After the divorce, I became a mountain god

Li Qingjiang is truly a cultured person. With a certain cultural background, he can learn by analogy and recognize unfamiliar words faster than others.

Xu Boan asked: "Oh? Then where did you read it? Can you understand the principles in the book?"

Li Qingjiang frowned and said, "In reply to Grandpa Mountain God, forgive my ignorance. Among the books you gave me, I have only studied "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, and I have read it no less than ten times. However, there are some immortal texts in it that I still cannot understand."

As Li Qingjiang spoke, he picked up the book and flipped through the contents. He continued, "I used to study in the academy of Qingmu Prefecture. At that time, I studied under a great scholar and learned some ancient characters. They are similar to the fairyland characters in these books that you, the mountain god, gave me. That's why I was able to make some vague guesses and figure out the meaning of the book."

"Ancient writing? What is that?" Xu Boan asked curiously.

Li Qingjiang explained: "Those characters appeared on some ancient scrolls and calligraphy. It is said that they are the cultural heritage left by powerful people who existed in the world a long time ago. Many dignitaries love to collect these calligraphy and paintings. The most famous one is King Lingyun of Chu. King Lingyun of Chu was originally a scholar. It is said that he was the first person to study ancient characters. The interpretation and annotation of many characters were studied by him."

King of Chu Lingyun?

Xu Boan suddenly remembered that the painting "A Gathering of Scholars in Mountains and Rivers" by Tang Yin that Chu Feiyun, a descendant of the royal family of Chu, had given to him had annotations by King Lingyun of Chu on it!
The annotation reads "Tang Yin's calligraphy from the old country". Because of this annotation, Xu Bo'an guessed at the time that this King of Chu Lingyun might be like himself, and was also a person from the past of this plane where he was!

So, the characters from ancient times that Li Qingjiang mentioned are the characters used in ancient China!

Xu Boan asked: "So, you are saying that the characters in this book are somewhat similar to the characters in the ancient times that you know!"

Li Qingjiang nodded and said, "That's right, but the words on the book you gave me are more exquisite than those in ancient times. Although those ancient characters are more square and beautiful, they have many strokes and are very cumbersome to write.
Grandpa Mountain God, these words in your fairyland seem much more refined. If you didn’t have an extremely strong knowledge and cultural reserve, it would be difficult to create such exquisite words. "

Xu Boan smiled and said, "Of course, simplified Chinese characters were originally designed to avoid the complexity of traditional Chinese characters, so they were simplified."

Xu Bo'an did not continue the topic, but asked: "So, you can basically recognize the words on this book "The Art of War"!"

Li Qingjiang answered carefully: "I couldn't understand most of the previous content. I only understood the main idea from here on. The content is very interesting, but I couldn't understand the content inside the circle marked below 1, 2, 3...

The Arabic numerals 1, 2, and 3 were taught to Li Qingjiang personally by Xu Boan, so it was normal for him to know them.

Li Qingjiang was talking while turning the pages of the book. Xu Bo'an looked at what Li Qingjiang was saying and found that the parts that Li Qingjiang didn't understand were the preface pages at the front of the book and the notes below the main text at the back. These were all vernacular. Even if Li Qingjiang was gifted in learning, how could he, an ancient man, understand all these vernaculars? Unless he slowly learned pinyin from the first grade.

Although the main text is written in classical Chinese, many of the characters are very different from those in ancient times. It is quite good that Li Qingjiang can understand the general meaning.

Xu Bo'an immediately said to Li Qingjiang: "According to your understanding, can you tell me how exciting the content is?"

After studying the military books for a while, Li Qingjiang found them very interesting and became fascinated by this series of books. He said without hesitation, "Then I will speak boldly. If I am wrong, I hope that Grandpa Mountain God can point me out!"

Xu Boan said: "Just tell me what you want to say!"

Li Qingjiang began to talk, saying: "I don't quite understand the strategies recorded in this military book, but it uses various means to conduct a comprehensive analysis and comparison of political, economic, military and other factors of both sides to determine the possibility of victory or defeat in the war. This idea surprised me.

