Mohist Tang - Chapter 1316

“Thousands of years ago, for the first time, hundreds of schools of thought contended, hundreds of classics emerged one after another, and various theories flourished for a time.”

Merton said that all the people of the hundred schools of thought could not help showing a trace of pride. The hundred schools of thought were indeed the pride of that era.

Merton’s voice turned and continued: “however, no one thought that the first hundred schools of thought contend is not only the starting point of 100 schools of thought, but also the peak of 100 schools of thought. After a thousand years, 100 schools of thought have not made any progress, and no one has even surpassed the sages. Today is invincible. Even if the pain of 100 schools of thought is the pain of the whole China.”

One hundred families nodded silently. In the millennium after the first hundred schools of thought contended, the hundred schools did not make any progress, and the whole academic community of the Tang Dynasty was in a stagnant water.

Kong Yingda just wanted to refute, but he was speechless. Even Confucianism used Confucius’ theory. For thousands of years, let alone surpassing, it could not even reach the same level. After a thousand years, no one appeared to be comparable to the talents of Confucius, Mencius, Saint Xun and Saint Xun.

“As for Mohism, it’s even worse. The two famous schools in the world were finally silent for thousands of years. After Mohism advocated Mohism, he reflected on the reasons day and night, and finally came to a conclusion that hundreds of schools have reached a peak and a bottleneck in their respective academic fields. One school alone can’t break through this bottleneck. Only with other hundreds of schools The contention of a hundred schools of thought is the first step in the cooperation of Mohist schools. The first step is to take the lead in the field of Mohist cooperation, to cooperate with the peasants and to cooperate with the doctors, to cooperate with Taoists and to cultivate hundreds of families, and to absorb hundreds of essences and nurture a family. “Today there are second hundred schools of thought contending.”

Many hundred schools nodded one after another. After the revival of Mohism, other hundred schools relied on Mohism to make rapid progress, which is also the reason why many hundred schools are willing to follow Mohism.

Li Shimin’s face is a little slow. The cooperation among hundreds of families is indeed one of the conditions for the progress of hundreds of families, rather than forming gangs to compete for power and profits. However, these cooperation naturally form factions at the same time, but it is also an unstable factor.

Merton continued: “in addition, some hundred disciplines have the same goal by different paths, and they have something in common with other hundred schools. Take geography as an example, maps are of great use to strategists, and human geography is quite beneficial to Confucianism’s governance of the world. Mining veins can’t be separated from Mohist ink. If you don’t cooperate with other hundred schools, I’m afraid the geography will stop here.”

Li Tai’s face suddenly changed. I’m afraid, as Merton predicted, if the geographical pulse was in the era of the first hundred schools of thought, I’m afraid it would really stagnate for thousands of years like other hundred schools of thought.

“Take Mohism as an example. The foundation of Mohism’s development is the progress of mathematics. If there is no mathematics to calculate the parabola, I’m afraid we can’t build the Weishui bridge at all.” Merton told himself.

Zu Mingjun suddenly showed a trace of pride when he heard the speech.

“If the Mohist one vein wants to achieve higher results, it is even more inseparable from the Taoist external pill one vein alchemy. The Taoist external pill one vein can refine more alchemy methods and smelting secrets for the Mohist, so that the mineral veins found in the geographical one vein can be cast into useful materials for the Tang Dynasty.”

Taoist priest Changsheng was not surprised by honor or disgrace and smiled. Only a pinch of beard pulled down revealed his inner excitement.

“Doctors need farmers to provide them with medicinal materials and Mohists to make medicine,……”

Merton listed the connections of 100 schools one by one. Li Shimin was surprised to find that almost all 100 schools would be more or less involved with other 100 schools.

“From the moment of the birth of the hundred schools of thought, it has been doomed to today’s pattern. Some of them study human society and understand human ethics and interpersonal relationships, such as Confucianism, historians, Legalists, novelists, masters, miscellaneous artists, strategists, strategists, and so on. Some of them study the truth behind everything in the world, which is referred to as the school of physics for short, such as Mohism, medicine, and Taoism Outside the home, there is a pulse of Dan, a pulse of mathematics, and so on; of course, there are Taoism and yin-yang schools that are detached from the outside. However, the mainstream is these two schools, the humanistic school that studies people and the physical school that studies everything. ”

Merton’s outspoken uncovers the essence of various schools of thought, which makes the debate between Confucianism and Mohism clear. Suddenly, the atmosphere of the whole Tai Chi hall is very delicate

“A thousand years ago, the contention of a hundred schools of thought was a struggle of one family, and the struggle between Confucianism and Mohism was the most intense. After a thousand years, it was still a struggle between Confucianism and Mohism in name, but in fact it was a struggle between literature and science. This was the second stage of the contention of a hundred schools of thought, which was the fate of a hundred schools of thought and the fate of Confucianism and Mohism. Otherwise, the learning of a hundred schools of thought would not advance in a thousand years, and so would the development of China.” Merton said solemnly.

