Cui Xian remained calm as he looked at the old Confucian scholars in the audience who had distorted faces and were glaring at him.
Where are we now?
In other words, they have not yet truly understood Cui Xian's intentions.
Once you understand it, it won't be as simple as just cursing.
I'm afraid he might even want to light a fire and burn Cui Xian, the "heretic", to death.
but--
This is really the most gentle entry point Cui Xian can think of at the moment.
"Ideological reform" is something that has always been extremely brutal, both in ancient and modern times, and there is no possibility of any reconciliation.
It's even more terrifying than a real war with real guns and swords!
The birth of a new doctrine is to step on the "corpse" of the old doctrine to gain its place.
As for why Cui Xian kept staring at "Maoshixu"?
And why did Cui Xian's few words make the group of old scholars present so furious?
Because behind this is the game between Taoist inheritance, political authority, and even the sacredness of text!
Since the White Tiger Temple Conference in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism has established orthodox thought and unified the status of the "Five Classics".
But unfortunately, this world does not have a great scholar like Zhu Xi, who could turn the tide in the literary and ideological circles and compile an official textbook series.
This has led to the current literary world being divided into multiple factions.
The most powerful of these was the Ancient Texts School.
This school of thought followed the tradition of annotations by Zheng Xuan and Kong Yingda of the Han Dynasty, emphasizing the Five Classics as the foundation, and especially revering "The Book of Zhou" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals".
They advocated that "if the exegesis is clear, the meaning and reason will be clear", and believed that the way of the sage can only be restored through word-by-word textual research.
To sum it up in one sentence: every content in the ancient scriptures is the essence.
Don't change a single word!
So, do you think that this ancient text classics school really reveres "saints" so much?
Not necessarily.
Because the ancient scriptures and the words of the saints can be transformed into authority——
Well, it's just like using chicken feathers as a token of authority.
In short, in short, the sage wrote and said this. Therefore, everyone in the world must abide by the rules set by the sage!
Relying on this simple and crude logic, the sour Confucian scholars of the ancient Confucian classics school became the absolute "leaders" of this dynasty.
They controlled the Imperial College and the Hanlin Academy, monopolized the right to set questions for the imperial examinations, and used complicated studies of chapters and sentences to screen their students.
They colluded with local tyrants and monopolized academic inheritance through "classical scholars families".
So we can see here what a terrible school group Cui Xian had offended.
His intention to delete the "Maoshixu" would naturally lead to attacks from the old Confucian scholars.
Because Cui Xian cut off other people's cultural heritage from the source!
In the system of the ancient text classics school, "Maoshixu" was written by Zixia.
Of course, who the author of "Maoshixu" is has been a hotly debated issue for many years.
Why did the ancient text school insist that the Mao Shi Xu was written by Zixia? Or, even if it was not written by Zixia, it was written by Mao Gong after inheriting Zixia's knowledge?
Because this is the 'bloodline inheritance of the saint'!
Zixia was a disciple of Confucius.
The master-disciple relationship between Zixia and Mao Gong is like this:
Zixia→ Zengshen→ Li Ke→ Mengzhongzi→ Genmouzi→ Xunzi→ Mao Heng.
Mao Heng is Mao Gong.
He was forcibly labeled as "Zixia's fifth-generation disciple" by the ancient text classics school, and racked his brains to associate himself with the saint.
As for why we have to go to so much trouble to do this?
Because the ancient text classics school respected Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan, a man who constructed a system of commentary on classics based on the Maoshixu, was known as the "Sage of Commentation".
Deleting the "Maoshixu" is tantamount to denying that Zixia wrote the preface, denying that Mao Gong was a teacher, and even denying the identity of Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan is gone.
The ancient text classics school collapsed.
They must surrender all authority and power in their hands.
What Cui Xian wants to fight for is the right to speak!
But the wonderful thing is that the ancient text classics school is not without rivals.
Their opponents were the New Text School of Confucianism and some other factions.
We will not explain here what the "New Text School of Confucianism" is.
In the eyes of a group of old Confucian scholars, Cui Xian's sharp remarks indicated that he might be a member of the "Modern Literature School".
Or maybe they just want to attract attention and throw out what they think is a very bold argument on the debate stage to show that they are different from others.
These two points, whether the former or the latter, can sit on the same table with the ancient text classics school.
At least--
There is also a table where everyone can sit down and chat with each other.
Therefore, the old Confucians were just angry, but did not directly set fire to and burn Cui Xian, the "heretic", to death.
As for your question, why did Cui Xian have to go to war with the ancient text classics school?
Because new ideas need "politics" and "royal power" as support!
Without the right to speak, without political status, and without the endorsement of royal power, the fire of new ideas is like a castle in the air and cannot be burned at all.
Only by getting rid of the "Ancient Text School" can we take over the political power in their hands.
In terms of "royal power", Cui Xian has already colluded with the emperor under a disguise.
Even if the emperor was exposed, he still needed to coax him. But by coaxing him, he could also "exchange feelings with his eyes" and convey new ideas to the emperor.
It is not scary to offend the emperor. The scary thing is that you have no connection with the emperor.
As for "politics", you have to hide your ambitions and strive for it carefully.
As long as he wins, in the future, Cui Xian will have the final say over the entire Daliang, including the Imperial College, Hanlin Academy, prefectural schools, county schools, academies, and even the questions for the imperial examinations!
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