How else to say that the ancient students worked hard, before the morning drum sounded, Xia Hongsheng yawned and went out, and he didn't need to take Qi Yong with him to the Hongwen Pavilion, Xia Hongsheng walked to the Hongwen Pavilion alone. It is said that Xia Hongsheng and her sister-in-law have already arrived in Chang'an at this time, but the remaining 20 or so soldiers of Qu Tutong have not returned to Luoyang at all. Xia Hongsheng didn't want to ask about this, anyway, this house was also Qu Tutong, and he and his sister-in-law were just spending the night, just waiting for the house in Jingyang to be completed, and then moved over. Moreover, it is said that it is about to be completed, and a few days ago, the people in the construction supervisor also went to the Hongwen Pavilion to find Xia Hongsheng, saying that the outside things have been basically completed, and only the interior decoration remains, so ask what the requirements are. Although Xia Hongsheng didn't understand the current rules, he knew that the ancient house was not just a casual one, otherwise it would be easy to overstep, and there was no better grasp of this degree than the person who built the prison.

After doing so, I was shocked to realize that two months had passed since I arrived in Chang'an.

When I arrived at the Hongwen Pavilion, other people also arrived one after another, and when they met, they left together, Xia Hongsheng was very popular, and the relationship with the people in the Hongwen Pavilion was not bad. Not to mention, among those familiar gentlemen, which one does not have a barbecue grill now, and does not use the seasoning recipe given by Xia Hongsheng?

At the beginning of the morning class, a group of students returned to their respective classrooms, shook their heads and recited, and did not need Mr. to come around, they all memorized it hard, otherwise they were asked by Mr. to not memorize, they had to be punished, and there was a possibility that the palms of their hands were against the board, these old scholars don't know what it means to be merciful, regardless of whether you are a princess or a prince of the country, it is a solid beating under the iron ruler. It was easy to get to the end of the morning class, everyone came out of the school, and as soon as Xia Hongsheng came out, he saw an acquaintance.

"Brother Liu?" Standing at the door was none other than Liu Fang, the head of the attendants beside Yan Shigu.

"Ouch, that's a small deal!" Liu Fang was taken aback, and hurried over: "The little one is here to see the lord, Lord Yan has come to the Hongwen Pavilion, and the little one is invited to come over to talk about it." ”

"Master Yan?" Xia Hongsheng was stunned, in the two months he came to Chang'an, Xia Hongsheng also went to meet Yan Shigu several times, chatted in the past, and made some delicious food for Yan Shigu.

Xia Hongsheng turned around and talked to a few classmates, and then hurried over with Liu Fang.

When I got to the back, I saw two old men sitting in the room, one was Yan Shigu, and the other looked slightly older than Yan Shigu, but I didn't know who it was.

"The students meet Master Yan and meet this elder." Xia Hongsheng gave a salute respectfully, these old Confucian students attach the most importance to this, and a little bit of courtesy will offend them.

Yan Shigu nodded, and the other old man stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Old man Li Gang, sit down." ”

Xia Hongsheng's heart was shocked, Li Gang? Isn't that the famous prince killer! This old man is a legend, since the Sui Dynasty, has been the teacher of the prince, the former Sui Yang Jian was the emperor, Yang Yong was the prince, he was Yang Yong's teacher, and then Yang Yong was killed by his younger brother. Then in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and made Li Jiancheng the crown prince, and this Li Lao began to be Li Jiancheng's teacher again, but Li Jiancheng was also killed by his younger brother. Later, Li Shimin registered, made Li Chengqian the crown prince, and made him Li Chengqian's teacher, but Li Chengqian finally hung up. Now that I have seen such a famous figure in history, how can I not take a second look.

Xia Hongsheng gave another salute, and then honestly knelt down behind the desk next to him, and then thought to himself, one day, if you want to make sofa chairs popular in Datang, you don't have to kneel and sit anywhere, it's really uncomfortable!

"Yesterday, Jingshi was in the limelight again!" Yan Shi Gu wisped his beard and opened his mouth with a smile: "Based on the proposition of the first sage, the sentence 'the people can make it impossible to know it' is indeed more appropriate as the meaning explained by Jingshi, and then the teacher's argument that came from his mouth made the old man also deeply believe it and was quite impressed. Come to think of it, with your talent, I am afraid that there is no one who can stand out in this Hongwen Pavilion. ”

Kindness? As soon as you come up, you will buckle your hat? Xia Hongsheng bowed forward and bowed, and said: "The student has a little sophistry, and he can be praised by Master Yan, the student is very excited, and Master Yan teaches well......"

