Three Kingdoms

Just when Zhang Fei started fighting in Dingze, in Chang'an, gradually, and I don't know when, a wave of fighting started, but this wave was not between soldiers, but among the gentry's children who were studying Confucian classics. The battle in terms of literature can also be said to be mutual criticism in literature.

Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second.

This sentence is really not said casually.

Literature, from ancient times to the present, has been multi-dimensional, and under multi-dimensionality, the same article has different opinions and thinking angles, just like an ordinary composition, presented to several different Chinese teachers See, the scores you get can be very different.

Maybe this gentleman's handwriting was too bad, but Teacher A only took a cursory look at it, and then he didn't take a closer look anymore, so he casually gave me an average score.

Teacher B, on the other hand, was more patient. After reading it, he felt that some of the words in the article were clever and the ideological connotation was profound. It also fit the teacher's taste, so he gave it a high score.

Teacher C also finished reading it and felt that although the writing was good, there were some private sentences and the values ​​contained in it were not worth promoting, so he gave it a very low score.

So who among the three teachers is right and who is wrong?

Don't say that the first teacher made any mistakes, because this is the case in the college entrance examination in later generations. How many composition papers does a teacher have to correct, and even if he can't write the words well, you still expect the teacher to identify and check each word? After all, I tried hard to identify them for a while, and giving a moderate score is not considered bad. What's more, there are many teachers who just give low scores because of poor handwriting...

This is true for an essay, but there are even more problems for a series of articles.

This is true in ancient classics, and it is also true in modern classics.

"In the past, the king of Zhou Dynasty declined, but the etiquette was not upright, and the seven kingdoms were in conflict. The pre-Qin Dynasty arose, and soon the Han Dynasty emerged and succeeded each other. His way is very remarkable. The master was happy to be upright, praised his work elegantly, revised the preface to the Book of Changes, and made the Spring and Autumn Annals , to remember the way of the emperor. However, the master died and only spoke a few words. Fortunately, Fu Sheng recited it and Chao Gong collected it, so that it can be passed down. Now you do not think about its virtues, but talk about its disadvantages. How can you be so embarrassed!"

"No! No! The book of ministers first appeared on the wall of the house. It decayed and scattered. Now that the book is here, it was passed down to the teacher for reading. Poetry has just begun to sprout. There are many books in the world. They are all legends of various scholars. They are still widely established. For academic officials, it is necessary to set up a doctorate. Emperor Xiaowu also once said that it is far away from the complete classics. Especially when it is seen that the book is missing and simplified, how can it be without disadvantages? "

"When the Han Dynasty flourished, there were many Zhongni and no legal system. There was only one uncle, Sun Tong, who stipulated some etiquette. When it came to Yibu, there was no other book. At that time, no one person could complete the scriptures alone, or he could not Ya, or a chant, combined together. This is quite the style of poetry and etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period masters. It has also been passed down by Guangwu and has learned a lot about the world. If the ritual of Piyongfeng Zen patrol and hunting is established, it will be dark and unclear. It is still like this. In order to protect the weak and protect the weak, they coerce the selfish intention of being afraid of being exposed, and destroy the public heart of doing good and obeying righteousness!"

"This is what common people do, not what they expect from scholars and gentlemen. How can it be blocked by the words of a few schools of thought? Observing the origin is the way of learning, and digging into the peaks of literature is the beauty of a gentleman! They are all there. Isn’t it wonderful to see that the past and present correspond to each other? How can we give up eating because of choking?”

"The way of civility and martial arts has not fallen to the ground. Among people, wise men aspire to the great, and unworthy men aspire to the small. The words of several schools today include both the small and the small. How can we be biased?"

Scenes like this appear from time to time in Chang'an. Whether it is the elegant and expensive Peijue Building or the new-style teahouse on the street, you can see a few or even a dozen people gathered around and arguing. A group of melon-eating people who either understand or don’t understand...

"Are you having sex?"

"Are you arguing?"

"Just arguing and not taking action?"

"I don't know, do you want to take a look?"

