Let’s talk about Liaozhai at the beginning, I scared all the fans on the Internet to death

"Teacher Jiang Ning, without you, the birth of Tiangong Kaiwu would not have been possible."

"No, no, no, Tiangong Kaiwu was born a long time ago, but we didn't take good care of it."

"Fortunately, after more than 400 years, "Tiangong Kaiwu" has reappeared."

"Yes, we can no longer lose these ancient books in the future."

When "Tiangong Kaiwu" was officially put on sale, Jiang Ning was also extremely impressed.

of course.

Even more exciting are the readers who came to buy "Tiangong Kaiwu".

It can be said.

These readers are witnesses to the birth of "Tiangong Kaiwu".

From what Jiang Ning said was lost.

And then there are countless interested people searching for it.

Then came the overseas version.

Then the remaining copies appeared again.

Every piece of news touched their nerves.

Fortunately.

Although it is extremely difficult, the ending is beautiful.

"I think that without Teacher Jiang Ning, there would be no creation from Heaven."

"Not only Teacher Jiang Ning, but also so many friends who participated in the search for Tiangong Kaiwu."

"Yes. It is so difficult to find something created by heaven. I think how difficult it must have been to create this work at that time."

"I now regret that I didn't read these ancient sages' books properly when I was young."

"Me too. When I saw "Xu Xiake's Travels", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and now "Tiangong Kaiwu"... I can imagine that if they hadn't devoted their whole life to it, I'm afraid they wouldn't have written a book."

"Well said, it is the hard work of such sages. If we can digest and absorb it, it will be of great help to our lives."

"Stop talking and buy it quickly. This is the first edition. Maybe our edition will become an antique in the future."

Thousands of readers instantly poured into major bookstores across the country.

although.

They know that "Tiangong Kaiwu" is a scientific and technical book.

It’s not for ordinary people to watch.

but.

For many people, the reappearance of "Tiangong Kaiwu", even just touching it, is extremely satisfying.

of course.

In addition to them, there are more technical professionals in various industries.

For example, people in agriculture.

Textile talents.

Experts in sugar making, wine making, utensil making, jewelry...

They also each have one and keep this book in their collection.

Don't say it yet.

Although "Tiangong Kaiwu" introduces some technologies from more than 400 years ago.

Some of these technologies are outdated, and some are very old.

But even so.

A group of professionals from all walks of life have still found some ancient production secrets here.

Among them, lost wax casting has a huge reference effect even now.

Also.

Regarding the understanding of grains, the chapter "Nai Li" in Tiangong Kaiwu also benefited agricultural technical personnel a lot.

Not to mention the sugar, wine, and jewelry areas, which have made huge gains in this work.

such as.

A few days later, a sugar company announced that they would use the ancient sugar-making technology of "Tiangong Kaiwu" to launch a high-end sugar brand, Tiangong Sugar.

A certain winery also made a decision and announced to the public that their wine-making technology was actually inherited from Tiangong Kaiwu.

There are also jewelry companies that, under the influence of "Tiangong Kaiwu", launched the most popular gold and silver styles in the Ming Dynasty.

As for whether you are interested or not, it all depends on how much money you have in your pocket.

Even the clothing industry.

Recently, a series of Ming Dynasty-style clothing has been launched, which has been extremely popular in the market.

……

"Dear students, we are starting the fourth period today."

After finishing the third period of Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu", Jiang Ning started the fourth period at Shuangqing University.

Same as before.

Regarding the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Ning focused more on the description of ordinary people.

Such as Li Shizhen, Xu Xiake, Song Yingxing.

And today.

Jiang Ning talked about another ordinary person, Wu Chengen.

on the black board.

Jiang Ning wrote the name Wu Chengen.

obviously.

The public does not know much about this character.

Even if you look through a series of information, you can only conclude that he was a man from the Ming Dynasty.

No one knows exactly what this person does.

This is actually the same as Song Yingxing.

Before "Tiangong Kaiwu" came out, not many people had an impression of Song Yingxing.

after all.

Compared with those emperors, generals and ministers, they are too ordinary and ordinary.

Even if it is a previous life.

After "Tiangong Kaiwu" didn't really appear, the world didn't know who Song Yingxing was.

Maybe if this were placed in other dynasties.

Perhaps an ordinary person cannot leave anything behind.

But in the Ming Dynasty.

Ordinary people have begun to appear on the stage of history, and will even affect countless people in the future.

