Hill up more than ten meters to the halfway point, the terrain is slightly flat, there is a bamboo forest in front of the bamboo forest, behind the bamboo forest is the school in the village of Shanghe.
Zhu Pingan tethered the cow to a tree, letting the cow leisurely eat the tender grass, and continued to walk forward with his own short legs.
A path appeared in the bamboo forest, winding its way to the school. Strolling in it, the bamboo fragrance hits the face, the fresh air flows through the body, like a spring breeze, so that people do not realize that the spirit of revitalization. The breeze comes, the continuous piece of bamboo forest swaying with the rhythm of the wind, swaying slowly dance, rustling, like murmuring, like whispers.
Eight-year-old child, from the teacher into the school, the whole face end of the seat, the opening recite aloud. As the poem sings, just out of the bamboo forest, Zhu Pingan heard a burst of loud reading.
“Heaven and earth, the universe, the universe, the sun and the moon, the stars and hosts, the cold and the summer and the autumn harvest and the winter ……”
This is a private school with a wooden structure, supplemented by masonry, with an ancient style, four large windows to maximize indoor lighting, and bamboo curtains rolled over the windows, which can be lowered when necessary. Inside the room were about twenty or so children bobbing their heads and reading aloud, all around the age of seven or eight, two children sharing a table, complete with stools, with ink, paper and inkstones on the table.
A portrait of Confucius hangs in the east of the house, underneath which is a large table, behind which is a chair, on which, in addition to pen, ink, paper and inkstone, there are also teaching materials for poetry and books, in addition to a pot of strong tea.
On the chair sat a hale and hearty old Xiu Cai in his fifties, which should be the old Xiu Cai Sun that Auntie once had.
Zhu Pingan, in a position to avoid the doorway, sat on the floor and listened for a while.
Sun old Xiu Cai is talking about Qian Zi Wen, Qian Zi Wen can be China’s ancient times the best one of the enlightenment teaching materials, coherent throughout the whole, the sound and rhythm of the harmonization of the United States, read up catchy.
Sun old showman lecture is not at all like in the modern thought of the ancient lecture as rigid, and not simply lead the children to recite over and over and over again, he also did the explanation, which in ancient times should be rare.
“Heaven and earth, xuanhuang, this sentence from the I Ching, wonderful. Xuanhuang does not just refer to color, it is mysterious and unfathomable, this is the high way of heaven and the deep way of earth ……”
Although Sun Lao Xiu Cai did explain, but the words and the ancient language and the I Ching, for the
For children who have just been taught, it can really be mysterious and unfathomable.
Look, there are children lying on the table fell asleep.
Uh, wait a minute.
Isn’t that Jun?
Zhu Pingan realized that there were children asleep in the private school, and there were more than one, just happened to be at the same table, and one of them was his own cousin, Zhu Pingjun.
Zhu Pingan can find, Sun old showman can also find.
Sun Lao Xiu Cai is a person who can’t tolerate sand in his eyes, holding a ruler, he walked to the sleeping Jun and another child, and knocked on the table with the ruler, waking up the two children.
The other child, a fat boy, was just as startled and timid as Jun at the sight of the gentleman.
“Stretch out your hand.” Old Showman Sun said with an expressionless face.
The two timidly extended their hands.
Snap.
“Listen with all your heart, and do not meet again the week.”
Elder Xiu Cai Sun also did not use much force to hit the two men’s palms three times each as a punishment.
“Duke Zhou, who is Duke Zhou, I didn’t meet him ah?” Zhu Pingjun touched his head, as if a monk in two feet couldn’t figure it out, Sheng muttered.
The surrounding children laughed when they heard it. These children came a few days earlier than Zhu Pingjun, some people were taught by the husband, although they do not understand the meaning of the Duke of Zhou but also know is to sleep, see Zhu Pingjun do not know, one by one laughed.
Sun old showman heard, and did not angry blowing beard and eyes, what children can not be taught and so on words, but helpless to stop the children’s laughter, explained.
“The Duke of Zhou, Western Zhou sage also, assisted King Cheng regency, for the Zhou dynasty made a major feat, later generations honored him as a sage. Sage Kong held the Duke of Zhou in such high esteem that he often dreamed of him. At some point in later times, sleeping was also known as meeting the Duke of Zhou. Do you understand? If you want to become a sage, you must keep your hands on your books, and never let yourselves down. Especially you two, if you are caught sleeping by me again, a lesson whip is inevitable.”
After Sun old master finished his speech, he began to teach these children to recognize words, recognizing words is their first step, only literate can be on the book.
“Today, recognize the eight characters, heaven and earth, the universe and the flood. After the lesson, I will check them one by one, remember not to be lazy. Let’s start with the first
character Tian (天), Tian (天者), also of man ……”
In modern times, we are used to using simplified Chinese characters, although we have learned ancient Chinese, and we know all the traditional characters, but when it comes to writing, there are still some problems, and when we write, we are sure to subconsciously use simplified Chinese characters. All these have to be slowly modified to develop the habit of traditional characters.
Zhu Pingan was outside the academy, sitting on the ground, writing and drawing on the ground with a stick, and then wiping it off again with his feet.
Old Xiu Cai Sun also saw Zhu Ping An, but he thought it was one of the urchins coming up the hill to play, especially when he saw Zhu Ping An scratching around on the ground with a stick and then stepping on it with his feet, he thought it was an urchin playing with ants or something like that, and didn’t pay much attention to it.
Literacy is simple, to later reading and practicing the four books and five sutras, composing and discussing is difficult. One day also recognize eight words, which for Zhu Pingan to simply not too simple, listened to a meeting with no new, also turned to go to herd cattle.
The words themselves have to make a simple brush, well, and then bring a black lacquered wooden board, brush character practice to learn.
Through the bamboo forest, came to the old yellow cow, the old yellow cow is still leisurely wagging his tail to eat grass, a also do not know his tail has been stared at.
Brush hair can generally use wool, weasel tail hair, cow’s tail, horse’s tail, pig bristles and other production, brush then use bamboo can be. A good brush to go through hundreds of procedures, the nib requires flush, round, healthy, etc., it seems to be in the water basin to put the hair in the pen, go back and slowly get it, anyway, they do not ask for more good, as long as the sturdy can be used into the.
I don’t know how that belly loli under the slope, won’t really go to call his brother to beat me up. Generally come to children, after agitation, usually will not go again.
The cow has eaten grass for half a day, should also go to drink water, anyway, the slope is the clear stream, holding the old yellow ox to drink two mouths of water, and then let the cow to eat some salt-rich grass, and by the way to see that the blackened loli is still not there.
Words in this era, people eat two meals, which makes themselves very uncomfortable. After noon one is hungry, if possible, catching a fish or two by the river and grilling them for dinner would be good.
Untying the noose, he led the old yellow ox slowly down the slope.
