Introduction:
Pei Jibai, a counselor from a poor family, and Emperor Shen Yan joined forces to fight against the family's conspiracy to tamper with the "Historical Records", and finally realized the reform of the official entry system for poor families at the cost of burning the fake history of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Through the intrigues of the court and the debate over the authenticity of classics, the story shows the struggle for the right to interpret history and the bloody path of class revolution. The core conflict focuses on the epic choice between "burning the old history" and "rebuilding a new sky."
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Core literature citation:
1. "Historical Records":
- Directly quoted "Chen She's Family" ("Princes and generals have their own kind") and "Xiang Yu's Benji" ("Exercise private wisdom without imitating the ancients") as the spiritual program of the uprising of a poor family.
2. "Zi Zhi Tong Jian":
- Use Sima Guang's "Learning from the Rise and Fall of Past Lives" as a comparison to criticize the whitewashing of history by power (as set in the book "Pseudo-Zi Zhi Tong Jian").
3. "Han Feizi":
- Shen Yan's political logic implies the thoughts of "law, technique, and momentum" (such as the discussion of change in "Five Worms").
Clan politics:
- Referring to the gentry monopoly phenomenon of the "Nine Ranks Zhongzheng System" in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the "Five Surnames and Seven Families" (King Cui Lu, Li Zheng) in the Tang Dynasty, it reflects the confrontation between poor families and aristocratic families.
2. Case of tampering with classics:
- Inspired by Qin Shihuang's "burning books and entrapping Confucians", the Literary Inquisition of the Qing Dynasty, and political interference in the compilation of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" (such as the revision of "Records" by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty).
3. Imperial examination reform:
- Coincidentally coincides with the establishment of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wang Anshi's new imperial examination method (stopping poems and prose to test the meaning of scriptures) and other key nodes in the advancement of poor families.
Core of thought:
- The conflict between the Confucian "people-oriented" view ("People are the most precious" in "Mencius") and the Legalist theory of change
- Sima Qian's historical view of "through changes in ancient times and modern times" runs throughout the entire article
(Note: This article is an imaginary historical creation, and all events and references to classics have been artistically reconstructed.)
Purpose: "Burn history as a lesson, and a poor family can establish a heart; where the golden scales reach nirvana, mountains and rivers will finally be seen green."