Chapter 2109 Flower Fight (Seventeen)

After studying the "Four Books", students will immediately learn the "Five Classics". The first of the "Five Classics" is the "Book of Changes", which is the most famous and most respected work among Chinese philosophical works, and also the most difficult for foreigners. After understanding the works, Nick was surprised that the gossip image was actually found on the back of the turtle.

The wisdom of "hexagrams" has always been something that ancient Chinese thinkers longed for. Confucius was particularly surprised by the mystery of hexagrams, and his special influence on hexagrams was even more praised. He wrote a book and explained many of them. Most of the energy is used to interpret the hexagrams, but it cannot ensure that the meaning of various hexagrams is fully understood.

China’s theory of the origin of the universe is complicated. Compared with the myths and stories told by the old Juren, Nick is more willing to seek help from Taoism. A traditional view is that there are two things when a person is alive, one is the soul that represents the spiritual spirit. , one is Po, which represents the soul of the body. Yin and Yang are dependent on each other to create all things in the world. When a person is alive, the two coexist harmoniously in the body. When a person dies, the two will separate. The soul corresponds to Yang, and the Po corresponds to Yin.

The Egyptians believed that the soul would leave the body and wander around, and the Chinese also believed that the soul left the body when a person was sleeping. Of course, it would usually come back, but if the soul left the body for a longer period of time, various abnormalities would occur, and even You will get sick, feel groggy, go crazy, or even die.

A Dutch sinologist discovered in Xiamen, a southeastern community where he lived, that people's panic, anxiety and insomnia were caused by the long-term separation of the soul from the body. When children appear listless, restless or sick, they are called soulless. People It is believed that the child's soul was scared away. In this case, as long as the child's soul is recalled, his illness will be cured.

The idea of ​​"summoning" the soul that has been separated from the body back is a very ancient concept, which is connected with the ritual activities after death and the process of recovery from illness.

Strictly speaking, Guangdong does not belong to the Chu State during the Warring States Period. The people living here are the "Baiyue Clan". However, as it has close contact with the Chu people, the locals commemorate this friendship with "Chu Ting". It is also the earliest name of Guangzhou.

During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, a stone archway was built at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain. The archway faced the east, with the words "Yuexiu Qifeng" written on the front and "Ancient Chu Ting" written on the back. The southeastern region was deeply influenced by Chu culture, and in the local funeral customs There is a process of "calling the soul", so that the deceased who is being commemorated will go to the place where his body is buried to enjoy the offerings.

Sometimes they would also invite a band to play noisy music, and future generations would report the merits and demerits of the year at this time.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous poet named Qu Yuan. He wrote a book called "Li Sao". In the poem, there is a sentence like "The soul returns". People believe that people will be separated from the body voluntarily or involuntarily. , when soul wandering occurs, the soul of the soul wanderer sometimes encounters a lot of troubles or loses its direction during the process of returning to the soul.

The "soul-calling" case caused panic. The first thing to worry about was the parents. In that hot summer, it was easy to get thirsty while walking under the scorching sun. In the suburbs of AH Huizhou, there was a small temple called Yuming, and there was a monk named Mingyuan. Carrying a donkey and luggage, he went out to beg alms and walked to a village near Shouzhou, more than 160 miles away from the temple where he lived. He stopped to drink water at a well. Since there was no bucket and he could not fetch water, he walked to There were three children playing at the door of a village house, so he borrowed a bucket from them.

No one paid attention to him. He casually patted a child on the head and hurried on his way, but within three miles, he was caught by several villagers. They accused Mingyuan of secretly cutting off the child's braids.

These people couldn't help but identify, tied up the monk, and then searched his luggage, but found no braid tip. Then they escorted him to a villager's home, hung him up and beat him, and stabbed him with a screwdriver. The child's parents asked the monk to swear that his child would not die.

, the monk was beaten and had no choice but to draw a symbol to protect him. Only then did these people let the injured monk go and let him go back to his temple.

When the county police officer heard about the incident, he rushed to investigate. The child's father handed over the charm and guarantee note written by Mingyuan to the officer. The officer immediately notified the government, who sent someone to seize Mingyuan.

During the initial trial, the criminal tried to explain the suspicious items found in his luggage. Mingyuan said that his grandfather had served as the general soldier, so he claimed that he had a hereditary official position. For such a stubborn criminal, the officials who interrogated him

It was decided to impose a severe sentence, and Mingyuan died a week later.

