Three Topics On The Study Of The New Meanings On Three Classics

The Song Dynasty,with its complex bureaucracy,the scale of imperial examinations far in advance,and the large number of the central Forbidden Army,had been in peace for a hundred years,but by the time of Renzong it had become increasingly difficult to make ends meet.In this regard,ministers have written to put forward their own views on the state of the country.However,the New Deal presided over by Fan Zhongyan failed after only two years,and the embarrassing situation of the national economy has not been changed.Therefore,Shenzong appointed Wang Anshi to carry out reform after he succeeded to the throne.With the rise of the revival of Confucianism in the middle of the Song Dynasty,the neoConfucians no longer adhered to the words and sentences in the Han and Tang dynasties,but emphasized the application of the world and advocated the application of Confucianism to govern the country and the people.Wang Anshi is one of the representatives of the revival movement of Confucianism,Wang Anshi rules the classics,not confined to the name of the words,that "the art of saints lies in the security of danger and chaos." This laid the foundation for the birth of The New Meanings on Three Classics.However,with the gradual advancement of the reform,the opposition voice from the court became increasingly loud,and the implementation of the reform was very difficult.In order to ensure the implementation of the reform,Wang Anshi often invoked scripture to justify his reform.Wang Anshi suppressed the voice of opponents under the banner of "law before the rule of the king." Then,at the request of Emperor Shenzong.Wang Anshi compiled what he had learned into The New Meanings on Three Classics.As a tool of "one morality and one custom",Shenzong and Wang Anshi hoped to control the academic thought at the time and select the officials who supported the new law by using The New Meanings on Three Classics as the official textbook for the imperial examinations.After the publication and promotion of The New Meanings on Three Classics,it became popular and became the way of promotion for the majority of students,which promoted the reform to a certain extent.New learning is the learning of Wang Anshi,which is a kind of official learning,its main content includes The New Meanings on Three Classics and Zi Shuo.Therefore,the relationship between the new learning and politics is very close,and the change of the status of the new learning has become the vane of political change.Shenzong supported the reform,so in the period of Shenzong,The New Meanings on Three Classics occupied a high position in the academic circle,but after the death of Shenzong,the new learning was abolished in the Zhe Zong Dynasty,Huizong Dynasty,Qinzong Dynasty and even Gaozong Dynasty due to the old and new party conflicts and other factors.At this time,the abolishment of the new school was mostly due to political factors,and the rulers either used it to implement policies in line with their own wishes or suppressed other academic schools by controlling their thoughts.