"Uh... well, I have nothing to do. Why don't you buy me a melon?"

I don’t know if these melon-eaters will eventually get what they want, but many ordinary people don’t understand what these people are arguing about or why they are arguing.

But not all the gentry disciples participated in this debate. There were also some gentry disciples who casually hugged Mei Ji, laughed and drank, completely staying out of the matter. They thought that these people were too idle and they might as well drink two more drinks if they had this free time. A bowl of wine will make you feel comfortable with your beautiful concubine.

Among these people who stayed out of the matter was Li Yuan, who was now reestablishing himself in Chang'an.

Li Yuan originally almost wiped out his clan due to the rebellion in Xiliang. Later, he decided to follow Fei Qian and found a future. Now as the captain of Ba Ling, today happened to be Mu Xiude's time, so he went to Fei Qian. Jue Lou drank some wine, watched Quan, a young man from the noble clan arguing under the window, and drank, teasing Mei Ji in his arms from time to time.

Li Yuan has fought many battles over the years, so there are quite a few signs of his transformation towards martial arts. He saw some nobles in Chang'an arguing endlessly. As long as the Hussars General didn't say anything, Li Yuan had the right to pretend he didn't hear it. , on the one hand, the matter is not of my own concern, on the other hand, it is also because the surrounding environment has stabilized a little, and I don’t want to be troubled.

However, things are often like this. The more you don't want to be troublesome, the more troublesome things tend to happen.

"Brother Xian! You made it easy for me to find you!" Wei Duan appeared on the corridor of Pingjue Tower. He looked up and saw Li Yuan sitting in the small partition of the screen, and said hello with a smile.

Li Yuan took his hand out from under Meiji's robe in his arms and cupped his hand slightly, "Have you ever seen Brother Wei...have a drink together?"

Speaking of which, it has been quite a while since the Hussars arrived in Chang'an, but in Chang'an, there has been no peace for a few days since Dong Zhuo's time, so the gentry children in Chang'an are also a little wary, not knowing when they will appear again. When something happened, seeing Fei Qian being promoted to the rank of Hussar, many people took a long breath and began to fall into the rhythm that they were more familiar with, such as reciting poems and composing poems. They thought that the military chaos had faded away, and they could feel more at ease. .

The same is true for Li Yuan. Now he thinks that he has sacrificed enough before. At least in this life, if Qiao Qi cannot fall, he will not be too bad. He does not expect to be able to climb very high, but he will not fall too badly. It was enough to find a few more favorite Gu Liangs, and then have more children to pass on the Li family. So after meeting Wei Duan, although his attitude was okay, he actually didn't want to move.

Because Li Yuan knew Wei Duan's character, he would not get up early if there was no benefit, and he would not move out of bed if nothing happened.

Wei Duan is basically a pure opportunist. When Dong Zhuo was in power, Wei Duan did not dare to have anal sex directly. But when Wang Yun came to power, he was too independent and did not share with anyone. Even Yang There was no benefit to Biao, let alone a small role like Wei Duan. Later, when Xiliang troops were in chaos, Wei Duan retreated to his own fort without saying a word, and waited until Fei Qian cleaned up Xiliang. After Liang rebelled against the soldiers, he came out again.

As for Fei Qian, Wei Duan was just climbing up the ladder, shrinking down when he was in trouble and standing up when it was beneficial. Such people were very common both in ancient times and in later generations.

"My dear brother, you really have a leisurely life..." Wei Duan sat down and said with a smile, "I really envy my brother..."

Li Yuan said: "Brother Wei is joking..." Then he turned to Mei Ji and said, "Go and ask the store to bring some more specialty dishes..."

"No need to spend money, no need to spend money..." Wei Duan said, "We are brothers, why should we be so polite? This is enough..."

"Haha..." Li Yuan didn't say anything, but patted Mei Ji on the butt lightly and not hard, glared at Mei Ji, and signaled that she should hurry up. Mei Ji let out a sweet cry, then walked out holding her butt.

Wei Duan's eyebrows moved slightly, but he pretended not to see it and turned to look out the window.

