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However, Su Wan'er didn't say anything like a smug person, although she was happy because Wu Daming couldn't see through her intentions.
But the real reason for being happy is that Wu Daming can't understand the meaning of the poems written by big sister, which means that they are not suitable for big sister!
My elder sister wrote poems and put her own feelings into them, but you can't feel them. You still want to be my elder sister's apprentice? ?
Dream about you!
Thinking of this, Su Wan'er reached out and patted Wu Daming on the head, then said, "It's okay, come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
Wu Daming suddenly became interested when he heard this. He raised his eyes immediately and the sad expression on his face disappeared.
When Su Wan'er saw this, she felt a little annoyed, because this person was exactly like her elder sister, so she felt that she was very suitable to be her elder sister's apprentice.
Wu Dameng blinked: "What shall we eat!"
At this time in the hall, the old scholar from the Western Regions finally couldn't help it. It was also because Xia Tingyu signaled to let someone know, so the old scholar walked out of the low table and came to the middle of the hall.
He first bowed to Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, and then spoke respectfully: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have been in Daxia for several years and have read many of Daxia's classics, history, and collections, so I am quite familiar with the beauty of Daxia's writing. Please allow me to express my sincere admiration. The poem written by the Queen just now is so beautiful. There is no difference between the two, because they are all so beautiful."
Everyone looked at this man from the Western Regions with pride.
Su Changan smiled and said, "Thank you."
The old man from the Western Regions continued, "However, please help me understand the idea of 'unity of knowledge and action' and 'practice is the only criterion for testing truth'. We have been discussing this idea of yours since the first day of the World Meeting."
Su Changan was stunned. He didn't expect someone to ask this.
Su Changan glanced at the old scholar and then at the other people from the Western Regions.
There are actually quite a lot of people from the Western Regions coming today. In addition to these scholars, there are also some envoys from other countries.
Su Changan thought for a moment and looked at the old scholar: "You know that we just destroyed Goguryeo and North Korea."
As soon as this was said, everyone in the literary gathering looked at Su Changan.
Because I don’t understand what that idea has to do with the destruction of these two countries.
Su Changan smiled and said, "You can understand that we thought of a way to destroy those two countries, so we didn't discuss whether it was feasible or not, but directly let our three generals lead the troops to practice it. Then, as you know, the method is correct, and we have tested it. And we have also achieved the unity of knowledge and action."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
The envoys from the Western Regions, in particular, were inexplicably frightened as they looked at the beautiful face and heard the words smilingly.
But before everyone could think about it.
Su Changan continued, "Just kidding, what do you want from the unity of knowledge and action? Or do you need me to explain it to you from the beginning?"
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Chapter 721 Queen, you
Su Changan couldn't really explain the "unity of knowledge and action". After all, in his previous life, he had only read a lot of Mr. Yangming's books and had some knowledge of Yangming's philosophy of mind.
So rather than saying it is an explanation, it is better to say it is a detailed explanation, and it also needs to be combined with the philosophical thoughts of some great men in previous lives.
As for the joke just now, Su Changan did it on purpose.
Equality between countries may be feasible, but in the final analysis, there must be a distinction between strong and weak countries. After all, the connection between countries is based on interests and deterrence, especially the current situation in Daxia.
We know how to destroy Goguryeo and Joseon. Do you think we know how to destroy your country?
This is what Su Changan meant by joke.
However, the Queen's joke made everyone in the literary gathering pause for a moment.
next moment.
All the people of Daxia in the literary gathering looked at the Queen who was sitting there smiling, and the Emperor who was sitting next to her, leaning against the armrest behind him, with his eyes closed, as if he was resting.
For no reason, a sense of pride arises spontaneously.
In more than twenty days, the two countries were destroyed.
The Queen said that she knew how to destroy the two countries so she did it. What a unity of knowledge and action!
Some people who were sitting suddenly straightened their backs a little straighter.
