Chapter 8 Chapter Three: The Internal Causes of the Success of Young People in Ancient China

As mentioned earlier, some teenagers in ancient China could write articles at the age of four.This age has not yet entered school, and it cannot be the result of teacher education.This age has not yet entered the society, and of course it cannot be the result of social education or political turmoil.If it is the influence of family education, it may not be true, because even if his parents are great educators, it may be difficult to raise a four-year-old child to such an extent.The only thing that seems possible is that the child has a gifted talent that is different from ordinary people, what is usually called a genius.

When talking about genius, some people think that this is advocating the theory of destiny, but in fact genius does exist objectively.There are many things that cannot be explained without acknowledging genius.For example, children born in the same family receive the same family education and live in exactly the same economic and political environment. Why do some children grow up to be talents while others are born late?Another example is that under the same teacher's education, the work and rest time are the same, why some students can recite an article after reading it once or twice, while some students can't recite it after reading it dozens of times?These can not be explained by other reasons, it can only be said that it is determined by genius.The presence or absence of genius can make a person get twice the result with half the effort, or get twice the result with half the effort; it can make a person become a talent at a young age, or a late bloomer, or even fail to become a talent.

Genius is an individual's unique inherent internal cause, which is actually bestowed by his parents before his birth.To put it more clearly, the generation of genius is the credit of the parents, and it is the eugenics of the parents that make the child a uniquely lucky one. Eugenics tells us that when parents give birth to their children, if they are healthy, happy, and mentally good or higher than the average person, then the child they give birth to may be more intelligent or even a genius.On the contrary, if the parents are in poor health, mentally depressed, and have average or lower intelligence, it is absolutely impossible to give birth to intelligent children, let alone geniuses.There are also some situations: parents who marry close relatives, parents who drink alcohol or have other bad habits, and parents who are not emotionally compatible, it is impossible to give birth to intelligent children, let alone geniuses.Furthermore, although the health, spirit, and intelligence of the parents are very good, the mother is malnourished during pregnancy, takes certain medicines for illness, or suffers a sudden trauma to the body, or receives adverse external stimuli, or suffers from physical illness. The interference of other factors that are not conducive to the birth of new life may also affect the fetus, making the child mentally retarded after birth.

In ancient China, there was the so-called "prenatal education", which required women to be pure in thinking, hearing, speaking, and action during pregnancy, so that the fetus could be influenced by it, and after birth, the intelligence and physical development would be normal, and it would grow up to be a gentleman.Ancient books also give specific examples for the theory of prenatal education, saying that Tai Ren, the mother of King Wen of Zhou, "did not see evil and listen to obscenities" when she was pregnant with King Wen. Ren's prenatal education.This example is not to anoint King Wen of Zhou or his mother, Tai Ren, with a divine aura, but it actually has some scientific reason. "Don't look at evil things" means not looking at things that are bad, messy, or disturbing. "Don't listen to obscene sounds" means not to listen to those noisy, shocking, or unpleasant sounds.If you can really do this during pregnancy, you will feel comfortable, peaceful and comfortable all day long. If you can read some educational books or pictures, and listen to beautiful and moving music, then it will naturally have a good impact on the fetus in your womb , which can make it superior to ordinary people in intelligence and physique after birth, and have the innate conditions to be able to become talents when they grow up.The eugenics we talk about today is actually consistent with the ancient Chinese prenatal education theory, or it is a theory developed by absorbing some parts of the ancient Chinese prenatal education theory and adding the experimental results of modern science. .

