Chapter 20: A Thousand Years of Mystery in the Soil (6)
It has been two days since Han Gang and Su Song unveiled the ancient texts of Yin Shang in front of the political hall and the Son of Heaven, and the entire court is talking about it.
In the court of the capital, the necessary political sense will not be lacking in most officials. The controversy between Xinxue and Qi is now intensifying. The situation in full swing made the spectators addicted, and even further speculated about the outcome of this battle.
There was also some commotion in the Department of Health and Welfare and the Imperial Medical Bureau, but it was not for the dispute between Xinxue and Qixue. For Han Gang to pass the carvings on the keel of Xiangzhou and examine the ruins of the royal capital of Yin Shang, this talent is really admirable. And this incident, more or less because of Han Gang, has a little bit of mystery, which makes the world have a little more motivation when it is passed on by word of mouth.
In Taichang Temple, there is a jubilant atmosphere. Among the capital of Yin Shang, the most precious is not the tortoiseshell bones, but the sacrificial vessels. Those are all precious treasures that accompany the Son of Heaven to worship the heavens, and they will not make people feel discolored.
Han Gang made Yinxu the focus of the world, and the imperial court already had the talk of excavating the site of Yinxu. In the eyes of the officials in the Taichang Temple, once the imperial court decided to excavate the Yin Ruins, with the identity of Han Gang judging the Taichang Temple, the excavated Yin Shang national artifacts could only be stored in the Taichang Temple and handed over to the officials of the Taichang Temple for review and management, rather than the usual Taichang Rite Temple.
In this way, Taichang Temple can not only control the relics of Yin Ruins, but also take a piece of meat from the mouth of Taichang Rite Temple. Being able to share an extra piece of meat, and being able to have more meat during the New Year's festival is already a rare good governance for the officials in the Taichang Temple in Kuha. What kind of boss is most popular with his subordinates? It's the kind that can do things and can make his subordinates shine together.
Whether it is in the Department of Health and Welfare or in Taichang Temple, Han Gang's prestige has risen step by step, making his work more handy and smoother in the past two days.
It's just that Han Gang compiled the pharmacopoeia, but the progress in the past two days has been far less than expected. There is an endless stream of guests who come to visit every day, hoping to see the oracle bones of Yinxu one after another. Su Songzhi frowned, but he was helpless. I can only look forward to releasing the government as soon as possible and continuing to work after returning home.
But even if Han Gang returns home, he is generally not clean, and there are always people who come to visit him with a cheeky face. Ordinary visitors, Han Gang can still keep them out. But if it was a relative of the Han Gang family and a disciple of Wang Anshi, there was no way.
Wang Anguo's son-in-law, Ye Tao, who is on the same list as Han Gang, and Lu Dian, Wang Anshi's proud protΓ©gΓ©, the two of them visited together, although they were suspected of ill intentions, but Han Gang couldn't turn them away, so he could only invite them into the small hall of hospitality.
After changing into the clothes of the guest, Han Gang walked into the hall and smiled: "Labor and farmer, Zhiyuan has been waiting for a long time." β
Lu Dian, and Ye Tao were silently drinking tea, and there was no word of communication between them. Seeing that Han Gang finally came forward, the two of them got up at the same time and bowed to Han Gang, "Duanming." β
"It should be Yukun." Han Gang shook his head and corrected: "If it is not in the official office, the farmer and Zhiyuan do not need to be formal, just call Han Gang." β
Lu Dian and Ye Tao glanced at each other, and then bowed at the same time: "In this way, please Yukun forgive Lu Dian (Ye Tao) for being rude." β
The two of them were similar in age to Han Gang, or even a little older, and neither Lu Dian nor Ye Tao was willing to bow down in front of Han Gang. Han Gang's words made them feel relieved.
The three of them chatted for a while over hot tea, and Han Gang chatted with the guests leisurely, and the topics were all over the Eight Desolations and Liuhe, but they didn't mention the topic of the oracle bones in Yinxu.
