The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

After Minister Wu left, Bai Gui tidied up and walked to the lecture hall for class.

Although he is now considered successful and has a certain reputation, academic qualifications cannot be discarded. The difference between undergraduates and graduates is still quite big. Anyway, there is only more than a year left for preparatory courses.

There aren’t many liberal arts courses either.

According to the calculation method of Kunlun Mirror Daogong, academic qualifications can also obtain a certain amount of Daogong.

It can also be regarded as the way to study.

Today is Tuesday, Fire Sunday.

Class A.

The first high school is a Western-style school and a college preparatory course, so the lecture hall is also modeled after a Western-style university, using a stepped classroom.

This class is about Japanese history.

"In ancient times, men distributed their hair in two pieces, knotted it on the left and right sides, decorated it with pearls, and were named Meizhu Luo. "Shen Gong Ji": Later, the hair was divided into two pieces, and they were used as men's clouds. The cowpeas grown by farmers today are thin and long, with two The branches hang down to the ground, also known as Meiluozhu, and the cover looks like a bun..."

""Notes on Dongying Chronicles": In ancient times, it was an ancient custom for young children to tie their hair in fifteen or sixteen hairs on their foreheads, and seventeen or eighteen hairs would be divided into dimes for their forehead hair. "Ancient Century" called it Huhua, and later generations called it Fuhua..."

"Men and women do not shave their fetal hair. When men reach their twenties, they will cut off the top of their hair, leaving only four hairs on their foreheads. They will put a bun on their forehead and a small Ruyi hairpin on the right side. Ruyi is also divided into high and low grades. This is also like the front hair. It is shaved every month. There are a few inches of hair on the forehead, and the life sentence is: 'Moon Generation'..."

On the stage, a professor wearing gold-rimmed glasses held a teaching whip and was teaching Japanese etiquette and customs, and the changes in Japanese hair accessories and clothing from ancient times to the present.

Bai Gui sat in the first row, in the middle.

This seat is also very particular.

Although Japan is Westernized, its hierarchical status is strict. The best seats in the first row must be reserved for ministers or those in senior positions. Most people will be ostracized and cold-blooded if they sit arrogantly.

And he is the deputy minister, and he is also the second one, so he can enjoy the success.

"Fujiwara, tell me about the changes in beards before and after the Restoration!"

Professor Japanese History paused for a moment, and his eyes fell on Saburo Fujiwara in the center.

"Mr. Hui..."

Saburo Fujiwara stood up, thought for a while, and then answered fluently: "Tokugawa Ieyasu once said to Kato Kiyomasa: 'There are three abominations in public life, and one is a beautiful beard.' It can be seen that before the Restoration, all the public servants and ministers shaved their faces and did not grow beards. Monks and laymen..."

"In recent years, we have learned from Western customs, where beards are the most important thing, and when we are thirty or forty years old, our lips are as thin as a bamboo..."

He answered smoothly and every sentence was refined.

"good."

"Sit down."

The Professor of Japanese History nodded slightly, and then looked at Bai Gui on the side. One asked a question, and then the other two came, "Bai Jun, I just said that the Black Teeth Kingdom is recorded in the "Book of Han". This trend has been going on for a long time. ..., has Mr. Bai done any research on this?"

He knew that Bai Guizhi was responsible for the Spring and Autumn Period, and he specialized in studying history books, otherwise he would not have been able to write such a masterpiece as the Great Qin Empire.

Asking now is even more difficult than asking Saburo Fujiwara before.

The questions asked by Saburo Fujiwara were about things he had already said, but the questions asked about Shiro Gui were about things he had not said yet. In terms of titles, they are also more respectful.

"Mr. Shiraishi, I happened to have some research results recently."

Bai Gui nodded, put down the textbook, stood up and said: "The so-called Black Teeth Country is a custom. A woman's eyebrows shaved and her teeth black means that the woman is married..."

"It is recorded in "Yi Jue Liao Miscellaneous Notes" by Zhu Yi of the Song Dynasty: 'Today's women shave off their eyebrows and paint with ink, which is based on the ancient method.' Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote in "Shi Ming": "Dai, Dai Yes. The eyebrows are removed and replaced in their place. When a woman is married, her teeth will become as black as lacquer.'..."

What he means is that it is recorded in the literature that black teeth in the Black Teeth Kingdom are a custom, and nirvana teeth represent that the woman has been married. valley

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were already records of some small countries in Japan. This Black Tooth Country was on Honshu Island in Japan.

For example, "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "From the Queen's Kingdom to the east... although they are all Japanese species, they are not of the Queen. From the Queen's Kingdom more than four thousand miles south to the Pygmy Kingdom, people are three or four feet long. After one year of sailing southeast from the Pygmy Country, To the kingdom of nakedness and the kingdom of black teeth..."

It is worth mentioning that in Japanese, the pronunciation of Japan and Yamato is the same, but the Japanese also know that Japan is not very pleasant to hear, so when translating into Chinese, they translated themselves as Yamato.

"Bai Jun is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, which is admirable!"

The Professor of Japanese History pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose and showed admiration, but after waiting for a while, he said again: "It's just... In the early years of the Meiji period, our country issued an order to abolish the black teeth and ordered reforms. Today, the teeth are like shells." , The eyebrows are as curved as a moth!"

"I would like to be taught!"

Bai Gui frowned slightly and sat down.

When Japan tells its history, it does not hide anything. This is also because under the Meiji innovation, it has been leaning towards major changes.

In this way, it further proves the orthodoxy of the Restoration...

The worse the previous dynasty was, doesn’t it mean that the current dynasty is more supported by others and has obtained the destiny? !

However, this does not mean that the Japanese history professor deliberately targeted him.

Just tell it like it is.

However, combined with the environment at this time, it is inevitable that the Japanese people know more about self-innovation and self-improvement, while the Qing Dynasty, on the other hand, is stuck in its ways and gradually deteriorates...

The Japanese and Black Tooth Kingdoms recorded in the "Book of the Eastern Han Dynasty" are extremely derogatory remarks about Japan.

The Chinese civilization is like this. There are no good words to describe the surrounding barbarian lands. Only the Han are strong, what about the Huns, what about the Yelang Kingdom...

However, there must be a reason for what the Han Dynasty said. At that time, the Han Dynasty was a beacon of human civilization, while Japan was still a land of barbarians. It was far from that. To say it was derogatory is just to record it truthfully.

Although the Qing Dynasty is lagging behind now, it is almost the same generation difference as Japan.

No need to doubt yourself.

after class.

"Mr. Shiraishi, please stay..."

When he saw Professor Japanese History about to leave in the corridor, Bai Gui chased after him.

"Jun Bai, what's the matter?"

Professor Shiraishi looked puzzled, but his attitude was very polite.

"It's like this. I listened to Mr. Baishi's lecture today and I felt a lot of emotion. I have finished writing the first volume of the Qin Empire, and I am almost ready for the second volume. I am going to write some other things, such as... an examination of the customs of various countries, cultural research... …Compare each other…”

Bai Gui considered his words carefully and said.

Professor Shiraishi asked him today, which made him deeply touched and made him think about what to write in his next book.

Originally, when he studied the history of Japan, he planned to write a book called "Tokugawa Ieyasu" or "Toyotomi Hideyoshi", which would definitely elevate him from an ordinary writer to a famous writer.

But..., today he felt that he needed to write something else.

Such as "Guns, Germs and Steel"!

This book is very famous in later generations. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the English Popular Science Award in 1998. It can be said that it is basically a must-read best-selling work...

At the same time, it is also the best reply to some arrogant people!