Thick black school

Chapter 48
There are only three books that my father read: (1903) "Sheng Yu Guang Xun" (this book was written by Qianlong, issued to the world, and children have to write silently when they enter the exam, which is called silent writing, but in fact it is transcribed according to the book), Qiantang's "Zhu Bolu's Family Motto".This was transcribed by Mr. Xu when my father was recovering from illness. The handwriting is very neat. ([-]) "Gu Xin Yao Lan", I checked the number of volumes, it is the third book in all.It contains the famous sayings of the ancients, which are divided into nine items: self-cultivation, family management, counseling, worldly involvement, generosity, speech, diligence and thrift, weathering, and cessation of litigation. My father called it a book of maxims. ([-]) The memorial of Yangjiao ginseng and Yan Song's heinous and five villains, with a will attached. (It was the night before Jiaoshan went to righteousness, the book taught his son the way to live at home.) There is also a "Annotation to the Three Character Classic", but I don't think much about it.Jiaoshan memorials and wills are rarely read, and those who are often inseparable are the first two, and other books are never read.After careful research, I realized that my father paid attention to practicality in reading. "Annotation to the Three Character Classic" and the Jiaoshan Memorial are only for discussion purposes. Although the Jiaoshan Will is good, it is too specific and can be seen at a glance. It is not as meaningful as the first two.My father often read it, probably as a motto.My father fell ill on the [-]th day of the first lunar month in the year of Guangxu Guimao ([-] A.D.) and died on the [-]th day. He was still reading these two books on the [-]th day of the first month.

The strangest thing is that I have never seen my father write a single word in my life. The "Holy Edicts and Guangxun" and "Zhu Bolu's Governance Maxims" he read were written by Mr. Xu with a red pen. The other three books are all white books. , my father did not circle a sentence.So in my life, not only have I never seen my father write a word, but I have never seen a single circle drawn with ink.There are six of us, and there is always someone watching him. No matter what he writes, he calls his son to start writing. I saw him pinching chopsticks while eating, his fingers were stiff and trembling, probably because he couldn’t write with the pen.

My father often said: "Tang Jixiu wrote "Life Must Read." When I went to Xufu for an exam, I bought this book and presented it to him, but he didn't read it. Here comes the proverb book.Trying to figure out his psychology, he probably said that only these two books are enough, and the others are useless.

My father often said: "Your book has been read, and the book is used for application. 'Books are world affairs, and world affairs are books.' When you read books, the book is still a book, and I am still me." I have received this kind of court training. , So when I have nothing to do, I corroborate the two sides of the book and the world, so I have written books such as "Thick Black Studies" and "Psychology and Mechanics". Some readers say that I am familiar with people.In fact, it is not the case. I am equal to Zhao Kuo talking about military affairs and negotiating with others. I am always fooled by him. It is still "a book is still a book, and I am still me".

My father also said: "What do you do with so many books? In each book, which chapter I think is good, I will write it down firmly, and I don't have to read the rest that don't suit my heart." So my father read it all his life. There are only three books, and there are many places in the three books that have never been read.He often heard him read in a low voice: "The son of man does not know how to be filial to his parents, but does he not think of his parents' love for his children?" Arrogance and extravagance beget prostitution, and prostitution begets poverty." ("Gu Xin Yao Lan") "Yingji Yingwei, you two..." ("Jiaoshan Testament", Yingji Yingwei is pepper Son of the Mountain) My father often called me to him and told me about it. I became a scholar, so I still wanted to tell me about it. I listened with gusto.When I come back this time, I will take a look at "Guan Xin Yao Lan" and read it carefully. It is really a famous saying.

