The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 80 A magnificent article

Huang Daozhou wanted to record Wang Wenlong's speech on "The Theory of Heaven's Evolution", and Ye Chengxue also came to join in the fun. He asked his servant to take out the fine pine smoke to grind ink for Huang Daozhou. Huang Daozhou found a table and spread out the paper, and Wang Wenlong began to retell it.

Recording oral contents in this era was not a complete transcribing verbatim, but relied on the recorder's own translation. Just like in many palace archives, the emperor spoke as a "knowledgeable person." But in real life, how could anyone Can you speak classical Chinese without any problem?The emperor usually spoke in the vernacular, but the officials who recorded daily notes directly translated it into classical Chinese.

At this time, Huang Daozhou also used a similar method to copy Wang Wenlong's dictation. It was written in classical Chinese with fewer words and faster, and at the same time, it could imprint the writing style of the recorder.

As soon as Huang Daozhou finished writing a few words, Ye Chengxue beside him couldn't help but shout "Hello".

Huang Daozhou's handwriting is so beautiful, and he doesn't have the childishness of a 14-year-old boy at all.

Huang Daozhou's regular script is learned from Zhong Yao, and it is more flexible and almost self-contained. Although it has not yet reached the state of Dacheng, it is already much better than the beautiful regular script of popular goods like Wang Wenlong. A knowledgeable person can see it at a glance. Show the aura in Zodiac Zhou's calligraphy.

While Wang Wenlong was talking, he read what Huang Daozhou had written and soon discovered that Huang Daozhou's wording had changed when he recorded it. His original vernacular had been changed to a much more quaint and more Neo-Confucian interest.

The Six Classics that Huang Daozhou specializes in is the "Book of Changes". After he became an adult, he developed his own set of "time-saving" ideas based on "the way of tomorrow to help people", which became the general outline of Huang Daozhou's thoughts after that.

In his previous life, Yan Fu in the late Qing Dynasty also mixed a biology book with a lot of Yixue content when he translated "Tianyan Lun". This time it happened to be integrated with the concept of Zodiac Zhou, and the writing of Zodiac Zhou became smoother and smoother.

Although Huang Daozhou wrote a small number of classical Chinese words, writing with a brush could not keep up with Wang Wenlong's speaking speed, so it took him half an hour to finally finish writing a text. After finishing it, Ye Chengxue Both the Zodiac and the Zodiac are bright in front of their eyes.

Ye Chengxue took the initiative and said, "Can you let me help polish it?"

Ye Chengxue's poetic talent is quite high, and his reasoning is not as sophisticated as Zodiac Zhou, but it is still enough to add literary grace to the text.

Huang Daozhou nodded, and Ye Chengxue took the brush and thought about it for a long time, deleting and revising it with Huang Daozhou.

By this time Wang Wenlong was already tired, so he gathered the quilt and clothes aside and fell asleep.

When Wang Wenlong woke up again, he saw Huang Daozhou and Ye Chengxue still happily sitting in front of the case and talking about this article.

Looking out the window, I saw that the sky had turned slightly white, and the two of them had been discussing it all night.

Seeing Wang Wenlong wake up, the two of them realized that the oil lamp had been extinguished and the servants had gone to bed, but they were still in high spirits.

Ye Chengxue asked: "Jianyang, what do you think this text should be called?"

Wang Wenlong yawned: "How about calling it "Tianyan Lun"?"

Ye Chengxue and Huang Daozhou looked at each other, and Huang Daozhou nodded repeatedly: "Natural selection, survival of the fittest... Tianyan's name is just right!"

At this time, Wang Wenlong stood up to look at the articles written by the two. He glanced at the table and saw that there was a thick stack of manuscripts that the two had deleted and revised at least eight pages.

The final name of the article is "The author is Wang Wenlong of Jianyang, the translator is Huang Daozhou of Putian, and the author is Ye Chengxue of Fuqing."

Wang Wenlong was a little surprised by this long list of names. He felt that this article was really famous.

After taking a look at the article, not to mention the polishing done by Huang Daozhou and Ye Chengxue, it really made the article brilliant. At the same time, the entire discussion process has not deviated from Wang Wenlong's original framework. It was posted to Yan Fu's "Tianyan Lun" as a general preface. No problem at all.

