Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 297 Two Brainless Old Men

After being the crown prince for so many years, Li Chengqian asked himself that he had seen all kinds of officials. Some were opportunistic, some were timid, some were greedy, and some were upright.But when it comes to reading books, looking up classics can show me the past, this is the first time I have encountered it.

Seeing Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining's slovenly appearance, Li Chengqian asked helplessly: "Teachers, are you making such a fuss? Gu Ke asked, and you haven't been out of this place for a few days. A room, what book is so attractive?"

Sleeping and forgetting to eat and sleep is no longer enough to tolerate the madness of the two, not to mention that Li Chengqian can't figure it out, even the eldest grandson Wuji who is standing by the side can't figure out what the two brothers are up to.

After tidying up the messy robe, Kong Yingda straightened her shriveled chest: "Your Highness, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, His Majesty ordered the old minister and Zhong Mi to compile "Five Classics of Justice" for good luck in the imperial examination in the future. But with the edited The more time passes, the more problems there will be."

The Five Classics mentioned by Confucius refers to the five Confucian classics, namely "Shi" ("Book of Songs"), "Book" ("Shangshu", "Book of Books"), "Li" ("Book of Rites"), "Yi" ("Book of Changes"), "Spring and Autumn".During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court officially declared these five books as classics, and they have always been the books that must pass through the official career.

Most of the existing scriptures are based on the compilation and deletion of many annotations from ancient times, especially from the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty. And there are signs."

The country has been divided for a long time, and Confucian classics have gradually formed a dispute between southern learning and northern learning.The classics of Confucianism are scattered and lost, the literary theory is wrong, and there are many sects in Confucianism, each inheriting the teacher's teachings, and interrogating each other endlessly, and the study of Confucian classics is chaotic.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to consolidate the rule of the imperial court and eliminate the strife between sects for the sake of the thoughts of the scholars, it became a matter of no delay to rectify the chaotic Confucian classics and have the imperial court come forward to compose and revise the scriptures and promulgate the unified scriptures. .

So the emperor ordered Kong Yingda and other famous Confucian scholars to be called together to compile "Five Classics of Justice".The emperor once praised Kong Yingda in front of all his ministers: "You are all well-versed in the past and the present, and the principles should be consistent. Examining the different theories of Confucianism, in line with the sage's edict, it is really immortal."

This is not an easy job, each school has its own version, not only to eliminate the prejudice among them, to unite them, but also to verify every word in the classics held by each school, every In a word, it can only be finalized after finding countless circumstantial evidence.

Its workload is not insignificant, and it is no wonder that these two have survived like this.Especially in the books from the Eastern Jin Dynasty recently sent by Jiangnan, there are many characters that are different from what people are familiar with. As a result, the meaning of the classics is different.

Not only that, but the pronunciation of these words is even more jerky and difficult to understand. People like them who have read poetry and books can't understand it, let alone let those ignorant students learn it.

There is a saying that the wind is different in ten miles, and the language is different in hundreds of miles. Even in Guanzhong, the same state, and different counties, the accents are somewhat different, let alone the distant Jiangnan.

Not to mention those words, people of many schools write something casually, either with a few strokes or a stroke.After these handwritings were passed on to the disciples, they all imitated them, and no one could figure out which one was correct in the end.

"Teacher, I don't know if you have thought about compiling a reference book first?", a dictionary is enough, what's the use of checking and brain-touching, even if you think about it, you can't solve this problem.

reference book?What the hell, could it be the classics of the Mo family?As long as we can understand the whole thing, whoever owns it, it’s fine if it’s easy to use.

Kong Yingda hurried forward two steps, grabbed Li Chengqian's sleeve regardless of etiquette and said, "Your Highness, what about it? Where are the reference books?"

At such a close distance, Lao Kong didn't gargle for several days, which made Li Chengqian feel like vomiting, but he didn't dare to show it.So I went to the table, picked up a book of Analects and said: "Teacher, this book is not the same book, why can't all the words be written together, haven't you thought about it?"

Seeing Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining shaking their heads in bewilderment, Li Chengqian went on to say: "Take the word Chen as an example, let's take out its radicals, and take out all the radicals that have the same radicals as it has." All the individual words are edited together, and so on, all individual words are processed in this way, and marked on each word page.

In this way, you only need to be responsible for verifying the book. Students can use this reference book to solve any words they don’t understand. Isn’t this killing two birds with one stone? "

Li Chengqian's method made the two old masters suddenly feel enlightened, yes, why didn't they think of it.Yes, if there is such a reference book, students will learn more conveniently and quickly.

"But Your Highness, how do we let those students know how to read those characters? Different places have different dialects. If they are taught one by one, they will not know the year of the monkey?"

Changsun Wuji's opinion was well put forward, and two old scholars, Kong and Yu, immediately agreed.They have been teaching books all their lives, and they know very well that the difficulty of teaching has always been how students remember those words that are extremely unfamiliar to them.If there is such a book, they can quickly understand how to read it, and naturally all problems will be solved.

"Uncle, I haven't finished talking about Gu, what if you", then Li Chengqian wrote out the pinyin on the paper, and carefully explained to the three people how to use these pinyin in the reference book, and the three were squeaked. Amazing.

"Your Highness, you are really a great talent. In this way, it will no longer be difficult for us to learn to read and write in the Tang Dynasty. There are more scholars here, and naturally everyone knows the courtesy and is kind, and the country will naturally be peaceful for a long time. Yours But merit in the present age, benefits in the future."

Yu Zhining gave Li Chengqian a thumbs up without hesitation. In his eyes, producing such a book is much better than Li Chengqian's victories outside. This is what a prince should do .

"However, as far as I know, the funds for the five classics of justice in your Imperial College are limited. If you want to add such a reference book, the money will be stretched. Moreover, the Ministry of Households is currently short of money. If you want him to add more That’s basically an impossible thing.”

The eldest grandson's words were more practical, and Kong Yingda and the others also knew that it would be extremely difficult to get the Ministry of Households to pay for it, but it would be a pity if such a good book was not compiled.

When the three of them were dying in vain, Li Chengqian slapped down the four words of "Zhenguan Dictionary" on the paper, and then said: "Gu thinks that if I give these four words to the father, he will definitely be willing to follow me." Bring some money from the inner palace."

(End of this chapter)