Chapter 680 Arowana pulls cart
Speaking of the Tianshui Gang, Your Excellency Xiangyun, the round table crab feast has officially begun, and the big guys gathered for a while. The gang of beauties shuttled among the guests like a stream of water, delivering large plates of lake crabs and large glasses of wine to each boss. Chen Long couldn't help but think of the bunny girls of later generations, but they were missing a sexy bikini.
At the dazzling moment, the great beauty Ma Yunluan presided over the grand event with a smile and Yan Yan, and together with Zheng Xuan, who was dressed in simple Confucian clothes, became the focus of everyone's attention. Zheng Xuan picked up a lake crab with his own hands and said with a smile: "Since we are eating lake crabs today, we naturally have to come up with some questions around the lake crabs to make the banquet more interesting."
Everyone responded with a roar and asked Master Zheng to give the question. Master Zheng smiled and said: "Since it is a question, there must be a reward. I dare to ask the host, what kind of prizes will be given if the answer is the best?"
When everyone heard this, they knew that Ma Yunluan and Zheng Xuan had already made arrangements, and they cheered and applauded again. Ma Yunluan stood up and said with a smile: "Now that Master Zheng has spoken, our Tianshui Gang can't spare any money. Everyone, I have a silk painting here that Master Zheng personally appreciated. It's called "Dragon Fish Pulling a Cart", but it was painted by Kong Shengren and The scene when Taishang Laojun met."
After saying that, he clapped his beautiful hands again, and the two young men immediately stepped forward and carefully opened a piece of silk in their hands. There was a slight commotion at the table. It seemed that the painting had a lot of background. Chen Yuan, who likes to paint, even squeezed into the front row and stretched his neck to watch.
Chen Long knew nothing about paintings. Fortunately, with the help of optical brain, he was able to find out some of the origins.
Confucius' meeting with Lao Tzu was a real major event in history, representing the collision of two major trends of thought and has always been talked about. Murals recording this event have been repeatedly discovered in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Shaanxi and Sichuan. It also confirms that Confucius asked Laozi for a favor in the late Spring and Autumn Period, an important event in the history of Chinese culture. does exist.
As the silk painting slowly opened, we saw that the red silk painting was roughly divided into two parts. The upper part shows Confucius leading his five disciples and asking an old man on the left. Needless to say, it is an image of Confucius asking Yu Laozi. . The relationships between the characters in the image are simple, the appearance and posture are lifelike, and the expressions are different, especially the crown and Confucian uniform of each person, which is meticulously depicted.
The off-duty part of the silk painting shows a carriage pulled by a lively green dragon, followed by a carriage pulled by a group of large carps. There are also some casually painted clouds and glow beside it, which makes people feel that it has a profound meaning.
When everyone's admiration slowly subsided, Ma Yunluo's voice rang out at the right time: "Everyone, although the author of this painting cannot be verified, it is absolutely true that Confucius once asked Lao Tzu about it. This painting is naturally precious. Say it. Today, whoever can answer Master Zheng's question and win the prize, Yunluo will give this painting to show his respect for the saint." The dinner room immediately gave warm applause, and the learned boss and his The descendants and nephews have already started gearing up to compete for the ownership of this painting.
When the applause died down, Zheng Xuan finally stood up again and asked: "Guys, who knows what Tao Confucius was asking about when he asked Yu Lao Tzu?"
Everyone at the table hesitated for a moment, but some students with extensive knowledge began to raise their hands. Zheng Xuan smiled and looked at the people who raised their hands first and said: "Give the opportunity to the young people first, Boda, you can talk about it first."
Boda is Sima Boda, who is Sima Fang's eldest son and Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang. Although this son was young, he had profound literary attainments and was already somewhat famous. However, he did not know martial arts and was not as good as his younger brother Sima Yi in both civil and military skills.
Sima Lang had a calm demeanor, showing his extraordinary cultivation, and said eloquently: "I read Li Daoyuan's "Shui Jing Zhu·Weishui" and said, "Confucius was seventeen years old and asked Laozi for courtesy." At that time, Confucius was still young and asked. The content of the etiquette is mainly about asking for etiquette for important occasions. For example: where should the king's tablet be placed during the march, what should be done when encountering a solar eclipse during a funeral, and whether a child should be buried nearby or buried nearby after he dies. In the distance, whether you should join the army or retire when you are in mourning, etc. The location of this question is said to be an alley party in the Lu State at that time."
Although Sima Lang's answer was not exhaustive, it was complete with time, place, events and characters, and he quoted the "Shui Jing Zhu" as evidence, so it was considered an answer. Master Zheng nodded slightly and asked: "Did Confucius only meet Lao Tzu once in his life? You can see that Confucius in the silk painting already has a beard, and Lao Tzu's beard and hair are both white. Obviously, this is no longer the time when we met when we were young. "
Before he finished speaking, several people raised their hands actively. Zheng Xuan smiled and said: "Wen Shu, can you tell me?"
The young man called Wenshu was the son of Wang Chang, Wang Wenshu, the later Prime Minister of Cao Wei, and Wang Ze, the prefect of Daijun. Wang Chang had a jade-like face, a tall body, and a heroic spirit between his brows. His sword-shaped eyebrows were high and he said proudly: "As far as my disciples know, Sage Kong asked Lao Tzu four times. When he was seventeen, he was the first to ask Lao Tzu. times. The second time was in the 24th year of Duke Zhao of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the location was in Luoyi, the capital of Zhou. The third time was when Confucius was fifty-three years old, that is, the 22nd year of King Jing of Zhou Dynasty, and the location was in Peixian County of the State of Lu. The fourth time was Once in Luyi, when I was already old, Confucius came with many disciples, which should be the scene in this silk painting. This silk painting is very vivid in terms of expression technique, painting style, visual image, etc., but this time Confucius asked for courtesy Laozi, however, began to promote his own Confucian thoughts and ideas. Therefore, the matter of Confucius asking Laozi for courtesy was not just a simple historical meeting between two ancient sages in my country, but an exchange and communication of Confucian and Taoist thoughts. So precious.”
After Wang Chang said this, Zheng Xuan said with a happy face: "Wen Shu really has a good family background, and he said it very well! He really revealed the preciousness of this painting. The Taiyuan Wang family is indeed well-deserved!"
After receiving strong praise from Zheng Xuan, Wang Ze, as the clan leader, was naturally full of praise, and was immediately praised by Guo Mian, the head of the Guo family who was sitting next to him. Song Jian, who was sitting on the other side, snorted, opened a crab shell vigorously, and started chewing.
Seeing Wang Chang's complacency, Zheng Xuan smiled and said: "But that's not my problem today. Who can tell what the meaning of the picture of the dragon and fish pulling a cart underneath is? Who can say it that can move me and everyone else? This painting can be obtained.”
Only then did everyone realize that the analysis of the dragon fish pulling cart diagram is the focus today. This seems to be a simple question, but it is not easy to answer. If you simply say that Laozi is a dragon and Confucius is a fish, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the audience, and the whole table was silent for a while.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
