The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1479 The role of reading!

"What will happen if you enter the government?" Fang Yun asked again.

"I am too illiterate to even be a clerk. I can only be a servant. As for the chief of the district and the chief of the pavilion, they are all the local powerful people and have nothing to do with me."

"Then what profession will you choose?" Fang Yun said.

"I can only ask my grandpa to tell my grandma to join a workshop as an apprentice and secretly learn skills. Once I master the skills, I can go to a better workshop and make more money." Zhang Jing'an said.

"Why do you want to learn technology?" Fang Yun asked.

"If you don't learn, how will you start a family? How will you support a family?"

"Is there any difference between learning skills in a workshop and studying in a school?"

"No."

"If you had chosen to study back then and were now a Mengtong, what would have happened if you entered the military?"

"You will be selected into the elite army immediately, and you will soon be promoted to corps commander or captain, and you may even have the opportunity to become a captain. If you are lucky, you can obtain the rank of ninth rank and become a deputy lieutenant or a full lieutenant. Then you will be a real officer. Old In the future, he will definitely be granted the status of a rural man, and he will have enough food and clothing."

"After becoming a Tongsheng, if you didn't want to be a soldier, what workshop would you choose?" Fang Yun asked.

"Why should I choose a workshop? I can open a private school and be a teacher, I can work as a teacher in a county liberal arts college, I can teach ethnic studies in a big family, I can even work as a clerk in the government. I can choose any profession, it is better than going to a workshop. Unless I am a boy from a working family." Zhang Jing'an answered seriously.

"How about becoming a scholar?" Fang Yun asked again.

"Then there are more things you can do. Whether you are marching in the army, going to the government or the academy, as long as you don't mess around, you will have a place. It is not too difficult to get an official position from the eighth grade when you are old. Those who wear scholar uniforms Yes, he walks more majestic than others." Zhang Jing'an said with some envy in his tone.

"I don't need to ask about Juren, Jinshi, Hanlin, Great Scholar, Great Confucianism or even Semi-Sage. You will definitely be able to tell me all the benefits. Do you know the use of reading now?" Fang Yun asked.

Zhang Jing'an looked embarrassed and said vaguely: "I know."

"Tell me about it."

"I can have a higher academic position." Zhang Jing'an secretly looked at Fang Yun.

Fang Yun shook his head slightly.

Zhang Jing'an blushed and didn't know what to do.

"Reading gives you more choices!" Fang Yun's voice was like gold and jade clashing, sonorous.

Fang Yun slowly turned around and looked at Zhang Jing'an.

"When you are born, it is completely up to us to choose for you. What you eat, what you drink, and everything else are out of your control. But when you become an adult, you will be forced to make choices by the world whether you like it or not. You have no literary qualifications , you can only choose to work for others, you can only choose to be a government servant or a soldier. Yes, there is no distinction between high and low in the profession, but in our hearts, there is a distinction between high and low! "

Fang Yun's voice suddenly rose.

"On the first day you and I went to the dental clinic, we saw that people were being recruited everywhere. It seemed that there were many choices, but your choice is limited by your academic qualifications, your age, your gender, your body, and your experience. Your choice, your family limits your choices, your parents limit your choices, your employer limits your choices Choices, preferences limit your choices, and even how much money you have at the time also limits your choices. Even if some businesses will give you a high salary after a month, as long as they don't care about food and housing, you can only go hungry. Choose to transport garbage and feces, just to get paid on the first day, just to not starve to death!”

"You see, there are many options in the world, but you often can't choose! Do you know why? Because you made the wrong choice from the beginning, you chose not to study!"

Fang Yun's voice vibrated in the room like a twilight drum and a morning bell. Zhang Jing'an felt his head buzzing, as if something was digging through his skull.

Fang Yun continued to ask: "You chose to join the military camp when you were eleven years old. Looking at it now, is it right or wrong?"

"Wrong." Zhang Jing'an said dejectedly.

"You chose to be a civil servant, was it right or wrong?"

"wrong."

"You chose to lean on your toes, was it right or wrong?"

"wrong."

"You chose not to study. Is it right or wrong?"

"Wrong." Zhang Jing'an's face turned redder.

Fang Yun said slowly: "Don't talk about you, even great scholars who have insight into world affairs or even half-sages who have understood the holy way will face choices, and they may also make wrong choices. You are only eleven years old, why do you do this? Do you think your choice is right? It’s not that you’re stupid, it’s that you haven’t read enough books, and you haven’t experienced enough. So, do you know the role of reading now?

Zhang Jing'an nodded, but did not dare to speak because he felt that he did not fully understand Fang Yun's words.

Fang pointed at the books on the table with his index finger, his eyes as deep as the stars, and his gaze as far away as the sky, and said: "The entire human race has used thousands of years of wisdom and experience to create imperial examinations, build academies, and formulate books to pave a path for our descendants. The broadest, longest and most correct road to study! The purpose of this road is to give you enough time and knowledge to choose a new path you want to take when you go as far as you can. !”

"If you don't know how to choose when you were a child, then become a child student; if you don't know how to choose when you are a child, then become a scholar; if you don't know how to choose when you are a scholar, then become a scholar or a scholar! There are always One day, you will make your own choice. Yes, the choice at that time may not be easier or more noble, but at least you don’t have to choose between garbage and feces!”

"Choose to study, choose to grit your teeth and keep going. At that time, even if you are still in pain, you can choose more ways to relieve the pain!" Fang Yun leaned down, looked at Zhang Jing'an, showed a bright smile, and reached out to rub Zhang Jing'an's hair. "Go to school. Even if you regret it in the future, you will only regret choosing the wrong path, not that there is no way to choose! Even if you are troubled, it will only be because there are too many directions, not because there is no way to choose! Born as a human, you must choose the path you like most! If you reach the end, then use the book as a sword and choose to cut a new path!" "Yes!" Zhang Jing'an nodded vigorously, and this time he did not dodge. "Go to bed." Fang Yun smiled. "Why do you go to bed so late? Sometimes even at dawn, I have hardly heard of a scholar who is more hardworking than you." Zhang Jing'an asked with his head raised. Fang Yun smiled and said, "I chose the most difficult path, so I have to read the most books!"

Zhang Jing'an felt that his father's smile was more dazzling than the sun at this time. He nodded as if he understood and said, "My son, I'm leaving. Good night, father. No, good morning."

"Good morning." Fang Yun smiled.

Zhang Jing'an turned and left. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned back. A trace of worry flashed across his face. He asked, "Is it too late for me to study now?"

"Not only the words on paper are knowledge, but everything you experience in the military camp, the government office, and when you work is knowledge. The people you see, the words you hear, and the scenery you see are all words between heaven and earth. People have been reading the big book of heaven and earth since they were born. As long as you read it thoroughly, you will go further. It's just that being in the school is the best way to study. Other ways are a thousand times more difficult!"

"Well!" Zhang Jing'an left with confidence.

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Three o'clock in the morning.