Prime Minister

Chapter 33 Seal Script
Zhang Yue and Zhang Cai were chatting like they had met bosom friends, and they had the feeling that they were equal to each other at the same time.

Zhang Yue was a sparse clan, and Zhang Cai was a concubine, so it was inevitable that they had many common languages.

In fact, there is no conclusion to this sparse ethnic theory, for example, Zhang Yue and Zhang Heng are both descendants of Zhang Tsaijun.

Zhang Heng was the fourth son of Zhang Rensong, the son of Zhang Tsaijun, who served as the inspector of the school in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Heng belonged to the line of the eldest son, Zhang Wenjun, and Zhang Dexiang belonged to the line of the third son, Zhang Shilian.

Zhang Heng originally settled in Zhejiang to study, and it took two years for him to learn about ethnology.

Zhang Dexiang and Zhang Heng belonged to this line. Because Zhang Dexiang worshipped the prime minister, the court pursued him for the third generation, and shadowed his descendants and descendants as officials, so this line became the Xian clan.

This is the benefit of having a chancellor at home.Otherwise, the official generation is not as good as the next generation, and gradually becomes a commoner.

As for Zhang Yue, another son of Zhang Zaijun served as the servant of the Ministry of Industry of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his fifth son Zhang Renche was in this department.Zhang Renche has seven sons, and more are scattered below.

However, this division also produced a large number of scholars. Zhang Di, Zhang Pin, Zhang Fang, Zhang Yu Kejia successively achieved successes, and Zhang Fang’s son Zhang Zhang was also awarded as a general without the imperial examination due to his uncle Zhang Dexiang’s official position. master book...

The relationship between clansmen is also very metaphysical. You are an official, and I am also an official. It has a relationship for eight lifetimes. On the contrary, brothers are also disgusted.

Zhang Yue and Zhang Cai were sitting side by side in front of the low-footed lacquer desk and talking side by side, when they heard Xie Yuan Lin Xi look at the large seal calligraphy in the hall and read, "The Taoist, the mother of heaven and earth! It's so nice!"

The professor grinned.

Lin Xi said: "I heard that seal script has only one Li Yangbing from the Tang Dynasty after Li Si in the Qin Dynasty; after Li Yangbing, there is only one Xu Xuan. Mr. Boyi studied under Mr. Da Xu, like the sons of Master Master, Ziyou and Zixia."

The professor smiled and said: "There are too many hearsays. My uncle Zhang Gu was taught by Mr. Xu and passed it on in seal script, and the uncle of the later family passed on this method to me."

The names above are a bit confusing.

Mr. Xu mentioned above is Xu Kai, the younger brother of Xu Xuan, and the two were called Jiangdong Erxu because of their talents in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Mr. Dae Seo, Seo Hyun, is of course more famous.Xu Xuan served as the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty for three generations with his talent, and repeatedly sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to meet Zhao Kuangyin to ask for mercy for Empress Li.

History records that Zhao Kuangyin sent troops to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Xuan said to Zhao Kuangyin, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty to the emperor of the Song Dynasty, like a son and a father, never made a mistake, why did he beat me?
Zhao Kuangyin said, have you ever heard of father and son living in two separate families?

Once Xu Xuan pleaded with Zhao Kuangyin again, saying that we Li Tang are so obedient, you Da Song cannot beat me.

Zhao Kuangyin listened to the anger and drew his sword to cut the case, what is the sin of the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin said a classic famous saying below, but this is a surname in the world, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep peacefully.

The Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed the country, and Empress Li was captured in Bianjing. Taizong Zhao Kuangyi sent Xu Xuan to visit Empress Li, and Empress Li cried to him. I killed Pan You and Li Ping by mistake, and I regretted it.

Xu Xuan conveyed this sentence to Song Taizong, and it was recorded that Empress Li was killed because of this sentence.

In any case, Xu Xuan moved the world with his literary talent.

