Chapter two hundred and seventy-four [primitive substances and man's disease]
"I still don't understand enough. Master Bai said that the strong wind blew the flagpole in the wind. A soldier said that the wind was blowing the flagpole and moving, which is materialism. Another soldier said that the flagpole was not moving, which is the heart was moving, which is idealism? Is such a strange soldier from the Old Qin State? The soldier in front is fine, but the one in the latter is very exquisite?"
"Bah, where do you care about the soldier? This is clearly an example given by the Master. The key is to understand the truth. Look at the other person, Mu Jing and Zhao Ji, they won't scream like you, and they are still thinking seriously after class. Otherwise, how could they say that they are excellent students?"
This is a very epoch-making lesson. It is not the key to having such philosophers or soldiers. In the case, it is a monk rather than a soldier. The key is to look at the problem.
A wind blows the flagpole, which makes people understand the difference between idealism and materialism, which has caused a lot of thoughts. If there were people in later generations, there would definitely be people advocating idealism, but in the pre-Qin era when the philosophical development was still in a window period, Bai Dong said that what the standard answer was is. Idealism may not be bad, at least it can keep people optimistic and quiet enough, and even trigger Buddhist debates. However, this is something that is played by extremely smart people, and it is basically a cheating thing to popularize the public.
Buddhist researchers who appeared in later generations re-thinking philosophy and represent the idealist camp. This will definitely appear, and Bai Dong would not be too worried. However, those believers who used gods and Buddhas to deceive incense, educate good men and women to abide by the rules and precepts, but themselves as monks and become big landlords, and earlier promoted correct philosophical concepts. This will help the Chinese people to enhance their immunity to these sects.
The debate between materialism and idealism has been around for a long time among smart people, but now it has been decided by Bai Dong. Even extremely smart students like Mu Jing and Zhao Ji will not invest too much energy in this issue. What attracted them the most was the "primary material" proposed by Bai Dong.
What is ‘primitive matter’? That is, the material that originally formed this world seems to be a very empty concept, but in fact it is the basis of all natural sciences and even humanities. Before Bai Dong proposed the primitive matter, no one knew what the world was formed. Even scholars like Lao Yan Jian and Meng Ke could not explain the origin of mankind. The legend of Nuwa creating humans was very marketable in this era. Otherwise, why would the Emperor Zhou Dynasty pay tribute to the gods of heaven and earth?
The pre-Qin era was not the dark medieval era, and China has always had monarchy power higher than divine power. When the monarchs of the nations sacrificed to heaven, they were also half-believing and half-doubted, so Bai Dong proposed that all things in this world were formed by "fire, water, earth and wind" and "virility". In the eyes of later generations, this is just a simple materialist view, but in this era it has epoch-making significance. At that time, Lao Yan Jian and Meng Ke both changed their faces slightly and bowed their heads and thought hard.
Bai Dong had not dared to put forward the atomic theory. Although this also belongs to a simple materialist view, it was too advanced. He did not have the courage of Aristotle. In fact, when Aristotle proposed this view, he was questioned because he could not prove it. The Chinese were much smarter than the stupid ancient Greeks, and Bai Dong didn't want to be blocked by others all day long to argue.
Fire, water, earth and wind are all things that humans can see in the naked eye. People cannot live without land, and after death, they cannot do anything else, so he does not need to explain it. Students and teachers will naturally connect humans with the land, so the "primary matter" he proposed is still very convincing. The materiality of the world is solved. The idea of the movement of matter, absolute movement and relative static of matter will naturally come naturally, which is equivalent to laying a good foundation for the study of matter. Some parts of philosophy and physics are interoperable.
The first class of thinking and learning did not tell too much, and the students had to slowly digest it. Bai Dong didn't even expect them to truly accept "thinking and learning" before graduation. Philosophy is a thing that accompanies people's lives and needs to be slowly experienced before they can enjoy it endlessly. Now it's good to learn. Robot memorize is the only way to achieve "learning and knowledge" in the future, and even learn from one example. The more you become better than others, the more you will feel relieved.
But even if the students cannot understand the true connotation of philosophy, Bai Dong's class opened their horizons. Once the horizons were opened, it would not be so easy for the teachers to hook up with students. I am now considering the problem of the world, what kind of attractiveness can the sun be when the sun is scorching? In the pre-Qin era when pure theoretical philosophy has never appeared, Bai Dong's "thinking and learning" is actually more likely to attract students' attention.
Now, when the students think, Bai Dong will laugh. This is the pleasure of the great wise man of the Axial Age. The course lasted for three minutes, and the students and the teachers were excitedly discussing what he taught. Bai Dong saw Cao'er waving to him and walked over to ask. Cao'er smiled and said, "Sister and sister-in-law want you to go home, saying that it was a letter from Qi State..."
