Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 23 Taixue Tour

Cai Yong met Xu Jiashu alone.

It was said that they were meeting, but in fact, the old man was very excited to test his foundation in Confucian classics - being able to write well is a bonus, but in the eyes of today's world, only Confucian classics can be regarded as serious knowledge, like the late emperor Like Liu Hong, who was awarded an official position just because of his good calligraphy. To put it bluntly, it was an act of cowardice.

The reason why Confucian classics has such a lofty status is, on the one hand, that the kings of the Han dynasties actively promoted it to strengthen their own legitimacy.On the other hand, it is because the top aristocratic families have passed down their family knowledge of the "Five Classics" and in fact monopolized the right to interpret the classics. A classic passed down from ancestors can maintain the wealth of the entire family for several generations. The folk proverb calls "the legacy of the son" Winning with gold is not as good as once."

If Xu Jiashu had a strong foundation in Confucian classics, then with Cai Yong's support, it would not be impossible to jump from a commoner to a nobleman. The great Confucian Zheng Xuan's family was still farming when he was a child, and he would still be the No. 1 Confucian scholar in the world.

But judging from the results of the school entrance examination, it seems that Xu Jiashu will not become the next Zheng Xuan for the time being.

As a qualified Confucian student, the "Five Classics" must be engraved in the DNA. Memorizing the full text is only the most basic requirement. You must also be able to explain Confucius' thoughts in subtle ways and inherit and carry forward the teachings of the sages.

Just take out a book of "Shangshu", there are several schools of thought such as Ouyang's "Shangshu", Daxiahou's "Shangshu", and Xiaoxiahou's "Shangshu". Just pick a sentence from the book and you can write eloquently right away. The author of a thesis.

They can explain [-] words of "Yue Ruo Ji Gu", which is better than the writers of online articles. They are also bound by the so-called "teacher's method" and "family method", coupled with the five elements of prophecy, it is a hodgepodge, involving His knowledge covers almost everything.

"Shang Shu" is like this, not to mention other classics with a total of more than a dozen schools of thought. In this era, if you want to become a "Confucian scholar", the cost of learning is not cheap.

But these have nothing to do with Xu Jiashu, because he can't even memorize the original text of the Five Classics.

Fortunately, Cai Yong didn't look down on Xu Jiashu because of this, but he just felt a little headache - how could such an ignorant person be brought to the interview?
Even if it is to promote new calligraphy, the world's scholars cannot know that the creator of this calligraphy is a person who cannot even memorize basic classics.

Originally, Old Man Cai didn't mind teaching Xu Jiashu Confucian classics in person. Apart from going to Dongguan to study history, he was now very enthusiastic about other things. However, after teaching for a while, he regretted it.

It's not because of anything else, it's just that Xu Jiashu's foundation is too poor. He, the dignified Cai Bojie, can't act like an enlightened gentleman and grab Xu Jiashu's endorsement, right?It's simply an overkill.

"You are going to take classes at Taixue during this period. First, memorize all the classics." Cai Yong said to Xu Jiashu, "When you memorize them, I will teach you the principles of the saints in detail."

After all, he turned and left.

Xu Jiashu turned his eyes to Cai Yan.

"Don't look at me. I don't have time to accompany you to the Imperial Academy today." Cai Yan also waved his hand. Recently, he always let Dong Bai's pigeons fly, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart. "It's just an endorsement. You can go to yourself." !”

Sure enough, he was still confused and finally abandoned by this woman.

Xu Jiashu could only walk to Taixue by himself, and when he came here again, his identity had changed from an idle member of society to a transfer student arranged by Cai Yong. His fate was not strange.

The teaching model of Taixue in the Eastern Han Dynasty was established by Emperor Guangwu. Different "teachers' theories" were established for many schools. There were fourteen schools in total. Doctors of the Five Classics were responsible for explaining to Taixue students, and the doctor of Jijiu was the first.

In addition to the traditional "Five Classics", Taixue also added "The Classic of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius", a total of seven courses.

Xu Jiashu thought for a while and decided to go to the school of "I Ching" first.The reason is very simple. Because of the widespread popularity of prophecies (simply understood as political prophecies), the study of the "Book of Changes" has become a prominent science. The Yuan family, which has the most influence in the imperial court, takes "Meng's Book of Changes" as its family study.

Therefore, "Book of Changes" is considered a popular major nowadays. The sect is strong and there are senior brothers to look after him wherever he goes. This is very suitable for Xu Jiashu. After all, you need to be powerful and have a background to get involved.

As soon as he entered the school building where the "Book of Changes" belongs, Xu Jiashu heard the sound of arguments coming from time to time.

At first he was quite interested. He went to the side and pretended to read, but in fact he eavesdropped on what they were arguing about - "Ben Gua: Observe astronomy to observe the changes of time, observe humanities to transform the world, what's the explanation?"

One side said "Look at the astronomy", which means that in recent years there have been constant disasters, floods and droughts, and barbarian invasions from all directions. All this is because of the treacherous ministers in the court, which has attracted the wrath of heaven, and the "time change" is not far away!

The other side said that you are wrong and that you still have to "look at humanities." Although Dong Xiangguo is extremely powerful, he is still far inferior to Huo Guang and his like. Judging from his recent actions of lifting party imprisonment and promoting scholars, given time, it can be "turned into a of the world”.

Xu Jiashu thought to himself: Good guy, the same hexagram can be interpreted to have two opposite meanings. It can be used by those who oppose Dong Zhuo and those who support Dong Zhuo. It is truly worthy of the "Book of Changes".

He was still complaining, and the arguing students on both sides soon started to fight with each other. How could a group of Confucian students know how to fight? They fought in a chaotic manner, and finally won because of the overwhelming number of Dong's faction.

Sure enough, weapons of criticism cannot replace weapons of criticism.

After this battle, Xu Jiashu's interest in prophecy was mostly dissipated - how could he do a good job in Confucianism with these insects?

Yuan Shu just believed in the saying "Those who succeed the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye" and took the lead in proclaiming himself emperor. As a result, everyone immediately rebelled against his relatives. This kind of thing is only suitable as an embellishment for victory, not as a charge signal for attack.

He walked away from the battlefield and began to wander around the various campuses in Taixue.

Although it is said that "Shangshu" was revised by the saint himself, the content in it is really far away even for Confucius himself. The oldest chapter "Yao Dian" directly traces back to the ancient sage kings and is full of mystery.

Perhaps for this reason, no matter how old the imperial students who studied "Shang Shu" were, they all showed a scholarly temperament. They always talked about "Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors" and felt uncomfortable if they didn't quote a few sentences when speaking. Xu Jiashu expressed that he didn't want to learn it. .

"Spring and Autumn" is also one of the famous books. The students in it are quiet and calm, frowning at every turn, staring at the book, trying to see from the few words of Confucius how many unspoken meanings the saint has hidden. Xu Jiashu does not dare to disturb He just slipped away.

In addition, those who studied "The Book of Rites" were too rigid and rigid, those who studied "The Book of Songs" were too bohemian, and those who studied "The Classic of Filial Piety" were bitter and resentful, which were not good places for endorsements, so he finally chose "The Analects of Confucius" .

Everyone here is talented and well-spoken. He really likes being there.

Just as Xu Jiashu was looking forward to when he could "bathe in Yi, dance in the wind, and return chanting" with his classmates, not long after, Cai Yong heard a message.

"You kid should just become a Doctor of the Five Classics!"

(End of this chapter)