It was Xu Xuan's first mission to the Song Dynasty. Everyone in the Song Dynasty had heard the name of this person. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were worried that their eloquence was not as good as Xu Xuan's, and they were too timid to deal with it.Zhao Kuangyin said angrily, you bastards, I have a solution.So Zhao Kuangyin found an illiterate person to accompany him.At the beginning, Xu Xuan's words were sharp like clouds, and all Song officials in the dynasty were stunned, but this companion nodded no matter what Xu Xuan said.

As a result, Xu Xuan said to himself, and was defeated because of his dry mouth.

As for Zhang Gu, who had learned from Xu Xuan and Xu Kai successively, he learned everything, including Xu Xuan's most proud seal script.Zhang Gu was admitted to the imperial examination in the second year of Kaibao, and he was the No.1 imperial examination in the Southern Tang Dynasty, that is, the number one scholar.

However, in the ninth year of Kaibao, the Southern Tang Dynasty perished, and Xu Kai died in fear of the Song army besieging Jinling in the previous year.After the collapse of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhang Gu refused to serve in the Song Dynasty because he was "deeply favored by the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty."

As for the professor, he was taught by Zhang Gu.Because the teacher hated the Song Dynasty, he had no intention of becoming an official in the imperial examinations.

When I heard that Zhang Dexiang was the prime minister, he had planned to hold the office of Professor Yu but declined for him.

During the reign of Emperor Huangyou, even the current official Song Renzong heard about the professor's reputation from his close ministers, and ordered him to go to Beijing to become an official, and the professor also shied away from his illness.

Later, when the imperial court wanted to carve the stone scriptures, it had to use seal script, and once again called the professor to Beijing.After the professor was not allowed to enter the capital to engrave the stone scriptures, the imperial court wanted to grant the professor the post of supervisor for the third time, but he still refused to do so.

There are scholars like Xu Xuan and Zhang Gu.There is also a professor, he is not a relic of the Southern Tang Dynasty, not to mention that the Southern Tang Dynasty has been around for a long time, and he has no hatred for the Song Dynasty to destroy the country.

However, the professor is not a stubborn person. He has taught the disciples of the Zhang family the way of tribute for more than ten years in Nanfeng Academy.

As far as Zhang Yue knew, the stone scriptures engraved by the professor were later known as Jiayou Shijing, also known as the two-body stone scriptures, which were written in regular script and seal script.

The stone-carved scriptures are a cultural event. In order to correct the mistakes in the dissemination of scriptures and meanings, the Han Dynasty first carved the stone scriptures and used the official script.In the period of Cao Wei, stone scriptures were engraved in three fonts, ancient script, small seal script, and Han Li, which were called the Three Body Stone Classics.

In the present Song Dynasty, stone carvings were written by Taixue, in regular script and small seal script. The small seal script was engraved by the professor.The professor was famous for his calligraphy, and finally resigned and returned to the city.Neither the inheritance of the teacher's sect nor the life of the teacher.

The professor's name is Youzhi, and the word is Boyi.

Lin Xi complimented a few times, and then said with a first-class regret: "I don't care about Li Si, after Li Yangbing, the seal script was handed down because of Mr., I don't know which disciple in the hall got the true biography of Mr.?"

Professor Zhang Youzhi smiled and shook his head and said, "Nowadays, Gongju characters are not used in seal script.

Lin Xi was also full of regret: "It's a pity."

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Sir, Brother Zizhong wants to learn seal art, why don't you teach him."

After listening to Zhang Heng, Zhang Yue saw the first-class mysterious smiles from all the students in the hall.

Zhang Yue asked Zhang Cai, "Is there anything strange?"

Zhang Cai smiled and said, "You'll know when you hear it."

Zhang You said straightly: "Oh, does Xie Yuanlang want to learn seal art? That is really intentional, so why should this old man treasure himself?"

Lin Xi's face flashed with joy and said, "Students are willing to listen."

