Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2108 Flower dispute (sixteen)

  The whole month of March seems to be used for sacrifices. This month is not only Mazu's birthday, but also a solar term called "Qingming". During this time, Chinese people will worship their ancestors, and some people will go out to play.

While in Macau, Nick met a funeral team. They would use an umbrella called a "soul umbrella". The purpose seemed to be to protect the soul of the deceased from being harmed by the sun. Under the umbrella stood a man holding a tablet for his parents. Weeping "filial son".

After arriving at the cemetery, there are also many people offering sacrifices, but these tributes offered to relatives will not be eaten like those offered to Mazu. They will stay there after the sacrifice and will be eaten by hungry wanderers soon. .

  Children will play with a toy called a paper kite, and they will not learn to cry like the one who goes to the grave as in the story of "Meng's mother moved three times".

Mencius is not as famous as Confucius. He appeared on the stage of history more than 70 years after Confucius passed away, and he has always respected Confucius as his teacher. Like Confucius, he came from a humble background, and he also received a good education under the meticulous care of his mother. .

   His books "Shang Meng" and "Xia Meng" are a collection of dialogues between him and the monarchs of various vassal states, which outline his moral concepts and political views. His words were sharp and he dared to speak out.

The Doctrine of the Mean is a set of moral systems, and morality is based on this, maintaining an impartial state between two extremes. According to Confucius, "zhong" and "harmony" are the source of all order and moral concepts. Some of the passages in the book are very convincing, and one of them describes what a gentleman should do, and this is what Confucius, a sage, understood, but the Doctrine of the Mean still feels extremely tedious to read.

  The priest decided to use the homeopathic remedy for the Admiral, namely belladonna to relieve the Admiral's throbbing headache and high fever. It was used in Spain as a mydriatic, and women believed that it would give beautiful and deep eyes.

  Admiral's doctor disagreed, they believed that the admiral's illness was caused by "hurt fire attacking the heart" and should be treated with acupuncture.

   We cannot ignore the role of Chinese doctors and their valuable medical experience. The method of vaccination was introduced to Europe from China. The method is very simple, which is to stab the patient's nostril with a cotton swab dipped in virus. Acupuncture is also used to inoculate vaccinia, by puncturing the skin of the arm with a needle and dropping the vaccinia herpes on it.

   But the priest insisted that the Admiral should be given some tranquilizers.

The   admiral's illness is urgent, and as long as Guangzhou is safe and sound before he leaves office, he will not be so worried.

The admiral finally received the treatment of the priest and also received the treatment of Chinese medicine. He fell asleep after being pierced by a silver needle into a hedgehog. Nick and the priest left the admiral's mansion at this time. The admiral's second concubine sent them out and invited them Come again tomorrow.

   Immediately after Nick went to find Cao Xi, and the priest went back to the hospital.

  The current gunpowder in China is almost the same as when the Southern Song Dynasty came out, and the gunpowder contains a lot of sulfur, which is confirmed by the unpleasant smell. In order to ensure that the ignition of the front-mounted smoothbore fire door can proceed smoothly, they use a more delicate gunpowder as the ignition powder, and then use the paper twist to ignite, but this type of gunpowder still accounts for a large proportion of saltpeter. After the paper twist ignites the gunpowder, the gunpowder Beginning to make a crackling sound, the artillery kept moving back and forth for nearly a minute, if the artillery shells were fired at this time, the round or cobblestone shells used in the artillery were often incompatible with the artillery smoothbore, and the shells could only be fired A few meters away.

   They don't know bombs, they don't know grenades, and sometimes they just set old-fashioned rockets to burn the sails of sailboats. Their musket is actually a heavy iron gun, 7-8 cm long, fixed on a wooden bar, that is, there is no clear rod for the gun, and no bolt plate. Due to poor maintenance, the appearance looks dark.

  The paper twists the gunpowder in the medicine pond, and the gunpowder in the medicine pond is open, it is not difficult to imagine why soldiers would rather use bows and arrows than machetes or sharp halberds rather than so-called firearms.

   That British smuggler could provide flintlock guns as long as Cao Xi was willing to pay, but Cao Xi rejected Nick's suggestion.

  The reason given by Cao Xi is that the soldiers are already used to the existing fighting methods, and the new weapons need time to adapt, otherwise they will accidentally injure their companions.

   "Do you believe what he said?" Georgiana asked Bonaparte. "I heard that French recruits can go to war in three days."

   Bonaparte seemed to be listening attentively, but her sudden question interrupted his train of thought, so much so that he looked at her with terrifying eyes.

   So she stuck out her tongue and continued reading.

The Governor has always been dissatisfied with the Superintendent of the Inspector, and the name of the Superintendent of the Inspector is pronounced like a toy that Chinese children like to play with - the paper kite. The firearm was out of order, which left Nick stunned.

   "Why?" Georgiana asked in confusion.

   "The Admiral is leaving, do you know how greedy the British are?"

   She looked at him angrily.

   He took the book directly from her and read on.

  Mencius believes that human nature is good, even if there is a tendency towards evil, it is also caused by external influences.

   But in Nick's view, these people are not lacking in insight, but are afraid of being tricked by their political opponents.

