Honglouchun

If Lin Ruhai could really enter Beijing, it would be a great blessing for her.

Lin Ruhai gave her a loving look, and said softly: "It's probably true, but I'm just a courtier, let's wait for the court's order first."

Daiyu was in a good mood when she heard the voice, and thought of the person who contributed to this matter, her eyes rolled slightly, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Father, brother Qiang is eager to learn, but he has never met a famous teacher. Although my daughter taught him a few things, it's just that he is stupid. It’s so bad, I can’t learn the essence. So when my father’s body is fully recovered, let him see what Tanhualang’s article is!”

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai glanced at his daughter, and then at Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang smiled ashamedly and said, "No matter how arrogant I am, I dare not use my aunt Tan Hualang's splendid essay to enlighten me. I just hope that I can ask my aunt for advice on how to solve the problem and how to inherit it."

Daiyu laughed "puchi" when she heard the words, like a orchid blooming, pursed her lips and teased: "I also said that I am not arrogant and dare not take my father's article to enlightenment, you let my father teach you how to solve the problem and accept the problem, Don't you want to worship my father as your teacher?"

Lin Ruhai rescued the embarrassing Jia Qiang: "Let's go to my study first, and read the article Yucun left for your aunt when she was enlightened. If your aunt is a man, even if she doesn't win the exam right now, she won't be too far behind. , Breaking the topic and inheriting the topic are quite spiritual. Yucun’s comments on her article are also pearls of words. After that, you can read some of the articles I wrote in my spare time, which may also be beneficial. Giving you advice too early will easily make you aim too high, which may not be a good thing.”

Daiyu was still worried that Jia Qiang would misunderstand Lin Ruhai's reluctance to teach him, but Jia Qiang bowed down and thanked him sincerely: "It's lucky for my aunt to take so much trouble."

When the Lin family father and daughter saw it, they all smiled.

The most rare thing in this world is to meet someone who understands.

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"I never thought that my aunt would be such a person..."

Coming out of Zhonglin Hall, Jia Qiang said in a soft voice under the Chaoshou corridor.

Sensitive and suspicious Daiyu immediately raised her eyebrows, and asked in a bad tone: "What kind of person is my father?"

Jia Qiang was helpless, glanced at the girl, and said softly: "I thought she would be the same person as the second master of the West Mansion. But now it seems that the uncle is the one who really reads thoroughly. , but not sticking to the words of the sages. The high realm and the elegance of the bearing are far beyond the reach of ordinary rotten Confucians."

Although Daiyu could hear Jia Qiang's disdain for Jia Zheng, she couldn't help curling her lips when she heard him praise her father so much, and said angrily, "You'll be flattering at such a young age! You study hard." Going forward is better than anything else. Besides, don't tell me in front of my father, what do you say to me..."

It seems that this elder's fan'er can't let it go, but no matter how you look at it, he looks a little arrogant...

Jia Qiang didn't care either, it might be more interesting and more comfortable to get along like this.

He chuckled and said, "I've heard people say that there are three stages in reading, and there are three stages in being a human being. I thought that the third stage must be achieved by the true Confucianism, but I didn't expect my aunt to be such a person."

This is not flattery, just look at the attitudes of the so-called elders of Jia's family in front of him, and you will know how difficult it is for Lin Ruhai to be so approachable.

The Jia family often claimed that although they had made great achievements, they passed on poetry and etiquette to the family, emphasizing benevolence and filial piety.

However, not to mention how Jia Zhen treats Jia Rong and Jia She treats Jia Lian, even Jia Zheng, who is a rare "upright person" in the Jia family, must abide by the strict rules of teaching children to Baoyu.

In fact, not only the Jia family, but most other families in the world treat the younger generation in this way in order to maintain the dignity and status of filial piety.

Their so-called benevolence and filial piety are nothing more than emphasizing this rule desperately, and then relying on it to dominate.

It is really rare to be able to treat juniors like Lin Ruhai!

Does he not take courtesy and filial piety seriously?

No, obviously not!

Just thinking about why he sent the orphan girl to the capital at the beginning, I know that in his heart, the importance of discipline is greater than the affection between father and daughter.

Perhaps, he was also a first-class figure in Jia Zheng.

But today, Lin Ruhai is obviously no longer trapped by etiquette, no longer rigid and rigid, and he is alive and transparent.

Jia Qiang deeply admires this state.

If Jia Zheng can do this, the Jia family will not end up in a clean and white land.

However, although Daiyu is smart and beautiful, she couldn't think of these things for a while, and she just felt that Jia Qiang had no bottom line...

