Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 28 A three-inch tongue, wisely retreating Dong Zhuo's remnant soldiers (8)
Sima Yi nodded slightly, and replied ponderingly: "Since this is the case, Xiaosheng will show his shame again. In fact, which books should be 'mastered' and which books should be 'viewed in general' are related to each person's aspirations. Everyone has their own balance in their minds, and they cannot be generalized. Take Xiaosheng's own reading experience as an example: Xiaosheng uses "Book of Changes", "Tao Te Ching", "Taigong Art of War", "The Analects", "Mencius", "Xunzi", The eleven classics "Guanzi", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Guiguzi", "Historical Records", and "Hanshu" are the great source of life and practice, so I never tire of reading them and regard them as the standard; Xiaosheng just observes the outline and selects the essence of all the classics outside of it!"

"Oh? You are still reading "Book of Changes" at such a young age?" Mr. Shui Jing was stunned, and then said with emotion, "Let me tell you—I have studied "Book of Changes" for decades, and only read from it. Come up with 32 words "The Jue of Flexion and Extension": you can bend and stretch, you can stretch and bend; when you bend, you bend, and when you stretch, you stretch; when you bend, you stretch, and when you stretch, you bend; you have more than enough to prepare for unexpected events. You are laughing!"

Guan Ning's heart moved secretly: Mr. Shui Jing is clearly pointing Sima Yi quietly!Unexpectedly, Mr. Shui Jing, as the owner of Qingyun Villa, would be able to have no views of the family. He is really admirable!
"Sir, the 32-character 'jue of bending and stretching' is really ingenious, Xiaosheng has been taught!" Sima Yi listened and nodded repeatedly.

"Brother Guan, you are too humble. The 32 characters of this old man are as pale as white water, and there is nothing subtle or not. But, Sima Jun, I would like to remind you: You read "Yi Yi" Books with words, such as "Jing" and "Tao Te Ching", are certainly good..." Mr. Shui Jing's expression was smiling, but the words in his mouth were unambiguous, "but the most mysterious and profound thing in the world A good book is often without words or appearances, to be straightforward, insight into world affairs and understanding of human relationships is the highest knowledge, this is also a 'good book' that we Confucians must read!"

"Mr. Xiaosheng will always remember these wonderful words in his heart." When Sima Yi heard this, he hurriedly bowed his body and thanked him.

"Hehehe...Brother Shui Jing, you are a wonderful living book without words and pictures!" Guan Ning stroked his silver beard, smiled, and said to him sincerely, "Since you have traveled to my Ziyuan Xueyuan, why not stay for a few more days and teach Sima and the others, how about it?"

"Of course." Mr. Shui Jing was unexpectedly forthright and generous, and said without hesitation, "I am lucky enough to meet a 'talent in the rough' like Sima Jun, how can I let it go easily? Without some discussions, After a bit of thinking, how can he let his brilliance be contained inside and shine outside?"

Apprenticeship
Under the cable bridge at the entrance of Linglong Valley, the water is still rushing and murmuring as usual.Sima Yi, Zhou Xuan, Hu Zhao, Fang Ying and others sent Huan Fan across the cable bridge, and bid farewell to the Jieshi at the mouth of the valley, unable to control themselves for a long time.

"Brother Huan, what are your plans after leaving the valley?" Sima Yi said earnestly, "We will say goodbye from now on, I'm afraid we won't see each other again—oh! Yi really misses you, a stern friend!"

"Brother Sima, Huan is also reluctant to break up with you! It's just that his father's order is hard to break, and Huan should go back to his hometown to fulfill the filial piety of a son of man." Above the torrent, he said leisurely, "According to Huan, now the emperor's seat is lost and the court is in chaos. Although there are many heroes in the world, it's just a snail's horn. We have learned the skills of all schools of thought." However, the Han Dynasty is precarious, there is no lord who cannot be assisted, and there is no virtuous minister below, Huan is afraid that after returning to his hometown, he will learn to fish in Weibin like Jiang Taigong..."