"Oh... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Li Yuan smiled and said, "I have been in the army for a long time, so I am not immune to the influence of these bastards. I hope Brother Wei can forgive me..."

Wei Duan waved his hand and said: "Brother Xian is really good-natured... Haha, so, very good, very good... I wonder how my brother Xian's affairs are going these days? I heard that brother Xian is renovating the old house? But do you need wood craftsmen? If necessary, but please Frankly speaking..."

Li Yuan laughed: "Thank you so much, Brother Wei!"

Wei Duan nodded and said: "You and I are like brothers, no need to be polite, no need to be polite..."

After chatting for a while, the waiter from the popular store took away the leftover dishes and then served the newly made dishes. Li Yuan extended his hand to invite Wei Duan to taste it.

After the two of them ate a little and drank two more drinks, Wei Duan pointed to the fighting group downstairs who were still arguing and said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, there has been a lot more noise in the city recently..."

Li Yuan nodded and said nothing.

"I wonder what my dear brother thinks of this matter?" Wei Duan asked.

Li Yuan raised his glass to signal, chuckled, and still didn't say anything.

"Brother Xian, this is your fault..." Wei Duan picked up the wine glass and said with a slight frown, "This matter is of great importance, how can we just sit back and watch..."

Li Yuan still laughed.

Wei Duan frowned and put down his wine glass.

"After drinking this glass, drink first..." Li Yuan laughed, still holding up the glass, and said, "Let's talk after drinking, talk after drinking..."

Wei Duan had no choice but to pick it up again and have a drink with Li Yuan.

"Is this a scripture..." Li Yuan added some wine to Wei Duan and said, "...what's there to argue about? It's up to you. If you like it, read more. If you don't like it, don't read it. What's the point? controversial?"

Wei Duan shook his head and said: "This is wrong! The matter of scriptures is an important matter for the country, how can we underestimate it!"

Li Yuan said lazily: "In ancient times, weren't there any scriptures? Didn't the country have no country in ancient times? There is really nothing to argue about. If it is what I mean... these people are all idle ! If you have this free time to talk so much, wouldn’t it be nice to either read two more books or drink two more glasses of wine?”

"Brother Xian, how can you be so lazy?" Wei Duan said dissatisfiedly, patting the table gently, "Brother Xian is also from a family of scriptures, how can you take such important economic matters lightly? Today's modern and ancient prose There are constant disputes, and this is related to the eternal inheritance!"

"Oh? Inherited through the ages?" Li Yuan asked, looking up from the dishes.

Wei Duan looked upright and nodded solemnly.

"So Brother Wei, who of them do you think is right?" Li Yuan said, pointing to the group of people arguing outside the window and downstairs.

"Everyone has right and wrong!" Wei Duan said solemnly, "Since Emperor Xiaozhang, this matter has been debated endlessly and continues to this day, so..."

According to the posthumous law, Wen Ke Ling Yi said Zhang, Fa Du Ming Da Yue Zhang, Yan Youwen said Zhang, Jing Shen said Zhang loudly. However, looking at hundreds of emperors in China, there were only three emperors with the posthumous title "Zhang". The Han Dynasty There was one emperor, and there was no Emperor Zhang for more than a thousand years. Until the Ming Dynasty, there was one, and the Qing Dynasty, there was also one...

Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty set the tone for the inheritance of scripture culture, so he was called "Zhang", which means Zhang.

Li Yuan interrupted Wei Duan's long speech and suddenly said: "I got a new article in the past two days, titled 'Forty-Two Chapters', which is quite good. I sent it to Brother Wei that day to see..."

"Forty-two chapters?" Wei Duan frowned and said, "I wonder which sage wrote it?"

Li Yuan laughed and said: "It's not an ancient sage. It was something Emperor Xiaoming asked for from the Western Regions. It's a Buddhist scripture of self-cultivation..."

"The art of self-cultivation as a monk?" Wei Duan shook his sleeves, as if dusting himself off, "Such barbarian nonsense is so ridiculous, what's so great about it?"

