Chapter 19 4. Wei Jin World Cup

The philosophy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is metaphysics, and the expression of metaphysics is talk.Talking and aestheticism were the two major fashions at the time. The four ruling kings of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Dao Yu Liang, Huan Wen, and Xie An, as well as the beautiful people mentioned above such as Xia Houxuan, were all talkers at the same time.Bi Ren'er Wei Jie was not only watched to death, but also almost talked to death. Wei Jie accompanied his mother to the south during the war in the Western Jin Dynasty.He first went to Jiangxia (now Wuhan, Hubei), then Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), and was finally seen dead in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu).In fact, he had already suffered a serious illness before being watched, and the reason was that he met Xie Kun.

Xie Kun, who was painted in the rock by Gu Kaizhi, is a subordinate of the ambitious Wang Dun.At that time, Wang Dun was guarding Yuzhang, and Wei Jie went to visit, and hit it off with Xie Kun at first sight.As a result, Wei Jie ignored his master Wang Dun and talked about metaphysics with Xie Kun for several days all night long, and finally fell ill and was hopelessly ill. It seems that Wei Jie actually died from overwork.He is in Jiankang, probably lying on a hospital bed or being surrounded by people in a car.A person who is seriously ill and still receives such admiration is really extremely beautiful.

Wang Dun, who was snubbed by Wei Jie, also performed beautifully.He said to Xie Kun: Wang Bi's remarks back then could be regarded as golden voices, but Wei Jie's clear talks this time should be considered as jade-like.This is a very high evaluation, because Wang Bi is one of the founders of metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.If he participates in the symposium, he will have almost no opponents and can only ask and answer by himself. It's a pity that Wang Bi's life was even shorter, only 24 years. At any rate, Wei Jie, who lived to be twenty-seven years old, is also a sentimental young genius.It is said that he began to think about various philosophical issues when he was a minor, and he even went to consult Jia Leguang, a handsome man and talker at the time.

Wei Jie asked: What is a dream? Le Guang replied: Yes. Wei Jie said: I have never experienced the things in the dream at all, so how can I think about it? Le Guang replied again: karma. The young Wei Jie couldn't figure out what the cause and fate was anyway, so he became depressed and became ill.Le Guang was shocked when he heard that, and immediately drove to Wei Jie's house to analyze and explain to him, and Wei Jie turned the corner. This matter made Le Guang quite emotional.After Wei Jie became an adult, Le Guang married his daughter to him.Because both Weng and son-in-law are smart, beautiful and exquisite, they are evaluated as a Bingqing (Yue Guang) and a Yurun (Wei Jie).

There is such a relationship between beauty and wisdom. I don't know how Yue Guang explained to Wei Jie back then, but there is no doubt about Yue Guang's level of clear talk.One time, a guest discussed with him the problem of "not achieving the purpose".The meaning of this sentence is: it is impossible for concepts and things to match completely, which is called "unable to reach"; the matching is endless, called "endless".Therefore, human cognition is endless, and it is impossible to reach the other shore of truth. The question is, if the concept and the thing are completely incompatible, what is the use of it?If the other shore of truth cannot be reached, then why pursue it?Why do we always have some awareness when we use concepts?What is the relationship between concepts and things, cognition and truth?

If the guest doesn't understand, come and ask Le Guang. Yue Guang raised his tail. The stag reads like a master and is the leader of the deer herd.The actions of the deer herd depend entirely on the swing of the deer king's tail.Therefore, the tail of stag has the meaning of baton.The stag tail in the hands of celebrities is something similar to a lupine and a whisk, with a handle and a stag tail hair.It was a prop during the Qingchao, and later became a status symbol of the leaders of the Qingchao and the high-ranking gentry.As for this time, Le Guang turned it into a reasoning tool.

