Spring and Autumn I Am King

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In late August, compared with the continuous war in the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Song Kingdom was still a peaceful scene. The civil strife that killed King Jing of Song two years ago has been eliminated, and the court and market in Shangqiu City are in order, and the officials in soap clothes are also early. They entered and exited the palace storage room. w.lws520.c

The storage room of the Song Dynasty is equivalent to a complex of museums and libraries in later generations, so there are not only a lot of bookshelves, bamboo scrolls, but also many inscriptions on utensils handed down from the Yin and Shang times in the corners.

It was just dawn on this day, and there was a tall old man in plain clothes in the keeping room. He was wearing a tall crown, a ge suit, and cloth shoes. He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, leaning over to look through the bamboo slips, with long sleeves on the ground.

It was Confucius from Lu who lingered in the Song state.

It has been a year and a half since Confucius left Qufu. During this period, he has been to the states of Ju and Zhu, and finally to the state of Song.

Because the Song Dynasty ruling Sicheng Le Clan requested the Confucius family to send his daughter as his wife, Confucius was also regarded as a relative of the Le Clan, and his stay in Song State was naturally welcome. What's more, Sima Geng, the great Sima of the Song Dynasty, was also a disciple of Confucius. In history, the tree where he gave lectures was cut down, and Xiang Yu, who drove him out of the Song Dynasty, was beaten to death in the hall ahead of schedule.

Confucius stayed in Song City most of the time in Song State, and the half-cart of bamboo slips he was pulling along the way were almost torn. One day, he and his disciples will appear here.

Today, Confucius first took Yan Hui to read through several stone-heavy bamboo slips, and then returned to the hall to listen to the old Song Dynasty Taishi talking about documents and regulations with the young historians of the Song Dynasty. Although there are some places where the Song Dynasty Taishi may not know as much as him, Confucius still has the same attitude and meticulousness as Yan Hui. It is also exactly what he said: if three people walk, there must be my teacher!

After the morning class was finished, the Grand History of the Song Dynasty asked the younger generation who guarded the Tibetan room to perform their respective duties. He then paid homage to Confucius Chang: "Zhongni is a well-known person from the State of Lu, and he knows everything from ancient times to today. I am really ashamed to teach the rules of etiquette in front of you."

Confucius smiled and raised his robe and saluted: "How dare you, Qiu has nothing to do with others, he just never tires of learning. I can learn a lot from Wei Taishi."

After King Wu destroyed Yin, Wei Ziqi surrendered to Zhou and sent his eldest son to meet King Wu of Zhou. King Wu let him live in Zhou, and as a historian, he recorded the process of Yin and Zhou Yi dynasties. Since then, in addition to the Duke of Song, the royal family of Yin and Shang has this branch, which is called the Wei Shi family.

This family has been staying in Zongzhou, serving more than ten Zhou kings, educating their descendants to make pottery like pottery, all of them are beautiful, and the family is prosperous. Until Zongzhou was destroyed, the Wei Shi family, who lost their fief and had nowhere to go, turned to their old relatives in Shangqiu. After doing his old job, he became a historian of the Song Dynasty.

This Wei Taishi inherited family learning, and he was very familiar with the rituals and music of Yin, Zhou and Song states. But even he has to be polite to Confucius and admit that he is not as good as Confucius in many places.

Because Confucius and Yan Hui only spent less than a year, they turned over the mountains of Song Dynasty classics, and each volume had its own unique insights.

At the end, Confucius said regretfully: "Qiu Zhi's "Poems", "Books", "Rituals", "Music", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn Period", and the six classics, I think they are long. The state of Qi is not enough to levy it; the rituals of Yin. I can say it, but from the Song Dynasty, the descendant of the Yin people, it is not enough to levy it. This is because the documents of the two countries are not damaged enough. If the documents are sufficient, Qiu will be able to levy it.”

Wei Taishi admired Confucius' self-confidence. He also smiled and shook his head: "Zhong Ni has read all the five thousand volumes of bamboo books in the storage room within a year, which really makes the old man feel ashamed. But don't underestimate the heritage of Song State, there is an inner room below, which collects Maybe you have never seen things before, but now that the office allows it, I will take you down to see it."

Confucius was delighted when he heard about it. He had already heard Lao Tzu say that there were some unusual things in the cellar of the Song Dynasty’s keeping room, but it was only open to the people in the palace, Wu Zhu and Tai Shi. Although he was obsessed with it, he did not take the liberty to propose that it was his disciple Sima Geng who requested the public office on his behalf, and was allowed to watch it.

Wei Taishi asked someone to bring the lantern and asked Yan Hui to wait on it, while he led Confucius to the underground chamber. The spiral staircase leading to the bottom is very narrow. As he went further and further down, Confucius felt a chill swept up from the cellar. Although it was not too cold at the end of August, there was an icy aura below.

"Zhongni, please," Taishi Wei said respectfully after the end, and then circled the candle in a semicircle. But he saw darkness in the cellar, like a witch sneaking around. The flickering fire illuminated the slate at the bottom of the foot, and two pairs of rock pillars appeared on the left and right, extending into the darkness in the distance. Wherever the light went, piles of tortoise shells and the shoulder blades of cattle and deer were stored by the wall. .

Confucius was a little surprised: "This is..."

"Didn't Zhongni say that the documents of Yin are insufficient? It is true that there are almost no bamboo books and inscriptions from the Yin and Shang times, but there are quite a few of these inscriptions."

