Datang broom star

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Xiao Bo congratulated with a smile.

Jia Pingan talked about the situation of mathematics, and Xiao Bo remembered something, "I read the textbooks of mathematics, and I don't understand something, so I ask Uncle Wuyang to point it out."

There are bookcases on the side

This bookcase is not the kind of later generations.

From the perspective of later generations, Tang's books are probably similar to ancient paintings or imperial edicts.

A very long piece of paper, you can imagine it as a long banner like an ancient painting, with words on it, and the sides are wrapped with shafts.

A volume of books is placed in a cloth bag, and this cloth bag is called Zhi. The so-called voluminous volumes refer to the scenes where many scroll books are piled up.

Each volume is tagged at the head, hanging out for easy retrieval.

Xiao Bo found the volume along the label, took it out, untied the rope, and pulled the shaft on one side.

"Here you say that arithmetic should be the top of all schools in the Imperial College. This old man thinks it is worth discussing."

He pressed the shaft on one side with his left hand, and slowly opened the shaft on the other side with his right hand, but the book was too long, so he had to roll it up with his left hand and pull it away with his right hand, looking down step by step.

"Also here, you say that arithmetic is the foundation of all learning, this old man thinks it's inappropriate."

Now that Confucianism is respected, Jia Pingan's expression of mathematics seems normal to later generations, but at this time it seems shocking.

It would be polite for Xiao Bo not to say that he is a madman.

But this position is really beyond dispute.

From the perspective of Confucianism, the first thing people live in the world is self-cultivation. Through learning Confucianism, it is crucial to shape the three views of students.

In Xiao Bo's view, the expression that arithmetic is the foundation of all learning is to abandon the three views and go directly to practical learning.

Jia Ping'an can accept this statement.

"Confucianism cultivates the body and mind, and arithmetic is practical, and there is no conflict."

Xiao Bo frowned, "It's not just that conflicts are not conflicts, arithmetic is not enough to be elegant."

"It was the same with Confucianism back then."

Jia Pingan retorted, "Whose knowledge can be popular in the world from the very beginning and become a prominent one? Arithmetic is a practical study, and it is beneficial to learn it. Confucianism is a study that shapes the foundation of students and must be learned. Why can't the two be integrated? ?”

Xiao Bo said indifferently: "The benefits of arithmetic are not worth mentioning."

The old guy seemed to have held back his anger for a long time, and now he let it all out.

Jia Pingan asked: "Whether it's in the Sixth Ministry or somewhere else, maybe there's less math?"

Xiao Bo said indifferently: "Confucianism is the foundation."

"Confucianism is the knowledge of shaping people, and arithmetic is the knowledge of doing things." Jia Pingan said aggressively: "Does a person only cultivate his body and mind instead of doing things? How dare you ask Xiao Jijiu, is he a Taoist or a monk?"

Uh!

This counterattack was so sharp that even Xiao Bo couldn't avoid it.

"But those officials in the current dynasty, who were not influenced by Confucianism? Did they ever know how to do things?"

This is sophistry.

Jia Pingan shook his head, "But Confucianism has taught them how to be officials and how to calculate. If so, why did the Imperial College set up a school of calculation?"

The young man is so aggressive, the old man is speechless to Xiao Bo: ""

Confucianism is awesome, so what are you doing doing arithmetic?

Jia Pingan didn't seem to have any intention of being humble, and continued: "There was also the theory of the six arts of a gentleman back then. Why did we avoid talking about ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics?"

The most criticized thing about Confucianism is that a group of old masters are the masters. They can't move, they can't ride horses and shoot arrows, they like to be homeboys, and they stay at home and ponder the knowledge of the sages.

Gradually, these people got into a dead end, blindly deducing Confucianism into the category of religion and philosophy. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Confucianism had become a woman's foot wrap, which was long and smelly.Even if you pass the imperial examination to become an official, you have to hire several masters before you dare to go.The trouble caused Shaoxing master to become a traditional advantage employment project.

But now it is Datang, old masters like this are not welcomed by everyone.

So Xiao Bo was speechless, if it was the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the inkstone would have been thrown over in an instant.Then gather ordinary rotten Confucians, beat you up on charges of deviance, and then arrest you and go to the government.When the government heard what the hell, they dared to blaspheme Confucianism and punished them severely!

Therefore, Jia Ping'an especially cherishes the freedom of this era. He can freely talk about the benefits of arithmetic without worrying about being mobbed and beaten. Of course, he is not afraid of being mobbed.

Chen Bao felt that Xiao Bo was a bit embarrassed, so he wanted to ease the atmosphere, "Old man, come and see."

He opened the scroll again and asked Jia Pingan for advice, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

Xiao Bo was obviously still somewhat resentful, and finally said: "Could it be possible for the new learning to subvert anything?"

The old man doesn't seem to admit defeat!

Jia Ping'an was happy, pointed to the scroll and said, "The new learning can subvert it."

Xiao Bo picked up the scroll and said with a smile: "Since many years ago, no matter it is a short book or what, it has always looked like this. Does Uncle Wuyang think this is inappropriate?"

"Of course not!"

Jia Pingan had had enough of scrolling books for a long time, and made some pamphlets himself, but today's mainstream is still scrolling books, and they are still manuscripts.

Think of the manuscripts of earlier generations, it was the excited heart, the trembling hands and this is all the rage now.

Xiao Bo shook his head, "So, I will wait and see."

Jia Ping'an's heart moved, "If I can make the book more convenient and get it out quickly, Xiao Jijiu"

Boy, is this a bet?

I think you were not born when the old man was in the gambling world!

Xiao Bo's heart moved slightly, "If you can do it, I promise you, if it can't, you also promise me, okay?"

What Jia Pingan was waiting for was this sentence, secretly happy in his heart, but held back, "Such a gentleman's words!"

He reaches out.

Xiao Bo smiled and stretched out his hand, "A four-horse horse is hard to catch!"

The two clapped their hands together, and the game was settled.

But Xiao Bo was worried that Jia Ping'an would play tricks, so he said: "Chen Siye can be a witness."

I was just looking for someone to testify, but you even volunteered that Chen Bao's son, Chen Xiang, is Jia Ping'an's student, and he dared not play tricks.