Dao Fruit

"This carving and sealing is a part of the saint's teachings, so there must be some hidden truth!"

Thinking of this, Huashe's depression eased slightly and he regained his energy. Following this train of thought, he slowly recalled the hardships of engraving books in the past and the experience of using different engravings.

Most of the popular engraving blocks in the world today are wood blocks, because wood is easy to ink. In addition, there are also metal blocks. Most of them are copper plates and tin plates. Because they are not easy to ink, they require higher toner requirements. Costs will also increase.

However, this also reflects the development of printing technology from the side.

Correspondingly, the development of printing technology has also led to the emergence of many new things, one of which is banknotes.

The paper currency "Jiaozi" originated in Jiannan Pass uses metal plate printing, which is beautiful and neat.

This is a natural thing. It is inevitable for merchants to carry too much currency when they go out. When the technology matures, more convenient things will naturally be born, not to mention the inspiration of the "flying money" of the previous dynasty.

However, the Engraving Library run by the Meng Mansion will not print banknotes, so this metal engraving is quite rare in the bookstore. Most of them are wooden engravings, but this does not prevent the absorption of the technology derived from the metal plates - Color overprint.

Overprinting with red and black to make two colors appear on a piece of paper was a very simple matter in Qiu Yan's previous life. It was so simple that few people regarded it as technology or innovation, but as a It is a matter of course, but in the process of development, it has gone through a long process.

It is understandable how difficult it is for a small worker like Hua She to master this kind of technology. Of course, he has a deep memory, and this is what he is most familiar with.

The development of humanity is actually like this. No one deliberately promotes, guides and guides it, and it has to go through a long period of accumulation. During this period, it is easy to go astray.

Hua She, who is well versed in engraving, has long been aware of these things.

He looks dull and stupid, but there is one thing that makes Meng Wei and Meng Ting deeply admire him: he will be completely immersed in whatever he wants to do and will not give up until he achieves his goal. Keep studying.

For example, for this engraving and engraving, it would be enough for ordinary craftsmen to just follow the text on the book and carve it out, but Huashe had to understand the principles and processes inside, not to mention the relevant anecdotes, not to mention the origins and history. Whenever he has free time, he will pester several masters and tell them what they know.

"Engraving is not easy. It requires the joint efforts of all parties to make it happen. There are also rules and circles for engraving books issued by the imperial court..." Looking at the engraving at hand. Hua She felt like a spring of thoughts, and his thoughts became clearer.

"Book engraving style" is a set of officially promulgated standards.

With the development of printing, privately established engraving libraries appeared one after another and spread among the people. Although this promoted technology, it also brought many problems, such as messy specifications and pirated printing. This prompted officials to introduce countermeasures and promulgate statutory laws.

"Isn't written law a set of laws and regulations summarized by the imperial court after constant changes in the engraving library? From this point of view, isn't it also regarded as learning through action?"

Slowly, Hua She became more and more comfortable. I just feel that my thoughts have never been as smooth as today in my life.

Although he used to be eager to learn, he was hampered by his qualifications, no matter what books or articles he read. It is very difficult to understand, and it is difficult to have a smooth train of thought. Only through repeated pondering and circumstantial evidence can one gain something. This is why he immediately writes down his ideas when he encounters problems.

After writing it down, he would think about it again and again, and then borrow the convenience of the engraving library to check out books to solve doubts. Often it would take him ten days and a half to solve a problem. It was really slow and not as literary as he is now. Ruquan, relying on some of the essence taught by Qiu Yan, can draw parallels and draw parallels. While clarifying the logic, he can vaguely deduce the subsequent development and summarize a set of rules from it.

"...In this way, the statement that no overwriting is allowed is like treating books as academies, each with its own doctrine, and each other cannot easily cross the boundaries. However, is this a method of divide and rule, or is it a government policy? The expression of 'fixed as one'?" Thinking of this, Hua She glanced at several boxes in the corner of the room.

Those boxes also contained several printing plates, but they were all prohibited by the imperial court from being printed and sold privately. They were all labeled with the imperial court, saying, "The printing plates have been applied to the superior and may not be reprinted."

To use Qiu Yan's words from his previous life, even if piracy is prohibited, everything has copyright.

As he watched and thought about it, Hua She felt more and more happy, not because he had found the truth around him, but through this matter, he had discovered that he could think smoothly and found the trick.

However, later on, he was no longer satisfied with this. He became worried again and felt a sense of urgency.

"Mr. Qiu said that the purpose of knowledge and practice, in addition to self-cultivation, should also be to promote humanity. What use is such a trivial thing I found to humanity? At most, I can only comfort myself."

