Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 18 0017【Hexagram】

Zhu Guoxiang was still talking about astronomy in the yard. Bored, Zhu Ming ran to the study to get the "Book of Changes" to read.

The "Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", which are required for the imperial examination, are all in Zhu Ming's mind, and they are also Zhu Xi's annotated editions, which hangs and beats most of the current scholars.

With just this hack, one can pretend to be half a Confucian master.

If you want to become an official through the imperial examination, you have to choose one of the remaining scriptures as the scripture.

Although Zhu Ming has read The Book of Songs, he read the modern annotated edition, which is more serious than handing in a blank paper for the exam, and will be judged by the examiner as having a problem with his thinking.

"Zhou Li", I'm sorry, Zhu Ming has never touched it.

Although Ju Ming has read "Book of Rites", he only jumps and flips through it, only those chapters in his mind.

The beginning of "Shang Shu" is too boring. Zhu Ming picked it up several times, but he couldn't finish reading the three chapters of Yao, Shun and Yu.

Only the "Book of Changes", Zhu Ming carefully read the part of the Book of Changes in the "Complete Book of Five Classics" in the Ming Dynasty.Although Ju Ming felt that most of the content involving cosmology and ideology was bullshit, he resisted to scan it to make a video.

Why is it shit?
Because of the official compilation of the "Five Classics" in the Ming Dynasty, a lot of content deviated from the original meaning of the Five Classics, and far-fetchedly relied on Neo-Confucianism.The outer skin is still the outer skin of the Five Classics, but the inside is full of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

The "Book of Changes" in my hand is called "Zhouyi Zhengyi", annotated by Wang Bi of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and edited by Kong Yingda of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Ming read the book carefully while comparing it with the Ming Dynasty version.

Dude, it's simply refreshing!
To make an inappropriate analogy, the "Book of Changes" in the Ming Dynasty is like a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup, while the "Zhouyi Justice" in the Tang Dynasty is a young girl in the blooming season.

This time, Ju Ming really watched it with gusto, he suddenly forgot the passage of time.

When Zhu Ming came back to his senses, Grandma Yan had already returned home from work and was cooking in the kitchen.

Shen Yourong washed the rice and went into the house, and put the clay pot on the stove.

While adding firewood, Grandma Yan asked, "Zhu Xianggong is still teaching Brother Qi to study?"

"I've been teaching, from noon until now," Shen Erniang said happily, "Ms. Zhu is very patient. He repeated what we didn't understand a dozen times, and he didn't dislike us for being stupid."

Grandma Yan was delighted to hear it, and asked again: "Which one is better, Zhu Xianggong or his son?"

Shen Yourong thought about it carefully and said, "It should be pretty much the same, but Zhu Xianggong is willing to explain in detail, and Zhu Dalang only talks about it."

"Young people are more impetuous, and they can't bear their impetuosity," said Mrs. Yan.

Shen Yourong suddenly said in a low voice: "Auntie, these father and son are very powerful. They know astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom. The astronomy taught by Zhu Dalang can be learned by ordinary scholars. But the astronomy taught by Mr. Zhu may not even be my father. I have heard that he knows how the stars turn in the sky. Zhu Dalang should also understand this, he was not surprised at all when he listened to Zhu Xianggong's lecture."

Grandma Yan said in shock: "He also knows astronomical secrets, is he someone like Master Chen?"

Under the deliberate publicity of the imperial court and the deduction of legendary novels, the ancestor Chen Tuan has long been known to every household in the Song Dynasty, even the rural women have heard of it.

"Anyway, he's not an ordinary scholar," Shen Yourong said in a low voice, "Zhu Dalang has been reading "Book of Changes"."

Grandmother Yan's son, Shen Yourong's deceased husband, the main scriptures he cured are "Zhou Li".He told his family before that the "Book of Changes" is too mysterious and profound, and he can only read it casually, and he must be guided by a famous teacher if he wants to study it intensively.

Therefore, in the hearts of both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, those who can read "Book of Changes" are very powerful!
After finishing the meal, Shen Yourong went to move the tables and stools, and Grandma Yan went to get the dishes.