  Nick stopped persuading them, lest it seem like he was taking the opportunity to sell.

   There is a Chinese proverb called "A tree falls and a bird flies". The Admiral's tree has deep roots and luxuriant leaves, so he would dare to abandon everything and leave Guangzhou with Nick.

He was going to hold a feast in the Admiral's mansion, so he built a simple stage in the open space of the mansion, 6-8 feet high, built with bamboo slats, surrounded by red curtains on three sides, and only left near the background. Give the actors a hiding spot, right as a small lounge, separated by a large curtain.

There are also two doors on the stage. One door is on the right side, which is the entrance to the stage, and the other door is on the left side, which is the exit. There is also a trapdoor on the stage, which is the entrance of ghosts and gods. Therefore, Some people call this "Ghost Gate".

Of course, this simple stage cannot be compared with the theaters in the old streets of Guangzhou. Frankly speaking, it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate Chinese music. They are not good at composing music, and have no concept of harmony and counterpoint. Even if there are two hundred people Playing at the same time, they will still make a deafening ensemble of drums, suonas, and various plucked instruments, which is completely different from the profound thoughts in the words of their sages.

   It's hard to understand, just like Europeans can't understand why they pay more for the bones of the dead, even more than the living.

   The Classic of Filial Piety itself is not a book, nor is it an enlightenment reading, but many writers of later generations have commented on it, including even Tang Xuanzong himself.

  Nick thinks this is a set of moral principles similar to "The Doctrine of the Mean", that is to say, based on "filial piety", Wan Ning will marry anyone arranged by the admiral, even if she doesn't like him.

   Bonaparte suddenly stopped reading.

   "What?" asked Georgiana.

   "Do political marriages require love?" he asked.

   "Of course." Georgiana answered without hesitation.

   "Why?" He looked at her with those blue eyes.

  Georgianna didn't know how to answer.

   Just like Emperor Jiaqing, if Qianlong didn’t love Concubine Ling, would he disregard the tradition of orderly elders and establish Jiaqing as emperor?

   Maybe it was because Qianlong still refused to let go of power when he was the supreme emperor. He needed an obedient and filial son, but love still played a role. After all, Qianlong did not lack obedient and filial sons.

   "Do you still want to read?" asked Georgiana, "or do you want to listen to the violin?"

He turned the page, and the next page was still an illustration. It was a picture of a man and a woman. It was a very life-like scene, but it was very formal. It looks like it's going to take it.

"I tried to translate the opening part of "Elementary School" into French, so that everyone can have a general understanding of the book. A girl should not go out of her boudoir before the age of ten, and a nanny should teach her. She has to listen and obey. The female reds she makes are twisted silk threads. She has to learn to weave cloth, sew clothes, and wear them. When watching sacrifices, she has to pour wine into a wine vessel, and put pickles and meat sauce in Sacrificial vessels, according to the rites, help the elders and make offerings. When you reach the age of fifteen, you have reached the age of man, and you will be married at the age of twenty. Married at the age of twenty-three, only after the man has paid a betrothal gift, he is called a wife, and a man who marries a man without a betrothal gift is called a concubine, what does this have to do with this painting?"

  Georgianna looked at his confused look and took the book from his hand gently.

   "This painting depicts an idiom called 'raise the case with the eyebrows', which means that the husband and wife respect each other and are affectionate."

   He looked at her and stopped talking.

   "One more thing, have you painted Josephine?" Georgiana asked as she put down her book.

"What do you want to do?"

   She smiled at him, pulled him up, walked to the dressing table, handed him the rouge, and walked to the well-lit window.

   "Help me paint." She closed her eyes and said, "My exclusive artist."

"What does it mean?"

   "There is also an idiom called thrush, you can help me draw while I tell the story."

   After she finished speaking, she waited quietly until she felt a wiping sensation on her face before telling him a story about a Han Dynasty man.

There is a Jing Zhao Yin in Chang'an named Zhang Chang. He dotes on his wife very much, and he thrushes her eyebrows every day, which makes her look particularly charming. The women in the capital are very envious, while the men write letters. This kind of "privacy of the boudoir" is too much. Emperor Xuan asked Zhang Chang, but Zhang Chang said that it was more romantic than drawing eyebrows. Why did he just point to the thrush?

   Emperor Xuan laughed after hearing this. He didn't do anything wrong with him, but he felt that he lacked prestige. Even if he had good political achievements, he did not promote him.

   Later, drawing eyebrows for his wife became an admirable thing that matched the chords of the piano and the selves and raised the eyebrows.

When    went down the mountain, the master told the little monk that the woman at the bottom of the mountain is a tiger, and if you encounter it, you must avoid it.

   The question is does the little monk listen?

   She thought Nick had left long ago, and now she knew why he almost didn't come back.

   Once you enter the cycle of reincarnation, it will be difficult to Nirvana.

   This kind of nirvana is different from the phoenix nirvana. It means detachment. To put it another way, don’t even think about running when you’re here. It’s too late to turn around before you’re deep in the mud.

   After all, there is no end to the sea of ​​suffering, and it is the shore that comes back.

   (end of this chapter)