Chapter 3 Notes of Hunan Current Affairs School (Excerpt) (Winter 1897)

Li Binghuan asked: (omitted) Teaching beam batch: Knowing the past and the present is called a generalist.Being able to pay attention everywhere in this way is different from those who read dead books.Those who pay taxes to the people, if they do things for the people, do not complain even though they are too many, this is also the case in the Western countries.The donations for patrols in the Shanghai Concession are very heavy every season, and no one complains.Gou does not do things for the people, although it is light, it is also resentful.Mencius said: "Those who are lighter than the way of Yao and Shun are big and small." What is it called?It is said that it is not enough to provide coins, food, and officials.This is what China is today.Because of the lightness of the tax, even the official salary cannot be thick; the evil knows that the official salary is thin, but the officials still take it from the people, and the disaster is fierce!It is impossible to go deep into its source.

Zhang Boliang asked: (omitted) Teaching beam batch: All rights and wisdom are dependent on each other.One part of wisdom means one part of rights; one part of wisdom means one part of rights; one part does not tolerate falsehood.Therefore, if a country wants to stand on its own, one must make the people of the country wise enough to govern the affairs of the country, and then it can be done.In today's China, the great trouble is that the people's wisdom cannot be enlightened.If the people's wisdom is not developed and the talents are insufficient, even if people pretend to be self-righteous, they will not be able to keep it.Morale seems to be useful, and geographical advantage seems to be reliable, but if the knowledge of axiom, law, and politics is not clear, even if there are thousands of loyal people, they will not be exempt from being slaves.Since you agree with this idea, you are eager to learn, and transfer to others. One will turn into ten, ten will turn into hundreds, hundreds will turn into thousands, and thousands will turn into thousands. Then people will know that there is a study of axiom and law, and it may not perish.

Zhou Hongye asked: (omitted) Teaching beam batch: There is the history of the emperor, the history of the country, and the history of the people.Westerners pay more attention to civil history.China, such as Jiutong, can be called the history of the country, but the genre is still not perfect.If there are twenty-four histories, it can only be called twenty-four genealogies!Countless people and bones in the past have decayed, and it is not absurd to remember the gains and losses of their chickens and insects, and boast about history and history!When you see this, you can be a good history. Tang Cai asked: (omitted)

Teaching beam batch: Wisdom must be equal, and then ability can be equal; therefore, it is the first righteousness to open up women's wisdom. Li Zeyun asked: (omitted) Teaching beam batch: When countries communicate with each other, culture and education flourish.The national boundaries must be broken, and then there can be great harmony.This theory goes a step further, and you can think about it again.