Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 95 The Road to the Future

Shen Chen went down the mountain.

Song Zhong declared that Shen Chen Jingyi had surpassed him, and he had nothing to teach him.

So this is not being kicked out of the mountain gate, but that the blue is better than the blue.

Three years of mentoring and apprenticeship can be regarded as a decent departure.

It's just that for Shen Chen, suddenly leaving the place where he had been for three years would inevitably be a little bit dispirited.

On the carriage back, five-year-old Zhou Buyi looked up at 12-year-old Shen Chen sitting cross-legged, with his head lowered in silence, and asked, "Brother Chen."

"Ok?"

Shen Chen turned his head to look at Zhou Buyi and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You don't want to leave the academy, do you?"

Zhou has no doubts.

Shen Chen smiled and said, "How can you see that?"

"Because you're not happy."

Zhou Bu doubt said.

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "Unhappy doesn't mean I don't want to leave. Although I'm reluctant, but in the end we don't agree with each other. It's better to leave earlier."

Zhou Buyi asked, "Where is the elder brother's way?"

Shen Chen replied earnestly: "The unity of knowledge and action, stopping at the ultimate good, is my way."

"What is the unity of knowledge and action?"

"The unity of knowledge and action is the knowledge you have learned. You have to test it yourself. It's like the book says that the sea is salty. Only after you taste it and confirm that it is salty can you think that the knowledge you have learned is correct."

"Isn't this a matter of course?"

"But people always think that the book must be correct, and they often don't test it for themselves, and for various reasons, they will also be affected by other influences. Even if they know it is wrong, they will stick to their own opinions."

"Then what caused it?"

"Benefit."

"Benefit?"

"Yes, the sages told us to be loyal to the monarch and love the people, but people always say that, but they always only consider their own interests in their actions. If it is beneficial to themselves, they will be loyal to the monarch and love the people. But insulting the emperor and slaughtering the people, do you think this is right?"

"Of course not."

Xiao Buyi shook his head and said seriously: "The book says that a gentleman is sensitive to things and cautious in his words. If he just talks but doesn't act, or if his words and actions are contradictory, then of course he is not a gentleman." for."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "You are really smart, but the truth that everyone knows doesn't mean that everyone will abide by it. When it comes to their own interests, they tend to choose to ignore it. So we can't help it." To manage others, you can only ensure that you can be sensitive to things and cautious in words, this is the unity of knowledge and action."

"I understand."

Zhou Buyi nodded earnestly: "I always thought that what my brother said made sense. I used to hear those people explain the meaning of the scriptures, but they could only translate and read them rigidly, without knowing the deep meaning. Only after being with my brother did I understand those words. It makes sense, so I would rather leave to follow my elder brother than stay in this academy."

Shen Chen touched his head and said with a smile: "I can't guarantee that you made the right choice, but at least I won't let you go astray. Mr. Shizong said let me take care of you, but he didn't know Whether he would like you to follow me or not, let's ask Mr.

But Zhou Buyi said: "Sages out of ten are determined to learn. Even though I am only five years old, I am still determined to learn. No matter what I learn, it is my ambition. Although my uncle is an elder, he can't take away my ambition. The things I yearn for."

"Good guy, I finally know why you are called Busu."

Shen Chen laughed and said: "Confucius is not confused at forty, you are only five or six years old, but you already have your own ambitions, you are worthy of no doubt, you are better than me when I was young."

"Hee hee hee."

Zhou Buyi frowned silly, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there were double names, but after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the double names became humble names.

This is because double names became a bad habit during Wang Mang's period, which was finally inherited by the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was not broken until the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

But Zhou Buyi is a very rare double name. His uncle is from Jingzhou Biejia, and his family is not poor. It is impossible not to know that double names were easily discriminated against at that time.

So there is only one possibility, and that is that Zhou Buyi didn't have a name at first, or only had a nickname.

When he was two or three years old, his wisdom gradually increased, because Zhou Buyi was very intelligent, like Cao Chong, he showed extraordinary abilities at a young age, so he was named Buyi.

This was a very common thing at the time. In ancient times, when a child was just born, he usually didn't get a name. At most, he took a nickname or a baby name. There are Spring and Autumn and Warring States.

Until the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, this custom has been preserved.

For example, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun’s nickname was Bingji, Cao Cao’s nickname was A Man, Zang Ba’s nickname was Nu Kou, Li Tong’s nickname was Yi Wan, Liu Chan’s nickname was A Dou, and Lu Meng’s nickname was A Dou. Meng, Shen Chen's nickname is Ah Chen.

In addition, Wen Yang's real name is actually Wen Shu, and "Yang" is his nickname. As a result, later generations think he is called Wen Yang, and they don't know his original name. It's like everyone calling Cao Cao's name Cao Cao To be honest, Liu Chan's name is Liu Dou, and Zang Ba's name is Zang Kou.

Therefore, Zhou Buyi's ability to use the word "Buyi" despite the custom of being single famous and humble at that time is enough to prove one thing - that is, he was a child prodigy since he was a child, just like Confucius who was not confused at forty.

No wonder Xu Neng played with a genius like Cao Chong when he went there. Both of them had high IQs. After 2000, they would be at the level of the junior class of the University of Science and Technology of China. Naturally, birds of a feather flock together and become childhood playmates.

