Chapter 19: A Visit to the Old Master

Acquaintance, acquaintance, and encouragement

Go to Jianyang to worship Mr

On this day, Xin Cheng came back from Jianyang and brought a reply from Zhu Xi's old master. Xin Chengming, this old master Zhu is really hard to find, although he is in Jianyang, but his whereabouts are uncertain, he will open a lecture for a while, ask questions in the mountains for a while, and go boating for a while, he will follow his footsteps first, always one step slower, there is no way, so he has to wait in the examination pavilion.

Unfolding the old master's reply, the familiar book came into view:

You'an's entry into Fujian this time to serve as the Constitutional Department is gratifying...... Zhuo Xun strange materials, dredge vision. economic career, with the heart of the royal family; The game article is also well-known in Shilin's mouth. If you are commanded to do something, you will be able to carry out your good name; Leading the military and political affairs of one side will make significant contributions.

Reading this, Xin Qiji smiled. This old master has always been in tune, and today's praise is a little unaccustomed.

At the end of the letter, he told him that in recent months, he had been lecturing and writing in Jianyang Kaoting, and was waiting to come at any time to exchange ideas.

It stands to reason that Xin Qiji and Zhu Xi are two completely different people. Zhu Xi grew up in a family of poetry and books, familiar with the history of the scriptures since childhood, good at thinking, set the culmination of the two Cheng Luo learning, and carry forward, self-contained, the Song Dynasty Acting School to a new peak, was regarded as a saint by Confucianism, the works are equal to the body, the students and disciples are all over the court and the opposition, speaking and acting Svendali, following the rules, just like a learned Confucian, life mentor appearance. And Xin Qiji, born in Jinan under the rule of Jin, suffered from the oppression and discrimination of foreign races, the figure is martial arts, practiced a body of martial arts, in his early twenties, he broke out of the encirclement, led thousands of people to defect to the Great Song Dynasty, at a critical moment, he was full of courage, led fifty soldiers to gallop thousands of miles, captured traitors like probing for things, and was a typical hero. But unlike ordinary heroes, in the environment of emphasizing literature and ignoring martial arts, he wandered in the study, studied hard, so that he was full of economy, wrote poems and lyrics, and wrote brilliant words, such as flowers, and opened a heroic and unrestrained style of words, which was unique among scholars.

In the process of handling government affairs and interacting with each other, such two people sparked a spark and formed a deep friendship.

In the eighth year of Chunxi, Zhu Xi was appointed to know the Southern Kangjun. One day, a boat sailed on the Sand River in the territory of Nankang. After the officials of the Caoyun Department saw it, they were very surprised: you said that it was a passenger ship, but you could not see the guests, the windows were not only not opened, but they were all covered with curtains tightly, saying that it was a cargo ship, and there was no tall cabin, although the flag of Jiangxi's pacification envoy was hung, and there were no high-ranking officials. The officials of the Caoyun Division went up to check, but the soldiers on the ship refused to let them, claiming that they were ordered by Marshal Xin and that they were the items that the Shuai Si wanted. No matter whose ship you are, Bi Jing is in Nankang, why don't you let it be inspected? The people of the Cao Yun Division forcibly opened the cabin and saw that it was full of cowhide. So, the ship was detained.

At that time, cattle were important livestock needed for production and transportation, and no one was allowed to slaughter them privately. The transportation and purchase of cowhide must be issued by the road-level transfer department to pass.

At this time, the official who escorted the ship took out Xin Qiji's approval, explaining that this was the military material required by the Huaidong Military Quartermaster's Department. The people of the Caoyun Division did not dare to call the shots, reported to Zhu Xi, and asked the army to decide. Zhu Xi decided: Since the procedures are incomplete and do not meet the regulations, then there is a suspicion of smuggling, no matter who the article is, it will not work, and confiscation is enough. A few days later, a pusher came to the Jiangxi Anfu Division, holding the approval document of the Jiangxi Transit Envoy and a letter from Xin Qiji.

