Xiangye

Chapter 8 Birth of the Monkey King

For this "Journey to the West", Gao Wen has strong confidence, and also believes that once it comes out, it will be sold out.But he has always done things safely, even if there are turbulent waves in his chest, his handwriting is extremely upright, using the style that scholars of this era are best at.

The so-called Guange style, also known as Taige style in the Ming Dynasty, is a square, uniform lower case.It is generally used for official documents between government offices. It is required that every word be written as standard as if it is printed on a book, without the slightest mistake or omission, so as not to be misinterpreted.This font is often used in the examination room, because stereotyped writing is directly related to the future of a scholar.If the handwriting is scribbled, and the eyes of the examiner are not easy to read, then it is a small mistake and a thousand miles away.

Therefore, this kind of characters is a compulsory subject for scholars in the Ming Dynasty.If you can write a good Taige style, you will have a bit more grasp of the Chinese style than the average person.At the first level of the palace examination, the Jinshi who can go to the emperor to write articles are all dragons and phoenixes among the people. If it is true that when it comes to stereotyped articles, no one is worse than the other.If you want to tell the winner, you can only see who writes well.

Naturally, this kind of font cannot be called the art of calligraphy, and it is slow to write with each stroke.God knows how long it will take to finish this chapter.The problem is that when you submit a manuscript to the owner of the bookstore, you have to take care of his emotions.If there are too many garbled characters, the reading experience will be very poor. Once you read it and feel angry, you may throw your manuscript into the wastebasket.

Gao Wen remembered that after he graduated from university, he once worked as an intern editor for a pure literature publication for a few days.Once the publication has extra space on the page, in order to make up the number, most of them will choose a few modern poems.At that time, the magazine had implemented a paperless office, using QQ as a way to contact and accept submissions.

But some female authors don't know whether it is because of their feelings, and they prefer to use letterhead.Let’s just use the letterhead, but I want to fold the poem manuscript into a flying paper crane.Poor Mrs. Gao Wen, with thick hands and short fingers, could not be opened at the first time, and still could not be opened at the second time, but at the third time, he was impetuous, and at the fourth time, his heart was full of evil fire, so he was burned.

Details determine success or failure. As a former editor, Gao Wen certainly would not make such a mistake.

Once the poem is written, the next step is to write the quotation.

"Gai heard that the number of heaven and earth is 12 years old. One yuan is divided into twelve meetings, which are the sub, ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. Twelve branches. Each meeting should be [-] years old. Let’s talk about it in terms of a day: when you are young, you get yang energy, and when you are ugly, the rooster crows; the yin is dark..." To be honest, when I read this passage in middle school, I read it. I skipped and read.For a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, it's like clouds and mist, Zhang Er King Kong can't figure it out.

It wasn't until I reread it in college and had a certain knowledge reserve that I figured it out.It's just about how the world was formed, "The weather drops, the earth's atmosphere rises; the sky and the earth merge, and all things are born." When did humans and animals appear? Birds are just called heaven, earth and man, and the three talents are positioned. Therefore, it is said that people are born in Yin."

Only then did Gao Wen appreciate the taste of this passage.I also shook my head secretly in my heart: this book writes so much nonsense at the beginning, it is too slow to enter the topic, which is more refreshing than modern novels.If there is a novelist who dares to write like this now, I'm afraid he won't even recognize his mother!

This approach can also be regarded as a fixed format of Ming and Qing novels, just like the time-travel novels of later generations, the protagonist has to wear clothes at the beginning, it can be regarded as a routine!

