webnovelvip Chapter 711 Who Wins?
Chapter 711 Who Wins?
Chapter 711 Who Wins?
At first glance, we will find that Han Yu didn't say anything supernatural. Isn't everyone emphasizing these points?
This is to continue to look down.
The teacher said that the middle part translated into vernacular means that people are born without knowing anything, and should learn from those who know more than themselves. As long as they know more than themselves, they should learn, and they should not care about age, status and status.
But people nowadays are unwilling to learn from people whose status or age are younger than themselves, and feel ashamed.
Looking at it this way, "Teacher's Discussion" is quite in line with Confucius' saying that three people must have our teacher, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
As early as in ancient times, people put teachers in parallel with heaven, earth, emperor, and relatives in admiration.
"A teacher for a day, a father for life."
This concept has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
But why did Han Yu invite everyone to "learn as a teacher", which attracted countless scolding, countless slanders, and Han Yu was also called a "madman"?
The contemporary Liu Zongyuan described the situation of Han Yu being attacked in "Answer to Wei Zhongli's Discussion on Teachers and Taoism": from the Wei and Jin clans down, people are benefited but not teachers.In today's world, it is unheard of that there are teachers, and those who always laugh at them think they are madmen.Du Hanyu disregarded the popular customs, made a joke and insulted him, recruited his disciples, wrote "Teacher's Talk", and became a teacher because of his resistance to Yan Yan.In the world, a group of monsters gathered to scold, pointing and attracting, and increasing and speaking.The more they get mad fame, they live in Chang'an, they don't have time to cook, and they pull out and go east. There are countless people like this.
The meaning of this passage is: Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people have even less worshiped their teachers.In today's world, I have never heard of anyone who wants to be the teacher of others. With this kind of thought, people always laugh at him, thinking that he is a madman.Only Han Yu disregarded the popular customs, braved the ridicule and insult of the world, recruited students of the younger generation, and wrote the article "Teacher's Talk", and he was a teacher of others with a correct attitude.The worldly people really gathered together and thought it was strange, cursed one after another, slandered and slandered with embellishment.Because of this, Han Yu gained the reputation of being "crazy". He lived in Chang'an City, and he eagerly avoided other people's slander and went east to serve as Luoyang Commander before he even had time to cook. Such a situation has happened more than once.
It can be seen from this that what Han Yu encountered was not only being abused and slandered, but also being excluded, and his official career became more bumpy.
How can an article cause unmanageable consequences like a volcanic eruption?
The reason is actually hidden in the text.
There is nothing wrong with Han Yu's advocacy of respecting teachers, but he is wrong in his own positioning.
This is very clearly stated in the text.
In the second paragraph, Han Yu uses three comparisons to demonstrate the need to focus on teaching from teachers. The second comparison says: love your son, choose a teacher and teach him;The teacher of the boy, the reader who learns the sentence from the book he teaches, is not the one who teaches his way and solves his confusion as I say.I don’t know how to read a sentence, if I don’t understand it, whether it’s a teacher, or it’s not.
The general idea of these few sentences is that if your child is illiterate and cannot accurately sentence sentences, he must find a teacher, but such a teacher is not the real teacher he thinks, and such a teacher can only be called a teacher of children.
Since the person who teaches people to learn basic cultural knowledge is only a teacher of children, then who is the real teacher in Han Yu's mind?
Han Yu did not explicitly explain it, but he hinted at it in other words.
It is the word "sage".
In the second paragraph, Han Yu compared the sage with the people, saying: The sages in ancient times were far away from others, and they still asked if they were teachers; the people of today are also far away from the sages, and they are ashamed to learn from their teachers .Therefore, the sage benefits the sage, and the ignorant benefits the ignorant.The reason why the saint is holy, and the reason why the fool is stupid, are they all because of this?
This passage says that the ancient sages were much better than ordinary people, but they still had to learn from their teachers.But what about people today?I am so stupid, but I haven't learned from a teacher, so I am getting more and more stupid.
Han Yu clearly divided people in society into saints and common people.
And who is this saint?
In fact, it was himself.
At the end of the article, Han Yu mentioned a young talent named Li Pan.
Li Pan is not only young, but also very knowledgeable.
Han Yu commented on him and said: All the classics and biography of the six arts are learned.
The six arts refer to the Confucian classics, "Poetry", "Book", "Ritual", "Music", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn".
Li Pan is only 17 years old and has already mastered these six classics. He can be said to be a genius.
It is such an outstanding talent, but he has to worship someone as his teacher.
Who is this man?It was Han Yu himself.
From this point of view, Han Yu is by no means a teacher of boys, but only a mentor of life, a saint.
To sum up, Han Yu distinguishes himself from ordinary scholar-bureaucrats in his writings. He is a kind of saint, while scholar-bureaucrats can only be fools.
This is also the reason why he was squeezed out, and the scholar-officials called him a 'madman'.
Lin Xuan didn't write about Li Pan. After all, such a genius can't just make up one.
In this way, the whole article becomes an article that persuades people to learn.
That being the case, why did Xu Geng and the others hesitate when they read this article before?
This is because there is a paragraph in the article where Han Yu scolded the upper class.
The translation of the original text roughly means: the ancient "sages" have surpassed the general public in their learning and cultivation, but they still have to learn; Learning" is a shame.All kinds of craftsmen with "professional skills" can still worship others as teachers, but those clans of scholar-bureaucrats, the second generation of rich officials and the second generation of officials, laugh at those who "learn from teachers".
In addition, Han Yu's whole article also has a principle that there is no priority in learning, and the master is the teacher.
This kind of thinking is nothing at other times, but most of the masters in Taihe Academy are old.
Taking it out on this occasion seems to be saying that the old man should not rely on the old to sell the old.
Except for a small number of people present, most of them understood the meaning of Lin Xuan's article as soon as they heard it.
When Xu Geng finished reading, the expressions on their faces became more exciting.
Many people couldn't help looking at He Yu. In He Yu's article, he implied that the teacher had both ability and political integrity, and was knowledgeable. He also satirized the young master of Boyuan Academy, who suspected of misleading his children.
But Lin Xuan's article said that a disciple is not necessarily inferior to a teacher, and a teacher is not necessarily more capable than a disciple.
It's just that there is a priority in hearing the truth, and there is a specialization in the art industry.
It was as if they were slapping He Yu in the face.
If it wasn't for Lin Xuan and He Yu who wrote it together, they would think that Lin Xuan wrote it on purpose.
"Zhuzi!" He Yu cursed inwardly.
He Yu's face turned blue and red, and he would have cursed if he hadn't considered the occasion and status.
"I have finished reading the following."
After Xu Geng finished speaking, he bowed and retreated.
"Cough cough." Meng Yuan coughed twice, brought everyone back to their senses, and said, "Everyone, please read the articles written by He Daru and Lord Hou. Who do you think will win this round?"
(End of this chapter)