Chapter 64: The General Accepts the Righteous Girl (4)
Song Keyin felt very curious, why Guard Yang brought him to this place. She asked, "Brother Yang, where is this?"
Guard Yang replied, "This is the academy of the General's Mansion. Didn't General Yin ask you to ask the master?" Song Keyin nodded and followed Guard Yang into the academy.
As she entered, she saw a slender master pacing the room with a thick book in his left hand and his right hand behind him. A girl of her own age sat in a chair, holding a copy of the Tao Te Ching in both hands, and she was looking at the book intently with a pair of small almond eyes, reading aloud.
When the master saw Guard Yang coming in with a little girl, he stepped forward.
Guard Yang arched his hand and said, "Yang Jin has seen the master. ”
The master saw that Song Keyin was dressed in rags and asked, "Yang is polite, this little girl is ......?"
Yang Jin said to Song Keyin: "Girl, don't meet Master Cai soon." ”
Song Keyin immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "The little girl Song Keyin has seen the master. ”
Yang Jin corrected her: "What 'little girl'? It's a 'student'." ”
Cai Fuzi and Song Keyin both looked at Yang Jin, as if asking, "Why is this?"
Yang Jin briefly told Master Cai about the incident he had just met with Song Keyin on the street.
Cai Fuzi touched the goat's beard and nodded: "I see." ”
Yang Jin leaned down and said to Song Keyin: "Girl, what did General Fang ask you to ask the master?"
Song Keyin bowed his hand to Master Cai and said, "The student meets the master." Dare to ask the Master, what does it mean to 'repay kindness' and 'unforgettable without teeth'?"
Cai Fuzi replied: "'Knowing Grace and Rewarding' is that the general saved Keyin today, and Keyin needs to repay the general's intentions. As for 'toothless and unforgettable'......"
When Yang Jin heard this, he remembered Song Keyin's explanation of this word at that time, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Song Keyin glanced at Yang Guard, and realized that he had made a fool of himself in front of the general just now, so he pouted at Yang Jin.
Cai Fuzi said again: "Guard Yang, how can you bully a child?"
Yang Jin immediately put away his smile and said, "Don't dare." ”
Song Keyin said: "Master, Keyin already knows what it means to be 'toothless and unforgettable'. ”
Cai Fuzi touched his beard again, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "The children can be taught, and the children can be taught." ”
Song Keyin asked Cai Fuzi again: "The students still have one more thing to ask for. ”
Cai Fuzi asked, "What's the matter?"
Song Keyin replied: "Ask the master, this young lady just recited, 'The good is like water, the water is good for all things without fighting, and the evil of all people, so it is better than the Tao, living in a good place, having a good heart, being kind and benevolent, being good in words, good in government, good in doing things, and good in moving." The husband is indisputable, so there is no worries. 'What do you mean?'
Yang Jin admired Song Keyin in her heart, but she didn't expect that this girl only heard Miss Yin read it once just now, and then wrote it down, it can really be said that she will never forget it, no, it should be unforgettable.
Cai Fuzi said: "Keyin, you sit down first, and wait for the master to come slowly." ”
Song Keyin sat obediently on the wooden bench, holding her chin and listening carefully to the master's explanation.
Cai Fuzi said: "The paragraph that Yin Ranran read just now is the beginning of the eighth chapter of the Tao Te Ching, and the so-called 'good is like water' means that good people are like water. Water is good at nourishing all things without competing with all things, and stays in places that no one likes, so it is closest to the "Tao". The kindest person is in the most natural and unobtrusive position, good at keeping quiet and unfathomable, good at treating people with sincerity, friendship and selflessness, good at keeping promises when speaking, good at streamlining handling politics, able to govern the country well, good at doing things to give full play to his strengths, and good at seizing the opportunity in action. It turns out that this sentence is Lao Tzu using water as a metaphor for people with noble and virtuous character. It is believed that their character is like water, one is soft, the other is to stay in a humble place, and the third is to nourish all things without fighting. The most perfect personality should also have this kind of mentality and behavior, not only to do things that are beneficial to others without fighting, but also to be willing to go to lowly places that others do not want to go, and to do things that others do not want to do. He can endure humiliation, hard work, and can do his best to contribute his strength to help others, without competing with others for fame and fortune, which is Lao Tzu's famous idea of 'benefiting all things without fighting'. ”
Yang Jin had already quietly left.
Song Keyin listened attentively, completely unaware that Yin Ranran walked to his side.
"Master, who is this, and why did you come to my academy?" Yin Ranran asked in a delicate voice.
Cai Fuzi replied, "Miss, this is the general who has found a companion for you to come back and read together. ”
Yin Ranran looked at Song Keyin, covered her nose, moved her thin lips, and said, "Dirty, you go to freshen up first, and then come back to accompany Miss Ben to study." ”