Of course, the novels of the same period also directly enter the theme from the beginning, and do not engage in such mysteries.For example, the story of the fifth chapter of the novel "Wildness and Enlightenment" by the Ming Dynasty begins with "it is said that during the Chongzhen period, in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, there was a man whose surname was Zhang, whose name was Guang, and who had the same character. Both parents died since childhood, because his father was a poor scholar , He can also read a few books. He is a smart man, and he entered school at the age of 15. Therefore, Li Rizhang, a good friend of his father, raised a daughter alone, named Wan Niang, and he entered his family as his son-in-law." Qingqing , directly let the protagonist appear on the stage.It's just that, strictly speaking, this book is regarded as a pornographic novel, and its style is quite low. Naturally, it can't compare with "Journey to the West", which is full of positive and optimistic revolutionary spirit.

This is probably the difference between masterpieces and ordinary novels!

After writing this paragraph, half an hour passed. Gao Wen felt his hands were a little hot, so he added some water to the inkstone and rubbed it.Continue to write: "On the top of that mountain, there is a fairy stone. The stone is three feet six feet five inches high, and there is a circle of two feet four feet. Three feet six feet five inches high, according to the 360 ​​five degrees of the sky; The ruler is round, according to the 24 qi of the political calendar. There are nine orifices and eight holes on the top, according to the nine palaces and eight trigrams. There are no trees on the four sides for shade, and there are Zhilan on the left and right. After feeling it for a long time, it has the meaning of psychic powers. Immortal cells are cultivated inside. One day, it bursts open and produces a stone egg, which is as big as a ball. Seeing the wind, it turns into a stone monkey." Finally, the topic of the birth of the stone monkey came into being.

At this time, I have written two full pages.Gao Wen's spirit was also excited.In order to speed up, I changed the regular script to cursive, and I didn't care too much. I wrote it in one go until "Stone Ape sat on it and said: "Everyone, people are untrustworthy, so I don't know what to do. You only said that you have the ability to get in. Whoever can go out without hurting his body will worship him as king. Now I come in and go out, go out and come in again, and find this cave to sleep peacefully with all of you, and each enjoy the blessing of getting married. Why don't you worship me as king?" When all the monkeys heard about it, they bowed and bowed without violation, lined up their teeth one by one, and worshiped, and they were all called "King of Thousand Years". Monkey King."

In this way, the story of the birth of the Monkey King is considered complete.

After reading the ink-drenched six-page manuscript, Gao Wen shook his sweaty right hand, and then satisfactorily wrote "Journey to the West" and "The first round of spiritual root cultivation, source outflow, and xinxing cultivation" on the head. Daosheng" the chapter title, and stood up.

"Okay, let's be here today!" Gao Wen looked at his manuscript and thought, "It's been a while since I wrote a brush, and today it seems that my work has not been wasted. Not bad, not bad!"

Actually, this is not the complete Chapter 1 of Journey to the West.

In the complete Chapter 1, apart from the discovery of the Water Curtain Cave after the stone monkey was born, it also includes the Monkey King who traveled to the sea to search for immortals and asked questions, and finally worshiped under the ancestor Bodhi.If you really want to finish writing, ten pages of manuscripts will be sent out, seven to eight thousand words, and writing with a brush is really too slow. It will only take an hour compared to using a computer.

Even though we know that once "Journey to the West" is engraved into a book and printed and released, it will inevitably sell out, but we can't talk too much.Judging from his publishing experience in later generations, whether a book becomes a hit or not depends on a certain amount of luck, and it depends on whether it suits the tastes of readers of this era.

Speaking of "Dream of Red Mansions", there is no dispute about the excellence and beauty of this book, but Cao Xueqin failed to earn a penny in manuscript fees for this book, and was so poor that his family ate porridge for three or nine days.

Gao Wenwen intends to write two to three thousand words first and ask the publishers of the Ming Dynasty to have a look first. Let's also do the 2K Klan.If the manuscript can be used, continue to write, if not, change to another one.Anyway, Mr. Gao, I have so many novels in my stomach that I can pick up a pen.

But after thinking about it, he sat back in his seat.