"Yukun ......" Ye Tao finally couldn't help it, "I heard that Yukun recently got a batch of oracle bones in Yinxu, which are engraved with ancient characters. But is there such a thing? β
"Exactly." Han Gang nodded.
"Can you let me wait for an eye-opener."
"Yin Shang oracle bones, the vast majority of them are in Taichang Temple. But there are still a few pieces in the house right now. Han Gang didn't refuse, and directly asked people to go to the study to come to the real thing.
Two ordinary tortoise shells have become invaluable because of the words on them.
Lu Dian and Ye Tao looked up and down with two pieces of tortoise shell. It can be seen very clearly, the pattern on the tortoise shell is like a picture and a word. Cangjie makes words, imitates nature, and is picturesque. The words in front of me are indeed ancient characters. And look closely, there are a few ancient characters that can correspond to today's characters.
"This should be the word 'mountain', right?" Lu Dian's was a little unsure.
"It's a mountain." Ye Tao said very surely.
Han Gang checked hundreds of oracle bones, among which the sun, moon, landscape and other shallow ancient characters were still found for him. And Ye Tao and Lu Dian, they didn't need to go through a lot of research, just after a few glances, they recognized the simplest words.
After looking at it over and over for a while, Lu Dian's and Ye Tao's hands were heavy and they put down the two pieces of tortoise shell at the same time.
Ye Tao raised his eyes and looked at Han Gang, "As soon as the oracle bones of Yinxu come out, if it is true, it will be like a tiger with wings to "Words and Words", and I will thank Yukun a lot." β
Ye Tao's words were unexpected, and he seemed to be preparing to seize the right to interpret the oracle bone inscription and classify it in "Word Sayings". Han Gang asked bluntly:
"Oh? These words, Zhiyuan is saying on behalf of Jiayue? β
Han Gang's question was unceremonious, leaving no room at all, which made Lu Dian's and Ye Tao's faces change slightly. And Han Gang's malice towards Xinxue was also undoubtedly revealed in his words, and it would not be so easy to please him today.
Wang Anshi is in Jinling, Lu Huiqing is in Chang'an, the two banners of Xinxue are not in the capital, purely by himself and Ye Tao want to fight against the famous Han Gang, Lu Dian's heart is secretly hated, Han Gang will really choose the time, so he is not sure at all.
"In Xia and Zhiyuan, he is only a shallow learner, and he doesn't dare to confirm whether it is a Yin Shang Shi, nor do he dare to alarm the minister."
"The farmer's words are exactly what Han Gang wants, and I think the same way. If the oracle bone inscription is to determine whether it is a Yin Shang period or it has to go through more rigorous research, it is only that the current income is not enough to rely on, and it can only be preliminarily determined that the more evidence unearthed in the Yin Ruins, the better. Therefore, in Han Gang's opinion, we should gather all the Confucians in the world to explore the relics of Yinxu and examine them. β
Confucianism in the world? Lu Dian's eyelids jumped. Han Gang's approach harms others and himself, and will only make Rulin's chaos go to the next level.
Han Gang quietly waited for Lu Dian and Ye Tao's answers. Although the two of them cannot play any role, their existence represents more than 2,000 Confucian scholars in the Guozi Prison.
Among the Confucian forests, Xinxue can be said to be the enemy of all eyes, and there are countless Confucian students who want to bring Xinxue off the table. As soon as a flaw is revealed, the wolves wandering outside the circle will immediately pounce on it.
This is the fate of the ruling ideology, which must always be challenged by all sides, and there is no concession at all. Whether it is procrastination or pretending to be deaf and dumb, they shake their foundations. Churches that are as powerful as the West are forced to set fire to people to gag people. The new school office is in its current position, but it has become the target of public criticism, waiting for the crowd to rise up and attack it.
