"Don't stop Miss Ji. If you like what you like, just eat more! You're welcome!"
When the old lady saw the quarrel between the Ji Yu brothers and sisters, not only was she not angry, but she ordered a whole plate of newly baked glutinous rice cakes and mooncakes to be given to "Little Tail" so that she could eat freely.
"Thank you to the old lady for the cake!" Ji Yu quickly thanked the old lady for his sister.
"Little Tail" winked at his brother, proudly expressing "victory"!
Here, Xiang Zhong was sitting with Lao Dan and Doctor Shang, quietly admiring the mid-autumn moon that was gradually rising into the sky and shining brightly in the sweet-scented osmanthus trees, while listening to Dr. Shang impromptuly played "Asking the Moon" on the guqin, while the old man also sang the new lyrics:
“The pure ones are endless;
The God of Gods has no name;
Those who gain gradually lose, lose again and gain again;
All changes can be welcomed;
State-owned enterprises rise and fall, and the people tremble;
The house is warm and cold, and the moon is full of ice;
Under the rule of a benevolent king, people are confused and hidden;
The sun is eclipsed and the moon is dancing in its shadow. "
Xiang Zhong had long heard that Lao Dan was most interested in the big issues that men were most concerned about in this era: how to govern the country, assisting the emperor, the previous diplomatic relations of various countries, the rise and fall of wars, and mysterious things. Technical tasks: sacrificial divination, stargazing, etc., and when I was studying under Dr. Shang, I "broke the casserole and asked to the end" on several questions, and used the "excellent" scientific research spirit to To the extreme, he asked a bunch of top questions to Dr. Shang, especially the series of ultimate questions:
"What is the end of the Qing Dynasty? Where does the power of God come from? When is the power of God prepared? God has the power of change and the power of creation, so why not create a king who obeys orders? If the king cannot govern himself, why can't God rule?... …”
Until Dr. Shang threw him into the library and asked him to study on his own! Only then did Teacher Shang get rid of the "rhetorical questioning" style of the "golden" apprentice, and successfully avoided the embarrassment of "nothing to teach".
Since Lao Dan was "transferred" into the library, this troubled young man with a professional counterpart, studious and thoughtful, has grown rapidly: he entered Taixue, where his courses included astronomy, geography, human relations, and he learned everything, including "Poetry" and "Books" I have read everything in "Yi", "Li", "Li" and "Yue", and I have studied all cultural relics, laws and historical books. After three years, I have made great progress.
The doctor recommended him to enter the Tibetan Keeping Room as an official.
The storage room is a great place! All the classics of the Zhou Dynasty are collected here. It is a real "treasure house of knowledge", containing all the world's literature and books. Putting Lao Dan here to work is like putting a rabbit into a rich radish field - no, it should be compared like this: he is just like a dragon entering the sea, the sea is vast and the dragon leaps; an eagle spreads its wings and birds fly high in the sky.
Although Lao Dan still misses his mother after leaving his mother, once he starts working there, he will devote himself wholeheartedly and become energetic. According to the current fashionable saying, he can find his "flow state" every day: being hungry and thirsty, and looking at the expo. , gradually reached a better state, understood the source of rituals and music, understood the purpose of morality, and gradually formed its own knowledge system. Although it has not yet been written down, it can be regarded as a conceptual state of "generally yes, specifically no". .
Dr. Shang was very happy to see Dan'er's progress, and he constantly asked Dan's questions to gain his own knowledge, which can be described as "mutual learning".
This time, when Xiang Zhong came, Dr. Shang also heard from You'er that this old man who loved to be a bole was very happy to see a "thousand-mile horse" again, so he happily arranged this gathering.
The stars are bright and the moon is bright, and the autumn night is slightly cool. I can't help but play and sing impromptu. Doctor Shang has not been so happy for a long time.
Of course, before that, Lao Dan also carefully studied the poems of Xiang Zhong that Shang You brought back last time. He was shocked that this young master of the Xiang family could ask a series of questions about "Heaven" at the age of only three years old. "Question" - Of course, if Qu Yuan knew about it, he would die aggrieved - the suspicions coincided with the unknown in his heart, which was enough to make him respect Xiang Zhong before he saw him. , 'sympathetic to each other'.
Although Xiang Zhong was young, he looked serious as a quasi-adult. He sat and listened quietly. Under the moonlight, the firelight and moonlight reflected between his deep eyes, which were particularly bright. He seemed to have a composure and understanding of everything. The atmosphere is vague.
If there are clouds tonight, we will have the artistic conception of "colorful clouds chasing the moon".
In the courtyard of the old mansion, when the moon's shadow rises, it just sweeps over the cornices and brackets protruding from the roof of the palace wall. Looking up, the black eaves shadow under the backlight, stacked with the blue tiles, just outlines a building with a large top and a small bottom. Shape.
Against this background, the moon looks particularly round and bright, and people can't help but admire the difference in size between the two things in the foreground and the foreground, as well as the difference between heaven and earth they represent.
"I would like to ask Mr. Xiang, what you wrote, 'Who preached it at the beginning of ancient times? The upper and lower parts are not clearly defined, so how can we examine it?' Under this situation and this situation, can you give an answer?"
Lao Dan pointed to the Mid-Autumn Moon, which was half-hidden and half-submerged behind the eaves and brackets, and began to ask questions.
Xiang Zhong looked at the building in front of him: the shape was like flying eaves in the sky, brackets in the middle, and columns on the ground, with only four supports. So he got up and walked to the side of the column, patted the column, patted his own legs, and walked again. Farther away, point to the high cornices on all sides, and then point to your head, then use your neck as a command, turn your head to the left, and then turn left and walk; turn your head to the right again, and then walk right, and so on. Fan, return to your position, salute and restore, this is considered to be the end of the answer.
"Brother Xiang's metaphor means the execution of orders. If there is an order at the head, then it will be carried out; if there is an order from above, it will be followed by the subordinates. Is it connected?" Lao Dan interpreted it on his behalf and wanted Xiang Zhong to confirm whether it was correct. .
"Similarly the same as Xiaoxiao! As far as the state system is concerned, if the king is the head, he is above; if the people are enough, they are below; if there are few pillars, the people are few; if there are many eaves and arches, the monarch and his ministers will be important; with only four people, they can support the crow. A king with a single head will not care about the difficulties faced by the people. He only wants to seek immortality and ignores the suffering of the people."
Xiang Zhong took pen and ink, scrawled an article under the candlelight, and further explained that the architectural form he saw was exactly like the current political system. There are only a few people, but they silently support people who are more numerous than themselves. There are countless times more officials and monarchs. These four pillars have endured so much, but no one will sympathize with their difficulties. However, the ruling class has exhausted countless means to support them layer by layer. Just because the top corner of the eaves can touch the sky at the highest point, it has the opportunity to shadow the moon and become a scene. Who can see the full moon and the longing scene?
