Dress to be a celebrity

In the Song Dynasty, the Shanzhai Sanyuan ball was returned to Yue Juzi, and the Shutong also brought the ten pairs of rackets and a tube of badminton from the lower courtyard where the parking lot was parked in the Daci Temple Pavilion.

The racket has a round head and a thin handle. These two points are not much different from the fakes sold outside, but the round head is hollow and densely packed with wire mesh. It is light and soft in the hand, and it is flexible and smooth—— — It’s not like the ones they bought outside. You have to wave them with both hands.

But the string net is not strong enough, I am afraid that the string will be broken if you pat the shuttlecock they bought, how light should the shuttlecock be?There are feathers attached to the outside of the ball, isn't it afraid of hitting the net and breaking it?

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the bamboo tube in Song Shi's hand, wanting to see how strange the authentic three-yuan ball is.

Under the nervous gaze of the whole room, Song Shi unhurriedly opened the red seal on the bamboo tube, and lightly knocked the mouth of the tube on his hand——

A bunch of snow-white bird feathers poured out from the mouth of the tube first, and then revealed a semicircular ball head wrapped in bird feathers. The overall look can hardly be called a "ball", but rather like a small skirt made of feathers.

Liu Fuzun couldn't help stretching out his hand, took the badminton from his palm and looked at it carefully, and sighed: "So it is such a badminton, if I hadn't heard that the three-yuan ball is hit with a racket, I would hardly believe it is a badminton." When it hits, isn't it afraid that its wing feathers will hit the net and break the feathers?"

Song Shi explained with a smile: "My lord, look at its shape—its head is round, and its feathers are narrow inside and wide outside. When flying, the smooth arc of the ball head breaks through the air first, and the feathers sticking behind it Like an arrow feather, it can make the ball fly out steadily and straightly."

He poured out a new ball, held it across the air, and explained to everyone: "When we walk quickly, we can feel the wind blowing in front of us. The larger the surface, the stronger the wind force. The ball head is round and not easily affected by the wind, but the feathers tied are light and large. When flying in the air, the wind force is different. The tail feathers are naturally blown backward by the wind, and the head is always forward. of."

Of course, if you don't play well, sometimes the feathers fall on the net first, and it is easy to hit the ball badly, so prepare more.

He immediately asked someone to ask for a racket, and put the badminton on the racket in his right hand. At first, the ball fell out of order. Later, when the ball was bumped up, it turned itself in the air. , which is consistent with what he said that the ball is subjected to different wind forces.

Liu Fuzun sat closest to him and could see the most clearly. He couldn't help but clapped his hands and boasted: "No wonder my virtuous brother is a true talent of Sanyuan! This family also studied since childhood, and always thinks that they have learned the theory of rationality and qi. Not bad, I understand the principle that yin and yang are prevalent in the world. But today, when I heard Song Xiandi explain the reason why the badminton is blown by the air current, and saw how the ball turned, I realized that what I learned in the past was just the theory of swallowing the ancients alive , Today I really understand how 'qi' is 'popular'."

Lord Fuzun admired badminton so much that he raised it to the height of "theory of rationality and qi". The vice-honored Wang Tong knew that he could not lag behind, and he also analyzed deeply: "Not only my lord, but the lower officials have never paid attention to the popularity of qi until now. It was only after watching the upside-down changes of the badminton carefully that I suddenly had a sense of enlightenment. But Song Xiandi has really studied and mastered the principles of Qi, and can use the principles of heaven to create this shuttlecock..."

Song Shiben and others wanted to show off their skills and teach this group of beginners how to hold the racket and how to play the ball, but unexpectedly, the two respected officials in their hometown had too high a theoretical level, and they directly praised the ball to the sky.

The person who invented this ball may not have thought of any reason!

He just stood on the shoulders of future generations and made badminton hundreds of years in advance...

After all, Song Shi was a simple tour guide. He didn't have such a big face to accept their praise, and said in a low-key way: "The two adults are too praised, and this badminton can't bear the theory of heaven and nature. It can only be regarded as a little physics."

"It's not just a slight gain. If Song Sanyuan didn't understand the principles of heaven, how could he make this badminton for use?" Li Zhongshu, a returnee from the government, shook his head and said with a smile: "Song Sanyuan is just modest. You can make this badminton and use this The ball explains the wonderful circulation of yin and yang, so that everyone can see through how this invisible "qi" works, and the depth of Neo-Confucianism is really admirable."

Wang Dingbao of the Five Dynasties called him a "one-character master" because he corrected typos for him. Song Zhuangyuan used a badminton to let people know the truth of heaven, which can be called a "one-ball master".

Uh-huh?

