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Hearing this, Fang Xinzhi was even more excited. If the Senate was built, he would be the minister of the Ministry of Education.

Wouldn't he have a place for himself in the future? !

Miao Kui didn't mind disclosing this matter, after all Fang Xinzhi was already Minister of the Ministry of Education.

In other words, he is eligible to attend meetings of various cabinet ministries, so this proposal must be handed over to him.

It's just that Miao Kui has sold it well now, so I told him in advance.

"Master Fang's proposal of the 'Empire Xiangxu Teaching Department' was proposed by the young master Yuchihu..."

Miao Kui said this with a smile, then bowed to Fang Xinzhi and said goodbye.

Fang Xinzhi restored his Confucian demeanor with a smile, and sent Miao Kui outside the gate.

Miao Kui's information is too important to him, and the Senate has strengthened his determination to make achievements.

And this department was proposed by Yu Chihu, which reminded him who to turn to to formulate the plan.

When Fang Xinzhi, who had sent Miao Kui away, rushed to the Peach Blossom Forest in Zhangjiazhuang, he was greeted by a smiling Li Zhengbo.

"Master knew you were coming, so he ordered the students to wait here..."

While talking, Li Zhengbo handed over to Miao Kui the textbooks he had studied during this time.

"Shortly after the students started their apprenticeship with the teacher, the mentor ordered the students to make a set of enlightenment books for young children."

In the thatched cottage in the Peach Blossom Forest, the pavilion on the side stands on the edge of the big pond in New Zhangjiazhuang.

The old men of the Zhang family in the pond are cleaning the moss. The pond will have moss after a long time and needs to be cleaned.

Otherwise, it is not beautiful for children to slip and fall easily when playing in the water.

The bottom of the pool is made of cement inlaid with round pebbles, without any edges and corners, but it is comfortable to step on.

Cleaning up is also simple, just use a rake to sweep a few times to let the moss wash away along the water.

"There was "Qie Yun" in the Tang Dynasty, and "Hongwu Zhengyun" was compiled at the beginning of the Guo Dynasty. However, the rhymes are too many and complex, which is not conducive to teaching and learning..."

Fang Xinzhi opened the slightly crudely bound book, and saw the handwriting of the jade chihu at the beginning of the chapter.

"Rhyme should be easy to teach and easy to learn. It can be used for multiple purposes, and it can be published separately. This recipe is the foundation of rhyme."

This sentence is very attractive, especially Li Zhengbo said just now that this is an enlightenment book for children.

In other words, it was originally considered to be read to children, so it must be simple, easy to learn, and easy to understand.

"ㄅ, the ancient style of 'package'. "Shuowen" says '勹, wrapped, like a person's song, wrapped in something'..."

"ㄆ, the ancient seal character of '把' is also called '攴', and "Shuowen" says '攵, a small strike'..."

Fang Xinzhi couldn't help shivering as he read and read the notebook.

If this is the basis, wouldn't teaching literacy get twice the result with half the effort? !

In fact, these phonetic notations were not created by Zhang Xiaogong, but actually originated from the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the sea ban was lifted in the Wanli year, and people from Europe and the West came to the east one after another.

In order for the latter to learn Chinese characters, they use letters such as the Latin alphabet to spell the pronunciation of Chinese characters, and this phonetic notation begins at Yan.

One of its representatives is the "Taixi Alphabet" written by Matteo Ricci, a Catholic Jesuit missionary in the Wanli period.

During the reign of Tianqi, the missionary Jin Nige wrote "Western Confucianism, Eyes and Eyes", and then the system gradually became complete.

This system was "unified symbol of Chinese phonetic notation" in the Beiyang period, and was later revised and published in Yizhou.

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334 chapters of phonological dictionary with symbols, helping the Ministry of Teaching and Learning to take off

In his previous life, Zhang Xiaogong, who had learned Latin phonetic notation since he was a child, was very surprised when he first learned of this phonetic notation method.

Perhaps it is really because he has an inseparable feeling for history in his bones. At that time, Zhang Xiaogong also studied it specially.

