Great Tang princess

Chapter 588 The meaning of words

Chapter 588 The meaning of words

The family strolled in the barracks and felt like they hadn't seen each other for a while. The changes here seem to have changed a lot. When I came back last time, there was no warehouse dedicated to parking airships.

The sudden appearance of such a large and conspicuous building really surprised people a lot, and the glass shed shone in the moonlight, like a legendary fairy palace.

Li Xian even kept reaching out to touch his chin: "This house is quite comfortable to live in, isn't it? It's just a little smaller..."

"Brother, if you don't want to be caught, you'd better not have such thoughts." Li Yuechen smiled and waved his hands.

The family walked and chatted, and when they came to the cafeteria, all the prepared delicacies had already started to be made in the kitchen.

In fact, if you want, you can serve the food faster, but the emperor must have the eunuch test the poison beforehand, so it is only half done now.

Before the food was served, Wu Zetian was not in a hurry to sit down, but chatted with Li Yuechen at the entrance of the cafeteria looking at the dark playground.

Finally, there is an opportunity for the family to get together, and many topics that are usually inconvenient to talk about can also be discussed, and there is no need to act.

All the guards are completely scattered around, so there is no need to worry about anyone listening to the conversation of their family.

After talking to each other about the recent life, the messenger came to report that the dishes were ready, and everyone entered the cafeteria, sat down to eat and chat.

Compared to the chat between mother and daughter, Li Xian lowered his head and ate a big meal. First, he was hungry all day, and second, the taste of the seafood really made him unforgettable, such as oysters and the like...

In fact, this thing has been cultivated artificially in the coastal areas as early as the Han Dynasty, but because the methods are not standardized and the research is not enough, the output cannot be increased.

But since Li Yuechen came, the nearby fishermen have exchanged more experiments, so the output has more than doubled compared to before, and now the army can almost eat every three to five meals.

Li Xian was so hungry for this kind of food that he couldn't eat in the mainland, he ate more than a dozen in one go.

Li Yuechen was chatting with his mother about the future.

"Now the benefits of the library have been revealed. At least in the capital of God, there are indeed a lot more literate people."

Wu Zetian likes to call Dongdu Shendu. In fact, she changed her name to this when she came to the throne, but Li Yuechen still called Dongdu more often. It seems to be a little secondary.

"Really?" Li Yuechen had a proud expression on his face, "My child has long said that the advantages of universal education always outweigh the disadvantages."

"Wei Niang just thinks that everyone can read and write, which may indeed cause the instability of the imperial power." Wu Zetian replied.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Actually, what A Niang said is correct, but it is inevitable. Once the people's wisdom is opened, it is tantamount to restricting the imperial power."

"Ah?" Li Dan, who was grabbing food from Li Xian, suddenly raised his head, "If that's the case, why does Yuechen do this?"

Is it because your son is too cheating?Li Yuechen complained in his heart.

Of course, you can't say that, she smiled lightly: "Naturally, it is to avoid the appearance of foolish emperors in the future. The emperor must be responsible for the emperor, otherwise, let's see what happened to those kings who subjugated the country in history."

Wu Zetian thought for a while, and probably understood what her daughter meant, but as an ancient person, she had limited thinking and could not make an accurate judgment on whether this approach was good or bad.

"Then what are the specific benefits?" Li Xian picked up his drink and asked.

"Brother may not know that among all the countries on this earth, only our Chinese characters are characters that can transcend the limitations of time, space, region, and dialect." At this point, she was stunned for a moment, and added: "Of course Waguo and Silla are also borrowing Chinese characters now, so it is possible for them to do so in the future."

Such a statement aroused Princess Xuancheng's interest, she raised her wine glass and asked, "How do you say that?"

"Other countries are basically written in pinyin. Compared with our square characters, the biggest difference is that they cannot be interpreted literally, and the pronunciation and language changes are complicated..."

In fact, many people on the Internet thought that the difficulty of Chinese is at least in the top three, if not the world's first, but many people have overlooked a problem.

The difficulty of Chinese is only in the Chinese characters, but in fact the grammar is very simple, there is no need for inflections, such as past, present and future tense...wrapping masculine words, feminine words, etc., all are not needed.

