Shanjian Academy

Chapter 84 Stepping into Reading (Thanks to Xue Bimei)

In the high mountains and flowing waters, it is hard to find a bosom friend.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Yu Boya, a native of Jin State, was very good at playing the qin. When he first met Zhong Ziqi at Jiangkou in Hanyang, he saw that Zhong Ziqi was a woodcutter, and he did not believe that Zhong Ziqi could read music and play the qin. Special questions to test him.Zhong Ziqi's answers were fluent and familiar.But Boya still had doubts, so he plucked the strings and played a piece, trying to test Zhong Ziqi.

As soon as Boya finished playing the piano, Zhong Ziqi praised: "It's so beautiful, it's in the high mountains." Flowing water." Bo Ya was shocked, and he pushed the qin and stood up. He repeatedly saluted and apologized, saying, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! There is a treasure of beautiful jade in the stone. If you judge a person by his appearance, he will not let the wise men of the world down." He offered to marry Zhong Ziqi As brothers with different surnames, we will meet here again on the Mid-Autumn Festival of the next year.

In the second year, Yu Boya went to the meeting as promised. After waiting for a long time, he still didn't see Zhong Ziqi. Later, he learned that Zhong Ziqi had passed away due to illness a few months ago.

Yu Boya suddenly "cracked inside his body, burst into tears, fell down by the cliff, and fainted to the ground."After crying, Yu Boya played the piano in front of Zhong Ziqi's grave to express his condolences.

After the mourning song was played, Yu Boya thought, since then there will be no more friends, who will play the harp to?So he threw it hard and smashed the qin to pieces. Later, the story of "Bo Ya threw the qin to thank his bosom friend" was widely circulated in history.

Both Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi lived in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but Yu Boya was a doctor in the Jin State, while Zhong Ziqi was a woodcutter in the Chu State. Although they are from different countries and status, they are both proficient in music and love the piano. They met by chance but became "friends" because of their "confidantes".

"This master of Chinese studies is playing "High Mountain and Flowing Water" on the top of a high mountain. He is really a wonderful person!"

"High Mountains and Flowing Water" is a famous Chinese song. Hu Yongping has never heard the qin music, but he knows the allusions in it, and he said with infinite emotion.

"Acquaintance is all over the world, how many people can you know? This master of Chinese studies probably sees through the mundane world, so he lives in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests!"

An image of an indifferent and lofty wise man appeared in Kong Tianyi's mind. The wise man had white hair, a childlike face, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and his eyes were as deep as stars in the night sky seeing through everything.

"come in!"

Mu Zhengyang had heard footsteps outside the house a long time ago. After playing the piano music, he got three cups of tea on the table, and then said to the outside of the house.

Kong Tianyi and Hu Yongping were full of enthusiasm when they came here, but they were a little apprehensive outside the academy, "I'll see that master of Chinese studies soon!"

The two pushed open the door of the academy, and there was a long table in the yard. On the table was a simple guqin, but the faucet at the end of the guqin was vivid.

A young man with delicate features sat in front of the table, wearing a white ancient rhyme practice uniform, with a faint smile on his face, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

"You are Mu...Mu Zhengyang?" Hu Yongping said after hesitating for a moment as he entered the door and looked at the young man in front of him.

"Hehe! Teacher Hu, please drink tea!"

Among the two people who came, Mu Zhengyang knew the elder one, Hu Yongping, his Chinese teacher when he was studying in the county No. [-] middle school, got up and made a gesture of please sit down.

Kong Tianyi and Hu Yongping sat down, but their eyes searched the yard.

"Zhengyang, I didn't expect there to be an academy on this mountain. Who are the people in the academy?"

Hu Yongping glanced around in the academy, but he didn't see anyone, thinking that the master of Chinese studies should be hiding, so he asked insincerely.

"Except for one of my students coming up the mountain every day, almost no one comes!" Mu Zhengyang said with a faint smile.

"Your student? What about your teacher?"

It took a lot of effort for Kong Tianyi and Hu Yongping to find this academy on the top of the mountain, but he asked unwillingly when he didn't see the master of Chinese studies.

"My teacher is sitting next to you!" Mu Zhengyang smiled politely at Kong Tianyi.

"Don't be joking, although I have taught you, but it's just according to the script! Your teacher who lives in seclusion in this academy is the real master!"

Hu Yongping quickly waved his hands, not daring to put himself on a par with that master of Chinese studies.

"Expert?" Mu Zhengyang asked pretending to be puzzled.

"Zhengyang, the teachers of our County No. [-] Middle School organized a group building activity in Tiannan Mountain yesterday. When we climbed halfway up the mountain, we heard someone reading on the hillside. Not only did we immediately understand the meaning of the book after hearing the sound of reading, but also Even the birds that were performing concerts in the trees immediately quieted down! From my experience, the one who can have such a magical effect on the sound of reading books must be a master of Chinese studies! To tell you the truth, Tianyi and I admire that person The demeanor of the master of Chinese studies, I drove here specially to visit! But I didn’t expect you to worship under that master of Chinese studies, can you introduce us to your teacher?”

After talking, Hu Yongping didn't hide it. He wanted to use his first-level teacher-student relationship with Mu Zhengyang to let Mu Zhengyang match up in the middle.

"Teacher Hu, I don't know if there is a master of Chinese studies in Tiannan Mountain, but if you are looking for a scholar from the second peak yesterday afternoon, that person should be me!"

Mu Zhengyang took a sip of tea and said slowly.

"Haha, Zhengyang, when you were studying, it seemed that other subjects were at the top of the list, but the Chinese subject is quite serious! The major in the university is not Chinese, and even if you are a Chinese major in a famous university, you are far away from Chinese studies. The master is so far away! After reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, in order to become a master of Chinese studies, in addition to being familiar with various classics, you must also have rich life experience. Realm, but you are fortunate to worship under that master of Chinese studies, and now you are working hard to build the foundation, and you may not be able to become a real master of Chinese studies in the future!"

Hu Yongping expresses it very euphemistically and implicitly. In fact, he is saying that Mu Zhengyang is too young, and his knowledge accumulation and life experience are too far behind the realm of a master of Chinese studies.

"If you were the scholar on the second peak yesterday, would you also be the one who played the piano on the top of the mountain just now?",
Kong Tianyi strongly agreed with Hu Yongping's statement, and Mu Zhengyang was far from the master of Chinese studies he imagined, so he asked again.

"En!", Mu Zhengyang nodded.

"Then you are not only a master of Chinese studies, but also a master of guqin playing?" Kong Tianyi asked intentionally.

Mu Zhengyang didn't answer Kong Tianyi, stood up from the table with his hands behind his back, and took a step in the courtyard every time he read a sentence.

"The heart of compassion is the essence of benevolence; the heart of shame is the essence of righteousness; There are those who become virtuous, those who make money, those who answer questions, and those who are selfish. These five are the reason why a gentleman teaches..."

　Thanks to book friend Xue Bimei for the rewards, and book friends who don’t smoke when passing by, the road to the bridge may not be straight, and the rewards are broken~Thank you~, the update is a bit late, please recommend tickets~
　　
　
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