She teased and asked: "I'd like to hear, what are the triple realms of reading, and what are the triple realms of being a human being. After listening, I can tell my dad. He is happy to hear it, and maybe he will teach you well."

This little girl has a small mouth like a knife.

Jia Qiang didn't look at her, but said softly: "The so-called realm of reading is divided into three stages: the first stage, last night the westerly wind withered the green trees, went up to the tall building alone, and looked at the end of the world. In this realm, you can understand the meaning at first, and memorize it by rote. , you can achieve a small success. Now, I have probably just stepped into the threshold of this realm, and I have just realized the vastness of the sea of ​​learning, but I am a little at a loss."

Hearing the seriousness of what he said, Daiyu also "calmed down" and continued to listen to him about the second level...

"The second is that the belt is getting wider and you don't regret it, and you are haggard because of Yixiao. In this realm, because you have broken through thousands of volumes in reading, you start to think in your heart and figure out the truth in it. This is very important."

Daiyu nodded approvingly, and said: "It is what is said in "The Analects of Confucius": Learning without thinking is useless?"

Jia Qiang nodded, and said: "That's right. I heard people say that most of the world's poor people who study hard for a lifetime and rarely get a career as a member are unable to achieve this level. However, most scholars in the world can read To this level, but most of them stop at this level. This level is very wide, the deeper the thinking, the deeper the level. Although the same level, but in fact there are countless small levels. But no matter how deep the reading, if If you don't reach the third level, you can only be trapped by the words of the sages, act according to the dogma, and be rigid and ruthless."

Daiyu paused, looked at Jia Qiang with clear starry eyes, and asked softly, "Then, what is the third realm?"

Jia Qiang said with a smile: "The third level is 'the crowd searched for him thousands of times, but suddenly he looked back, but the man was in a dimly lit place'. At this level, it is already returning to the basics. It is said in "The Great Learning" that "in Ming Mingde, stop at the ultimate good' is also what Lao Tzu said, "the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the nature". When you reach this level, you will finally be able to unite knowledge and action, explain the profound things in simple terms..."

"Is it what Confucius said: 'At seventy, do what you want and do not exceed the rules'?"

Daiyu's starry eyes were bright, she looked at Jia Qiang, and said.

Jia Qiang listened to what she said, she always hit the bull's-eye, she had a tacit understanding, she nodded comfortably in her heart and said: "That's right, at this stage, the world's etiquette and rules are actually in the chest, and I really understand it, not just superficially copying what others say. Obedience, you can change the words of the sages into your own words. From my observation, my aunt and grandfather seem to have quite a bit of this state."

After looking at him for a long while, Daiyu said with a strange expression: "Just because Daddy treats you kindly and is willing to teach you?"

Although she gradually realized in her heart that Lin Ruhai was different from before, but in front of the "junior", she could not admit that she had been instructed.

Jia Qiang ignored her, and he figured out that this Aunt Lin, who was already full of charms even though the hibiscus was not in bloom, was actually not a fairy woman who would not eat the fireworks of the world, but a narrow and mischievous girl. An interesting girl with a worldly heart, maybe she has already given him a nickname behind her back...

Seeing that he ignored him, Daiyu wrinkled her little nose and snorted boredly, and asked again: "What about the triple realm of being a human being?"

Jia Qiang stood with her hands behind her back, looked at the green bamboos under the veranda, and said softly: "The realm of being a human being is similar to reading, but it is much more difficult than learning..."

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Zhonglin Hall, in the ear room.

After Jia Qiang and Daiyu left, a young beautiful woman in white dress entered through the back door.

The eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, full of the soft beauty of the Jiangnan water town.

She stepped forward to help Lin Ruhai cover up the thin quilt, sat down next to the bed, and said softly: "Master, this junior of the Jia family is a good talent? Master can make up his mind, how to repay his kindness?"

Lin Ruhai's face was pale, but he frowned, and after pondering for a while, Fang slowly said: "This child is much more complicated than I expected. Normally, he is as old as a son of a prince, and he grew up in intrigue and fighting. Among them, there may be a clever mind to harm others and guard against others, but it is difficult for this child to have such thoughts. Besides, didn't you say earlier that he is a polite person?"

This woman is Lin Ruhai's concubine, and said with a smile: "I saw me playing the piano over there through the bamboo forest at night, and I knew how to avoid leaving from a distance. Naturally, I deserve the word 'knowledge', which is a good one."

Lin Ruhai made a "hmm" sound, and said, "He's a good boy... Let me think about it again, so I won't let him suffer."

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