At the highest level of the bureaucracy, the Military Aircraft Department, even though the ministers generally had doubts about the case, they still carried out the tasks assigned by the emperor like tools. They had no other idea except to go all out to clean up. The emperor was already involved in this case

Having invested so much personal prestige and moral authority into the campaign, stopping the crackdown is not as simple as taking back the order.

Continental European theories about the role of the devil in witchcraft were not brought up in soul-calling cases. Judges relied more on the suspect's confession than on the advice of "experts." In many cases, children were involved in European witchcraft trials.

Standing in court as a witness.

When Hongli came to the throne, he vowed to find a "golden mean" between his overly kind grandfather and his overly strict father. He did find such a path, but in an extremely strange way. He was tolerant.

He oscillates back and forth between the two extremes of being harsh and harsh. On the one hand, he does not allow officials to abuse torture on prisoners. The last thing he wants to see is the rise of mobs. It is this factor that restricts him from acting cautiously.

Despite their severe reprimands, he always believed that the ineffective suppression was caused by the "official vices" that he hated the most. He carefully concealed information and carefully protected himself, which prompted him to communicate through secret channels.

Bureaucrats are caught in this kind of attack. Although they will be singled out for punishment individually, their status as a whole still wants to be stable. The characteristics of the bureaucracy determine that whether it is good or bad, it can block any form.

fanaticism. This also means that people like Mencius who have the courage to express their opinions become more scarce. The final overturn of the soul-calling case does not depend on the general quality of ordinary bureaucrats, but on a few ministers in high positions.

They dared to tell Hongli that this was a wrong case based on false confessions and would only cause greater trouble if it was not stopped.

The appearance of Monk Haiyin is proof that Tim will deal with those who cause public outrage, and Qianlong can conduct an ambush on his way back from Rehe to the Forbidden City, similar to the assassination of Qin Shihuang at Bolangsha, which once brought Qin Shihuang infinitely close to death.

In the words of Mencius: If the emperor is unkind, he will not protect the world; if the princes are unkind, he will not protect the country; if the ministers are unkind, they will not protect the ancestral temple; if the common people are unkind, they will not protect the four bodies. Today, if you hate death but are happy and unkind, it is like hating drunkenness.

Strong wine.

The meaning of the last sentence is that even if you are afraid of getting drunk, you still drink too much. "Benevolence" is an important Confucian ethic. No one will mourn a few helpless homeless people and monks. The harm to society from the soul-calling case has gone beyond crushing people.

Several categories of homeless people.

Wizards and "actors" are both divided into the lower 9th class, the upper 9th class, and the middle 9th class. Juren belongs to the middle 9th class. Nick's painter profession "Danqing" is also in this class.

Actors are a profession that prohibits young women from performing on stage. The last time Nick saw the "actress" on the stage in town, she was actually played by a man. He wore very thick makeup and was far away from him.

Difficult to distinguish.

This time the admiral invited the troupe to his home, and he got to know them up close. The musicians were all literati, usually talented people. Like Italian playwrights, they would tour with artists. Maybe it was because they thought Nick was strange.

, and Nick didn’t think it was beneath his dignity to make friends with them, so he helped them do some small favors within his ability. So in their spare time, they would also teach Nick how to perform.

There is a story called "The Romance of the West Chamber", which tells the love story between a scholar surnamed Zhang and the daughter of the Prime Minister. At that time, the world was in chaos, and Zhang Sheng met the garrison generals. He asked the garrison to protect the temple where the Cui family was hiding, and the Cui family was able to

Cui's mother was very grateful to Zhang Sheng for escaping a disaster, so she ignored the etiquette and asked Cui Yingying to come out to see Zhang Sheng.

Otherwise, according to normal etiquette, women and men cannot live in the same room, and they must be separated by a curtain in the same room, even if they grew up together.

"The soul is back~" Lin Gua waved his hand in front of Nick. At this time, they were in Lin Gua's studio.

This time Nick came to him for a gift. He now knew that it was impolite to "send a bell" on his birthday, even if the day of the Mazu sacrifice was not the Admiral's birthday.

It happened that Lin Gua's portrait of the lady had been finished, and he needed to buy an exquisite box to hold it, so they left the studio together.
Chapter completed!