After about a quarter of an hour, the teacher stopped teaching.

He turned to Wang Yao and bowed: "I am Yan Xiang, with the courtesy name Ju Ming, and I am meeting you, sir."

Xiang Yu also introduced: "Sir, this Mr. Yan is the chief of the school appointed by the envoy; Mr. Ju Ming, this is our envoy's son, and a student of the great scholar Mr. Xun Shuang."

Wang Yao returned the greeting: "Mr. Ju Ming, I am Wang Yao, with the courtesy name Yan Chen."

I didn't expect that the chief of the school under my father was actually a good talent, the future chief clerk of Yuan Shu, and one of the few sober people around him when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor.

"Sir, are you here to give lectures today?" Yan Xiang asked.

"Yes," Wang Yao said, "Mr. Ju Ming, do you have any advice?"

"Haha, I don't deserve your advice. I wonder if I can sit in on the class?"

"Of course I can."

Seeing that the two of them were chatting, Xiang Yu said, "Sir, Mr. Yan, I won't bother you anymore. I'll take my leave first."

After Xiang Yu left, Yan Xiang said, "I just finished a class. Can you please wait for the students to rest for a while before continuing the class?"

"Sure, I'm I also want to ask Mr. Yan about the situation of these students first. "

"Okay, sir, I have been working here for more than a year. Among this group of students, look at that one." Yan Xiang pointed: "Niu Huiqing, the oldest, has learned well enough, and is enough for a minor official; that one, Zhou Quanshan, is also okay; and that one, Qi Fangshan; is also good..."

Yan Xiang pointed out four or five people in a row. Basically, they were young people who had studied for more than a year, and they were all from common people. In his eyes, they were worth using.

As for the three-character surname + given name, it is not surprising. After all, the two-character name was cheapened by Wang Mang. After Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no clear requirement.

However, the gentry and the powerful attach more importance to this habit, or it is a convention, but the lower class is not so particular about these, and some lower class people don’t even have a proper name.

In the upper class, there is no serious discrimination against two-character names.

The grandson of the famous Confucian scholar Ma Rong, Ma Ritian, courtesy name Wengshu, had a status in the hearts of the literati in the late Han Dynasty that was not much different from that of Lu Zhi and Cai Yong.

He participated in the continuation of "Dongguan Hanji" and the engraving of "Xiping Stone Classics".

He also served as an official and was one of the three dukes and nine ministers.

Could it be that the gentry would look down on him because of his two-character name? Besides, he himself was from a noble family.

If it is said that he used this name because he admired Jin Midi, then there were too many legendary figures with two-character names before the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If he admired Cheng Buzhi, he would be called Wang Buzhi and Zhang Buzhi; if he admired Zhou Yafu, he would be called Li Yafu and Zhao Yafu; if he admired Huo Qubing, he would be called Zhou Qubing and Xu Qubing; and people like Guo Youzhi (character name: Yanchang), who may have religious beliefs, also have two-character names.

Find a reason that makes sense, and it doesn't matter if the two-character name is not important. Then is there a necessity to look down on the two-character name? Besides, as we enterDuring the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were many names with two characters.

It was originally a custom, so there was no need to stick to it.

Your status is not given by your name. If you have a family background and ability, you can be respected no matter how many characters you have. Otherwise, if you follow the upper class and choose a single character name, but you have no family background and no ability, won’t you still be looked down upon?

Yan Xiang pointed to a child who looked about ten years old and said, "Sir, this child is Jiang Qin. He entered the school half a year ago. He has good talent, studies hard, and can occasionally draw inferences from one example. He is the most talented among these children."

Wang Yao was delighted when he heard the name, and looked at the boy following Yan Xiang's direction.

Jiang Qin is indeed from Shouchun, so it is not impossible for him to appear here.

After all, he is a person who will grow up to be one of the twelve tiger ministers of Jiangdong in the future, so of course he has talent.

After getting to know the students, Yan Xiang and Wang Yao started chatting again, talking about knowledge and the past and present, and they had some common language.

"Sir, it's almost time."

"Okay, I'll go."

Wang Yao walked up to the podium, and Yan Xiang sat in the last row.

When the students below saw Wang Yao on the stage, many of them whispered to each other, after all, Wang Yao didn't look much older than them.

Jiang Qin didn't change his expression. If he didn't have the ability to read people's expressions, he wouldn't have chosen to trace Sun Ce so early.

So when other students had doubts on their faces, he just thought silently in his heart.

"Students, my name is Wang Yao, courtesy name: Yanchen. I am a student of the great scholar Xun Shuang. Under the order of the envoy Wang, I will occasionally come to teach you."

The students have also heard from the lecturers about several great scholars of the time, and Xun Shuang is one of them. And the young man in front of them claims to be Xun Shuang's student, and he was sent by the governor Wang, so of course there is no problem.

"Okay, today, I will tell you a story about a bow and a person."

As soon as they heard about the story, the students' attention was immediately focused.

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, the King of Chu lost a bow while hunting. His subordinates asked to look for it, but the King of Chu said, 'No need to look for it. A Chu man lost his bow and a Chu man found it. Why bother looking for it?'"

"What do you think of the King of Chu?"

A student answered, "The King of Chu is broad-minded. If his bow could be found by a Chu man, it would be good."

"Well, later, Confucius learned about this. Guess what Confucius said."

"Did Confucius praise the King of Chu?"

"Did Confucius pick up the bow?"

……………………

The students used their imagination and provided many answers.

Jiang Qin said, "Teacher, did Confucius criticize the King of Chu?"

Wang Yao looked at him and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Jiang Qin replied, "Before, other teachers taughtHowever, Confucius spread private education and taught everyone, while the King of Chu just wanted the people of Chu to get the bow. "

"Yes," Wang Yao immediately agreed with him and gave the answer: "Later, Confucius heard about this and said, 'The King of Chu has a narrow mind. If someone loses a bow, someone else will find it. Why must the people of Chu pick it up?' The King of Chu focused on Chu, while Confucius saw the world, not limited to a certain country or region. His mind was far beyond the King of Chu's. "

"I see!"

"It's Confucius indeed. ”

Afterwards, Wang Yao told the students some stories of ancient sages, using an entertaining way to impart knowledge and principles.

Yan Xiang listened and smiled. The son of Governor Wang and the student of Mr. Xun were indeed quite capable.

After about half an hour, the class was over.

Wang Yao bowed and said, "Students, my class is over today. You can take a break first."

The students all stood up and bowed, "Students respectfully send off the teacher."

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