Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"The method of contradiction can explain the yin and yang of Tai Chi, explore the truth of heaven, and understand the laws of the development of all things in the world."

"However, there are more than two sides to a contradiction: a spear and a shield."

“You need to know what it is and understand its way, then you can reconcile yin and yang and achieve the mean.”

Jiang Xinghuo's voice was soft and gentle.

Every word he said seemed to be integrated into some mysterious and profound artistic conception.

The thoughts of everyone present seemed to jump following his voice.

This is a direction that no one has ever explored. Over the past hundreds of years, countless acting masters have tried to find out what "Heavenly Principle" is, but in the end, they have all stopped at "Qi generates Tai Chi, and Tai Chi and Wuji merge into one." ".

In other words, they only achieved "one birth of two" and were able to confirm that "three births all things", but the intermediate demonstration of "two births three", that is, how Tai Chi moves on all things, made the world full of natural principles and could not be demonstrated. come out.

This is the ultimate problem of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

No one would have thought that tonight, they would get the answer to this ultimate question from this young national master.

But before that, this Imperial Master was still the "treacherous minister" they had been criticizing with words and writings, and wanted to get rid of him!

Moreover, Lord Fengchu, who was meditating under the willow tree, had a vague feeling that the purpose of the Imperial Master seemed not only to solve the ultimate problem of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, but also had some deeper meaning.

But he couldn't figure out the deeper meaning yet.

Song Li looked towards Taiping Street.

Until Jiang Xinghuo completely explained what he said about yin and yang and contradictions, movement and movement.

The entire Taiping Street has fallen into a lifeless tranquility.

Only a gust of wind blew over and brought a chill, which made them wake up from that strange state.

They are scholars and young people. Who doesn’t have an ambition in their hearts to “establish a heart for the world, to establish a destiny for the people, to inherit the unique knowledge of the saints, and to create peace for all generations”?

You must know that it is precisely because the blood is not cold that people gather to knock on the temple today!

At this moment, at this moment.

Students who have a little knowledge of Neo-Confucianism, a little academic ambition, and a little ambition to explore the truth of the universe cannot remain indifferent to hearing the ultimate problem solved in public.

After all, in this era, Neo-Confucianism is everything to many scholars.

Neo-Confucianism is deeply rooted not only because it is only a stepping stone to the imperial examination.

More importantly, it is the moral standard of the entire society and even the operating rules of the entire "world".

Everything is inseparable from Neo-Confucianism.

Therefore, if the reform does not find a theoretical basis from Neo-Confucianism and cannot achieve "the Six Classics annotate me and I annotate the Six Classics", then the innate public opinion will be at an extreme disadvantage.

Neither Dao Yan, who has learned all three religions, nor Zhang Yuchu, who is known as a Taoist scholar, can do this kind of thing!

Only one person can take on this responsibility.

As soon as the theory of "contradiction" appeared in the world, it was no different than the enlightening Huang Zhongdalu!

Everyone knows that using contradictions to explain the yin and yang of Tai Chi is the most ingenious way, and once the contradictions are connected with movement, they will flow like yin and yang fish.

Tai Chi is no longer dead and static!

Rather, it is circulating all the time, all the time!

This is the Tao! ! !

Hurrah!

In an instant, almost most of the people kneeling in the front row bowed to the green-shirted Imperial Master with their hearts clear.

"——Ask the National Master to preach!"

I don’t know who shouted out first.

Immediately afterwards, more people started drinking.

"Please ask the national master to preach!"

"..."

The mighty sound, like a rolling tide, echoed in this ancient city.

The vast majority of people were extremely shocked at this time. Even the dullest people knew that right now, they were about to witness history with their own eyes!

Listening to the overwhelming calls, Jiang Xinghuo's mood also became a little agitated.

He managed to suppress the ups and downs in his heart and spoke.

"One of the laws of contradiction is universality and particularity."

"The Book of Changes says: One yin and one yang are called Tao."

"One yin and one yang, the so-called 'duality', represents the opposite nature of all things and the complementarity of reality and reality at their origin."

"Dualism is opposition. This is why I say yin and yang are contradictions."

Jiang Xinghuo casually told a short story about the origin of the contradiction.

"The people of Chu who have shields and spears praise them by saying: My shield is so strong that nothing can trap it; they also praise their spears by saying: My spear is so sharp that it can trap everything; or they say: With Zi's spear, How about a shield that traps a child? No one can handle it. A shield that cannot be trapped and a spear that cannot be trapped cannot stand in the same world."

After telling the short story, Jiang Xinghuo asked.

"What is the universality of contradiction?"

Jiang Xinghuo pointed at a prison student in the third row.

"This student, you might as well answer this."

The supervisor was flattered and gave his answer: "Probably, contradiction is the yin and yang of Tai Chi. Since the laws of nature exist in all things, Tai Chi also exists in all things, and the same is true for contradictions, so it is universal. .That is to say, everything is contradictory.”

This is the view of heavenly principles of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. By replacing Taiji Yin and Yang with contradictions, one can understand with almost no hesitation why contradictions exist in everything in the world.

Because this is how Tianli and Tai Chi exist in everything in the world.

"You said it very well."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded in approval, and then continued: "However, this is only the first manifestation of the universality of contradictions."

Everyone was slightly startled when they heard this. Is there more than one way?

“Contradiction exists in everything, or in the movement and development of everything, and that’s right.”

"But the universality of contradiction has another manifestation."

"That is, in the movement and development of any thing, there is a contradictory movement from beginning to end."

After saying that, Jiang Xinghuo stretched his left hand upright and pointed his right hand like a gun, making a contradictory gesture.

