Confucian and Taoist scholar

Holy Forest Continent, Yun Country.

Suzhou, Nanping Prefecture.

Jingwen’s fortieth year, December 15th.

This morning, there was heavy snowfall.

At a glance, the entire city is covered with white flowers, just like a picture of a snowy river, which is so beautiful.

In a farmhouse in the city, an eighteen-year-old boy was sitting at the table. Looking at this strange environment, he almost suspected that he was dreaming.

I pinched my arm and felt a burst of pain.

"It hurts...this is not a dream..."

A stream of memories slowly came to mind, like a horse watching a lantern.

Although the time is short, it feels like I have experienced many years of ups and downs.

"It turns out that I traveled through time..."

Du Ning lit coal for heating and put on the kettle, while slowly digesting his memories.

My parents died when I was young, and living alone was extremely difficult, but I still relied on my tenacious perseverance to have enough food and clothing.

She herded cattle for neighbors, worked as a waiter in a restaurant, and worked hard for others.

After excluding part of the living expenses, all the hard-earned money was used to buy books and the four treasures of the study.

If a student from a poor family is a commoner, it will be much more difficult for him to study and study than for others.

But fortunately, Du Ning joined Hanyi Club and was able to get the opportunity to be mentored by Hanyi Club readers.

Hanyi Club, taken from the words "hanmen" and "common clothes", is a literary club established by scholars from poor families. The members of the club are all people from poor backgrounds like Du Ning.

When mentioning "Hanyi Club", people can't help but think of commoner students from poor families.

Although Du Ning has read some books, strictly speaking, he is not a real scholar because he has not yet reached the level of Confucianism and Taoism, and he is not even a child.

This is not an ordinary ancient time, but a world where Confucianism and Taoism are prosperous, and scholars control the aura of heaven and earth.

There are ten levels of Confucianism and Taoism, namely, the first-rank Tongsheng, the ninth-rank scholar, the eighth-rank scholar, the seventh-rank Jinshi, the sixth-rank Hanlin, the fifth-rank great scholar, the fourth-rank great Confucian, the third-rank half-sage, the second-rank sub-sage, and the first-rank supreme.

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Anyone who reads can sense the aura of heaven and earth.

If you have more knowledge, you will naturally gather your talents and open up a literary palace to become a child.

After Confucianism and Taoism become a Tongsheng, they will not only have talents, but also have the qualifications to enroll in a liberal arts college and obtain academic status, which will be used to obtain fame.

"On the 15th of this month, the Xuemei Literary Society will be held in Xuemei Tower, where Hanyi Society and Jieying Society will hold a literary competition..."

Based on his memory, Du Ning learned that today happened to be the 15th.

Jieying Society is a literary society organized by family members, most of whom are liberal arts students, who are well-read in poetry and books, and are motivated to become elites among scholars.

Almost every season, the capitals of Hanyi Club and Jieying Club would meet to hold a literary meeting, gathering the children of the club to discuss winning and losing with poems and songs. Those who won would be rewarded, and those who lost would be hit.

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However, people from poor families are all poor. How can the education they receive be comparable to that of the children of the family?

Therefore, when Confucian scholars of the same level compete in literary exchanges, Hanyi Society will lose more and win less.

According to Du Ning's memory, Jieying Society suppressed Hanyi Society for three full years without any defeat!

But even so, Hanyi Club still follows its usual practice and insists on literary competition with Jieying Club every month.

The grievances and major issues involved cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.

After making some breakfast, Du Ning went to Xuemei Tower.

As a member of Hanyi Club, Du Ning never misses any cultural gathering.

Even if we know that Hanyi Society is a complete failure, we must have a positive attitude towards learning.

Xuemei Building is a "literary building", which is a place dedicated to providing a venue for literary gatherings for scholars. During the four seasons of the year, it is most crowded only in winter.

Because there are plum blossoms planted in the courtyard, whenever it snows in winter, literati and poets come to watch them, and then they recite poems to the white snow and plum blossoms, express their emotions through the scenery, and express their various ambitions and ideals through poems and songs.

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Today's Xuemei Cultural Festival has brought the passenger flow of Xuemei Tower to its peak.

"I'm Du Ning, a student of Hanyi Club, here to attend the cultural gathering."

After arriving at Xuemei Building, Du Ning directly revealed his identity to the waiter.

"It turns out to be Mr. Du, please go to the box on the second floor."

"Good work."

Under the guidance of the waiter, Du Ning went to the box on the second floor.

This room has many windows, and you can see the plum blossoms planted in the garden downstairs, and you can smell the faint fragrance of plum blossoms.

There are already many students from the Hanyi Society in the hall, most of them like Du Ning have not yet opened a literary palace, and only a few have talent.

"Du Ning, a young student, has met Mr. Li."

Du Ning bowed to a middle-aged man sitting at the head of the society. This man's name was "Li Changsheng". He was an eighth-grade scholar, both came from a poor family, and was elected as the head of the Hanyi Society.

"It is said that Mr. Du is eager to learn, so he will not miss today's cultural gathering."

Li Changsheng smiled and said that there were many poor people in Hanyi Society. The reason why he was deeply impressed by Du Ning was because in the past three years, Du Ning had not been absent from every monthly cultural gathering.

Although they lost to Jieyingshe in every literary meeting, we can still see the mentality of Du Ning and Hanyishe sharing weal and woe.

For this reason, Li Changsheng is very happy for Du Ning.

"We, the Hanyi Club students, have limited conditions and cannot study in the liberal arts college. We only hope to benefit from the liberal arts conference." Du Ning said.

"I wonder if Mr. Du has prepared the poems for the Xuemei Wenhui?"

"This..."

Du Ning thought for a while, and the cultural association was named after "Snow Plum", so the theme would naturally revolve around "snow" and "plum blossoms", reciting poems and eulogies, using scenes to express emotions, or expressing aspirations through objects, as long as it fits the theme.

However, according to the memory in his mind, Du Ning has not had a suitable subject in the past few days, so he has not prepared it yet.

Li Changsheng observed the words and saw that Du Ning did not answer immediately, but just smiled: "It seems that Mr. Du is not ready, and that's okay. Poetry focuses on using local materials and expressing one's ambitions based on objects. What you lack is just inspiration. Literary

The key to communication is participation."

"Ashamed, ashamed."

Du Ning apologized and said, although he came from a humble background, in Hanyi Club, a large group, students from poor families will respect each other and will not discriminate against each other.

We all come from poor backgrounds, so we naturally don’t look down on people from the same background.

"Young Master Du, you're welcome. Please sit down wherever you like."

Li Changsheng didn't show his authority as the leader of the club, nor did he act like an elder. After all, he didn't expect Du Ning to win the championship for Hanyi Club.

Hanyishe has been losing for three consecutive years. Losing has become a habit. So what if we lose again? It’s not like we can’t afford to lose.

"Thank you, the head of society."

Du Ning then walked to the side and chose a place to sit down.

The students around him who knew Du Ning greeted him politely, and Du Ning patiently returned the greetings one by one and chatted with everyone.

At this time, before the literary meeting started, the place was already filled with nearly 300 students from the Hanyi Club, and no one from the Jieying Club had arrived.