When I came to the yard, I saw Zhu Ming squatting on the ground, throwing a few sticks made of dead branches.

Grandma Yan asked curiously, "What is Dalang doing?"

"Foretelling, I haven't done it for a long time." Zhu Ming replied casually.

He really knows how to do divination, it's not difficult, if you know addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, you can learn it, the difficulty is how to calculate accurately.

Occasionally, Zhu Ming will broadcast a live broadcast to tell fortune-telling to those sand sculpture netizens.

Grandma Yan hurriedly ran to her daughter-in-law and whispered, "She can tell fortune tellers."

However, Zhu Guoxiang didn't like things that were talked about by gods and gods, so he helped Shen Yourong arrange the tables and stools, stood there and shouted: "Stop engaging in feudal superstitions, come and eat!"

Zhu Ming walked over and sat down, arranged small sticks of different lengths on the table and said, "I'm measuring our fortunes, don't you want to listen?"

Although he doesn't believe in feng shui fortune-telling, but this kind of mysterious thing makes people dare not ignore it completely. Zhu Guoxiang looked at those little sticks: "Tell me."

Zhu Ming arranged all the long and short sticks, and began to talk about the hexagram: "The original hexagram is Zeshanxian. There is luster in the mountains, and the mountains and rivers are sympathetic. A gentleman should be as open-minded as a valley, and humbly accept other people's suggestions. If you marry a wife, you will be lucky. The original text of the Xian hexagram is, Heng , Lizhen, take the female auspicious."

Having said this, Shen Yourong blushed, while Grandma Yan grinned grinningly.

Ju Ming continued: "If you want to do big things, you must not be impatient. You should wait for the opportunity to move. When things strike, they sound. Know the time and the opportunity."

"So, don't act recklessly, and cultivate the land for development with peace of mind." Zhu Guoxiang reminded his son, don't think about fighting and becoming emperor all day long.

Zhu Ming said: "The complete meaning of this hexagram is to have great ambitions, not to follow blindly, to be open-minded, and to wait for opportunities."

After saying this, Zhu Ming began to change the hexagrams, breaking the fourth long stick from top to bottom into two short sticks and putting them back: "Nine and three lines move, changing the hexagram to form a lake. This hexagram is full of rivers and seas. Floods submerge the land, and all living beings are in conflict, and crises are everywhere. You must follow the sky and appoint talents, and plan for rainy days. Only when you are prepared and act in accordance with the times can you be prosperous."

Thinking of the troubled times in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu Guoxiang said in surprise, "So evil? You made it up."

Zhu Ming continued to explain the hexagram image: "The line that has changed, the image of the line is: salty, but also not in place. The ambition is to follow others, and to stick to it."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming explained: "It probably means that the fire is imminent, don't think about living in a quiet place, and don't think about self-restraint. But if you don't restrain yourself, follow the crowd and act rashly with others, and you will be dragged and restrained by others. Therefore, you must Adhere to your own heart, don't follow the crowd, don't be restrained by others. Get restless when you should be restless, follow your own ambitions, and fight as you want!"

Zhu Guoxiang was silent for a moment, more and more suspicious that his son made it up, trying to fool himself into changing the dynasty and fighting for the world.

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "I also feel quite evil. Believe it or not is up to you. This hexagram is called Cui Gua, Cui means to gather and unite. If we want to succeed in the future, you and I must unite, and it is best to gather and unite more people. .”

"Unity, I understand, this is the most important." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law listened to each other, half understanding what they heard, feeling faintly that they wanted to do something big.

But no matter what, Zhu Jia Dalang must be able to tell divination, and he also understands astronomy, so he is probably not an ordinary person.

Grandma Yan originally wanted to recruit a family member, but now she inevitably felt a little guilty.

This small dilapidated temple in her house might not be able to accommodate the Great Bodhisattva. The better Zhu Ming and his son were, the less Grandma Yan dared to mention marriage.

Putting away the long and short fortune-telling sticks, Zhu Ming started to get down to business: "Old lady, my father and son are penniless, only one writing brush is still worth money, and I want to sell it to the old white staff for some money. But the Bai family's The concierge doesn't know anything at all, how can I meet Bai Yuanwai himself?"

