in2ebook Chapter 280 Zhu Xi: Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Chapter 280 Zhu Xi: Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
"Afterwards, Song Zhiwen relied on Princess Anle, which Princess Taiping despised. So she advised Li Xian and then demoted him."
"When Li Longji ascended the throne, Song Zhiwen's final fate was also a tragic death. If he hadn't caused so much trouble, perhaps his ending would have been different!"
"However, there is also a rather controversial piece of gossip here: Song Zhiwen's nephew, Liu Xiyi, is also a very talented person."
"In his poem 'Lament for an Old Man with White Hair,' there are two lines: 'Year after year the flowers are similar, but year after year the people are different.'"
"When Song Zhiwen saw it, he wanted to keep it for himself, but Liu Xiyi didn't want to give it to him. Unexpectedly, Song Zhiwen was quite ruthless and directly killed his nephew Liu Xiyi."
"However, this gossip is still controversial. After all, Song Zhiwen is more talented and famous than his nephew. Moreover, his motive and timing don't match up. So there are quite a few people who are debating this point."
"Especially his line, 'The closer I get to home, the more timid I become…' is widely known and loved, so it's hard to say what the truth of this account really is."
"However, it reminds me of the factionalism and infighting in the Northern Song Dynasty court. Some of the unofficial histories that have been passed down are quite shocking. For example, Ouyang Xiu was falsely accused of having a relationship with his niece."
"There are also Zhu Xi's incestuous relationship with his daughter-in-law, his forced marriage with a nun as a concubine, etc. The key point is that he seems to have admitted it in his letter of thanks, which has become his dark history all along!"
A bystander from the Han Dynasty: Really?
Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty: ...Absolutely not!!!
Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty: ...
A skilled farmer in the Ming Dynasty: If someone had a grudge and betrayed another, that could be explained by a personal grudge, but wasn't this his friend?
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: This person has no taste at all! But can you believe the unofficial histories of those two people above?
A Qing Dynasty official: He spent half his life scheming, but he didn't actually gain anything. I just wonder if he'll regret it!
A bystander from the Tang Dynasty: I'm really curious about what's going on between these two things!!!
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In another timeline of the Tang Dynasty, the entire court was shocked to discover that Song Zhiwen had betrayed his friend who had offered him a helping hand!
They don't think being shrewd is a fault, but the problem is that he can betray his friends without any remorse. Who will want to be friends with him in the future?
Aren't you afraid of repeating the same mistakes?!
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"What should a true scholar's integrity look like? I think it should be like Wen Tianxiang, like Yu Qian, like those who left only a few words in history but died heroically."
"There is a passage in the History of Song that records the Jin army breaking through the gates of the Northern Song city. These few words are heavy and sad."
"Guo Jing used the Six Jia Method to send the city guards down and open the city gates. He then lied and claimed that he was performing a ritual to lure away the Jin soldiers. As a result, the Jin soldiers climbed the city gates and were invincible."
"Was there really no way out at that time? I still can't understand why the Song Dynasty rulers would rather believe in the practice than fight to the last moment with all their might."
"When Emperors Huizong and Qinzong were captured and taken to the Jin camp, they were bound to suffer some injustices as prisoners. At that time, a minister named Li Ruoshui spoke out righteously and angrily denounced the Jin commander for breaking his promise!"
"The Jin commander probably saw him as a talented person and offered him a high-ranking position and salary, but Li Ruoshui refused sternly and even cursed. In the end, he was brutally killed by the Jin soldiers. He was only 35 years old at the time."
"After Wen Tianxiang was defeated and captured, Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty might have offered him a high salary, but by then the Southern Song Dynasty had already fallen, so Wen Tianxiang ultimately faced death with great courage."
His famous line, "...Since ancient times, who has ever escaped death? Let my loyal heart shine in history and be passed down from generation to generation," is a testament to his wisdom.
"But to be honest, the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed related to Emperors Huizong and Qinzong! We'll talk about that next time."
A farming whiz from the Ming Dynasty: So that's how it's done! Do people actually believe this stuff?!
A spoiled young master from the Ming Dynasty: I feel like there were too many outrageous things they did later on, and it ended up like this!
A scholar-official from the Han Dynasty: Then the emperor was arrested! How terrifying!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: Don't wait until next time! Can you elaborate now?
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: We're still waiting! @Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, you'd better go after us!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: (?°?д°?)…
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Lin Ke sighed inwardly. No matter when, the Jingkang Incident in the Song Dynasty history could easily make one's blood pressure soar!
The live stream is still ongoing.
Lin Ke continued, "Finally, let's talk about Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, specifically the works of Cheng-Zhu and Zhu Xi. You all know how harmful this Cheng-Zhu school of thought is. If it were so effective, why didn't it flourish in the Song Dynasty, but instead became popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties?"
"Let's first talk about Cheng Yi, another figure in the Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism. He was also quite pedantic. For example, when Sima Qian passed away, Cheng Yi neither allowed the ministers to offer condolences nor allowed Sima Guang's son to preside over the funeral."
"The reason is perfectly justifiable: if you were truly a filial son, you would be so grief-stricken that you wouldn't even have the strength to preside over the funeral."
"Anyway, the people who finally arrived were quite puzzled as to why they didn't see his son. There was a sequel to this story. When Su Shi found out later, he even made a sarcastic remark, hahaha."
"However, on the matter of Cheng Yi's niece remarrying, both he and Zhu Xi agreed with the idea of a widow remarrying. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether to call him pedantic or enlightened."
"Perhaps the literati at that time were merely pedantic, like Cheng Yi's other niece who never married, who, according to her epitaph, was an exceptionally intelligent person."
"Although she was not formally taught, she was able to become self-taught through exposure to the world, but she passed away in her early twenties. Cheng Yi's last lament was that she died young, not that she never married."
A Tang Dynasty official: Perhaps it was distorted later!?
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: I feel like the records from the Ming and Qing dynasties are a bit more perverse!!
A farming expert from the Ming Dynasty: Sima Guang's son just stayed in the back room, hahaha!
A certain romantic scholar from the Tang Dynasty: Isn't this a bit too old-fashioned?! He's their own son!
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"As for Zhu Xi, his situation is quite complicated. There are many rumors about him, such as having an incestuous relationship with his daughter-in-law and forcibly taking a nun as a concubine. His reputation was not particularly good for a period of time in history."
"But in the Ming and Qing dynasties, their Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was regarded as a classic, and Zhu Xi was once called Master Zhu, second only to Confucius and Mencius."
Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty: ?_?
A spoiled young man from the Ming Dynasty: This news is explosive! This would be headline news in the newspapers!!!
A farming expert from the Tang Dynasty: Really?!
A bystander from the Han Dynasty: That's hard to say!
"We're mainly here to talk about what this unofficial historical gossip is all about! Was Zhu Xi really a morally corrupt hypocrite!?"