Xu Xiake is.

Li Shizhen is.

Song Yingxing is.

The same goes for Wu Chengen, who I’m going to talk about today.

"Maybe you don't know much about Wu Chengen, but it's okay. Let me briefly talk about Wu Chengen's life first. Wu Chengen was from Jiangsu in the late Ming Dynasty. His examination performance was worse than Li Shizhen, Xu Xiake, and Song Yingxing. At least, although the first three people, The examination room was not very good, but some were successful in the examination, and some were selected as a scholar very early. But Wu Chengen was not the same. He took the examination for several times in a row, but his performance was not very good. It was not until he was 46 years old that he obtained the honorary examination. Qualification. What is a Gongsheng student? In fact, a Gongsheng student is also a scholar, or it can be called a relatively outstanding scholar. But whether he is a scholar or a Gongsheng student, his academic performance is not outstanding."

of course.

In fact, this phenomenon was very common in ancient times.

Not to mention those in their 40s, there are a lot of talented people in their 60s, 70s and 80s.

There are even a lot of people who can't even pass the exam.

But although Gongsheng doesn't look very good.

But at the time.

Gongsheng is also considered a kind of merit.

At least.

He already has the qualifications to be an official.

But it's a pity.

Wu Cheng'en did not receive any honors for more than ten years after he obtained Gongsheng.

It was not until the age of 62 that Wu Chengen finally obtained the position of Changxing County Magistrate.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, he only became an official in his 60s, so he probably won't make much progress."

Some students raised their hands and said.

"Yes."

Jiang Ning nodded: "In fact, Wu Chengen had no achievements in the examination room. He filled up the position of a county magistrate, probably out of care. Therefore, his official career only lasted for two years, and there was not much progress. Achievements. Later, he was accused of corruption and sent to prison, but was later released. After that, Wu Chengen returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. As for the rest, there is not much historical data about Wu Chengen in the history books. "

At this point, Jiang Ning paused, looked at some students who were hesitant to speak, and said, "Are you all surprised? The Wu Chengen I'm talking about has no great talent, and he doesn't show anything special. , how can I talk about such a character?"

Jiang Ning already guessed what everyone was thinking without the students asking questions.

Jiang Ning continued: "Actually, Wu Chengen has something in common with the three people mentioned before. Although they did not have outstanding performance in terms of fame and official career. Even if they have been officials for a few years, their performance is not particularly outstanding. . What really makes them spread through the ages is not the earth-shattering things they did in reality, but that they all left a series of well-known works. But what is different from the first three is that Wu Chengen left behind The work is a novel about gods and demons.”

……

"Novel about gods and demons?"

"Correct."

I heard four words about the novel about gods and demons.All of a sudden, all the students in the classroom felt fresh.

After all, the previous few classes.

Although many historical figures have left their works.

But these works are either medical books, travel journals, or technical ones.

Although these books went through many difficulties before they were completed and handed down.

But these books are still relatively practical.

Xu Xiake's travel notes not only make people admire Xu Xiake's style of traveling far away, this work also records the social and geographical conditions at that time.

Compendium of Materia Medica is even more impressive. It is a medical encyclopedia.

The heat has not completely subsided yet.

But then I heard a novel.

Everyone was really surprised.

Because novels don’t have much practical significance.

Firstly, he can't use it to eat, and secondly, he can't learn any skills. It seems to be useless.

However, since Jiang Ning mentioned it, everyone was still quite interested in it.

They really want to know what kind of novel about gods and demons this is, and they want Teacher Jiang Ning to give a class alone.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, is this novel about gods and demons well written?"

"It can't be said or described."

"How does it compare to "Ping Yao Zhuan", one of the four great classics?"

"Ping Yao Zhuan?"

Jiang Ning was stunned?
Just wanted to say.

When did "Ping Yao Zhuan" become one of the Four Great Classics?

But when I thought about it later, I realized it.

Correct.

That's right.

This world is not the previous life.

The four great masterpieces in this world are none other than "Ping Yao Zhuan", "Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period", "Nine Thousand Dreams" and "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms".

"This is not a good comparison."

frowned.

Jiang Ning has read The Legend of the Fairy Demon in this world.

But Jiang Ning only saw half of it and threw him aside.

It's not that it's not good looking.

There really aren't many exciting points.

Or.

"Ping Yao Zhuan" is already one of the four great classics for people in this world.

