C338 The school war (1/2)

What was the situation when Confucius killed Shaozhen?

What was the first sentence of Mencius?

Hearing Xiao Wen's two questions consecutively, the group of adventurers all felt stupefied.

However, the ones being shocked wasn't only this group of wandering practitioners. Anthony, who was observing from the side and protecting Xiao Wen's group of disciples who did not have any fighting strength, also had a stupefied expression.

The first sentence of Mencius was enough. After all, this was what was written in the book. Anthony knew that if he wanted to know the answer, he would know after he bought a book. After all, as the centurion of the defeated empire, achieving this position was no longer something as simple as fighting skills.

IQ, EQ, martial arts, command skills, as well as luck, these were all qualities a Centurion could not lack.

However, he still couldn't help but look at Zhuge Liang, who was at the side. Yang Xiu and Shangguan Waner, ask them what was going on with Confucius killing Shaozhen.

To be honest, when he first came to the East, he had always been in the Han State and didn't know about the situation in other countries. They only knew that a majority of the people here didn't have any independent faith, and instead believed in a messy and numerous deity like the Roman Empire s from a long time ago — — According to their Orthodox Church, this should be the era of polytheism.

However, the people of the East were not too keen on faith. Their intellectuals, in particular, did not like to add too many religious elements to their studies. They prefer the study of their ancestors and the more primitive nature of their will to that of religion.

In Korea, they loved to study a philosopher as old as Socrates — Laozi.

That was also why when Anthony was in the Han Dynasty, he only knew about Confucius and knew about the relationship between him and his father. It was probably similar to how Socrates and Plato were together.

Thus, he looked at Xiao Wen's three students with a questioning gaze.

Realizing that Anthony himself was present, Yang Xiu snorted coldly. Obviously, he was too lazy to answer Anthony's question. Zhuge Liang helplessly looked at this rebellious junior brother of his. He could only helplessly explain himself.

This was because Confucius had no connection to the common people. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's tone did not carry much respect, only a little indifference and casualness.

He explained: ”In eleven years (499 B.C.), Confucius became the scoundrel of the country of Lu. The first fire of a new official is to kill Shao Zheng and establish his might. ”

”There is a saying that Confucius and Shaozhen had a feud for a long time, and it was an academic dispute. The reason he had killed Shao Zheng was purely to avenge his family. During the period of Yang Hu's reign, Confucius refused to come out of the mountain, so he had no choice but to accept disciples to teach and earn some dried meat to eat. As the state school officials could not find their own place in the system, they scattered the people and began to conduct private education, forming a state of ”courtesy in the face of the law”. Confucius was not the first scholar to engage in private education, but he did it the best. ”Since they are already in the 'wild', of course, the composition of the students will also be mixed. Regardless of whether they are farming or brawling, as long as they are able to pay the tuition fee of 10 dried meat dishes, they will all be taught.”

”At first, Confucius was not bad, but then he met his opponent, Shaozhen. Confucius was at the peak of his education, and his students were swarming over him. He prepared for class one morning and went to the Apricot Forest in high spirits. As expected, there were crowds of people, and just as he was talking happily, the crowd suddenly dispersed, leaving only a few trusted disciples standing alone in the field like reefs after a ebb tide. Teacher Kong was puzzled. What was going on? Zilu said that people had gone to listen to the lecture. This happened many times, and the seeds of hatred took root in Confucius' heart, causing qualitative changes. The students of the historical Confucius went there to listen to the class ”three hundred and three thousand”. Three is not the actual number, but more. So this brings about a fatal disaster. ”

”Isn't that the same as the Hebrews of the Pythagorean school?” Anthony had also read books in Eastern Rome. Although Eastern Rome was a religion controlled by the Orthodox Church, many scholars were able to study the academic history of ancient Greece with the support of the Empire.

As such, Anthony knew that there was someone like Pythas.

Pythagoras (around 580 to 500 BC) was a great mathematician in ancient Greece.