Shi Shi stood aside and watched Mozi draw horizontal and vertical skimming on the ground.

At this time, the text is a little distorted, horizontal and vertical is not beautiful, and Mozi's hands are still a little tired from writing even though they have worked hard all year round.

After finishing the painting, he turned around and asked, "How many are there?" ”

Handing the wooden stick to Shi, Shi lowered his head and finished the rest of the strokes, and replied: "Sir, there are eight strokes in total." Mr. Tang Han called it point, horizontal, vertical, apostrophe, pinch, lift, fold, and hook. ”

As he spoke, he wrote these eight strokes on the ground, and finally turned them into a single eternal character.

One word, eight strokes.

Chinese characters are two-dimensional characters, and these eight strokes are the letters of Chinese characters.

However, these eight "letters" are not arranged in a one-dimensional straight line, but form a two-dimensional word in a square, and the pronunciation is determined by the roots formed by these strokes.

These words, written at the right time, originated from the Qin characters and were eventually evolved in the Han and Jin dynasties, and were the product of the thousand-year-old wisdom of Zhuxia.

When it comes to maturity, it must be more mature than the current various seal characters and golden scripts. It's easier to write and easier to learn.

It is said that it was changed by one person, borrowing the name of the most glorious Han and Tang Dynasties.

But to belong to one person is still shocking.

Mozi followed the suitable hand, rewrote the eight strokes, nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed eight strokes." Eight strokes can write 10,000 characters. How many years did it take you to learn so many words? ”

Shi did not answer positively, but said: "Sir, I have been in the village community for half a year, and the smartest child has known one hundred and five crosses and can write six or seven crosses. ”

"Amazing!"

Mozi praised loudly and did not hesitate.

In half a year, it is rare for a smart child to be able to know 100 words. It can also prove that this thing is indeed easier to learn than the words he is familiar with.

Many of the ink writers are not highly educated, and it is even more difficult to learn the words on those bamboo slips, and some people still only recognize more than 100 words after learning for several years, and they will still write mistakes when writing, more or less.

At this time, there was already ink, but the writing was still done with a dipping stick.

Of course, the brush is not made by the legendary Meng Tian, but the earliest unearthed cultural relics also have to go to the ancient tombs in the middle and late Warring States period, at this time there are still two or three years before the official Warring States of the Three Families, and the mainstream writing is still with dipping sticks.

Before the application, rabbit fur was used to make several small brushes, which were used to teach people to dip in water and write on stone slabs.

At this time, Mozi waited a while, and went to the village house to take out the two simple crude brushes made of wood and rabbit fur, and took out the small stone slabs washed flat in the river for teaching children to write.

After handing the slate and brush to Mozi, he explained a little.

Mozi said in his heart: "In the poem, it was said that you should take precautions. That's the kind of person you have. I haven't seen the silk of plants and trees he said at this time, and he hasn't made it. But isn't the brush he made for the silk of plants and trees sung in "Promised Land"? ”

At this time, there is no paper, but there is silk.

Writing on silk, this brush is certainly convenient.

As for those children who learn to write six or seven crosses, it may be difficult for them to write on wooden tablets, but since they have learned to write on stone tablets, once the silk of plants and trees appears, it is a rainy day.

If you have, you can write.

As for the punctuation of the sentence break in the paragraph that was written just now, Mozi was even more convinced that these punctuation were also good things.

The first thing to solve in lectures and handouts is how to break sentences. This is the most important part of teaching students, and it is also the part that requires a lot of time to memorize.

Nowadays, with such punctuation, it is only necessary to explain how the punctuation is used, so that the person reading the text does not need to be told how to break sentences.

As soon as this thing came out, no one dared to break the sentence indiscriminately and tamper with the meaning.

This is exactly what gives a man a fishing net.

Think of what I told him before...... If you want to let all the officials in the world know this word, and if you don't learn this word, it is impossible to master the various skills of the little officials, Mozi is very angry.

It's like driving away fish for the abyss and birds from the abyss.

The fish in the net, unaware that the net was already covered in the distance, was no different from usual, and was still playing and swimming.

Those nets are far, far away.

Far away these fish and birds are unaware of it, so much so that they think it doesn't exist.

But when one day the nets were closed, they would regret why they didn't run away from the cracks when the nets were a hundred feet away from them.

Mozi pondered for a long time and asked, "Everything is always famous." What is the name of this word? ”

Shi has already thought of it.

"Sir, all words can be eight strokes. Therefore, it can be called eight strokes. ”

"All small officials, if they want to know the will of heaven in the future, must learn this word, so it can be called the book of officials."

"If you are rich in the future, you can also learn this word, so it can be called Lishu."

"Where cheap, if you want to be expensive or not, cheap or not, you must learn this word, learn and excel, so it can be called a cheap character."

"If all the people of the world learn cheap words, there are no noble words. If there is no expensive, there is no cheapness, if there is no cheapness, there is no expensive, so it can be directly called a word. ”

"How to call it is not in this word, but in the world."

Mozi was one of the few people in this era who could discuss the linear propagation of light, the conditions of logic and necessity, the relative and infinity of time, and the fixed pulley.

Therefore, the simple concept of relativity is not obscure to Mozi.

On the contrary, it is a statement that is in line with his way of thinking, and after a little thought, he understands the meaning of the past.

Nowadays, of course, it is called Babi to distinguish the characters of various countries.

Ten years later, the name of the Tianzhi gradually appeared, and the little officials must learn this word, and they may be called the official book at that time.