"The old man is useless, so you don't have to be polite." Yan Shigu shook his head with a smile, interrupted Xia Hongsheng's words, and said: "The old man said a long time ago that he will not impose the old man's understanding on you, so as not to interfere with your own learning, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for everyone." I called you here today because I have a lot of feelings about what you said yesterday, so I just want to discuss it. The words of the sages have been passed down to this day, and their opinions are very numerous, and in the midst of the complexity, distortions and misunderstandings often occur, because of the long time, the transmission is wrong, and it is impossible to discern what the sages really said. Yesterday, I happened to hear you say 'punctuation marks of broken sentences', and the old man's heart moved, as if he had a feeling, but he didn't know it very clearly, so he called you over and explained it in detail. ”

Listening to Yan Shigu's words, Xia Hongsheng couldn't help but admire the old man's mind, you see, will be will, will not be no, don't understand is not understand, I didn't worry about losing face because I was a Confucian scholar, so generously asked, this is the real wise man, didn't Confucius also once said, "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, is knowing"?

So Xia Hongsheng respectfully gave a salute and said: "The student is stupid, how can it be called an explanation, there is indeed a way to break a sentence, here is dedicated to the teacher, and also to the teacher." ”

"And to put it simply, if the old man doesn't understand, he really doesn't understand, so why not explain it? The so-called master is the teacher, didn't you say yesterday that 'the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, the teacher does not have to be better than the disciple, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, there is a specialization in the art industry, and that's it's? Li Gang stroked his beard with a smile and said to Xia Hongsheng.

"Students obey!" Xia Hongsheng stood up and said, "Please also allow students to write." ”

Xia Hongsheng went to the pen and paper, walked between Li Gang and Yan Shigu, and now wrote some punctuation marks on the paper, and then said: "These marks are called punctuation marks by students, and different punctuation marks represent different intervals, pauses, and tones. When we speak, there are pauses before and after a sentence, with different intonations, and these pauses and intonations, combined with the words we speak, to express the full meaning and state of mind. A sentence comes out of the mouth with different pause intervals and tones, but when written in a book, how can we truthfully restore the pauses and tones made by the person who spoke when he said the sentence? Throughout the ages, there have been errors and ambiguities in many ancient books due to incorrect sentence reading, and even bending the original meaning of the sages to mislead future generations. This set of punctuation marks can avoid this problem, so that people who have seen these punctuation marks can correctly know what people said at that time, whether it is hundreds of years or thousands of years later. This tadpole-like, the student calls him a comma to express the pause in the middle of half a sentence, this small circle, the student calls it a full stop, to express a sentence after speaking, a meaning is expressed. This wooden stick-like, which students call an exclamation mark, swells at the end of the sentence, which not only has the effect of a full stop, but also expresses the emotional tone of the sentence...... So, if we could all add punctuation to our writing, what if hundreds of thousands of years had passed? Later generations have also mastered punctuation, and they will be able to know what people really mean thousands of years ago! ”

Yan Shigu and Li Gang didn't speak, but judging from their excited and surprised expressions, and the movements of twisting their beards vigorously, both of them understood how much effect Xia Hongsheng's words would have once they became true. Think about it, don't you? If the sage Confucius had such a set of punctuation marks and added them to the Analects, then now people see the "Analects" that are all judged according to the words of the sage, and they will naturally know that the sage "the people can make it; Don't, let it know", where will there be mistakes, where will it mislead future generations for thousands of years?!

As soon as they thought of this, Li Gang and Yan Shigu were excited.

Xia Hongsheng wrote a few sentences on the paper, and then marked the punctuation marks, Yan Shigu and Li Gang listened carefully to Xia Hongsheng explained a variety of different punctuation marks and different usages, Xia Hongsheng taught for half a morning, Li Gang and Yan Shigu practiced for half a morning, and the two finally mastered the use of punctuation marks.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Li Gang took his punctuated sentence and looked at it, while admiring it: "This punctuation method is really exquisite, as long as you master the use of punctuation, you are no longer afraid that the words recorded on the paper will be wrong...... This method is so subtle that if it is extended, then those who read in the future will no longer have to suffer from speculation and misunderstanding! Great merit! This is a great merit! ”

"Yes, this method should be popularized as soon as possible......" Yan Shigu's eyes were also scorching, the essence in his eyes kept flashing, and he pinched the stack of papers, for fear that they would accidentally fly away, like Li Gang said: "Lord Li, this method, I think we still need to go to Guozijian and Master Kong first......"

"Yes, I thought of one thing with the old man." Li Gang nodded, the two looked at each other, and then laughed heartily.