At this moment, a chorus of despondent wails from numerous young Confucian scholars resonated in front of Wen Temple, their expressions as dismal as if they were mourning the loss of their parents.
The "Commentaries of Guliang", though one of the three traditional interpretations of the "Spring and Autumn Annals", was still comparatively acceptable.
It was not often regarded as an original classic, and Confucianists primarily used this text and the "Commentaries of Gongyang" to adjudicate legal cases.
However, the "Book of Documents: Old Version" had been acknowledged as orthodoxy up to the present.
They had dedicated their lives to studying it, and now it turned out that it might be declared false by The Court.
In the future imperial examinations, on what foundation would they rely?
Yet these individuals no longer harbored any thoughts of creating a disturbance, for the words of Prince Fenyang were so well-founded that they could not conjure any rebuttals.
