Liang Xiao and Dong Zhongshu's arguments have become increasingly fierce from the beginning.?

Liang Xiao knew himself. He had some research on the history of the Han Dynasty, but he knew nothing about the classics and had never read the original text of the classics. How could he discuss the Tao with Dong Zhongshu, who had studied Gongyang Chunqiu for decades? Once he fell into a debate on the specific meaning of the classics, Dong Zhongshu killed him in minutes.

Therefore, Liang Xiao never entangled in the details, and went straight to Dong Zhongshu's key points from the beginning: Is the Spring and Autumn Period passed down by your Gongyang School the original text passed down by Confucius? Is the meaning you mentioned the meaning that Confucius wants to express?

According to the classification of classics, Gongyang Chunqiu is the modern literary school.

The so-called modern scriptures are the scriptures written through memory after the fall of Qin. The most typical example is the Shangshu passed down by Fu Sheng. When Fu Sheng was passed down by Shangshu, he was over 90 years old and spoke in a word. Chao Cuo and others who were sent to study could not understand them at all, so they could only be translated by Fu Sheng's daughter Xi E.

In other words, it is necessary to ask whether the Shangshu passed down by Fu Sheng, whether it is the Shangshu passed down by Confucius. Later, the Shangshu released the ancient Chinese, which is very different from the Shangshu passed down by the generations.

Of course, ancient classics had not appeared at this time. The so-called classics are all modern classics, so the name modern classics does not exist. But when Liang Xiao and Sima Qian were chatting with Sima Qian, he heard Sima Qian talk about some things about Gongyang Chunqiu Sima Guo was very interested in Gongyang Chunqiu. His concept of unification came from Gongyang Chunqiu, knowing that Gongyang Chunqiu also had unknown inheritance.

In other words, the text of Gongyang Chunqiu is not only not a real ancient book, but also has many historical sayings, and there is no recognized statement.

Liang Xiao asked Dong Zhongshu: How do you prove that your thoughts are Confucius' thoughts, not compiled by yourself?

Before Dong Zhongshu could explain, Liang Xiao emphasized again: Evidence. It is useless for you to speak vernacularly, you have to come up with evidence.

There is no evidence from Dong Zhongshu.

If you want to change others, such as Liang Xiao, you might as well tear the face apart. Do you care if I am said by Confucius. Just say it is right. Unfortunately, Dong Zhongshu is not Liang Xiao, so he can't do such shameless things. Confucians talk about respecting teachers and teachings, and every word has its origin. Even if they are his own wisdom, they will be attributed to the sages. He asked him to say that these theories were all thought out by himself, and he could not do it even if he beats Dong Zhongshu to death.

In fact, this is not a problem for Dong Zhongshu alone, but a habit of people in this era. For example, the classic Huangdi Four Classics of the Way of Huang Lao, and later all Chinese people. Whether they have read or not, at least they have heard of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classics, they have to rely on the names of the ancients. Therefore, Liu An said in Huainanzi: "Many secular people respect the past and despise the present, so those who are Tao must remember Shennong, and Huangdi can be said."

But Liang Xiao didn't care about this, he just grabbed a little bit, and you had to show strong evidence to prove that your thoughts really came from Confucius, not created by himself. There is no direct evidence. You also had to have logic that can withstand scrutiny, not specious.

Dong Zhongshu was stunned by Liang Xiao at once. He has been studying for many years and has debated with countless people. An opponent like Liang Xiao is definitely the first. He said so much that a pile of white foam was piled up on the corner of his mouth, and Liang Xiao ignored it, with only one request: evidence.

Dong Zhongshu can quote classics and make subtle statements, but there is no evidence.

Without evidence, everything is empty.

Liang Xiao no longer talked about Dong Zhongshu. He stood up and bowed to the emperor. "Your Majesty. I am shallow in my knowledge and dare not say whether Mr. Dong's knowledge is so wise, but he himself cannot tell the origin. I think it is not worth discussing."

The emperor was also a little confused. The argument that originally thought that a passionate collision actually decided the outcome in this way, which was beyond his expectations. He looked at Dong Zhongshu, whose face was flushed and a little angry, and then looked at Liang Xiao with disdain, and suddenly felt a little regretful. As Liang Xiao said, these two people were completely incompatible. It was impossible to talk about it together.

However, he had to give Dong Zhongshu some face. "According to what you said, great unification is empty words, and the response of heaven and man is in harmony, and moral education is not acceptable?"

Liang Xiao was silent for a moment. The reason why he opposed Dong Zhongshu was not because he had any prejudice against Dong Zhongshu himself, but because of these ideas he proposed.

It is true that national unification is naturally good, but after the national unification, Dong Zhongchen valued more the unity of thought, and ideological control came from this source; the response of heaven and man is even more nonsense, and the original intention of checking and balancing the emperor was good, but he hoped that the illusory heaven would be lost in the end; as for virtue, it was even more empty talk, which emperor met the requirements of the inner sage and king outside? He could only wait to come to the stage and arrange for Confucian scholars to brag about him and package him.

Liang Xiao could not say these words directly to the emperor. He thought about it and chuckled: "Your Majesty, I have never read any book. I am a warrior. I only know one thing: no matter how good it sounds, it is useless. Whether it can guide practice is the key. Zhao Kuo is familiar with military books and talks about military affairs, but his father cannot reach it. But when he went to the battlefield, he ruined the 400,000 elite troops of Zhao. Your Majesty, this is the case for governing the military and the country."

