The aunt turned around and went to the warehouse to look for books, and after half a day, she came back with four thick volumes and put them in front of Jiang Shuiyuan: "Since you want to buy it, then I will tell you the truth, this set of books is the best choice in terms of printing, typesetting, proofreading, binding, and publishing houses, so the price is relatively expensive." Its flaws are mainly in the torn cover, the pages are defaced, and the back is a little loose, but it does not affect the reading, so it is decided to sell it at 7% off. If you find the price unacceptable, then we have to break up. ”

Jiang Shuiyuan looked at the list price, the original price was 499 yuan, even if it was discounted, it would be nearly 350 yuan, which was indeed expensive. I took a closer look at the pages of the book, as the aunt said, there are no missing pages, it does not affect reading, I think it should be that many people want to buy and feel that the price is too biting, so they have to take the time to come to the bookstore to read the book, and it has become what it is today.

"Okay, I bought it!" Jiang Shuiyuan only buys books for reading, not for collection, and it doesn't matter if the quality is good or not.

Just as Jiang Shuiyuan was about to continue to buy books such as "The Book of Songs" and "Three Hundred Tang Poems", he suddenly heard the surprised voice of an old man beside him: "Hey, isn't this the "Summary of the Four Libraries of the Whole Book"? It is still the most classic edition of Zhonghua Book Company! Xiao Xu, last time you lied to the old man that you didn't, isn't there a set of this? Although the quality is a little different, it is also rare, no matter how much money I want!"

Jiang Shuiyuan turned his head and saw an old gentleman about sixty or seventy years old, with a ruddy complexion, wearing cloth shoes and a cardigan coat, and speaking with a full of energy. The aunt who was called "Xiao Xu" said with a smile: "Mr. Han, it's really unfortunate, a few days ago we carried out a comprehensive cleaning of the damaged books in the warehouse, and only then did we discover this set of "Summary of the Four Libraries", before I could inform you, who knew that this child was the first to board!"

Mr. Han looked Jiang Shuiyuan up and down a few times, and complained with some dissatisfaction: "Xiao Xu, how can the old man say that he is also your old customer, how can he watch the food and eat? It is true that this little brother is good-looking, but you are not so biased towards him, right? The old man came to ask and said no, as soon as this little brother came, you took out the treasure of the pressure box, and you want to say that the old man was also the most handsome guy in Huai'an Mansion back then!"

Aunt Xu smiled and said, "What do you say about Mr. Han? More than ten or twenty years ago, I was a loyal fan of yours, and I chased your lectures everywhere to listen, how can I say that I was watching the dishes and eating? It's just that this fact is unfortunate, why don't you discuss with this kid and see if he can give you the book?"

Mr. Han turned his head and said with a kind face: "Little friend, can you understand this set of books?"

"I don't understand. Jiang Shuiyuan replied truthfully.

Mr. Han's expression became more and more kind: "Little friend, you see that this set of books is dirty and broken, and the price is so expensive, and you can't understand it, what can you do when you buy it back? Old man, I like strange books, why don't you sell them to me at a higher price?" Sue you, there are a lot of books on the second floor of the literature counter, which are about fighting and killing, and talking about love, and that's what you young people should read!"

"I also like strange books, and it's because I can't understand them that I have to buy them back and study them carefully!" Jiang Shuiyuan didn't let go at all, and at the same time, taking advantage of Mr. Han's inattention, he brought all the four books in front of him, and then said to the little girl: "Please help me check if there are any "Book of Songs", "Three Hundred Tang Poems", "Zuo Chuan", "Historical Records", "Laozi", "Zhuangzi", and I will pay together later!"

Mr. Han had no choice but to rub over and ask, "Little friend, are you reading it yourself, or are you helping others buy books?"

"See for yourself!" replied Jiang Shuiyuan stiffly.

"Have you read so many books?"

"Don't worry, watch slowly, there's a lot of time anyway!"

The little girl crackled and knocked on the keyboard and said: "Let's talk about the Book of Songs first, our bookstore has paperbacks, hardcovers, line-bound editions, graphic and text comparison editions, fully annotated translations, and famous collections, which one do you want?"

