Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 272 New Case: Unsolved Plagiarism

"So, Professor Shimogawa. What work did Fujimura plagiarize from you?" Beiyuan sat on the sofa in the teaching and research room, looked at the teacher, picked up the tea cup poured on the square table in front of him, and took a sip, quite curious asked.

After entering the teaching and research room, Beiyuan exchanged greetings with Shimogawa.After chatting for about 10 minutes, the teacher still didn't take the initiative to talk about plagiarism, which made him faintly feel that something was wrong.

Hearing Kitahara's question, Shimogawa's eyes suddenly dimmed a bit, his hands on his lap clenched his pants slightly, he lowered his head, and fell into a brief silence.Then, he raised his head, glanced at Hirose, then looked at the two lawyers from Tokyo, and said:
"First of all, I would like to thank the two lawyers. In fact, I have also consulted other law firms in Kyoto on the issue of plagiarism. They have all told me frankly that there is no way to accuse the other party of plagiarism in this situation. And... And this is Kyoto. From courts to famous law firms, everything is controlled by law students who graduated from Kyoto University. No one would be willing to convict their alma mater for plagiarism."

Xia Chuan smiled wryly, and bowed slightly to Bei Yuan in front of him, "Thank you for coming here specially. I really caused you trouble. I don't need to bother you two about my matter."

Hirose saw that Shimogawa had given up, so he couldn't help saying anxiously: "Teacher, they are lawyers from Tokyo. The law firm here in Kyoto is afraid of offending Kyoto University, so they must have lied to you. Words. There is definitely hope in this case. Fujimura is plagiarizing, plagiarizing naked.”

"Why don't you just talk to us." Miyagawa said seriously beside him.

Shimokawa stared at the teacup on the table in front of him, feeling a little dazed for a while.It has been almost ten years since he came to Kyoto University.I have long been familiar with every plant and tree here.He likes to study classical history, likes to study Sinology, and likes to bury his head in the lines of historical materials in the pile of old papers, and piece together the original shape of history.

But... But, I... I seem to be gradually unable to keep up.

Maybe... maybe, I just might not be suitable for the academic path.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, I mistook my liking for reading for my liking for research.

If you are not suitable for this path, then it is meaningless to hire a lawyer, sue Fujimura and so on.Besides, I asked almost all the law firms in Kyoto, and they all said that my situation was hopeless.

Or... forget it.

Shimokawa raised his head, and was about to decline again, when he found that the man in the gray suit in front of him had stood up from the sofa at some point.He looked at the ceiling, as if he was thinking about something, and in the next second, Beiyuan recited a sentence in Chinese quietly: "Or say: 'Repay grievance with virtue, how about it?' The Master said: "How to repay virtue?Repay grievances with straightness, and repay virtue with kindness. '"

【Repay grievances with straightness, repay virtue with kindness】

This short sentence in Chinese came from Bei Yuan's mouth.

At this moment, this young man in a suit seemed to have transformed into a scholarly student in a Confucian uniform and a Confucian crown. It really exudes the unique pride and ambition of Chinese.

Hirose and Miyagawa who were present did not understand what the Chinese sentence in Kitahara's mouth meant.Miyagawa needless to say, her major is law.The only Chinese language training I received was the compulsory Chinese character reading class in high school.Although Hirose was a monk student in classical history, he had also entered the stage of a monk student. Under the guidance of Shimokawa, he began to receive systematic training in Chinese.

However, when he heard Bei Yuan's words, Shimokawa's eyes widened slightly, as if he had seen something incredible.

The way the young man in front of him recited Chinese characters had a certain kind of unique charm.

The impulse to love Chinese suddenly flowed through Xia Chuan's body, and gradually became turbulent and surging.This university teacher has been studying Chinese for nearly 15 years. How could he not be touched by the Chinese sentence in front of him at this moment.

Recalling the pages of historical materials in Chinese that he had read, listening to this faint Chinese sentence, the sound of chime bells and the singing of the Book of Songs echoed in his ears. , A turbulent era in which heroes emerged in large numbers.

"You...why do you understand this Chinese sentence?" Xia Chuan opened his mouth and said in disbelief.

"The world is often wonderful. Sometimes, like-minded people are often attracted to the same thing in the dark." Beiyuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and looked at the associate professor in front of him, "So, Teacher Shimokawa. What happened to the plagiarism? Can you tell us."

Shimokawa also stood up from the sofa, his eyes that were still hazy had brightened a lot, as if he had let go of something.He took a deep breath, walked to the bookshelf, took out a book, and put it on the table, "Lawyer Beiyuan, lawyer Miyagawa. Please."

However, this book seemed to have just been disassembled from the plastic bag, and it still exuded a faint fragrance of ink. It was obviously a new book that had just been printed.

The cover is a picture of a lady with a Tang style painting style, and the illustrations alone show readers that this is a book about ancient history.

Several distinctive Chinese characters are written in Zhenshu style, which are extremely beautiful block letters. They are arranged in vertical rows and printed as the title of this book.

The title of the book is exactly:

"The Expedition to the Tang Dynasty on the Tour of Eastern Land"

Miyagawa was taken aback when he saw this book.Expedition to the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land Parade?Isn't this the new book that was released at the seminar in the afternoon?wait?Isn't this book written by the ancients?She remembered that this book was a travelogue to the East written by an envoy to the Tang Dynasty in the ancient East.The travel notes were discovered in the archives, and scholars organized by Kyoto University organized and published them.

In Miyagawa's imagination, what Shimogawa took out should be an academic work or a thesis, but now he took out an ancient book.

Why do ancient books have plagiarism problems?

The action in front of Miyagawa was really hard to understand, and she couldn't help asking: "I remember this book is an ancient book. What do you mean by plagiarism? Generally speaking, the plagiarized work should be your own signed work." .”

Shimokawa didn't answer Miyagawa's question right away, but opened the "Eastern Land Tour and Repatriation to the Tang Dynasty" in front of him, and said slowly: "Lawyer Miyagawa, you may not know one thing. In ancient Chinese, there is no punctuation. Symbolic. That is to say, when reading Chinese, we must make sentences according to our own understanding. If we want to publish Chinese historical materials, then we need to add corresponding punctuation marks.”

"This kind of work of adding punctuation marks to ancient books is called proofreading."

Xia Chuan slowly raised his hand, pointed to the punctuation marks in this book "Parade in the East and Sending Tang Ji", looked at the commas, periods, exclamation points, semicolons, and quotation marks in the book, and said word by word:

"Fujimura...Fujimura, he plagiarized my content, it's all the punctuation marks."

(End of this chapter)