Volume 8 The Fighting Method of the Court (2) Chapter 63 The Days of Being a Teacher, a Confucian, and a Father
The weather is not good, noon, don't want it to be cloudy
A man riding a donkey into Beijing to take the exam passed by Jumao County, Jeju Prefecture, Shandong
I saw a school where an old gentleman was teaching students to memorize "The Mean"
Lang Lang's voice said, "If you are afraid of everything, you will not stand, if you do not hesitate, you will not pinch the money, you will not be trapped in advance, you will not be poor if you are not poor before you go, and you will not be poor if you owe it" ("no", waste, before, kick, not guilty, before)
The scholar listened to only eight or nine-year-old children reciting "The Mean" - the chapter on rational qi
I was surprised in my heart, this is just a bunch of children, they don't understand anything, let them learn the mean, isn't this teacher a little bit like that?
Walking into the school, I saw that the school was ancient and simple, and the children's voices were endless
The scholar entered the school, bowed to the teacher, and said, the teacher is polite
The teacher, who was about sixty years old, with a white beard flowing on his chest, a tied crown and no hat, saw someone saluting him, raised his hand and fist in return, said to the students to leave class, and walked out of the school
Puzzled, are you?
The scholar said, I was passing by Juzi and wanted to beg for saliva at you
The old gentleman went to fetch a ladle of water and scooped it up from the well in the courtyard
The scholar took the water scoop, rested in the courtyard, and then asked, Sir, dare to ask, if I heard correctly, are the students in your school reciting "The Mean"? Is it too early for such a child to memorize "The Mean"? Can they read it? The old gentleman pointed to a big tree outside the courtyard and said, in my eyes, there is no morning or evening, only mature and unmature
The scholar nodded, agreeing on the surface, but in his heart he was still intimidated by the old man's teaching method, but he felt interesting about the old man's teaching method, and asked, what is the old man's surname?
The old gentleman also sat in the courtyard to rest, and said, Don't give your surname Cai
At this time, one of the children came up to him after school and called Grandpa
The old gentleman held the child in his arms and talked with the scholar
Just when the scholar was resting in the courtyard, a young man walked into the school from outside, but when he saw this person with a face like a crown of jade, wearing a cloth robe, he saw the scholar and the two of them clasping each other's fists
The scholar introduced himself, in Xia Wang Anshi, passing by here, was about to beg for saliva to drink, dare to ask you?
The young man said, in Xia Cai Wenxu, the words are clear, from Jumao County, Shandong, Jumao Cai is indeed also, this old gentleman in the school is my father, and I am here to pick up my children from school
Oh, Wang Anshi nodded
The old gentleman asked the old gentleman, grandpa, grandpa, what are you going to teach me today?
The old gentleman looked at the fact that there were indeed no other students in the school, and then looked at Wang Anshi, pointed to the cool tree behind him, and said, I will teach you to learn Geshu today, okay?
What is there to study about trees? The child asked
The old gentleman didn't care, the tree has a lot of knowledge, and can study many, many truths
But seeing the old gentleman standing up and pointing to the big tree beside him, everyone in the world is a molecule, and this tree is like a country
Everyone should locate themselves in this tree, just like the roots, stems, branches, and leaves of this tree
Everyone has a certain contribution, responsibility and responsibility for this tree and this country
Wang Anshi was very touched after hearing this, an old country gentleman would realize so much from the tree
Bid farewell to Cai Qu, left the school, rode a little donkey, and thought all the way
Suddenly, he remembered one thing, forgot to ask, what is the name of the old gentleman, and asked the countrymen, it turned out that the old gentleman's surname was Cai, and he had been Song Taizong, and Song Zhenzong had two court officials, and it seemed that he was called Cai Yuanlang
Wang Anshi's heart was moved, it turned out that he was Cai Yuanlang, who had made meritorious contributions to the border
The whole book of "The Legend of the Great Song Heroes" is over