Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 65 What a Great Courtesy

In the early Tang Dynasty, the social hierarchy was strict. Of course, it was not only the early Tang Dynasty. Any feudal dynasty was a society with strict hierarchy. In this social system, the identities of teachers and students were not fixed, and it was not said that students must salute to teachers. rule!
If the student's status is high and he is the son of a nobleman, then unless the teacher is of the same status as him, the student does not need to salute the teacher. Taking a step back, even if it is a salute, it is only done once on the day of the teacher's apprenticeship, and then during festivals, Say hello to the teacher politely, but the teacher always greets the students before class. If the students are a little polite, they can say hello to each other!

In modern times, before class, students would greet the teacher first, and the teacher would answer hello to the classmates.In the early Tang Dynasty, when the teacher met a student with a lot of background, he had to go over and say hello to the classmate first, and the student said hello to the teacher!The order is different, and the etiquette of representatives is also very different!
The old gentleman was surprised when he saw this young man's style. No matter how rich other students were, they would at most bring a school boy, but they never brought maids to class. They were still two such gorgeously dressed maids.Furthermore, although this old gentleman is a lecturer, he is not a "mentor". In other words, the students in the entire Xiantong Academy have only one teacher, and that is Qiu Wenpu.In this way, even the procedure of "greeting each other hello" is omitted, and the old gentleman has to take the initiative to go over and salute the young master!

The old gentleman straightened his clothes, walked quickly to the young master's table, arched his hands, raised his head above his head, saluted the young master, and said in his mouth: "I, Cheng Zhoutong, see the young master, and greet the young master!"

All the students in the Shutang shouted in unison, thinking: "Sure enough, he is a big man. It seems that this little guy really came from Chang'an, and he came to our academy to borrow and study. It must be the case! We have neither the Imperial College nor the Fourth Academy in Xuzhou. If he doesn’t come to our Xiantong Academy to borrow, other academies don’t have the qualifications either!”

At the thought of becoming classmates with a big man, all the students present had their eyes brightened, and they were thinking about how to get close to this young man and make friends with him after class is over!
Seeing this young man hiss, he raised his hand and pressed his forehead, his face showed a puzzled look, as if there was something he didn't understand, first he turned his head to look at the students around him, and saw the faces of all the students Now that he was flattering, the confusion on his face became even worse, so he had no choice but to look back at the maid behind him!
Who is this son, of course it is Wang Ping'an, Mrs. Yang was busy at home for almost a whole day yesterday, looking for clothes for him, and finding all kinds of enjoyment utensils, because he was afraid that the country children would be looked down upon by others when they went to the city to study.Although Wang Ping'an felt that it was not necessary, but his mother insisted on doing so, of course he would not object!
Unexpectedly, I just entered the academy today, and I haven't started class yet. As soon as the teacher entered the academy, he would come over and salute him first!Could it be that this is the rule of Xiantong Academy?Students don't need to flatter the teacher, but the teacher wants to flatter the students instead?This rule is really strange!
Wang Ping'an was at a loss for a moment, how could he know that Cheng Zhoutong regarded him as the son of a nobleman, and his father was a rich man from the countryside!Seeing that he was silent, Ke Lianwu hurriedly said, "My young master also greets the old man!"

Cheng Zhoutong straightened up and said with a smile, "Thank you, young master. I don't know how to call you, young master?"

Wang Pingan stood up, returned Cheng Zhou's salute, and said, "I... my student Wang Ping'an, who lives in Wuli Village, plans to go to Beijing to take the exam next year, because I have been studying at home before, and I don't understand many of the rules of the scientific examination. The Lord of the Mountain took pity on me, so he allowed me to enter the academy as an auditor, and the students will have to bother Mr. Cheng to take care of me in the future!"

Cheng Zhoutong nodded, thinking: "Sure enough, he is the son of a wealthy family, with a graceful attitude and decent manners. His family's mansion is called Wuli Village. Could it be that the village is surrounded by houses? Oh, it's amazing! But...but It seems that there is also a Wuli Village outside the city, a small place in the countryside, which has the same name as a wealthy family's mansion... Eh, this seems not quite right!"

Cheng Zhoutong asked: "Dare to ask, Mr. Wang, do you want to stay in the academy in the future, or do you go back and forth every day? Do you want me to arrange a room for you?"