The book "Journey to the West" is naturally very good-looking, just kidding, it is a classic that has passed the test of time.What old man Yu said just now is not unreasonable. After all, my book only copied the section where Monkey King discovered the Water Curtain Cave and was revered as the Monkey King by all the monkeys. Engage the reader to read on.In fact, the essence of this chapter is that the monkey king suddenly realized one day that "although he is not under the law of the king of men today, he is not afraid of the prestige of beasts. In the future, he will be old and bloody, and he will be in charge of him secretly. Once he dies, he will not live in vain." Among them, should not stay in heaven and man for a long time? 'Because of the great fear of death and not being able to live forever, I immediately asked the immortal.Only then did he cross the ocean, worship under the Bodhi ancestor, and learn the method of longevity.

Here, the author of the original work left a suspense. Although the Bodhi Patriarch has learned Wukong under his sect, does he have any supernatural powers, and does the Monkey King learn great supernatural powers from him?

As long as you see this, you will read Chapter 2 impatiently, and then go on chapter by chapter, and you will never receive it.Speaking of the means of attracting readers, Mr. Wu Chengen is very clever!
It seems that today, with two thousand words in hand, I rushed out to find a bookstore to exchange for money. It was indeed a bad idea. At least I had to write that the Monkey King begged for immortality.

Thinking of this, Gao Wen brought up his bald brush again, took a deep breath, and wrote "The Monkey King leads a group of apes, macaques, horse monkeys, etc., and assigns his ministers and envoys to visit Huaguo Mountain." , stay in the Water Curtain Cave at night, agree and sympathize, do not enter the clump of birds, do not follow beasts and the like, be king alone, and be extremely happy. It is based on picking flowers in spring for food and looking for fruits in summer for life. Harvesting taro and chestnuts in autumn is delayed Festival, Dong Mi Huang Precision Sui Hua..."

Wait until the last line of Chapter 1 reads: "Exactly: the first time of the primordial world without a surname, to break the obstinate emptiness requires Wukong. After all, I don't know what Taoism to cultivate in the future, and I will listen to the next chapter to break it down." Chapter 1 is considered finished, there are seventeen page manuscript.

At this time, I looked at the sky outside, and the sun was already shining brightly, and it must have been at least ten o'clock in the morning.

Gao Wen got up at seven o'clock, and sat at the desk for three hours, and the time passed so quickly.

According to the memory in my mind, my family was poor and only had two meals a day at noon and evening.Moreover, both meals are late, lunch is about two o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner is between eight and ten o'clock after dark.

There are still two hours before lunch, and I just go out to sell manuscripts to surprise my mother.

Immediately, he changed into clean clothes and put the manuscript into his sleeves. Gao Wen took a deep breath, clenched his fists, "Gao Wen, come on!" and walked out of the room.

Today is going out to sell literature, so of course the official uniforms in the yamen cannot be worn.Even if you don't have a scholar's shirt, you have to dress decently.

The mother's loom was still beeping, and when she heard her son's voice, she said, "Wen'er, you're up, mother is coming here to wash your face and put on your clothes."

Gao Wen: "Mom, no need, I'm not a child anymore, I can do this kind of thing." He felt ashamed for a while, the former Gao Wen was really... an adult, he couldn't even wash his face and put on clothes. Won't.

"Hey, I feel hungry, mother will do it now."

"No, no, I'm not hungry, it's too late."

Hearing Gao Wen's footsteps, Gao's mother in the room showed a smile on her face, and murmured: "Wen'er has been working outside for a few days, and seems to have grown up."

Before the Ming Dynasty, the price of books was very high because of productivity and literacy rate.After the Yongle period, with the popularization of movable type printing and the development of productivity, the price of books continued to fall.Up to now, even a beautifully bound collection of classics and history is only worth a penny, which is equivalent to 100 yuan in later generations, which is already affordable by ordinary people.

If you don't pay attention to the quality of the paper, you can buy a copy for thirty or fifty yuan.