But today is a literary debate, and the toast can't be successful, but it's about to be replaced by a penalty wine. Zhu Xi, who has been in the past hundred years, is also entangled in lawsuits. Han Gang is also ready to deal with it, the battle of Taoism and unification is done in every way, just like the ideological battle of later generations, you just live and die.
At present, the disputes in the Confucian forest, which one occupies the position of official education, determines the direction of national policy. In terms of governance, Han Gang is on the side of the new law, if the new school is defeated by the Qi school, the new law will not be abolished, and if it is replaced by other schools, it will be finished with the new law.
"The saint has clouds: the righteousness of the people, worship the ghosts and gods and stay away. After all, a merchant cannot be a saint. No matter how detailed the test is, it won't help. Ye Tao said, dodging Han Gang's aggressiveness, "It would be good if it was an old thing from Zhou Shi." β
This is a contest of victory, not a doctrine of the Tao. The oracle bones of Yin Ruins are the records of the Yin people after divination. The three generations of Xia, Shang and Zhou ruled the country, and the sages all talked about it, not only business. Ghosts worship God and stay away; Lead the civil gods, first ghosts and then rituals. These are all talking about three generations. β
What Han Gang said is another source for worshipping ghosts and gods and staying away.
Xia Dao respects his life, the ghost respects God and is far away, close to the person and loyal, first Lu and then mighty, first rewarded and then punished, pro but not respectful, the people of the people, stupid and stupid, Qiao and wild, simple and not literate. Yin people respect God, lead the people to serve God, first ghost and then salute, first punish and then reward, respect but not kiss, the people's disgrace, swing but not quiet, victory and shameless. The Zhou people respect the courtesy, the ghosts respect the gods and stay away, the people are close and loyal, and their rewards and punishments are used to rank the lords, the relatives are not respectful, and the people's favor is advantageous and skillful, the text is not ashamed, and the thieves are hidden.
This passage is from the "Book of Rites and Records", in which Confucius did not let go of the characteristics and malpractices of the Xia and Shang dynasties.
Shang respects the gods and then salutes, and its people release. Swinging but not quiet, competitive and shameless, this is where Confucius did not like Yin Shang. But Xia and Zhou are not without problems, the two generations are ghosts and gods and far away, close to people and loyal, but one of his people is stupid and ignorant, proud and rude, simple and unliterate; The other is a scheming and deceitful people, who are shameless and shameless.
Ye Tao said with a smile: "Yukun directly reprimanded the "Moon Order" [Part 1 of the Book of Rites] the day before yesterday, and today he also talked about the "Book of Rites"? β
"The Book of Rites is the work of many people. There are righteous theories of the way, and there are also different theories of foreign ways. "The "Six Classics" is a trade-off, and the chapters that do not conform to one's own wishes are referred to as forgeries, all of them are all in the world, Zhang Zai once talked about the "Ten Wings", and the ten articles of Yi Biography were written by Confucius himself, only four of them were written by Confucius, and the rest were done by others, Han Gang was a disciple of Zhang Zai, and he was also handy, "The Book of Rites", "University" and "The Mean" two articles, but they were deeply gist of the Holy Religion. β
Lu Diandu began to have a headache, and all schools of thought dared to regard those classics that did not agree with their own intentions as forgeries, and now, it happened to be another example, "But there is no circumstantial evidence for this matter, and it can't be asserted on this, right?" β
"Now there are Yin Ruins. The authenticity of the articles of the "Book of Rites" may be seen in the relics of Yinxu. Han Gang said: "If you can study the oracle bone divination words of the past times, maybe you can also confirm the hexagrams and epigrams in the "Yi". For the help of sacred learning. β
"Yukun has forgotten that there is a difference between elephants and numbers!" Ye Tao seemed to have caught something, and his spirit perked up, "The divination method and the Zheng method are completely different, one uses tortoise shell and the other uses yarrow, how can divination be evidenced by hexagrams?!" β