It turns out that fighting a war is not simply based on strength or sneak attacks, there are many unheard-of strategies that can be used in practice.

I think the most exciting part of it is that it advocates that "the art of war is based on deception", emphasizes the danger of tactics, and requires us to respond flexibly and use wisdom to win. It also says that knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger..."

Li Qingjiang spoke passionately, and Xu Bo'an listened patiently. After Li Qingjiang finished speaking about his views on the book, he said, "Grandpa Mountain God, this is my understanding of the book. The 'immortal characters' are obscure and difficult for me to understand. Although I have made bold guesses, there are a small part of the characters that I cannot recognize no matter how hard I try, let alone know their meaning. I just understood the part I guessed, but I don't know if my understanding is accurate!"

Hearing that Li Qingjiang could understand the contents of "The Art of War" to such an extent, Xu Bo'an couldn't help but marvel at it. He also understood that Li Qingjiang could read the word "Sun" in "The Art of War" correctly, which was entirely due to the use of the method of comparing ancient and modern texts.

My goodness, Li Qingjiang is really gifted in studying. With his level, is it really just bad luck that he failed in the exams? Xu Boan now suspects that there is something fishy going on.

Although Li Qingjiang pronounced some words incorrectly, like he pronounced the "诡" in "诡道也" as the "危" in "危机也", and there were a few typos, which led to him understanding "诡道也" as the danger of tactics, but he understood the general meaning quite well. Anyway, Xu Boan felt inferior to him.

Xu Boan praised with satisfaction: "Li Qingjiang, you are amazing. It is rare that you can understand this book to such an extent with these unfamiliar words." Li Qingjiang heard that the mountain god praised him, which meant that it was correct to read the immortal text according to his own thinking mode and understanding method. He said: "Thank you for the praise, mountain god! I am unworthy of it!"

Xu Bo'an said, "Okay, don't be so modest. Tell me what words you don't know in the main text. I'm not too busy today. Just tell me if you have any questions and I'll answer them for you."

For a book, the main text is the most important content. If you can understand the main text thoroughly, it will not have much impact if you don't read the preface.

Furthermore, if Xu Boan was asked to teach Li Qingjiang the preface, it would be too difficult for him. The preface is very different from the main text. Most of the main text is classical Chinese. Moreover, after listening to Li Qingjiang's understanding of the book just now, Xu Boan knew that as for the main text, with Li Qingjiang's hard work, there were not many unfamiliar words, so it would be relatively simple and quick to teach. The preface was all in vernacular Chinese. Not to mention that Xu Boan did not have that much patience, even if he had enough heart, it would take him a long time to teach word by word. So Xu Boan told Li Qingjiang that he could ask him about the main text.

Li Qingjiang was very surprised to hear that the Mountain God was willing to personally teach him knowledge. With a strong desire for knowledge, he was immediately overjoyed and said excitedly: "Grandpa Mountain God, you are so kind-hearted. I am already grateful that you can give me books, and you are willing to teach me in person. Thank you so much, Grandpa Mountain God!" Then Qingjiang asked boldly.

Li Qingjiang excitedly picked up the book "The Art of War" on the table and opened it. Suddenly, he remembered that the mountain god grandfather was talking about the main text. Li Qingjiang asked with a little doubt: "The main text you are talking about is the middle part of this book, right?"

Xu Boan said: "Yes, after all, that is the essence of the book. As for the other immortal texts, wait until you have thoroughly understood the main text, and then you can study them carefully!"

This time, Li Qingjiang was able to accurately point out the main text, and Xu Boan was no longer so curious. After all, he could understand the main idea of ​​the whole book so accurately, so these simple basic knowledge certainly could not be difficult for Li Qingjiang, a top student.

Li Qingjiang then pointed to the part of the book that confused him and asked, "Grandpa Mountain God, look at this word. I am a little confused."