Wang Wenlong nodded repeatedly in praise of kindness.

After daybreak, everyone packed up and continued on their way. They walked for another morning and finally passed Xianxia Pass on horseback. They did not rest in Jiangshan. As soon as Ye Chengxue entered the county, he asked the steward to hire a boat.From Jiangshan County, you can take a boat up the Qujiang River. There is no need to walk. Several people have long been tired of walking, and now they are scrambling to take the boat.

The boat swayed along. This place is close to the south of the Yangtze River. Shipping has become more and more developed, and it already has the style of a water town.

In addition to merchant ships, there are also a large number of service ships on the river, selling tea, wine, rice, and even the entertainment industry. Storytelling and opera boats come late to attract customers. If you are happy, you can ask Mr. Storyteller to come on board. Come on, the storyteller has his own boat at the back. As long as the host provides food and accommodation, he can accompany the host all the way to Yanzhou. The time on the road is enough to finish a long novel.

After Ye Chengxue got on the boat, he ordered lunch on the boat. He bought Quzhou meatballs, smoked fish and rabbit from the snack vendor on the boat, and also bought a jar of old Hakka wine.

In the first month of the year, the three of them were on a rickety boat, warming old wine by the stove and chatting while eating.

Zodiac Zhou is only 14 years old and claims to be able to drink, but in fact he is not.

He drank two bowls and tried to recite poetry, but soon couldn't bear the alcohol and fell asleep.

Last night, Huang Daozhou and Ye Chengxue fought hard all night and walked all morning. The boat was swaying and Ye Chengxue soon became blind. His servant jumped on from the back boat and gave Ye Chengxue a fur collar. Covered, Ye Chengxue complained about the inconvenience and fell asleep leaning against the cabin.

Wang Wenlong moved the stove to the bow of the boat and slowly looked at the scenery while drinking and eating meat.

The boat sailed until it was getting dark and anchored in a quiet place by the river. Everyone rested on the boat. They continued their journey early the next morning and arrived in Quzhou before the morning.

Huang Daozhou and his book boy went ashore. When they said goodbye, Ye Chengxue and Wang Wenlong each gave him a few taels of silver as Cheng Yi.

Zodiac Zhou thanked and left.

Wang Wenlong and Ye Chengxue will continue to go north. The rest of the journey will be almost entirely by boat. They will first enter Fuchun River from Qujiang River to Hangzhou. After arriving in Hangzhou, they will then transfer to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to reach Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou, and Zhenjiang. , you can enter Nanjing by turning on the Yangtze River waterway.

This explains why Jiangnan was prosperous in this era. The entire Sanwu area was connected by water networks, and the exchanges of people and commerce were much more convenient than in Fujian, which only had the main route of the Minjiang River.

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On the way to Kaihua County in Quzhou, Huang Daozhou was still sorting out the manuscripts of "Tianyan Lun".

Baoshan Academy at the foot of Baoshan Mountain was founded during the Qiandao period of the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was one of the four major academies in the south of the Yangtze River. Lu Zuqian, Zhu Xi and others held the Sanqu Conference here, which had a profound influence on the development of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

Nowadays, although Baoshan Academy has gradually lost its prominence since the Ming Dynasty as it did during the Southern Song Dynasty, it is still a famous scholarly place in Quzhou.

When Huang Daozhou entered the academy, Yu Jianlong hurriedly came to greet him, "Youxuan asked me to wait. There are several gentlemen in the academy who want to meet your friend."

However, Huang Daozhou did not wait to walk into the academy with Yu Jianlong. As soon as he saw him, he took out a manuscript and said, "Mr. Xiting, don't be anxious. Please read this article first."

Yu Jianlong took the article and glanced at it. When he saw it was a prose, he smiled and said, "Why are you so anxious about this article? But what insights have you gained from reading the Book of Changes recently?"

When Yu Jianlong met Huang Daozhou in Guangdong, he was greatly surprised by Huang Daozhou's unique insights into the Book of Changes at a young age. This is why he invited Huang Daozhou to study in the academy.

However, Huang Daozhou felt that his explanation was all in vain in front of Wang Wenlong's article, and he just said hurriedly: "Sir, please read it first before speaking!"

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