Even the common people in the martial arts world were stunned for a moment, and suddenly stopped reading the poems in their hands in such an unruly manner, and sat back in their seats and sat upright.
The pride of being a Da Xia person suddenly appeared.
However, the envoys from the Western Regions pursed their lips, and suddenly smiled coyly, and some of them even had cold sweat on their foreheads.
Everyone secretly wondered whether the Queen's words were a warning to them, or a way to tell them that Daxia also knew how to destroy their country.
When the envoys learned that Daxia had destroyed Goguryeo and Korea in just over 20 days, they were more shocked than anyone else.
After all, as envoys from other countries, they have to think about much more than the people of Daxia.
How did you do it.
How to do it!
Even during the heyday of Da Xia, there was no such combat power, not to mention that now it seems that the national strength has been restored, but in fact it is facing internal and external troubles. Even so, it can do such a thing!
So you can imagine how frightened they were.
And now hearing the Queen say such words, their hearts skipped a beat. Those who were a little timid were even about to kneel down.
It was the old scholar.
Although he was shocked by what the Queen said, as a scholar, he was only thinking about knowledge issues.
So he looked at the Queen and said, "Respected Queen, I have read the book of your country's sages, and there is a sentence in it: 'The wise go beyond it, and the foolish do not reach it. The wise go beyond it, and the unworthy do not reach it.' Please forgive me for what I said next. You said that knowledge and action should be unified, but isn't this exactly the opposite of what your country's sage said?"
The great scholars looked at the scholar but did not say anything. Instead, they looked at the Queen.
Because the scholar was not wrong.
What the sages mean is that smart people are self-righteous and therefore act excessively, stupid people do not handle things properly due to their lack of intelligence, and virtuous people do things beyond the limit, while people without talent are even more incapable of doing these things.
The unity of knowledge and action means that once you know how to do something, just do it.
If you think about it carefully, it is indeed somewhat relative.
In fact, these days, there have been many debates among scholars about the theory of the unity of knowledge and action.
Among them, someone brought up this paragraph and directly pointed out the irrationality of the unity of knowledge and action.
Learning, originally, means learning and asking go hand in hand. It has always been so and will be so in the future.
Su Changan smiled and said, "Sir, do you know that 'to acquire knowledge, one must study things, and only after studying things can knowledge be acquired'?"
The scholar nodded: "This is also the thought expressed by a sage in your country."
Su Changan continued, "The premise of the unity of knowledge and action is to study things and acquire knowledge, and I once said that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. This is the unity of knowledge and action. For example, in cooking, we should make the cooking skill perfect, with impeccable color, fragrance and taste. For example, in architecture, we should build buildings and pavilions to be sturdy, beautiful and practical, magnificent, and not fall down in wind and rain or earthquakes. For example, in shipbuilding, we should thoroughly understand the principles of shipbuilding, use sturdy materials, and not sink in wind and waves. This is the study of things and acquire knowledge, studying one thing or one thing to the extreme and understanding all the principles behind it. Only by studying things and acquiring knowledge can we achieve the unity of knowledge and action."
Hearing this, the scholar looked at Su Changan strangely, and the next moment he began to think about something.
Everyone in the literary hall lowered their heads in thought. Some of the teachers, who already thought that the unity of knowledge and action was a good idea, nodded in approval, and looked at the Queen with even more admiration.
Another scholar stood up and bowed respectfully to Su Changan, then said, "Respected Queen, if we follow what you said, using the language of Daxia, shouldn't we know before we act?"
Su Changan smiled after hearing this and said, "It's different."
The scholar from the Western Regions looked at Su Changan respectfully and waited for Su Changan's next words.
Su Changan thought for a moment and then said, "Do you still remember the examples I just mentioned?"
The scholar nodded.
Su Changan said, "If you only know the theory and then cook, do you know how much salt and oil to put? Or the number of vegetables, even if there is a clear recipe for you to follow, is it possible to make a delicious meal? Building a house, you only know the theory, when you build a house, the ground conditions and wood are different from the theory, what do you do? And building a ship, you know how to build a ship, but only know the theory, can you really build a ship? Do you know how to use the tools?"
