Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 387 Secretary Chen in the Library

When Chen Zhi was walking, the many books around him seemed to fit in with him, conveying a sense of harmony.

This is the core of the Secretary's Department, which is called Dongyuan Pavilion. Together with Xiyuan Pavilion, it is called the East and West Gardens and is the place where the royal books are collected.

In this era, and even in the future, books and knowledge are the carriers of humanities and the key to inheriting civilization, but frequent wars have caused this carrier to be damaged from time to time.

The ancestors of the Qin Dynasty burned books and harassed scholars, and countless collections were burned to the ground. Later generations can't help but feel heartbroken when they remember it. In addition, it was not easy to spread the slips and paper books easily, and it was difficult to copy. The dissemination was shackles, so that the books were It is a precious thing at this time.

Ordinary aristocratic families also have their own book collections for family heirlooms, but if a poor family has a collection of books, they will often be used as treasures for future generations to practice.

Royal is no exception.

In addition, there were many wars in the Central Plains, and the damage to books and slips caused countless people to feel heartbroken and kept writing to remind the court.

Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has often issued edicts to request books, and has specialized agencies and manpower sent out to collect books that have been scattered abroad. At the same time, there are agencies such as the Secretariat Department to organize and collect them.

Therefore, this royal library is of great value, and serving as a secretary supervisor is also seen by many as an opportunity to further their studies.

Chen Zhi is no exception.

At this time, he walked past rows of bookshelves, glanced at a book on the shelf, and the corresponding content flashed in his mind.

In the past six months as a secretary supervisor, he spent a lot of time there, and used this time to read all the books here from beginning to end.

Of course, this is just looking, not comprehending and understanding.

The royal collection of books is vast, and its contents are all-encompassing, involving many different fonts and languages. There are many more books than the bookworms of the Wang family can remember!

It's no wonder, this is the entire dynasty, using the power of the country, inheriting the heritage for hundreds of years.

Even though it has been damaged and lost after wars, its total number is huge, and there are many loyal and righteous people who come forward to protect it regardless of the threat of weapons or their own lives.

In addition, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and during the Three Kingdoms period, all the feudal lords, except for one or two, were from aristocratic families, received aristocratic education, and knew the value of slips and books. Whether it was for their own reasons or for bribery. With the hearts of scholars, most princes will pay attention to preserving the carriers of these knowledge.

Under the combined effect of various factors, the number of books collected in the East and West Gardens of the New Han Dynasty is huge, and there are many rare and unique copies among them. They are difficult to find outside and can only be collected and protected through the administrative power of the state.

With such accumulation, even Chen Zhi would not be able to fully understand it in half a year, but he knew very well that he would not stay here for too long, so he seized the opportunity to leave after being transferred. Before that, first memorize the contents of the books in the library.

Yes, relying on Chen Zhi's almost photographic memory, he used the method of organizing and summarizing books to read through all the books in the collection, and he had already memorized most of the contents in his mind.

This kind of memory cannot be swallowed whole, so Chen Zhi has to slowly transform these memories just like he did before when he understood and studied the books in his heart.

While simply memorizing, he also organized and summarized the originally messy books into categories. According to the major categories of classics and history, according to the divisions of hundreds of schools of thought, and in chronological order, he reorganized the layout of the book collection. It makes it more intuitive and easier to check, and it has receipts as proof. If a book is missing somewhere, you can quickly notice it.

But people who know about these changes don't find it strange, because Chen Zhi is good at sorting out this and has long been famous. Whether it is Qingxu Prefecture, Taile Department, or Honglu Temple, he has shown his skills. If you are in the secretarial department, others will just take it as what you should do.

However, there is also a group of people who are quite concerned about this, because based on their own experience, this group of people clearly wants to organize the collection of books and classify them into categories, so that people who have never read or know about them can quickly find the corresponding books. Damn, that requires such a deep foundation.This group of people are great Confucians, great Confucians, great scholars, and great masters who are rich in experience and knowledge.

To put it simply, you have to read it through at least once and get familiar with the content before you can do anything. This is also the difficulty of compiling books since ancient times.

But normal people have a pitiful amount of reading. If they can read [-] words or [-] words, they can be said to be Boruto. If they can read a million words, they are wise people. We need to organize a national-level library. , library, or even compiling a canon, the amount of reading involved can be said to be astonishing. In the past, if you wanted to organize such a collection, you would have to use more than a hundred people and summon scholars from all over to participate in order to succeed.

