Chapter 496 8.15 The Six Schools of the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 496 15 The Six Schools of the Tang Dynasty
As the sun gradually set in the sky, the girl moved her eyes from the city gate under her feet back to the ancient scroll in her hand.
The ancient scroll was not thick, bound with thick wood pulp paper. The cover made of flexible sheepskin was embossed with three heavy characters——
——"The Book of Lord Shang"
For the "Legalist School" among the five major schools in the East Continent, this book is comparable to the "Bible" in the hands of the Saints, and it is the spiritual food that all gang members must study every day.
"If you doubt your actions, you will not succeed; if you doubt your actions, you will not succeed"
"You are eager to make changes, and you don't care about the opinions of the world. Moreover, those who have the behavior of a superior person will certainly be seen as inferior to the world; those who have unique knowledge will certainly be seen as arrogant by the people."
The palace-dressed girl silently recited the two ancient sayings in the book, and all her thoughts.
After reading this thin scroll hundreds of times, she has already been familiar with the meaning contained in it.
(If you hesitate to act, you will not achieve anything. If you hesitate to do things, you will not be effective!)
(The king should make up his mind to reform as soon as possible, and don't care what people in the world say about you. Moreover, people who are more intelligent than ordinary people will be criticized by the secular society, and people with unique insights and thinking will definitely be laughed at by ordinary people)
With a light snap, the girl closed the ancient scroll in her hand and looked at the bustling crowd of foreigners under her feet.
"The world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all for profit"
"The teacher is right!"
'The emperor cares about the people, and the people support the emperor' is simply impossible. The fools are like pigs in a pen, who only know to obey their own greed and devour everything tirelessly.
When they finally die of bloating, they will turn around and blame the emperor for his poor rule!
The truth is always in the hands of a few people. Killing a small number of compatriots can allow more people to survive in troubled times.
This is the way of my Legalists!
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Use heavy punishments in troubled times.
These five words can best describe the Tang Dynasty in the East at that time.
The kings of the Tang Dynasty were by no means incompetent. Even Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji, who robbed his daughter-in-law into the cabinet and worshipped treacherous people, had the feat of creating the "Kaiyuan Prosperity" when he was young.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the world was in turmoil and the vassal states were divided. The whole country was like a pottery jar that fell from a high platform, and it seemed to be about to fall apart.
Emperors Daizong and Dezong were rare wise rulers in the world. They both saw clearly that the only way to save the country was to reduce the vassal states.
Return the power of the vassal states to the court and reshape the centralization of power.
In this way, the situation in which the empire frequently used its already limited resources for internal consumption can be changed.
The Tang Dynasty in the East was a country without religious centralization. After hundreds of years of trying, the Holy Bishop did not form a climate after all. As for Zoroastrianism, it became a rebel that everyone shouted and beat because of the hostility with the Arab Empire and its vassal states.
At this time, the six major schools that dominated the Tang Dynasty in the East were still those handed down from the Warring States Period.
Confucianism, Yin-Yang, Zong-Heng, Legalism, Taoism and Mohism.
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The Confucian school originated from Confucius, and was good at etiquette, benevolent government, and moral education.
Therefore, most of the people who came out of the "Confucian school" were famous officials in the capital.
Confucian mentors believed that human nature was good, and the upper class would follow the lower class. The etiquette that constrained the king would naturally be followed by the nobles and vassals.
The vassals were kind and polite, and then passed this style on to the common people in the territory. The people respected the king, and the king loved the people. In this way, the whole country would become a country of etiquette.
It has to be admitted that the disciples of the Confucian school played a vital role in the Tang Dynasty in the East becoming the center of the world after the "Kaiyuan Prosperity".
The five words "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness" supported the face of this huge country. "There are great scholars talking and laughing, and there are no ordinary people in the exchanges" is the ultimate understanding of "face" by Confucian mentors.
This makes foreigners who step into the imperial land, even if they meet ordinary people, they will be shocked by their spirit.
Especially when they enter the majestic Chang'an City, no matter what country they come from, no matter what their identity was, they will be deeply moved by the people of this country, and then be influenced, and even assimilated.
The "doctrine of the mean" in Confucianism has influenced many kings of the East Continent.
The doctrine of the mean means being fair and peaceful.
The doctrine of the mean is the way of humanity, and the way of humanity is the way of benevolence. The way of benevolence is in line with human nature. No one should violate it. Everyone should follow it and should continue to do it.
This is "constant", the so-called "constant" means that there is always something.
Therefore, "the mediocre is constant".
During the Kaiyuan prosperous period, with a global population of 200 million, the Tang Dynasty alone accounted for 80 million. With such national strength, it can easily crush the East-West Continental Bridge and push all the way to the West Continent.
No country could stop the powerful Tang Dynasty.
However, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, was deeply influenced by Confucianism and believed that "only moderation can last forever". He devoted himself to culture, focusing on rituals, music, poetry, and peace.
Indeed, he opened the "Kaiyuan Prosperity" that lasted for 30 years.
