On the grass outside Luoyang City, paper kites of different shapes have flown into the sky, Yang Tong's children and bureaucrats' children are running happily on the grass with kite strings, and Li Zhi has taken hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers to circle a large grassland.

Wei Fengwu and his sisters got together with the noblewoman's daughter, although it was not a family alone, but there were many people and a lot of liveliness, and they had no regrets.

After arranging his family, Yang Tong walked to the important ministers who were waiting silently by the riverside.

"Wechen see the saint!"

"Brother Minister, Brother Huang!"

By the canal, Yang Yu, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cen Wenwen, Ma Zhou and others saw Yang Tong coming, and they bowed their hands one after another.

"You don't have to be polite...... there are too many people, and Yang Tong is not good to help them one by one, so he raised his right hand, motioned for everyone to get up, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows my character very well, and it is not fun to bring the court to the outing." Sit down. ”

Hearing that Yang Tong called himself 'I', and knew that Yang Dong was a human being, they all sat down one after another.

"The criminal minister Yu Shinan visits the saint."

Yu Shinan's name Boshi is Yu Shiji's brother. But the two brothers have a natural difference, Yu Shiji lives a luxurious life, deceives the superiors and subordinates, sells officials and prisons, and does evil, and his wife dresses to imitate the princely family, although Yu Shinan lives with them, he is poor and thrifty, does not change his temperament, and is famous for his virtue, loyalty, erudition, literary words, and calligraphy. He was appointed secretary by Yang Guang, and was later promoted to the rank of living housekeeper. Co-authored "Changzhou Jade Mirror" with Yu Xuan and Yu Zizhi.

After the change of Jiangdu, Yu Shinan and the officials of Emperor Daye were forced to go north with Yu Wenhua, and others accepted Yu Wenhuahe's official position, but he didn't, and when Yu Wenhua and the army were defeated and died, he fell into the hands of Li Mi, and also did not accept the other party's official position, and when Li Mi went south, he went to Yunmen Temple and studied calligraphy with Zhiyong.

Yang Tong saw that he was skeletal, his temples were white, his clothes were thin and old, and he looked very depressed, he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart, and sighed: "There is no need to mention the past, let him pass the past." ”

In fact, whether it is Yuwen Shu or Su Wei, Pei Ju, or Yu Shiji, these people cannot be generalized as 'traitors'. They are in different periods, different environments, playing different angles, when Yang Guang was virtuous, all of them were good ministers, and he began to be depressed, these people in order to protect themselves, can only follow Yang Guang's wishes, in the final analysis, the reason why these people have become 'traitors', the key is Yang Guang.

And this Yu Shinan has never done a bad thing, and he has not been awarded a thief official, what reason does Yang Tong have to embarrass others?

"The imperial court intends to exclude the views of the Four Books and Five Classics such as the family master and so on, and select the best among the many doctrines and interpretations, end all kinds of disputes since the Western Han Dynasty, abandon the regional views of southern and northern studies, and be compatible with the strengths of the hundred clans and integrate the advantages of the north and the south. If this book can be completed, it will be the evolution of the scriptures from division to unity. Yu Qing is well versed in ancient texts, and I hope that you will participate in the completion of these magnificent projects with many great Confucians. ”

Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has formed many schools, at that time, "Poems" were divided into Qi, Lu, and Han, and "Shu" was divided into Ouyang, Xiahou, and Xiahou; "Rites" includes "Rites" and "Rites", of which "Rites" is divided into large and small wears; "Yi" is divided into four schools: Shi, Meng, Liangqiu, and Jing; "Spring and Autumn" is divided into two passes, the ram and Lianggu, and the ram has Yan and Yan Zhixue. These disagreements are known as "teachings".

Later, each 'teacher' absorbed different from each outstanding student, and divided into a "family law" headed by famous students, which is the same as the division of the two sects of Huashan Sword Qi, absorbing differently, and naturally taking different ideas. 'Family law' is followed by various doctrines. This means that the trunk branches, branches and branches, and branches and leaves are luxuriant, far from the roots, and the scriptures and meanings are difficult to understand.

This kind of disturbance can still be tolerated when the world is divided, but after the unification of the world, especially after the Great Sui Dynasty established the county school, the county school, and the Taixue to raise scholars, and opened the Ming Jing and Jinshi to recruit talents, there is no unified standard answer.

