Wendao Academy sits in the south and faces north. With the center of the academy, Minglun Hall, the front and rear gates as the central axis, and the east side is the lecture hall for students to study. Facing the south and near the back door is the disciple's dormitory. The west chamber is the dormitory of the Lang Lang.

The Qushui Courtyard where the mountain chief Zhang Anbo lives and travels is located in the northwest corner. The mountains and forests are undulating, the bamboo forests are like waves, and the scenery is beautiful. There is a murmuring stream.

Take the famous article "Lanting Collection Preface" by the sage Wang Xizhi of the Yishu: There are lofty mountains and mountains here, lush forests and bamboos, and there are clear streams and turbulences, reflecting the left and right. It is thought that the flow of the water is bent, and the column is second. Although there is no silk bamboo orchestra, a song is enough to tell the romance.

This is also the reason why Wendao Academy holds a literary meeting at the end of January every year. Although there is no music to entertain them, the best of the mountain chiefs, preachers and disciples, young people gather salty gatherings, and drink tea and talk about the Tao. It's enough to be the joy of life.

Jia Huan followed Ye Jiaolang to the small pavilion built on the edge of the stream. There is a couplet hanging in the pavilion: The Tao will also go, and the text does not care.

There were already five young people and five elders sitting in the pavilion. Jia Huan recognized Qiao Rusong, Luo Xiangyang, Wei Yang, and Chen Jiayun among them. There was another handsome young man who did not know him. He basically knows several speakers.

Charcoal basins are burned at the four corners of the pavilion to dispel the cold after the rain in early spring. Sitting in the center is a kind old man making tea, dressed in a dark cyan crane, very fairy-like bones.

The old man smiled: "Why is it too late for Wentai!" Could it be that the old man's pre-rain Longjing tea is not to your taste? ”

Ye Jiaolang, the name Hongyun, the word Wentai. He smiled and saluted, "I just talked to my disciple about Shi Wen, and I didn't feel like I said a few more words. The mountain is long before the rain, I can't ask for it. I just hope that the mountain chief will share a few catties more from me. ”

After ten days of hard training, Jia Huan's eight-strand literary level has improved significantly. He was happy in his heart, and seized the gap to teach Jia Huan again: the skills of solving the problem, undertaking the topic, and starting to speak.

"Where can I get a few catties of tea?" Mountain Chief Zhang Anbo laughed.

Everyone laughed and saluted each other. While talking and laughing, Wu Jiaolang brought a young man with a slightly ugly appearance to the pavilion. The participants of the cultural meeting are here. Four disciples of the academy who acted as scholars served boiled tea.

The news was delivered to the six lecture halls to the east through four scholars.

Mountain Chief Zhang Anbo looked around and said with a smile: "It's another year of Wenhui." Last year, we gathered here to study the way of righteousness. This year's topic..."

Zhang Anbo paused slightly, and his eyes fell on Ye Jiaolang, "A few days ago, I heard that Jia Huan, a disciple of the academy, wrote a poem about his determination to study, which spread all over the academy. Today, the theme is 'self-cultivation and determination'. The disciples tried to say it before. ”

Wendao Academy's literary society has the nature of competitive assessment, and it is impossible to set up a topic to debate around the topic like an ordinary literati gathering, and each person can express his own opinions and be full of enthusiasm. Instead, use three battles to determine the high and low.

In the first session, the disciples made a decision.

In the second scene, the disciples explained. Quote from the Four Books and the Five Classics to illustrate your views.

In the third session, summarize your thoughts.

Speakers and mountain chiefs will participate in the discussion and comment. The three rounds were based on the "○△ ×" commonly used in the imperial examinations to evaluate the grades, and after the final three games, the winner was the head of Wendao Academy this year.

As soon as the mountain chief Zhang Anbo's words fell, the seven disciples in the seat suddenly sat upright, each solemn, obviously going all out. Even if Jia Huan has experienced a hundred battles (exams), he can feel the slightly congealed atmosphere in the air.

The mountain chief and the six lecturers all smiled slightly, each sipping tea, observing the expressions and demeanors of the disciples of the academy.

The battle of gentlemen is also competition! Learning is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. This competitive atmosphere helps the disciples to study the scriptures and improve their studies. To do learning is to learn from each other, and to ponder and grind.

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In the Jiazi lecture hall of Qingyun Academy on the east side of the academy, the burly Bazhou Yi Junjie sat on the desk, surrounded by a large number of students.