Confucius was overjoyed, for him, these things were the keys, the keys to open the door of Yin Li...

However, when Confucius picked up a dusty tortoise shell and wiped off the dust, he found that it was a distorted gesture, like the scratches of mosquitoes and flies. Understand……

"Although the characters of the feudal lords are in different shapes, there are generally traces to follow. I can even understand the bird seal of the Wu State and Chu State, but I can't recognize the characters on these tortoise shells..."

He was a little surprised, and looked at Wei Taishi and said, "Could it be that this is an ancient text of the Yin and Shang Dynasties that has been lost?"

"Yes, it is the ancient characters used by ten generations of people from Chengtang to Zhongding, dating back thousands of years."

Wei Taishi pointed to the things in front of him and said proudly but a little sadly: "Song City was originally named Hao, it was the first capital of Yin and Shang, the palace of Chengtang, and the Tong Palace of Taijia once stood here. In the past, the foundation of the Tang Palace can still be found, and the Tong Palace has been renovated many times on the surface, but these tortoise shells are not known to the world because of the loss of the country, and they can only lie here in dust."

Confucius was also silent. The two old men walked in the ancient history from Dayi merchants, and the footsteps echoed in the huge tomb. The emperors of Yin and Shang of the past dynasties asked the gods for divination and lay here quietly, watching them coldly.

After returning to the ground, Confucius said regretfully: "Although these divinations are messy and complicated, they are a window into the rituals and music in the early years of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Unfortunately, I can't recognize the words. I dare to ask the Taishi, if Song Guo still knows it. People with ancient characters?"

Wei Taishi replied: "These ancient Yin-Shang characters are not far from Cangjie's creation of characters, the gestures are simple, and it is difficult for people to distinguish them today. Even if they are very different from the characters in the last years of the Shang Dynasty in Dayi, only a few old Wu Zhu can master them. If Zhong Ni has the heart to interpret it, he might as well go to the Hao Society and ask the wizards..."

Confucius was stunned for a moment, then smiled, but did not speak.

...

Although Confucius had a strong desire to study, he did not immediately seek Wu Zhu who could interpret the ancient writings of Yin and Shang.

Because in his eyes, Wu Zhu of Song State is precisely "the Tao is different, and they are not conspiracy."

He also stayed in Song State for more than half a year, but Confucius found that although he was allowed to stay here and his life was more than one point better than when he was in Ju State, no one would listen to his "Tao".

Song Gong was young and weak, and the government was controlled by the Sicheng Le clan and the Huang clan. They were all intentionally imitating Zhao Wuxi's practice in the state of Lu, and they respected Confucius, but they could not listen to his words.

This is for sure. The people of Song Dynasty were very stubborn, and they were not very interested in Zhou Li, but they did not understand how Confucius, as a descendant of Yin and Shang, respected Zhou Li so much.

Faced with questioning, Confucius could only explain this way: "Zhou was under the supervision of the second generation, and he was sullen and sullen! So I follow Zhou..."

Few people can listen to this sentence. His set has no soil for survival in the Song Dynasty, but the Song country has an increasing tendency to do the opposite: the son-in-law Nanzi is extremely powerful, and has reached Daji's place. The level of planting "Heiji Sichen"!

She greatly promoted the shamanism, and collected all the shamans who originally believed in the local gods, and gathered them under the so-called "Tao of Heaven". Recently, believers wearing the Pisces logo have begun to show up in the streets and alleys of Shangqiu, and they go to Haoshe every day to listen to Wu Zhu preaching the teachings.

The year before the Song Dynasty was in civil strife, and Zhu Qing and several sons fought together. After the war, before the Song Dynasty had a rest, it encountered a famine and a major epidemic. With the help of magpies from Lu State, the epidemic did not spread too widely, but the famine could not be quickly controlled. For a time, the Song State was mourning everywhere, and the occupation of Zheng State and the separation of Xiang's clan were all over, and social conflicts were extremely serious.

Under this background ~www.wuxiahere.com~, under the leadership of Da Wu Nanzi, the so-called "Tian Taoism" began to rise. As far as Confucius saw, outside the temples inside and outside Shangqiu City, there were often people sitting on their knees in blackness, and no one was disturbed. On the altar, a wizard in white wears a Pisces symbol and preaches with a book called "Tian Dao Jing" in his hand.

Wu Zhu preached the order of the Dao of Heaven according to the script, and connected the good and evil of human beings, birth, aging, illness and death with "the yin and yang of heaven and earth", saying that everything has its own order, which is the reflection of the Dao of heaven in the human world, which is somewhat similar to Laozi's thinking. , but there is a big difference.

For example, he admonished the people of Song to know how to endure, and also said that all gods and gods are the incarnation of the way of heaven. Those ghost masters of mountains and rivers, rain masters and Hebo are a form of the way of heaven, so no matter what ghosts and gods people worship in their hometowns, they are actually in worship heaven.

Wu Zhu usually recites a sutra and explains it. After reading a paragraph, say it again as a whole. If you listen carefully, it makes some sense, but as far as Confucius sees it, it is full of mistakes and omissions. It is roughly to persuade the Song people to endure adversity, obey the government, and not discriminate because they are strangers or believe in different ghosts and gods in their respective hometowns: "Under the way of heaven, everyone is equal!"

"There are ten days in the sky, and there are ten ranks of people. What goes down is what matters in what is above, and what is above is the same spirit. How can everyone be equal under the ruler?" Confucius was noncommittal about this. (To be continued.)