[Tang Bohu's painting, Xu Zhang's arrow]

The award-winning painting was painted by Tang Bohu, he painted a courtyard picture, and when his grandfather saw it, he said, "Your master is Shen Zhou, right?" ”

Tang Bohu saluted and said, "Yes." ”

Ju Zhuang Weng looked at it for a long time, and suddenly said: "No, Shen Zhouzhi's painting has the style of Yuanren, how can there be the charm of the Tang Dynasty in this painting?" ”

Tang Bohu's face turned red and said, "This is the kid Hu Wei, I am attacking Li Tang from afar, and I am close to our teacher." ”

The father sighed, "This son will be good." ”

Grandpa looked at Tang Bohu with his professional easy-to-learn eyes, and sighed: "This son will be famous for eternity in the future, but it's a pity ......"

Tang Bohu's father had long heard of my grandfather's easy to learn and high name, and hurriedly asked, "What is a pity?" ”

My grandfather said, "It's a pity that it's a bad fate." ”

Father Tang wanted to ask again, but my grandfather had already gone inside.

I was about to make friends with Tang Bohu, but at this time, my mother suddenly rushed to me excitedly, took my hand and left, I didn't know what to do, and shouted: "Mother, what are you going to do?" ”

My mother couldn't help but pull me into the inner room, only to see a majestic middle-aged man standing in the middle, his hands twisting his long hair, laughing and saying, "Bo'an is here." ”

My mother said excitedly: "Bo'an, this is what I have been telling you about your teacher, Uncle Xu Yuanding. ”

At this moment, I only heard the sound of the wind next to me, I instinctively retreated, raised my hand, blocked a space, and then took advantage of the situation to sweep the hall, only to hear an oops, I turned around, and saw a child sitting on the ground.

Uncle Xu laughed and said, "Senior sister, Bo'an Ke has obtained your true inheritance!" ”

I saw the child on the ground stand up and say in a loud voice, "The great husband should be the enemy of all people, come!" Let's go than archery. ”

When I got to the school, I shot three arrows in a row, and the arrows hit the bull's-eye.

The boy sneered, jumped on his horse, and ran to the side as fast as he could, saying that it was too late, but it was too fast, and he saw that he had put three arrows in his hand, and the three arrows were fired at the same time, and they hit the bull's-eye at the same time.

Before I could applaud, he came back to his horse, and fired three arrows in succession, and the three arrows were shot at the bull's-eye like an arrow, and only one arrow was on target, and the other two arrows had been bounced to the ground, and I could not help shouting.

Later, Uncle Xu told me some ways of archery and the art of war, and asked me two questions in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one is that ancient hermits can make plans when they go out of the mountain, and they can do everything they want, what is the reason?

The second is Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched house, Zhuge Liang is playing the score, or is there another mystery?

He said that in a few years, when I went to Shanhaiguan, he would give me the answer.

By the way, his child's name is Xu Zhang, and he is my best friend, and he promised to pass on Zhuge Liang's secret formation and Qimen technique to me next time we meet.

Soon, they were leaving, and I was in tears and longing to see them soon. After that, I began to study the art of war.

I also love chess, because Ju Zhuang Weng is a chess master, I pestered him to teach me to play chess, and quickly indulged in it, so I delayed my studies, my father was very angry when he knew, so he threw all the chess pieces into the river, I was very helpless, for the situation that has become a fixed situation can not be changed, often can only be good as flowing.

Grandpa also said that I called it a gentleman's style, saying that "those who don't know their fate are not a gentleman", regardless of him, I was quite depressed at the time, so I took a poem:

Chess is happy all day long,

Bitterness is lost once it is strictly pro-family.

The soldiers fell into the river and were not saved,

The generals drowned and rested together.

Horses travel thousands of miles with the waves,

Shi into the three rivers to chase the waves.

A cannon sounded an earthquake,

If the heart is tugged at by others.

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My grandfather clapped his hands and called me an "eight-pronged poet".

What do I mean, I ask?

Grandpa said that the late Tang Dynasty poet Wen Tingyun forked his hands eight times, and he was able to compose a poem.

"Eight-pronged poets" refers to those who are quick to think and immediately become poets, and my grandfather has always thought that I am very fast in making poems, so he called me "eight-pronged poets".

Well, that's the end of my childhood studies.

Our family's luck has come, as the so-called "feng shui takes turns, this year to my house." ”

At first, after his father returned to his hometown from Qiyang, he repeatedly participated in the township test, but his name fell to Sun Shan.

In the sixteenth year of Chenghua, my father participated in the township examination in Zhejiang Province and won the second place.

In this year, that is, in the seventeenth year of Chenghua, my father took the first place in the temple examination, when my father was thirty-six years old and I was ten years old.

Here I briefly introduce the system of the Ming Dynasty, the Shangshu Province and the Ministry of Rites will hold the official selection examination in the capital every three years by the provinces to participate in the examination, only those who pass are eligible to participate in the palace examination presided over by the emperor, and the people who pass the palace examination are called Jinshi.

My father won the first place in the palace examination, which means that he has reached the top of the top list, which is amazing!

You think, it is already the glory of a family to be able to pass the Jinshi examination, not to mention the champion in the examination, which is the glory of the entire family.

I have the impression that during that time, the family came and went, the lights were colorful, it was lively, and the champion and the first were so glorious!

The villagers jokingly asked me, "Your father won the top prize, will you be able to do it in the future?" ”

I was so happy in my heart, but I said, "What's so great about being a champion?" ”

The friends coaxed: "Then tell me, what is better than the champion?" "I was stunned for a moment, yes, what's better than the champion?

This question used to bother me, but it wasn't long before I thought I had found the answer and became a saint!

That's right, becoming a saint is better than a champion cow! But the topic of saints involves two questions: first, can I do it? Second, even if I can do it, how should I do it?

Besides, in the year of the examination, my father was awarded the official of the Hanlin Academy by the imperial court.

There are several types of positions in the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty, and this revision is only one of them, this position is equivalent to the adviser or secretary of the Son of Heaven, and is not directly involved in politics, only the champion is eligible to be awarded this important position.

It can be said that it was a great honor for my father to obtain this position, but after my father became the founder of the Hanlin Academy, he missed my parents more and more, and because my grandmother was not in good health at that time, he decided to take my grandparents to the capital.

Under my father's arrangement, I followed my grandfather on the road to the capital.

On the way, I asked my grandfather, "What is a saint?" ”

Grandpa replied: "Zhang Zai, the grandmaster of the Qi School of the Northern Song Dynasty Confucianism, because of his name Hengqu, the world calls him Mr. Hengqu, and he has four sentences that are very famous, and the world is known as 'Hengqu Four Sentences'." Those who can do these four sentences are called saints."

I hurriedly asked, "Which four sentences?" ”

Grandpa said slowly: "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations." ”

and explain that "setting a heart for heaven and earth" is the ideological doctrine of the sage; "Establishing a life for the people" is the sage's ambition to govern the world; "Learning for the sake of the saints" is the educational ambition of the saints; "Open peace for all generations" is the application of the saints.

When I heard this, I secretly resolved to do these four things.

While talking, we came to Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, because I had heard my grandfather tell the legend of "Water Man Jinshan Temple", so I pestered my grandfather to go to Jinshan Temple, and my grandfather had no choice but to take me to Jinshan Temple.