Chapter Seventy-Three: Guilty for the Teacher

Cai Ji was convicted of being a teacher

Don't forget to read in the face of adversity

Zhu Xi suddenly remembered something and said to him: Ji Tong, you are gone, but there are still difficulties in the "Deed of Participation", which have not been sorted out, what should I do?

Cai said to Zhu: "Teacher, what questions do you still have that need to be answered?"

Zhu said four things successively, Cai answered casually, and many people on the side showed admiration.

Zhu Xi obtained the consent of the messenger and took Cai Jitong to the Hanquan Essence House, and the two participated in the "Deed of Participation" together, from the evening until the next day.

The snow was still falling, and the north wind was blowing. Zhu Xi knew that the king's order could not be violated, and he could not stay any longer. Then he picked up a glass of Zhuangxing wine to Cai Jitong, looked at many relatives, friends and students, and said sincerely: "Being friends and loving each other, being strong and unyielding in the face of hardships, these two points are manifested in Cai Jitong, which are rare in the world and unheard of in history." ”

The teacher and student drank it all and said goodbye.

Daozhou is located in the southernmost part of Hunan, bordering Liangguang, and is 3,000 miles away. For an old man in his sixties, walking with a pole is tantamount to going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire.

Arrangement is different from placement, like a sinner, and there are officials to escort them along the way. Fortunately, the sky has eyes, three thousand miles away, and with the help of his son and disciples, Cai Jitong came over. Due to excessive physical exertion, after arriving in Daozhou, Cai Jitong's body has been very weak.

For a scholar who loves to read, his greatest pain is not illness and disaster, but whether there is a place to put down a desk and whether there is time for him to read and think. Cai Jitong is like this, not confused, not trapped in love, not afraid of the future, not thinking about the past, so well.

The climate in Daozhou is harsh, and he is riddled with diseases, it doesn't matter, thinking that the annotations of the Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn Period, and Zuochuan have not yet been completed, and the number of Hong Fan has been lost for a long time, but he has a unique experience, but he didn't have time to write it, and he was anxious, and he was busy asking his son Cai Shen to write a family letter.

In his letter to his family, he told his children and grandchildren: Only by doing every step in accordance with benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, can it be passed on to future generations. Walking, sitting, and lying down must be reasonable, and you must be cautious: walking alone, you must be worthy of your shadow, sleeping alone, and you must be worthy of the quilt that warms you. I can't let myself loose and indulge because I'm the one who has been sinned. He also assigned tasks to his three sons: the eldest Cai Yuan focused on studying the Book of Changes, the second Cai Xin interpreted the number of Hong Fan, and the youngest son Cai Shen annotated the Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography.

A few days after arriving in Daozhou, scholars from near and far heard about Cai Jitong's reputation and came to him for advice, and some even worshipped him as a teacher. Someone kindly advised him: Those who have been offended should close their doors to avoid causing trouble.

Cai Jitong was not afraid, and said awe-inspiringly:

Knowledge is not guilty. People come to study sincerely, how can they bear to turn them away, if there is a disaster, I am afraid that it will not be avoided by closing the door and blocking the window.

Daozhou Sihu joined the army, Wang Zeng was talented and learned, quite conceited, and often laughed at others for ignorance. One day, when I met Cai Shen, I deliberately made it difficult, but I knew that Cai Shen was knowledgeable, and he couldn't ask how difficult it was, so he hated to see each other late, and the next day he was going to worship Cai Ji as a teacher.

There is also a Jinshi named Li Changgeng, who visited him, and once they talked, they saw each other as if they were old, and they were deeply attracted by his mind and knowledge, and regarded him as a confidant. Seeing that the son Cai Shen was handsome and elegant, he wanted to marry Cai Ji and marry his daughter to Cai Shen. Cai Shen has married a wife and had children, so he politely declined.

It turned out that the daughter of the Li family was born dignified and delicate, studied with her father since she was a child, and was quite good at reciting poems and lyrics, vowing to find a young talent with considerable talent. However, Daozhou's status is remote, and there are very few suitable young talents. The light wind and the moon passed, the years passed, and in an instant, she was twenty-three years old and became an older leftover girl.

As soon as Li Jinshi went home, his daughter's heart sprouted. The next day, Li Jinshi took his wife to the place where Cai's father and son lived, and saw Cai Shen's face like a crown of jade, full of splendor, and he would like his daughter to be young and marry the Cai family.

Cai Jitong was moved by Li Jinshi's sincerity and persuaded his son to marry the daughter of the Li family. Cai Shen saw that the Li couple were so sincere, so he had to nod his head and agree. Subsequently, the two elders were sent home, and the two met and were satisfied.

Peach and willow green, flowers in full bloom, good bird branches, chirping like turning.

In the rented thatched hut, Cai Shen and Miss Li tied the knot, the hibiscus tent is warm, and the copper finch is deep in spring, this is really a thousand miles of marriage, and the lover is bitter and sweet.

Despite being thousands of miles away and being guilty, due to the arrival of the bride Li, the lives of Cai's father and son and Qiu Chong have added a lot of vitality.

A few months later, Li gave birth to a boy for the Cai family, and in the suffering, Cai Jitong experienced the joy of family, but unfortunately, the happy time was too short, and a few days later, Li died in childbirth.

Complete one's misery. Soon, Cai Jitong also fell ill, and a few months later, he died suddenly. Before dying, he instructed his son to make the coffin smaller, the funeral to be simple, and not to accept gifts from relatives and friends. The governor of Daozhou reported the situation, and the imperial court allowed Cai Ji to return to his hometown. Cai Shen and Qiu Chong returned to Jianyang, but due to the difficult journey, they had to entrust their eight-month-old son Cai Zhen to his maternal grandfather Li Gong to raise.

About three months later, Cai Jitong's coffin was buried in Cuilan Mountain, Jianyang, and Mr. Zhu Xi was in tears, calling for heaven and earth. After that, three wrote essays to mourn.

Since my dynasty, only Ji Tongjun can learn from the past and the present, the origin of the Tao, the knowledge of the elite, the outstanding talent, the unyielding will, the unbreakable festival, the inexhaustible debate, and the merit of carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future, sadly, from now on, I will never see you again.

Cai Jitong has read countless books, devoted his life to exploring things, insight into righteousness, and has written 17 books, including "University Theory", "Interpretation of Lu Benyuan", "Hong Fan Explanation", and "Geography Theory", and assisted Zhu Xi in writing five books. It can really be described as a moral master and an academic giant.

suffered this disaster for no reason, and it was caused by Zhu Xi's twists and turns. Therefore, when people are unlucky, the best thing to do is to be silent, to be silent, to be silent, to say nothing, to do nothing.