It was discovered that this phonetic notation is actually not much worse, and the primary school students in Yizhou in later generations can basically apply it after ten weeks of study.

On the same day, if you want to be more familiar, you have to practice more after learning.

As for why Li Zhengbo and the others were asked to look for ancient books, it was because the young man only remembered that these symbols came from ancient books!

But from those ancient books, he really didn't study it.

"Okay! This method is great!!"

Fang Xinzhi was almost jumping up with excitement now, while Li Zhengbo smiled reservedly.

He bowed to Fang Xinzhi and said softly, "And the students of this method have already practiced it in Zhuangzi and among the victims..."

"[-]% of young people can basically master it within [-] years, and about [-]% of them can use it freely."

But seeing Li Zhengbo talking, he took out another notebook and handed it to Fang Xinzhi, "I have basically mastered it in a month or so, so I estimate that most of them can master this method in about two months."

"Adults are slower, and most adults can only learn after work. Therefore, the effect is slightly lower, and about [-]% of them have mastered it so far."

This is already good, very good!

"The rhyme alone is still not enough for the teacher's speech. It should be used for literacy and word recognition when compiling a dictionary."

Li Zhengbo bowed slightly to Fang Xinzhi, and said softly, "My teacher said, "Shuowen Jiezi" has been published for many years and has shown shortcomings."

"After all, the Han Dynasty has been going on for thousands of years, and the words, pronunciation, and search methods can all be improved..."

"Why don't you take this opportunity to reorganize it and publish it under the name of 'Empire Xiangxu Education Department' to boost its prestige?!"

Fang Xinzhi couldn't help but shine his eyes when he said this, it turned out that the jade chi tiger had been arranged for the old man a long time ago!

In fact, the dictionary that had a profound influence on modern times, or the prototype of the modern dictionary, did appear in the Ming Dynasty.

It was written by Mei Yingzuomei, a student of the Imperial College during the Wanli period, and it is called "Zihui".

It's a pity that the history books don't record too much about his life, only knowing that he was a student of Taizhou and a native of Xuancheng, and he doesn't even have the year of birth and death.

It is only calculated based on the posthumous works of "Zihui", he should have existed in the Wanli period.

"Zihui" is not only the first to arrange radicals and individual characters according to the number of strokes, but also classifies and merges the 504 radicals in "Shuowen Jiezi" into 214 volumes.

In terms of word interpretation, "Zihui" is more complete than the previous ones.

The quotations are detailed and the sources are marked, not only the common meanings in the classics but also the common meanings of later generations.

Most of the meanings marked are accurate, and its shape is close to the style and scale of later large and medium-sized dictionaries.

What Fang Xinzhi could think of was more, he was not a student of the Imperial Academy who had no foundation like Mei Yingzuo.

Fang Xinzhi is now a fake and fake, and he is also an important minister of the country and a minister. If it is carried out, who can hide the merits of enlightenment? !

When the dictionary comes out, who would dare to underestimate Yu Xiangxu's teaching department? !

"This old man has done it!!" Fang Xinzhi's eyeballs were red, and he stood up with a huff and slapped the stage with a "slap~!".

After taking the stage, he turned around and stared at Li Zhengbo firmly, and said in a harsh voice, "Zhengbo only needs to help this old man, and if it is done, I will be rewarded handsomely!"

But he saw Li Zhengbo stood up solemnly and took two steps back, straightened his hat, dusted off his shirt and bowed respectfully to the end.

"My teacher taught me that what I have learned throughout my life should be beneficial to the country and the people! I will personally save hundreds of thousands of disaster victims from danger and fight the Tartars on the way home..."

"My father taught me, what's the point of learning if you can't use the principles you've learned?!"

As Li Zhengbo said, he slowly got up and looked at Fang Xinzhi with a determined face, and said in a deep voice, "The teacher ordered the students to wait here, so that the students can serve the adults!"

"Use the principles and knowledge you learn from your mentor for the benefit of the country and the people!"

"That's right, even if the adults don't mention the students, they should ask for help!!"

Fang Xinzhi let out a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Okay!! Duke Xiya, the great talent of Yuchihu, and the heart of serving the country can be seen!"

