As the saying goes, the hands of those who take others are short, and the mouth of those who eat them is short.
Other people's food can't be so delicious, you have to pay a certain price, but if Miao Sanniang is willing to have osmanthus tea and hard-boiled eggs, then Zhang Yue will definitely not refuse anyone who comes, and eat as much as he wants... No, it's a question. How many questions, answer as many questions as you want.
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Senior brothers and sisters are just saying this. Yes, the eggs and osmanthus tea today are quite good."
Miao Sanniang smiled and said: "If senior brother likes it, I will bring it to you tomorrow!"
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "You're welcome, junior sister. If you don't know anything tomorrow, just ask again!"
Miao Sanniang went home with her servant.
The sun has not set yet, and the golden sunshine is shining on the mountains, treetops, and the open space in the courtyard. The pastoral songs of cowherd boys could be heard in the distance, and smoke was already rising from the villages in the mountains.
Beside the fence, the local dog lay lazily in the shade and stuck out its tongue.
Guo Lin watched Miao Sanniang's back leave and return to the house.
Zhang Yue was writing a hundred Yong characters at this time. Guo Lin sat and stood for a while, then walked back and forth in front of Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin's worried look, thought for a while and said, "Senior brother, if you have anything to do, just tell me directly!"
Guo Lin was stunned and asked, "How did you know that I had something to tell you?"
Zhang Yue thought to himself, your thoughts are completely written on your face.
"Senior brother, is everything okay?"
Guo Lin thought for a moment and said, "Junior brother, I think your response to Junior Sister's request for advice today was inappropriate."
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin and said to himself, "Are you treating me like a licking dog and you want to drag me along?"
Guo Lin hesitated for a moment, but still said seriously: "Junior brother, it is your duty to ask for advice from junior sister... Of course this is senior brother's humble opinion. If junior brother cares, don't take it personally."
Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that in his previous life, when he had just graduated, he had just entered the work unit and asked the old employees for advice. Some of them were reasonable and some ignored him.
Later, Zhang Yue bought some tea leaves to make tea for them, and it became much easier to ask them for advice. Did the tea play a role? Not necessarily.
But one thing is that these things are summed up by the veteran employees themselves through hard work. Although it’s just a sentence, why should I tell you if I’m not close and not from my hometown.
Tea is not worth much money, but what they want is an attitude. A bad person who has no threshold must not do it.
But Zhang Yue then thought about it, now that we are all still classmates, is it a bit complicated for him? Isn’t that precious relationship between classmates when we were young also here? Where did Guo Lin hide his secrets when he was teaching him? But when he was teaching his sister, he laughed at him for being a licker.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue understood that he was indeed wrong. If you are wrong, admit it!
He bowed to Guo Lin and said, "Senior brother taught me that Saburo was wrong!"
Guo Lin was also overjoyed to see Zhang Yue accept his opinion for the first time: "I just said it, I wish you could understand."
"One more thing, junior brother...can you stop peeing in the earthen basin beside my bed every night? Can you move a few more steps?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said nothing. The answer was of course... no!
Two days later it was time for Guo Xuetu to read the scriptures more and more.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but have expectations. What would Guo Xuexue teach him?
But early that morning, Guo Xuexiu came to Zhang Yue's room and said: "Studying is like being a human being. You must grasp the essence of everything, and the same is true for treating classics. Writing poetry and essays is based on tone, and treating classics should be based on tone." Take exegesis as the basis! If you want to exegesis, you must first memorize "Erya", so that the root and the bottom are not confused!"
"Erya"?
Zhang Yue thought that Guo Xuexuan would teach him one of the Five Classics such as "Book" and "Yi" next, but he did not expect that he would teach "Erya" instead.
Is "Erya" a sutra? Like the Analects of Confucius and the Classic of Filial Piety, it is not and it is.