There are many specific examples of people not paying attention to eugenics, or prenatal education, and thus reaping the bitter fruit.Take the children of Emperor Wu of Jin as an example.Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, had many children. According to historical records, there were as many as 26 sons alone. Among the 26 sons, eight "did not show their mother's name and died young". They may not have been born to formal concubines, but were born to random concubines. Naturally, they could not survive, and they were not allowed to survive; Among Zha's sons, nine died early, one was an idiot, and one had a rare disease with crooked mouth and eyes; the rest of the somewhat decent-looking sons were mostly evil-minded, and most of them died in the "Eight Kings Rebellion" war for power and profit. middle.Why does this happen?There is a ready-made answer in the history books, that is, because Emperor Wu of Jin was "lusty and petted at home", there were nearly ten thousand people in the harem.Emperor Wu of Jin didn't know where to go to sleep every night, so he had to take a sheep cart and stop wherever the sheep ran.In order to win the favor of Emperor Wu of Jin, the concubines tried their best to attract sheep carts. They knew that sheep like to eat bamboo leaves, so they put bamboo leaves in their houses, and they knew that sheep like to lick salty things, so they sprinkled salt juice on the ground.Emperor Wu of Jin listened to the commands of the sheep, and after stopping in a certain place, he had to put on wine and drink wildly, and only had sex with his concubine when he was drunk.A licentious and alcoholic emperor like him naturally couldn't give birth to children of geniuses, but only some short-lived ghosts, idiots and disabled sons. However, Jin Huidi Sima Zhong, who succeeded him to the throne, was an idiot. Lots of jokes, no wonder.In fact, not only Emperor Wu of Jin was like this, many feudal emperors in history had a similar situation because of their licentious lives, and most of them could not give birth to talented children.This tells us that although the feudal emperors are known as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, they regard the whole world as their private property. Living a life of extravagance and ignorance of the principles of prenatal education, that is, eugenics, not many of their children are gifted.

Since it is said that there are not many children of emperors who are talented, but it was said earlier that Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty were young and promising, how can this be explained?Is it inconsistent?In fact, this is not contradictory, because everything has a general and a special distinction. In Chinese history, the children of most emperors were not eugenic, while a few belonged to special circumstances. First look at Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty.He is the son of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a talented and generous emperor in Chinese history. His martial arts and martial arts have shined through the annals of history, and he is also known as Qin Shihuang, Tang Taizong, and Song Taizu.His health, spirit, and intellect are all good, even supernormal.The mother of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Yan, was the concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Although she and her husband are young wives and old husbands, since she is the favorite concubine, their union should be happy and happy.According to historical records, when Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty was five or six years old, he was known as "strong and wise", healthy and smart, and was praised by Emperor Wu of the Han as a son of "like me".Therefore, we say that Emperor Han Zhao was a uniquely lucky man, with elements of genius to some extent, or at least the bad congenital factors that emperors and princes and daughters often have can be eliminated from him.

Let's talk about Emperor Kangxi Xuanye.He is the son of Shunzhi Emperor Fulin.Although Emperor Shunzhi died young, there were no problems with his health, spirit, and intelligence.Although he had several concubines, he did not have too many children, which shows that he was not a licentious emperor, and there were other reasons for his premature death.Emperor Kangxi's mother, Empress Xiao Kangzhang, was a Han Chinese. The combination of the Manchu and Han races is beneficial to the next generation in terms of blood.It is recorded in historical books that Emperor Kangxi was "handsome in heaven and handsome in Yue Li's voice" since he was a child, which shows that his health, spirit, and intelligence are somewhat extraordinary.Since he was a child, he "willed to imitate his father" and wanted to be an emperor. When he was studying, he paid special attention to ruling power. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi has both genius elements and acquired hard work. He is also different from ordinary emperors and princes. .