The books printed by the bookstore are also varied, including four books and five classics, and sometimes anthologies, but the best sellers are casual books like Huaben Romance.

Readers are mainly scholars and literate citizens.

The ancients lived a miserable life and had no entertainment.Rich dignitaries can also go to restaurants and brothels to eat, drink, and play with women.Ordinary people without money can only go to bed when it gets dark, and perform the rituals of the Duke of Zhou.If the woman next to the pillow has a hideous face and is like a lion roaring in the east of the river, then naturally he will not have the slightest interest in making people.

The long night is long, and there is no way to condemn it.How to relieve worries, only reading.

Confucius said that it is the feelings of high scholars, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people who eat men and women; even if you are determined to take the imperial examination and study hard, the strings are tense, and you need some entertainment to relax your body and mind.

At this time, romance novels are the most effective and cheapest pastime.

A poorly printed, as thin as a cicada's wing, full of slobbery Fengyue book is only a few dozen pennies, and it doesn't affect your life if you buy it.After reading it, you can also use it to wipe your ass.

Of course, this has to be done quietly, words are sacred, and if people know about them, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble.Don't you see these streets and alleys, you can see a brick tower used to burn paper after walking a few steps, engraved with a line of big characters "respect paper and ink."

If you can afford to read sex, learn the knowledge of the people in the book and blend with the mermaid on the pillow, the yellow-faced woman will be happy, and her life will be much easier.Maybe it can add more people to the family and pretend to be a big family. Population is productivity!If seventeen or eighteen boys are born in one go, if there is a dispute with others, there are too many people and no one dares to provoke them, right?
There are so many benefits with just a few dozen texts, so why not do it.

The book has its own golden house, the book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the novel has its own beautiful dreams.

If you don't study, it's your loss.

What, you can't read?

Don't worry, as long as there are good story books out, you can't miss them.In northern China, any vibrant city must have a social place with Chinese classical characteristics, such as a teahouse.

As soon as I saw the shop, there were dozens of bamboo chairs, a cup of tea worth two renminbi, and all the seats were whispering and spitting, ranging from the local parents to the Forbidden City where the emperor was changed, and the eunuch Wang Zhen raped the daughters of the people. The news of it was like wings, and it spread throughout the city in an instant.

Then, there was a "bang" sound of a gavel, and all the tea guests simultaneously turned their eyes to the ugly old man in a blue shirt directly in front of him.

"It is said that at that time the Taiwei shouted to line up the military academy on the left and right, and he would kill Lin Chong..." That's right, this is the storyteller talking about "Water Margin".

"Water Margin" has been written for almost a hundred years, and the stories in it are already familiar to the audience, but every time they listen to it, they still think it is so exciting.Of course, there is only one copy of "Water Margin", and everyone wants to hear new stories. It would be best if the story can bring some love between men and women. People from Lower Riba, eating and drinking men and women are closer to life and have a sense of substitution.

Therefore, every time a new script is released, if the storyteller thinks it is good, he will probably put it on the stage and spread it.

"However, it is said that Zhao Shunsheng is a beautiful and talented man, and he has to marry a Lizhen and talented wife. It can be said that he is full of ambition, and he will never think about sex in his life. Who knows that Zhao Shunsheng has a lack of heart, and what he loves most is cheating. "

"So Shunsheng, naked, walked to the side of the bed lightly. The moonlight was shining on the snow-white half of his body in the tent. His two little feet were bent and he was snoring straight. Shunsheng couldn't feel his desire burning, so he lifted up the tent and gently Step onto the bed and quietly remove the quilt... delete a hundred words here..."

The audience burst into an uproar: "Don't delete it, tell the truth."

"Hey, storyteller, straight to your mother, you are hesitating when you have a tight joint, don't you just want money, and I'll give it to you."

A handful of copper coins were thrown like rain, and the storyteller screamed in pain and smiled.

……

This is Daming, tolerant, open and comfortable.

(End of this chapter)