The letter from Qi State? Bai Dong thought of Ying Shu. The only person who was called her sister and sister-in-law by Cao'er was the only one who knew about Ying Shu. She knew about Ying Shu. Even if there was a letter, she could only wait until she returned home. Why did she send someone to call her? Could it be that something happened to Ying Shu? Thinking that Ying Shu is now a pregnant woman in Liujia, and her own good seed is still in her belly. Bai Dong's expression changed and hurriedly called Nie Zhu back to Baijiazhuang.
Bird wine is becoming more and more like a big wife at home. Bai Dong rushed to the house and greeted her with a cloth brush, dusted the dust on her body for him. While Bai Yue was unprepared, he reached out and twisted his waist, lowered his voice and said, "The letter was sent by Tian Yinqi. The first person to receive was Bai Chi. I suppressed it. My mother didn't know about this..."
This girl clearly had something in her words and her smile was strange, but Bai Dong was slightly shocked. Damn, the miser was finally found? Tian Yinqi is a cautious person. After waiting for so long to send a letter, was it that everything was verified? No, Bai Zi took the lead in sleeping with the woman of the Prince of Qi, but this prince is quite famous and is good friends with Meng Ke. If this matter is not handled well, it is probably harmful to the reputation of the academy and I will lose face.
After talking to her mother for a while, she coaxed her to sleep, Bai Dong pulled the bitter wine into the room: "I believe you have read it?"
"Yeah..." Bijiu nodded, his mouth tightly pursed, and the expression on his face seemed to be urged to urinate.
"Is it so ridiculous?" Bai Dong breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that things would not be ruined when he opened the letter and saw it. When he opened the letter, he laughed. After all, he was the future King Xuan of Qi. He was indeed a smart guy, and at least he knew how to cherish his feathers.
Tian Yinqi is not a fool, but on the contrary, he is a very smart guy. When Ying Shu's belly is old, he knows that the problem is serious. This child is definitely not his own. However, as the son of Hou's favorite, he really needs a descendant. There have been troublemakers in the city who have long been gossiping about the root of gossip. He said that Liu Xiahui, the Qi Kingdom, is not a cleansing person, but a powerless person. Such rumors are too terrible and need to be hit hard with facts!
The fact is that Ying Shu is his wife and pregnant with his son. Hou's father was happy. The gossiping man stopped talking. Everyone praised the prince Yinqi for being a real cleansing person and taking the important task of a country. As for secret matters like helping the child find his father, of course, he asked his most close minister to do it. Lao Qin is not very good, and it is not very difficult to investigate the princess' past experience.
So a thousand miles of searching for your father was successfully staged in Qi and Qin. After some logical reasoning and collecting evidence on site, Tian Yinqi finally turned his attention to Baijiazhuang thousands of miles away. You Bai Dong! I still treat you as a friend, and you are worthy of me!
The romantic affairs in the carriage were revealed, and Tian Yinqi had also experienced a brief madness. He rushed into the palace to accuse Ying Shu of Ying. He wanted to revive his husband, but sadly, he fell in love with Ying Shu's Taoer again. The prince of Qi, who was tied up by four horses, was in pain and happiness. He suddenly found that he was a patient who could only find happiness in his private room with Ying Shu, and it would never be possible if he had a woman.
Tian Yinqi, who was awakened by the whip, began to calm down and found that a patient like him was caught cuckolded by someone. Moreover, the person who gave him this hat was still Bai Zi, the richest man in the world? Well, I didn't suffer any loss in this matter. Not only did I take up your wife and children, but I also asked you to give me a good reward! Ying Shu was also very supportive of this. She also thought that Bai Dong should repay Tian Yinqiluo. This child is good. Is it just that we are sorry for others...
Seeing Bai Dong's look so happy, he gently poked him: "That Tian Yinqi is too greedy. If you have a child with Ying Shu, you can be a father. You are asking for something to cure the disease? His disease is also uttered... If he is cured, would he want to 'bully' Sister Ying Shu? How could you agree to such a thing?"
"Why didn't I agree? Tian Yinqi's illness is not cured. There will always be one day when it will be leaked in the future. There is no secret in this world that can be kept forever. How should Ying Shu and her children deal with themselves? People in the world will say that my son is a wild breeder and my woman is a lewd woman. Not only will it damage the Qin state's body, I will also feel more and more sorry for their mother and son. So even if Tian Yinqi doesn't come to ask for prescriptions, I will sooner or later find an opportunity to cure his 'man's disease'..."
"Although you are right, aren't you afraid that Tian Yinqi will bully Ying Shu's sister if she gets cured? "Kujiu's words are becoming more and more mysterious. Before she can do anything, the title of "sister" was confirmed to Ying Shu first.
Bai Dong looked at her: "He dares! Don't worry, you are the only one who gave me a cuckold, so where is the reason why others gave me a gift? I have my own plans."
Bitter wine was stunned by what he said. After carefully thinking about the meaning of "cuckold", he immediately bent down with a smile...
Ps: Another update, Oh my God, I'm so tired...
Chapter completed!