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Chapter 326 Wang Zike Was Impressed

Chapter 326 Wang Zike Was Impressed

When Wang Zike saw the 13 people in front of him, he was a little confused.

Zhang Xu's weird hair and youthful face are not at all what Wang Zike imagined.

Wang Zike thought that the person who could write the Annotations of the Four Books must be the same as himself, with gray hair and beard, and an old man.

Who would have thought that it was such a young man.

Immediately, Wang Zike had a thought in his heart, "Are you Zhu Xi's disciples? I've never heard of Zhu Xi. He must be a reclusive Confucian. I don't know, can we communicate with him face to face?"

Zhang Xu smiled, "Zhu Xi is indeed a hermit. He was obsessed with writing annotations to the Four Books and Five Classics. However, he has passed away. Fortunately, I am not talented, and I have read the Four Books and Five Classics and his annotations. If you have any questions, sir, you want to discuss them. Just ask the kid."

Wang Zike frowned.

He has lived for a long time, and he dare not say that he has read all four books.

This young man, in his early twenties, dared to say such wild words.

Wang Zike said, "The way of great learning lies in Ming Mingde, being close to the people, and stopping at the ultimate good. Knowing and stopping can lead to steadiness, steadiness can lead to tranquility, tranquility can lead to tranquility, tranquility can lead to worrying, worrying leads to attainment... What kind of explanation does Ming Mingde give?"

Zhang Xu smiled slightly, "The first Ming is a verb, which means to show and carry forward. The second Ming is an adjective, which means noble and glorious."

Wang Zike frowned again, "Verbs? Adjectives? It's a strange way of saying it. Thinking about it, it seems to be true. Words that describe actions are called verbs, and words that describe objects are called adjectives."

Wang Zike then asked, "What kind of explanation do you stop at?"

"The meaning of being."

"What's the explanation for Zhizhi?"

"Clarify where the goal is."

……

Wang Zike asked more than a dozen questions, and Zhang Xu answered them fluently.

Wang Zike started to ask some esoteric and controversial questions, and Zhang Xu also answered them fluently, often explaining things that made Wang Zike amazed.

Wang Zike was surprised and became more and more excited. Later, he asked questions not only about "The Great Learning", but also about all the Four Books and Five Classics.

Zhang Xu did everything at his fingertips.

After asking almost a hundred questions, Wang Zike sighed and stopped, "The old man is really ignorant. I never thought that a young man like you can be so knowledgeable. Very good, I can be a friend." ..."

Said Wang Zike "haha" laughed, "May I ask who is your name? Is it a child of the He family?"

Zhang Xu said, "I'm from the Ye family, and my single name is Xu."

Wang Zike frowned, "But the merchant Ye's family?"

Zhang Xu nodded.

Wang Zike sighed, "The Ye family is rich and has a decent family background. But you will definitely be delayed in the Ye family. Why not, you become my teacher, I will teach you carefully, and you will be nominated on the list soon."

Zhang Xu said proudly, "On the Four Books and Five Classics, my knowledge is not inferior to yours, why should I worship you as my teacher? Can you teach me?"

After hearing Zhang Xu's words, Wang Zike became angry. Then, after thinking about it, he became discouraged and nodded, "You're right. I'm afraid I'm a bit reluctant to be your teacher."

Zhang Xu smiled, "I'm here this time just to ask you to be the Ye family's teacher. I hope you can agree."

Wang Zike shook his head, "If you have any questions, I will give them all I have. However, being the teacher of the Ye family...forget it."

Zhang Xu pointed at the 12 Ye Yucheng people, "Each of them 12 are more talented than me, each one is smarter than me, and each one is more suitable for studying than me. Especially the three of them, their talents are so strong , there is no one in a million, and I will definitely become a dragon and a phoenix in the future."

"Become their teacher, teach twelve outstanding students, become famous teachers, and live forever... Are you really unwilling?"

After listening to Zhang Xu's words, Wang Zike looked back and forth at Ye Yucheng and the 12 people.

Ye Yucheng and the others naturally had heard of Wang Zike's deeds, and hoped that Wang Zike would become a teacher of ethnology. Seeing Wang Zike looking back and forth, they all became nervous.

Wang Zike said to Ye Yucheng, "Tell me first, why do you want to study?"

Ye Yu hesitated for a moment, then said, "The purpose of reading is to cultivate one's self, to regulate one's family, to govern the country, and to bring peace to the world."

Wang Zike smiled and said, "Okay, okay, okay. Cultivate your character, organize your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world. It really speaks the true meaning of "The Great Learning" and also speaks of the great use of scholars. Okay, since the Ye family My disciple is so outstanding, if I don’t become my teacher, who will?”

Zhang Xu smiled, "Thank you..."

Wang Zike said, "I'll tidy up and move to Ye's house in two days. My yard doesn't need to be too big, but there must be plum blossoms and bamboo... The meals don't need to be rich, but every meal must have wine... "

Zhang Xu said quickly, "They are all small things and they will be taken care of."

With that said, Zhang Xu and Ye Yucheng, 12 people, were about to leave.

Wang Zike stroked the "Four Books Chapters and Sentences" with his hands, holding it to Zhang Xu with a reluctant expression on his face.

Zhang Xu waved his hand, "This set of books is given to Mr. as a gift."

Wang Zike said quickly, "How can I accept such a precious thing."

Zhang Xu said, "I know these books by heart, so there is no problem in giving them to you."

Wang Zike was happy and bowed to Zhang Xu, "Thank you very much."

After bidding farewell to Wang Zike, Zhang Xu and others took a carriage and headed for the southern suburbs.

There is a bamboo garden in the southern suburbs, where Lu Shiqing lives.

Although Lu Shiqing did not become an official in the court, his reputation was even louder than most high-ranking officials.

His poems are often circulated in the market and sung by many people.

Some people say that where there are wells, there are people who sing Lu Shiqing's poems.

You can imagine how popular his poems are.

Youqing, Miss Lou spent tens of thousands of dollars to ask him to write a poem for herself, but Lu Shiqing refused without hesitation.

He also said, "If I write lyrics for ten thousand gold, then my words are not worth ten thousand gold."

Any copy of Lu Shiqing's calligraphy and painting is worth a thousand taels of silver.Still priceless.

However, Lu Shiqing never sold calligraphy and paintings.

Others have his calligraphy and paintings in their hands, and they are all gifted by him, returning favors, giving gifts, and sending them out.

Of course, those who got the calligraphy and painting basically did not sell Lu Shiqing's calligraphy and painting.

Chen Jinran, the Prime Minister of the then Dynasty, once sighed, "Compared with the management of the country, Lu Shiqing is not as good as me. But compared with calligraphy, painting and poetry, I am far inferior to Lu Shiqing..."

Not only that, Lu Shiqing is also proficient in temperament, can play the flute, play the flute, play the piano, and compose music...

This man is simply a model of literati in the world.

This Lu Shiqing lived a wild life, admiring the scenery, flowers, and drinking all day long.

However, there was an endless stream of people visiting him, more young people.Maybe I want to climb up to this teacher.

Lu Shiqing refused.

When Zhang Xu and his party arrived at the bamboo garden, the servant at the gate said that Lu Shiqing was drunk and was admiring the flowers, and asked Zhang Xu to leave a name card.

Zhang Xu took out a piece of writing and a painting, and handed them to the servant, "Just present these two things to your master."

(End of this chapter)

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