It is difficult to speak Chinese, but it is even more difficult in writing and reading. Some particles can confuse foreigners, such as "Zhe, Le, De".

Grammar is simple, because Chinese verbs do not need to change with person and tense.

For example, the verb "eat" can be "I eat" or "you eat" or "he eats".There is no need to change the tense, it can be "eating, eating, eating right away..."

Perhaps it can be said that this is a characteristic of isolating language, but the advantage is that the verb is always fixed, as long as a certain time adverbial is remembered, the tense can be expressed.

What makes Chinese difficult for foreigners lies in the rote memorization of Chinese characters.

After hearing her explanation, Princess Yiyang asked her own question: "So, the characters in other countries are much simpler than Chinese characters, so why can't the difficulty be lowered?"

Li Yuechen smiled and shook his head: "This will involve art, that is, the meaning behind the Chinese characters."

Speaking of which, she raised her head: "Brother and Wan'er are both masters of calligraphy. In fact, the handwriting of these soldiers in the army is worse than the other, but let them look at the calligraphy of brother or Wan'er, and they can also calligrapher." They find beauty in it, and they can appreciate it. But for foreigners, it is difficult to appreciate the beauty of calligraphy."

"If you can't appreciate this kind of beauty, it will be difficult to have a sense of identity. That's why I said just now that Chinese characters can transcend time and space, regions and dialects. If it is written in pinyin, dialects in different places will spell out different meanings. But my country has a vast land and abundant resources, and each region has its own dialect. They are not the same, maybe they can’t understand each other’s conversations, but they know the same words, and their understanding of the meaning will not cause too much deviation.”

Li Xian ate an oyster in a daze: "So what?"

"Idiot and incompetent rebellious son!" Wu Zetian cursed immediately, and was about to continue scolding, but was interrupted by Li Yuechen.

"Brother, you must understand that our country is a multi-ethnic country with different customs and cultures, but using the same language can make different ethnic groups have a cohesive force. This is why our country is obviously vast and rich in resources, but it can achieve great unity. The reason." Li Yuechen explained.

Li Xian nodded half-understanding, and then seemed to think of something: "It is obviously Taizong who achieved the great unification..."

"Powerful force can only make people fear you, but it cannot make people admire you!" Li Yuechen interrupted the elder brother with a smile, "Tian Khan's reputation is not just achieved by strong force, it is more Most of them are the embodiment of the personality charm of a great king."

Having said that, Li Xian nodded, feeling as if he understood.

"Speaking of Chinese characters, we can understand the classics written a thousand years ago. Similarly, after another thousand years, no matter how the accent changes, as long as the Chinese characters remain the same, people after a thousand years can also understand our books. The record left at this time." Li Yuechen said.

In fact, official script has been born since the Han Dynasty. In theory, even a junior high school student more than a thousand years later can understand it.

Maybe he can't understand classical Chinese, but at least he can understand the words and read them completely.

And this era goes back a thousand years, and the seal script used, but for the literati of this era, it is the same as the traditional Chinese characters for future students.

Maybe they can't write, but they can basically recognize them, and there won't be any big obstacles in reading.

Because whether it is the jade seal passed down to the country or the big seal used by officials to approve work, all are engraved in seal script, so this is also necessary knowledge for people of this era.

Li Xian nodded: "In that case, popularizing literacy education as soon as possible is indeed more beneficial to the country than harmful."

"That's right!" Li Yuechen nodded, "Chinese characters are the greatest works of art in my land of China. This is incomparable to any antiques or other treasures. Behind it lies the story and inheritance of this land. In the future, we still have to You need to work harder on education.”

Wu Zetian nodded lightly: "Okay, I'll listen to you, and my mother will absolutely support everything!"

"Well, thank you, Ma'am!" Li Yuechen smiled with his eyes crooked.

This is not what Li Yuechen is flattering, but the most intuitive feeling after traveling all over the world for many years.

In the future, even people who don't know calligraphy themselves will be able to say something beautiful and appreciate the beauty of words when they see beautiful handwriting.

But foreigners are absolutely unable to appreciate this kind of beauty, because they can't understand it, and they can't find emotional resonance from this text, so naturally they can't appreciate it.

When it comes to calligraphy, I have to say the third brother Li Xian and Shangguan Wan'er. The calligraphy written by these two people is so beautiful.

