Chapter 20: The Story of Donglai

East Laiyang Hill, this mountain is not high, but there are wonders. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info strange stone clear spring, wonderful bamboo valley, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, among the verdant trees, thatched huts, dotted with dots. Around Yangqiu Mountain, a large area of land has been reclaimed. Zheng Xuan, a generation of grandmasters, became a hermit here, and took hundreds of apprentices to cultivate here.

At this time, at the foot of the mountain, on a vast flat ground, fifty and one hundred steps ahead, there were several haystacks in each, and rows of students in the back, dressed in neat short brown, bent bows and arrows, were next to onlookers, cheering for their acquaintances. On a high platform on the left, Zheng Xuanzheng stroked his short beard lightly, smiling and looking at the excitement. In March, everything recovered, and the students' spring archery competition began.

The scholars of this era are not pedantic people who are powerless. The six arts of the gentleman are not verbally played. Most of them are physically strong, can fencing, can shoot, can ride horses, can play the piano, can be endowed with endowments, and are versatile. They are enthusiastic and eager to make contributions, they have a natural sense of mission for the country, and it is their dream to be in the prime minister's pursuit. And in this era, because the civil and military official positions are far from being as clear as those of later generations. Countless civil servants in our eyes will lead troops, and countless military generals will serve as civilians. For example, the famous man Kong Rong served as the Marquis of the Central Army and the general of the Tiger Ben, and the villain Dong Zhuo, who had been in the army all his life, almost became a Shaofu commander to take care of the emperor's money.

After a few rounds, it was Liu Bei's turn to appear, he tightened his belt, adjusted his breath, stepped forward slowly, inserted the arrows in the quiver into the ground, completely ignored the cheers around him, and waited for the breath to be stable, before taking the arrow and bending the bow, aiming and then putting it, and after a while, all ten arrows were shot out.

Waiting for the target in front of him to wave the big all-win flag, the cheers on the field became even hotter. There were people in the crowd who were unbalanced, and said dissatisfiedly: "Look at him proudly, why!" ”

Some people disdainfully said, "Why? With him, Liu Wulang proposed the knowledge of things and practiced it, with him that Confucianists such as us should establish their hearts for heaven and earth, with him corrected and perfected the sentence reading (punctuation), and with his knowledge and literary brilliance. Can you write "Tong Ye Feng Di Distinguish" and "Guan Zhong Theory"? ”

Everyone was speechless, and they couldn't be right. At this time, Liu Bei had already saluted the surrounding classmates and left to rest. There are hundreds of people in the same door, and he is not the only one in the whole family, but there are many others. Here, he's not the best one. Of course, not only archery, but also scriptures and literature, he was dealt a comprehensive blow. Under Zheng Xuanmen, there are too many capable people, and it is not easy to mix.

When he first entered Zheng Xuan's sect, he aroused the jealousy of many of his fellow disciples, because he was one of the few hundreds of disciples who could be personally instructed by Zheng Xuan to open a small stove. When there are more people, there are rivers and lakes. As soon as Liu Beifu got started, he enjoyed this treatment. The other Zheng Xuanmen naturally don't do it, what are you capable of, why don't we weigh your catties? So they clamored to compete with Liu Bei.

Since ancient times, literati have been light, not to mention these self-confident and arrogant hot-blooded teenagers. Zheng Xuan naturally won't interfere, real gold is not afraid of fire refining. Besides, what month and day of his disciples do not spend time in debate?

Seeing that he seemed to be angry, Liu Bei was also very helpless, so he could only prepare to show his hands. As a result, the old horse almost stumbled, and it took all his strength to maintain an undefeated streak. This competition made the students break their hearts, even if they were not convinced, they could only complain a few words in their stomachs and dare not say more. It also made Liu Bei soberly realize that he is not omnipotent, he is too small, there are countless capable people in the world, and there are many people who are stronger than him, if he wants to achieve something, he must always remain humble and cautious, and have an attitude of humility.

Liu Bei's reputation was erected, but then came troubles. The students under Zheng Xuan's sect are too fond of playing tricks. Sometimes there are even several challenges in a day. Liu Bei can't do it if he doesn't participate. Because this kind of atmosphere is guided by Zheng Xuan, he likes to ask questions, and then let his disciples learn and ponder, and then come to ask questions and inspire. It is in this good learning atmosphere that world-famous talents will continue to emerge among his disciples.

But Liu Bei doesn't like to participate in this kind of debate. Because in terms of scripture, he is not the opponent of some senior brothers in the two worlds combined. There are too many powerful people who can throw him for several streets. This kind of scholarship focuses on accumulation, and in terms of the depth of knowledge, he is naturally not the opponent of the senior brothers who have been immersed in this way for many years. Fortunately, because of his advanced vision and different angles, he can always expound different new theories, which makes everyone refreshed.

It didn't take long for Liu Bei to start using his brain. Confrontation head-on, but it can be a roundabout. He started by pulling out his carefully prepared punctuation marks. Punctuation marks have actually been used since the pre-Qin period, and in the Han Dynasty, punctuation marks were called sentence reading, and the reading of words was the same as comma, that is, full stop and comma. When many scriptures are printed and copied by hand, they will not mark the sentence reading at all, so in order not to cause misunderstanding and ambiguity, the reader will add the sentence reading on his own, which is why many scholars have countless books at home, and they also have to travel to study and visit famous teachers. Why are there so many Confucian students? Why did Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and others go to worship Ma Rong as a teacher? One is to communicate and take one's scholarship to the next level, and the other is to see if there are any mistakes in reading your books and whether the sentences are correct.