"This ......" Jiang Shuiyuan hesitated a little, he didn't expect that a book of "Book of Songs" would have so many famous halls.

Mr. Han said at this time: "Children, have you read the "Book of Songs" before? If not, and now you want to get started, it is best to choose the "Commentary on the Book of Songs" by Zhonghua Book Company or the "Translation of the Book of Songs" by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House. If you have read the "Book of Songs" before and now want to do a deeper understanding, the old man recommends that you read Ma Ruichen's "General Interpretation of Mao's Poems" or Wang Xianqian's "Poetry of the Three Families". The other picture and text comparison versions, full annotation and full translations, look like bells and whistles, but in fact, they are bullshit and have nothing to show for themselves, so don't buy them!"

Aunt Xu said: "Little friend, it is right to listen to Mr. Han when choosing books on Chinese studies! He has been immersed in this way for decades, knows the samadhi well, and knows the advantages and disadvantages of each version. ”

"Then the "Commentary on the Book of Poetry"!" Jiang Shuiyuan said.

When Mr. Han saw that the water source of the river was as good as a stream, he immediately became interested: "It seems that you are all new to the beginner, right? Tell you, "Three Hundred Tang Poems" is best to choose Yu Shouzhen's "Three Hundred Tang Poems"; "Zuo Chuan" can choose Li Zongtong's "Spring and Autumn Zuo Chuan Jinzhu Notes and Translations" or Yang Bojun's "Spring and Autumn Zuo Chuan Notes"; "Historical Records" should pick the ten paperback volumes of Zhonghua Book Company's green skin, and it is generally difficult for later people to surpass it, of course, the Japanese Takigawa Shiyan's "Historical Records Society Annotation Certificate" It's also very good, but the volume is too big, the content is a little cumbersome, and it's a photocopy, which looks relatively difficult.

If you want to trace the essence of it, you can continue to read the "Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching River Gongzhang Sentences" and Wang Bi's "Lao Tzu Notes"; "Zhuangzi" can first read "Zhuangzi Jin Zhu Jin" to understand the general meaning, and then read Guo Qingfan's "Zhuangzi Ji Interpretation" or Wang Xianqian's "Zhuangzi Ji Jie". Of course, in the future, you can read "Shuowen Jie Zi", "Zhou Yi", "Zizhi Tongjian" and other important books, if you can persevere in memorizing and eating thoroughly, you will definitely be outstanding by the age of 20!"

Jiang Shuiyuan said: "According to the old man's construction, I selected "Detailed Analysis of Three Hundred Tang Poems", "Spring and Autumn Zuo Chuan Today's Translation", Green Pier's ten-volume paperback "Historical Records", "Laozi's Annotation and Commentary", "Zhuangzi's Annotation and Translation", the same set, packed and taken away. ”

Mr. Han said with a shy face: "Little friend, when will you be able to read so many books in one go? Why don't you transfer the set of "Summary of the Four Libraries of the Whole Book" to the old man! After a year and a half of reading the books at hand, you will come to the old man to ask for them, and the old man will promise to return the original bibi and not a penny. How about the old man, if you don't believe it, you can ask this Boss Xu, and this little Li girl, the old man's reputation is well-known!"

"I'm going to read the "Summary of the Four Libraries" first. Jiang Shuiyuan's words made the old man speechless.

Mr. Han's eyes rolled and he suddenly thought to himself: "Little friend, why don't we make a bet, the bet is this set of books." Bet is this, if you can name a poem that you can recite and the old man can't recite, then the old man will take the initiative to admit defeat, while there is still some time in the morning, I will teach you how to read and read this set of "Siku Quanshu General Summary"; if you can't mention it, then even if the old man wins, you can first transfer this set of books to me to read for a few days, and then come to me to ask for it after you have finished reading the book. What do you think?"

Jiang Shuiyuan was also provoked by the old man: "Okay, let me mention it first? Will you recite Wang Shouren's "Illusory Travel Text"?"