"The Analects" was written by Confucius, and "The Classic of Filial Piety" represents the ideology of the ruling class. Then "Erya" was not written by Confucius, and it was not within the scope of the Nine Classics prescribed by the imperial court. Why did Guo Xuexue want Zhang Yue to study it?
However, Guo Xuexiu said: "Erya is not a classic, but it is a book of six books. It is the key for scholars. If you are interested in exegesis, Erya and Shuowen Jiezi are the must-learn methods."
"Erya" is equivalent to a dictionary, a dictionary. For example, if it is extremely high, it is Jing; if it is not human, it is Qiu. This sentence comes from "Erya" and is also an exegesis.
And the exegesis of the meaning of the scriptures. During the Han Dynasty, the study of exegesis was a subject that Confucian scholars could study for a lifetime.
Ordinary scripture teachers will teach you to recite the meaning of the scriptures and recite the annotations to cope with the scripture meaning exam, but a good scripture teacher will teach you to start with exegesis first.
But the level of exegesis is very powerful.
Those with poor skills can only copy the interpretations of the ancients, while those with advanced skills can teach the ancients how to interpret the meaning of the scriptures. The most powerful one can "use me as the standard".
That is to say, the ancients’ comments are wrong, and I am the correct one.
For example, during the Han Dynasty, the Book of Songs was annotated by Lu, Qi, and Jia, and later there were Mao's poems. After Zheng Xuan, a great scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wrote notes on Mao's poems, scholars all over the world switched to studying Mao's poems, so that the other three schools were lost.
Therefore, the Book of Songs only uses Mao's annotations as the authentic one, unlike the Spring and Autumn Annals, which have three annotations: Zuo Zhuan, Gongyang Zhuan, and Gu Liang Zhuan. In this regard, Zheng Xuan has really done a great deed of immeasurable merit to scholars, including Zhang Yue. .
Finally, Guo Xuexuan told Zhang Yue that when he read the scriptures, he only meant exegesis and not sentences.
When reading the biographies of the Han Dynasty, you can see that famous officials such as Ban Gu have a record saying that when he was young and studying, he "didn't write chapters and sentences, but just exegesis".
Surface understanding exegesis explains the meaning of words, while chapters and sentences explain the meaning of sentences.
But what goes deeper is the dispute between ancient classics and modern classics during the Han Dynasty.
The study of ancient classics focuses on exegesis. If we pursue the original meaning of the classics, Confucius has a saying that is stated but not written.
The emphasis on chapters and sentences in modern classics can be traced back to the time when Confucius commented on the Spring and Autumn Period, where he used subtle words of great righteousness to frighten rebellious ministers and traitors. They believe that every sentence in the Spring and Autumn Classics has an expressive content and inner meaning. Their elucidation of the inner meaning is actually based on the ancient aspirations.
For example, the eight-legged essay in the Ming and Qing imperial examinations is the study of chapters and sentences.
The examiner randomly picks out a sentence from the Four Books and Five Classics, such as the sentence "When three people are walking together, there must be my teacher." The examinee must imitate the tone of the sage and write an article about this sentence in eight paragraphs from beginning to end. The candidates' reference for writing eight-legged essays is "Collected Commentary on Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" written by Zhu Zizhi.
Just like writing essays nowadays, candidates have to write an essay for any sentence in the Analects of Confucius.
But Song Dynasty Confucianism was not like this.
The emphasis is on the study of ancient Chinese classics, only exegesis, not chapters and sentences. Go back to the source, return to the meaning of the scriptures, and pursue the skill of exegesis. Therefore, the Nine Classics Subject only tests the scriptures and their meanings, which is equivalent to requiring the recitation and interpretation of the scriptures and does not allow any elucidation of the scriptures.
Guo Xuexiu warned: "The number of words in "Erya" is not as good as that in "The Analects of Confucius". You can just memorize a few items a day. You don't have to be too hasty, just take it step by step."