At this time, the sentence reading is a full stop and a comma, and it is very unsightly, and the books on Zhuzi's body are all broken sentences, and they all grab a large pen and click an ink dot at random. made Liu Bei look very uncomfortable. He had this idea when he was under Lu Zhimen before, but he never had time to implement it. Now under Zheng Xuanmen, it is better to take it out, because there are more apprentices, and the influence can be greater.

Liu Bei didn't get too many symbols out. There are only a few, but it's enough to be admired by the same people." "Period, meaning the end of the chapter;" , "Comma, the meaning is not enough; “?” a question mark, indicating doubt; “!” The exclamation mark indicates the surprise and appreciation of the language. Just a few symbols are improved and used, and when you read the book again, you will feel much more pleasing to the eye. Because reading at this time is all chanting, everyone finds that the level of these symbols and intonation, and the change of emotion, are particularly compatible. I can't help but praise it. After Zheng Xuan's observation, he also decided to use the sentence reading symbols perfected by Liu Bei in his later works.

Then Liu Bei wrote several articles according to the different topics during the debate. Of course, the article belongs to the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties in later generations, and he was born in the Chinese department, so he will naturally remember the famous works. To be honest, he is really unwilling to be a copyist unless he has to. It's just that the pressure from the senior brothers is too great, and he came with a purpose, so naturally he can't "stand out from everyone", so he can only borrow the masterpieces of later generations.

At a debate meeting to discuss the gains and losses of Shang and Zhou's governance, he "wrote" "Tongye Fengdi"; At a debate meeting to discuss the famous ministers and generals of the ancient times, he "wrote" the "Treatise on Guan Zhong", and then successively threw out "The Treatise on Jia Yi", "The Theory of Chao Error" and "The Treatise on the Six Kingdoms". These articles are well-argued, sharply refuted, and at the same time open and close vertically and horizontally, they are also novel and eloquent. The most important thing is to be able to borrow the past to illustrate the present, and the words seem to be persuading the people to govern the country today with the Tao and to be able to recruit and employ people...... This is the itch of the students. It seems that the literati have never met talents, and the emperor seems to trust the traitors. Most of the hot-blooded young people love to talk about politics, and one by one they still boast of being talented, and they feel that the current state is like this, and it is the result of not using themselves. Don't you see, didn't Zhuge Liang compare himself to Guan (Zhong) and Le (Le Yi) when he lived in seclusion? Of course, he has real skills, but there are countless people who don't have the ability to compare themselves to wind music.

Liu Bei became famous in this way, but he closed the door and asked Liu Ke to tell the people who came to visit him, saying that he knew that he was not knowledgeable enough and wanted to continue his studies. This cold style is a tree, and everyone likes him more. Because this is the typical behavior style of the two Han celebrities.

But I didn't know that Liu Bei in the thatched hut, after making up his mind, he would concentrate on leading everyone to engage in Gewu here in Zheng Xuan, and he would not touch any scriptures and chapters and sentences, he was really not a scholar material. Of course, you have to be patient and wait for your chance.

In this way, two or three months later, Liu Bei gained a firm foothold here and had a certain prestige. However, he wandered around for several months, and he didn't see Kong Rong or Tai Shici. He only remembered "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and part of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he didn't know that the four-year-old who could make a pear, the ten-year-old who visited Li Ying's house alone to be praised by all the celebrities, and the great prodigy Kong Rong, who took in Zhang Jian who fled at the age of sixteen, is now an official in Luoyang. He didn't know that Tai Shi Ci was a native of Donglai Huang County, and he was only a few years old at this time, and he was probably still playing in the mud in the fields.

Of course, several people recorded in the history books still appeared, such as Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Hua Xin, and Guoyuan. These people are in a group, they have always been relatively close, and they didn't stay long in Zheng Xuan's place, and they traveled to other counties to find celebrities. Because Liu Bei was not impressed in the history books, Liu Bei didn't care too much about their going or staying.

There are also a few impressions of Liu Yan, Cheng Bing and Xi Wei, and Liu Bei only remembers that there seem to be their names on the history books he once read. Later, as soon as I got closer, I realized that it was really possible to leave a name in history, even if it was just a character whose name was brushed off, it was not simple. These three guys are the senior brothers who often make Liu Bei almost unable to get off the stage. After that, they smelled like each other and gradually became familiar with each other.

As for the person Liu Bei still wanted to see, one of his early aides, Sun Qian and Sun Gongyou, still did not appear. So far, Liu Bei is still only Liu Ke alone, and as for the fantasy of recruiting a bunch of strategists and famous ministers as junior brothers on the way here, he has long been annihilated by reality, and he has never thought about it since.

Zheng Xuan watched Liu Bei leave the scene on the high platform, and he was very happy about this disciple. It's hard to imagine that Lu Zhi can cut his love with difficulty and let Liu Bei worship under his door. He was so satisfied. Whether it is his character or attitude, or his attitude towards academics, Zheng Xuan is secretly happy.

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