Low Key Star

  Chapter 171 [171] Born to know

As the worst student on the field, Zhang Yang had to sit obediently and observe chess without saying a word, but he probably didn't want to show his shame in front of him, so he didn't watch much of the game. Pan Xiaoyou, but I beat you too much, if this goes on, my odds of winning should be more than 60%..."

   Zhang Yang couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, Gu Yutang took the black first, and lost at the two corners, how can he be inferior, if he came to play, he probably would have surrendered.

But among the four players present, he is the weakest in chess. He heard Gu Yutang say this, and thought he had made a mistake in his judgment. Just as he was about to concentrate on watching again, he heard Gu Yutang continue: "But it's not easy to let Zhang Yang and Yiyi wait by the side all the time. , this game is considered a draw."

   Zhang Yang was about to say, "Wait, it's okay, you just finish the download and just follow along to learn", but felt kicked on the foot, looked up and met Lin Yiran's bright eyes, and winked at him.

   Zhang Yang understood it, but felt a little incredible, thinking that he had got it wrong, and wanted to confirm it, but Yang Yuting had already said angrily: "You always say that officials are powerful, I haven't seen them before."

  Gu Yutang raised his face and said: "I am undefeated as an official, can I still lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask Yiyi."

Lin still pursed her lips and said nothing, Yang Yuting said a little funny: "You never go down to the official with others, and of course the official is undefeated, I don't care, agree to finish this game with me, your official No matter how powerful Zizi is, can he still be stronger than Lin Yuanfu?"

Lin Yuanfu is Lin Fu, and Yuanfu is his character. In the late Northern Zhou Dynasty, great celebrities, great poets, and great national champions. In this world, "the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading" and "everyone has been coquettish for hundreds of years" were all written by him. .

   In addition, he is Lin Yiran's ancestor.

  Most of the ancient chess players were weaker than the layout and officials, but better than the middle game. Lin Fu is one of the outliers. Both the middle game and the officials are extremely strong, and he has an epoch-making influence on the development of Go in this world.

  Modern Go has the highest 9th dan, but Lin Fu was once promoted as "Zhongpan 13th dan, Guanzi 15th dan".

   "If you want to go, let Yiyi accompany you later, clean up and make tea."

  Gu Yutang didn't answer, he gave an order, stood up, and said to Zhang Yang with a smile: "Let's go, let's go into the room first."

   Zhang Yang responded, took the copybook from Lin Yiran, and followed the old man into the study.

When Zhang Yang learned opera with Mei Yingxue, he had already dealt with Gu Yutang, and he was no stranger to him. However, when he got along with this well-known literary master at home and abroad, he still couldn't be as calm as the protagonists when he wrote the novel. .

   Fortunately, he didn't come to thank him, but Lin Yiran passed on the old man's words, asking him to sit down and read his handwriting when he had time.

  Wen Zhengming has never appeared in this world, so Wen Zhengming's regular script written by Zhang Yanglin has some merits, but Zhang Yang's half-baked level is fine among ordinary people, so he dares to play tricks.

After hearing Lin Yiran's report, he was so frightened that he begged Luoshen to "show" Wen Zhengming's "Thousand Character Essay" posters that night. A post, bring it to Gu Yutang.

At this time, the company was preparing for his second album. Zhang Yang almost pushed through all the company's arrangements in order to make a post. According to Yan Xixi, there seemed to be dissatisfaction at first, but later I heard that he was going to meet him. Gu Yutang didn't even fart.

Although Gu Yutang is not well-known among the general public, after Gu Qixian's support of Zhang Muzhi, he has more or less a certain impression. In addition, if someone popularizes science, his status and style are full, so naturally no one will What more.

  As for why Gu Yutang wanted to meet Zhang Yang, it was easy to understand. In addition to the music genius who was the fastest to become one of the top singers in the history of the Chinese music scene, he also had the reputation of a poetic genius.

  With the continuous rebroadcast of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Linjiang Fairy" has become a household name. Even if you don't know the name, you will understand when you say "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water".

Gu Yutang sat down in front of the desk, unfolded Zhang Yanglin's "Thousand Characters", and read it silently. Zhang Yang knew himself, and knew that what the old man was reading was not his words, but an unknown number of Wen Zhengming and Xingkai shadows in it. trace.

He was a little guilty, and in order to avoid the old man asking, he pretended to look at the furnishings in the study. Fortunately, after Gu Yutang finished looking at it, he didn't ask him about some professional knowledge, but asked: "How long have you been practicing calligraphy? Are you still practicing now?" ?”

Zhang Yang said truthfully: "I have been practicing since elementary school, but I didn't practice very diligently. I practiced more in high school. After the college entrance examination... I didn't have much time. Yiyi told me that you want to read my handwriting, so I hurriedly picked it up again. , practiced hard for a few days."

When it came to the later, Gu Yutang shook his head, but he was not dissatisfied or harsh, he laughed and said: "You are busy now, it's no wonder... But if you want to improve your calligraphy, you must not stop doing this." If you are in a hurry to achieve quick success, otherwise you will become dead and lose your aura, and even if you practice again in the future, there will be little room for improvement. You are still young, so you can do what you usually do. When you are free and free, When you want to write, just write a few articles, just relax, when you are old and earn enough money, when you want to write, put in more effort and practice hard, you may not be able to enter the classroom."