Li Shimin suddenly took a cold breath and remembered that after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, it seemed that it had been changing dynasties continuously, but in fact it had not made much progress. The second hundred schools of thought contend for nearly a decade, and the development attention of the Tang Dynasty was comparable to the progress of hundreds of years.

“Now is the current situation of a hundred schools of thought contending. Please judge your majesty.” Merton made all the questions public and directly showdown with Li Shimin.

“According to the meaning of offering wine to Mo, the dispute between Confucianism and Mo is not enough.” Li Shimin said angrily.

“Wei Chen dare not.” Merton bowed his head. In fact, he was very firm. There was no contention among a hundred schools of thought. How to revive the Mohist school? Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were originally equal to the four people. Now workers have become cheap, doctors have become inferior, and how to change their status without contention among a hundred schools of thought.

Li Shimin suddenly had a toothache. If he forcibly ordered to stop the contention of a hundred schools of thought, the rapid development of the Tang Dynasty would also stagnate, which Li Shimin could not accept.

However, if he did not interfere with the contention of a hundred schools of thought, now the Tang Dynasty only respects Confucianism. Once the contention of a hundred schools of thought reaches the most intense time, contradictions will surely break out and cause great turbulence.

“In fact, there is also a third way, that is, to directly transition to the third stage of a hundred schools of thought.” Merton suddenly said again.

“Will there be a third stage in the contention of a hundred schools of thought?” Li Shimin asked.

“Yes, the third stage of the contention of a hundred schools of thought is the unification of a hundred schools of thought. All students should also study the theories of a hundred schools of thought, choose the theories they are proficient in, and promote the development of a hundred schools of thought with countless elite talents. Of course, at that time, when a hundred schools of thought died, there will be no more theories of a hundred schools of thought, only a hundred schools of thought.” Merton said solemnly.

“In the third stage, hundreds of families come together!”

Suddenly, all the people of 100 families couldn’t help taking a breath. As soon as they were born, they were destined to belong to which 100 families. Everyone regarded their own 100 families as the greatest glory and shoulder the responsibility of prospering their own 100 families. However, they never thought that one day, the 100 families would disappear.

“Of course, there is no dispute among hundreds of schools, only a hundred schools of learning. Of course, I’m afraid Confucianism and mathematics will be the main schools at that time. Even Mohism just depends on mathematics.” Merton spread his hands.

Zu Mingjun was stunned. He didn’t expect that the Mohist school would push out a pulse of mathematics to block thunder, let alone that the Mohist school would take such a fancy to mathematics.

“Everything has three stages of development and extinction. This is the view of Mohist contradiction theory and the speech of Mohist sacrifice!” Kong Yingda sneered.

“The cathode generates Yang, the anode generates Yin, and the hundred schools die when they are most powerful. It is also the rebirth of the hundred schools, which is in line with the Taiji eight trigrams and the ink offering wine.” Li Chunfeng Ji first said.

When Kong Ying arrived at Dayton, he was silent. He was the spokesman of Confucianism and the leader of the Kong family. With his wisdom, he naturally knew that what Merton said was true. This was the last destiny of the 100 families and the way for the future of the 100 families. However, he was unwilling to accept the fact that Confucianism would die out in the end and would share the current situation of the world with other 100 families.

The other hundred schools are delighted one after another. Nowadays, the elites of the Tang Dynasty are dominated by Confucianism. It is extremely difficult for the other hundred schools to obtain talents. If they can cultivate one hundred schools at the same time, the other hundred schools will no longer have to worry about talents.

When Li Shimin looked at the Confucian attitude, he immediately understood more than half of it. At that time, he shouted, “the unification of a hundred schools of thought is just to encourage the seedlings. I think the contention of a hundred schools of thought should not be too hasty. The dispute between arts and Sciences is only an academic dispute and should not cause social unrest. Otherwise, I will punish them severely.”

“Officials and others understand!” hundreds of people bowed their heads and agreed. The so-called hundred family dispute can only develop by relying on secular imperial power. Even Confucianism can only bow down to be a minister, and Li Shimin refused to unify the hundred families, which makes Confucianism feel a lot better.

So far, the contention of a hundred schools of thought has officially entered the second stage – the struggle between arts and science.