[Third Update.] 】

July Flowing Fire.

The southern starry sky was close to the horizon of the Great Fire Antares, and its scarlet hue shone omily in the sky. On a moonless night, the stars in the sky seem to be much brighter, and the dim stars that are usually hidden by the moonlight also appear in the starry sky one by one at this time.

In the year that Su Song got the clairvoyance, he had already developed the habit of stargazing in the middle of the night, and his communication with colleagues was reduced to a minimum. Observing the stars thousands or even hundreds of millions of miles away through the clairvoyant mirror and looking for the law of the changes in the trajectory of the stars is Su Song's greatest pleasure now.

From the open window of Han Gang's study, you can still see the ten thousand stars in the sky, and there are also several clairvoyants and microscopes on Duobaoge, but Su Song paid attention to the room and what Han Gang said.

It is not as necessary to guard against people's eyes and ears as in the yamen of Taichang Temple, and in the private study, you can speak freely with your own mouth and into people's ears.

Han Gangtu saw the dagger, and honestly told Su Song his true purpose little by little: "The ancients are not necessarily right. For example, the fallacy of the moth Yizi has now been changed, but the fallacy of rotting grass and turning fireflies has not been corrected by anyone for thousands of years. ”

Under the candlelight, Han Gang took out a transparent glass bottle the size of a cup. There is wet soil in the bottle, there are blades of grass, and there are a few flying insects lying on the blades of grass, and if you look closely, you can also see a few caterpillar-like black reptiles at the bottom of the bottle.

On weekdays, Su Songduo would laugh at Han Gang's extravagance and raise insects in glass bottles worth more than a dozen yuan. But right now, he has no time to do such idle things, since Han Gang said that it is a fallacy to turn rotten grass into fireflies, then the natural thing in the bottle is fireflies.

Taking the magnifying glass handed over by Han Gang, Su Song solemnly and carefully observed the flying insects and reptiles in the bottle. This is a very trivial topic, and it is as significant as Han Gang's mistake in pointing out the son of the moth.

The allusion to the son of the moth comes from the "Book of Songs, Xiaoya, Xiaowan" - the moth has a son, and the moth bears it. Han Gang originally elaborated on the process of the moth preying on the moth for the larvae in "Gui Window Cong Talk", which seemed to be just correcting a fallacy of common sense, but in fact, it was a stab at all the past interpretations of the Book of Poetry.

There are many people who want to refute Han Gang, but more and more people have proved Han Gang's correctness through empirical evidence. A saint is not wrong, so what is wrong is interpretation. From the earliest Mao's poem Zheng Jian to today's various schools, each of them interprets this sentence in "Xiaowan" as a moth collecting moths as righteous sons. And Han Gang proved the error of this interpretation.

In debates, as long as one mistake in rhetoric is grasped and missed, and all efforts are attacked, the opponent will often lose his armor and collapse. And when a problem arises in a commentary, even if only a little, it can be extrapolated from this to the rest, questioning the credibility of many other interpretations.

That's what Han Gang did, and he did make no one dare to talk about the commentary on the Book of Songs in front of him. One thing, we must know that in the "Three Classics and New Meanings", which is the foundation of new learning, there is a "Poetic Meaning" that annotates the "Book of Songs".

At present, the section of rotting grass and turning fireflies is from the "Book of Rites" and is seen in the "Moon Order". Once Han Gang proves it to be wrong, then it is logical for him to question the correctness of the Book of Rites.

In front of 'the moth has a son, and the moth bears it', there is still a sentence 'the Central Plains has a son, and the common people pick it' - the common people of the Central Plains eat the beans - so from this meaning, the original meaning of 'the moth has a son, and the moth bears it' is just that the moth catches the son of the moth. Just give the definition of 'negative' to eat or store.

But the entries in "The Book of Rites: The Month Order" have no way to prevaricate with another interpretation. Either Han Gang is wrong, or "The Book of Rites" is wrong.

After blowing out the lights in the room, the fireflies in the vial that Han Gang took out began to flicker faintly in the dark. Several caterpillar-like reptiles at the bottom of the bottle also began to glow.

"Fireflies down there, too?" Su Song was surprised, he thought that the little reptile was a firefly and a food.

"This is a firefly that has not yet pupated its larvae. But Brother Zirong, you have also seen it, even larvae can also emit light. ”

Han Gang explained to Su Song. Easily open the cap. Feeling the fresh air outside, a few fluorescent lights immediately flew out of the bottle and flew lightly in the room, but on the grass blades remaining in the bottle, there were still extremely faint but clearly recognizable fireflies.

"It's a firefly egg, and it's glowing as well." Han Gang held the bottle in mid-air, allowing Su Song's line of sight to be at the level of the fluorescent light of the insect eggs, "Fireflies lay eggs in the grass, from eggs, to nymphs, pupae, to adults, they can all glow. Its metamorphosis resembles that of a silkworm. Therefore, silkworms and fireflies belong to the class of insects. ”

Han Gang handed the glass bottle to Su Song, lit the candle again, and asked him to take a magnifying glass to look at it carefully.