"In today's world, General Cao Cao is wise and wise, and Dr. Xun Yu is lenient and courteous. They are recruiting talents to revitalize the court and help the Han Dynasty." Sima Yi frowned slightly, and said in a deep thought, "Brother Huan can go and follow them." ah!"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhou Xuan, who was listening clearly, also interjected, "Brother Huan's family and General Cao have always had friendship in the same county and family. If you go to General Cao, you will be greatly valued. ——Senior officials and generous salaries are just around the corner!"

"Duh! Duh! Zhou Jun only knows how to persuade people to become officials!" Hu Zhao heard this, but he didn't take it seriously. "In the eyes of my younger brother, Brother Huan's upright, straightforward and sensitive disposition is like Han Fei reborn. Why do you have to be an official? ? Like Han Feizi, writing books and making speeches, his achievements are also great!"

After Fang Ying listened to Zhou Xuan and Hu Zhao's advice to Huan Fan, she thought for a while, and then said calmly: "Brother Huan, before you leave the valley, Master must have given you some advice. You leave the valley Afterwards, you only need to do what the master told you, and you probably won't go wrong."

After listening to Fang Ying's words, Huan Fan, who had a calm face, felt a wave of turmoil in his heart: Indeed, Master Guan Ning had handwritten a book motto to him when he was leaving the valley: Husbands, monarchs and ministers are connected, and wisdom is served with foolishness. It is not easy, and it is difficult to do things that are bright and dark, but it is only possible to do things that are virtuous and holy.Therefore, the choice of assistant should not be careless.Remember, remember.He has decided to keep this motto in his heart, and never forget it.So, with a straight face, he said to Fang Ying, Sima Yi and others: "Those who serve the ruler with their own bodies, do their utmost to be loyal, do their best to be loyal, and serve the work of labor and humiliation. Those who do not say goodbye: Sincerely want to use peace to transform the people and promote virtue, so that the lord will be the sage of a generation and himself a good assistant for a lifetime. To assist Qiancheng is to read the merits of Guan Zhong and Yan Ying, and to assist the world is to think of defeating Lord Shun , The honor of Dayu, how can it be that a seven-foot body spoils an official, covets the family's salary, and the glory and glory! As far as I can see, General Cao has Dr. Xun Yu as his assistant at this time, Huan It would not be of much benefit to him to go to serve. After 20 years, the troubled times will be settled, and the world will be peaceful, and Huan has just become an official to assist the emperor to help the people!"

Since Huan Fan left, Sima Yi suddenly felt as if something was missing in his academy life.In school, without Huan Fan arguing with him tit-for-tat, his thinking seemed to be difficult to collide with shining sparks for a while, and he felt a little uncomfortable.On the other hand, Fang Ying played the piano so elegantly and well that he could get a cleanse of his body and mind from it every time, which was comforting and temporarily filled his sense of emptiness after Huan Fan left.

Recently, Zhou Xuan's technique of divination and divination has become more and more sophisticated.He seemed like a lucky guy who suddenly discovered a treasure and got rich overnight. He couldn't hold back his vanity, and he jumped out among his classmates from time to time to show off his magic tricks.

On this day, he lined up copper baht on the desk in the school again to make calculations and brag to his classmates.Sima Yi was a little annoyed when he heard it, and couldn't help thinking of teasing him, so he put down the book, walked up to Zhou Xuan, and said with a slight smile, "Mr. Zhou, your divination and fortune-telling skills are certainly extraordinary. I have always admired her very much—but today, Yi can design a problem that you will never be able to figure out!"

"Zhongda, you are exaggerating! Even though you are very resourceful and knowledgeable, Zhou's hexagram divination technique is an innate strange science and a unique skill in the Taoist sect. When the time comes, the reason is at the beginning of things', for the past, present, and future, it is better to look at the palm prints and 'see a thousand miles away'!" Zhou Xuan looked up at him and stroked the desk on the row of desks with his palm. With three copper bahts, a look of arrogance appeared on his face, "If you have any problems, just ask me, and Zhou will be able to test it!"

