jdhmnovel Chapter 856 Suffering for the Children of the Great Ming, Making Things Easier for the Children of t
Chapter 856 Suffering for the Children of the Great Ming, Making Things Easier for the Children of t
As a proper scholar, and one who had transitioned from Confucianism to Legalism, Li Shanchang knew all too well what Yang Shaofeng meant by all that knowledge.
Without mathematics, drafting, astronomy, medicine, mechanics, and other disciplines, but only teaching morality, repaying evil with good, universal love and non-aggression, criminal law, plus poetry and songs, what kind of scholars can be produced?
At best, it will only produce a group of pedantic scholars who are good at complaining without reason, or a group of litigious scoundrels.
but……
Wonderful!
It's better to let the barbarians learn benevolence, righteousness, and morality than to let them learn the "Building Standards".
It's better to let the barbarians learn universal love and non-aggression than to let them learn "The Art of War".
We will harm the barbarians but not the Ming Dynasty.
How wonderful!
Great!
Then, Zhu Biao watched as Li Shanchang's gaze shifted from that of someone seeing a living Yama to that of someone seeing a close friend.
The thought of Li Shanchang and his brother-in-law's disgusting, treacherous, and conspiratorial behavior sent a chill down Zhu Biao's spine.
No one is good!
While Zhu Biao was internally ranting, he was also listening carefully to the sounds coming from behind the screen.
Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "Once the Chinese language learning levels are determined, you can start preparing the teaching materials."
"I think the Hongwu Zhengyun printed by Daming Publishing House is very good, and the Duixiang Siyan printed by Dengzhou Publishing House is also very good. They are quite suitable as introductory textbooks."
"Of course, this is just a recommendation, not a requirement. You can decide for yourselves."
As soon as Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Park Sung-sung immediately bowed and said, "The books recommended by the Prince Consort must be excellent."
Kikuchi Yoshimasa glanced at Park Sung-sung with disdain, then bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Your Highness, our country needs 100,000 sets of 'Hongwu Zhengyun' and 'Duixiang Siyan'."
You think you can compete with me for favor, you little stick?
Based on your level of flattery skills—all you know is how to fawn, but you don't know the right way to do it—you're probably just a useless piece of trash who won't even get a chance to eat shit properly!
Park Sung-sung turned his head and glanced at Kikuchi Yoshimasa, only to catch a glimpse of Kikuchi Yoshimasa's disdainful look.
Oh, so this shorty really intends to compete with me for favor?
Tsk tsk.
Park Sung-sung, disdainful in his heart, simply bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Your Highness, we Koreans have always admired the culture of the Central Plains, but we have suffered from the lack of famous teachers to guide us. Although we are eager to learn, we cannot help but fail to find the right method."
"The 'Hongwu Zhengyun' and 'Duixiang Siyan' recommended by the Prince Consort can benefit the people of Goryeo, but they can only serve as an introduction. We foreign ministers are at a loss as to how to learn them further."
"Your Highness, I humbly request your guidance on how to proceed with studies after the initial enlightenment."
Yang Shaofeng picked up his teacup, took a sip with a smile, and said, "The teachings of sages place the utmost importance on the meaning of the classics."
"But children are naturally unpredictable and cannot learn overly complex and profound knowledge, so we can only use simple things for their enlightenment."
"Just like the schools of my Great Ming Dynasty, we first started with community learning, where children would learn the Hongwu Zhengyun and the Duixiang Siyan, and then supplemented with the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames and the Thousand Character Classic."
Don't bother learning other miscellaneous knowledge such as mental cultivation techniques, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, Hetu and Luoshu, Taiji and Yin-Yang, Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams, Zhouyi, Eight Sounds, Golden Palm Finger Techniques, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and Eight Trigrams Formation. They are all useless and cannot be used in daily life.
If all else fails, I'll write you a "Standards for Being a Good Student and Child" to make do with for now.
Yang Shaofeng then said with a smile, "After the initial education at the community school, we can begin to study the classics."
Confucius said, “A person who is filial and respectful to his elders is rarely one who likes to defy his superiors; one who does not like to defy his superiors is never one who likes to cause chaos. The superior man focuses on the fundamentals; when the fundamentals are established, the Way will arise.”
"Therefore, among the many classics, the first is the Classic of Filial Piety, followed by the Book of Poetry, and then the Analects, Mencius and other classics."
Forget about all that nonsense like observatory duty, basic vision, three-view drawings, basic drafting, mechanical principles, mechanics, qi theory, optics, etc. These kinds of studies are completely useless and only waste the time that you vassal state's children have to study.
As I said before, let the children of the common people in the Ming Dynasty suffer a little, so that the children of the common people in your vassal states can have an easier time and not be too tired.
"Once the students have mastered many classic texts, they can come to the Great Ming for further study."
Yang Shaofeng picked up his teacup again, took a sip, and said with a smile, "Since we're here to study in the Ming Dynasty, we must abide by its rules."
"In short, academic studies come first."
"Students from various vassal states who come to study in the Great Ming must first choose different majors and subjects."
"For example, medicine is divided into two major directions: medicine and pharmacy. The medicine direction is further subdivided into internal medicine and surgery, and there is also a separate veterinary specialty."
"In short, studying in the Ming Dynasty is much more difficult, and not everyone can persevere."
Yang Shaofeng shook his head slightly and said, "As the saying goes, you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time."
"First, we should resolve the issue of determining the level of Chinese proficiency through examinations, then we should address the issue of popularizing education, and only then should we send students to the Ming Dynasty for further study."
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng added, "How about this, I will seek help from the officials in the Ministry of Rites to help them formulate a curriculum plan for the school. You can refer to it yourself."
As soon as Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Park Sung-sung was overjoyed. He first bowed respectfully to thank Yang Shaofeng, and then turned his head to glance at Kikuchi Yoshimasa.
As you can see, I only asked the Prince Consort for guidance on how to continue my studies after my initial enlightenment, and the Prince Consort pointed out a clear path for Goryeo.
And look at you, even if you declared in advance that you wanted to order 100,000 sets of books, didn't the prince consort just give a perfunctory "hmm"?
The prince consort still favors Goryeo after all!
As for the fact that the school curriculum pointed out by the prince consort is missing many things, and that it is even blatantly intended to turn all the Goryeo scholars into pedantic Confucianists and litigious scoundrels.
What does this have to do with me?
As I said before, the fact that those lowly people in Goryeo can even read books is already a blessing from the Prince Consort. We can't let them learn too much, otherwise it will affect the value of our family's scholarship.
As Park Sung-sung took the lead in bowing to Yang Shaofeng in gratitude, other envoys, such as Polong Moroge and Du Shunqin, could only follow suit, bowing in thanks whether they were willing or not.
Yoshimasa Kikuchi was completely dumbfounded.
Prince Kaneyoshi's request was to find an opportunity to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to learn from its culture, just as the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty had done in the past.
However, while the Tang Dynasty could directly send Tang envoys, there are many thresholds and restrictions to sending Ming envoys to the Ming Dynasty.