I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 41 The first lesson of the school!Working for the sky, the King of Qin and his wife turned into good students

Xu Fenglei looked at the four new students in front of him, and said in a deep voice:
"As a teacher, there is not much knowledge, only the "Book of Changes"."

"The Book of Changes, the first of the group of classics, was written by the ancient sages who observed the heaven and the earth and combined their own understanding. It contains the most important principles of the operation and growth of all things in the heaven and earth."

"Of course, it also contains the way of being a minister and the way of being a king; what a gentleman does, what a villain does."

He paused for a while, and all the children listened carefully.

Li Shimin and eldest grandson Wugou also listened attentively to the class.

Although they believed that Xu Fenglei was indeed an expert, they also wanted to see his teaching standards.

This "first lesson at the beginning of school" just started so casually.

"In the past, Confucius wrote the biography of the "Book of Changes". He also liked divination. In his later years, he said very proudly that after so many years of divination, [-]% of his calculations came true."

Xu Fenglei sat down safely, and said solemnly,
"My teacher will not teach you divination and fortune-telling, but only teach you how to be a monarch and minister, how to distinguish between loyal and traitorous, and the most important thing is to learn to think independently."

"Whether you can think independently is the dividing line between mediocrity and talent. I hope that my disciples can generate their own understanding in the process of learning and become talents, instead of mediocrity who follow the scriptures and copy what they say."

"Do you understand?"

All four disciples nodded.

Even Li Lizhi, who was the youngest, nodded her head ignorantly.

"This teacher, you found the right one."

Changsun Wugou blinked at Li Shimin and whispered.

Li Shimin smiled slightly.

"How can my eyesight be bad?"

He is a little proud,
Just a sentence of "for the emperor and his ministers, to distinguish loyalty from traitors" is already qualified to be his children's teacher.

And the following four words "independent thinking" made Li Shimin even more elated!

exactly!
This word is too precise, this is what I want!
At this moment, Li Shimin's heart was already half relieved.

"It's still early, so I will explain the first hexagram of the Book of Changes to you."

Xu Fenglei glanced at the sky and said immediately.

"The first hexagram, namely the Qian hexagram, is the sky."

"Come on, give me a pen and paper and a drawing board."

He beckoned, Li Qingquan immediately got up and brought him three things.

Xu Fenglei fixed the paper on the drawing board, and with a wave of pen and ink, he wrote on the drawing board from bottom to top:

-(Positive)--
(Negative)

"A horizontal line is yang, and a break in the middle is yin. You just need to remember this, and you will often use it as a teacher in the future."

Xu Fenglei said,

"The I Ching is easier to explain with images."

Li Qingquan gave paper and pens to several children.

"Qingquan, give us a copy too."

Li Shimin beckoned.

He has nothing to do at the moment, it is better to listen to the class.

Since he joined the army at the age of 16, he was either fighting or on the way to war. It has been a long time since he read and studied.

Taking this opportunity, Li Er also wanted to enrich his brain.

"it is good."

Li Qingquan presented paper and pens to Li Shimin and his grandson Wugou.

The two of them obediently copied their notes and became good students.

Xu Fenglei nodded slightly, and then drew six horizontal strokes from bottom to top on the drawing board:

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—

—

—

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"This is the hexagram of Qian, also known as Qian Weitian."

Xu Fenglei threw down the brush and explained,
"Why do these six horizontal lines represent Qian and heaven?"

"When we want to look at the sky, we always look up at the sky, but our ancestors were amazing, they would substitute themselves into the 'sky'."

"When you are the sky, what are you doing?"

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and his grandson Wugou was also lost in thought.

"Looking down!"

Li Chengqian answered without thinking.

Li Shimin glared at him, and Li Chengqian shrank his head in fright.

"correct!"

Xu Fenglei snapped his fingers and boasted,
"Chengqian's head is very bright!"

"That's right, if I were heaven, I would be looking down! The nature of heaven is to look down."

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up after being praised so much by him.

He looked at his father suddenly, although he didn't speak, but the meaning was already obvious——

Father, I was right!Master said I was right!
Li Shimin: "..."

"For example, you are an older brother now. If you look down, you will take care of your younger siblings."

Xu Fenglei said,

"If you are a father, you will take care of the whole family; if you are the county magistrate, you will manage the people of the county."

"If you are a state shepherd, you will rule over the people of the state; if you are a minister, you will manage all affairs in the world; if you are the son of heaven, you will be in charge of the nine states and all directions."

"To do this, you just look down, you are consistent, and you have a 'natural' nature."

The students all nodded when they heard the easy-to-understand words.

Li Er and his wife nodded.

"But people nowadays often go against the sky."

Xu Fenglei said again,
"You are the county magistrate, you just want to climb up and become the magistrate."

"If you are a state shepherd, you want to enter the center of the court; when you become an important minister, you want to give power to the court, and even become an emperor! And when you become an emperor, it is even more outrageous. There are people who want to be immortals and live forever. "

"Keep looking up, and you won't look down again. This is the root of pain and the foundation of self-destruction. People, once they fall into it, their desires are endless, they lose their 'nature', and break away from it." Without the masses below, everything you have is just a castle in the air.”

Li Shimin's heart was shocked, and the pen in his hand stopped, and a drop of ink fell on the paper.

He was shocked by these words, and there was a wave in his heart.

"The nature of 'Tian' is vigorous and firm."

Xu Fenglei didn't pay attention to Li Shimin, and continued,
"When you are in the position, you will seek the position, do not ask for it outside, and concentrate on it, that is 'chaste'!"

"The word chastity, as a teacher, I hope you will understand it well. If you can achieve chastity in life, then there is nothing in the world that you can't do well."

Swish swish.

Students take notes quickly.

They may not be able to fully understand it at this moment, but if the concept is instilled and the framework is established, as they grow up, they will naturally understand more and more.

"Zhen..."

Li Shimin muttered in his mouth and fell into the long exam.

"'Tian' is full and all-encompassing."

Xu Fenglei said again,
"The first sentence of the Book of Changes says, "Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement."

"What is self-improvement? In fact, it means always learning, always improving, and never complacent."

"To sum it up in six popular words, it is 'live and learn'."

He said, pointing at Li Shimin with a smile.

"Look at your father, he has mastered his nature. He is clearly teaching you as a teacher, but he is also humbly listening and taking notes."

Xu Fenglei joked,

"Even His Majesty the King of Qin, the Tiance Admiral with great achievements and both civil and military skills, has not stopped learning."

"You guys, learn from your father and king!"

The children turned their gazes to their father in unison.

The eldest grandson Wugou also put down his pen and stared at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin blushed: "..."

This is praised, but I am embarrassed...

(End of this chapter)