On the third day after the imperial examination, the list of the imperial examination was posted outside the county government office, and all the students on the list were allowed to participate in the enke township examination. As for those who are not on the list of students, then where to go back and forth, of course, if you have the interest to watch others from afar exam, there will be no objection.
This day early in the morning, fat Xue Chi dressed in gold and silver, will dress up like a groom to run to see the list.
In fact, this goods in the day before dawn to call Zhu Pingan with to see the list, but Zhu Pingan is not interested, would have been on the list, why waste time to see the list it. But the fat man is interested in very thick, this goods waiting for this day waiting too long, can not wait to make a big splash, can not help but want to be next to the table in front of the scholar to fool around.
Young man do not pretend to be ah.
Zhu Pingan looked at the back of the fat man dejected, for some reason always feel the sky seems to be hidden thunder in the roll.
Zhu Pingan and Fatty parted ways in front of the inn, Fatty went to the government office to wait for the examination to release the list, Zhu Pingan was slow and easy to clip the black wooden boards to the usual woods to go.
Repeating the preparatory actions of the past days, he then sat down on a rock and spread the black wooden board, and began to practice his calligraphy.
Circumstances arise from the mind, the mind is like still water.
During today’s calligraphy practice, Zhu Pingan felt that he had entered a wonderful state, feeling that his calligraphy seemed to have entered another realm since he had broken through the bottleneck at Taihu Lake last time, a realm that could almost be described as out of this world. The lone sail that was originally riding the waves in the sea seemed to suddenly burst out of the sea into the sky all of a sudden, soaring up in the sky.
How to put this out-of-body realm, it was like the description of swordplay in a martial arts novel:
When one first learnt and practiced, one used one’s hand to make the sword, sometimes the sword would not listen to one’s command, and one would even injure oneself. After a period of practice, the hand and sword are united, the sword is made with the heart, the sword follows the heart, the sword art has reached a higher level. The highest level of swordsmanship is the unity of heart and sword, no sword and no self. Raising one’s hand and throwing one’s feet is a sword strike. Flying flowers and picking leaves are all sharp swords, a thin embroidery needle can also resist three sword masters, such a sword art can be said to have reached the realm of perfection.
Now Zhu Pingan felt that his brushwork had reached this kind of unity of mind and brush. The realm of no brush, no self.
At the beginning of the practice of calligraphy, the pen is made by the hand. There is a process from the pen not listening to the hand to gradually become skilled, and further development to the second realm of the pen and hand unity. At this point, when you write, you feel that the pen is part of the hand, and you are not writing with the pen, but with the hand. This realm Zhu Pingan has long since reached. At this moment of practicing writing Zhu Pingan had reached the third realm: the mind and pen are one. There is no self and no pen.
Many famous great calligraphers in ancient times were like this.
Wang Xizhi, look at the posture of the white goose swimming in the water, reached this realm, came to understand the “floating goose hooks” stunts; Zhang Xu to see the tambourine man fighting for the road, Gongsun Damsel sword dance, reached this realm, from which the structure of the point of paintings and drawings of the relationship between the fight to let the interspersed and the use of pen speed and rhythm, the wild cursive calligraphy into a great out of the gods; Huaisu watch the summer clouds and the sea, reached this realm, comprehended the atmosphere of cursive, the magnificence, the overturning of the brush. realm, to understand the momentum of cursive calligraphy of the majestic, overturning the river.
Zhu Pingan reached this state. Feeling that his calligraphy not only has the flesh and bones, but also has the spirit, calligraphy with a kind of wind and waves of momentum.
At this time, Zhu Pingan felt that regardless of whether he had a pen or not, a good pen or a bad pen, even if he was given a rotten twig or a dog’s tail grass, he would be able to write fantastic calligraphy.
This feeling was a bit overwhelming.
Zhu Pingan waved his brush and splashed water, somewhat falling into it, unable to extricate himself.
Until a silky drizzle fell from the air. It drenched Zhu Pingan, who was caught up in the frenzy of calligraphy, awake.
Ugh.
It’s raining?
Zhu Pingan, who was practising his handwriting, raised his head, wiped a handful of raindrops from his forehead, and in an afterthought, looked at himself again to see that he was almost soaked through.
How long had this rain been falling? One has only just felt it ah. Let’s call it a day.
Zhu Pingan shook his head. Somewhat reluctantly, he put away the pen and the bamboo tube, and got up without haste to walk outside the woods. Looking up to the sky, he only saw a silky drizzle descending from the air, the raindrops were so small, the rain curtains were so dense that they draped Yingtian City in a cicada-like white veil.
Walking on the road back to the inn. The rain got heavier and heavier, and the rainwater on the green stone slabs merged into small streams that ran along the city’s drainage system, cooing forward.
Back at the inn, the innkeeper saw that Zhu Pingan was soaked by the rain, and busily handed over a dry towel for Zhu Pingan to wipe the rainwater from his head, and asked the shop boy to go and cook a bowl of ginger soup to come.
“Thank you innkeeper, I am grateful for sending a breakfast meal upstairs by the way.” Zhu Pingan wiped the rainwater on his head and returned the towel to the shopkeeper to express his gratitude.
“Duke Zhu is polite, oh, I almost forgot, just now a messenger came by to report the good news that Duke has passed the imperial examination.” The shopkeeper took the towel and was about to turn around and order the shop boy to send a breakfast upstairs, when he suddenly remembered what happened just now, and was busy thanking Zhu Ping An with a smile on his face again.
“Oh, this time it’s actually this early?” Zhu Pingan was somewhat surprised.
“No, but the other people also said, said that Lord Tishekuan read the papers all night without resting before arranging the release of the list of things.” The shopkeeper seems to have a good sense of Lord Zhao, the school inspector.
“Oh, that’s so. Well, thanks to the shopkeeper, please send another bucket of hot water.” Zhu Pingan arched his hand and thanked the shopkeeper, requesting the shopkeeper to send a bucket of hot water upstairs before going upstairs.
Soon enough, several shop fellows sent ginger soup, breakfast, and hot water upstairs. After drinking the ginger soup and eating breakfast, Zhu Pingan simply took a hot bath and changed into dry clothes before sitting on the desk in front of the window again to continue reading.
But the weather outside seemed to be getting worse and worse.
Wild storms, lightning and thunder, heavy rains rushing down like the river of heaven breaking its mouth, Zhu Pingan was really worried that the roof was going to be smashed and leaked. The gusty wind rolled the rain like countless whips, viciously lashing at the wooden windows, the window cracks literally burrowed into the rain, flowing down the window sill, the lightning flashed brightly, like a giant python leaping over the clouds, and a violent thunderstorm violently exploded outside the window ……
Zhu Pingan had to close the window and moved his desk back several steps.
“Erm, it can’t be that Fatty overplayed his hand, right? It’s caused so much shocking thunder.” Zhu Pingan looked out of the window and belaboured the fact that he had really felt right this morning.
But with that virtue of Fatty, surely he would not pretend for nine points if he could pretend for ten points! I just don’t know what kind of mood this guy is in when he sees the lightning and thunder outside, I don’t know if he still dares to continue pretending.
Today released the list, from the Enke countryside examination is not far away. Zhu Pingan moved the table back a few steps, then have to continue to put into the preparation for the examination. Reading books, waving his pen …… The lightning and thunder outside, the violent wind and rain, did not hinder him at all.