  In his early years, Gu Yutang proposed the three realms of calligraphy, which are the finished product, the finished tool, and the ineffective tool, to explain Zhang Huaiguan’s three levels of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty: capable, wonderful, and divine. However, as one of the great calligraphers renowned at home and abroad, the old man positions himself as a "successful tool", and "not a good tool" is out of reach.

Regardless of whether he is self-effacing or really thinks so, he recognizes himself as the second realm, and others dare not even recognize the second realm, so most calligraphers don't want to see his three calligraphy realms. Until recent years, Gu Qixian's status, influence With all the strength and intention to publicize and promote the three realms of calligraphy, many people know about these three realms, even outsiders have heard of them.

   Zhang Yang had heard of it, so he didn't ask or mention how his writing was, just nodded.

  Gu Yutang asked again: "Are there any new words recently?"

I don't know if it was because of guilty conscience, but Zhang Yang was very concerned that he omitted the word "write", and replied with a smile: "There is only one song, which was intended to be used in the novel before, but it was not finished. I just added it some time ago. superior."

Gu Yutang nodded, smiled and asked him to write, Zhang Yang laid out the paper, and heard the door of the study room being knocked twice, Yang Yuting came in with two cups of tea, put them aside, and asked Zhang Yang to write lyrics, a little surprised Blinking, Yan Ran smiled and said, "I'll help you sharpen the ink!"

   shouted out again: "Yiyi, come quickly!"

Zhang Yang already knew her identity from Lin Yiran, and he was already surprised to see her serving tea in person, how dare she let her do it, Yang Yuting has already picked up the ink stick, and said with a smile: "You are a guest, how can I let you do it , I’ll be fine.”

   Zhang Yang couldn't fight her, so he smiled and stopped talking. Lin still followed in, and just smiled when he saw this, and stood aside to watch him write.

After Zhang Yang finished writing the song "Butterfly Love Flower", he explained it a bit, because apart from the two lines "Sweet in the crowd", the other content of this poem is very inconsistent with his current life, so he can only evade it to the novel. go inside.

   Before Gu Yutang could speak, Yang Yuting laughed first and said, "Sure enough, I want to express my feelings—it's good to write these two sentences of Yiyi throughout the article."

   Zhang Yang smiled and said nothing, Gu Yutang laughed and said, "Don't be overly ambitious."

   didn't comment, and said: "Okay, you two go out first, let Zhang Yang chat with me."

  Yang Yuting has a noble status and has been with Gu Yutang for some time. She is a little "presumptuous" in front of him, but she still knows the general situation. Hearing what the teacher said, she left the study room with Lin Yiran and closed the door.

  Gu Yutang didn't read that "Butterfly Love Flower" again. He was more than seventy years old, with thinning white hair and an old face, but his eyes were as clear as a child's. He stared at Zhang Yang for more than ten seconds.

   Zhang Yang was a little nervous when the old man looked at him, he leaned over slightly, and asked with some anxiety, "You... this is?"

  Gu Yutang finally showed a kind smile, leaned on the seat, sighed inexplicably, and asked, "How old are you this year?"

"twenty."

  The old man nodded and repeated with a long sigh: "Twenty years old!"

Zhang Yang didn't understand what he meant, he hesitated and said nothing, Gu Yutang said with a smile: "We in China say that it has a history of 5,000 years, although there is too much time in the fog, it is more than 2,000 years that we can really see clearly. In the past two thousand years, there have been many people who have achieved impressive achievements and done commendable things at a young age, such as Gan Luo, Huo Qubing, Kong Rong, Wang Xianzhi, Gu Kaizhi, Wang Bo, Wang Wei, Huang Tingjian, Kou Zhun..."

The old man’s tone was emotional, but Zhang Yang found the expression a bit weird no matter how he looked at it. Sure enough, after the old man finished feeling, he changed the subject and looked at Zhang Yang and said, “It’s been more than two thousand years since the earliest Gan Luo and Huo Qubing. Ah, more than two thousand years, how many generations, are these people... many?"

   Zhang Yang's heart was shocked, and he sat there, showing a bit of doubt just right, and said with a smile: "It's really not many."

   Gu Yutang stared at Zhang Yang with clear, childlike eyes, and asked slowly: "Do you believe that you are born with knowledge?"

   Zhang Yang was slightly taken aback.

  “When people are old, they always like to think wildly.”

Gu Yutang smiled, "In "The Analects of Confucius", Confucius said: 'Those who are born to know are superior', but did not say whether there are really people who are born to know, Han Yu said: 'People are not born to know', but Taoism has the mystery of the womb, and Buddhism talks about suhui... With the development of science, we are less and less convinced that we are born with knowledge."

  The old man paused for a moment and looked at Zhang Yang, "Human history has been in the tens of thousands of years, and science has only been developed for a few years...Things that are considered impossible now may be discovered one day in the future."

   While speaking, the man had already stood up, squatted down and took out a cloth bag from a corner next to the bookshelf, and carefully carried it to the desk.

  Zhang Yang hurriedly put aside the poem he just wrote, and watched Gu Yutang tremblingly take out two slightly yellowed papers from the cloth bag.

  When the paper was taken out, Zhang Yang caught a glimpse of the handwriting on the last sheet.

   Traditional Chinese vertical writing.

   "Lin Fu, do you know?"

The old man put the papers on the table and looked up at Zhang Yang, "This is Lin Fu's death letter. More than 20 years ago, Cang Hai and I, Yiyi's father, found it from his ancestral home. You Take a look, be careful, don't damage it."

  (end of this chapter)