Thinking like this, the joyful thoughts in Hua She's heart quickly subsided. As soon as this thought changed, he began to think about how to "promote humanity."

But how could he think of such a thing all at once? Originally, this kind of human development cannot be achieved overnight. Without accumulation, it is difficult to produce any transformation out of thin air.

After listening to Qiu Yan's lecture for a day, Hua She also knew this truth, but he also knew that Qiu Yan's lecture period was only two days in total. Today has already passed one day, and the lecture will be finished tomorrow. After that, Qiu Yan will leave Daizhou and continue to the west. It is hard to say when he will see him again.

"Mr. Qiu is approachable. At the end of the day, he said that if you have any questions, you can ask him directly tomorrow. If it were another great scholar, he might not be so easy to talk to. Besides, I have gained such a harvest from what he taught me. , Asking other people may not yield results, so it is best to find out some explanations and seize this last opportunity tomorrow to ask for advice in person! "

Thinking like this, Hua She slowly calmed down. He took out a booklet from his arms, opened it, and spread it out on the table. The pages were filled with densely written small characters, all of which were questions he encountered while reading. The last few pages are the doubts and thoughts that emerged after listening to Qiu Yan’s lecture for a day.

Hua She looked at it word by word, recalling what Qiu Yan said, trying to grasp the key points...

Time passed slowly, and the night was already deep. There was silence inside and outside the library. Only the room where Huashe was located and the concierge still had light. The old concierge was already used to this.

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"...Humanity always gains rules from complexity and turns to simplicity; it gains experience from hardships and slowly benefits the world..."

As he looked at it, Hua She's eyes were attracted by one of the sentences. It was a vernacular, but it explained a concept very clearly.

"It's easy to understand that it's complicated and concise. Everything is complicated at the beginning, just like when I first started learning lettering and printing. I had no experience and no skills, so I was in a hurry. Later, when I became familiar with it, I found the rules. , I gradually became familiar with it, and it became easy to work with it!”

Originally, this engraving was a craft that could be passed down from generation to generation. If Hua She had not followed the path of the Meng family, he would never have been able to learn it. Of course, he had a deep understanding of it.

Looking at the carvings and recalling his experiences, the thoughts in his heart came out one after another, but they were not scattered. They were strung together by a line and had clear layers.

"As for the difficulties and benefits, Mr. Qiu gave the example of paper. Papermaking is complex and the techniques are secret. It was difficult for ordinary people to know at the beginning, and the output was very limited. Things are rare and expensive. Ordinary people could not afford it at the earliest. , until the technique spreads, and then it enters the homes of ordinary people. "

Thinking of this, he followed the method of "knowing and doing" and brought this principle into the things around him.

"In this respect, the art of engraving is the same. At first, only the wealthy could afford it, but gradually it became popular and became common among ordinary people. However, it was once regarded as a precious engraving book, but now it is looked down upon by the rich and powerful. , I don’t know why.”

These allusions were collected by himself or known from the mouths of craftsmen, but he kept memorizing them and kept them as treasures for a long time.

This idea became clearer and clearer, and Hua She couldn't help but marvel again at the subtlety of this method of "knowing and doing". Combining the meaning of obscure articles with things around him not only makes it clear at a glance, but also deepens the understanding of the sentences of the article.

"This set of thinking methods taught by the teacher is really amazing and must be very precious. If it were other people, nine out of ten people would not be willing to teach it. The people attending the meeting have never met the teacher, but they are all confused. He taught that even people like me can learn from it. This kind of mind alone is far beyond ordinary people. No wonder they can achieve such achievements. In comparison, those who judge the thoughts of their teachers by their own thoughts seem a bit It’s too narrow…”

Shaking his head and putting his thoughts back, Hua She's eyes fell on the carving again, but this time, his thoughts were different.

"The method of engraving can be described as complicated. I once heard that the government once organized and rubbed books into canons, divided them into several editions, and divided them into palaces and city bookstores. The "Grand Canon" used more than 130,000 editions. In order to To make engravings, hundreds or even thousands of big trees were cut down, and after the engraving was completed, they became waste. Although it was grand, it was very labor-intensive, and engraving was inconvenient. If you accidentally engrave the wrong word, you would have to pay attention to it. The whole page is abandoned..."

He picked up the engraving at hand and looked up and down, and an idea emerged——

"If there is a way to stop this, maybe it can promote humanity..."

Boom!

Before this thought came to an end, a thunder suddenly flashed in the night sky outside the house!

In an instant, lightning scattered in all directions, making the earth look like daylight!

In the flash of lightning, a streak of luck appeared vaguely around him, extending to an unknown place in the void.

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