The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

As the officer walked, he said: "There are ten people in a class for Juren, and there are usually three classes a year. There are five people in a class for Xiucai, and there is only one class a year. Both Xiucai and Juren can study for three years, and they must leave after three years. The State Academy of Literature There is an examination every year, and those who get the top five will be admitted to the Jingguo Academy in the capital. There are not only candidates from their own countries, but also those who come to study from other countries, as well as children from the sage family. "

Fang Yun listened to the officer's introduction and looked around the Prefecture Academy of Literature. He had only been to the official offices before, and this was his first time in the school area.

This place is simply a garden, with small bridges and flowing water, long corridors and short pavilions, and lush flowers and trees. It seems to be completely separated from the noise of the world and returned to the tranquility of nature.

Fang Yun nodded, this is the place to study.

The two people walked along the cobblestone road, bypassed a rockery, and saw a round arch with the word "Moxiang" written on it.

"This is Moxiangshe, where the first class of scholars is located."

Moxiangshe is a courtyard. There is a red-roofed pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, with lush vegetation on both sides. Further forward is a very ordinary room with black tiles and white walls. The door of the room is open, and there are tables, chairs and students inside.

After walking a few steps, Fang Yun heard the students inside talking.

"Sir, does Fang Yun really want to come to our class? I like his song "The End of the Year" the most. It is directed at the princes in the court and is very popular."

"My favorite is "The Inscription on a Humble Room". It has been hung in my study. I recite it every morning and every night before going to bed. Even my wife can recite it."

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, but he was relieved when he thought that ancient people got married early.

"Feng Yun will be your classmate from now on. His talent has spread throughout the ten countries. The five of you can't look down on him just because he is a child."

"Sir, do you think we are nerds? We are not like Liu Zicheng who has a grudge against him. We have not had time to make friends with him, so how can we despise him."

"Only nerds respect him more, right, nerds."

"Fang Yun's talent is a hundred times better than mine, so I naturally respect him immensely."

Fang Yun didn't expect to be talked about while still outside the door. After walking to the door, he coughed lightly.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man and five young people were seen looking over.

The officer bent down slightly and said, "Mr. Dao Lang, fellow scholars, this is the leader of the plan."

"Fang Yun has met you all." Fang Yun didn't know what to call these six people, ranging from teenagers to thirty years old. The age span was too big.

Two of the five talented students suddenly stood up from their chairs and walked over with a smile.

Both teenagers were wearing dark blue scholar uniforms, with bamboo leaves embroidered on the collar and cuffs, which were obviously different from the willow leaves on Fang Yun's clothes.

"Fang Shuangjia, you are finally here! Your song "The End of the Year" is so well written, it is really a role model for me as a scholar! My name is Lu Yu, I am the same age as you, I am also sixteen." Lu Yu has a delicate face and a baby face , smiling happily.

The young scholar on the side said: "My name is Ning Zhiyuan. I am seventeen this year. I like your "Inscription on a Humble Room" the most."

"Brother Lu, Brother Ning." Fang Yun greeted him politely.

The teacher behind the desk said kindly: "I am the lecturer of the State Liberal Arts College. You can just call me Mr. Wang from now on. Li Yuncong, please introduce the three of you. From today on, you are classmates."

A young man with thick eyebrows stood up. He held a fist towards Fang Yun and said with a serious smile: "Li Yuncong of Dayuan Mansion, I have admired your name for a long time. If Liu Zicheng makes trouble for you in the future, count me in it."

"Thank you, Brother Li."

The other two people were also introduced one by one. One was called Du Shudai. He was a bit old-fashioned, but he did not hide his admiration for Fang Lun in his words. The other one is Tang Shanyue, a very ordinary person with a kind smile.

These five people were among the top five in the government examination last year. Among them, Li Yuncong was the number one scholar and was called Maocai in Shengyuan Continent.

Fang Yun remembered the names of five people and felt that these five people were all good. No one was unconvinced or questioned because of his great literary name. They all praised him sincerely. This is the most normal scholar in the ten countries.

Li Yuncong and the other three were older, so they were not very proactive, while Lu Yu and Ning Zhiyuan were very interested in Fang Yun, and took the initiative to ask Fang Yun something regardless of where Mr. Wang was.

Mr. Wang didn't mind and motioned for them to continue.

Fang Yun had no choice but to patiently answer the two star-chasers, Lu Yu and Ning Zhiyuan.

Although Li Yuncong and Mr. Wang didn't speak, they were very interested in the matter of luck and listened with great interest. They didn't seem to be attending class at all.

The few people got acquainted with each other a little, and Ning Zhiyuan asked expectantly: "We all heard the thundering holy voice, and also heard the semi-sage saying that you have great talent and passed the holy election, but we don't know what happened, can you Tell me what happened?"

Fang Yun glanced at Mr. Wang helplessly, and Mr. Wang said: "Don't look at me, keep talking, I want to hear it too."

Everyone laughed.

Fang Yun found that this class was completely different from ordinary elementary schools. The atmosphere was very relaxed. After all, the top five talents in the government examination would have a great chance of winning the imperial examination. In the future, they would be on an equal footing with Mr. Wang. Naturally, Mr. Wang would not pretend to be a teacher everywhere. shelf.

Fang Yun slowly told the story of the invitation to the Saint.

When it came to Lord Weiyuan asking the Half-Saint to test Fang Yun's holy way, all six people were angry. Finally, when it came to Li Wenying killing Lord Weiyuan, everyone said it was a good killing, even Mr. Wang.

