Dao Fruit

A few days ago, Xi Muyuan met Qiu Yan for the first time outside the Han Mansion. When he heard the other person talking about entering the forest, he was quite scornful. After all, Xi Muyuan had been smart since he was a child and would not think that he was inferior to others.

However, what seemed absurd at the time has now come true, which makes Xi Muyuan a little unbelievable. He knows the conditions required to enter the forest in advance. Although he was able to enter the forest in the first place, although he had the merit of his own writing, he also borrowed external objects. , otherwise, it would be difficult to make the trip.

A few breaths ago, Xi Muyuan felt that he and Qiu Yan had different statuses. The other party could only play chess with others outside, but he could listen to Mr. Zhu's reading nearby. But as soon as he turned around, he actually had to listen to someone read Qiu Yan's article. The contrast is huge.

Not only Xi Muyuan, but Zhen Zhizuo, An Jin and others also had different expressions when they heard these words, but none of them made a sound.

Then, Zhou Dongyi picked up the article, unfolded it, and nodded: "It turns out that this is a difficult article. This article is good. Although it is not among the top three, it is still okay to be ranked among the fourth or fifth. "

There are less than ten articles that opened my mind this time, but they are all written by the best in Dongdu. To be ranked in the middle is already extraordinary.

"Oh?" Several other gentlemen who were reading also became interested, and some of them got up and walked over.

When Wenxuan criticizes, he must finally write comments and notes on the article, and pass them on to Lin Zhonghun through the sage paper. However, these comments must be read by everyone before they are written.

Right now, the article is still clean, with only neat lines of handwriting.

"This Qiu Yan's calligraphy is good. It's upright and full, and he follows his heart without breaking the rules." Xu Shi came over and took a look. The first thing that came to mind was his sense of Qiu Yan's writing.

Pang Chu also came closer, saw the title of the article, and said with a smile: "It is the job of a scholar to learn and practice hard. If you don't experience difficulties, how can you think about life? How can you enlighten your mind? Then Mr. He said everything is going smoothly, but his heart is There are limitations. You have to experience setbacks and gain enlightenment among the people before you can achieve success. Otherwise, it will take at least three years to gather your literary heart."

Mr. Xiao Chen also nodded: "Yes, from this aspect, Qiu Yan is the Secretary's benefactor." He was not biased just because Secretary He was a disciple of his academy.

Zheng Qiu raised his head tremblingly, glanced at it, and took in Qiu Yan's words: "Qing history has long pointed out that adversity can lead to wisdom. When we are poor, we can understand the changes of ancient and modern times. How can we gain anything without any experience?" ”

His voice spread and fell into the ears of Zhen Zhizuo and others, which made several people's hearts stir. They felt like there was an extra seed in their hearts. They immediately understood and realized that this was the old man who was deliberately calling on themselves, and they suddenly became solemn.

But when these words fell into Xi Muyuan's ears, they made a little fire rise in his heart, and his face flushed with heat, and he felt like he was being tortured. After all, in his heart, he had always been belittling Qiu Yan.

This is not a coincidence. The two are of the same age, but Qiu Yanfu has gained such a great reputation as soon as he arrived in Dongdu. Naturally, Xi Muyuan has a desire to compare, and he is determined to be the best. However, in the end, he always does not follow people's wishes, and inevitably goes to extremes.

"Qiu Yan just happened to write an article at the right time, and he caught up with a major event in the literary world, so he attracted many gentlemen to judge and discuss the article."

Even so, deep down in his heart, he still had the same desire, hoping to impress all the sages with one article. However, when this happened to other people, he naturally felt unwilling and turned to disgust.

In fact, everyone is free to criticize articles as they please. Before Xi Muyuan and others came in, there were several articles that aroused the interest of many gentlemen. They talked about taste and occasionally laughed. This is understandable. It is not exclusive to Qiu Yan, but It just happened to be bumped into by someone else.

The same thing will have different tastes in the eyes of people with different thoughts.

At this moment, in Zhen Zhizuo's opinion, the gentlemen's comments on Qiu Yan were justifiable.

He gained a lot of insights from these comments. In addition, he tried his best to welcome Qiu Yan to Lizong Academy. Although he was unsuccessful, Qiu Yan's reputation gradually grew, and his reputation as Zhen Zhizuo also grew. It also slowly grew, and gained a reputation as a discerning eye.

Now, the recognition of Qiu Yan by many gentlemen is undoubtedly recognition of his Zhen Zhizuo's vision and mind, which makes him feel happy in his heart.

Of course, these gentlemen would not care about the thoughts of the younger generation. They were all savoring Qiu Yan's articles and expressing emotion from time to time.

Suddenly, Xu Shi saw this sentence and frowned: "This sentence of 'Thousands of demons and monsters are dazzling and changing in front of you, and you should be broken into pieces when you touch them, and be solved by them'" is a bit out of line, and it is suspected of taking advantage of others' danger. , is not fair and square.”

"That's wrong." Pang Chu shook his head and laughed, "There is nothing wrong with this sentence. When two armies are fighting, they will naturally seize the opportunity and win with one blow. As long as they can win, how can they win? Is there anything else? This is true everywhere.”