When the aristocracy realizes that knowledge is no longer monopolized and the hooligan subordinates begin to learn characters, they may be angrily denounced as official scripts and cheap characters.

And if one day the promised land is realized, when everyone loves equally, then it can be directly called a word.

If you don't have it, you don't have it.

Just like light and shadow.

Mozi thought to himself, "Where there is light, there must be shadow." If the world is full of ink, there will be no more light on high. Isn't it the same with this text? If the whole world is accustomed to this word, why bother to divide it into eight seals? And why should the literate have noble blood? ”

If these words are really as Shi said, a child can learn six or seven crosses in half a year, then it is possible to teach these words to the people.

Anyway, now that the ink scholars are gathered together, they will have to live in Shangqiu for a long time to deal with the affairs of the Qi country and the aftermath of victory.

After these characters are learned, they will be taught to those who have not returned to Shangqiu, and they will first use this script as the internal script of the ink masters, which is exactly what they want.

As for the thoughts of the little officials in the world, Mozi was also moved.

Shi didn't say what he was going to do, but he definitely had differences with Mozi on some issues.

But he will not say the differences at this time, but on the contrary, he will hide his true purpose, follow Mozi's ideas, and exert some influence on some issues that do not involve fundamental issues.

Since Mozi believed that the Mozi upheld the righteousness of the Mo, as an official and official, and eventually influenced the princes and feudal monarchs, then he could also do the same in the early stage.

After the dissolution of the military system of the Ida system in the Spring and Autumn Period, the struggle between bureaucracy and centralization on the one hand, and aristocracy and decentralization on the other, was the main direction of the struggle at the top.

Moreover, the initiative is in the hands of the ink masters, monopolizing the knowledge applicable to the new era, and a large number of ink masters who can become small officials can always be cultivated.

As for what these inkers who are small officials will do after Mozi's death, Mozi didn't think about it, and he didn't bother to think about it.

It is clear that what I just wrote on the sand has proved three things.

I can write myself, and I write with punctuation, which is not easy to cause misreading.

I can teach words, and the means of teaching are acceptable, even the children in the village community can learn sixty or seventy words.

He writes very quickly, and very fast, and can be used as a person who records the words and deeds of the ink writer, or records the righteousness of the ink writer.

As for things like himself and Gongsun Zebi Jiushu, Mozi already knew about it.

No matter how you look at it, I am a talent at this time. It's useful, he thinks.

But what he didn't expect was that his importance was heavier than he thought.

After the events of Shenghui and the Qi Kingdom, the Moji group urgently needed a model, a model that was diametrically opposed to Shengsui and those who forgot the righteousness of the Moji for the sake of Yulu.

What's even more rare is that this model is not a formal Mozi, but only after listening to Mozi's words, he will abide by the righteousness, and he is not weaker than others.

Although Mozi has ideals, he is not the kind of straightforward person who has no mind, and it is really important for Mozi to be suitable for this time.

He finally asked one last question about the unthinkable, as a concluding one.

"Mr. Nasai and Tang Han, where are they now?"

"Both died."

Since it is the end, then death is the best end.

"Where are you buried?"

"They agreed with the saying that the gentleman was buried, and the fire burned his body and turned into mud that nourished all things."

There are always corpses in death, but after the fire, there is nothing, which is the end of the end.

"Are there any other disciples besides you?"

"Only one eldest brother is 1.3 billion times better than me, and he is called a republic. He listened to the learning of Mr. Tang Han and Mr. Sai, and realized that there was nothing unknowable in this world, so he took a ride to see the stars and the sea, and never walked ashore again. He knows the inevitable future, and everything in this world has passed in his eyes, and there is no nostalgia, only the stars and the sea. ”

The theory of 1.3 billion must be a false finger in Mozi's view. It is rumored that in the 20th year of Gou Jian's birth and gathering, there were 100 million and 3,000 people with armor, and Mozi thought that these 1.3 billion were the use of 100 million and 3,000.

Rao is like this, I heard that this person is far more intelligent than him, drifting into the sea to chase the stars, and his heart said that such a person will stand too high and not fall at this place after all.

Mozi believed that there were these three people, and he also believed that these three people were no longer alive at this time.

Nowadays, there is only one person in the world who is proficient in these knowledge, and he is still bent on doing great righteousness, which may be a very fortunate thing.

Mozi also knew that more questions could not be asked in a moment, so he stopped asking.

"When you return to Shangqiu, you will first teach those people to write and recognize characters, and if you have time, you will write the words on those bamboo slips into this official script."

Shi nodded in agreement.

Mozi also said: "Birds, beasts, fish, insects, and even family and national politics all have names. My Mo family has a giant, such as a head. There are also those who are in charge of goods, those who are in charge of internal rewards and punishments, those who are in charge of news everywhere, those who are in charge of the making of wooden vessels, and those who are in charge of the machinery that guards the city. As I said, people make the best use of their abilities like building walls, and each one shows his abilities. ”

"You are proficient in this official script, and you can write quickly, and you will be responsible for recording the righteousness of the Mohists and the deeds of everyone in the future. Since I am a giant, you should also have a name. ”

Mozi thought about it, pondered various names, and said slowly: "When you return to Shangqiu in the future, you will be the secretary of the Mo family—with the righteousness of the Mo family and the words and deeds of the people, you are called the secretary." ”

When I heard this, I said in my heart that I am the son of a shoemaker, and I have just joined the Mo family, how did I become a secretary?

However, at this time, he was not modest, knowing that this secretary was not the other secretary, at least not at this time.

So he bowed down and gladly accepted the order, and between the villages and communities, he became the first secretary of the Mo family.