The guest asked: Is the purpose (pointer) to arrive or not to arrive? Yue Guang touched several cases with the tail of stag and said, "Isn't it?" The guest said: to. Yue Guang removed the tail of the stag again: Now that it's here, how can I take it away? The guest suddenly realized. This is typical nonsense.In fact, although the Qing Tan of the Wei and Jin Dynasties may not always involve such profound philosophical issues, it is certain that the Qing Tan must be rich in philosophy and wisdom.Therefore, it is something not to be underestimated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.Those gatherings of first-class talkers are still widely celebrated long afterward, and the celebrities who perform outstandingly will steal the limelight like international movie stars.

For example Yin Hao. Yin Hao was the person who was later used by Sima Yu to check and balance Huan Wen.Although this person's political and military abilities are average, he has a reputation for being good at talking.So when he came to Jiankang as Yu Liang's subordinate in the early years, Director Wang actually held a meeting for him as the prime minister, and he personally untied the tail hanging from the tent belt to talk with him until midnight. Do your best. The content of this talk is unknown, but it should be quite exciting.Because according to Huan Wen's recollections and comments the next morning, no one was able to interrupt the meeting from the beginning to the end. Only he and Xie An's cousin Xie Shang could understand, and the other two celebrities could only be like little bitches. It seems to be obediently waiting.

However, Dao Wang has a high status, while Yin Hao has a close relationship with Yu Liang.Therefore, even if they are verbal, they must be polite, and Yin Hao must restrain himself.When he debated with Liu Tin, it was full of gunpowder.When arguing with another talker named Sun Sheng, both sides shook the stag tail vigorously. As a result, the food was cold and then hot, hot and then cold, and the inside was covered with stag tail hair. This kind of debate is called "drama talk". In fact, even if it is not a drama talk, it will make people nervous.Because the content of knowledge and wisdom in Qingtan is extremely high, it would be embarrassing not to understand and not to keep up.So when Xie Shang asked Yin Hao for advice, he was already sweating profusely after hearing a few words.Yin Hao said unhurriedly: Come on, take a towel and wipe off Xie Lang's sweat!

But even so, celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties still flocked to them.In fact, chatting is not only a means for romantic people to show their intelligence, but also an important social activity in the upper class. Therefore, they are as old-fashioned as Wang Dao, as elegant as Yu Liang, as ambitious as Huan Wen, and as calm and calm as Xie An. It is their taste and way of life. Talking is the World Cup for celebrities. This is not surprising.Because the Wei and Jin Dynasties were the era of the gentry, and the gentry became a privileged class by mastering knowledge and wisdom.Whether they want to show their cultural advantages or expand their social influence, they must rely on talk.This is true even if you are a prime minister like Sima Yu.

Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand Wei Jin metaphysics. Metaphysics is of course also "Chinese-style philosophy", and it was originally covered with the cloak of Confucianism, including re-annotating such Confucian classics.However, regardless of worldview or methodology, metaphysics and Confucianism are completely different.We can even say that what Confucius wanted was what metaphysics didn't want; what Confucius didn't want was exactly what metaphysics wanted. So, what is the difference between metaphysics and Confucianism? To borrow Kant's terminology, Confucianism is "practical reason", while metaphysics is "pure reason".Those practical and secular issues that Confucianism thinks about, such as politics and ethics, are precisely not of interest to metaphysics.In fact, the "mystery" of metaphysics lies in the profoundness and profoundness of the research topic and its irrelevance to reality.For example, what is the ontology of the world, and what is the method of speculation. Metaphysics is metaphysical, and Confucianism is metaphysical. It is very clear that Confucianism needs to be done in the end, but metaphysics only needs to be said.This is where the criticism of "talking about harming the country" comes in.Xie An once sneered at this.He said: Qin Ren Shangyang is not empty talk, how could he die in the second generation? As a matter of fact, there are many practitioners among the talkers in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is not unreasonable for them to be interested in metaphysics, and they may not even really want to figure out whether the world’s ontology exists or not. wisdom.Yes, when a group of extremely intelligent people get together and wield their swords and swords, isn't it an extremely elegant intellectual game? Yes, this is a way of life, an attitude towards life. This attitude is philosophical as well as artistic.