Xu Shi still shook his head: "This is to explain this article in terms of military formations, but that is the idea of ​​​​military strategists. We are students, in order to spread it to the world and become the standard for all peoples. How can we do secret things? ? The human heart is inherently changeable, and the etiquette of example cannot be complicated and changeable, otherwise it will create loopholes and give rise to ghostly people."

Seeing that two relatively young scholars were about to quarrel because of Qiu Yan's words, Zhen Zhizuo and others looked at each other, but knew that they could not mediate. However, from the words of the two people's argument, they felt that There is some truth, some people think Xu Shizhi's words are reasonable, while others agree with Pang Chu's proposition.

Xi Muyuan saw this scene, but he recovered from his depression and felt happy. He felt that Qiu Yan's article might offend a gentleman. At the same time, he noticed that several other gentlemen were exposed at this time. The state of thinking is obviously judging the quality of Qiu Yan's words.

"Confucianism and Taoism are about the mean and mean things in small words. Many things should be hidden in simple words. They should not be made clear or explicit, otherwise it will leave the impression of careless speech. Qiu Yan has written this sentence."

Just when Xi Muyuan was judging in his mind, Han Yi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "You two must not quarrel, and don't forget the matter between Geng Lei and King Wei?"

After hearing these words, everyone's hearts moved. Even Zhen Zhizuo, Zheng Yi and others were secretly moved. After a change of thought, they understood what Han Yi meant.

This is what happened when the princes stood together before Zulong was unified. The two names may be difficult to understand, but if you change the name, the world will be more familiar with it——

"The Frightened Bird".

But it is said that the leader of the Wei Kingdom and Geng Lei (gēngléi) stood on a high platform, looked up and saw a bird flying in the sky. Geng Lei said that he could shoot down the bird by just drawing the bow without shooting arrows.

King Wei naturally didn't believe it, but the result surprised him. Geng Lei picked up his bow, and the string moved and the bird fell.

The king of Wei sighed, and then said: "This is an injured lone goose. Because of the injury, it flies slowly. It is separated from the group, so its cry is miserable. It is always in fear. When it hears the sound of the string, it wants to fly high, causing wounds. Tear, that’s why it falls.”

Feeling sad and withdrawing from others, being surrounded by loneliness and fear, and wearing down your will are the root causes of frightened birds.

But this incident showed a worse ability from the side, which shows that this person is good at observation and has superb skills, so he can do this, seize the opportunity, and succeed with one blow.

Han Yi mentioned this matter at this time, on the one hand, it was to prove that what Qiu Yan wrote was not limited to the military, but also applicable to other industries, and could even be applied to daily life.

besides……

"Old Xiangguo is right," Pang Chu nodded, "Seizing the opportunity and winning with one strike does not reflect quick wit and ghostly thoughts, but deep accumulation and a mentality of always being prepared. In this way, when the opportunity comes, It’s the upright way to not make mistakes.”

As soon as he said this, several other gentlemen nodded slowly, while Xu Shi remained silent.

Zhen Zhizuo and others felt suddenly enlightened, but Xi Muyuan looked gloomy. Although he felt something, he did not want to think deeply, and his mind was completely controlled by his emotions.

At this time, a gentleman suddenly said: "Based on these few sentences, this article should be ranked among the top three. Why did Duke Zhou only say that it can get the fourth or fifth place?"

As soon as he said this, others were also confused. Xi Muyuan suddenly wanted to know the secret, and his heart moved: "Is it possible that there is something inappropriate in Qiu Yan's article? Is it not what the teacher meant?"

Thinking like this, he restrained himself from thinking, his eyes fell on the paper again, and he continued to read. Others had similar actions. Pang Chu, who was reading the article, continued to read. When he said this sentence, he frowned and stopped.

At the same time, everyone who heard this sentence felt a strange feeling in their hearts, feeling that this sentence was slightly different from the tone of the entire article.

Xi Muyuan was the one who cared the most, and his heartstrings had been tense for a long time. When his thoughts changed, he understood the reason.

"So that's it. The first part of Qiu Yan's article reflects the artistic conception of not being afraid of difficulties. It is a courageous and aggressive attitude to accumulate with concentration and always be ready to seize opportunities. But this The sentence "If you have roots, you will live; if you don't have roots, you will die", but it explains the spirit of being content with the situation, and it is separated from the charm of the whole article. It seems that the thinking is confusing, which is enough to lower the evaluation. "

As a disciple of Zhou Dongyi, Xi Muyuan has his own merits in his vision and knowledge. Although he has been in a restless mood recently, his literary thoughts are still there, and he is satisfied with the vision. He quickly figured out the cause of this strange feeling and couldn't help but sneer in his heart. .

"I also wonder how great Qiu Yan is. Now it seems that his thoughts are not perfect and are even somewhat contradictory. He is not invincible. In fact, he is also a lucky person."

At this moment, the oppressive feeling in his heart caused by Qiu Yan's words immediately dissipated a lot, and he gradually felt relieved.

Zhen Zhizuo and others also wanted to understand at this time. Some people felt it was a pity, and some shook their heads in silence.

However, several gentlemen frowned, seeming to be thinking about something.

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At the same time, Duolu, who had been watching downstairs for a long time, knocked on King Yan's door. King Yan went out to greet him, but the expression on his face was not very good. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)