Chapter 329 "Moxue"! ! !
"Is moderation wrong?"
"This is the first time I have heard this in all my years."
"You said that moderation is wrong, is moderation wrong? Do you really think of yourself as a saint?"
"Since Confucianism proposed the doctrine of the mean, which great Confucian has not regarded it as a guideline? What's wrong with the doctrine of the mean? Everything in the world can be solved by the doctrine of the mean. Isn't this a great wisdom? ”
"In my opinion, it's not that Zhongyong is wrong, but that you don't understand Zhongyong."
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After Xia Zhibai's calm words, he was immediately severely scolded by a group of scholars led by Liu Sanwu. Many people even pointed at Xia Zhibai's nose and scolded him, and his words became more and more excessive and extreme.
They have specialized in studying articles since childhood, and they only feel that the sages' knowledge is profound and profound, but they will never be able to fully understand it in their entire lives.
In the end, Xia Zhibai was good. He was still young, but he questioned the "golden mean" that is the core of the sage's learning. He was still nodding his head. Who gave Xia Zhibai the courage?
Xia Zhibai looked calm.
He had already expected the current situation.
These scholars in the Ming Dynasty have long had Confucianism in their minds, and they regard Confucianism as the only truth and do not allow anyone to question or object.
He can understand.
After all, they have been studying Confucianism all their lives. If one day Confucianism is denied, wouldn't it mean that their lifelong knowledge will be in vain, and everything they enjoy now will be wiped out. For themselves and to maintain their honorary status, they will I have no choice but to stand up and oppose it.
Xia Zhibai quietly accepted being scolded.
Not in a hurry to refute.
When Liu Sanwu and others had finished scolding him, he slowly spoke: "During the Zhou Dynasty, hundreds of schools of thought arose, and there were many theories parallel to Confucianism. However, the 'doctrine of the mean' that Confucianism highly esteems today was ignored at all at that time. Even Confucius himself didn’t care.”
"You have read the history books, but have you found any articles that refuted the 'doctrine of the mean' from hundreds of schools of thought? Given the degree of opposition between Confucianism, Legalism, Confucianism, and Confucianism and Taoism at that time, if 'doctrine of the mean' is really a wise saying, how could it not be criticized? Instead of the great sages rising up to attack?”
"The reason why is not."
"It only shows one thing, that is, there was no value for discussion at the time, and it may not have been an issue of concern at the time."
"Even moderation itself was unfair at the time."
"When I first started learning essays, like Lao Tzu, I was very polite and believed that benevolence was the greatest good in the world. However, as I grew older, I became more and more disgusted with Confucian benevolence. And I also have a stronger sense of identity with what Lao Tzu said about the unkindness of saints.”
"Because you are unkind, you will be just!"
"Once you become benevolent and feel that certain groups are weak and need special care, then everything becomes unfair."
"This is not 'benevolence'."
"Benevolence is empty, but people are alive."
"There is a famous saying in Confucianism: 'Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, which is knowing'."
"This sentence was criticized by Mohists at that time. The Mohists' criticism was: 'Knowing, knowing or not is sufficient; being sincere, speaking is useless.'"
"In addition to the 'known unknowns', there are also 'unknown unknowns', so people must continue to learn, at least to turn the 'unknown unknowns' into 'known unknowns', and this itself is a kind of knowledge."< br>
“And this kind of ‘knowledge’ is obviously higher than the Confucian ‘knowledge’.”
“However, the world today regards the Confucian ‘knowledge’ as a wise saying, but it ignores the true and deep ‘knowledge’.”
"Isn't this a kind of sadness?"
"A regression?"
“I don’t object to your belief in ‘the mean’, but ‘the mean’ should not be the only way to learn knowledge.”
"One can be moderate in human feelings and writing articles, but one must seek truth from facts in research and knowledge, and must have the courage and determination to inquire deeply. Otherwise, discovering something new will be opposed by other great Confucian scholars, and they will follow the trend for the sake of the so-called 'moderate' , all kinds of efforts to please, say some specious words, write some specious articles, and hide the real truth. "This is an insult to knowledge."
"Knowledge of worldly affairs is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing."
"It's enough to make a fuss about being familiar with people, but you can't just deal with things in a perfunctory way."
"Especially in research, we should pursue Mohism's extremes."
"There can be no moderation, let alone moderation."
"Modern depends on the occasion."
"Just like Zhuangzi's saying, 'One foot of wood, half of it will be cut off every day, and it will last for eternity.' If you look closely, it seems to be impeccable. If you cut off half of a one-foot wooden pole today, half of it will be cut off tomorrow." , in theory it can be cut off forever.”
"But the Mohists gave another answer."
"If you don't cut it halfway, it won't move. That's right."
"It is not half-cut: if you go forward and take it, the middle will not be half, it is just like the end. If you take it from the front and back, it will be the end. The cut must be half, and it cannot be cut if it is not half."
"In other words, if you want to 'take half of the day', you must first find the midpoint. However, the midpoint is a 'point' (duanzhongye), and the point is indivisible, so it is impossible to divide it into completely equal salads, so the 'cut must be half 'It's impossible."
“What Confucianism advocates is ‘just right’. Confucian goodness means ‘just right’, ‘too much is not enough’, and the principle of life is to ‘bend human feelings’.”
"However, research and learning cannot be done just right, and we must strive for excellence. Therefore, mathematics and miscellaneous studies should be based on Mohism, supplemented by Taoism, debate and other knowledge, so as to fully diversify students' thinking and ideas."
"Not enough is enough!"
"Whether it's mathematics or miscellaneous studies, it's mainly theoretical research."
"Confucianism is about 'use'."
"In terms of application, it is necessary to 'persuad', to 'moderate', and to pursue 'optimization.' Therefore, Confucian knowledge should really fall into practice, not in books. Perhaps from the beginning, It’s putting the cart before the horse.”
"Mathematics is a dialectical subject!"
"I have read the textbooks compiled by you, and they are all inconsistent. There are too many personal thoughts mixed in, and there is no 'dialectical' thinking at all. Instead, they all praise the things left by their predecessors and regard these things as standards. This is not My original intention in establishing mathematics ”
"Therefore it should be changed!"
"There cannot be any moderation in the subject of mathematics."
“I can only seek the ‘extreme’!”
Xia Zhibai stood with his hands behind his hands and pointed out the biggest problem in the mathematics textbook. Liu Sanwu and others were knowledgeable enough, but they were too proficient in the learning of saints. Even if they were compiling books, they would not change their nature. They would always use some Confucian methods. point of view, blurring and complicating some simple definitions.
It makes people confused and confused.
I can only feel a "rotten" philosophical overtone.
What he admired was Mozi's minimalist definition.
Moreover, the theoretical level of many things in "Mozi" is very, very high.
Just one analysis of 'infinity' surpasses the ancient Greeks by two thousand years. Compared with the ancient Greeks who liked to use geometry to explain various algebraic and physical problems, the definition given by Mozi is very direct and clear. With a little analysis, it can be solved Created the "Real Number Theory" that took later generations thousands of years to construct.
Even in Xia Zhibai's view.
Western mathematics actually went in a very large circle from ancient Greece to modern times. On the contrary, the direction of Chinese mathematics has always been correct. If it follows the direction of Mozi, it will be a straight line leading to the modern times of later generations.
Xia Zhibai wants to sort out this buried ‘mathematical path’.
And carry it forward, so that the "Moxue" that has been delayed for a long time can once again bloom with dazzling brilliance on the land of China.
(End of chapter)