When Li Zhe, a modern philosopher who studies logic, unexpectedly transmigrates to the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, an age dominated by divination and witchcraft, he faces more than just the struggle to survive. He also faces the ultimate challenge of an age shrouded in ignorance. Refusing to bow to fate, he builds the “Philosopher’s Lodge” deep in the mountains, **using “investigating things to extend knowledge” to dispel superstition and “understanding trends and discerning principles” to outmaneuver the world**, personally nurturing the early forms of great strategists like Guiguzi.
His ideas spread like wildfire:
Guiguzi’s schemes stir up the royal court and delay the fall of the Western Zhou;
Mohist universal love takes root in Chu, where its followers put opposition to aggression into practice with their own blood;
and the Legalist spark travels west to mighty Qin, planting the seeds of thunderous change...
When the old order strikes back and the schools of thought are burned to the ground, he becomes the fuel himself, distilling the essence of civilization into the “Secret Canon of the Philosopher’s School” and ordering his disciples to carry its sparks into the wilderness.
Three thousand years later, a jade disc engraved with mysterious symbols is unearthed from a Han Dynasty tomb. A modern student’s thesis reveals the shared “rational genes” of the Hundred Schools of Thought:
The thunderclap of the Hundred Schools’ debate began with a silent spark in the Western Zhou;
and the starry sky we gaze upon today still reflects the solitary hero’s questioning of the Way of Heaven.
The profundity of the Dao De Jing, the incisiveness of The Guiguzi, the fervor of Mozi: it all began here. Open this book and witness how the “first mover” erased from history used the heart of an ordinary person to reach for the Way of Heaven, keeping the flame of Chinese wisdom burning forever!
I like this type of novels. I will save them first and read them later.