Confucian Sword Fairy

Chapter 6 Four Books
inside the house.

Song Zhishu sat in front of the desk and thought about many things.

He was not in a hurry to write Confucian scriptures silently, but to brush up on the point of Confucianism and Taoism. He wrote a mess before, but he didn't get any rewards, so he didn't continue to think seriously.

Now that he got the pagoda, Song Zhishu still felt that it was necessary to sort out the Confucian classics of the previous life, so as to avoid any mistakes in the future.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

The core scriptures of Confucianism are the Four Books and Five Classics.

University, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects, Mencius, these are the Four Books.

The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn Annals, these are the Five Classics, and there should have been the Music Classics, but because they were lost in the years, only the Five Classics remain.

"Zhu Xi once said, first read the Four Books, then the Five Classics, and gave a clear reading order, first read the University, then the Analects, then Mencius, and finally the Doctrine of the Mean."

"The order of the Five Classics is the Book of Changes, Shangshu, Book of Songs, Spring and Autumn Annals, and Book of Rites, which are read in order."

Song Zhishu secretly thought that most people only have a little idea of ​​the Four Books and Five Classics, knowing that the ancients should learn these books, but in fact, very few people have actually read them.

Even when Zhishu Song first read the Four Books and Five Classics, he was completely confused by the words in it. If he didn't have extremely strong hobbies, to be honest, it would be difficult for most people to calm down and read it.

The Four Books and Five Classics are treasures of literature. The whole is the way to be good.

Much of the knowledge of the Four Books is to explain the Five Classics, so it is the same principle to read the Four Books first and then the Five Classics.

Since it is following Confucianism and Taoism, it cannot avoid the Four Books and Five Classics. In front of the desk, Song Zhishu carefully organizes and thinks.

He writes and writes on rice paper to express his views and ideas.

"University, excerpted from the Book of Rites, its meaning is to teach scholars how to become a person, to become a real adult, so the university is called the study of adults."

"Scholars from ancient to modern times all praise this book, not only because of the praise of the sage Zhu Xi, but more importantly, the way of university is the way of virtue. If you don't study hard, you will easily become a villain, with a small structure and selfishness. Lee, it's disgusting."

"The mean is even more extraordinary. The way of the mean does not mean mediocrity. The mean means to take the righteousness of the world. The meaning of mediocrity is to use it. Righteousness should be used in every aspect of life.”

"Only use what is just right, this is the golden mean."

Song Zhishu kept writing, putting his thoughts on the white rice paper, firstly to record, and secondly to let himself have a clear thinking.

"The Analects of Confucius is a dialogue between the sage Confucius and his disciples. One question and one answer is the question and answer of the application of the way of the university and the way of the mean in life. Students ask questions and sages explain their doubts.

"Mencius is the one with the largest number of words among the four books. Especially when the sage Meng lived, it was the era when the various schools of thought were prevalent, and had a great relationship with Taoism. Therefore, Mencius has a very strong opinion on the point of qi."

"Awe-inspiring righteousness is what Meng Shengren mentioned. I am good at cultivating awe-inspiring righteousness, and explain the way of dual cultivation of life and soul. Sex is the heart, and fate is the number of energy."

Song Zhishu summarized the essentials of the Four Books.

Then he said to himself.

"Based on my current situation, I still need to be familiar with the way of university."

"It stands to reason that if the essence of Confucianism and Taoism remain unchanged in this world, whether it is used to control the people of the world or to cultivate one's morality, then the Four Books and Five Classics are definitely the treasures of the treasures."

"No matter how many years of civilization there is in this world, the real works are not accumulated over time at all, but thoughts are read. Just like in previous lives, prehistoric civilizations still have primates, but they have no thoughts."

"In this era, even if the time is long enough, 5000 years is nothing at all, but things like Confucian scriptures are definitely not piled up by time."

"Obviously, when I read books before, I didn't understand the meaning of it, and I didn't really think about it. I just read it with a curious idea, so I didn't make any progress, and it didn't have any impact on me."

"Now, I must read carefully, not researching deliberately, but looking at these articles from the heart, comprehending with my heart, understanding with my thoughts, and confirming with my actions. In this way, there may be different changes .”

Song Zhishu said to himself.

He once met a master of Chinese studies and asked two questions, that is, will the Four Books and Five Classics be eliminated one day, or will the timeline be stretched, will there be more brilliant scripture treasures?

These two questions were raised, and the master of Chinese studies answered after thinking for a moment.

Not necessarily.

He didn't completely veto his point of view, but he didn't quite agree with his point of view either. The reason why he didn't deny it was that it was a conjecture in itself, with countless possibilities, and nothing was absolute, especially a hypothesis.

But the reason for the disapproval was also explained clearly to him.

Any literary treasure that has been handed down needs to meet several very strict conditions. First, the author has extremely high wisdom, and this author must continue to think through the surrounding things before he can finally write a book. The most important thing is What's more, the environment is also affected.

If everyone pursues money, fame and wealth, and follows others, even a 10-year civilization would not be able to produce a single literary gem. This is why it is difficult to produce literary classics in the past and modern times.

