Chapter 20 The Charm of Football
"Something went wrong. Asked Xun Ze to look at Gao Yu curiously and asked.
"The mistake is that there is no ability, no merit. Gao Yu said to Xun Ze, "Even if you are a fortunate minister, as long as you can make merits, then future generations will only remember your merits, but not how you got to the top." Like Cai Hou (Cai Lun), who improved the art of papermaking, he not only started from the end of the Wei Dynasty, but also relied on entering the forbidden area to serve nobles in order to take charge of Shang Fang (the Han Dynasty's institution in charge of the imperial family's manufacturing industry). But when he was Shang Fangling, he not only made the world-famous Cai Taipounce's crossbow and the nine-year sword of Longting, but also improved the papermaking technique. Therefore, when someone mentions him in the future, they will first mention these achievements, and some other bad deeds will be lightly exposed with the Spring and Autumn brushwork, and over time, people will think that he is a capable minister. (Cai Taipu and Long Ting both refer to Cai Lun.) The weapons made by Cai Lun were also extremely famous in the Han Dynasty. )
"The perception is not too bad. Yu Xunze looked at Gao Yu and said, "Your problem is that the promotion is because he was lucky to follow Liu Zhongwu and mixed a few military exploits, but after the promotion, he did not leave the slightest merit in the decades of his reign." When writing history books, perhaps historians can still be impartial, but novelists will easily write you as a traitor because of your deeds. ”
"Please also ask the teacher to teach me. Gao Yu hurriedly stood up and saluted to Xun Ze.
"Don't do this in the future, we don't do it here. He motioned for Gao Yu to sit down, and then said to him, "I have prepared the teaching content for you, you don't have to learn arithmetic like Li Bai, but you have to learn medical skills and modern football." ”
"Modern football?" Although Gao Yu didn't understand why Xun Ze asked him to learn medical skills, he didn't understand the word football.
"Football is what we call a sport in modern times, and in your time, it was called Kemari. ”
"Teacher, I may not be good at anything else, but Keju is a rare master. Gao Yu is not modest this time, and it seems that he is very confident in his Keju level.
"Then I ask you. Calling Xunze looked at Gao Yu and said, "When can the history of Keju go back to." ”
"Teacher, in the Han Dynasty, the great Confucian Liu Xiang did the "Farewell" recorded that the Juju was rumored to be made by the Yellow Emperor, and was called the Juju during the Warring States Period, and when the two Han Dynasty, the Juju was extremely popular. It can be seen that it is widely spread.
By the time of the Tang Dynasty, the balls used in Keju were no longer solid balls stuffed with hair, but balloons (inflatable balls) that were 'qi into balls and synthesized into qualities'. Moreover, the Tang people also 'network on the top for the door, to the degree, the work of the left and right friends, to the corner of the victory', at this time Keju and my popular Keju is no different. It's just that not only the nobles of our dynasty often play football, but also the commoners in the market often use Keju to play. In terms of rules, there is an additional way of playing called white play, which can be played without a goal. ”
"You know a lot about the history. After listening to Gao Yu's words, he asked, "Then do you know what is the difference between the Keju that was popular in the army during the Han Dynasty and the Keju that you use to play now." ”
"The Kemari that I am popular in my court is even more exciting. Gao Yu said with great certainty, "It's more suitable for viewing." ”
With everyone thinks, the ancient Keju in our country is just the volleyball net into a goal hole, and then the players on both sides use their feet instead of their hands to use the alternative volleyball, or the alternative rattan ball, the difference is that in the period of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, our Keju method is that there are doors on both sides, and then the two teams compete on the field, trying to kick the ball into the opponent's goal. This method of playing football is very similar to modern football. However, with the development of the times, Keju has become more and more deviated, and has developed into a sport that occupies a small area, has strong ornamentation, and although it looks good to play, it lacks a lot of passion.
To be precise, it's freestyle football, which is played for spectators, not for competition.
What Xun Ze has to do is, of course, guide the football kicking method to the right path from the Song Dynasty.
Because inflatable balloons have appeared in the Tang Dynasty, there is no big gap between the Song Dynasty and modern times in terms of equipment, and what is lacking is that there are no detailed rules and undiscovered ornamentality.
"Of course, your kemari is more enjoyable, but the original purpose of the sport was to strengthen the body and make people competitive. That's why it's called a competitive sport. If it's just for the sake of looking good, then it's actually deviating from the original meaning of Keju, and it may get more and more crooked.
After the Song Dynasty, Keju was even developed into an ice sport, resulting in fewer and fewer people being able to participate, and finally it simply became shuttlecock kicking. So, Gao Yu, do you think it's enough to just be ornamental?"
"But the folk like this kind of keju, not only do they not get hurt when they practice, but they can also be played by women and children. ”
"And I didn't let you promote it among the people. Called Xun Ze said.
"Then teacher, do you mean to bring the Keju of the Han Dynasty to the army?" Gao Yu understood the meaning of Xun Ze's words.
"That's right!" said Xun Ze, looking at Gao Yu, "In the future, you will be in charge of the forbidden army for decades, and how to improve the combat capability of the forbidden army is the first thing you have to consider." If you still use some showmanship to please the officials as originally done, you will inevitably be criticized in later generations. However, if you can make the officials happy and improve the combat capability of the army, then no one can find fault with you. ”
"Teacher, I see what you mean. Gao Yu hurriedly said, "You want me to train the army with the Keju of the Two Han Dynasty." ”
"Yes. "Called Xunze said, "This kind of confrontational and injury-prone sport may be criticized by people when it is brought to the people, but if it is promoted in the army, who dares to say that it is inappropriate." ”
"And. Calling Xunze said to Gao Yu, "The reason why people like Keju in the Tang and Song dynasties and don't like Keju in the Han Dynasty is because they didn't find the fun of watching Keju in the Han Dynasty." ”
"Then I would like to ask the teacher, where is the fun of this kemari? Gao Yu was still a little skeptical that what Xun Ze said was right.
After all, the ornamental quality of these two kinds of keju is indeed quite different.
Moreover, if you want to see whether a person can juju, in the Tang and Song dynasties, one ball per person, it is easy to see it when you perform on the spot, after all, the Keju in the Tang and Song dynasties mainly looked at flower work.
And the Keju of the Han Dynasty, if you want to know whether a person is powerful or not, you need to show it on the field, and it can't be abuse, you have to play with two teams of equal strength to see it.
Therefore, the venue and convenience limited the Keju method in the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty to be popular among the Tang and Song dynasties.
"The fun of football is never just about the field. Calling Xunze said to Gao Yu very seriously, "It also lies in the history of the team, the attribution of honor, the personal legend of the star and the hatred between the team and the team." ”