"Nothing nonsense. How can govern the country be compared with governing the army? Is it possible to win by killing people on the battlefield? Do you also need to kill people?" The emperor lowered his face and shouted: "Don't unify, should the princes compete for hegemony and the world is in a melee?"

Liang Xiao felt a stern in his heart, realizing that he might have touched the thorn of the Greek federal system in the heart of the emperor again. His eyes rolled and he smiled slightly. "Your Majesty, I am not against the unification. In some ways, I even agree with the unification very much. However, the origin of this unification may be somewhat different from that of Mr. Dong."

The emperor's expression calmed down a little. "What's the difference?"

"Dong Gong advocates great unification because he believes that great unification is what the saints say. I think great unification is the need for survival." Liang Xiaoxun organized his own language and deliberately showed a bit of complacent expression, which seemed a little shallow. "I even think that although my principle was created by me, it is more reliable than what I got from the simplified chapters."

Seeing his smug look, the emperor couldn't help laughing out loud. When he said laughter, he saw Dong Zhongshu's old face being purple, and he hurriedly said: "If you talk carefully, please ask Mr. Dong to criticize it, so that you can also see what real knowledge is."

Liang Xiao didn't refute and said with a smile: "I know a little about shooting art, so I will compare it with archery. Ordinary shooting people only know how to shrugged their arms, grit their teeth, and open a stone bow. They are already blushing and panting, and they can't stop the bow. Well, just like Mr. Dong now."

Everyone followed Liang Xiao's gaze and saw that Dong Zhongshu's face was indeed flushed, and he couldn't help but smile. The emperor suppressed his laughter and shouted, "Speak well. When it comes to archery art, you should talk about archery art. Why bother to cling to the elders?"

"Yes!" Liang Xiao put away his smile and said seriously: "A shooter like this looks like he can drive a strong bow. In fact, he only uses the power of his shoulders and arms, and his feet are floating. If he shoots a few arrows, he feels sore shoulders and his arms are painful and cannot last long. In their opinion, to shoot a three-stone bow, a strong man must be a strong man. In fact, as long as he is trained properly, almost everyone can use the three-stone bow."

"Is that right?" Emperor Daqi. He was also accustomed to archery himself, but he felt it was difficult to use a bow. He was always curious about how Liang Xiao practiced such archery skills, but it was not easy to ask. Now Liang Xiao took the initiative to mention it, and he was very interested and could not even care about Dong Zhongshu's emotions.

"Yes. If you want to open the three stone bow, you must use the strength of your whole body. The force starts from your feet, rises from your waist, passes to your shoulders and arms, and then to your fingers." Liang Xiao said, standing up, his legs slightly split like horse stance, demonstrating the posture of raising the bow. He practices this posture hundreds of times every day, as natural as talking and drinking water. At this moment, he demonstrates it. Although he has not deliberately and has no bow in his hand, his power arises naturally.

Intentionally or unintentionally, the bow in Liang Xiao's hand was aimed at Dong Zhongshu. Dong Zhongshu suddenly felt an inexplicable murderous aura, as if Liang Xiao led the bow and arrow, and would shoot through his seal hall the next moment. He couldn't help but exclaim, his body leaned back, as if he was avoiding it, and his face also showed a look of horror.

In the hall, everyone was listening to Liang Xiao's words. At this moment, Liang Xiao didn't say anything, and the hall was silent. Although Dong Zhongshu's scream was not loud, everyone could hear it clearly, and even the horror in the voice was clearly visible. The expression on his face was clearly seen by everyone.

Liang Xiao smiled. "Mr. Dong, it seems that your noble aura has not yet been cultivated. Don't worry, I have no arrows in my hand."

Dong Zhongshu was also awakened at this time and was deeply embarrassed by Liang Xiao's words.

Liang Xiao ignored him and turned to the emperor and said, "The power of shooting arrows is born from the feet. This is the power of great unification. When it comes to the country, the same is true. During the Warring States Period, both Yan, Zhao and Qin were the Huns, and they were all suffering from the Huns. Qin unified the world, Meng Tian's soldiers were 300,000, and in one battle he took Henan and expelled the Huns to the north of the desert. In the pre-Qin period, the total strength of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin was more than 300,000. They fought each other and could not be consistent."

Listening to Liang Xiao's advocacy of unification, the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile of relief appeared in his eyes.

In the paper, Liang Xiao is definitely not as nice as Dong Zhongshu's words, and even a bit vulgar, but the truth about Liang Xiao is simple and realistic. Dong Zhongshu's proposal for the unified theory of the great unification was based on the ancients. As Liang Xiao said, no one can say whether it was said by the ancients now. In the future, someone will inevitably stand up and oppose it, such as Liu An. Liang Xiao's unified theory is based on facts, able to withstand scrutiny, not afraid of criticism, and more confident.

The emperor praised Confucianism and liked the unified theory proposed by Dong Zhongshu. He did not really like Confucianism, but wanted to find a theoretical basis for his own efforts. Now that Liang Xiao gave him this basis, why did he have to adopt Dong Zhongshu's theory? To be honest, he could not really promote Confucianism and practice the kingly way, but he wanted to practice the overlordly way.

The emperor was secretly happy, but his face was not revealed. He lowered his face and scolded: "Wordless talk is not a good rule, I will punish you for holding a halberd for Mr. Dong for three months."

(To be continued.)
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