Song Shi keenly heard the phrase "one-ball master" from the praises in the hall, and the hairs on the back of his neck suddenly sprouted—if this reputation spreads, how will he be written in the history books in the future? !

"Badminton was invented in the Zheng Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Because of explaining the physical principles in the trajectory of badminton, he was called the "one-ball master"?"

He absolutely couldn't let this rumor go on, touched the corner of his mouth, forced a professional smile, got up and said: "The law of heaven exists in all things, and there is no law of heaven in all things, not only in this small ball. Song brought it here just to keep everyone healthy and exercise in their spare time, now that all the sages are sitting, instead of talking about this ball, why not talk about how to learn?"

The voice who said he was a "one-ball master" suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes were on him, and they stopped mentioning badminton. Talk about the theory of 'knowledge' and 'action'."

What he wants to talk about is not Wang Shouren's "unity of knowledge and action", but what he has learned for many years, and the motto he copied in elementary school is "practice is the only criterion for testing truth".

When he was a little scholar with no name and name, he had no right to speak, and an explanation of the scriptures could affect his reputation and even his future. Naturally, he had to carefully hide his ideas, and people who were not as knowledgeable as Senior Brother Huan could not tell him.And now he has become a model literati of Lianzhong Sanyuan, even a badminton player can be said to be a "one-ball player", and no one doubts that he is a time-traveler, so he can also say what he wants to say.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth!

Translated into ancient Chinese is "experiencing knowledge by doing"!

Theories made up by scholars sitting in the house cannot be regarded as true knowledge without practical testing!

"Zhu Zi said: 'Knowing is not difficult, but doing is difficult'. Knowing is easy because people know everything from ancient books and teachers' words and deeds, and they only need to memorize and comprehend; doing is difficult, not because we scholars are lazy and idle. , I don’t act accordingly after I know it, but what we have learned may not necessarily be the law of heaven, and in practice, we must use practice to verify knowledge, use practice to prove knowledge, and use practice to promote knowledge..."

He used Zhu Zi's words to make up the stage, and soon introduced his own ideas, but none of the officials and scholars in the field refuted him-could anyone stand up and say that the difficulty of "walking" is not because of other things, but because of them I'm greedy and lazy, so I know I can't do it?

If someone dares to admit this, others have to draw a line with him and choose himself as a good student who is innocent, knowledgeable and capable.

He gave a hearty talk about the truth of transcending the times, and finally used the development of astronomical research in history as a footnote to himself: from Yu Xi in the Han Dynasty who discovered that "every year gradually gets worse", to Zhang Zixin in the Northern Qi Dynasty who discovered that "the sun travels later after the vernal equinox" After the autumnal equinox, it will be fast", and then to the "Yuanshi Calendar" that broke the old intercalation method of Zhao [Bandit] in Beiliang, Liu Song Zu Chongzhi introduced the precession into the calendar "Daming Calendar", and He Chengtian created the fixed moon algorithm to make the new moon and the moon "Yuanjiali" where the circle and the deficiency match...

The way of heaven is permanent, and the knowledge passed down from the predecessors does not necessarily conform to the way of heaven, let alone the principle that is not easy for all ages, so when seeking knowledge, people need to verify knowledge from time to time.If it fails to be verified again and again, then the old knowledge is wrong, and it is necessary to prove the knowledge through practice, promote knowledge through practice, and find the correct solution.

The astronomical calendar is the most intuitive record of astrology and changes in the four seasons.The sky is constant, but the calendar is always changing and new. The new calendar can always be calculated more accurately than the old calendar.It can be seen that what the predecessors knew is by no means an eternal truth, and today's people should not blindly pick up the spittle of the ancients, but must practice it by themselves. Only the true knowledge can stand the test!

In fact, he just heard about these calendars from his senior brother and memorized some concepts and nouns, but he didn't study them too deeply.The "Dazheng Calendar" method used now can be calculated using the algorithm in "Nine Chapters of Numerology", but he is a bit confused...

But his brother will count!

It is enough to have one person who can count, and he is not an outsider anyway...

Song Shi pursed his lips and spoke calmly about "experiencing knowledge by doing", only one step away from saying "know after doing", a simple materialist thought that directly pushed the theory forward more than 200 years later.

But he himself didn't mention "after practicing the prophet", this lecture was considered to be included in Zhu Zi's certified concept of "knowledge is light and action is heavy", which is not out of the ordinary.Moreover, his lectures are like small papers, with all arguments, evidences, and demonstrations, and he can tell algorithms that ordinary scholars can't understand to fool people. refute his.

No one mentioned "one-ball master" anymore.

After the lecture was over, Liu Fuzun got up first and led the crowd to praise his lecture with the applause he "invented" in Fujian.

Song Shi bowed his head humbly: "I am young and energetic, and I have made some mistakes. Please give me some pointers."

