The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 804: Leaving a Legacy [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

The advantage of being a scholar is that he knows the difference between respect and inferiority, and knows how to keep a sense of distance.

Or maybe they knew in advance that Yan Yan and his group would come. Although they were curious and excited and wanted to go up and ask questions, when they saw that Yan Yan's family was traveling in simple clothes, they knew that they didn't want to be disturbed, so they didn't take the initiative to go up.

Of course, even if they wanted to get closer, there would be secret guards around to stop them.

"I thought we would be surrounded by a group of people again!" Dugu Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

As the emperor's concubines, they were always watched wherever they went.

"Yushan Academy is a quiet place. This is the rule of Yushan!" Yan Yan explained with a smile.

As long as it is an orthodox Confucian academy, no matter whether you are a high-ranking official or a king or a general, you are not allowed to make noise in the academy. This is the rule.

Unless it is an official visit, silence is required.

"Very good!" Dugu Yanzhi nodded with a smile.

"Let's go!" Yan Yan and his family continued to climb the stairs.

Revisiting the old place, Yushan Academy is where Yan Yan grew up and it is also the place he is most familiar with. Although it has changed a lot, many things have not changed.

"This road doesn't look like a normal road, it looks more like... a tomb road!"

Looking at the pine and cypress trees and stone statues on both sides of the road, Yan Lingji was a little surprised. There were no pedestrians on both sides of the road, and it seemed a little quiet.

“Well, this is Yan Zi’s tomb, the spiritual symbol of Yushan Academy.”

Yan Yan introduced it with awe.

Yan Zi's Tomb is the source of the entire Qingxi and Yushan Academy. Yan Zi's Tomb came first, then Yushan Academy and Qingxi Town.

"So, we want to pay a visit to Yanzi?" Yan Lingji understood.

When you arrive at Baoshan, it is natural to pay homage to your ancestors.

It is the rule to enter a temple and worship the gods.

If you come to Yushan Academy and don't pay a visit to Yan Zi, people will say you don't know the rules.

"I thought Yanzi's tomb would be magnificent!" But when they reached the end of the tomb passage, they found only a small grave, less than ten feet in size, which surprised everyone.

According to the rules of the princes, the status of the heads of the hundred schools of thought is equal to that of the princes. As one of the Ten Sages of Confucianism, Yan Zi's tomb should be built according to the regulations of a minister, but he did not expect that it would be just such a short tomb.

"Yanzi was a bit of a loner back then, he was a loner and not very sociable."

Yan Yan briefly introduced Yan Zi's past. In fact, he didn't need to introduce it, because Yan Zi's life was also recorded on the stone tablets on both sides of the tomb passage.

What best reflects Yan Zi's character is that he is very eccentric and stubborn.

Yan Zi would think twice before doing anything. To be more precise, unless there was a major or sudden event, he would accumulate things to a certain amount before going to see his superior or master to ask for advice and solve them all at once.

In Yan Zi's words, this is called not flattering and not taking up the time of superiors and the master.

This is why, although Yan Zi is one of the Ten Philosophers of Confucianism and the leader of literature, he is not as famous as others and there are few words and deeds about him in the Analects.

In the officialdom, Yan Zi should be regarded as a loyal and honest minister.

After paying respect to Yan Zi, Yan Yan led his family to the main courtyard of Yushan Academy. "Greetings to the chief priest, the school supervisor, and all the teachers!" Yan Yan did not show any arrogance and took the initiative to greet.

The current chief priest, academic supervisor and teachers of Yushan Academy also returned the gifts.

"Wen Zheng is wondering, where is the teacher buried?" Yan Yan raised his doubts.

Whether in the Yan family ancestral temple in Qingxi or in Yushan Academy, he did not see Yan Shuyu's tomb.

Originally, they thought that Yan Shuyu, as the academic supervisor of Yushan Academy, might be buried in Yushan. However, when they went to Yan Zi's tomb, they did not see Yan Shuyu's tomb.

The chief priest, the academic supervisor, and the teachers of Yushan Academy looked at each other, and finally the new chief priest gave him the answer.

"Senior Zi Yu cultivated a ray of noble spirit before he passed away." The chief priest told the story.

Yan Yan nodded. Yan Shuyu once gave him a Haoran sword energy. Although it was not pure Haoran, it had the shadow of Haoran. It could be said to be a key that opened the door to Haoran for Yan Yan.

"Before his death, Senior Zi Yu consulted the classics of Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism and other schools of thought, and finally decided to follow the Taoist path of military transformation, leaving the wisp of noble spirit he cultivated in Yushan Academy and in Qingxi, opening the way for future generations to cultivate the noble spirit."

“So, Senior Zi Yu did not leave his physical body behind, but transformed himself into a wisp of righteous energy floating above Yushan.”

"Yushan Academy also followed Senior Ziyu's last wish and did not erect a monument or a tomb for him. It can be said that Senior Ziyu has no tomb, but the entire Yushan is Senior Ziyu's tomb!"

After listening to the explanation of the chief priest, Yan Yan understood. No wonder he felt a familiar breath on Yushan when he stepped into it. He thought it was because he had lived in Yushan for a long time and felt familiar with it. However, he did not expect that it was also because his teacher turned into the breeze of Yushan, which had been caressing the entire Yushan.

Standing in the main square of Yushan Academy, Yan Yan looked at the entire Yushan, feeling the breeze blowing through his palms, as if he was back in his teacher's arms when he was a child.

Yan Yan felt that he should do something and leave something for Yu Shan.

"Could the chief priest please bring out the Master's sword?" Yan Yan turned and looked at the chief priest.

The chief priest nodded. The Southern Master's Sword was not a famous sword, but after being nurtured by generations of great scholars from the Yan family and the entire Yushan scholarly atmosphere, ordinary famous swords could not compare to the Southern Master's Sword.

Soon, witnessed by the teacher of Yushan Academy, Master Nanfang's sword was also asked to leave the main courtyard.

Yan Yan looked at the Southern Master Sword that the chief priest handed to him. It was a very ordinary and plain bronze sword, but it had an aura that could calm the mind and soothe the soul.

This was not the first time he had seen this sword. He had seen it once when his teacher sent him away from the State of Chu.

However, the Master Nanfang's sword now had a more majestic aura than before, which was obviously infused into it by Yan Shuyu before his death.

Yan Yan held the Southern Master's Sword, closed his eyes and concentrated, his long sleeves moving without wind. In an instant, a majestic aura burst out from him, and the spirit of the scholars in the entire Yushan seemed to be drawn towards him at this moment.

Although it cannot be seen or touched, as long as you look up, you can seem to feel a wisp of green air being drawn to the main courtyard square.

"Is this the real Haoran?" The teachers of Yushan Academy looked at Yan Yan in shock, and guessed what Yan Yan wanted to do.

Before Xunzi and Yan Yan, no one knew what Haoran was, and Yan Shuyu only knocked a little on the door of Haoran, allowing the Haoran spirit to pour out.

Now Yan Yan obviously wanted to push open the door of the Haoran Palace completely and open the road to Haoran for the scholars of Yushan Academy.

"Haoran is the greatest and the most powerful!"

Yan Yan spoke slowly, pouring his own righteous spirit and Yu Shan's scholarly spirit into the Southern Master's Sword.

(End of this chapter)