I'm not a genius in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 338

Kong Yingda sighed deeply, stood up and bowed deeply to Prince An.Wang Zi'an was so scared that he jumped up from the stool and helped the old man.

"You're a spoiled junior. The junior is just picking up people's teeth—"

Wang Zi'an quickly took it back before he said "just" because he found that the eyes of the three old men were already very unfriendly.

"Zi'an, don't underestimate yourself. Although your enlightenment textbook seems simple, its meaning is deep. It is enough to educate all people and pass it on to future generations. The so-called meritorious deeds, you have this book, enough to be immortal!"

Yu Shinan looked at Wang Zi'an and said seriously, Wang Zi'an looked at the serious faces of the three old men, and couldn't help being dumbfounded. I'm afraid this matter can't be explained clearly.

"Am I going to leave on Wen Chao Gong's road forever?"

Wang Zi'an couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart, but the matter has come to an end, and explanations are useless, so let's do whatever we want.If it is really because of this, it would be a good idea to help the children of Datang to exchange for a more lively enlightenment textbook.Wang Zi'an had just prepared himself psychologically when he saw Yan Shigu standing in front of him with a puzzled look on his face, holding a textbook.

"May I ask Wang Xianhou, are these symbols in your book used for phonetic notation? The old man asked himself that he was quite moved by the exegesis and rhyme of the words, but he couldn't understand the rules of your symbols. Please also ask the Prince of the County to teach me—”

In Master Yan's words, he had already unknowingly changed them into respectful titles.There is no priority in learning, and those who are masters are teachers. In his eyes, Wang Zi'an is already a person of the same generation who can sit down with them and discuss the Tao.

I can't accept it!
Wang Zi'an looked at Yan Shigu with a serious face, and crazily praised him in his heart.Although the old man couldn't see the spelling rules of these Chinese pinyin, he could tell at a glance that it was for phonetic notation, which is amazing!
"It is indeed for phonetic notation. There are a total of 26 symbols. After different permutations and combinations, they can be used to mark the pronunciation. In our side, it is called Hanyu Pinyin."

Chinese Pinyin has 23 initials and 24 finals, and there are 63 syllables for overall recognition and pronunciation, a total of 26, but there are [-] basic letters.For the convenience of explanation, Wang Zi'an directly adopted the most intuitive and best-understood statement.

"It's really for phonetic notation!"

Yan Shigu couldn't help being surprised, and Kong Yingda and Yu Shinan couldn't help showing surprise.Since ancient times, Chinese characters have been looking for a way to mark them. Before the emergence of Chinese Pinyin, the most commonly used methods were the straight phonetic method and the fanqie method. Few people can jump out of this barrier.If the "Pinyin" in Wang Zi'an's textbook is really a method of phonetic notation for Chinese characters, it is definitely a new theory that has pioneered!
The so-called straight phonetic method is to find a character that has the same or similar pronunciation as the character to be phonetized, such as: Ji, read Ruoji, Tian, ​​Yintian.The advantage of this method of marking is that it is very intuitive, but the disadvantage is also obvious. It is difficult to find homonyms. If you find words with similar pronunciations, the result is that the pronunciation of the words will gradually become inaccurate.Think about it, if a character with a similar pronunciation is used three times in a row to be phoneticized, only ghosts will know what the final pronunciation of that character is...

Before the Han Dynasty, the straight tone method was most commonly used.In order to make up for this defect of the straight tone method, many people have proposed the anti-cut method.The basic rule of this method of phonetic notation is to use two Chinese characters to spell phonetic notation for a character, cut the upper character to get the initial consonant, and cut the lower character to get the final and tone.For example, Tian, ​​Tunianqie, Dong, Dehongqie, this method is actually very similar to modern Chinese pinyin, but it is expressed in Chinese characters, which is not as intuitive as pinyin, and of course the most important thing is that it is not as simple as pinyin.

Without a certain amount of literacy, Fanqie will be useless, but Hanyu Pinyin is very powerful. As long as they learn Pinyin, primary school students in the first grade can read most of the works. This is the value of Hanyu Pinyin.

The three old men are all masters of knowledge, especially Yan Shigu who is proficient in exegesis and phonology. Wang Zi'an just briefly introduced it, and the three old men mastered the reading rules.All of a sudden, the whole room was filled with the sound of spelling "Ah-oh-goose--".Even Yu Chengze and Yu Yan let go of their reserve, and like curious babies, followed to experiment with the usage of Chinese Pinyin.

"It really works! This method is more prepared and simpler than the Fanqie method. If it can be generalized, it will definitely become a sharp tool for students to enlighten their literacy!"

After experimenting for a long time, the three old men came to the same conclusion that the Chinese pinyin proposed by Wang Zi'an is an epoch-making method of phonetic notation, which will have a far-reaching impact and shine in the annals of history.Looking at the three old men with serious faces, Wang Zi'an suddenly felt a move, and a bold idea flashed across his mind.

"The younger generation has an immature idea, don't know if it should be said or not?"

"Ah—tell!"

Kong Yingda nodded without hesitation, and Yu Shinan and Yan Shigu looked at Wang Zi'an encouragingly.

"The three seniors are all the most learned scholars in our Tang Dynasty. If you can use this pinyin to mark the pronunciation of all Chinese characters..."

Before Wang Zi'an finished speaking, the eyes of the three old men were all starry-eyed!
If you can really use this pinyin to mark the pronunciation of all Chinese characters, it will definitely be a feat, and the people of the world will benefit from it!This is a great achievement and great merit that can shade future generations and last forever, and it might be conferred sainthood.Think about it, as long as you are an enlightened reader, you will never be able to get around the phonetic notation you wrote...

The three old men looked at each other, and they all saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

"This method is feasible! The old man will go back now, and gather well-educated Confucian scholars to join in the grand event—"

Kong Yingda and the other three old men couldn't sit still for a moment. They couldn't even wait to get the calligraphy and paintings that Wang Zi'an needed. They just weighed a textbook by themselves and left excitedly - but they didn't forget the deck chairs in the yard...

Wang Zi'an thought maliciously, with his actions, can he tell others to follow other people's path and make others have nowhere to go?Those scholars who compiled dictionaries in later generations, if they knew that Tang Dynasty also had dictionaries, what kind of shit would they feel in their hearts?
But regardless of killing or burying, Wang Zi'an put his hands behind his back after setting off the fire, and went out for a walk. According to Yang Sicheng, the cart will be completed in about two days.

"I don't know how Zhang Chao's experiment is going. If there is time, maybe we can repair both the cesspool and the ditch..."

……

In a mountain depression near Bianzhou.

Zhang Chao and Zhang Yansheng stood in front of a large kiln with excited faces.The cement that the Patriarch explained before he left has been tested for more than [-] times, each time becoming more successful. If there are no accidents in the current kiln, it should be able to truly succeed!
PS: I finally finished coding, and I'm going to go to sleep.Good night

(End of this chapter)