The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 67 The Radical Jafuzi

"The son of heaven values ​​heroes, and articles teach you. Everything is inferior, but reading is high. Young people must study hard, and articles can stand up. Manchurian nobles are full of scholars..."

The mid-spring sun had just risen from the sky, and the morning breeze was blowing the trees in the garden, making it slightly cool. This early in the morning, Jia’s family school was reading loudly, which was quite different from the past. The passers-by, the uncles and aunts who walked to buy vegetables all showed doubts, and speculated whether the master of Jia’s family school had changed.

After all, new people, new atmosphere!
But people soon found out that it was not, because an old man wearing a literati's straight gown and combed hair and beard was walking slowly towards the gate of the ethnology with his hands behind his back in the morning light. Because his back was facing the sun, he couldn't see his face clearly, but even if he didn't look at his face, everyone could guess who the old man was.That set of literati straight gowns, which are worn 360 days a year, are so washed that they are so white that they are reluctant to change them. Who else can they be except the master of ethnology "Jia Dayu"?

Jia Dairu stepped into the gate of ethnology, and when he heard the sound of reading aloud inside, he felt as bright as the spring sunshine. He stepped into the classroom and found that there were already more than a dozen people, and they were all studying hard in the morning.

Jia Dairu glanced thoughtfully at Jia Huan, who was reading aloud as if no one else was around, very devoted, and his voice was full of emotion and rhythm.

Obviously, the change in ethnology culture was brought about by Jia Huan. This is probably the so-called power of role models. A society without role models and benchmarks is doomed to low morality and corrupt morals, just like a pool of stagnant water. Jia Huan is like a stream of clear running water, poured into the stagnant pool of Jia clan studies, and immediately brought obvious changes.

Jia Dairu slowly passed by Jia Huan, stretched out his finger and knocked silently on the table, the latter immediately understood, took the window lesson written last night and stood up, silently followed Jia Dairu out of the classroom, to the lounge next door.

Jia Dairu sat down behind the case, cleared his throat and asked seriously: "Did you rewrite the article last night?"

Jia Huan nodded and said: "The student has revised it several times, please correct me." After speaking, he handed over the notebook respectfully.

Jia Dairu put on reading glasses and read word by word, his wrinkled old face gradually relaxed, finally nodded and said: "Shang Ke, it can be seen that you have listened to the old man's explanation yesterday, you can write another one tonight, the title is: return to ink."

"Zegui Mo?" Jia Huan frowned, it seemed to be from "Mencius", he was not very familiar with it.

Seeing this, Jia Dairu asked, "Do you understand?"

Jia Huan replied truthfully: "The student seems to have not read this far."

Jia Dairu first praised him and said: "Knowing what you know is knowing, not knowing what you don't know is wisdom. Your attitude is right. Anyway, I will explain this question to you first. Mencius said: If the words of the world do not belong to Yang, they belong to Mo. Yang is the theory of Yang and Zhu, and Mo is the theory of Mohism.

"For me? Guisheng?" Jia Huan asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by that?"

Jia Dairu explained: "It is egoism. The old man will tell you an allusion, and you will understand.

Once, Qin Huali, a disciple of Mozi, asked Yang Zhu: If you pluck out a single hair on your body, it will benefit the world, will you pluck it?Yang Zhu replied: "I can't pull it out."

This is the origin of "not pulling out a hair", so Yang Zhu's theory advocates self-interest. He advocates protecting one's own interests and not harming one's own interests for the benefit of the world. "

Jia Huan suddenly said: "So it is."

Jia Dairu further explained: "Although Yang Zhu advocates self-interest, it cannot be simply understood as selfishness, because he also advocates 'valuing life', that is, all life is important. He does not want to harm his own interests for the world, nor does he want to harm the interests of others for his own interests. He wants everyone's interests to be protected and not violated by others."

Jia Huan found it interesting, so he asked: "Then what is the Mohist's idea?"

Jia Dairu stroked his beard and said: "Mohism advocates both love and non-aggression, and does not hesitate to sacrifice one's life to help the world, so Mohism's ideas and Yang Zhu's ideas are contradictory to a certain extent. At that time, the theories of these two schools were the most popular and had the largest number of followers. That's why Yasheng (Mencius) said, 'If the words of the world do not belong to Yang, they belong to Mo'."

Jia Huan blurted out, "I'm afraid Yasheng is using this to put forward Confucian ideas."

Jia Dairu nodded and said with a smile: "You can teach a child. So Yasheng immediately said: Yang is for me, he has no king; Mo loves both, he has no father. If he has no father and no king, he is a beast."