"Paraphragm Travel Text" tells that after Wang Shouren was demoted to Longchangyi, he met an official passing by with a son and a servant, and the three of them died violently in just two days. Then Wang Shouren took the boy to bury the three strangers who died outside, and then wrote this mourning text. The article was written sincerely, and it was very famous in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so it was selected into the "Ancient Literature Guanzhi" by Wu Chengquan and Wu Tiaohou's uncle and nephew. But it was not selected into the middle school textbook, and with the decline of Chinese studies, not to mention middle school students, even college students may not know that there is still this article in the world. Jiang Shuiyuan also learned from reading "Guwen Guan Zhi", so he took it out to test the old Mr. Han in front of him.

Mr. Han touched his forehead and began to recite: "On the third day of the autumn moon of the fourth year of Wei Zhengde, there was a person who came from Beijing, who did not know his name, and brought a son and a servant, and let him pass through the dragon field......

I didn't expect the old gentleman to memorize it so well!

Jiang Shuiyuan immediately interrupted: "What about Li Jing's "Yuanzhou Prefecture Studies"?"

Li Jing was an important philosopher and educator in the Northern Song Dynasty, known as "Confucianism for a while", and "Yuan Zhou Zhou Xueji" is Li Jing's famous work. The article recounts the 32nd year of Song Renzong, Zu Wu chose to serve as the governor of Yuanzhou, and saw that the local school palace was dilapidated and the Confucian temple was small, so he built a new school palace and performed sacrifices. When Li Jing heard about this, he was greatly moved, so he wrote this article, describing the process of the establishment of Yuanzhou Prefecture School, criticizing the local officials who did not run the school effectively, and pointing out the importance of running the school. For ordinary people, don't talk about "Yuanzhou Prefecture Studies", I'm afraid I haven't even heard of Li Jing's name!

Mr. Han then recited: "The emperor has three years in his twenties, and he has established a county school in Zhaozhou. But keep the order, there are wise and foolish. There are those who are willing to condescend and are only obedient to morality; there are fake officials who borrow teachers and have documents. Or several cities, and the sound of the dead strings. If you don't get along, you can't teach nuns. ……”

Aunt Xu, who was watching the excitement on the side, smiled at this time: "Children, Mr. Han memorized "Guwen Guan Zhi" decades ago, if you want to use this to test him, I'm afraid you will have to give this set of books obediently!"

Jiang Shuiyuan knew that the old Mr. Han in front of him was so powerful, and his mind turned straight at the moment, and he said to everyone: "I'll go wash my hands and come back immediately!" Without waiting for them to react, he quickly went into the bookstore, avoiding everyone's attention, and came to the modern literary classics, and randomly took out a relatively deserted "Zhang Yuzhao Poetry Anthology" from the shelf, opened it, and found a certain article to quickly browse. Then he closed his eyes and recited silently, feeling that he was completely familiar with the recitation before putting the book back, pretending that he had just washed his hands, Shi Shiran returned to the front desk.

Mr. Han was a little impatient: "Little friend, shouldn't you go to the Buddha's feet temporarily, right? Sue you, you only have one chance, if you don't grasp it well, this set of "Summary of the Four Libraries of the Whole Book" will go to the old man!"

Jiang Shuiyuan said confidently: "Then will you recite Zhang Yuzhao's "Sending Li Buddha's Preface"?"

"Uh......" Mr. Han was immediately stunned. Modern literature is vast, even if he has studied Chinese culture for decades, it is impossible to be familiar with all the poems and essays of Zhang Yuzhao, so he got stuck on the spot. But the old gentleman was still a little unconvinced: "I really can't memorize this article, but will you memorize it? If you can't, you still can't count the old man as losing!"

Jiang Shuiyuan recited Lang Lang: "The Buddha was dismissed from office, lived in the south of the Yangtze River, and studied every day, especially the "Zhuangzi",...... Buddha will travel north, ask for a word as a gift. Yu is a Buddha who is born high and has no ambition, and is afraid of his passing and flows, so he is also a book. ”