Obviously, the size and spacing of each word are different, it seems that the last word is still big and the next word is suddenly small... But after writing, the overall look has a very harmonious feeling, and I can deeply feel it. to a special kind of beauty.

Of course, I don't deny that English is also beautifully written, but compared with Chinese calligraphy, it still feels a little bit worse.

……

Everyone chatted a lot today, and it was already midnight after dinner.

Because at night, I had to go to bed, so I didn't eat too much. Only Li Xian and Li Dan, after grabbing the oysters, went to grab fried sea sausage with leeks, and then went to grab stir-fried squid...

They all ate a lot, and when they walked out of the cafeteria, their waists were straight, and their faces still had a look of unfinished business.

Li Xian on the side patted his younger brother's stomach with disgust on his face: "Look at this lump of fat! Don't you feel tired from walking?"

"Don't shoot, it's uncomfortable!"

Li Xian waved his hand: "I can't sleep too early tonight, I'm going for a walk..."

"Let's go together!" Li Dan raised his hand to signify together.

Seeing the two sons who had become useless, Wu Zetian shook his head helplessly, and planned to go back to rest first.

Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er accompanied her on the way back.

Li Xian suddenly said: "Yuechen, I'm going to go for a walk, it's too boring, let your female soldier..."

"Don't think about it!"

For this kind of request, Li Yuechen directly rejected it: "These are all elites who have been trained at a great price. They were pulled into the harem by my brother. How will the future training be?"

"It's... a big deal, you can continue training after the event..."

"Then what if you become pregnant?" Li Yuechen asked back, "If you have my royal blood, you just don't care about it? But if you become brother's concubine, what will the other soldiers think?"

"Why is it necessary..."

Li Xian was about to say something when he suddenly saw the look in his mother's eyes, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and said with a sneering smile: "Forget it, brother and Shiro will go for a walk alone tonight."

"Brother, don't worry, my younger sister will definitely arrange guards for you, all of them are strong and strong men!" Li Yuechen said with a smile, "These soldiers have been trained for a long time, and they are skilled in martial arts, so they will definitely be able to protect you. Brother Zhouquan!"

In fact, this is the inside of the barracks, even if no guards are arranged, there will be no danger, as long as people watch it and don't fall into the sea and drown because of drinking.

"Uh..." Li Xian wanted to say no, but in order not to make his mother angry, he finally agreed.

……

After returning to the arranged room, Wu Zetian yawned and went to bed early.

After all, I was getting older, and I felt a little sleepy after staying up to this point, so I probably went to bed after washing up.

Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er also sat in the living room making a cup of tea and chatting for a while.

"What His Highness said in the letter can really be transmitted across thousands of miles, instantly?" Shangguan Wan'er felt that this matter was a bit too mysterious no matter how she thought about it.

"This thing is too troublesome to explain. You will know the details when you look at it tomorrow!" Li Yuechen smiled and stretched out his hand, put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her over, and the two of them leaned their heads together.

Shangguan Wan'er leaned on her chest and asked softly: "Since you have this artifact, why didn't your Highness do it before?"

"No way, the prerequisites are immature." Li Yuechen smiled.

"There will be more magical things in that day?" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head and stared at her curiously, her bright eyes seemed to have no change from when she was a child.

"It's hard to say, maybe there will be." Li Yuechen smiled, "Okay, go wash up, and we can talk after lying down."

"Ah."

Shangguan Wan'er agreed, and the two of them finished washing together and continued to chat casually while lying on the bed.

"Speaking of which, Wan'er also made a princess robe when she went back, and the saints said it looked very good in it!"

"Princess robe?"

Li Yuechen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that it should be a cheongsam: "Oh, I just wear it in the palace or at home. If I want to wear it on the street, it might be hundreds of years earlier..."

"Wan'er feels that it won't take a few hundred years. Now not only the Eastern Capital, but the women here have already taken off their veils. It's only been a few years. It seems that with His Highness here, the country has changed a lot faster!"

"It's possible." Li Yuechen smiled, "Actually, I'm trying to slow down as much as possible, too fast may not be a good thing..."

The two chatted one after another, and finally hugged each other lightly and fell into a deep sleep...

(End of this chapter)

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