warring states careerist

Chapter 41
Shi Shi stood aside and watched Mo Zi draw the strokes horizontally and vertically on the ground.

At this time, the writing was a bit distorted, and the horizontal and vertical lines were not beautiful. Even though Mozi's hands had been working hard all year round, he was still a little tired when writing.

After drawing a stroke, he turned around and asked, "How many kinds are there?"

Handing the wooden stick to Shi, Shi bowed his head and completed the rest of the strokes, and replied: "Sir, there are eight strokes in total. Mr. Tang Han called them dot, horizontal, vertical, left, right, lift, fold, and hook."

While talking, he wrote these eight strokes on the ground, and finally turned them into a word "Yong".

One word, eight strokes are complete.

Chinese characters are two-dimensional characters, and these eight strokes are the letters of Chinese characters.

But these eight "letters" are not arranged in a one-dimensional line, but form a two-dimensional character in a square, and the pronunciation is determined by the roots formed by these strokes.

These characters written at this time originated from Qin characters and were finally evolved and completed in the Han and Jin Dynasties. They are the product of the wisdom of Zhu Xia for thousands of years.

When it comes to maturity, it must be more mature than the current seal characters and bronze inscriptions.It is easier to write and easier to learn.

It is said that it was changed by one person, borrowing the name of the most brilliant Han and Tang Dynasties.

But it is still shocking to belong to one person.

Mozi followed Shi's hand, rewrote the eight strokes, nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed eight strokes. Eight strokes can write ten thousand characters. How many years did it take you to learn so many characters?"

Shi did not answer directly, but said: "Sir, I have been in the village for half a year, and the smartest child knows a hundred and fifty characters and can write six or seven characters."

"amazing!"

Mozi praised him loudly, and he was not stingy.

In half a year, it is rare for a smart child to know a hundred characters.It can also prove that this thing is indeed easier to learn than the words he is familiar with.

Many of the Mohists are not well-educated, and it is even more difficult to learn the characters on the bamboo slips. Some people still can't recognize more than a hundred characters after learning for several years, and they still make mistakes when writing, more or less .

At this time, there is already ink, but the dipstick is still used for writing.

Of course, the writing brush was not made by Meng Tian in the legend, but the earliest unearthed cultural relics were also found in ancient tombs in the middle and late Warring States period. At this time, there were still two or three years before the official Warring States period when the three families were divided into Shanxi, and dipsticks were still used for mainstream writing.

The rabbit fur used before was used to make several small brushes, which were used to teach people to write on stone slabs by dipping in water.

At this time, Mo Zi was asked to wait a while, and he went to the village house to take out the two crude brushes made of simple wood and rabbit fur, and took out the small stone slabs washed and flattened in the river for teaching children to write.

After handing the slate and the brush to Mozi, he explained a bit.

Mozi thought to himself: "It is said in the "Poetry" to plan ahead. Shi is such a person. I haven't seen the silk of grass and trees he said at this time, and he hasn't made it yet. But the brush he made, Isn't it just for the silk of grass and trees sung in "Land of Paradise"?"

At this time there is no paper, but there is silk.

For writing on silk, this brush must be convenient.

As for those children who have learned to write six or seven crosses, it may be difficult for them to write on wooden slips, but since they have learned to write on stone slabs, once the silk of plants and trees appears, it is a rainy day.

You can write if you have one.

As for the sentence punctuation added to the paragraph I wrote just now, Mozi is even more convinced that these punctuation is also a good thing.

Lectures, handouts, the first thing to solve is how to sentence.This is the most important part of teaching disciples, and it is also a part that takes a lot of time to recite.

Now with such punctuation, it is only necessary to clarify how the punctuation is used, so people who read the text do not need someone to tell them how to punctuate the sentence.

As soon as this thing came out, no one would dare to arbitrarily break sentences and tamper with the meaning of the text.

This is teaching a man a fishing net.

Reminiscent of what Shi had said to him before... If all the petty officials in the world should know this character, and if they don't learn this character, it is impossible to be proficient in various skills of the petty officials, Mozi felt relieved.

It's like driving fish for the deep and sparrows for the slave.

The fish in the net don't know that the distant surroundings are covered with nets, and they are still playing and swimming like usual.

Those nets are far, far away.

So far away that these fish and birds are so unaware that they don't even think they exist.

But one day when those who laid the nets collected their nets, they would regret why they hadn't escaped through the gap when the first nets were hundreds of feet away from them.

Mozi pondered for a long time and asked: "Everything has a name. What is the name of this word?"

I have already thought of it.

"Sir, all characters can be written in eight strokes. So it can be called eight strokes."

"Every little official, if he wants to know the will of heaven in the future, he must learn this character, so it can be called the official book."

"Every mangli, if he is rich in the future, can also learn this character, so it can be called Lishu."

"Everyone who is lowly, if you want to be noble or cheap, you must learn this character, and if you learn it well, you will be an official. Therefore, it can be called the character of cheap."

"Everyone in the world, if they all learn cheap characters, then there will be no expensive characters. If there is no noble character, there will be no cheap character, and if there is no cheap character, there will be no noble character, so we can directly call it character."

"How to call it depends not on the word, but on the world."

Mozi is one of the few people in this era who can discuss the linear propagation of light, the necessary and sufficient conditions of logic, the relativity and infinity of time, the fixed pulley and so on.

So the simple concept of relative is not obscure to Mozi.

On the contrary, it is a statement that fits his way of thinking, and he can understand what it means after a little thought.

Nowadays, of course, it is called Babizi to distinguish the characters of various countries.

Ten years later, when the name of Zhizhi gradually became prominent, small officials must learn this character, and it may be called Lishu at that time.