Mrs. Yan said: "The old white member was seriously ill last year, so he didn't go out very much, and we didn't often see him. On the second day of March, it was the [-]th birthday of the old lady of the Bai family. There must be a big banquet. Not only the neighbors You can go to the banquet, and the passing guests can also go, maybe you can meet them."

"What month is today?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Shen Erniang said: "The first month is the 27th."

"There is still more than a month." Zhu Ming thought about it carefully, and asked with cupped hands, "Old lady, can I stay in your house until the second day of March? I will pay for the board and lodging together after selling pens in exchange for money."

Because the father and son were too knowledgeable, and now they said that they had a good sum to sell for money, Mrs. Yan no longer dared to mention the matter of recruiting.

After all, before the end of the mountain, which capable man would be willing to marry?
Mrs. Yan said: "I read books for a few days when I was young. Although I didn't know much, I also understood the truth. I am not the kind of philistine. Even if you two gentlemen stay here, don't give me too much money for board and lodging. If you can spare time to teach my family It’s good for Brother Qi to study.”

Zhu Guoxiang cupped his hands and said, "I promise to teach you carefully."

Ju Ming asked curiously, "Is there no village school or private school near here?"

Mrs. Yan said: "The old white member's family has a private school, and he hired a teacher, but he only taught his own children."

Shen Yourong said: "A few miles to the west of the county seat, there is a big village where there are village schools. My father is Mr. Cunshu. When Brother Qi grows two years old, he will live in my grandfather's house to study."

"It turned out to be the origin of family education, disrespect, disrespect." Zhu Guoxiang flattered.

Shen Yourong said again: "My father is just a school teacher in the village, and he has never been successful in his life. It is natural to teach Meng children. If he wants to learn scriptures, he has to go to the county. If the family is rich, he will even send his children to Yangzhou. There are academies there. The teacher is very famous. Mr. Sanlang from the old white member’s family is studying in an academy in Yangzhou, and this time he will definitely go home to celebrate his grandmother’s birthday.”

Mrs. Yan said: "Mr. Sanlang and my son are classmates. Every time I go back to the village, I have to visit me and give my brother Qi a pen and paper."

The father and son looked at each other and had an idea in their hearts.

It seems that there is no need to wait until the birthday banquet on the second day of March, the Bai family will come back in late February.

A scholar studying in Zhoucheng must be more knowledgeable, and that lake pen can be sold at a higher price!

Just when the father and son were secretly happy, a voice suddenly came from outside the yard: "Hey, they are all living here, and they are washing clothes. Grandma Yan is looking for a son-in-law? I have seen one who recruits a son-in-law for my daughter, but I haven't seen one for my daughter." Daughter-in-law recruits."

Zhu Ming turned his head to look, but saw a man in his thirties standing on the path outside the courtyard with a playful smile on his face.

Grandma Yan's face darkened in an instant, she got up to get the wooden stick for washing clothes, copied the stick and yelled: "Bai Fude, you murdered a thousand dollars, you took over a ridge of land from my house last year, and the old lady hasn't settled with you yet. How dare you If you chew your tongue indiscriminately, the old woman will risk her life to fight with you!"

Bai Fude ignored Mrs. Yan, but looked at Shen Yourong: "My wife is dead, Erniang, you have lost your husband, we two are so good for each other. You look down on me for not being educated, even if you want to find a white-faced scholar to remarry. But what do you mean by looking for two shabby households? These two foreigners, like beggars, went door to door begging for food yesterday. Don’t raise a man like this, it will make people laugh if it spreads.”

Shen Yourong sneered: "Don't put on airs, who doesn't know what you're thinking? Isn't it just thinking about my family's [-] acres of land? I'll marry a beggar instead, and I won't marry you, so die of that evil heart as soon as possible!"

"Go away!" Grandma Yan roared angrily.

Anger appeared on Byford's face, he felt that he was underestimated.At that moment, he didn't bother anymore, but turned around and walked away quickly. When he walked to a nearby house, he suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "Shen Erniang raises a man, pick up two beggars and recruit them into the house..."

"Shameless!" Shen Yourong trembled with anger.

(End of this chapter)