Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 595 Shangshu

  Man Bao took out the newly bought "Shang Shu" and read the first article first, before spreading out the pen and paper, trying to break the sentence.

  As a result, she picked up the pen, and the chef said outside the study: "Sir, it’s time for lunch."

  Man Bao felt that "Shang Shu" was too difficult. After lunch, she held the book and read it again before trying to break the first sentence.

  White Erlang had already closed the table and went to take a nap. Chu Lang didn't know where he went, and Zhou Lijun also went out.

  Mr. Zhuang walked behind Man Bao, watched her break a few sentences, and nodded slightly.

  He did not disturb Man Bao, but turned around and went back to his room for lunch.

  Man Bao only leaned on the table for more than a quarter of an hour at noon, then went to the yard to wash his face with a basin of cold water, and then returned to the study vigorously.

  Mr. Zhuang did not let her study alone, so in the afternoon he also brought his "Shangshu" to the study room, and after giving Bai Erlang homework for him to preview, he began to teach Manbao the correct sentence reading.

  Most of the sentences she broke by herself are correct, but there is always something wrong.

  Mr. Zhuang read the first text once, and Man Bao took a pen and drew a sentence on the book.

  Mr. Zhuang glanced down, he had already discovered that Manbao's symbols for sentence reading were much richer than the existing ones.

In addition to the commonly used ".", "," and "?", there are also "," and ":" that he has never seen in other books. When she was younger, it might be because of her lack of brain. He didn't have time to read these sentences when he read, and his favorite was to use slashes to separate.

Mr. Zhuang has also become accustomed to her sentence reading symbols, and he did not object, because he has his own unique symbols for distinguishing sentence reading, but after reading it for a long time, it may be because Bai Shan and Bai Er also learned from her. With such sentence reading symbols, he also has the feeling that her sentence reading symbols are more suitable.

  Mr. Zhuang waited for her to break the sentence before saying: "Shangshu is different from other books."

  Man Bao raised his head to look at him.

  Mr. Zhuang paused and said: "In fact, "Shangshu" is also regarded as a history book. It is often said that the current "Shangshu" is fake."

   "Huh?" Man Bao's eyes widened.

Mr. Zhuang smiled when he saw it and stretched out his hand to pat her on the head, but when he thought that the disciple was not young, he took his hand back and smiled: "Shangshu is legendary as the legacy of the "Three Graves and Five Classics". It was handed down during the Han dynasty, but then when King Lu Gong demolished a section of the wall of Confucius’s former residence, he found another "Shangshu"."

  Not only Man Bao was dumbfounded, but Bai Erlang who was writing on the side listened and couldn't help but raise his head.

  Mr. Zhuang met with a smile flashing in his eyes, and said with a smile: "So the world calls the former "Jinwen Shangshu" and the latter as "Guwen Shangshu"."

The smile in Mr. Zhuang's eyes slowly disappeared, and he sighed: "Unfortunately, after the war, after the Wei Dynasty, all the ancient Chinese "Shangshu" was lost."

  Man Bao couldn’t help but look down at the "Shang Shu" in his hand, "Then this..."

  Mr. Zhuang was silent for a while and then said: "This is a new compilation after posterity gathered the scattered articles."

  Man Bao looked at her husband's face, blinked in confusion, and asked: "Doesn't the husband believe it?"

Mr. Zhuang was silent for a long time, until Man Bao’s neck was almost stiff, he sighed and said quietly: "I checked many classics for the teacher, and found that some historians suspected that this "Shangshu" was fabricated by later generations, the real " "Shangshu" has all been lost. However, the teachers are weak, and the books that can be viewed are limited, so it is not difficult to make a conclusion."

  Man Bao looked down at the book in his hand and asked: "Then do we still need to study "Shangshu"?"

   "Of course there is," Mr. Zhuang smiled: "Historical materials cannot be judged solely on the basis of true and false, because..."

Mr. Zhuang frowned and found that it was not easy to teach. He paused for a while before he came up with an appropriate example and motioned her to take a note. The paper was sealed for thousands of years, and later generations took it out. Is this historical data true?"

  Man Bao thought for a while and said: "Forget it, this is not a forgery, it is indeed written by me, an ancient person."

  Mr. Zhuang nodded, "I have eaten three eggs today, but those three eggs are still flat?"

  Man Bao shook his head.

   "So look, is this historical material true or false?"

  Not Man Bao shook his head, nor nodded.

Mr. Zhuang laughed and said: "These ancient books are also the same. When they are circulated, they will be revised and expanded by later generations, such as "Shui Jing Zhu", which is a very successful expansion and revision; the text will also be changed. , Exist in name only..."

"And this "Shangshu", due to my limited ability and little income, no one knows what kind of situation it is, but this book has been studied all the time, which shows that it has the value of learning." Mr. Zhuang said. : "Shang Shu has a lot of records, the most important of which is 16 characters."

  Mr. Zhuang said one word at a time: "The human heart is only in danger, and the Tao is only small; but the essence is the only one, allowing the cling to the middle. This is the way of the king."

  Bai Erlang read it twice, and found it difficult to understand, he shouted: "Sir, this is a bit different from the way you used to be the king?"

  Man Bao was reminiscing, he patted his head backhand when he heard that, and said: "It's stupid, this monarch is not the other monarch, this is the way of being an emperor."

   Bai Erlang stared, lowered his voice instantly, looked around and then whispered, "Sir, are we okay with this?"

  Mr. Zhuang sighed and disappeared. He silently looked at the three apprentices and said, "What can be the problem? Are you going to be the emperor after learning Shangshu?"

  Man Bao chuckled and said: "Let you learn "Shang Shu" is to let you rule the emperor's behavior, and be a good courtier."

  Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly, thought about it, but felt wrong, looked down at Man Bao, "You really think so?"

   "Yes, and you can know a lot after reading it, sir, you can start teaching me."

Mr. Zhuang simply said: "In "Shangshu", I haven't studied much as a teacher, so I can only teach you a little bit. When Shanbao came back from his school, you can ask who taught him "Shangshu", you guys. The two learn from each other."

  Man Bao responded.

  Mr. Zhuang explained the interpretation of the first text to Man Bao, and then let her learn by herself. He first went out to make tea and eat snacks.

  Bai Erlang quietly glanced out, poked Man Bao with a book and asked, "Is Shan Bao being bullied in the school?"

   "Huh? How do you know?"

  White Erlang curled his lips and said: "You were still clamoring yesterday morning that you will concentrate on medical skills in the afternoon, but today you are holding a copy of Shangshu."

  He said: "I've been bullied, what's the use of just reading a book? We took brother and Daji last Thursday, and put those people in sacks and beat them up."

   "That's not good, after all, people didn't do it." Man Bao said, "At least we have to wait for them to do it first."

   "Why do you have to wait for someone to do it first, don’t you know that there is a saying that it’s better to do it first?"

   "I know, but we still have yamen on our heads. What should you do if you hit someone and get caught? So it's different to shoot first and shoot later, know?"

  　 The next chapter is around 6pm

  (End of this chapter)