Wang Anshi's father and son were a little stimulated, and they didn't know how to respond for a while, but Shen Long didn't urge, and waited for a while before continuing to ask, "Does Jiefu know where the root of the Confucian problem is?" ”

"Please also ask the Taoist for advice." Seeing those pictures of abundant yields, Wang Anshi carefully recalled what he had learned, and felt that there was no record of this in the sage classics, and it was also slightly involved in the two agricultural books of the Western Han Dynasty, "The Book of Victory" and Jia Sixian's "Qi Min Yaoshu" in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but these are not Confucian works, their authors may be Confucianists, but the things that can be written are very different from the Confucian classics.

Shen Long pressed on the book-like object, and a circle appeared on the curtain, and he pointed to this circle and said, "I think Confucianism is like this circle, and the sage classics are like the outer ring of this circle. ”

"It can also be said that later generations of Confucians think that the sage has expounded the Great Dao clearly and clearly, whether it is self-cultivation or unity, or governing the country and leveling the world, as long as he understands the meaning of the sage, there will definitely be no problem, what does Jiefu think?" This is equivalent to treating the sage scriptures as unshakable Guigao.

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment, no one had ever analyzed Confucianism like this before, but Wang Anshi thought about it carefully, it seemed that the Confucian scholars of all dynasties had done this, and he also regarded it as a righteous reason, and he didn't think there was anything bad, so he nodded and asked, "That's true, what's wrong with this?" ”

"If there is only one corner of the Central Plains in the world, and if everything in the world has remained unchanged since the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties, there is nothing wrong with it; However, the great Jiefu of the world has also seen that the Central Plains is just a corner of the world; Time has changed, everything in the world cannot remain the same, the world has changed and Confucianism has not changed, after all, it will not be able to keep up with the pace! Shen Long sighed.

"There is also a difference between Confucianism today and Confucianism in the Han and Tang dynasties, and it cannot be said that Confucianism has not changed." Wang Yan couldn't help but retort.

"Hehe, no matter how much it changes, it's still just making a fuss in the circle, it's good to say that it's to check and fill in the gaps, and if it's not good, it's a dojo in a snail shell, what can be the point of this?" Shen Long sneered, "Moreover, you regard the sage scriptures as iron laws, but are the sage classics really free of mistakes?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Anshi's father and son were a little excited, and immediately wanted to refute, Shen Long raised his hand to stop them, and then changed the picture, "The Book of Rites is a Confucian classic, right?" The two of you should remember that there is the word 'rotten grass into fireflies'. ”

This sentence comes from the "Book of Rites - Moon Order", which says: "The month of the summer season. Day in Liu. In the faint fire. Dan Kuizhong. The day of the propy. Its Emperor Yandi. Its god Zhu Rong. Its insect feathers. Its phonological signs. Lin Zhong in the law. Number VII. Its taste is bitter. Its stinky scorch. Its ritual stove. Sacrificial lungs. The warm wind begins to arrive. Cricket dwelling wall. Eagle is learning. Rotting grass for fireflies.'" Wang Yan blurted out, is there anything wrong with this?

"Rotting grass turns into fireflies means that fireflies are transformed from rotting grass, doesn't that mean?" Shen Long asked, and Wang Anshi's father and son nodded.

"But that's not the case." The picture on the wall moved, clearly showing Wang Anshi and his son the whole process of fireflies laying eggs in aquatic plants in summer, and the larvae pupate in the soil and become insects in the spring of the following year. ”

This is the words that Han Da Hammer used to scare Confucianism, Shen Long was deeply impressed by this, and just used it to point out that the sage scriptures are not perfect, "If Jiefu doesn't believe it, you can go to a place where there are many fireflies to observe, or simply raise some fireflies in the yard, and you will know if I am right." ”

"Even so, it's just a minor omission." Wang Yan still couldn't accept it.

"Okay, let's just take this as a trivial matter, let's talk about the more important thing, Confucianism has always advocated the rule of three generations, and has always regarded the revival of three generations as the highest ideal, right?" Shen Long asked again.

"However, Zi said: 'The journey of the avenue is also, and the three generations of Ying, Qiu has not been caught, but there is ambition.' Wang Anshi nodded in agreement, Mencius must be called three generations, and Wang Anshi has always admired Mencius, so his admiration for the rule of three generations is far above that of ordinary Confucians.

What's wrong with that? Wang Anshi's father and son suddenly began to be worried, even if the saying of "rotten grass turns into fireflies" just now is wrong, it is only a small omission, and the rule of three generations is the foundation of Confucianism.

"In later generations, there was a discipline called archaeology, which aimed to study the history of ancient human society based on the material data left over from various activities of ancient human beings." Shen Long's words were a bit tongue-twisting, but Wang Anshi and his son barely understood.

"Confucianism praises the rule of three generations, but how many people really know what the world was like in three generations? Even when Kong Sheng was born, it was in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and Kong Sheng could not witness the truth of the three generations with his own eyes, so he could only guess based on some crude history books. ”

"However, there are not only history books left in the three generations, but also the city of the year, which is engraved with the words of the year and the bell and the tortoise shell of the year, the layout of the city can infer the social style of the time, and the words on the bell and the tortoise shell are carved by the people of the three generations, and the credibility is higher than the history books of later generations." This is also the content of that book, and Shen Long feels that the impact of this must be greater.

Shen Long pointed to it and said, "This is the capital of Yin Shang excavated by later generations, and the Shang king Pangeng moved the capital here, and for more than two hundred years, Yin Shang has been using this place as the capital; Through the excavation of this site, the palaces and temples of the Yin Shang were discovered, and more importantly, the writing of the Yin Shang period was discovered! ”

A tortoise shell appeared on the screen, and the tortoise shell was covered with quaint words, "Yin people respect ghosts and gods, and every time there is a major event, they must use tortoise shell cow bones for divination, and the diviner inscribes on their edges a note that describes the origin and preservation of these oracle bones, called the memorization inscription, if you can interpret the words on these tortoise shells, it will be clear what it looks like in three generations!" ”

"Later generations called the words on these tortoiseshell cow bones oracle bone inscriptions, and after years of research, a lot has been interpreted, and it can be said that the study of the three generations in later generations is far better than that of the Great Song Dynasty." Shen Long looked at Wang Anshi's father and son, who were as stunned as wooden chickens, and decided to give them a little more stimulation.

"This place is in Xiangzhou, and the palace and temple may be difficult to excavate, but if you send someone to Xiangzhou to buy tortoise shells, you may be able to find tortoise shells engraved with words, and Jiefu might as well send someone to Xiangzhou for a trip! Maybe you can decipher some of the words. ”

I don't believe it, in the Confucian mind, can a slave society be better than a feudal society?