XXXVIII. Han Xianru's two stories
To be honest, this requirement is a bit difficult for the average middle school student.
In the process of debate, the debater must be proficient in using the discourse system of traditional Chinese culture to accurately express his meaning, which requires the debater to read the ancient classics for a long time, master a large number of words and sentences of the ancients, proficiently recite some famous sayings and famous articles, and immerse themselves in them, fully play with the thinking methods and language habits of the ancients, and finally turn all the qiē into their own on-the-spot play. This is a bit like the eight-strand text written by the sages of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but one with a pen and the other with a mouth.
If it is a bit difficult to become proficient in the traditional Chinese discourse system, then the prohibition of the use of Western philosophical terms, conclusions, and arguments is already harsh. Today, with the increasing frequency of cultural exchanges between the East and the West, the terms, conclusions and arguments of Western philosophy have long spread to every corner of daily life and have become an inseparable part of many people's language expression. It's like those big V public offices, who don't allow votes, democracy, and lighthouse countries when chatting and writing articles, isn't it equivalent to tying his hands and feet with a rope and sticking tape to his mouth?
To deftly avoid these words during a debate, you need not only a flexible brain, but also long-term targeted training, otherwise you will inadvertently break the ban and be directly sentenced. Therefore, in the prefectural-level selection competition, many times within ten minutes of the opening, all 4 players on one side have already died!
Jiang Shuiyuan tried it a few times during the holidays, but it was very difficult and awkward, and he had to go through all the words carefully in his head before each speech. Even then, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no fouls.
"Very good!" Liu Xinying then asked: "The second question is how well do you master the skills of the difficult competition of Chinese studies? In other words, if you participate in the competition now, what are the chances of winning?"
"God knows!"
"No ...... win"
"I don't know the strength of the opponent, how do you know what the odds are?"
After seeing the strictness of the competition rules, everyone answered a little unreasonable. Liu Xinying couldn't help but smile slightly when she heard everyone's whispered answers, stared at Jiang Shuiyuan and asked, "Jiang Shuiyuan, what do you think you have a chance of winning?"
"It's hard to say!" Jiang Shuiyuan didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he still analyzed objectively: "According to the rules of the game, the question is announced two hours before the game, and lots are drawn to decide the pros and cons. In other words, the contestants have two hours to prepare, and as long as they are well prepared, there should be no big problem with the opening argument of the first session and the closing statement of the last session. The key is to advocate the three links of mutual attack and defense, summary of attack and defense, and free debate of impromptu speeches, not only to aim at the loopholes of the other side, but also to always pay attention to their own speech can not violate the rules, similar to dancing on the tip of a knife, and compensate yourself for the slightest mistake. I sometimes even feel that these three links are not better than who speaks, but who makes fewer mistakes!"
According to the rules of the competition, each competition is worth 100 points, and the five judges score according to the comprehensive table of the pros and cons of the contestants, and then add them together to determine the winner. In the first few editions, the rules of the competition were not perfect, and the judges scored according to the overall table of each team, and many participating teams adopted the strategy of "losing the car to protect the handsome", that is, the average player deliberately left the competition in violation of the rules, giving up all the opportunities for debate to the seeded players, so as to ensure the victory of the team.
This kind of bloody scene of "Zhuge Liang's tongue fighting the group of Confucians" is certainly popular with the audience and has a high degree of ornamentation, but it violates the basic principles of the group debate competition. The final competition rules are adjusted to 4 players per team, each player has 25 points, and the judges score each player. Once the player is ruled out, the score is 0. Under normal circumstances, if two players on one side withdraw from the game, the other side only needs to ensure that the whole team is present, even if all four of them are stuttering, and they can't say anything good, they can still win the game!
This is exactly what Jiang Shuiyuan meant.
"Jiang Shuiyuan's analysis is very reasonable!" Liu Xinying praised sincerely, "In the selection competition at the prefectural level, it is indeed very important not to say more wonderful than others, but to make fewer mistakes than others." Therefore, before the competition, everyone must fully prepare the draft of the speech for the opening argument and the summary statement, and then adjust it in a timely manner according to the opponent's speech when they go to the competition site; as for the three links of mutual attack and debate, summary of attack and defense, and free debate, everyone should think about what they say, and do not rush to say it; if they are not sure, they would rather not say it than talk nonsense. As long as you don't leave the field and don't get cold, you can basically qualify in the selection competition!"
"Is it okay to take a word at a time, or even form a sentence?" Chen Di asked.
Liu Xinying smiled: "Okay!"
As the Foreign Minister said in response to a question in the House of Representatives the other day: As we know, there are some things that we all know, and there are some things that we know that we should know. We also know that there are some things that we don't know, that is, we know that there are things that we don't know. But there are also some things that we don't know, things that we don't know, we just don't know. ”
"As long as you have the ability of our foreign minister, not to mention the nonsense, even nonsense, clichés, empty words, and are no problem! But then again, if you have that ability, why bother to take part in the difficult discussion of Chinese studies for middle school students, and go directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a spokesman!"
