The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 18
Confucian classics generally refer to the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism.

And if you study the Confucian classics, you generally start with the Four Books.

"University" is the No.40 two chapters in "Xiao Dai Li Ji", which is said to have been written by Zeng Shen.Later, Er Cheng in the Northern Song Dynasty strongly respected it, and Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "University Chapters", which became independent from the "Book of Rites", and finally became the Four Books together with "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", and "Mencius".

The so-called Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism means that to study Confucian Confucian classics, one must first study the Great Learning.

Since the Song Dynasty, "Great Learning" has become the imperial examination subject of the imperial examination.

"The way of a university is to be virtuous, to be close to the people, and to be good..."

Bai Gui watched and began to recite the university, the beginning of the university is a famous saying that he is very familiar with, and many universities and schools in later generations use this sentence as their school motto.

"Big, the old Yintai, now read like a word."

"Zi Chengzi said: 'University, Kong's posthumous book, is also the door for beginners to enter virtue.' It can be seen that the ancients are the order of learning, relying on the existence of this article alone, and theory and Mencius are second. Scholars must learn from it. Yan, then it’s almost as good as it is.”

"Cheng Zi said: 'Dear, treat it as a new one.' University students, adults also learn..."

Xu Xiucai began to explain the first sentence of the university.

After hearing this, Bai Gui suddenly understood why the ancients called Mount Tai Mount Tai and regarded it as the first of the five mountains.

Tai, also means supreme.

A single piece of "University" only has more than 2000 words, and it is not difficult to learn. It can be memorized in an hour or two.But Zhu Xi's "University Chapters" written by "University" is much more, with a total of more than 3000 words.

After the evening class this time, Xu Xiucai explained "The Great Learning" to Bai Gui for more than two hours. It was late at night, and one person was speaking and the other was listening. In the middle of the night, Xu Xiucai closed the scroll with unsatisfied interest.

The lame old man is a widower in the village. He is old and has no children around him, so the lame old man is in charge of the village watch.He is also the concierge of the ancestral hall. During the day, he is responsible for ringing the bell for early school, afternoon school, and evening school.

Bai Gui realized that this was the end of the lecture, so he immediately got up respectfully and thanked: "Thank you for your hard work, sir."

Xu Xiucai hummed softly, and handed the books in the book to Bai Gui, "After all, you can't borrow books often. If you often do it, you will lose your temper and lose your temper. Although your calligraphy is not very good now, But I can barely see it, if you want to borrow books in the future, you can come to me, but books can be borrowed, and you must return them after half a day."

As if thinking of something, he frowned slightly and said: "Remember, the scriptures are the words of a sage and should not be dirty."

One ten days is ten days, and half ten days is five days.

It is not difficult to finish copying a book in five days, on the contrary, there is a lot of time.

Bai Gui's heart was sour, and he gave birth to a lot of thanks, but he choked up and didn't say anything. He just bowed respectfully to Xu Xiucai three times and made a big gift. He promised: "Don't worry, sir, the students will pay attention... "

Because the bunker was built by the villagers, the bunker was about ten feet high, and even if there were wolves outside the village, they couldn't go up, so the village was no longer as vigilant as before, and it was much safer.

Otherwise, Xu Xiucai would not have the courage to leave Bai Gui to give lectures.

Walking out of the ancestral hall, I met a watchman who was walking through the streets.

"Guiwazi, what's the matter? You were left by Mr. Xiucai again to give lectures?" The lame old man was holding a clapper. He was wearing a tattered cotton jacket, with holes in some places, and the dirty cotton burst out. The thick braided circles three fingers wide On the forehead, the ears are covered, and the dark face shows a friendly smile.

"I made Uncle Gouwa laugh at me. I'm still too young to learn, so I've left too much homework. I need Mr. Lao to make up for it."

Bai Gui greeted and smiled.

Neither close nor indifferent.

Country people, apart from scholars, have no big names.

For example, Bai Jiaxuan's two sons, Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu, have nicknames Ma Ju and Mu Ju respectively, and their humble names are easy to support.After entering the school, it was renamed Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu.Hei Wa, the son of Lu San, the long-term worker of the Bai family, also changed his name to Lu Zhaoqian after entering school.

After changing the scientific name, in addition to being close to the elders, peers call the scientific name.

only……

Even though Lu Zhaoqian changed his scientific name, his peer Meng Tong still called him Heiwa.Because the son of a long-time worker had such a beautiful name, it was a bit inappropriate.

In the same way, Bai Gui has no educated close elders, so no one gave him a scientific name, and they all taught him how to be a noble child.

Guiwazi is his nickname.

Speaking of which, he and Zhou Yuan cooked at the concierge's stove, and they also used the lame old man's stove.It's just that the lame old man is the same as most of the villagers. He can't say that he hates the poor and loves the rich, but he is always easy to flatter the rich Zhou Yuan...

This comparison reveals the difference.

"Your uncle's tricks are not for nothing." The lame old man glared at Bai Gui, and then he showed an unquestionable expression on his face, and put the lantern he was holding into Bai Gui's hand, "It's dark today , you have another bump, it’s a big deal. You light up this lantern first, and just return it tomorrow.”

"Uncle Gouwa, what about you?" Bai Gui raised his eyebrows and tried to hand the lantern back to the lame old man.

Who would have thought that the crippled old man, who has always been slow in his hands and feet, would dodge him swiftly.

"The alleys of Bailu Village, your uncle can walk ten times or eight times a day! You can also walk through the alleys with your eyes closed. You are different, but the future scholar, I can't let you lose anything... "

The lame old man has settled down in the ancestral hall since it was built, guarding the ancestral hall as a porter and begging for food.He is not close to Xu Xiucai, but he is the person who knows Xu Xiucai best in Bailu Village.

Xu Xiucai taught students to do their duty, to teach seriously, and never to be sloppy.

But... There are very few people who stayed after school to continue lecturing. In the ten days since Bai Gui came here, he has run around the east mansion several times. He has also heard about Bai Gui. This doll is by no means stupid...

"Then..., since you said so, Uncle, I will accept it, and Minger will bring you the lantern."

Bai Gui nodded and took the lantern.

The lantern is an old-fashioned red lantern, covered with a red gauze, and the handle is a dark jujube stick. The candle inside is a wax made of animal fat, yellow and white, which is different from the red wax of later generations.

"In the middle of the night, the air is dry and the things are dry, be careful with the candles..."

The lame old man continued to knock on his clapper, and by the dim moonlight, he vaguely saw the end of the alley, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Let's go..."

"Scholar? I will definitely!"

Bai Gui shook his head, looked away, turned and left.

He had a hunch that the lame old man might not live long. He is about five or sixty years old now. He can't eat or drink well on weekdays. If he can live for a few years, he will make money. What's the use of flattering him?
(End of this chapter)