When Fang Yun finished speaking, Li Yuncong snorted coldly and said: "Fang Yun, you must be careful. All the nobles in Dayuan Mansion know Liu Zicheng's bad reputation. Now you have the attention of a semi-saint and a mysterious teacher. He will not touch you. Once If you go wrong, he will definitely kill you. Fortunately, you offended Liu Zicheng. If you had offended Liu Zizhi, he would have been dead. Everyone in the Liu family, young and old, is more ruthless than the other. "

"Thank you, Brother Li, for reminding me," Fang Yun said.

Lu Yu said: "Although his eldest brother Liu Zizhi is decisive and ruthless, he doesn't have much reputation and will not do obscene things. Liu Zicheng is different. He can do all despicable things."

Fang Yun nodded.

Fang Yun talked for more than an hour, and Mr. Wang asked everyone to rest for a moment before leaving. Not long after, Mr. Wang came back and said he would continue teaching.

Fang Yun originally thought that he would be taught by different teachers just like the family studies, but when he thought about it carefully, this Mr. Wang was a Juren, and Jiangzhou only produced thirty or forty Juren a year, so not many Juren were willing to teach students.

Mr. Wang was going to talk about the meaning of the classics in this class. He was afraid that Fang Yun would not understand, so he asked Fang Yun some questions about the meaning of the classics.

Fang Yun had read almost all the textbooks on classics and meanings, and his theory was more solid than all the scholars present, even as good as Juren, and his answers were clear and logical.

Mr. Wang only asked basic questions at first, but in the end he asked some questions that even scholars had difficulty answering, and Fang Yun was able to answer them.

The five scholar classmates looked at Fang Yun like a monster. They had all come from children to scholars step by step, and they knew the hardships best.

Lu Yu whispered: "His grasp of the classics and meanings is worse than ours. This shows that he can at least be a scholar now. Even if he gets into the top ten in the government examination, it will not be a problem."

"It's less than a month since the county examination ended, but he has learned so much. Is this what he means by being born with knowledge?"

The more Mr. Wang asked, the happier he became, and he said with a smile: "Okay! Sit down, please tell me that Tong Sheng is the best in the world in sage words, and Tong Sheng is also the best in poetry. The meaning of this scripture can be a scholar even if you get a B grade. What's more, you are now The meaning of the scriptures is at least C. I don’t need to change the teaching content specifically for you. As for the policy analysis part that will be taught in the future, you can just study the scriptures and meanings on your own. It’s not too late to study policy theory after you pass the exam.”

Next, Mr. Wang began to teach these people how to write the meaning of the scriptures, using the example of a question on the meaning of the scriptures in last year's state examination, "Zijing people dedicated themselves to the ancestors."

Fang Yun knew that the phrase "Zijing, a man dedicated himself to his ancestors" came from "Shang Shu Wei Zi", and the literal translation is: decide for yourself. Everyone must make a contribution to the late king. The chapter "Wei Zi" tells that Wei Zi, the eldest brother of King Zhou of Shang, asked his father and navy for advice on what to do when the Yin and Shang dynasties were about to perish. In the end, Wei Zi chose to run away. After the demise of the Shang Dynasty, Wei Zi He was forgiven by King Wu of Zhou and became the first king of Song Dynasty.

Fang Yun listened carefully to Mr. Wang's explanation and found that Mr. Wang was not as good as those who wrote guidance books on classics in terms of theory, but he was better in terms of examples and details. After all, a book can only say so much, and Mr. Wang wanted to say Just say whatever you want.

After analyzing this classic question, Mr. Wang asked six people to solve the question in their own way. Finally, he taught the test paper and Mr. Wang commented on it one by one.

Fang Yun has been practicing solving problems in the past few days, and now he has made some gains.

Mr. Wang finished commenting on the previous five people's questions and lowered his head to read Fang Yun's test paper: "When a gentleman leaves, he will die and live. His ambition is in the world and the country and not in one body. Therefore, his dead people do not seek fame, and their living people do not avoid disasters, but lead their lives." Those who beg to leave..."

After reading the question, which was only a few hundred words long, Mr. Wang looked up at Fang Yun and remained silent for a long time.

The scholars on the side were all shocked.

Li Yuncong, who had always been taciturn, finally couldn't help it and asked: "Fang Yun, are you really a child? Not a Jinshi?"

"Isn't that true?" Fang Yun didn't expect these people to react so strongly.

Mr. Wang let out a long sigh and said: "It seems that there is someone who is born with knowledge. Regardless of other things, just solving the problem, he is a first-class figure, a talent that can solve the problem in a state."

Fang Yun said: "Sir, I have been studying the classics and meanings these days, and I have received guidance from Lord Cai of this county for several days, so I suddenly had an idea and got an article. If four or five questions are asked in a row for me to solve, I will definitely be dizzy."

"That's true. But now I'm relieved. The meaning of the classics is vast, and breaking the title is the first. Even if you get a good article by chance, it has proven that you are not only talented in poetry, but also talented in the meaning of the classics. I think of what you just said about Wei The words of condemnation from the emperor mean that your strategy will be extraordinary. This will reassure me that you will be a Jinshi within five years!"

The other scholars nodded repeatedly. They were really shocked by Fang Yun's question.

Fang Yun was not proud, he just lamented that he had not wasted only two hours of sleep every day these days. Since Mr. Wang said this, it meant that he had finally officially started in the classics and meaning. From then on, he would have to continue to hone his skills and no longer have to worry about his lack of ability.

Fang Yun said: "Maybe it's because of the thundering holy sound."

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There will be some blocked words at the starting point, some of which are replaced by asterisks, and some of which are directly erased. If I modify them later, I can only replace them with homophones or separate them with punctuation marks, which is really a helpless move. Due to system issues, some modifications will not be updated. I would like to apologize to all readers and thank everyone who pointed out typos. I will correct them one by one.