The left and right hands push and pull each other, the movement is endless, and the conflict is never-ending.

I probably understand that it is still a little difficult for the supervisors and teachers of the Imperial College to understand.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. When I finish telling this story, you can combine it and you will understand what the contradictory movement in universality is."

Jiang Xinghuo gave a small philosophical example to help them understand.

“Suppose there is an old ship that can sail on the sea for a long time. The old ship has a large number of spare planks and parts. Thanks to continuous repairs and replacement parts, as long as a plank rots, it will be replaced, and so on. Until all the parts are no longer the original ones.”

"So I want to ask, is the resulting new ship still the same old ship, or is it a completely different ship?"

"If it's not the same old ship, then at what point does it stop being the same old ship?"

Everyone fell into deep thought.

Soon after, Chai Che raised his hand. It was Guo Jing who was exposed just now, but his identity has not yet been exposed.

"You said."

Being too far away, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't clearly see this prison official whom he had only met once, and he didn't know that the other person was already his old student. He just saw someone waving, so he nodded.

Chai Che pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "The sailing of a ship is the contradictory movement of things, the flow of Tai Chi Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang flow all the time, and the contradictions of decay and replacement are also constantly happening. The ship's The process of component replacement is a process of two making three, a brand new ship will be born on the old ship, and the root cause is contradiction."

Under the willow tree, a figure appeared next to Song Li and stopped unconsciously.

"Rong Guo Gong?" Song Li turned around and asked.

"Shhh."

Yao Guangxiao showed a rare expression of impatience. He and Song Li stood under the tree and listened quietly.

Unlike Song Li, Yao Guangxiao understood Jiang Xinghuo's sermons more deeply.

This was because he and Jiang Xinghuo discussed this secret at the foot of Jingting Mountain. In other words, Yao Guangxiao provided the knowledge of Neo-Confucianism and Jiang Xinghuo came up with countermeasures.

Everything in this world has contradictory movements.

Does the reform mean patching up the old ship of the Ming Dynasty, using new wooden boards, and plugging up the rotten holes?

So does it mean that if things go on like this, Ming Dynasty will also become a new ship in the unconscious contradictory movement?

In fact, this is the significance of Jiang Xinghuo's proposed method of solving the problem of "two generates three" that cannot be solved by Neo-Confucianism.

Again, since the Six Classics can inject me, why can't I, Jiang Xinghuo, in turn inject the Six Classics?

The best principles for slaying dragons in the world are all in my chest and abdomen. With a casual utterance, I can overwhelm the world and destroy everything!

At the same time, the deeper meaning is currently only discussed by Yao Guangxiao and Jiang Xinghuo.

That is the evil dragon that is about to hatch. How to control it?

The evil dragon is also the product of contradictory movements, and it is an indispensable product that cannot be bypassed.

Reform is important, but how to control the evil dragon and prevent it from causing harm to the world is actually what Jiang Xinghuo and he care about most.

While Yao Guangxiao was thinking about it, Chai Che continued: "As for the answers to these two questions, I haven't figured it out yet."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and indicated that he could sit down.

Then, he said slowly.

"The answer is not difficult, for the resulting new ship is both an old ship and a completely different ship."

“The first moment when a conflict occurs is not the moment when the planks are mended, but the moment further forward, when the old ship is launched into the water and the planks begin to decay, the old ship is no longer the same old ship, because A contradictory movement has arisen.”

"As for the particularity of contradictions, you have actually known it for a long time. The principles are different."

Hearing this, everyone felt a little surprised.

"Thank you, Imperial Master, for clearing up the confusion!"

"The talent of the national teacher is truly unparalleled in ancient and modern times!"

"National Master, your talent is comparable to that of the sages!"

Unconsciously, everyone's attitude has changed dramatically.

They have initially understood the derivation relationship of Tianli-Tai Chi-Yin and Yang-Contradiction, and understand that Tianli exists in all things, so contradictions exist in all things, and it is the movement of contradictions that allows Tai Chi Yin and Yang to flow and Tianli exists. Almost the world.

This fundamentally solves the view that Neo-Confucianism tends to view heavenly principles in a static way.

This is the traditional saying that "Heaven remains unchanged and Tao remains unchanged."

Well, actually at this moment, some smart people have thought that since contradictions are in motion, yin and yang circulate, the sky is changing, and the Tao is changing, then reform, from a legal perspective, is still a matter of course.

These smart people who could think through this level looked at Jiang Xinghuo with absolutely fear and horror.

This national master, in a few words, used the universality and particularity of contradictions to firmly lay down the theoretical foundation of the reform!

And with the inevitable large-scale spread of the results of tonight's sermon, the foundation of the reform has been firmly laid!

But who still remembers that they came to denounce Jiang Xinghuo and oppose the reform!

Such a method is really unbelievable!

Everyone expressed their emotions one after another, looking at the green-shirted Imperial Master in front of them with reverence in their eyes.

Although some of them didn't understand the mystery of what they just said.

But the profound and broad meaning shocked and admired everyone!

This is especially true for these supervisory students who are from the gentry class!

Can the way of heaven be accomplished in a day?

However, the Qingshan Imperial Master in front of him actually explained the essence of the saint's way in just a cup of tea.

Such preaching is simply appalling.

It can even give them enlightenment, giving them a new understanding of the way of heaven.

How could such a person not be worthy of respect?

"You guys are so complimentary."

Jiang Xinghuo waved his hand and said calmly.

"Next, what I want to talk about is the main contradiction and the main aspects of the contradiction."