After hearing this, Sima Yi just chuckled without saying a word, turned around and walked slowly to the door of the school, stepped out his right foot and slowly raised it, hovering over the threshold and stopped, then turned to Zhou Xuan and asked: " Zhou Jun, please make some calculations at this moment—is Yi going to enter this door or leave this door in the current situation?"

"This... this..." Seeing his actions like this, Zhou Xuan was immediately dumbfounded: If he is "out", let's say he is "out", and when he retracts his right foot in the air, it will be "in"; After "in", he stepped out with his right foot hanging in the air, and it became "out" again!At this moment, Zhou Xuanzong was proficient in fortune-telling, and he couldn't do anything with the three divination coins on the desk, so he said dumbfounded, "You...you...you are playing tricks!"

"How is it? Mr. Zhou—Your skill of divination is easy to measure and divination this week, but you are helpless when you encounter Yi's problem today?" Sima Yi looked at Zhou Xuan's embarrassed face, and he couldn't help but feel a serious look on his face. A strong color of pride.He looked up to the sky and laughed, and said to himself: "My wisdom is like a spring of thousands of dendrobiums. It comes out of nowhere and gurgles on the flat ground. It is not difficult even though it is a thousand miles a day. And with the passage of time, it is ever-changing and unpredictable. What we can know : You can do what you should do, you can stop at what you should stop, and you can do it when you think about it, that's all!"

All the students immediately applauded and cheered.Zhou Xuan blushed with embarrassment, shook his head and smiled wryly but didn't dare to say more.

"Wait a minute!" A vigorous and powerful voice suddenly sounded.Sima Yi and his classmates followed the sound and looked back, only to see that Mr. Guan Ning had sat down on the square bamboo couch at some point, looking at him with piercing eyes.

He stared at Sima Yi, stretched out his hand to hold a pen and wrote a large character on a piece of rice paper on the ebony table in front of him, and said slowly: "Sima Zhongda, why is your movement so unpredictable right now? Just take a look as a teacher." The word written..."

Ke Ling took the piece of rice paper to Sima Yi and his eyes lit up - there was a big and powerful character written on it: "Ka"!
Seeing this word, Sima Yi turned pale with shock, hurriedly withdrew his right leg, plopped, and bowed down to the master from a distance.

"Sima Zhongda, please tell me this: When the sage Cangjie created characters, did the character 'ka' mean to let it go up or down?"

"Master...Master, disciple...disciple..."

"You raised your legs in the air just now. It was just like this 'not up or down'. It can be seen that the word 'stuck' is the answer to your question. The pride of one thought, the pride of one's wisdom, and the show off of one's talent will eventually be If you are 'stuck' at a critical juncture, you can't go up or down, you can't succeed, you can't be defeated, you can't be holy or vulgar, and others can see through it at a glance, so why do you need divination?"

"Master...Master, I know I was wrong..."

Sima Yi fell on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed to admit his mistake.The students saw that the master's words and actions were very severe, and they all hurriedly pleaded for Sima Yi: "Senior brother Zhongda knows that he has made a mistake, so please calm down, master."

Guan Ning waved his right hand, stopped the persuasion and pleading of the disciples below, slowly closed his eyes, and said coldly: "Sima Zhongda, I am afraid that you are not willing to be in my purple abyss because of the desire to itch in your heart. The academy is doing ascetic practice. Forget it, forget it. There is a saying in the saying: 'There is always a feast that comes to an end'. You have been in my Spirit Dragon Valley for four full years, and it is time to come out..."

"Master! Master...Master..." When Sima Yi heard this, his face turned pale as if he had been struck by five thunders, and he hurriedly choked up and cried out in grief, "Disciple, please...please take back your life..."

Guan Ning didn't answer any more, and left the bed with his figure.

The night is already very deep.

On the cold bluestone floor, Sima Yi was kneeling motionless.Since noon, he has been kneeling like a stone statue in front of the stone steps outside Guan Ning Abode, waiting quietly.

"Senior brother—" Fang Ying also stood behind him and waited with him, and repeatedly advised him, "Don't wait here anymore, Master will not see you again tonight. You should go back to the dormitory and have a good rest first." .”

(End of this chapter)