Xu Boan looked at the place where Li Qingjiang pointed, which was exactly the most essential part of the book that Li Qingjiang had just explained, that is, the sentence "Warfare is the art of deception".
As for the word "诡", Xu Boan saw that Li Qingjiang had specially marked it in the book. Just now when Li Qingjiang was explaining it, Xu Boan clearly heard that he read "诡" as "危" and explained it as meaning dangerous. Although he added his own insights in the following sentences, and from the perspective of understanding alone, he returned to the correct thinking, but if these two words are mixed up, there is still a big difference in understanding.

According to my comparison method, it is pronounced as 危 (dangerous), but when I explain it, it seems to be a little wrong. Everyone knows that battlefields are dangerous. According to the meaning of the following text, it should mean changeable and should not just refer to danger. I think it may not be the word I understand! Do you think so? "

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After hearing what Li Qingjiang said, Xu Boan couldn't help but secretly give him a thumbs up in his heart. Even Xu Boan felt inferior to him and admired Li Qingjiang's learning and thinking abilities. He was definitely a top student.

Read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear. Xu Boan knew that Li Qingjiang must have read the book many times to have such an understanding. He couldn't help but sigh that the top students not only have good brains, but also study hard.

Xu Boan said, "The word you mentioned is pronounced as gui, not wei, which means dangerous. It means strategy and tactics."

Li Qingjiang was very happy to hear what Grandpa Mountain God said, "Yes, yes, that's what I said. I always felt something was wrong. When you mentioned it, I suddenly felt enlightened. Grandpa Mountain God is really amazing," and then he lowered his head and took a pen to draw on it to take notes.

When Xu Bo'an heard what Li Qingjiang said, he thought to himself that it was only because he and Li Qingjiang lived in different times. If they were from the same era, Li Qingjiang, a top student, would have gone to a double first-class university if he were in modern times. There would be no need for him to give him guidance.

Then Li Qingjiang continued to ask Xu Boan some words he didn't know, and Xu Boan patiently answered his questions one by one.

Li Qingjiang then stopped and knelt on the ground, saying gratefully: "Thank you very much, Grandpa Mountain God. Only Grandpa Mountain God can answer my questions about the immortal texts, otherwise I would not trouble you so much. I will read the book you gave me carefully, understand the principles, and then do my best to serve Grandpa Mountain God."

Li Qingjiang had long wanted to ask the Mountain God about the parts of the book that he did not understand, but he was afraid of disturbing the Mountain God, so he had been reading the text over and over again, trying his best to understand its meaning. Today, the Mountain God actually took the initiative to offer to answer his questions, and he was very grateful.

In fact, what Li Qingjiang asked before and after were only some characters whose writing styles differed greatly between ancient and modern times.

The reason why Xu Boan took the initiative to offer to answer Li Qingjiang's questions was because he felt that Li Qingjiang had a talent for reading. Today, he was able to read the book that he gave him after many revisions so well, except that there were some words he didn't recognize. In addition, after hearing that Li Qingjiang had such insights into military books, Xu Boan felt that Li Qingjiang was indeed a rare talent, so he personally offered to answer his questions. If it was someone else who didn't have this talent, wouldn't it be a waste of time for Xu Boan to teach him for half a day?

After hearing what Li Qingjiang said, Xu Bo'an nodded with satisfaction and said, "This Mountain God thinks you have a great talent for reading. Study hard. Read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear. As long as you read more, you will naturally understand its meaning. However, you can still ask this Mountain God for help if you encounter anything you don't understand in the future."

Li Qingjiang, who had failed in many exams, heard the mountain god's affirmation of him, and his eyes sparkled with hope.

Then he suddenly knelt on the ground and bowed down with tears of gratitude, saying words of thanks to the mountain god over and over. Xu Boan could hardly hear what he was saying. The look gave people a sense of déjà vu of Fan Jin passing the imperial examination.

When Xu Boan saw Li Qingjiang's behavior, he realized that he was insane. It seems that the story of "Fan Jin passing the imperial examination" was not completely fabricated!

Xu Bo'an immediately stretched out his hand and slapped Li Qingjiang on the face, and Li Qingjiang finally came back to his senses from his excitement. (End of this chapter)