When the nobles realize that knowledge is no longer monopolized and the gangsters start to learn characters, they may be angrily denounced as official script and cheap script.

And if one day the paradise is really realized, when everyone loves and is equal, then it can be directly called a word.

If the expensive is gone, the cheap will not exist.

Just like light and shadow.

Mozi thought to himself: "Where there is light, there must be shadow. If the world is full of ink, there will be no more high light. Isn't this writing the same? If the whole world learns this character, why divide it into eight seal characters? Why bother?" Those who can read must have noble blood?"

If these characters are really as what Shi said, a child can learn six or seven crosses in half a year, then it will be possible for Shi to teach these characters to all Mohists.

Anyway, the Mohists are gathered together now, and they will live in Shangqiu for a long time to deal with the affairs of Qi and the aftermath of victory.

After these characters are learned, they will be passed on to those Mohists who have not returned to Shangqiu, and this kind of characters will be used as the internal characters of Mohists first, which is exactly what they want.

As for the thoughts of the petty officials in the world, Mozi was also moved.

Shi didn't say what he was going to do, but he definitely disagreed with Mozi on some issues.

But he will not speak out the differences at this time. On the contrary, he has to hide his real purpose, follow Mozi's ideas, and exert some influence on some issues that do not involve fundamental issues.

Since Mozi believes that the Mohists uphold the righteousness of the Mohism, as officials and officials, they will ultimately affect princes and lords, so they can do the same in the early stage.

There are many people in the world who want to learn to be officials. After the disintegration of the well-field military system in the Spring and Autumn Period, the struggle between bureaucracy, centralization, nobility, and decentralization is the main direction of the upper-level struggle.

Moreover, the initiative is in the hands of the Mohists, who monopolize the applicable knowledge in the new era, and a large number of Mohists who can become petty officials can always be cultivated.

As for what these little officials would do after Mozi passed away, Mozi didn't think about it, and Shi didn't bother to think about it.

I know clearly that what I just wrote on the sand has proved three things.

I can write by myself, and the writing has punctuation marks, which is not easy to cause misreading.

I can teach characters myself, and the method of teaching is acceptable, even the children in the village can learn sixty or seventy characters.

I write very fast, and very fast, so I can be a person who records the words and deeds of the Mohist, or the righteousness of the Mohist.

As for the fact that he and Gongsun Ze are more than nine, Mozi probably already knew about it.

No matter how you look at it, at this time, I am a talent.Useful, he thought.

But what he didn't expect was that his importance was heavier than he thought.

After the incident between Shengchuo and Qi State, the Mohist community urgently needs a model, a model that is completely opposite to Shengchuo and those who forget the righteousness of Mohism for their salary.

What's even more rare is that this model is not an official Mohist, but just obeys the righteousness after hearing a few words from Mozi, and is not weaker than others.

Although Mozi has ideals, he is not the kind of straightforward person who has no thoughts. It is really important for Mozi at this time.

He finally asked one last question about all sorts of incredible things, as a closing.

"Where are Mr. Sai and Tang Han now?"

"Both are dead."

Since it is the end, then death is the best end.

"Where is it buried?"

"They agree with Mr.'s statement of festival burial, burning their bodies and turning them into mud that nourishes everything."

There are always corpses in death, but after the fire there is nothing, this is the destination of the end.

"Besides you, are there other disciples?"

"There is only one eldest brother who is 13 billion times stronger than me. He is called Gonghe. He listened to the teachings of Mr. Tang Han and Mr. Sai, and realized that there is nothing unknowable in this world, so he took a boat to swim to see the stars and the sea. Never step on the shore again. He knows the inevitable future, and everything in this world is the inevitable past in his eyes, and there is no more nostalgia, only exploring the stars and the sea."

The theory of 13 billion must be false in Mozi's view.It is rumored that when Goujian was born in 20 years, there were 13 million and [-] people in armor, and Mozi thought that the [-] billion was the transformation of [-] million and [-].

If so, I heard Shi said that this person's intelligence is far superior to his, and he floated into the sea to catch up to the stars, and thought that such a person would stand too high to stay where he is now.

Mozi believed that there were these three people, and also believed that these three people were no longer alive at this time.

Now there is only one Shi who is proficient in these knowledges in this world, and he still wants to do righteousness. Perhaps it is a lucky thing.

More questions, Mozi also knew that he could not ask clearly in a short time, so he stopped asking.

"When you return to Shangqiu, you will first teach those people how to write and recognize characters, and if you have time, write the words on those bamboo slips into this official script."

Shi nodded in agreement.

Mo Zi continued: "Birds, beasts, fish and insects, and even family and state affairs, all have names. My Mo family has giants, such as heads. There are also those who are in charge of wealth, those who are in charge of internal rewards and punishments, those who are in charge of news everywhere, and who are in charge of making wooden utensils." Those who specialize in the defense of the city. It is exactly what I said, people make the best use of it like building a wall, and each shows his ability."

"You are proficient in this official script, and you can write quickly. In the future, you will be responsible for recording the righteousness of the Mohists and the actions of the people. Since I am a giant, you should also have a name."

Mozi thought about it, pondered over various titles, and said slowly: "When you return to Shangqiu in the future, you will be the secretary of the Mohist family. You are called the secretary because of the righteousness of the Mohist family and the words and deeds of everyone."

Hearing this, Shi thought to himself, I am the son of a shoemaker, I just joined the Mo family, how did I become the secretary?
But at this time, he is not humble, knowing that this secretary is not that secretary, at least not at this time.

So he bowed down and gladly accepted the order to be the first Mohist secretary in this village.

(End of this chapter)