Chapter 680: Arowana Pulls the Car

In the Tianshui Gang, Your Excellency Xiangyun, the round table crab banquet officially began, and the bigwigs gathered for a while. The beauties shuttled between the guests like a stream, delivering a large plate of lake crabs and a large glass of wine to each of the big guys, which made Chen Long can't help but think of the bunny girls in later generations, but they are missing a bikini that provokes anger.

When she was dazzled, the big beauty Ma Yun smiled and Yan Yan presided over the event, and Zheng Xuan, who was dressed in simple Confucian clothes, became the focus of everyone's attention. Zheng Xuan picked up a lake crab with his own hand and said with a smile: "Since we are eating lake crabs today, I naturally want to make some questions around lake crabs to increase the interest of the banquet." ”

Everyone responded with a bang, and they all asked Master Zheng to ask questions. Master Zheng smiled and said, "Since it is a question, it must not be without a reward." Dare to ask the host, if the answer is the best, what kind of prize will there be? ”

When everyone heard this, they knew that Ma Yunluo and Zheng Xuan had already made arrangements, and there was another burst of cheers and applause. Ma Yunluo got up and said with a smile: "Since Master Zheng has spoken, my Tianshui Gang naturally can't pull out a dime." Ladies and gentlemen, I have here a silk painting that Master Zheng personally appreciated, called "Arowana Pulling a Car", but it is the scene when Sage Kong and Taishang Laojun met. ”

Saying that, the jade hand slapped again, and the two Miao Ling Gang members immediately stepped forward and carefully opened a silk silk in their hands. The banquet immediately caused a small sensation, it seems that this painting is not small, Chen Yuan, who likes to paint, even squeezed to the front row and stretched his neck to watch.

Chen Long didn't know anything about paintings, but thanks to the help of his light brain, he could naturally find out some of the origins.

Confucius's meeting of Lao Tzu is a real major event in history, representing the collision of two major trends of thought, and has always been talked about. The murals documenting this event have been repeatedly found in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan, and also confirm the existence of Confucius's greeting to Laozi, an important event in Chinese cultural history, which occurred in the late Spring and Autumn period.

As the silk painting slowly opened, I saw that the sauce-red silk painting was roughly divided into two parts, the upper part is Confucius with the five great disciples, to the left of an old man to ask questions, needless to say that Confucius asked the image of Lao Tzu. The relationship between the characters in the image is simple, the physiognomy and posture are lifelike, and the demeanor is different, especially the crown and Confucian clothes of each person, which are all depicted meticulously.

The off-duty part of the silk painting is a frame pulled by a lively green dragon, followed by a group of big carp pulled by the frame, and some clouds and glows are drawn next to it, which makes people feel profound.

When everyone's admiration slowly subsided, Ma Yunluo's voice sounded at the right time: "Everyone, although the author of this painting is not examinable, but the sage of Confucius once asked about Yu Laozi, but it is true, and the preciousness of this painting naturally does not need to be said. Today, if you are able to answer Master Zheng's questions and win the winner, Yunluo will give this painting as a gift to show respect for the saint. The banquet immediately responded with warm applause, and the learned bigwigs and their nephews in later generations have begun to gear up, intending to compete for the ownership of this painting.

When the applause fell, Zheng Xuan finally stood up again and asked, "Several, who knows what Confucius asked about Lao Tzu?" ”

During the banquet, everyone hesitated, but there were still students with a wide range of knowledge, and they began to raise their hands. Zheng Xuan smiled and looked at the people who raised their hands first: "The opportunity is given to the young man first, Boda, you talk about it first." ”

Boda, that is, Sima Boda, is Sima Fang's eldest son and Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang. Although this son is young, he has a deep literary attainment and is already famous, but he doesn't know martial arts, and he can't compare to his younger brother Sima Yi's both civil and military skills.

Sima Lang's demeanor was calm, showing extraordinary cultivation, and he said: "Yumeng read Li Daoyuan's "Water Jing Note: Weishui", and said "Confucius is seventeen years old, and he asks Lao Tzu", at that time, Confucius was still young, and the content of the salute was mainly to ask for etiquette on some important occasions. For example, where should the king's tablet be placed during the march, what should be done with a solar eclipse during the funeral, whether the child should be buried near or far away after death, whether he should join the army or retire during the mourning, etc. The place where this question was asked is said to be in the lane party of Lu State at that time. ”

Although Sima Lang's answer is not exhaustive, it is complete in time, place, events, and characters, and cites the "Notes on the Water Classic" as evidence, so it can be regarded as an answer. Master Zheng nodded slightly and asked, "In the life of Sage Kong, has he only seen Lao Tzu once?" You see that Confucius in the silk painting already has a beard, and Lao Tzu has a white beard, obviously it is no longer the meeting when he was young. ”

Before the words fell, a few more people actively raised their hands, and Zheng Xuan smiled: "Wen Shu, tell me about it?" ”

The young man known as Wenshu was none other than Wang Chang, Wang Wenshu, the later prime minister of Cao Wei, and the son of Wang Ze, the Taishou of the county. Wang Changyu has a long face, a tall figure, a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and his sword eyebrows are towering, and he said proudly: "As far as the disciples know, Sage Kong has greeted Lao Tzu four times, and it is the first time to greet Lao Tzu when he was seventeen years old. The second time was in the twenty-fourth year of the Spring and Autumn Zhaogong, and the location was in Luoyi, the capital of Zhou. The third time was when Confucius was fifty-three years old, that is, in the twenty-second year of King Jing of Zhou, in Lu Guopei County. The fourth time in Luyi, when Lao Tzu was already old, Confucius brought many disciples to visit, which should be the scene in this silk painting. This silk painting is very vivid in terms of expression, painting style, visual image, etc., but this time Confucius asked Lao Tzu to salute him, but he began to promote his own Confucianism and ideas. Therefore, Confucius's greeting to Lao Tzu is not only a simple historical meeting between the two ancient sages of our country, but also the exchange and communication of Confucianism and Taoism, so it is precious. ”

After Wang Chang said that, Zheng Xuan's face was happy and said: "Wen Shu really has a family history, and he said it very well!" It really said the preciousness of this painting, and the Taiyuan Wang family really deserves its name! ”

was praised vigorously by Zheng Xuan, and Wang Ze, as the patriarch, was naturally full of wind, and was immediately praised by Guo Yi, the patriarch of the Guo family who was sitting next to him. Song Jian, who was sitting on the other side, snorted, vigorously opened a crab shell, and chewed it.

Zheng Xuan saw Wang Chang proud, and smiled: "But my problem today is not here, who can say, what is the meaning of the Arowana pulling the cart below?" Whoever can impress me and everyone will get this painting. ”

Only then did everyone understand that the analysis of the Arowana cart diagram was the focus today. This seems to be a simple question, but it is not easy to answer, if it is simply said that Lao Tzu is a dragon and Confucius is a fish, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, and the banquet is silent for a while.

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.