Zhang You said straightly: "When you go home, take two large pieces of paper, one piece of paper to draw nineteen horizontal and vertical lines, and cross them to form a Go game. Take another piece of paper and draw ten layers of circles from the inside to the outside as arrow targets. Every day Xizhi should write [-] pieces each, for a total of [-] pieces.”

Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard it, and couldn't help but say, Are you kidding me?

Look at Lin Xi again.

You are fucking kidding me.

Zhang You continued: "All the square and circle lines need to be drawn in one stroke, and heavy strokes are not allowed. The thickness of the strokes and the spacing are all fine. You can learn the seal art with a little success."

After speaking, Zhang Youzhi turned around without looking at Lin Xi, who was unconvinced, and said, "Take two large pieces of paper."

Zhang Heng also seemed to have anticipated this step earlier, and also very interestingly said: "Mr. has already prepared."

After speaking, the two students immediately took two large sheets of paper, each of which was spliced ​​with four sheets of paper. It was really prepared to see this scene.Then the two students each held a pave and stuck it on the wall.

Zhang Youzhi didn't say a word, he took a pen and dyed ink and swiped the paper in the air.

It didn't take long for the chessboard and archery target to be drawn.

All the students came forward to watch, even Zhang Yue took a closer look, but saw that the chessboard and archery target were really as Zhang Youzhi said before, all the square and circle lines need to be drawn with one stroke, and the strokes are thick and spaced closely. All are flawless, just like the typesetting of the printer.

Lin Xi repeatedly looked at these two copybooks and couldn't help sighing. Not only was he sighed at how expensive a large sheet of paper was, but also because he worked so hard to hone a technique that was not useful on weekdays, it was a bit of a waste of time.

Lin Xi asked, "How many years will it take to get to Mr.

Zhang Youzhi was very willing to teach his students: "If Duke Xie Yuan can achieve this step, it will take ten years. If it is small, three or five years will be enough."

Seeing Lin Xi's disappointment, Zhang Cai on the side was already smiling, and Zhang Yue was also aware. It turned out that they were deliberately using this method to trick Lin Xi. Who told you that Xie Yuanlang was so beautiful.

But everyone also knows that who has the spare time to practice this seal script, and now the imperial examinations use regular script.

Zhang Yue was thinking a little at this moment, and his eyes flashed.

Lin Xixian had already given up and said, "Sir has been taught. Later, I will stay here for a while, and then I will go to Beijing with Ziping to go to the test. During the period, I would like to ask Mr. to give me some knowledge."

Zhang You said straightly: "I am here to answer questions for the students every day after the application. Xie Yuanlang may wish to come here when he has time. The old man will definitely know everything."

"Thank you sir."

After Lin Xi's visit, Zhang Yue also finished his homework for the day.

After walking out of Zhoujintang, Zhang Yue felt that he had gained a lot this day.

After copying the book that day, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin returned home.On this day, Zhang Yue stopped reading and went straight to bed.

In his sleep, Zhang Yue came to that space again, and as his thoughts moved, he immediately volleyed out two large sheets of white paper.

This piece of white paper is definitely bigger than what I saw when I was in the Rijintang during the day.

Zhang Yue then followed suit and drew chessboards and archery targets with a pen. The result was no accident, and his writing was really appalling.The lines are written like tadpoles, and the circles are even more ugly.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that when practicing calligraphy on weekdays, there is a difference between the pen used by the center and the pen used by the side.

The so-called chessboard drawing and archery target drawing are all about practicing the center striker with a pen, the chessboard is practiced vertically, and the archery target practiced turning points. In fact, this technique can also be used when practicing regular script.

That's right, if you master this basic skill, it will be of great benefit to both regular script and seal script.

So Zhang Yue made a calculation in his heart.

What the professor said today needs to be written sixty pieces a day, and it takes three to five years to complete it.I can't use up the ink and paper here. If I use it for two hours, I can write more than [-] pages a day, which is not nearly ten times faster.

And the most important thing is to practice calligraphy here, and the hand will not be sore and the pen will not shake!
Zhang Yue thought of this and practiced without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)