Emperor Wen of Sui once ordered Guozi students to take exams and prepare to be hired on the basis of merit, but the result was that "since Zhengshuo has been inconsistent for three hundred years, there is nothing to correct the teacher training." "The examiners have different opinions, and it is impossible to judge the level of the candidates. Now that the imperial examination is flourishing, many Han scholars have been promoted, but there are thousands of interpretations of the answers to the scriptures, which brings great difficulty to the scriptures examination.

As a descendant of Confucius, Kong Yingda's original intention of compiling the "Four Books and Five Classics of Justice" originated from this.

Yu Shinan is a Confucian and Taoist holy hand, and there is no evil deeds, and now that he has sent it to the door, Yang Tong naturally wants to include it in the system of compiling the "Four Books and Five Classics of Justice".

Yu Shinan was a little moved, this is not only a matter of fame and fortune, but also very much in line with his lifelong learning.

"Yu Qing used to be a secretary, and now I also appoint you as a secretary, which can be regarded as a turn and back to square one. In addition, there are many authentic works of ancient calligraphy masters in the palace, and I plan to write a copy of these authentic works and then print them into a book, so that more calligraphy lovers can learn and refer to them. Yu Qing is a famous contemporary calligrapher, no one is more suitable for this than you, what do you think? ”

"Thank you, Holy God." Yu Shinan no longer hesitated, bowed deeply to Yang Tong, and accepted the appointment.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui smiled at each other, the two of them actually had the heart to recommend Yu Shinan, and the two of them, like Yang Tong, also took a fancy to Yu Shinan's talent in ancient and modern scriptures, but before he could speak, Yang Tong had already won it over.

This is also the helplessness of the Great Sui, because the family gate valve has controlled too much, too long knowledge, the slightly accomplished Confucianism and Taoism masters are all the people of the family gate valve, and the Great Sui Dynasty does not hire this kind of person, only a few people such as Kong Yingda, when is the "Four Books and Five Classics of Justice" This set of masterpieces? So now it's possible to pull one is one. In addition to Yu Shinan, a Li Baiyao has been pulled.

As early as the period of Emperor Wen, Li Baiyao gave full play to his talents and learned to participate in the revision of the "Five Rites", the law order, the writing of the "Book of Yin and Yang", and the list of recitals. In the troubled times, he was taken over by Du Fuwei, and now he has also joined the court as a secretary and joined Kong Yingda's team to compile the "Four Books and Five Classics of Justice".

Zhiyong is a very elegant old monk, but his outfit is different from the monks Yang Tong has seen in the past, the whole person is extremely thin, and the monk's robe on his body has been full of patches, but it is cleanly washed, and he can't see the original color, and he has a bit of an ascetic appearance.

Seeing Yang Tong, Zhiyong saluted and said, "The monk Zhiyong sees the saint." ”

"The master doesn't have to be polite." Yang Tong joked, "The master is here, it won't be accountable, right?" ”

"Naturally not!" Zhiyong shook his head and said with emotion: "When I used to study Buddhism, the old man felt that the disciples of Buddhism were wrong, and found that Buddhism was developing in a strange direction, and many temples were not even the root of Buddhism. ”

"At first, the old man, like most people, was very indignant at the restrictions on the sacred, but when he saw the people denouncing the Buddhists, he suddenly found that the things that the Buddhists had lost seemed to be back!"

"What have the Buddhists lost? Soul! Buddhism was originally a discipline that led people to goodness, but gradually, the Buddha became a tool used by some greedy people to collect money; The doctrine was originally a principle of human beings, but gradually it became a tool for people with evil intentions to recruit the dead...... When the children of Buddhism compete with Confucianism and Taoism, they are actually fighting for power and profit, which has gone against the original intention of being born, and the soul began to be lost at that time. ”

"Although the Holy One has set up many systems for Buddhism, when you think about it, these systems are the same as nothing when you meet real monks. This is actually a good thing for Buddhism, it can bring it back to its essence. In Zhiyong's view, a monk should be detached and empty, and the rules and regulations set by the imperial court are as good as nothing for a real monk. But he didn't know how few real monks were in this world.

"I'm glad that the master can think so." Yang Tong laughed.

"The old man entered Beijing this time, in fact, he came to find the saint."

"Master, please speak clearly."

"The old man likes calligraphy all his life, but the old man imitates the ancestors' calligraphy, and he has practiced for most of his life, although he has achieved a little, but he has fallen into the obstacle of the ancestors, and he can no longer jump out. To paraphrase the world's saying, it can be said that success is also Xiao He is also Xiao Xiao. ”

Yang Tong nodded silently, he remembered that Zhiyong's words were mixed in history, but he was undoubtedly a generation of famous calligraphers, inheriting the style of the ancestors Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, and the calligraphy written was very exquisite. However, all this also made him never turn over.

