Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 28 Invitation to Companion Reading (Part [-])
When Gao Gong pushed the door and entered, Gao Yushi had already stood up and bowed in a polite manner: "Sanbo."

"Well, what book are you reading?" Gao Gong said, took a seat on the main seat, and waved his hand again: "Sit down and talk."

Gao Wushi then sat down and replied, "I'm reading Qiu Wenzhuang Gong's "University Yanyi Supplement."

Gao Gong frowned slightly, and said: "I know you can already recite "Great Learning", but right now you should still focus on "Zhang Ju" (Note: Refers to Zhu Xi's "Da Xue Zhang Ju"), and the rest of "Yan Yi" is fine, "Yan Yi" is also good. It doesn’t matter if it’s Yi Bu, it’s not too late to read it in the future.”

Gao Yushi nodded respectfully, his tone was very honest, but his words were quite conceited: "Today I was supposed to recite Chapters 8 and [-] of the Right Biography of "Zhang Ju", but these two chapters are quite short, so I also recited Chapter [-] together. Afterwards, my nephew saw that he still had time to spare, and there was nothing left and right, so he read "Yan Yi Bu" again."

"Oh?" Gao Gong was delighted, but then he said again: "Then I will test you a few sentences. I will start and you will recite the next sentence."

Gao Wushi showed no signs of fear: "Please Sanbo to start."

"The so-called self-cultivation lies in rectifying one's heart..."

Gao Yushi immediately interjected: "If there is anger in the body, it cannot be corrected; if there is fear, it cannot be corrected; if there is pleasure, it cannot be corrected; if there is sorrow, it cannot be corrected."

Gao Gong asked again, "How did Cheng Zi explain it?"

Gao Wushi replied: "Cheng Zi said: The body is the heart."

"What is Zhu Zi's explanation?"

Gao Wushi replied: "Wrath, the powder is turned against. Fu, the value is turned against. Good, happy, and the sound. Anger, anger. These are the four, all of which are used by the heart, and people can't live without them. However Once it exists but cannot be detected, it will be tempting to win, and what it uses may not be able to lose its integrity. If the mind is absent, you will not see it, you will hear it without hearing it, and you will eat it without knowing its taste. Therefore, a gentleman must observe this and respect it straightly, and then this heart will always exist and the body will be cultivated. This is called self-cultivation in rectifying one’s heart.”

The education methods in later generations of China were greatly influenced by the Western education methods, and they were basically based on encouragement education, that is, whenever children performed a little better, they should be fully praised and encouraged, because this would help children build self-confidence. Children who grow up in this way of education are likely to be optimistic, confident and high-spirited in the future.

However, in the ancient Chinese dynasties, the education methods were basically the opposite. What they insisted on was mainly setback education, which was often manifested in artificially raising the standards of education requirements, so that the children who were educated often failed to meet the requirements of the teachers. Then punish them, and at the same time vigorously supervise them.In this way, the child can maintain a humble and prudent attitude, and will not fall into a situation of pride and complacency, always introspect, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and at the same time, because of repeated "setbacks", it will develop a kind of perseverance. , The quality of facing difficulties.

These are the respective advantages of the two educational methods, but they also have their disadvantages.For example, encouragement education can easily make children self-centered and ignore other people's feelings, and become arrogant and conceited. Although they are usually confident, they are prone to self-doubt, self-abandonment, and even depression when they encounter setbacks. Although the children under education are usually humble and tough, sometimes they appear to lack responsibility and are too mellow. Simply put, they lack leadership and dare not be the first.

Of course, this refers to general manifestations and does not prevent individual counterexamples from appearing.

Later generations because of the ignorance and backwardness of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese have experienced painful lessons.Later, the western wind became more and more popular, and some people even proposed comprehensive westernization. Although it was not implemented in the end, it has to be said that Western thinking was still injected on a large scale, making China's traditional education model almost completely replaced by Western education models and ideas.

However, Gao Gong obviously does not have any Western educational thinking, and what he practices is still the traditional Chinese-style frustration education.Therefore, seeing Gao Wushi's quick response, although he was actually quite relieved in his heart, he didn't show the slightest sign on his face, he just nodded lightly: "It's been a bit of effort." Then he immediately changed the subject: "Do you know what I said today Why did you come back so early?"

Gao Yushi's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: I don't seem to have done anything bad, right?

Immediately, he turned his eyes and asked tentatively: "Could it be that the elders of the pavilion have disputes about certain things?"

"Hmph, with Zhao Dazhou here, when will there be no disputes in the cabinet?" There was a hint of disgust on Gao Gong's face, and he waved his hand, as if trying to drive away a fly that didn't exist at all: "It's not that the cabinet is in disharmony—the cabinet is no longer in harmony." Harmonious, I will not let go of it, and I will be on duty in advance... I am here because the Holy One called me over today and told me about something."

Gao Gong stared at Gao Yushi with piercing eyes, and tapped the case twice with his left index finger: "My Majesty is asking for my opinion on something related to you."

Gao Yushi's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly complained: Could it be that Emperor Longqing really told Gao Gongzhi everything?Could it be that Boss Long Qing decided on the idea that day, and was going to ask Gao Gong if he objected, and if he didn't object, he would implement it?But... if you practice it, do it, don't sell me out!My fucking meow is only eight years old now, if you do this, if the news gets out, will I still have to mess around in the future?Manchu officials must not treat me as the murderer of my father and my enemy?
But Gao Gong stared at him like this, how dare he not respond?He had no choice but to put on a bitter face and said, "Sanbo, I... I don't know what's going on."

Look at that pitiful appearance, it's not much worse than shouting "The grass people are wronged".

Gao Gong frowned: "Of course you don't know..." He withdrew his hand from knocking on the table, stroked his beard, raised his head slightly, put his eyes on the beams, and thought, as if saying to Gao Wushi, It seemed as if he was just talking to himself: "The sage praised you, and then said, the crown prince hopes that you can enter the palace..."

Gao Wushi was taken aback, and jumped up straight away, unable to speak fluently: "Join... enter the palace?"

Gao Gong was shocked by his sudden shock, and then came back to his senses, and slapped the table vigorously: "What's the fuss, jumping up and down, how decent! Sit down for me!" But just as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized Came over, couldn't help laughing, pointed at Gao Yushi and yelled at the sky, and said happily, "You kid, where are you thinking? It's not the 'entering the palace'!"

It is related to the safety of the little brother, and this matter cannot be ignored, so Gao Yushi was still nervous, and asked suspiciously: "There are many kinds of entering the palace?"

Gao Gong said slightly annoyed: "Who dares to let the descendants of my Gao family do such an act of violating the ancestors!" He waved his hands a little annoyed, and stopped playing charades, and said directly: "The prince means that he wants to You go to the palace to accompany him to study. However, although it has happened in ancient times that the sons of important officials acted as the prince’s companions, there is no precedent in our dynasty. Your Majesty is worried about the outside court’s discussion, so he first came to ask me what I think."

Gao Wushi was so surprised that he could stuff an egg into his mouth, and he didn't speak for a while.

Gao Gong suddenly stared at him intently: "You didn't mention it to the prince yourself, did you?"

(End of this chapter)