Today it is said that classes will be suspended for one day, and the students will study on their own. But in fact, everyone is paying attention to the battle for the head of the house. The students in the lecture hall were also happy to listen to the analysis. And Yi Junjie, known as "Bao Inquire", is expected by everyone.

Yi Junjie was condescending, enjoying the feeling of being surrounded by classmates, and analyzed: "Seven sons compete for power. There are two people in the outer house: Jia Sanshou, Wei Shentong. The two are the youngest, but they have a lot of potential. However, potential only means the future, so this year's chances of winning the tournament are the least.

There are two people in Class B of Neishe: Chen Yanshi and Luo Junzi. Chen Yanshi is a child who has passed the government examination. Of course, the scriptures and learning are solid. But he hasn't been able to pass the hospital exam for several years. It can be seen that the strength is strong, but the potential is exhausted. I'm not optimistic.

Luo Junzi has not ended up yet, he has studied hard in the academy for two years, and was promoted to the inner house in March last year, ranking first in class B. Like the rising sun, it slowly jumps. Promising. I thought he could fight. ”

Some students agreed: "This analysis is reasonable. Wanping Luo Xiangyang has a solid foundation of knowledge, and he has been improving, so he is optimistic about the speakers. There is hope that he will go on to study in this course. ”

The crowd was talking.

Someone said: "Classmate Jia is an ancient and enthusiastic person, I hope he can fight." ”

"My brother is borrowing people's candlelight to read books and speak for others."

"How is it different from an animal to receive favor without thanksgiving? I'm sorry for him. ”

"He's only nine years old this year. He is not expected to be eligible to leave in February. Wei Shentong is arrogant and arrogant, and tomorrow's monthly exam will definitely be able to be promoted to the inner house and get the next qualification. ”

Everyone in the lecture hall is not optimistic about Jia Huan and Wei Yang from this lecture hall. It is really the inner house and the upper house are the elite disciples of the academy.

Yi Junjie took a sip of tea, and felt a little pity in his heart. Jia students study hard, they have seen it with their own eyes. Wake up early and read in the morning, and study diligently in the evening. It is said that it has been more than two months, rain or shine.

God rewards hard work!

Yi Junjie coughed, and then said: "There is one person in the first class of the inner house: Feng Xiao Pang Shiyuan." It is the same as the ancients of the Three Kingdoms. Although he is a little uglier than us, he is a little more talented than us. Child's fame. He is the best in the Inner Lodge class. He has hope, but it is smaller than the hope of the gentleman. ”

Someone asked puzzledly, "Yi, why is this?" ”

Yi Junjie said: "Talented people often have their minds out of the box. Feng Xiao has a wide range of knowledge, extensive knowledge, and first-class strategies, but her kung fu on scripture and righteousness may not be better than Luo Junzi and others. ”

What Yi Junjie said was a personal nickname, but the students here naturally understood it.

Yi Junjie said again: "There are two people in the upper house: Qiao Houdao and Gongsun Long." Qiao Houdao passed the government examination in the upper department, but failed in the hospital examination. Over the past three years, it has been accumulated steadily. I was admitted to the upper house in October last year. Ranked fifth. He has the hope of going on to study in this course. This year's head of the hospital, he can compete with Gongsun Liang.

Gongsun Liang, his person is like a dragon. There's not much to say about that. The proud disciple of our mountain chief. It has been the first place in our college all year round. At the age of eighteen, he didn't go to school yet, so he was really unlucky. ”

"Haha." Speaking of Gongsun Liang, all the students laughed. I have been in Wendao Academy for a long time and have heard the story of this Gongsun Long:

He came to Wendao Academy at the age of 14 to study, and he was so gifted that he was known as the seed of reading. The mountain chief Zhang Anbo was accepted as a disciple and taught in person. At the age of 15, he was the first in the county trial in Miyun County, but he failed to test in Shuntianfufu. The reason is that when eating snacks, I accidentally stained the rolls.

You must know that the first county test case is a guaranteed student, and the prefect of Shuntian Mansion and the great master of Tixue will be the first to pass the test case in each county and county in the prefecture. This is the unspoken rule of the science field. Gongsun Liang's talent and fame flew like this.