The way I read is purely following the example of my father. I will read any book, and only remember the pleasant parts.When I get a new book, I read the preface, and read the first few pages, then randomly flip through, read in the middle, and then read the back.I don't read every page carefully, and when I find a sentence or two that suits me, I chew it over and over again, throw the book away, one and two, two and three, and continue to deduce.I thought: The principles of the world are inherent in my heart, and reading is just to arouse the principles in my heart.There are endless books in the world, for example: I heard that a certain restaurant has good food, I go in and get the menu, and just order a few dishes to eat, how can I finish eating one by one according to the menu?It's also like visiting Chunxi Road, East Street, Huifu, etc. in Chengdu. If you see something you like today, you buy it back, and if you see something you like tomorrow, you buy it back again. They are all suitable, how can we buy all the things from the shops on the street?This kind of statement is purely from my father. Therefore, when I read books, I don't understand deeply, and my mind is very empty.

I am not used to playing in the house of relatives and friends, but as long as there are a few books and a bed, I hold the books and lie on the bed, no matter how long it takes, I can get used to living in it.Regardless of the books I have read, haven't read, or have been familiar with, I read them over and over again on the bed.As soon as I went to other people's rooms and saw books on the table, I wanted to read them.But I'm afraid people will hate it, so it's not easy to go through it.But even though I like books so much, I haven’t read many of the books in the bookcases in my home and in Chengdu. This is because I like to watch flowers on horseback when I read, and every time I open it, I just throw it away , watching is equal to not watching.

I suffered from having no books to read when I was young, so I liked to buy books, but when I bought them, I didn’t read them carefully. Move the books at home and Chengdu to make a Zongwu library for everyone to read.

Zexin, the son of my dead brother, said to me: "When I read a book, I am confused, but as soon as I enter the business field, I am cheerful." My temperament is exactly the opposite of his. When I mention family affairs, I am bored.As soon as I open the book, my heart is cheerful.I can't afford to open the menu for a treat, but the grandson and granddaughter at home can afford it.When I came back from a banquet, I asked me: I can't remember all the dishes I ate.The clothes on my body, the size and length, I don’t know until now, tell me to follow and forget.When I go to the street to buy things, I can't tell the good from the bad, and I dare not bargain. If I want to buy a book, I can buy it, but I can't buy a pen.Others read my "Thick Black Studies" and think that I am very shrewd, but they don't know that I am extremely confused.Up to now, the state of the pedantic master has not changed. I have offended people when I make friends, and I don’t know it yet.

I don’t understand music at all. In opera, there is a so-called Xipi Erhuang. I still don’t understand it. I close my eyes and nod slightly, pretending to be an expert; I can't tell the good from the bad in calligraphy and painting of famous people, and others comment with gusto, so I dare not speak up, dare not say good things, for fear of being asked what the benefits are.When I was young, I was engaged to a girl surnamed Gu. His uncle, Gu Weihou, was a Weiyuan scholar and was famous for being good at writing.My family received a Teacher Guan who saw my handwriting and said, "How can you see your uncle in the future?" Fortunately, this girl died before passing the door, and I did not make a fool of myself in the ancient mansion.Later, I studied with Mr. Liu Jianhou. When he came into my room one day, he saw the small calligraphy written on the case, which was piled up to an inch high. He took it out and looked at it, and sighed: "You can be regarded as diligent, why is the handwriting still like this? "I wept sadly.Those who mark the papers often criticize: "The characters are too bad" or "The characters are easy to learn".Lei Tieya often said to me: "That paw print of yours should be slaughtered!" I have such a big flaw in my nature. Is it true that the ancients said that "the one who gives the teeth removes the horns, and the one who gives the wings gets both feet"?
I learned stereotyped writing from my teacher, and my father ordered me to show it to him. He looked at it and said, "You open your mouth and say, you wish you were born in the world of Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang. At that time, what is so good? Yao had nine years of floods, and Tang had The seven-year drought (the second language is "Children's Learning Qionglin", which is a middle school textbook in Mengshu). If there is no rain or sunshine for a few months in our farm, we will not be able to cry, let alone nine years and seven years. Long time! I am deeply grateful that Yao, Shun and Yu Tang were not born, how do you hope for a bright future?" I was very surprised when I heard it, and thought to myself: "Why is my father making strange comments?" I always thought: His words are also reasonable, I Keeping this doubt in my mind for a long time, I suddenly thought: "Our so-called saints are Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Duke of Zhou, Confucius, and others. Why are they all the founders of the country, and only Confucius is a commoner? Why are there so many saints in the three generations? After Confucius, will there not be a sage?" From this point of view, we found out that the composition of a sage has all kinds of shady scenes.That's why I wrote an article "My Doubts About the Saint" to break through the doubts. Unfortunately, my father was dead at that time, so I couldn't ask him.