The letter told him that this boat of cowhide was bought by the Huaidong army from Jiangxi, and at that time, because the transshipment envoy was on leave, there was no big seal, and Huaidong was in a hurry, so he wrote a note. Now, let's ask Lord Zhu to let him go.

Two days later, Xin Qiji brought people to the Nankang army. Xin Zhu and the two have known each other since then, so that they appreciate each other, and they have known each other for a long time and know each other deeply.

Regarding Confucius talking about the ideal state of life with his students Zilu, Zeng Hui, Ran You, and Gong Xihua, Zhu Xi has a wonderful explanation of Zengzi's answer, which makes Xin Qiji have to admire his learning and courage.

When Confucius asked Zeng Xi, Zeng slowly put down the Se in his arms, stood up and replied calmly: I hope that in the season when everything is reviving and the sun is shining, I will bathe in the spring breeze, throw myself into the river, go on a blind date with heaven and earth, wash my body and mind, and then go home singing and dancing.

Zhu Xi said that Zengzi did all the daily affairs, and there were no dazzling lofty ideals, but it was extremely difficult to do so, especially in the era of lust and materialism. It shows that his heart is full and full, based on the premise of the perfection of his own personality, and the ideal that everything has its own place, which is a level higher than positioning in a specific profession. This ritual of Zengzi may seem to have no practical significance, but it can make our hearts peaceful and make us one with heaven and earth. With a free mind to stretch and perceive the changes of the four seasons in time, let us jump out of the dust of the world, linger in the mountains and rivers, and chant the wind and moon.

When Zhu Xi passed his birthday, Xin Qiji wrote poems to praise:

After thousands of years of Tang Yu, there are only two or three people in Rugong.

Zhu Xi admires Xin You'an, acting resolutely, resourcefully, caring for the world, and being informal. I heard that Xin Qijian was idle in Jiangxi, and said to the students, "Xin You'an is a talent, shrewd and capable, there must be a misunderstanding, and I believe that the imperial court will be activated soon." ”

In the thinking of the two, there is another crucial commonality, that is, they are both main battle factions, that is, they do not forget the national shame, oppose peace with the Jin people, advocate enriching the country and strengthening the army, and restore the homeland of the Central Plains as soon as possible.

The new proposer Xin Qijian took advantage of the inspection to northern Fujian to go to Jianyang and appeared in the Kaoting where Zhu Xi was. Xin Qiji took advantage of the inspection of northern Fujian to go to Jianyang and appeared in the Kaoting where Zhu Xi was.

At this time, Zhu Xi was lecturing in the Bamboo Forest Retreat. Xin Qiji didn't want to bother, so he walked around and watched this famous academy.

The academy is backed by green mountains, surrounded by water on three sides, and the scenery is quiet. The study house sits in the north and faces south, warm in winter and cool in summer, bright and refreshing, the ancestral hall is quiet, the garden is beautiful, and it is indeed a good place to read in the downtown area.

Zhu Xi rushed over after hearing the news and hurriedly beckoned Xin Ti to enter the Kui Pavilion to rest.

The next day, accompanied by Zhu Xi, he swept the tomb of Zhu's mother, visited the Hanquan Jingshe, and visited Wuyi Mountain. In the first month of 1170, Zhu Xi buried his mother in the sun of Tianhu in the cold spring forest; In the same year, a fine house was built next to the tomb, and the plaque said that the cold spring was guarded and the filial piety was studied.

In addition to being happy, Xin Qijian wrote a poem and presented it:

There is a guest emperor in the mountain, and he sits on the fishing rock every day.

After exhausting the smoke and haze supply, when will Xibo Zai return.

Walking into the study Daguanxuan, Zhu Xi gave him two sets of books, one is "Recent Reflections" and the other is "Notes on the Four Books".

When night fell, the two of them had a long conversation in Daguanxuan.