Chapter 105 The Ming Dynasty Version of the Renaissance
“Hiccup~~”
Zhu Zaijing looked at Meng Chong who had hiccupped after drinking, and asked with concern: “How does it taste?”
< br>Meng Chong had no idea how many tea drinks he had drank during this period. During this period, Zhu Zaijing had been adjusting the ratio of tea powder and sugar, as well as various green tea recipes.
For this reason, Zhu Zaijing borrowed all the "Tea" character books from "Yongle Dadian". In these "Tea" character books, Zhu Zaijing also found many popular tea characters since the Tang and Song Dynasties. A kind of tea-making process.
And under Zhu Zaijing's experiments, he had already figured out "Matcha".
It is a pity that general beverages have not yet taken shape, and the relationship between Ming Dynasty and the grassland is also very tense, and it is impossible to provide Zhu Zaijing with enough milk source, otherwise Zhu Zaijing will definitely try to make one Let's go to the milk tea shop and see if we can make some money from the noble lady from the capital.
Although these ladies and ladies do not often appear in public on the streets, their maids and servants often wander and shop on their behalf.
Coupled with Zhu Zaijing's understanding of women's consumption power before time travel, Zhu Zaijing knew that the consumption power of these noble ladies should not be underestimated.
But because of the increasingly strict etiquette in the Song and Ming Dynasties, they were not as free as women in other courts.
However, according to Zhu Zaijing's knowledge during the Ming Dynasty for more than a year, in addition to the fact that the etiquette restrictions on women in the capital were a bit abnormal, in prosperous places such as South Zhili, due to the development of handicraft industry and Yang Because of the impact of Mingxinxue on Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, both scholars and ordinary women there were relatively "deviant" in their thoughts and behaviors.
For example, Zhu Zaijing always thought that Hai Rui, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, was upright and awe-inspiring. In fact, he was also a fan of Yangming Xinxue and was not a rigid and dogmatic person.
This shows that in the field of culture and thought, the cultural thought of the Ming Dynasty still made certain progress.
It’s just that due to some reasons that cannot be overcome for the time being, the Confucian teachings, mainly Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, have not been shaken by the Xinxue.
Of course, the current Yangming Theory of Mind is actually different from the "unity of knowledge and action" advocated by Wang Yangming.
After all, most scholars are just ordinary mortals. They can understand and understand the principles of Xinxue. However, it may be a bit difficult for them, those who worship Xinxue, to achieve Wang Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action". .
So even though many people worship Yangming’s Psychology, they also want to use Yangming’s Psychology to find ideological progress for themselves. But in fact, most people only achieve the superficial "metaphysical". As for the "metaphysical" They are still far away from the realm of "unity of knowledge and action".
However, their progress cannot be denied because of this. After all, they dared to abandon some of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism ideologically and turned to Yangming Xinxue, which was more valuable for managing the world. This shows that these readings People still have ideas to change the status quo.
However, it is a pity that after Wang Yangming, there were too many schools of mind theory and they were too chaotic. Not only was it impossible to form a more powerful school in thought, but in actual development, there were also many schools of thought. It justifies itself.
Some schools may be interesting, such as Li Zhi, a Confucian "rebel". The reason why this school is so "deviant" and goes against traditional Confucianism in every aspect may be because it was suppressed by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. For too long, when they suddenly had a school of thought that could vent their repressed thoughts, their slogans and behaviors became "absurd".
For example, in Suzhou, scholars here have evolved to the point of being "anti-traditional" and have begun to engage in performance art, strutting around in various fancy costumes to show off their individuality.
It is a pity that the times did not give them enough time to continue to boldly emancipate their minds with the help of the popular style of mind learning, otherwise they might be the pioneers of the Eastern version of the "Renaissance".
But even so, in this short period of less than a hundred years, many thinkers with too advanced ideas have appeared in the Jiangnan region, such as the book "Mingyi Waiting for Visits" criticizing the autocracy of "Jiatianxia" Huang Zongxi, the “democratic” leader of the monarchy.
The reason why their thoughts are so radical and unconventional is also rooted in the influence of psychology. Therefore, looking at the Ming Dynasty from another angle, the Ming Dynasty was also a great era with brilliant ideas, but it was a pity that this great era did not come at the right time. On the one hand, it missed the historical opportunity, and on the other hand, it was trampled by the barbaric post-Jin Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. In the end, not only was the normal ideological evolution process interrupted, but also because of the barbaric rule of the alien race, it became more distorted and closed, and thus completely perished and became a piece of history. regret.
Of course, there is another faction that is also very famous, and that is the "righteous and awe-inspiring" Donglin Party!
The general idea of this mind school is based on the "Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constants" advocated in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
Then using "morality" as the sword and "righteousness" as the basis, we specialize in the kind of "metaphysical" political theory that is divorced from reality, in an attempt to turn everyone into moral saints, thereby reaching the world The result of great rule.
But is this really possible?
It’s simply anti-human!
Human nature is inherently selfish. Although education can make people aware of propriety, justice, and integrity, it is still limited. If you want to constrain a person's inner desires, it is simply unreliable to rely on "metaphysical" moral preaching.
So since the birth of this genre, it has been born with a fighting gene, eager to defeat all voices and ideas that are different from its own.
In the end, not only did he not win the fight, but he also fought the Ming Dynasty to death.
What a sin!
However, these two sects have not yet emerged, and the current popular psychology is relatively pure.
At this time, many scholars are willing to accept Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind. In fact, they still want to learn Wang Yangming's spirit of "unity of knowledge and action" and want to implement in practice the kind of spiritual understanding that Wang Yangming said.
So most of the mind science enthusiasts in this era are still the kind of people with ideals and ambitions.
For example, Hai Rui, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Xu Jie, etc.
They are all practitioners of today’s hobbies of Xinxue, but their respective ideas of practice are still very similar.
Judging from Hai Rui’s life experience, Hai Rui’s practice should be the positive aspects of Wang Yangming’s philosophy of unity of knowledge and action, consistency of theory and action, as well as the “establishment of sincerity” advocated by Wang Yangming and the opposition to hypocrites. "Hometown Wishes" style.
Judging from the life experiences of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, what they practiced should be the "pragmatism" of Yangming's philosophy. "Everyone benefits", as long as the relationship between justice and benefit is maintained, it is not bad to talk about benefit, which denounces the pedantic view that "a gentleman does not talk about benefit". Pay attention to financial management and advocate pragmatism.
Those like Xu Jie are a bit ambiguous. While they are greedy for the benefits of Yangming's Xinxue, they can't let go of the benefits of traditional Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. In the end, they put all their thoughts and energy into something paradoxical. Everything is placed on "forbearance" and the so-called righteousness. In the end, he became a moral giant and a dwarf in action.
This has to be said, and it is also a tragedy for people like Xu Jie.
When fighting against the strict party, he could be the hope and leader of the entire Qingliu, but after the collapse of the strict party, he may not be another strict party.
So we can only say that this kind of people are poisonous, which does not have much practical significance.
We cannot be like people like Hai Rui, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng who can achieve outstanding political achievements based on reality!
(End of this chapter)