I took the government exam again in April last year. coincided with the rainy season in Beijing, he got up to relieve himself, because he held it for too long, his movements were too fast and touched the desk, and the ink spilled on the roll, and he fell again. Last year, due to the request of the mountain chief, he did not participate in the January Literary Meeting, so that Liu Guoshan, a new talent in the Shanghai Branch, won the first place. Jinke came out to compete, and his strength was the strongest.

The mountain chief was afraid that he also intended to cultivate his faith. Eighteen-year-old Zhongxiu was at that time, and if he missed a few more years, it would be a little late.

When the students in Class A laughed and talked, the latest topic came out, "Self-cultivation, determination".

The first to stand up was Pang Ze, nicknamed "Phoenix Chick".

Everyone's spirits were lifted.

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"The avenue is like a blue sky, and I can't go out alone."

"Okay." In the lecture hall of the first class of the inner house, more than a dozen students gathered together, and they applauded, one after another.

Crazy or not? It's crazy, it's dragging, it's pretending. In line with Pang Ze's confident and flamboyant character. The famous poem "Difficult to Walk" by the poet fairy Li Taibai is spoken.

What is ideal? It's an idea that can't be realized in reality. If you have ideals in your heart, you will have a sense of injustice, and you must speak out. If it's uneven, it's loud!

Pang Ze quoted Li Bai's poems to aspire. Li Baiyuan's poem is bragging-forced to complain. But Pang Ze is: the pride in his heart, and the frustration in the field.

If you can't get out, you have to come out!

The children's test of this department is an opportunity to turn into a butterfly.

"Okay."

"Take the lead. is worthy of Pang Shiyuan. ”

"This sentence is at least a circle (○)."

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In the Qushui Pavilion, the remaining six students were slightly moved by Pang Ze's sentence.

The mountain chief and the speakers did not express their position, but only judged in their hearts. It's just the first argument, and it's inconvenient for them to comment, otherwise it will put pressure on the disciples who speak later.

At this time, the little fat brother Luo Xiangyang got up and said: "The disciple makes a statement: I am three times a day, and I am self-conscious." ”

Confucianism, if it is based on self-cultivation, should be the most discussed and most complete in the Analects. These are Zengzi's exact words. Luo Xiangyang is the unity of knowledge and action, and he has a Confucian demeanor, which makes many speakers nod frequently.

Wei Yang, who was originally proud, changed color slightly. Today, Fangzhi Academy is in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Luo Xiangyang's words of self-cultivation are better than Pang Ze's aspirations.

Chen Jiayun is the same at the same time.

After Wei Yang and Chen Jiayun said it, these two sentences were mediocre. Qiao Rusong knelt down in the couch and said calmly: "The disciple makes a statement: the gentleman hides the weapon in his body and moves when the time comes." ”

This sentence comes from "Zhou Yi". One of the Pentateuch. Wen Wang Er, and played Zhou Yi. King Wen of Zhou is also regarded as a Confucian sage. This is the lineage of science.

Mountain Chief Zhang Anbo praised the festival: "Good! ”

Jia Huan was shocked. In fact, the topic of self-cultivation and determination is obviously what Lin Jiaolang helped him strive for. Or with the help of his public opinion of aspiring to study poetry. But these students in the academy are all strong players.

Arguments are not bragging. Otherwise, you come with a sentence: four sentences of Hengqu, and I will say a sentence: three immortals of virtue and meritorious service, how can this article be opened? Rather, it should be combined with its own actual situation.

All of them here are elite disciples of the academy, how could the mountain chief and the lecturers not be familiar with their respective personalities and experiences?

For example, if other people learn from Luo Xiangyang and say "three provinces a day" to cultivate themselves, how can the lecturers of the academy believe it? I'm afraid that I will reprimand "deceitful and have problems with character".

It is precisely because Luo Xiangyang has always been like this, and even has the nickname of "Luo Junzi", that he can say so.

And Qiao Rusong's argument is very commensurate with his three-year experience of accumulation and blockbuster. Therefore, the mountain chief is good. He is even better than Luo Xiangyang's thesis, which is full of wisdom and insights of life.

Gongsun Liang, who was handsome and handsome, smiled at Jia Huan, stretched out his hand and signaled, "Senior Brother Jia can try to speak first, and brother will follow." ”

In the case of a comment, the pressure is the greatest to make a statement in the end. Gongsun Liang has a lot of kindness. Humble gentleman, gentle as jade. But it also shows his super self-confidence.

Jia Huan nodded lightly, this is not the time to be polite, "Disciple Theory..."