old man looked at Donglai and said with satisfaction: "Little Donglai, you have accepted a good apprentice."
Mr. Donglai raised his chin proudly, not hiding his pride at all: "Tell me something I don't know."
Tsk.
I haven't seen him for many years, but he still has the same familiar bad behavior.
Huan Ying twitched his lips and said with a smile, "Then, I will thank you and send your good disciple to Yuelu."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Donglai put away his smug look and bowed seriously to Huan Ying.
Mr. Ban Lin and Mr. Xun Zhang's expressions suddenly became tense.
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Here we come!
The others still didn't understand what was happening.
Even Cui Xian himself was confused.
Then, under the stunned, shocked and uproarious gaze of the entire audience.
Then Mr. Huan Ying pushed aside Ban Lin, who was supporting him, and carefully straightened his clothes. He bowed to Cui Xian in front of him and said, "Xunzi said, 'The disciple surpasses the master.' Now I believe it."
"I have spent my whole life studying the classics, but in the end, as Zhuangzi said, 'looking at the sky through a tube, and pointing at the earth with an awl,' I have failed to see the vastness of the great Dao."
"You use the sky as a tube and the earth as a cone, turning the universe upside down to see the truth!"
"I lost this debate."
Cui Xian was really shocked.
Not to mention that Mr. Huan Ying is a great scholar, just considering his age, he cannot bear such courtesy from an elder!
"Old man, please stand up quickly——"
Therefore, Cui Xian hurried over to support him.
Just as Cui Xian was helping Huan Ying up, Huan Ying stood up and the white jade sceptre in his sleeve was handed into Cui Xian's palm.
Before Cui Xian could react.
Huan Ying then impatiently asked, "Huh? How did this jade sceptre slip into your hands?"
"How strange!"
Choi Hyeon:?
Didn’t you hand it to me?
But Huan Yingren was old, and his speech speed was getting faster and faster. He smiled and took Cui Xian's hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. I think this jade sceptre is destined for you."
"Then I'll give it to you."
Ah this.
Cui Xian felt a little strange, but after thinking about it, he said, "I dare not refuse a gift from an elder. Xian, thank you for the gift, old sir."
Because before leaving home today, the teacher told him: If Mr. Huan Ying wants to give you something, just accept it.
At this time, everyone in the audience was shocked that Mr. Huan Ying admitted defeat in public and even saluted Cui Xian.
This is not as simple as admitting defeat!
This means that the errors in the Book of Documents were fully recognized by Huan Ying, a leading figure in the ancient text Confucian classics school.
Oh my God!
After this debate, Daliang's literary world will be faced with a terrible storm of Confucian classics!
"Mr. Huan Ying! How can you admit defeat? This is disrespectful to the saints and sages. You—"
An old scholar could no longer bear it and stood up, his eyes bloodshot and shouting angrily.
His roar was interrupted halfway when he saw the white jade sceptre in Cui Xian's hand.
then.
The old scholar said hysterically in a sharper and higher voice: "Seeking real jade? Yuelu Academy's Shanzhang Yugui, seeking real jade?!"
"You scoundrel Cui Xian! How dare you steal the headmaster's jade sceptre!"
Cui Xian: “……?”
No, may I ask?
Are you blind?
Did I steal this?
But Cui Xian really didn't expect that this ordinary piece of white jade was actually the jade sceptre of the principal of Yuelu Academy!
Doesn't that mean—
On the stage, Huan Ying frowned and refuted: "The Qiuzhen Jade was given to Cui Xian by me personally. How can it be stolen?"
How can this thing be given away casually!
The old scholar was almost fainting from anger. His face was pale and he said coldly, "Qiuzhen Jade, the Principal's Jade Sceptre, is a token of inheritance passed down from successive principals of Yuelu Academy! How can you give it away so easily..."
At this point, the old scholar reacted and suddenly lost his voice, like a rooster with its neck pinched.
Countless people around looked at the white jade in Cui Xian's hand on the stage, all of them staring in amazement.
No... No way?!
Oh my god!
That is one of the four ancient academies in Daliang, Yuelu Academy!
There was an uproar one after another.
Under the gazes of countless shocked people, Mr. Huan Ying nodded and said, "Yes, I have indeed decided to pass the position of the headmaster of Yuelu Academy to Cui Xian."
"And Cui Xian has already agreed."
No, when did I agree?
After saying this, Mr. Huan Ying seemed to feel a little guilty.
But he was really afraid of being rejected again, so he gave Cui Xian a friendly smile and said, "You said just now that it is a gift from an elder, so I dare not refuse it."
"Since you have accepted the jade sceptre, it means that you agree to become the new principal of Yuelu Academy."
"Don't regret it."
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