The carriage drove slowly, and about half an hour later, the car stopped at the door of Deng Hong's house.

Shen Chen has nowhere to go now, so he can only go back to his uncle's house.

Knowing that he was back, Cai came out holding Shen Chen's five-month-old uncle and asked, "Ah Chen, why are you back?"

"Grandma, I'm going down the mountain."

Shen Chen leaned over, looked at his uncle and teased, "Ah Chou looks beautiful again, pink and tender, it seems that he should change his baby name."

Mrs. Cai chuckled and said, "Yes, when he was born he looked like an old man, so we named him Ah Chou, but after a few months, he has become more and more beautiful. By the way, Ah Chen, have you eaten yet? "

"I'm a little hungry."

"Then I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some food for you."

"Okay, thank you grandma."

Shen Chen turned his head to look at Zhou Buyi and said: "No doubt, go to the backyard with me to eat something first, and I will take you to your uncle's house later, and talk about it."

"Ah."

Zhou Buyi nodded.

The two went to Shen Chen's room in the backyard.

Although he either lived in the Academy when he was in Xiangyang, or lived outside with Wang Can and his friends everywhere, Deng Hong's family always reserved a room for him.

The location is next to the master bedroom in the backyard, an independent yard, with a study outside, filled with densely packed bamboo slips.

There are many ordinary Confucian classics that have not been paid attention to. There are also scriptures that other great Confucians have paid attention to, but they are very rare. Even if there are not many such things on the market and aristocratic families, they are rarely available.

Zhou Buyi glanced around and saw seven or eight bookshelves in the study room full of books, he was very surprised and said: "Brother Ah Chen, you have so many books here, my family doesn't even have so many books."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Some of these were given by friends, some were copied in the academy, and some were bought, but they are not precious books, only the few sets over there are relatively rare, and there is a set of Zi Guogong's "Gu Wen Shang Shu An ", Ji Changgong's "Notes to Laozi", and Zilianggong's "The Analects of Confucius" are all excerpted from the academy by me."

Many great Confucian scholars emerged during the Han Dynasty, but the works of top great Confucians were very rare and precious. Even for aristocratic families, one or two sets of authentic works were enough to be heirlooms.

Of course, Shen Chen couldn't get the original work, so he could only copy and copy it by himself. This is what he does most in his spare time.

Following the direction he pointed, Zhou Buyi saw dozens of sets of bamboo slips on the innermost bookshelf on the left side of the entrance, and asked, "Can I have a look?"

"of course can."

Shen Chen said: "Look at it casually. I just wanted to think about something. I'm in the yard. If you have anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me."

"it is good."

Zhou Buyi nodded and happily walked towards the bookshelf.

He has been very smart since he was a child. He has been able to read at the age of 2. He has read a lot of books when he was 4 years old. Although he is only five or six years old now, he has already read a lot of books. You can write four essays to lay the foundation.

Shen Chen also admires him very much. You must know that most children in the future will start reading in kindergarten at the age of 3-5, and start orthodox learning at the age of 6 in elementary school, but this does not mean that geniuses have to follow the rules.

The 11-year-old boy at the University of Science and Technology of China is not without geniuses, so a top-level genius like Zhou Buyi, who can only be born once in tens of millions, is indeed rare and must be cultivated well.

After seeing him go to read, Shen Chen went out of the study and came to the yard.

There is a tree in the center of the courtyard. Although it is not as huge as the thousand-year-old tree in the academy, it is still lush and lush.

It's spring, the sun is shining warmly, the breeze is blowing the treetops, the leaves shake slightly and make whirling sounds.

Shen Chen asked the servants outside to find a mat, then sat cross-legged under the tree, and began to think in his mind.

In the three years in the academy, he once became an enemy of Cao Cao, but he did not expect to be driven down the mountain.

This situation is not surprising, not to mention him, even Liu Biao had countless people persuade him to surrender to Cao Cao. Every time he became an enemy of Cao Cao, countless people rose up to oppose him.

There are also cases like Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, who was more willing to be loyal to the court than Liu Biao. On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, he launched a rebellion, which caused Liu Biao to have no time to take care of the north, and finally allowed Cao Cao to win the victory of the Battle of Guandu.

Without the trump card of Han Xiandi Liu Xie, Zhang Xian would not have launched a rebellion. Once Liu Biao sent troops, Cao Cao's battle at Guandu would undoubtedly be defeated. It can be seen how much benefit Liu Xie brought to the Cao family.

It's just that the reason why Liu Biao was able to suppress the capitulation faction was that he was a Jingzhou shepherd. As long as he didn't want to surrender, no matter how powerful the capitulation faction was, they would have nothing to do with him. Instead, he would backfire and kill many people.

Moreover, although Cai Hao, Kuai Yue and others were also surrenderists, they could not persuade Liu Biao to surrender because they were too deeply involved with Liu Biao, so they could only persuade Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao after his death.

Shen Chen didn't have the power like Liu Biao, if he blatantly shouted the anti-Cao banner in Jingzhou, a place where the capitulation faction gathered, he would probably be hammered into the ground.

Therefore, he had to find a way for himself, otherwise, there might not be a place for him in this land of Jingzhou.

this is the truth.

So which path should he take?
Shen Chen closed his eyes and thought quickly in his heart.

(End of this chapter)