Just because imitation is always imitation, even if Zhiyong's characters are written like Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, they do not have their own soul and thoughts, and the essence of calligraphy lies in imitating their predecessors, surpassing their predecessors, and integrating others to achieve themselves. For example, Yu Shinan in front of him, his calligraphy was learned from Yu Zhiyong, and he was proficient in Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi's penmanship, but he was able to write his own style by himself.

And what about Jiyoung? He lost himself in the long copying, so when Su Shi commented on Zhiyong's calligraphy, he said, "The backbone is deep and stable, the body is wonderful, the essence is so good, and the return is sparse." This means that although Zhiyong's writing is wonderful, it follows the rules and is not strange. Through Jiyong's words, he was obviously aware of this, but now, it seems that it is no longer possible to change it.

"I heard that Wang Youjun's calligraphy is inherited from Mrs. Ziwei?"

"There's a long history to it about!" Zhiyong thought for a while and said: "To put it simply, the calligraphy of the ancestors was inherited from Cai Yong of the Han Dynasty, he passed it on to Cui Ying and the female Wen Ji, Wen Ji passed on to Zhong Xuan, Mrs. Wei liked Zhong Xuan's regular script very much, and often practiced it, and made great progress, and was regarded as a disciple of the Zhong family by later generations, and regarded it as the successor of the Zhong family, and Mrs. Wei later passed it on to the ancestor Xizhi, and after that, the Wang family passed it on from generation to generation. ”

"The palace has a lot of calligraphy and paintings of predecessors, Cai Yong, Zhong Xuan, Mrs. Wei's authentic works, there seem to be all in the palace, if the generation of tracing back to the source, it may be helpful to the master. But you also know that these unique books are treasures of our people, and they are too old to be easily damaged if they are moved around, and if so, it will be a loss for the calligraphy world; If the master is interested, he can go to the secretary to observe and write. ”

"In this way, the old man will disturb the saint!" Jiyoung was not polite either.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "As the so-called art industry has a specialty, only famous calligraphers know how to better manage and maintain the authentic works of their predecessors; You are a master of calligraphy, and your love for the authentic works of your predecessors is far greater than your own life, and if you can maintain them one by one, those authentic works will be passed on for a longer time. Speaking of which, I would like to thank you. ”

Yang Tong's emphasis on the authenticity of calligraphy made Yu Shinan and Zhiyong awe-inspired, and Zhiyong said: "The old man heard that the saint is also a generation of famous calligraphers, and the words written are awe-inspiring, dignified and majestic, self-contained, and have the spirit of the emperor, I wonder if the old man can enjoy one or two?" ”

"Haha, you're laughing!" Yang Tong shook his head with a smile, "My words are just tricks, how can there be anything to say about being a family of its own?" If the master doesn't dislike it, he can watch it, but as for any famous calligrapher, this is really not daring. ”

"The Holy One is humble. Your poems and articles, the old man has a lot to read, every poem, every immortal masterpiece, and even more rare is the style is varied, creating a number of genres for my Great Sui poetry, 'the literati among the emperors, the emperor among the literati', the saint is worthy of the name, well-deserved. ”

At first, the Chinese poetry circle was a strong and simple work, but later, the beautiful and empty palace style poems of the Southern Dynasty prevailed in the world, and Yang Guang also liked this kind of glamorous and gorgeous poetry style, resulting in the wrong and charming, soulless and boneless poems dominated the world, the poetry style pays attention to form and skills, and pursues the beauty of rhetoric, but the content and subject matter are narrow, not to mention, but also full of carving, the poetic style is exhausted, and the strength is no longer there.

However, 'Yang Dong's poetry and writing' is unique!

His poems rarely appear to pile up rhetoric and pursue gorgeous forms, and often use simple and plain words to lay out a majestic picture, such as the sentence "ask the vast earth, who is the master of ups and ......downs", which seems to be plain and straightforward, but it is majestic, majestic, and heroic. Therefore, it is not a boast to say that the person who wrote this poem is 'the literati of the emperors, the emperor of the literati'.

Yang Tong understands his own affairs, although he copied it, he doesn't want to mention this kind of question.

At this moment, a group of talkative Luoyang Academy students interrupted everyone's conversation, and since everyone was on the riverside, they could hear it very clearly. This also relieved Yang Tong and made him breathe a sigh of relief, if these real literati talked to him about poetry and calligraphy, he really couldn't answer.