It's a pity that he didn't get out of the iron law of prosperity and decline.
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The Yin-Yang School inherited Zou Yan from Qi, and was good at stargazing and divination, Yin-Yang and Five Elements. It is the most mysterious and rarest of the five major schools.
According to the court inventory, there are only a hundred or so "Yin-Yang School" in existence.
The world-famous "Yin Yang Astrology" of the Yin Yang School had almost been completely lost by the 9th century AD. And the Yin Yang Immortal Arts such as "Throwing Beans to Make Soldiers", "Five Ghosts Moving", "Five Elements to See Qi" and so on, the descendants of which are rare in the world.
These more than one hundred people are scattered and hidden in various territories of the Kyushu land, each leading their followers to conduct secret experiments that belong only to themselves.
Long-term communication with ghosts, magic, and "rules" has made the vision of the "Yin Yang School" transcend ordinary people.
Each of them has existed for eternity, so they no longer pledge allegiance to a single country, nor do they reach out to fights that belong to mortals.
In their eyes, this trick of chickens pecking rice has no meaning.
What they really need to do is to collude with Yin and Yang and look up at the stars.
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The School of Diplomacy and Strategies learned from the "Saint of Strategy" Guiguzi, and is good at political strategy, marching deduction, and arranging illusions and magic arrays.
Unlike the Taoist sword immortals who fight alone, the Diplomacy and Strategists are good at fighting in groups. They can reasonably arrange their subordinates into formations, and with the help of illusions, they can fight 1 against 10, or even 1 against 100.
The most famous teacher of vertical and horizontal tactics in the Three Kingdoms period was Zhuge Liang of Shu. The "Eight Formations" he created is still taught to new generals by teachers of vertical and horizontal tactics in Taixue.
The powerful Tang Dynasty could use its army to crush the surrounding countries at its peak, and the generals belonging to the vertical and horizontal school made great contributions. Gao Xianzhi led 20,000 troops and 300,000 Arab cavalry for 7 days, which was like a miracle in the eyes of foreigners.
After the war, the Abbasid Dynasty did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately sent envoys from the kingdom to Yihe.
They knew that this was a group of troops that could not be defeated at all.
The battle formations they used, even if the Arabs learned them, could not understand them at all. The Arab generals could not understand why the soldiers of Donglu could run around a few poles of temperament in a circle, and there would be white fog and even heavy rain and thunder in the formation.
In their eyes, this was undoubtedly magic.
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The Taoist school is the Taoist sword cultivation founded by Laozi and Zhuangzi.
In the Tang Dynasty of the East, everyone aspires to become a cultivator, but the "Taoist school" is the one that requires the most talent.
There are many mortals without spiritual roots who waste a lot of time cultivating for their entire lives, and there are many people who cannot build a foundation and cannot control a flying sword. But even so, the number of sword immortals in the Tang Dynasty still far exceeds that of other schools.
It has also derived many specialized branches such as the Shushan Sword School, Hengshan Sword School, Tianshan Sword School, and Yushan Sword School.
The Shushan Sword School is good at practicing to break through the realm; the Hengshan Sword School specializes in the art of double swords and multiple swords; the Tianshan Sword School is good at the Tianshan Sword Dance.
As for the Yushan Sword School, which specializes in the art of poison swords, it has gradually been submerged in the torrent of history with the defection of Lan Bixue.
Even if this country has begun to inevitably slide into the abyss, sword cultivation is still the only top combat force in the countries of Jiuzhou that can crush the true gods.
The flying swordsman of the Tang Dynasty, like the French dragon knight, has become the most symbolic face of the Tang Dynasty in the East.
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The Mohist School inherited Mozi's teachings and was good at mathematical calculations and sophisticated mechanisms. It was a very prosperous branch of the five major schools besides the Taoist swordsmanship.
This was largely due to the fact that the Mohist mentors would first consider the poor peasants who had nothing when selecting apprentices.
But then again, those who could endure the boring ironwork and woodcutting day after day and accurately assemble hundreds of needle-sized parts were almost all poor people with nowhere to go.
"Wearing fur and brown clothes, wearing slings and trousers, working day and night, and torturing themselves to the extreme", this is the most realistic portrayal of the Mohist School.
Even if the son of the great master killed someone and the king pardoned his crime, the great master would still sentence his son to death.
The murderer should be killed, which is the law of Mozi.
Because of this, everyone in the Mohist School obeyed the leadership of the great master.
For thousands of years, the Mohist school has designed practical tools such as navigation compasses, farming tools, large ships, and wooden prostheses. However, after the An-Shi Rebellion, people were living in poverty and wars continued.
In times of turmoil, even the great Mohists had to consider making their own contributions to ending the war.
In recent decades, they have also begun to design and produce war machines such as "rapid-fire crossbows", stone-throwing crossbows, and siege rams.
In the wave of everyone being a soldier, people all over the world work together to reduce the power of the vassal states as quickly as possible.
The Legalist school, which has been tepid for a long time, has grown rapidly like wildfire in recent decades.