"Oh? Brother Wei has also read this chapter?" Li Yuan asked.

Wei Duan shook his head decisively and said sternly: "Never."

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Since I have never read it, why do you say this book is ridiculous?"

Wei Duan rolled his eyes and said, "You don't need to look at it to know how absurd it is."

Li Yuan laughed, picked up some dishes at random, and said in a garbled way while eating: "But after reading it, I think it makes sense...seeing through life and death, practicing self-cultivation, is also a good deed..."

Wei Duan looked a little sad and looked at Li Yuan and said: "My dear brother has endured the catastrophe first and has been in the army for a long time. It is understandable that I put down this book of Confucian classics, but I shouldn't read those messy chapters. It’s so confusing!”

"But I think it's good?" Li Yuan laughed and said, "I think this chapter is also quite good. Can't I just say that?"

"How can you talk nonsense about evil scriptures? Dear brother, don't forget that you are also a heir of the classics!" Wei Duan said in a deep voice, "The original scriptures of the sages are the right truth! My dear brother, if you are like this, aren't you ruining the family inheritance? ! The Li family in Guanzhong has been famous for centuries, and the scriptures have been passed down for hundreds of years. Isn’t it sad and sad?”

Li Yuan put down his chopsticks, pondered for a moment, and said: "I read the scriptures before because I didn't understand anything. Then my parents and master enlightened me with the scriptures and made me enlightened and wise. This is naturally the result of the Six Classics. I have never said that the scriptures of the sages are useless...but in the Six Classics, is there any statement that no other scriptures should be read? Even if others talk nonsense, there is still some merit, why bother to say it is ridiculous without even reading it? ?”

"Well... In fact, Brother Yu has also read the forty-two chapters..." Wei Duan said, "The beginning of the chapter is about seven deaths and nine deaths. Isn't it extremely ridiculous? How can such an article be beneficial?"

"I have seen life and death..." Li Yuan said calmly, "On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyesight, life and death are in the blink of an eye... My family members, the guards who were lucky enough to survive with me back then, were hit by swords and guns, and their blood flowed. More than that, his stomach and intestines were transected, and he was wailing endlessly. He couldn't be cured, and he couldn't survive... I could only comfort him. There is a paradise in the west, and his family can be reunited, be happy and worry-free, and have no injuries or pain... Then he smiled and fell asleep. , Xinran Xunmu..."

"I think it's good because I've seen it... I'm the only one who thinks it's good. I have some compliments. Brother Wei can read it if he likes it. If he doesn't, that's it. That's all..." Li Yuan raised his eyes and looked at Wei Duan, " I don’t have to ask Brother Wei to say that this chapter is good, so why should Brother Wei speak evil words and slander my family?”

"This... Brother Yu didn't mean this..." Wei Duan was stunned for a moment and said, "Brother Yu, this is for the good of the virtuous brother... not to mention... this, this Zhang Jing is extremely fallacious. If it ruins other people's way of studying Confucian classics, , isn’t it a great sin? We should abandon this and follow the righteous scriptures..."

"Brother Wei has great ambitions, and I admire him..." Li Yuan raised his wine glass and said calmly, "Let's stop this matter..."

Wei Duan frowned, held the wine for a while, and suddenly said: "Brother Yu suddenly remembered something that needs to be dealt with urgently..."

"Brother Wei, please help yourself..." Li Yuan chuckled, "Forgive me for being rude, I will send you off not far away..."

Wei Duan laughed dryly, then said goodbye and went downstairs. After getting on the carriage of his car, he couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "I don't know how to appreciate it! If I didn't take him in back then, how would I be today! What a wolf-hearted person." Generations!"

But when he said that Wei Duan was upstairs, Li Yuan smiled when he saw Wei Duan leaving, called Mei Ji back when she was retreating, hugged her and put her on his lap, and then took Mei Ji's fragrant ear in his mouth with a smile. , said softly: "I just talked about some scriptures, and ended up neglecting the beauty... By the way, speaking of books, there is also a good book in a certain house. Then the beauty and I can read it together..."