Chapter 329: Five Royals, Six Books, and Nine Numbers
"This person is good, his bow and arrow shooting skills are extraordinary!"
At this time, the six arts of the gentleman, although it is one of the necessary knowledge for a person, not to mention the martial style, but it is rare to be able to carry out the five shots so colorfully.
Chen Gong on the side saw that Cao Cao was interested in this soldier, and after inviting a soldier to ask, he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this person is a native of Yiyang, Wei Yanzi Wenchang, although he has just joined our army not long ago, but because of his proficiency in arching and horses, he has made several military exploits, and this time it is also because of his good bow skills, so he was sent here by General Cao Ren to teach them the art of shooting." ”
"Wei Yan?"
Cao Cao's face changed, and he didn't expect that Wei Yan, who was also a controversial figure in history, was still a soldier who had made some military exploits under his command at this time.
The change in Cao Cao's face was mistaken by Chen Gong for Cao Cao's interest in Wei Yan, so he took the initiative to speak: "Your Excellency, do you need the ministers to recruit him and meet your majesty?" ”
"No, it's still not needed, since you can make a war feat, then Lone thinks about it, as long as he doesn't change, Lone and him will always meet in the future!"
Glancing at Wei Yan, who had already begun to teach them to shoot with bows and arrows, Cao Cao looked away, if he had just come here, Cao Cao might have rushed up to talk to Wei Yan very excitedly, but by now, Cao Cao had long since lost such thoughts.
After all, Cao Cao at this time, after experiencing more things, deeply understood a truth, that is, a person's talent, he is often determined by his own experience.
The most vivid example is Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty above history, if he was born in a peaceful and prosperous era, he would definitely be another Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan, and his imperial talent is definitely there.
However, Emperor Han Xian in this time and space was due to the change in the trajectory of his life, and he was at this time. If he is really allowed to rule, then he is more like the king of Shang in the Han Dynasty or the king of Zhou You.
Because of this, not to mention some of the things that will cause Wei Yan's sudden promotion, that's just it. Cao Cao was a little worried, Wei Yan, who suddenly rose from a low position to a high position, could still have a normal heart, after all, stick killing is also a way to ruin a person.
As long as Wei Yan is still the Wei Yan above history, then even if they don't see each other today. But Cao Cao believes that one day, he will be able to meet this controversial person in other ways.
Cao Cao, who put Wei Yan's matter aside for the time being, moved his gaze to the direction of the right side of the playground, compared to the left side of the playground, which was just full of people, the playground on the right can be described as "the neighing of people and horses".
Among the six arts of the gentleman, the full name is the five royals, and the five royals are the skills of driving, including: "Ming and Luan", "Chasing Water Song", "Passing the Monarch's Table", "Dancing Jiaoqu", "Chasing Birds Left".
Luan and He are the bells on the car. When the car moves, the bell hanging on the car should ring in harmony. Chasing the water meanders means driving through a winding waterway without falling into the water. Passing the monarch's watch means driving the car to be able to pass through the gap between the erected poles without touching the poles. Dancing is when driving on the road, it should be in tune with the beat, like a dance. When chasing wild beasts in the field, the prey should be driven to the left so that the owner sitting on the left side of the car can shoot.
Of course, as the so-called time changes, the five emperors of the past are a little inappropriate now, after all, the chariot is an ancient class. Now it has long been replaced by the king's cavalry on the battlefield, so the royal taught in the Chen Duxue Palace is the war horse.
Of course. Although it makes the Five Emperors not suitable for the present, but it is only because of the disappearance of the chariot, and there is no change in the rest of the Five Imperial Cao Cao except for changing the chariot to horseback.
Why is it that most of the time, the cavalry of the farming peoples of the Central Plains can't beat the nomadic cavalry on the grassland if they are one-on-one. One of the most important is that the equestrian skills of the Central Plains cavalry are simply one heaven and one underground compared to the nomads.
After all, compared with the war horse as a weapon of conquest, for the nomads on the grassland, the war horse is not only a weapon, colleagues are their partners, the guarantee of life, and at the same time, the nomads compared to the Central Plains people, most of their lives are spent on the war horse.
It is precisely because of the different cognitions and habits of the two sides that the cavalry of the Central Plains people is no match for the nomadic cavalry one-on-one.
Although at this time, due to Cao Cao, the three artifacts of the cavalry were invented, but Cao Cao understood very well that in human society, compared with the spiritual level of politics and cultural systems, the diffusion of weapons and other war items is definitely the fastest, and compared with learning advanced civilizations, barbarians learning advanced war systems and weapons can be said to be the fastest.
In a short period of time, the Central Plains cavalry can steadily suppress the nomadic cavalry with those three artifacts, but that time will definitely not be too long, and after more than ten years or even a few years, these things will spread to the grasslands and be mastered by the nomads on the grasslands.
It is precisely because of this worry that Cao Cao did not eliminate those things that can be described as skills among the five emperors, of course, from a chariot to a war horse, the difficulty of fully mastering the five emperors has not risen by one or two points, just by looking at the students who were thrown one by one can understand.
After visiting the playground, Cao Cao went to see the place where mathematics and books are taught, and the books in them are actually the languages and history of later generations.
Many people in later generations believe that ancient China did not have much contribution and importance in education, but in fact, it is very wrong, one thing that Europeans are proud of, that is, the popularization rate of writing, but this is as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and even earlier in the Zhou Dynasty, the people of China have recognized and began to do it.
The six books of the six arts of the gentleman, one of the most important points, that is, literacy, one of the basic courses, the word six books was first seen in the "Zhou Li. "Diguan": "Commanding the king to be evil and raising the son of the country to the Tao is the six arts of teaching,......, five is said to be six books, and six is said to be nine numbers. ”
Of course, compared with the six books that began to appear during the Zhou Dynasty, the last of them, which is one of the six arts of the gentleman, is the nine numbers that shocked Cao Cao the most, and at the same time raised a sense of pride in being a Chinese person.
Nine numbers are ninety-nine multiplication tables, ancient Chinese mathematics textbooks. Numbers in the Six Arts are also a basic course, which contains very profound knowledge.
In ancient China, mathematics and activities such as yin and yang feng shui were classified as mathematical figures, and its main function was to calculate celestial bodies and deduce the calendar in addition to solving practical problems such as daily land measurement, accounting and tax collection.
It can be seen that ancient China was not ignorant of astronomy and other things, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the clever Han people had used nine numbers to calculate the movement of celestial bodies, so they deduced the calendar. (To be continued.) )