My father often said: "The book is the world, and the world is the book." I confirmed the book and the world. Why did the book say: "The virtuous will prosper, and the virtuous will perish." All the facts are completely opposite.Suspicion without explanation has become the root of the invention of thick black science.

My thoughts are divided into two parts: destruction and construction. "My Doubts about Saints" and "Thick Black Studies" belong to destruction: Thick Black Studies, destroy a "24 History", "My Doubts About Saints", Destroy a "Song Yuan Ming Qing Xue Case".Books such as "Trends of Chinese Academic Studies", "Discussion on the Examination System", "Discussion on Social Issues" and other books, including economics, politics, education, and academics, all of which are based on the book "Psychology and Mechanics" As a basis, this belongs to construction.The idea of ​​destroying the part originated from my father, and the idea of ​​building the part also originated from my father.

My father asked me one day, "Mencius said, 'When people see a child about to enter a well today, they feel fear and compassion'. This is a child entering a well, and I am standing next to him. At the same time, Renjing, what should I do?" After hearing this, I was at a loss and couldn't answer. He explained: "At this time, you should save yourself first, and the second step is to save the child." I was very surprised and thought: "I Why is my father not sympathetic, and purely for his own selfishness? This is because the country people don’t read enough books, so they made such comments. If they say it, won’t it be laughed at by readers?” But he didn’t dare to refute him in person, and stepped back. Thinking about it, my father's words are also very reasonable, but I can't understand it after thinking hard.

In 1920, I resigned from Chengdu and returned home. I closed my door and read the book for a year. After re-studying this issue, I realized that in the book of Mencius, the above-mentioned words are "fearful and compassionate", and the following "no compassion is inhuman" "Ye" and "the heart of compassion is the end of benevolence", taking out the word "fear" out of thin air, this is a kind of flaw.Those who are vigilant are afraid of death; those who are sympathetic are afraid of the death of others.When I first saw a child about to enter the well, it seemed like death was imminent, and my heart skipped a few beats because of fear.If you look carefully, this is a child who is about to die, not me. It is human nature to immediately expand my body into a child, and expand my fear into compassion.Mencius taught people to expand this heart further, so that it is not wrong to make arguments all over the world, but when writing the book, for the sake of brevity, he did not explain the word fear and vigilance, and said one less sentence: "Compassion is expanded from fear." Confucians of the Song Dynasty ignored their studies and forgot that there was also the word "fear" on the word "compassion", and the theory they created was full of fallacies.My father's argument came from the word "fear", which is well-founded in theory. I wrote this kind of argument in "Psychology and Mechanics". Invented through the ages." As everyone knows, this kind of discussion originated from my father.

When my father went to the street, he often had tea with two teachers, Huixiqiao Luo Weizhen and Xiejiaba Xie Wenfu, at the Huichaikou Teahouse. Both of them were teaching private schools. I don’t know if it was me who was talking about Yao, Shunyu soup and a child entering a well. What my father invented was also researched by Luo Xie and others.My father was once slapped twice for preaching "Four Books", but he was very proud of it and often told my brothers about it. I will detail the facts below:

Duke Yongfang (my great-grandfather) had five sons, the eldest son Qingshan, both father and son died, only his wife is still alive, living in the old house in Tangfangwan.The second son, Leshan, is my ancestor... the fifth son, Yunshan.One year Qingshan's wife died, and his grandson Shixing and others invited the clansmen to their home. When they arrived, Shixing and other three brothers, dressed in linen and mourning, lit candles and worshiped the gods, opened the coffin and shouted loudly: "Grandma! You want to make a big show." Welling!" He grabbed Tangshu Xueshan, dragged him sideways and backwards, and walked towards the street.My father didn't know what was going on, so he chased after him. At that time, he was more than fifty years old, and it was winter. He was wearing a leather robe and chicken shoes, and he couldn't run. Only then did I realize that Xueshan did not pay the money he owed, and had no money for the funeral, so he dragged him to Zhangjiatuo, otherwise he would go to Zijingfen County to complain.My father asked the amount of money owed, and said: "I will advance the money, and we will talk about it after the funeral is over." Shixing and other actions are all Yun Shangong's idea.My father didn't know, but one day he had tea with Yunshan Gong at Huichaikou. When talking about this matter, my father said: "Shixing and others dared to insult my uncle like this, it's really unethical." Rebellion? Xueshan did not pay the money owed to his sister-in-law, and Shixing and others opened the coffin and shouted "Grandma", asking for the debt for the deceased. This is the sister-in-law asking him for money, not the nephew asking him for money. Zhou and Mencius don’t think that ministers kill the emperor, how can Shixing be against morality?” My father said: “Old uncle! This chapter does not say that. Although Mencius said so, Zhu Zi’s commentary on this chapter once said:’ It is necessary to have the violence of Jie and Zhou, and the benevolence of Tang and Wu, so that it is not counted as a minister killing the king, otherwise it is a minister killing the king. The so-called "If you have the ambition of Yi and Yin, you can do it, but if you don't have the ambition of Yi and Yin, you can usurp it." Xueshan has no violence of Jie and Zhou, Shixing and the others don’t have Tang Wu Zhiren, so why aren’t they Nilun?” Mr. Yunshan was a well-learned gentleman, he was speechless when asked by my father, he stood up, slapped my father twice, and said, “Nonsense!” My father often said to I said: "However, I have read this chapter carefully, and I have also thought about the truth, so my old uncle is poor."

My father once said that after reading the family mottos of three people, they all advocate getting up early.Zhu Bailu said: "Wake up at dawn." Tang Yixiu said: "Go to bed early and get up early, and take care of housework diligently." Han Weigong said: "When running a family and getting up early, all tasks will naturally unfold. If you have fun and come back at night, everything may be in danger." Therefore, my father works every day. Ever since the cock crowed, and since I had knowledge, I have seen him like this every day, even though it is snowing heavily.But there was no match at that time, so I got up and knocked the flint with a fire chain, lit the lamp, lit a fire in a fire cage with charcoal and roasted it, warmed the wine in a small earthen pot and drank it alone, with leaf smoke in my mouth, sat until dawn, and sent today's workers to work. The way to live, and the detailed planning of what you should do.My father once said: "A year's plan lies in spring, and a day's plan lies in Yin." Gai practiced this saying.

I sleep in the same bed with my father, sometimes he wakes me up, and talks about books and human physics with me; sometimes he calls me, and I pretend to be asleep, so forget it.It can be seen that when he sits alone, he is studying calligraphy.But he was under the lamp and never read a book.My mother led my little brother to sleep in the next room, sometimes waking my mother up to talk about housework and family affairs in Cantonese.Such a situation is as it is now.