But for Jiang Ning, who has read the four famous works in his previous life.

These four works are similar to some legendary works.

But these works.

In the previous life, there were not even one thousand but eight hundred.

There was a time when Jiang Ning was also very strange. How could such novels become famous works?

After later research, it was discovered that many works were destroyed, burned, and lost...after that.

Jiang Ning also knew why they were the Four Great Classics.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, what do you think of this novel about gods and demons he wrote?"

"It's not easy for me to comment. But someone once said that he is one of the four great books."

"One of the Four Wonderful Books?"

Such an evaluation is still very high.

Although the Four Great Books are not necessarily better than the Four Great Classics.

But at least, the title of the Four Great Books is also very powerful.

"Correct."

Jiang Ning nodded: "Some people not only commented that this work is one of the four great books, but also commented that this work dates from the Han, Wei and Tang dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties. grid."

"Is this too high a rating?"

All the students naturally understood.

Jiang Ning means.

This novel has the simplicity of the Han and Wei dynasties, the boldness of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the elegance of the late Tang Dynasty, and the simplicity and popularity of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

"Not high, not high."

Jiang Ning shook his head, and then said again: "I think, as far as this novel is concerned, he can prove that Wu Chengen's achievements in language art are no less than those of the first seven sons of the Ming Dynasty and the last seven sons of the Ming Dynasty, or even more."

"This is too..."

Mouth open.

All the students could hardly believe it.

of course.

Not believing it does not mean that there are no such talents.

If you say it, just like Yang Shen, he is directly the top pick.

Or just like Wang Yangming, although he is not the number one scholar, his father is the number one scholar, and he is even better than the number one scholar in the end.

That's all.

but.

You said that a scholar who didn't even pass the provincial examination and only got a Gongsheng student, that is, a slightly more powerful scholar, is more talented than the [Seven Scholars Before and After]?

Is this some nonsense?

Even today's four famous authors do not dare to compare with those great writers.

To know.

The seven sons before and after the Ming Dynasty were awesome.

Wang Shizhen, whom Li Shizhen visited before, was one of the "Later Seven Sons".

How does a writer of novels compare with these people?
How to compare.

No one would believe that he was more powerful than those everyone.

……

"Teacher Jiang Ning, is this class too big?"

"There are."

"I feel like Teacher Jiang Ning is not going to end well."

Although Jiang Ning’s lectures in the previous three classes were indeed wonderful.

Simultaneously.

The works written by the historical figures in the previous lessons are indeed classics.

But these works have no comparable objects.

Therefore, whether it is Compendium of Materia Medica or Xu Xiake's travel notes, it is also known as "Tiangong Kaiwu".

Even though his writing was ordinary, everyone admired the story of the three people who worked extremely hard to write the book.

But now.

The novels about gods and demons that Jiang Ning mentioned are comparable.

Not to mention "Ping Yao Zhuan", one of the four famous works.

Even among other novels about gods and demons, there are quite a few that have been handed down, and there are quite a few classics.

Compare this.

Everyone will feel that any work about gods and demons cannot compare to "Ping Yao Zhuan".

For this.

Jiang Ning also understood.

It was him instead.

Or to put it bluntly, Jiang Ning would not believe that there was a novel about gods and demons in the previous life that surpassed the one written by Wu Chengen.

But where is Jiang Ning’s academic level?

They can even find out where King Daxi hides his treasure.

Do you think Teacher Jiang Ning didn’t consider what you said?
"Teacher Jiang Ning, can you introduce this work?"

A group of students were extremely curious and asked.

"of course can."

Jiang Ning nodded, and then said: "This work is adapted from real events in the Tang Dynasty. In the third year of Zhenguan, there was a monk named Chen Xuanzang. In pursuit of the true meaning of Buddhism, he set out from Chang'an and traveled through more than a hundred countries and went through many hardships. After many obstacles, he finally arrived in India. He studied there for two years and served as a lecturer at a large-scale Buddhist scripture debate, which received unprecedented praise. In the 19th year of Zhenguan, Xuanzang returned to Chang'an and brought back 650 seven volumes of Buddhist scriptures. Later, Xuanzang Zang gave an oral account of his experiences during his journey to the West, which was edited by his disciple Bianji into "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", a total of twelve volumes."

"Then what's the name of this work?"

"Journey to the West."

Jiang Ning said. (End of chapter)