Wang Pingan said: "Students don't stay in the academy, their home is not far away, and they can be there within five miles of the city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole book hall was full of gasping sounds, among which Mr. Cheng was the loudest!It's five miles out of the city, so it's Wuli Village!
The students were disappointed, but they didn't try to curry favor with Wang Pingan, because they hadn't had time to curry favor with Wang Pingan.But Cheng Zhoutong was different, he saluted him as soon as he came up, and fawned over him to greet him, this was a great embarrassment!
After playing for a long time, it turned out that he was the son of a rich man from the countryside, wearing new clothes for the New Year, and bringing two unidentified girl pictures, and ran to the city to show off!He even tricked me... No, it was my negligence that made him succeed in his trick!
Cheng Zhoutong almost fainted out of breath. He wanted to reprimand Wang Pingan, but he couldn't reprimand him.
Flicking his sleeves, the old man angrily walked to his desk, sat down abruptly, slapped the table, and shouted: "If you don't study hard, you spend all day thinking about romance, how can you do that?" The reason for enrolling?" He pointed at Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu, and said, "Where students study, how can a woman stand in it, go out, go out!"

The two little girls felt very wronged in their hearts, they looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: "This old man, we didn't provoke him, he ran over to salute the young master by himself, and we didn't force him, but now we take it Let's vent our anger!" Seeing Wang Ping'an pouted at the outside window, the two of them had no choice but to leave the door of the study hall and stop being angry here!
The more Cheng Zhoutong thought about it, the more angry he said: "Among the Nine Classics, the "Book of Rites" is the first, and you will recite the "Book of Rites" quickly. Later, the old man will ask questions. If you can't answer, I will serve you with a ruler!"

The students hurriedly flipped through the books, all bowing their heads and sticking out their tongues to make faces.Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi secretly gave Wang Pingan a thumbs-up. Brother, you really deserve it. On the first day of school, you didn’t do anything, and you were able to piss off your husband. Since the academy opened, you are really No.1!
When the dudes are studying, there are always some mischievous ones who tease the teacher, but no matter how hard they try to find a way, they can't make any teacher lose face like this.Wang Pingan didn't do anything, just went behind the table, Cheng Zhoutong, an old pedant, took the initiative to lose face, it really became a big joke!
Wang Pingan sighed in his heart, it was you who wanted to come over and salute me, and I also returned the salute, even if you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being snobby, taking people by clothes, no matter what, you can't blame me!
The former Young Master Wang left him a bellyful of books, and it might not work to change to other books, but he is very familiar with "Book of Rites", so he is not afraid to memorize this book!He said silently in his heart, and felt that there was nothing too difficult. Just as the tea was ready, he took a sip from the teacup and felt good, so he began to drink tea!
Cheng Zhoutong looked at Wang Ping'an, feeling very annoyed, and still in the mood to drink tea. It seems that this book will not trouble you!Hmph, look at your rogue-headed rat eyes, your wretched behavior, you can't get rid of the countryman's earthy smell, I must make things difficult for you!
Just now when he thought Wang Ping'an was the son of an aristocrat, he praised him for his graceful attitude and decent manners. He thought that when he realized that Wang Ping'an was a countryman, he turned into a rat-headed rat with wretched behavior!

Coughing, Cheng Zhou said, "Wang Sheng, I have something to ask you, raise your head!"

Wang Ping'an thought: "I knew it was me you were going to ask. Fortunately, you called me Wang Sheng, not Wang Lang. If you called Wang Lang, I would have goosebumps all over the table!" He put down the Teacup, said: "Students, listen to Mr. Cheng's orders!"

Cheng Zhou thought to himself: "I only said to test your "Book of Rites", but I didn't say that you should memorize a passage. This is a school for Jinshi, not Mingjing. If you test your memorization, then I look down on you!"

He said: "Those who take the exam want to be ministers, assist the emperor, and govern the country and the world! In the spring and autumn of ancient times, there were countless great sages, and there were many famous people, all of whom were role models for my generation! Wang Sheng, the old man used six Let me ask you a few words, Qi Jun, Yan Zi, Qin Beast, you tell the allusions, if you can answer, the classmates should give you high-fives, if you can’t answer, I will congratulate you with a ruler!"

When the students heard it, many dudes thought: "This topic is too simple, but it is the allusion of Yan Zi's envoy to Chu. This is Yan Zi's famous deed, and everyone knows it!"

But the students who really read well, their eyelids twitched, looked at Wang Pingan, and thought in their hearts: "This pit is not shallow!"

Cheng Zhoutong sneered in his heart: "If you answer that Yanzi envoys Chu, you will be full after this meal. I'm talking about Lord Qi, not Lord Chu!"

　
(End of this chapter)