Li Zhongshu shook his head and sighed: "Young people are awesome! Young people are awesome! You have new insights at a young age. I, who is stuck in the pile of old papers, don't talk about advice!"

After listening to his lectures, others should not speak again: the old Confucianism can't compare with his innovative words; new arguments can't be published, and if they can't compare with the younger generation's words, It was embarrassing.

Fortunately, Song Shi knew the opportunity and offered to propose: "I just talked a little too long, and you and the students must be a little tired. Let's have some refreshments, take a break, and gossip. You might as well go out and play on the court to stretch your muscles.”

His badminton has attracted people's attention for a long time, and there are many people who respond to these words.It's just that it's inconvenient for a few elders who have retired due to old illnesses to leave the stage, so they don't follow the young people out.

Regardless of face, several government and county officials each took a racket and asked Song Shi how to play.Song Shi first taught them the skills of serving and catching the ball, and then asked the young monk who was serving tea next to him if he had any silk, long rope, lime, white oath, etc. for playing football.

The monk also stared at the badminton for a long time, and said excitedly after hearing the words: "Yes! There are some brothers in the temple who can play football. Father, wait a moment, and the monk will go get it!"

...Don't be so polite, I'm not as old as you, just call me a benefactor.

Song Shi watched him leave with a complicated expression. Those who held the rackets couldn't help but left the field, and those who didn't hold them also went to the corridor to wait for someone to change hands.A few elders who didn't leave the scene asked the monk to move the chairs to the door and sit down. Looking at the figure of the monk going away quickly, they talked with a smile: "The strange Taoist Pan Lang wrote a poem saying 'san drag the Zen master to come to Cuju'. Monks are also good at Cuju."

Song Zhuangyuan created a volleyball style of playing with both arms in Fujian, which is also famous all over the world!

When everyone thought of this, they couldn't help looking at Song Shi. That Yue Juzi happened to grab a pair of badminton rackets, and invited him off: "It doesn't matter if I am a warrior, I can find a monk to play paddleball at will, but if I don't see him Song Sanyuan, who made this thing, fought it himself, but he will return home with regrets."

Song Shi didn't refuse, took the pat and twirled it in the palm of his hand, and asked coolly: "Do you want to see my skills, or who will come to fight with me and teach everyone to carefully observe the techniques of two-person sparring?"

Naturally, it depends on the unique art!It's ugly, can't they see it when they fight themselves!

Liu Fuzun pointed to Yue Juzi and said: "Yue Xiandi is young and knows martial arts, so he must be flexible in his movements. You fight Song Zhuangyuan and let him show his abilities!"

Yue Juren was originally prepared to pull the monk to throw the ball for him and play cricket alone, but he was so happy and honored when he heard the arrangement of the lord of the government, he hurried out of the crowd and stood in front of Song Shi.

A few monks happened to bring the nets and white ash, and they stayed in the courtyard waiting to watch the game.Song Shi unceremoniously directed them to draw a border in the courtyard, draw a net in the middle, and asked Yue Juren and himself to stand on each side, holding the badminton and serving.

Although people want to see him show off his skills, but the opponent can't catch the ball, so he can't show off his skills.He first saw where Yue Juzi was standing, and drew a short and low arc, almost sending the ball to his racket.

That Yue Juren is also a romantic talent, good at Cuju and javelin, with excellent hands and eyes, he can catch his ball after a few rounds, and he can also serve it over the net.Seeing this, Song Shi smiled slightly and shouted: "Brother Yue Xian, be careful, I'm going to use my tricks!"

Speaking of stepping backwards, he turned his right wrist to catch the lightly flying badminton, raised his arm and hoisted the ball high into the air, drawing a high and far arc, and landed on Yue Juzi's side close to the sideline in the field.

The ball flew up to the sun in the air, and when it reached the highest point, it was almost enveloped by the sun, as if it had gone through the air, and it was impossible to see where the ball was.

It's strange that this racket needs to weave a net instead of a board. The board is hard against the wind. How can there be such lightness and speed as a wire net?And the badminton flies lightly and steadily in the air, if you want to slow down, if you want to speed up, it is as fast as a bird, and it really lives up to the name of feathers.

The county magistrate Xu, who had always been afraid to discuss with the champion because he did not have the honor of a Jinshi, had a special experience at this time, and said with emotion: "The ball we usually play is easy to low and difficult to high. No more. The ball made by Song Sanyuan rose into the air more than three or four feet high? Just like his luck in hitting three yuan in a row and reaching the sky, I believe that these small objects also have their own experience."

Sanyuanqiu can not be afraid of the trap, and use its strength to go to the blue sky, which is really good for officials and scholars like them.

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The calendar refers to "Guoxue Juyao. Shujuan"