The general environment determines a lot, but compared with this world, what is everyone pursuing?Longevity, cultivating immortals, and dynasties fighting for hegemony, I am afraid that there will be no Confucian treasures.

Of course, this needs to be verified step by step, but no matter what, the Confucian classics of the previous life must be extremely precious, and their value will never be affected by any factors.

The idea is OK.

Song Zhishu burned the rice paper on his face, and then went to silently write about the university as in the past.

[The way of university lies in Ming Mingde, in being close to the people, and in ending in perfection. 】

Song Zhishu wrote very slowly this time, every time he finished writing a paragraph, he would stop and think carefully, and re-understand every word and every sentence.

Song Zhishu even paused deliberately to explain and elaborate these words by himself.

"The purpose of the university is to promote the moral character of being upright, to make people abandon the old and make new ones, and to make people reach the most perfect state."

"The way of a university is to be a gentleman. The way of a gentleman is to be open-minded and broad-minded. Don't do good because it is small, and don't do evil because it is small."

Song Zhishu continued to understand through the original text, and also added his own thoughts.

in this way.

It took him a long time to write silently this time. In the past, one hour was enough, and sometimes half an hour can be finished silently.

But this time, Song Zhishu spent ten hours back and forth.

In the end, after the last paragraph was elaborated and thought understood, the more than 2000 words that were eloquently turned into wisps of white air.

This is several times higher than the previous Confucianism, and even condensed together to form a Confucian righteousness.

"Eighth Way."

Song Zhishu was indeed a little surprised. He noticed that there was a problem with the silent writing before, so he calmed down, but he never thought that the harvest would be so great.

"In the past 15 years, although I have known Confucianism and Taoism, I have also tentatively developed Confucianism and Taoism. But when I think about it carefully, I was too self-interested at the time, and I didn't calm down to understand the thoughts of the article."

"Now, 15 years of precipitation have taught me a lot, otherwise, today, I still cannot understand the wisdom of these sage articles."

"But now I haven't really realized it yet, and I need more time to think, but I must not be too hasty. As the sage Yangming said, knowledge and action are one, and when you have a different understanding of things, you should practice and practice. Before, it was more understanding."

"It must be combined with the surrounding environment and many things, otherwise it is just reading, and no matter how smart a person is, he cannot become holy through books."

Song Zhishu kept self-reflection.

Zi said, I examine myself three times a day, and when I encounter something, I must think carefully. Only by thinking can I have a concept of right and wrong, know my own shortcomings, know my own strengths, and know my own shortcomings.

In this way, talents can improve little by little, and eventually become a perfect person.

"call."

Let out a long breath.

With the righteousness of the eighth way of Confucianism entering the body, Song Zhishu felt an indescribable feeling, all the slump and depression disappeared at this moment, replaced by that kind of thought.

"There are two more ways to open the first jade box, and the road to immortality will be smooth. The future is indeed promising."

Song Zhishu couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

Reading belongs to reading, and I am still a normal person. When I encounter happy things, I will naturally feel happy.

Get up and take a simple wash, the rain outside has not stopped.

And the knock on the door rang again.

"That arrives so fast?"

Song Zhishu was a little surprised, he subconsciously thought it was Su Wanyun who came, after all Su Wanyun came to him yesterday to talk about the blind date.

To be honest, Song Zhishu somewhat regretted agreeing, after all, he really had no plans to start a family.

Going there is just deliberately delaying others and wasting your own time.

But no matter what, since you have promised, you must fulfill your promise, and a gentleman must be trustworthy.

However, when Song Zhishu opened the door, he found that the person who came was not Su Wanyun, but yesterday's messenger.

"The little one has seen the fairy elder."

"Immortal Chief, here is your umbrella, and here are some high-quality tea leaves. I don't know what the Immortal Chief likes, so I bought tea. I hope the Immortal Chief will not dislike you."

The middle-aged messenger opened his mouth and handed him an umbrella, plus a piece of tea cake wrapped in red paper.

This surprised Song Zhishu a little.

"polite."

"It's just a hands-on effort."

Song Zhishu gave a wry smile. He took the paper umbrella, and then set his eyes on the tea cake. This is the tea cake produced by Fuyue Tea Shop. This piece alone costs at least five taels of silver.

For him, it was not too expensive, and he would have some at home on weekdays, but for the latter, this tea cake was definitely not a simple expense.

"I took it with good intentions, return this thing."

Song Zhishu said that he didn't want the other party to lose money, which was unnecessary.

"The head of the fairy is serious. I wet the envelope of the head of the fairy yesterday. The head of the fairy didn't care about the past and lent me an umbrella. I really don't know how to repay it. This tea is not expensive. I hope the head of the fairy will accept it. It is considered a small one." A piece of mind."

The other party was a little nervous when speaking, he was a simple and honest person, he was obviously not proficient in this kind of etiquette, it seemed that he was taught by his wife at home.

He has other thoughts, but Song Zhishu doesn't care.

"Take it back, it's just a trivial matter."

Song Zhishu persuaded the other party, but before the latter could speak, the sound of light footsteps sounded suddenly.

Soon, a voice sounded.

"Senior Brother Song."

It was Su Wanyun's voice.

(End of this chapter)