"If you can master the exegesis of one book, you can also master the nine classics in the future without a teacher. There is no saying that you can reach the sky in one step by studying the one book. But over time and over time, it will happen naturally."
Zhang Yue calculated that the Nine Classics plus the Classic of Filial Piety, The Analects of Confucius, Erya, and Mencius that he memorized became the Thirteen Classics mentioned by later generations.
During the Five Dynasties, Meng Chang, the Lord of Shu, carved the Eleven Classics in stone, removing the Xiao Jing and Er Ya from the Twelve Classics and replacing them with Mencius.
This is what the typical modern classics considers as 'jing'.
From the Five Classics of the Tang Dynasty, to the Nine Classics of the Song Dynasty, and finally to the Thirteen Classics of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhang Yue unknowingly understood the history of the development of Jingyi.
Next, Guo Xuexu and Zhang Yue talked about the order of studying the Classics "Yi", "Book", "Poetry", "Li" and "Spring and Autumn". Because ancient classics regard Confucius as a historian, they set the order of the Five Classics from ancient times to the present.
But Jinwen Jingxue is different. The order of the Five Classics is determined as "Poetry", "Book", "Li", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn", which is a step from the shallower to the deeper.
"You can read Erya slowly. It's okay if you don't understand it. You'll understand it later, but you can't read the Yi Jing."
After Guo Xuexuan gave Zhang Yue a copy of "Erya", he also gave him a copy of "Book of Changes". Zhang Yue was shocked when he saw this. Guo Xuexuan actually borrowed two books at once? This is too powerful.
Guo Xuexiu said: "The Book of Changes is the first of the Five Classics. I came to the county to study and borrowed this Book of Changes. Xuezheng will only lend it out for three days. I will return it after you finish copying it! This Book of Erya is actually the first book of the Five Classics." If no one borrows my collection, you can read it slowly."
When Zhang Yue understood, he realized that Guo Xuexuu had been missing for most of yesterday afternoon. It turned out that he had traveled across mountains and rivers to go to the county town. This round trip took most of the day. Nothing is more difficult than reading.
Zhang Yue saluted and said: "Yes, sir, the student must finish copying within three days."
Guo Xuexue said: "Don't be too hasty. When you copy the scriptures, you should read them silently in your heart. With this preconception skill while copying and reading, you can get twice the result with half the effort by reciting the scriptures later. If the three-day deadline is reached, he will really If you are in a hurry, you can ask your senior brother to help you copy. But it is best to copy it yourself. You have to do your own business, and the only thing in the world is your studies, which cannot be left to others!"
Zhang Yue seriously agreed again.
Xuexue Guo nodded, then left the hut. When he walked outside the door, he looked back at the house.
But seeing Guo Lin holding the "Book of Changes" and "Erya" in his hands, he was standing and explaining his experience in reading these two classics to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue sat on the chair and listened attentively.
At this time, Guo Xuexue's wife came over.
Guo Xuexiu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "What are you doing?"
The scholar Hunjia said: "Tell them to eat!"
Guo Xuexiu said hurriedly: "Don't worry for a moment. Didn't you see that their fellow apprentices are exchanging knowledge?"
“That always means eating!”
"Wait a moment more!"
Having said this, Guo Xuexiu and his wife looked into the room together. The weather in the afternoon was so hot, but the two brothers were teaching and listening without even realizing it.
"Let's go, stop looking."
Guo Xuexiu nodded happily and said to Hun's family as he walked: "Sanlang has made a lot of progress recently, and Lin'er is becoming more and more like a senior. If both of them go to school in the county, I will have a good reputation."
Having said this, Guo Xuexue shook his head happily and shook his clogs: "Ha! Let the lame slave go to the village to sell wine. I will drink one more today!"
"How can the family have money?"
"Let's take it on credit first!"
"The poverty is so great, don't even think about it!" The Hun family's Hedong lion's roar reached Guo Xuexu's ears.