Recently, it was rumored that Chen Zhi was going to compile a classic, but not many people believed it. On the contrary, he rearranged and summarized most of the classics in the East and West Gardens. Many people have seen it with their own eyes. It was an irrefutable fact, so many master-level figures came to consult——

The east and west gardens are the royal library and are not easily open to outsiders. However, there are exceptions, namely those venerables and elders who are truly famous.

The New Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety and respected the elderly very much. In order to recruit talents, there were many special systems. For example, the qualification for viewing the royal collection was one of them. Even if later generations established large-scale scientific research institutions, they would not It is still the only way to recruit talents, let alone now?Therefore, many scholars who could not be invited to serve as officials had to be attracted under this system.

As for the many officials of the Secretary Province, in addition to facing the consultation and politics of the emperor and various departments, there is another important action, which is to receive and satisfy the requests and requirements of those seniors who are educated and educated.

Due to the dynasty characteristics of the New Han Dynasty, anyone who can come to the Secretariat Province to apply for viewing is an unusual person. They either have been high-ranking officials in the past, or are disciples and former officials of high-ranking officials. Moreover, they must have one thing in common, which is to study and serve. His reputation as a scholar spreads throughout the world, and he is recognized as a master of learning!
Such people are usually not available to invite, but they are willing to come and browse the royal collection. The royal family is actually asking for it!
However, the royal collection is precious and cannot be taken out of the two gardens. Therefore, when these academic scholars are viewing, they will stay in the Secretariat. On the one hand, they are here to view the books, and on the other hand, they have relevant needs and requirements. When checking other books, being able to ask in a timely manner is also a job that saves time for a secretary.

In the past, many master figures, after obtaining permission and going through certain procedures, entered the two gardens to search for the books they needed, and then quickly found the target by asking the scribes inside.

However, although the scribe is on duty here, even if he has to figure out the general layout of the library in order to be proficient in his business, he still wants to find a book or a scroll from countless collections according to the instructions of the master. It's a tedious job.

If the Grandmaster needs a specific work, then finding it is like picking out one of the pebbles by the stream. If there are not many people looking for it together, I am afraid that it will take several days to find it without being able to find it. This is still familiar. As for the general layout - this is the Royal Library after all. Although there is no scientific classification and induction, it does have its own set of organization systems.

But in fact, it is quite an easy job to choose one from many books, because if the books that everyone proposes are a vague concept, or just describe what kind of books are needed, it will be even more painful. task.

It's as if some masters came here to find a reference or basis for the works they were writing. Then their request was probably to find some books with the characteristics of "The Rule of Three Dynasties" and "The Rule of Mohism". "Learning", "Lao Zhuang's Commentary" and other requirements.

This requires not only searching, but also understanding. Otherwise, it will take several hours and many people to find the content, but it does not meet the requirements, and the result will undoubtedly be more uncomfortable.

But when Chen Zhi came over, the situation was a little different.

At first, the masters who came here were a little unhappy about the change of secretaries and supervisors, because Huang Si, who was originally on duty, did have two brushes and had his own merits, otherwise he would not be able to do it. For those masters who are unable to sit in such a seat and come to search for classics, a secretary supervisor who is familiar with the classics will undoubtedly save a lot of trouble and effort.

Once the person in this position changes, they will have to worry about things that affect them.

But what happened next surprised them, because it only took Chen Zhi a few days to identify the books everywhere, a month to roughly organize the books, and three months to sort out the books. A rough classification was determined.Now half a year has passed, and there are actually rumors that he is going to compile a canon!
Others may not believe it, but those masters who often come here know that rumors may come out of nowhere without a reason. Besides, they have already experienced Chen Zhi's power. No matter what classics they inquire about or what kind of literature they want to find, as long as they After asking Chen Zhi, he didn't even need to go get it himself. He could just give an order and have the necessary books and slips delivered!

In addition, Chen Zhi himself is a treasure trove. Sometimes, you can get the words you want from him without looking for classics. In recent times, those masters who are difficult for others to see often come to visit him. When he came to talk to Chen Zhi, he would often call one or two servants to record what Chen Zhi said.

Just like the old man in front of me, the master of Taoism and metaphysics, Guo Xiang.

　Thanks to "brownspecter", "Poet of Another World" and "Bada Shanren 2" for the rewards!

　　
　
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