"The spring breeze is still the same, and the intention is to follow the willows. Rub the moth yellow desire, when the weather is clear. Last year's Zimo Qingmen, tonight's rain and cloud soul. Lost a lifetime of haggardness, only a few dusks. Wow, the words written by my sister are really, heh, I almost put a net of love on my face. Shame on you! ”

In the gorgeous boudoir, Li Bei'er looked at the poems written by Shangguan Shishi, and joked lightly, which attracted Shangguan Shishi's face for a while, and soon the two daughters made a joke into a mess.

When she was young, Li Sanniang came upstairs, stopped their play, and said with a smile: "Two sisters, okay, okay, don't make trouble, let's get down to business." The prince is preparing for the first year, and the newspaper is free to read every day. That's a lot of money. Paper, ink, rigidity, artificiality, everything costs silver. The husband doesn't care about the money, but we can't really not care. ”

Seeing that Li Sanniang had spoken, Shangguan Shishi and Li Bei'er hurriedly stopped joking and bent down to salute. Li Bei'er said: "What my sister taught is that, as the prince said, mastering newspapers and speech channels is equivalent to mastering the country's right to speak." Our newspaper is for the people of the world to read, just as the prince said, in the first month, we lay a good foundation first, and we are not in a hurry to publish the newspaper. ”

Shangguan Shishi also smiled and said, "Third sister, just rest assured." Let's not talk about the others, let's just talk about the words from the prince, this Dream of Red Mansions by Zhu Sihai and so on, which will be published in our weekly newspaper for a long time in the future. And what punctuation marks have been improved by the prince, I read our newspaper, and I can't do it if I don't want to! ”

Li Sanniang also agreed with the words and nodded with a smile: "The master is reasonable, the punctuation mark of the prince is really a stroke of genius." Sometimes when you think about it, it's really wonderful. It's obviously just such a small improvement, how come I, and many other literati, have never thought of being so flexible before? Do you only know how to inherit the ancient literary style? ”

"Maybe this is what Su Xian said, looking at it horizontally, it is a peak on the side of the ridge, and the distance and height are different. I don't know the true face of Lushan, just because I am in this mountain! Shangguan Shishi replied with a sigh.

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In fact, punctuation marks are also found in ancient texts. But it is different from the modern symbols of the new China in later generations!

In the Book of the Houma League in the Spring and Autumn Period, one or two short lines were used to indicate repetition and punctuation. The Han Dynasty invented the "sentence reading" symbol. A short paragraph with complete semantics is a "sentence"; The paragraph in which the meaning of the sentence is not finished and the tone can be paused is "read" (read, equivalent to the current comma).

These are the earliest punctuation marks in Chinese history. However, it is not uniform, not universal, and extremely non-standardized. Therefore, Shangguan Shishi said that Zhu Zilong improved the symbol, not invented it.

Because punctuation is not uniform and refined, sentence breaks, misunderstandings and jokes abound in Chinese history.

There will even be a very serious sentence that conjures up two completely different meanings. The more classic ones are like Confucius's: the people can make it impossible to know it!

With Confucius's personality and character, it should be more reasonable to break the sentence "the people can make it happen, but not make it known". The explanation should be that the people can let people guide them, but they can't let people control them.

There is no problem with traditional sentence breaks, the problem lies in the interpretation of the word [可].

First, the son said: The people can make it, but they can't know it.

Second, the son said: The people can, let it be; No, you can know it.

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When he first crossed over, Zhu Zilong also felt that the books and words of the ancients were rather clumsy. However, after living here for a while, he finally understood why so many smart people in the long history of China for thousands of years have not actively invented and improved punctuation to the extent of the modern 21st century.

Actually, there is a reason for this!

This is because the production of ancient books was very low at that time, and there were very few types of books that could be found on the market. This is true even for foreigners, for example, at the end of the Middle Ages there was one of the most learned scholars in Europe - he had only read more than 800 books in his lifetime, so the erudition of the ancients was not the same as it is today.

The erudition of the ancients was intensive reading, which in English means intensivereading.

Take a hundred or more books and put them in front of you, it may be the book you want to read for the rest of your life, so read slowly, word by word. Read it again and again, and experience the meaning between the lines over and over again - isn't it painful to read it quickly and not read it later?

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Under the leadership of Li Sanniang, the three daughters worked hard.

When it was time to rest in the evening, when he returned to his residence from the workshop, Shangguan Shishi stretched his waist and said with a sigh: "The lead type improved by the prince is really unusual. Although it is a strange silver skill, the effect and speed of printing are far better than that of engraving, but it is a great merit. In the future, maybe the prince will be like Bi Sheng, who invented movable type, and it will not be possible for a hundred generations. ”

After Li Sanniang heard this, she sighed: "Even if it is a merit, I am afraid that it will only be a good word in later generations." At first, it is not necessarily, if we use it for private use, it is okay, if it is promoted. I don't know how many people will lose their jobs because of this lead type, and the time will be mixed! ”

Shangguan Shishi and Li Sanniang made different speeches, representing two different points of view.

This is the struggle between ideals and reality!

"Hahaha, what about the strange silver skill? What if it will make many people lose their jobs? It's just the needs of the times, which things do we use in our lives that are inseparable from these things? In my opinion, the temporary will make some old craftsmen lose their jobs, and that is just a labor pain. If you can't transform, come to me, all the craftsmen here are very welcome, they are much more useful than those who read and what talents! ”

In a burst of laughter, Zhu Zilong walked in from outside.

"Lord Wang, how can you talk like that? In this world, could it be said that the gentry, doctors, and literati are not as good as those craftsmen? Shinong, industry and commerce, the world's edification work, but a great merit. Shangguan Shishi obviously disagreed with Zhu Zilong's point of view.

Therefore, even if the woman is under her husband's outline, she is a little dissatisfied in her heart, and she can't help but spit out.

In the past, she was a famous prostitute, and all she came into contact with was a book full of poetry and books, and she played high-end wind and snow. Naturally, some things are incomprehensible, but it's normal.

Zhu Zilong smiled and pulled them to sit down at the table.

"Everyone can say the truth, but the truth is always hidden in the dark, and it is difficult for ordinary people to understand, or they don't say it if they see it clearly, just because interests are involved." Zhu Zilong smiled lightly and spoke:

"It is said that he rules the world with the king, but the gentry group is still too selfish and distracting. has always held the right to speak, and your life circle was so big before, and you didn't have much social experience, it is actually normal to be blinded by the illusion created by others. This country is not only singing and dancing, there are more hidden dangers, think about so many corrupt officials. You are all wise women, think about my words a little more, and you will understand! ”

When he was young, Shangguan Shishi thought for a while, stood up and bowed to Zhu Zilong, and said solemnly: "Lord Wang, the slave family has been taught!" ”

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