I am used to my father getting up early, so I get up quite early every day.Zeng Guofan said the word "early get up" so solemnly, in my opinion, it doesn't matter.My father said: "Teach by example, not by words." The true name speaks volumes!
My father's daily life and diet have certain rules.Every morning, when the hot pot is on, the family is ordered to make egg flower with rice soup and eat it with sugar.People say that eating boiled eggs in a rice pot is the most beneficial. My father can't eat white eggs, so he ate this instead.In the middle of the afternoon, eat a few glasses of wine and take a nap. Every day, if you don't want to stay at the house of relatives and friends, you have to stay overnight.My classmate Zeng Longxiang married a wife. My grandmother’s surname was Zeng. She was a relative. My father went to celebrate and stayed overnight in the same room as Lei Tieya.Later Tie Ya said to me: "Your old man is a lunatic, and you will make a fuss before dawn." Most people call me a lunatic. I think my madness is inherited from my father. Later, Tie Ya studied in Japan and was really crazy. up. (See my book "Thick Hei Cong Hua")
My father once said to me: "When negotiating with people, you must think about how he will come and how I should respond. When it comes to negotiating, I can handle it no matter where he comes from." There is no failure in negotiating with people, handling housework, and everything is in order.Workers do not waste a single moment of their working time. This is due to the ability to get up early and sit alone.My father was afraid that the workers would get up late and delay their work, and he found it annoying to wake them up every morning. He made the door of the main room very solid, and when he saw white on the window, he opened the small door of the rest room and saw that it was dawn. , Just opened the door of the main room with a "bang", and the workers woke up.

Seeing that I often held a book in my hand, my father asked me, "What do you say about this chapter?" Changing his pleasures is a good way to come back.” Yan Hui reads in the morning and evening, ignores housework, and has food and drink, if this goes on, and he doesn’t even have food and drink, wouldn’t he starve to death?” After asking several times in a row back.Then I remembered the answer, and he asked again.I said: "The truth is very clear. Yan Hui has his father, Yan Lu. Yan Lu is very good at managing money. What evidence is there? "The Analects" contains: "When Yan Yuan died, Yan Lu invited Confucius' car as his coffin." You think: Confucius is so poor, and there is only one car in his family. Yan Yuan is Confucius' apprentice, and he has the heart to sell him, so that Confucius can go out for a walk. It can be seen that Yan Lu's method of finding money is meticulous. Yan Hui has such a good father , naturally you can study with peace of mind, otherwise a pedantic person like Yan Hui, if you ask him to take care of the housework, not only will he not be able to save money, but he may even let the housework go." My father laughed out loud.From then on, I was never asked to talk about this chapter again.Recently, quite a few people called me a "thinker". I closed my eyes and looked back. Discussing these issues in my family is also one of the origins.

The foundation purchased by my father is near Zhangjiashan, a few miles away from Huichaikou, and several miles from Zhangjiashan. There is a Wang Hanlin, whose name is Yinhuai, and whose name is Zhiqing. have to review.Wang's father's name is Ruitang, and my father is a farmer. Zhiqing's younger sister, married to the surname Yang, is connected to our family. Be considerate of human feelings." I often recite these two sentences, which have a great influence on my thinking.

What I regret is: in my family, the theory of books and the physics of human relations are often discussed, but when I entered the school, the teacher only taught reciting at the beginning, and then only taught stereotyped writing and poetry, and some of them didn't even read poetry. Talk, only talk about stereotypes.As my father said, "books are world affairs, and world affairs are books", I have never said it. Issues such as "a child enters the well" and "Yao, Shun and Yu soup" have never been discussed.Ask me to read books, only to read such vulgar books as "Four Books Beizhi" and "Four Books Wei Genlu".Other Zhou and Qin philosophers and Shuo Wen Jing Jie, etc., have not been mentioned.Thinking about it so far, fortunately, I was not asked to study the interpretation of the scriptures, otherwise I would not be able to be the leader of the thick black sect.

The so-called "a lost cause is a blessing in disguise".I couldn't satisfy my wishes because of stereotyped essays that day, and no one showed me the way to learn other things. Sooner or later, I just took some principles and thought about it.When I read, I am watching flowers on horseback, so the truths in any book can't restrain me, but the most important points in the book, I remember, the faster the horse runs, the more flowers it sees, which is equivalent to the bee's picking flowers and brewing. Honey, so it can penetrate all theories and form a unique theory, and the three characters "Hou Hei Xue" appeared in the world.If you want to be the second master of the thick black leader, you might as well use this method to do it.

(End of this chapter)