"Hexapod, the body is composed of links, usually there are three parts of the head, thorax and abdomen, and the adult has antennae and compound eyes on the head - what is a compound eye, you can know the Tao with a microscope, or you can see the dragonfly directly without a microscope - most of them have wings, and there are many metamorphoses from eggs to nymphs to adults when they grow. This is characteristic of the members of the class Insecta. Silkworms, fireflies, mosquitoes, flies, dragonflies, butterflies, and moths all belong to the class of insects. Spiders and centipedes also have links, but because they have many feet, they are different from insects, and they have their own classes, arachnids and myriapods, which belong to the phylum Arthropods. Han Gang pointed to the corresponding branches on the biological tree, "Shrimp and crabs are actually also classified in the phylum Arthropods, but they also belong to another class - Crustaceans. ”

Han Gang spoke in detail, and Su Song held the glass bottle, turned it in his hand, and was silent.

"At the same time, there is life and death, but the life and death of animals and plants are completely different. It is also impossible to convert into each other. Fireflies are born to die, as long as you look closely, you can see clearly, and other insects are the same. In other words, as long as you understand the essence of insects, you will know that the so-called rotten grass firefly is a complete and outright talk. ”

"It's the Book of Rites that is wrong." Su Song said in a gloomy tone.

There are eggs, there are larvae, and there are adults, everything is similar to silkworms, which is a view based on facts, and it is certainly more credible than the theory that the grass is rotting.

But the Book of Rites is a scripture after all! For Confucians, questioning the scriptures, or even going so far as saying that the scriptures are wrong, is a great psychological barrier. Fortunately, the "Book of Rites" was not written by Confucius, but compiled by Xiao Dai of the Western Han Dynasty, so it was called "The Book of Rites of Xiao Dai". If you talk about the "Analects", no matter what, Su Song can't pass the psychological level.

"I have always said that the knowledge of things, not the knowledge of books, is because there are many errors in the book, and the requirements are true and true. Turning grass into fireflies is a mistake in the Book of Rites. Xiao Dai has forty-nine articles, many of which are false, which can be proven. Its "Zhou Li" is also called the Three Rites, which is even more wrong. ”

A saint is not wrong, so once the article is wrong, it must not be from the teachings of the saint - although the premise of this logical chain is essentially wrong, but in the current era, the saint is always right, but it is an unshakable fact that everyone believes.

The forty-nine chapters of the "Little Dai Li Ji" contain etiquette and etiquette, explain etiquette, and record the questions and answers of Confucius and his disciples. What Dai Sheng did was just compilation. And among the forty-nine articles he compiled, it is difficult to distinguish which ones are true and which ones are false. When Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, made a commentary for it, no one doubted the authenticity of the "Book of Rites", and it was included in the Nine Classics in the Tang Dynasty until Han Gang appeared.

Han Gang stared at Su Song's hand. Su Songzheng subconsciously turned the glass bottle in his hand, the transparent bottle gurgled and turned, and the refracted fire kept shaking. According to the standard of Confucian people who respect etiquette and observe etiquette, such gaffe behavior should not be had. Su Song's heart was shaking, and Han Gang's compilation of the medical code may have been to take out all the chapters related to grass, trees, earth, stones, birds and beasts in the scriptures to verify the authenticity.

"In Han Gang's humble opinion, in the "Book of Rites", there are also several articles such as "University" and "The Mean", which have won the original intention of the sage."

This is to kick the "Book of Rites" out of the Nine Classics! Su Song's hand tightened, and he clutched the bottle that was not too big. From Han Gang's words, he even faintly heard that he planned to remove the "Book of Rites" from the four scriptures in the subset of scriptures. ......'It turns out that this is his purpose. ’

Han Gang raised his eyebrows slightly, this is the role of natural science in scriptures!

When he explained his personal opinion to Su Song, there was a hidden excitement in his heart. Whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, or even Western theology, it is impossible to separate from heaven and earth, and it is inevitable to describe, summarize, explain and explain the phenomena of the natural world, which is an indispensable foundation.

However, without the guidance of scientific research methods, there will be many fallacies when summarizing and summarizing natural phenomena, so it is reasonable that science can cut through the darkness of the Middle Ages in the West in later generations. And at the moment, it is certainly not difficult for Han Gang to tear apart the skin of scripture step by step, refute the interpretation of the past, and even seize the right of interpretation.

Don't debate with experts in areas you are not familiar with. On the other hand, if you want to win a debate, you need to introduce the topic into areas that you are familiar with and that your opponent is not familiar with. As early as when Han Gang began to snatch the right to interpret Gewu Zhizhi, he did so, and he has not changed and will not change.

When Han Gang can retreat from the classics that are listed as one of the nine classics of Confucianism, then his status in Confucianism will be self-evident, and the status of Qi in Confucianism will be naturally established and unshakable.

Su Song raised his eyes to look at Han Gang, his warm and mellow eyes flashed with a firm and unshakable light. Such a young man, no wonder he doesn't care about the suppression of the Son of Heaven at all, how can he restrain a Confucian who is dedicated to learning.

Probably Han Gang is for the purpose of feasting on the Temple of Literature, and it is not an honor that can attract everyone to match the Temple with meritorious heroes. Guiding future generations and passing on the avenue may be the most tempting glory!