"Just knowing the theory and then doing these things is to know before doing. If you don't study, ask, think, and distinguish, your knowledge will be shallow and rough, which will lead to inaccurate practice. Knowledge is not the ultimate goal. Diligent practice is the ultimate goal of learning. Confucianism emphasizes reflection on behavior, but the premise of reflection is that the knowledge is broad and deep enough. Therefore, the sage said, 'A gentleman is knowledgeable and reflects on himself every day, so he is wise and does not make mistakes.' Only by being knowledgeable can you reflect accurately and theoretically identify the problems you encounter in practice."
"And these things are prone to the mistakes that we just mentioned. Therefore, unity of knowledge and action is a must. I do it when I know it, and if it is done well, this 'knowledge' is right. If it is wrong, then it is wrong. Then I will look for the correct 'knowledge'."
When Su Changan said this, he saw that everyone was looking at him strangely, wondering if he had memorized too much, so he changed his words and said, "In fact, you can understand it this way. Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles. The books are knowledge, and the things you see on the road you walk are practice. And the same principle applies. You can't just practice and think about learning knowledge from practice. This is definitely not possible, because summer insects cannot talk about ice, well frogs cannot talk about the sea, and people who live in three seasons cannot talk about the four seasons. If you know too little, it will be like talking to summer insects about ice, to well frogs about the sea, and to people who live in three seasons about the same principle for four seasons. These concepts do not exist in their knowledge, so no matter how much you say, it will be useless."
"So we must combine knowledge and action. Only when we know can we do it, and only when we have done it can we have true knowledge. Therefore, with the combination of knowledge and action, ordinary people like us will get better and better. Just like you two scholars, why do you study? To gain knowledge. You have aspirations when you were young, so you have been learning and doing all the way, and you are what you are today."
After saying a lot, Su Changan looked at the people below and stopped talking.
Including Mu Xu, her grandfather, Yang Shanchang, Wu Qinhu and others were all looking at her.
Su Changan was silent for a moment, then glanced at Xia Fengxiang beside him.
I noticed that Xia Fengxiang still had his eyes closed. What time is it now, and he is still closing his eyes!
Thinking of this, Su Changan smiled and looked at everyone. He stood up, bowed, and said, "All those who came today are great scholars. You don't need to take these things to heart. When Xun Siye got the paper, I just happened to think of it, so I wrote it casually while practicing calligraphy. What I said today is just nonsense."
After hearing this, everyone in the literary hall fell silent, and some students looked at the Queen in surprise.
Because, the truth that sounds extremely simple and straightforward is actually quite profound.
And, as everyone has been saying these days, no one has ever put forward such a reason.
When the Queen Mother explained it, everyone understood the deeper meaning.
But how did you come up with such a logic?
Your Majesty is only in her early twenties, and you are already thinking about these profound principles of psychology?
Or is it that the reason why the Empress's literary talent is so outstanding is because she has read so many books, which is why she has such literary talent and foresight?
Thinking like this, some people are certain that this must be the case, otherwise how could they think of these things, how could they write such poems!
Looking at Su Changan again, there was a bit of fanatical longing in his eyes.
Master Gu stood up and bowed, then said, "The truth that your Majesty has come up with is simple, but thought-provoking. Instead of talking about it, it is better to do it directly. If you do it well, it is real ability, otherwise it is just empty talk. What a perfect unity of knowledge and action."
At this point, Master Gu bowed to Su Changan again and said, "Your Majesty's remarks today have really opened up a new path for the study of the mind. I think that your Majesty reads several times more books than us every day, and she is very diligent. We are far behind!"
When Mr. Gu bowed.
Some of the teachers, students, and officials stood up and bowed to Su Changan.
Because what is the purpose of opening up a path of psychological learning?
The way of the saint!