"Student understands." Jia Huan sweated secretly, the mouth of literati is indeed the most poisonous.

Jia Dairu stroked his beard in satisfaction and said: "It's good that you understand, don't rush to hand in this article, you can comment on it when you feel satisfied."

Jia Huan nodded and said yes, took the window lesson book and wanted to quit, but Jia Dairu said in a still unsatisfactory way: "When we read books, we should read "University" first to determine its scale; secondly read "Analects" to determine its fundamentals; It will be of great benefit in the future!"

Jia Huan quickly nodded and said yes, Jia Dairu hesitated for a moment, and continued: "Brother Huan, you are very talented and have a high level of understanding. Although your studies are not up to the mark, you can try your hand at the end and accumulate experience."

Upon hearing this, Jia Huan blurted out, "Master, do you mean to let the students take the county examination next month?"

Jia Dairu nodded and said: "The old man does have such intentions, Brother Huan, what do you think?"

Jia Huan lowered his head and said, "But it's up to the master's arrangement."

Hearing this, Jia Dairu patted the desk and said: "Since that's the case, then it's settled, but the old man has something to say first, and then you will speed up your schoolwork progress, so you have to be prepared to endure hardships."

Jia Huan cupped his hands and said: "If you suffer hardships, you will be a master. Students are not afraid of hardships."

Jia Dairu nodded in satisfaction and said: "Scholars of my generation should have this kind of energy, um, let's go back to study, and go to the county government office to register. The deadline is the [-]th of this month at the latest, so don't delay."

Jia Huan walked briskly out of Jia Dairu's lounge, feeling like a fire in his heart, jumping for joy, excitement, and heat!
Jia Huan really didn't expect that old man Jia, who has always been rigid and most dislikes the high-mindedness of students, would make such a radical arrangement that he, a student who hadn't even finished the four books systematically, would end up taking the county exam!

1 years is too long, seize the day!
Opportunities are rare, who cares, catch the ducks on the shelves, let's fight first, if it doesn't work, it's time to accumulate experience, strive to pass next year, win the title of scholar, and when you have the amulet of scholar, you can stand upright in front of Mrs. Wang in the future.

In the next few days, Jia Huan automatically entered a crazy mode. Apart from eating and sleeping, he just read and wrote articles, and even went to the toilet. He lost a lot of weight in just seven or eight days.

At the same time, the news that Jia Huan was about to participate in the county examination next month also spread in Jia's mansion, causing a sensation in an instant.

"I'm afraid that old man is too foolish to let the third son Huan go off to take the county examination? Have you finished reading the Four Books and Five Classics? Have you started writing?" Wang Xifeng sneered again and again, with a look of disdain on his face.

Feng'er smiled and joked, "No, I heard that Second Master Bao has not yet started writing, so how can Huan Lao San be better than Second Master Bao? The end will only be ridiculed, I'm afraid he will be dethroned in the first round."

Although Wang Xifeng had a sneer on her face, she was muttering in her heart, because she knew that although Jia Dairu was old, he should not be so old that he was dizzy. Since he arranged for Jia Huan to end, there must be his reasons. Could it be that the third child Huan is really evil enough to end up in the county examination?

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng couldn't sit still. Ever since Jia Huan was kicked by a donkey, his changes were obvious to all. If he was really good enough, he might end up in the test. If he was lucky enough to pass the test again, wouldn't it be even more terrible?

Jia's mother also got the news that Jia Huan was about to leave the stage. She was also very surprised, but she was mostly happy, and she called Jia Huan to encourage her.

As for Mrs. Wang, she sat on the wax, jealous and embarrassed, because Baoyu was two years older than Jia Huan, and Jia Huan went off to try her hands first. Isn't it obvious that Baoyu is not as good as Jia Huan?

"Master, Brother Huan is still young. Is it too hasty to end this year? Or do you think it would be safer to study for a few more years?" Mrs. Wang tactfully raised an objection when she was eating at the same table with Jia Zheng in the evening.

Jia Zheng frowned and said, "I also think that Huan'er ended this year a little too early and acted too hastily."

Mrs. Wang was secretly happy, and took advantage of the situation and said: "Then let's end next year. It will be good to end with Baoyu next year."

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "I can't refute what Grandpa decides, and he is the master, so it's up to him to decide who is going to end up. Forget it, let Huan'er go off and have a try. It's the right to accumulate experience. I hope you don't lose too much in the exam."

Mrs. Wang was at a loss for words, she could only bow her head and eat in silence. As a aunt, she can control Jia Huan a lot, but she can't control her reading!
Learning is valuable than anything else.Reading is a sacred thing!

(End of this chapter)