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Core idea: a philosophical debate spanning thousands of years The core of this book is to conduct an unprecedented ideological debate through the protagonist Shen Xuan's life span spanning thousands of years: in the dual time and space of history and the future, it tests the vitality of the two pillars of Eastern philosophy: "investigating things to gain knowledge" and "clear the heart and see one's nature." Volume 1: Echoes of History (Preface to Fuxi's Innate Preface): In China, which was suffering from material scarcity and social turmoil, the "clear mind and seeing one's nature" that focused on inner cultivation developed due to historical opportunities, while "Neo-Confucianism" that emphasized studying things to gain knowledge and establishing external order was suppressed. The collision of history makes people think philosophically. Volume 2·The Dawn of the Future (Wang Wen's posthumous use): In a future where material is extremely abundant and technology dominates everything, "Neo-Confucianism" which emphasizes external rules and logic to learn about things and achieve knowledge has become the cornerstone of society, while "clear minds and seeing nature" related to human nature, inner heart and spiritual transcendence have been marginalized. This reveals another crisis - Neo-Confucianism that loses its psychological balance will lead mankind into the cold abyss of technical rationality. Will the future be like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods when rituals collapsed and music collapsed? Ultimate Dialectic: Through the transformation of the hexagram sequence of "innate" and "acquired" and the mirror contrast of "history" and "future", the book finally clarifies that reason and heart, like the universe and yin and yang, are a unified whole of opposites. Only when they complement each other can they form a complete "Tao".