Li Zhengbo smiled and asked Fang Xinzhi to sit down.

Then I took out another draft, but this draft was rather sloppy.

There are a lot of handwriting on it, not only the Jade Chihu, but also some traces that look like they were copied by a woman.

"There are marks in ancient books, which are used for annotation or interpretation."

"However, the symbols for pointing sentences and interpreting meanings are not uniform, and each has its own interpretation. As a result, it is chaotic, many are lost, and its meaning is difficult to understand..."

In fact, punctuation marks have existed since ancient times, but because everyone uses them casually, there is no uniform standard.

So the problem that results is that many times you can't figure out what the author wants to express at all with this symbol.

The "└" symbol can be seen in the unearthed bamboo slips of the Warring States period. According to research, this number is mostly used for the conclusion of texts.

Another example is "▄". After research, it is found that it has the meaning of modern comma and full stop.

The application of punctuation marks has been mentioned in ancient books, such as "Song History·He Ji Biography".

Among them, he praised He Ji and said, "everything you read is punctuated. The meaning is self-evident, and you can see it without talking about it."

In addition, "Zengyun" and "Shuowen Jiezi" mostly contain punctuation marks.

But still the same sentence, everyone is not unified!

This symbol has one meaning in your book, but it has another meaning in his book.

Everyone was stunned, unless the original author explained or someone commented, otherwise he basically didn't know what he meant.

It has to be combined with other documents of this author, or other documents of the same period to estimate the meaning.

"Looking at the Europa script, I also feel that the publication of punctuation standards is extremely important. This should be done with caution and practice."

"If it works, it will be of great benefit!"

Fuck!That must be of great benefit. Fang Xinzhi can even imagine what the result will be once he standardizes and promotes punctuation.

Combined with rhymes and dictionaries, my Xiangxu teaching department has firmly established its foothold in the court.

Even the prestige among scholars and scholars will directly surpass the Ministry of Rites and climb to the top!

Looking further down, it is Zhang Xiaogong who directly took out his later punctuation marks and used them for calculation.

"If the sentence has enough meaning, remember '.", If the meaning is not enough, remember ','..."

"Although the meaning is insufficient, but the meaning matches the previous sentence, record ';', and the meaning is not sufficient, and the complementary sentence is recorded as ''..."

Fang Xinzhi was fascinated by watching every aspect and bit by bit, and suddenly felt that this little father-in-law was really a fairy Luo Fan? !

From phonology to dictionaries, and then to the application of symbols, it is almost impossible for one person to think carefully.

Especially the punctuation, it looks more like the result of many adjustments.

I also looked at the phonology, which seems to be the result of many times of practice and adaptation.No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to be made by one person!

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Chapter 335 The Ministry of Education needs to be prepared early, casting cannons is difficult and consumes a lot of materials

After the excited meal, Fang Xinzhi hesitated again, manpower!What a shortage of manpower!

Originally, those Xinke Scholars were good. After all, we have worked together for a period of time and experienced life and death.

Therefore, it is a tacit understanding to cooperate, but almost all of these new subjects have been transferred to the Ministry of Law.

Some of them couldn't leave at all, because the victims were resettled.

But there are still many daily maintenance tasks that need to be carried out, such as the newly built resettlement houses for disaster victims.

Who can move in first when the house is repaired? !Because of this, the chiefs almost brought the Dingkou under their jurisdiction into a fight.

Fang Xinzhi and the others were persuaded by all kinds of words—these people are not afraid of them now, we have beaten the Tatars.

Still afraid of you dog officials who were timid at the time? !In desperation, let's ask His Majesty to make the decision.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaogong came out to speak, and these residents of the new capital immediately accepted it.

The first batch of people to move in must be those young and strong family members who died in battle. They came to the capital for us to live.

It's only natural for the family to arrange it, right? !

What he said was reasonable, and the village chiefs went back and said it belonged to Zhang.No one objected.

The second batch of residents must be orphans, widows, the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. We can't bully people because of their poor conditions.

Those things that are not for people to do, we work hard and work hard, and the house will soon be available.