According to historical records, many politicians, thinkers, and writers were indeed born smart and talented, and they were called child prodigies.For example, Yuan Zhen [zhenzhen], a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was able to write good articles at the age of nine, and at the age of 15, he passed the Mingjing subject by mastering the second classic.Later, he became a poet as famous as Bai Juyi, and was called "Yuanbai" together.Wang Yucheng, a litterateur in the Northern Song Dynasty (Cheng said), was originally a farmer's son, and he was able to write articles at the age of seven or eight. Bi Shi'an, who was working in Jeju County at that time, was very surprised, so he went to his home to learn about the situation and saw that he was grinding noodles , So I took the stone mill as the topic and asked him to compose on the spot.After Wang Yucheng thought for a while, he quickly wrote a poem: "But if you keep your heart straight, you don't have to worry about the delay. If you put effort lightly, you will turn around." This poem not only states that the axis of grinding must be straight, but also Grain should be slowly put into the hole of the mill, and people can write about the turning of the mill as long as they use a little force, and with a pun, they can write about the integrity of their own hearts, although they are still in the dark. One day, but as long as someone is willing to work hard to support him, he can quickly make a big career.Later, at the age of 29, Wang Yucheng finally passed the Jinshi examination, and successively served as the magistrate of Chengwu County, Changzhou County, and judges. of writers.Zeng Gong, known as one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", was "born alert" and could recite articles of hundreds of words when he was young, and he could recite them after a few times. At the age of 12, I went to take the six-theory exam, and the article was written immediately, and the content was well written.When he was just 20 years old, he was well-known all over the world and was appreciated by the great writer Ouyang Xiu.Chen Xun (xunxun), an upright official and scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, was smart and eager to learn since he was a child.When his grandfather Chen Shuping died, he was only four years old, and he was already able to kneel in the mourning hall to greet the guests who came to express condolences, and ran back and forth to welcome and see them off, just like an adult.Grandfather's good friend Lou Yao saw that Chen Xun was very smart, so he took "Ginkgo" as the theme and asked him to match it.Chen Xun blurted out "Jintao".Lou Yao said: "Ginkgo is the name of the fruit, commonly known as ginkgo. What is your golden peach?" Chen Xun replied: "I remember Du Fu's poem has the sentence 'parrot pecking golden peach'. According to my opinion, it is a It is a kind of golden peach, which is commonly known as the golden peach variety, so it is exactly a pair with the ginkgo you mentioned." Chen Xun was able to recite Du Fu's poems at a young age, and he was able to use the golden peach and the ginkgo to make Lou Key He was very happy to hear that, and repeatedly praised him as a smart boy.Later, Chen Xun passed the county and prefecture-level examinations in his teens, and was admitted as a Jinshi at the age of 20. He first became a professor in Huangzhou, and then served as a doctor of Taixue, editor of the Privy Council, and magistrate of Changzhou and Quzhou.In his later years, he gave lectures in his hometown Yin (Yinyin) County and trained many talents.

In short, geniuses with extraordinary intelligence actually existed since childhood, which is an internal cause of some young people in ancient China becoming talents.The wisdom of those who are blessed by nature is not endowed by God, but by their parents.Eugenics has solved the so-called mystery of genius for us, and some records in history, especially the records about the princes and daughters of emperors, have provided us with counter-evidence of the serious consequences of eugenics, which makes us dare to make a statement about whether there is genius or not. conclusion.We not only rejoice for those talented teenagers in ancient China, but also feel sorry for those imbecile children and those who died young due to irresponsible parents.Parents should pay attention to prenatal and postnatal care in order to give birth to a gifted child.And those lucky ones who are endowed by nature should work hard to make better use of their talents and truly grow into the pillars of the country.

There is another point that must be emphasized here, because most of the examples cited above are emperors, officials, politicians, and writers, which may give people an illusion that only these people’s family economic conditions are good, or their parents are both. Learned people, so these people may be born very smart, gifted children.In fact, this view is wrong.Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a farming family, and his parents were not educated. His own talents were honed through hard work in a difficult environment.Huo Qubing's father was a government servant and his mother was a girl.Bing Yuan's family was very poor.Wang Yucheng is a farmer's son.Wang Yingchen is the son of an archer in the county government.None of their families have good economic conditions, and most of their parents are illiterate.It can be seen that genius has no necessary connection with family.As long as the parents are healthy without bad habits such as alcoholism, and the mother does not get sick or suffer accidental injuries during pregnancy, even farmers, workers or poor families can produce gifted children.An ancient Chinese proverb said: "There is no seed for a general, and a man should strive for self-improvement." There is no necessary connection between birth and genius, and talent requires hard work to become a talent.

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