Liu Xinying's words immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Then she added: "Of course, competition skills are not empty words, they have to be honed and tested in actual training. After the start of the school year, we will use the activity time every day to conduct special training. But before we can do that, we need to solve another problem, which is the third question I want to ask you, what are your opinions on teaming? For example, do you have an inseparable couple, a friend, or a team that has been agreed?"
Everyone at the scene looked left and right, and no one spoke.
Liu Xinying nodded: "Since everyone has no opinions, then I will arbitrarily go alone, and first roughly divide everyone into two groups for future training." As for the official candidates for the competition in the future, I will decide based on everyone's performance in training and everyone's evaluation of each other. The first group is Jiang Shuiyuan, Chen Di, Lu Zongguang, and Huang Shuhui, and the second group is Fu Shouzhang, Shi Xuan, Lin Shaoyan, and Zeng Ping. As for who is the main general in the group, who is the second and third debaters, and who is the free man (the fourth debate), you will negotiate and settle it later. No problem, right?"
"No problem!" Obviously, there is a problem, and people will not say it now.
Liu Xinying suddenly smiled and said with a smile: "Okay, let's enter the second agenda of the meeting." Next, I would like to invite Mr. Han, the former principal of Huai'an Provincial Normal School and the judge of the difficult theory of Chinese culture for middle school students in this province for more than ten years, to tell you a few words on some issues that need to be paid attention to in the competition. Everyone is welcome!"
"You little girl!" Han Xianru touched the top of Liu Xinying's head dotingly, and then said slowly: "It has been more than 40 sessions since the establishment of the middle school students' theory of Chinese studies, and I have the honor to serve as a judge for more than ten provincial competitions, and there are countless judges for this provincial competition. The ancients said that 'three folds of the humerus become a good doctor', although I am blunt and have never eaten pork, but I have seen so many pig runs, and I always have a little understanding. ”
"Mr. Han, are you saying that we are pigs, and our race is a pig run?" asked Liu Xinying in a low voice.
Han Xianru ignored her and continued: "What is the difficulty of Chinese studies? To put it bluntly, it is necessary to discuss problems like the ancients, not only the issues discussed are those of the ancients, but the language of speech must also be those of the ancients. For those of you little dolls who were born in the spring breeze and grew up under the red flag, the problems you need to face are precisely these two aspects, that is, the language must be correct and not violate the rules of the competition, and the discussion must be answered well, the logic of the argument must be clear, and the scriptures and classics should be cited appropriately. ”
"Everyone understands the truth, the key is how to do it!" Liu Xinying said with a pout.
Han Xianru stroked his beard and nodded: "Yes, the key is how to do it! In addition to hard training, I think the specific method also has to pay attention to a comprehension, as the saying goes, 'the master leads the door, and the cultivation is in the individual' is this truth." Next, I will talk about dialogue, answer good questions, and tell two short stories, I hope it can inspire you. The first story is from "The World Speaks New Language", which says that the servants in the family of Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian in the Eastern Han Dynasty, are very fond of reading and are familiar with the five classics. Once Zheng Xuan felt that his maidservant was not satisfactory to work, so he planned to use family law to punish him. The servant girl felt that she had been wronged, and tried her best to defend herself. At this time, Zheng Xuan was in a bad mood, so he asked someone to drag her to the mud pile in the courtyard. Soon another servant girl passed by, and asked with a sentence from the Book of Songs, "Why are you in the mud?" It means that I was going to make it clear to him, but I happened to be angry with him.
Zheng Xuan is a native of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the two maidservants are quoted from the "Book of Songs" written in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, the two are seven or eight hundred years apart, needless to say that there must be differences in their language habits, but judging from the text alone, let alone the people of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, even the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty can accurately understand the meaning of it, and smile for it. This is the first story I'm going to tell. ”
Everyone began to secretly speculate about what Han Xianru wanted to express.
Han Xianru said: "The second story comes from "61 Poems", saying that in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a jinshi named Xu Dong, who was a handsome guy who was very good at writing poems. Once, he invited the famous poet monks Xi Day, Jian Chang, Wei Feng, Hui Chong and others, these poet monks were the best at writing poems of the late Tang Jia Island and Yao Yiyi school reflecting the seclusion and leisure and life under the forest, and were known as the 'Nine Monks' at that time. However, Xu Dong was ingenious and agreed to write poems, and at that time he could not violate words such as mountains, water, wind, clouds, bamboo, stones, flowers, grass, snow, frost, stars, moons, birds, and birds. As a result, those poets and monks thought for a long time, and finally had to put aside their pens and admit defeat. This is the second story I'm going to tell. ”