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However, he resigned from his official post and devoted himself to scholarship for more than ten years.

What he values

How could it be that yellow or white substance?

Their aspirations

It is about establishing merit, virtue, and words!

Today was a day off, and when Hu Anguo returned home,

The eldest son, Hu Yin, was in the study.

Hu Yin was actually Hu Anguo's cousin.

Abandoned by her biological parents due to poverty

He was taken back and fed by Hu Anguo's mother.

Historically, Hu Anguo did his utmost to help Qin Hui rise to power.

He was even hailed as the "leader of the Qin Party".

Later, he discovered that he had been deceived by Qin Hui.

He was impeached by Qin Hui's opponents,

On the one hand, he was disliked by Qin Hui for advocating war.

He eventually resigned from his official post and went off to write books to spread his ideas of resisting the Jin dynasty.

Hu Yin, as Hu Anguo's adopted son,

He was always committed to bringing down Qin Hui.

He remained dismissed from office until Qin Hui's death.

"What are they doing now?"

Hu Anguo saw his son fiddling with the small ball connected by strings.

Hu Yin replied: "The simple pendulum experiment."

Hu Anguo cautioned, "Studying is fine, but don't become obsessed."

“Father is mistaken; one should be obsessed with pursuing truth,” Hu Yin said.

If not affected by time travelers

Hu Yin's academic thought is as follows:

Chapter 360 The Principle of All Things

The universe is composed of gas.

It evolved into all things in the world.

They exhibit different attributes.

It contains changes and patterns.

Humans should explore and understand all things.

In this way, we can understand its rules and principles.

Moreover, humans explore the laws and principles governing things.

It is for the purpose of making better use of things.

Knowledge detached from things is empty knowledge.

To know something but not to act upon it is to be deluded by it.

Only knowledge that can connect things...

And once you know it, you should do it.

Only in this way can it be called true knowledge.

But how can we explore the principles of all things?

Hu Yin said that one must first rectify one's mind.

Then, carefully observe, understand, and summarize the principles of all things.

Actually, all he lacked was a methodology.

The physics brought by Zhao Yuan

This perfectly complements Hu Yin's methods for exploring all things.

Hu Yintai loved this field of study!

When Zhao Yuan led his troops to besiege Tokyo,

Hu Yin served as a proofreader in the Song Dynasty court.

He also served as a professor at the Luoyang Prefectural School.

Ordered to confiscate banned books from the school

However, he confiscated the students' copy of "The Way of Application" and secretly studied it himself.

The emperor and the knowledge he provided.

Hu Yin has almost finished his studies.

He'll have to figure out the rest himself.

After the simple pendulum experiment is completed,

Hu Yin wrote down the experimental record.

He ran to his adoptive father and said:

“Father, I intend to resign from my official post and return to my hometown.”

Hu Anguo exclaimed in surprise, "The new dynasty has just been established; it's only the spring of the third year of Hongwu!"

"This is the time for men to make their mark and achieve great things."

"Why would someone so young think of resigning from their official post?"

Hu Yin said, "The learning of officials and emperors,"

"The child has finished learning everything."

"And most of them have been verified."

"Staying in Tokyo won't allow me to learn anything new."

"The child plans to return to his ancestral home in Fujian,"

"Doing academic research and conducting experiments at the same time,"

"On the one hand, he imparted this knowledge to the scholars in his hometown."

"Chen Yuan is lecturing there,"

“It’s not your turn yet,” Hu Anguo said.

Hu Yin then said, "That child requests to be appointed as a professor at an official school outside the capital."

"You can go to Huainan or Zhejiang."

"Wait until the knowledge is spread,"

"Please transfer me to another location."

Hu Anguo asked, "Has it been decided?"

Hu Yin said, "My ambition is not to become an official."

Hu Anguo sighed, "That's fine too."

"To spread new knowledge to His Majesty and the Emperor,"

"They will surely gain royal favor,"

"You will become a great Confucian scholar in the future."

"Able to explore the principles of all things,"

"This life is enough; whether I can become a great Confucian scholar is secondary," Hu Yin said.

After a few days,

Zhao Yuan then received a strange memorial.

Hu Yin, a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue

He requested to be transferred to a state-run school as a professor.

Moreover, they requested a transfer every three years.

Any state capital is fine.

He was going to travel all over the country to spread physics.

Zhao Yuan immediately sent someone to summon him.

Was this Hu Yin famous in history?

Wen Huanzhang replied, "The three Hu brothers are all great Confucian scholars."

"This Hu Yin is the boss."

"The most famous of them all is the third brother, Hu Hong,"

"The founder of the Hunan School of Thought".

“Wang Fuzhi of the late Ming Dynasty was a continuation of the tradition of the Hunan School of thought.”

"This faction politically advocated resisting the Jin and launching a northern expedition,"

"Promoting the theory of great revenge."

"We call for systemic reform to reduce the burden on the people."

"In academics, he advocated rectifying the mind and investigating principles,"

"We advocate a pragmatic approach that applies what we learn."

"They also advocated for the principles of Heaven and human desires,"

"They should coexist in the same body,"

"They explained human desires from a human nature perspective."

Chapter 361 Not Becoming a Beijing Official

Wen Huanzhang laughed as he spoke:

Their slogan is "Unity of theory and practice."

"It's actually the same thing as my 'theory of the application of Tao'."

Zhao Yuan remarked with emotion, "The thoughts of ancient Confucian scholars..."

"It's still a diverse and vibrant scene,"

"They are not as pedantic as I used to think."

"Could it be after the Ming Dynasty?"

"Bound by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism?"

Wen Huanzhang said, "The Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism is nothing more than a tool of the rulers."

"Even the Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism itself has been distorted and altered."

"It's related to the specific social environment,"

"The early Ming Dynasty was characterized by chaos, economic decline, and sparse population."


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