Everyone dispersed, and only the old man who taught and Wang Zeng were left in the small pavilion.

"Xiao Zeng, what do you think of today's teacher's lesson?" The old man looked at Wang Zengdao with a look of hope. Liu Xu saw from the side that this old man valued Wang Zeng very much.

Wang Zeng pondered for a moment and said, "Today's teachings of Master Zhang are thought-provoking. In the past, Zhao Xianggong once said that he ruled the world with half of the Analects, and the kid never understood its meaning before, and even thought that half of the Analects could govern the world was pure nonsense. Isn't that if you have read the Four Books and the Five Classics, you will be able to dominate the world. Today, I listened to Master Zhang's teachings, and I realized that half of Zhao Xianggong's treatise on ruling the world is not a lie. Zhao Xianggong reads the general Analects, declars the meaning and introduces, obtains its essence, and learns and applies it lively, so that he can govern the world. Reading is not reading, but thinking, and using. This is true of Confucianism, and it is true of all other schools. The so-called believing in books is better than not having books, only reading but not doing, it must not work, and reading needs to appreciate its meaning in life. The kid was stupid, so he could only think of so much for a while, and begged Master Zhang for advice. ”

Zhang Zhen's teaching, not a blunt explanation, aims to rely on the students to think and comprehend on their own, seeing that Wang Zeng can comprehend so much in a moment, he can't help but smile.

At this time, the two heard a footstep coming, and couldn't help but look in the direction where the sound came from.

Wang Zeng looked up and saw Liu Xu, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Brother Liu, why are you here, come and sit down for a while." ”

Liu Xu walked quickly to the small pavilion and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, I haven't seen Da Lang for a long time, so I came to visit." ”

Wang Zeng said with a smile: "Zeng has always wanted to talk with his brother again, and talk about the sea and the sky. I have always wanted to visit my brother, but I was busy with my studies and I have not been able to make the trip. ”

"You and my brother, how can there be so many politeness. Ah, the pen and ink I brought you, but this time it wasn't given to you for free, you have to help me inscribe a plaque", Liu Xu said with a smile.

"Let the world brother break the bill again! Hehe, Zeng's inscription plaque, afraid of being laughed at by the brother, if the brother does not dislike it, he should serve himself", Wang Zeng regarded Liu Xu as a real friend, knowing that he had small assets, and was cheerful and generous, if he twisted, Liu Xu was unhappy, so Wang Zeng and Liu Xu were never polite. At this time, I suddenly remembered that my teacher was still beside me, and I forgot to introduce Liu Xu, so I hurriedly introduced to Liu Xu: "Brother Shi atoned for his sins, this is Zeng's mentor Mr. Zhang Zhen Zhang?" ”

Liu Xu was shocked in his heart, no wonder he was able to explain the Confucian classics with Huang Laozhi's learning, which was thought-provoking, it turned out that this was the cow man Zhang Zhen.

"Fuyaozi" Chen Tong inherited the tradition of elephant mathematics since the Han Dynasty, and put Huang Lao's pure and inaction-free thoughts, Taoist cultivation and Confucian cultivation, and Buddhist Zen society into the first-class, which had a great influence on the Song Dynasty and was an idol of intellectual literati since the Song Dynasty. And Zhang Zhen is a "swayer" with high feet, and he has done his best. His teaching is also unique, blending Huang Lao's thought with Confucianism, often only explaining the righteousness, and letting the students understand it themselves. In the Song Dynasty, the cultural atmosphere was open, and there was little political pressure, and Zhang Zhen's unique teaching method was not excluded, on the contrary, many students liked to listen to Zhang Zhen's lectures. Liu Xu just heard that he used Huang Lao's learning to introduce Confucianism, so he guessed in his heart that this old man might be Zhang Zhen, but he didn't expect it to be him!

Liu Xu hurriedly saluted and said: "Boy Liu Xu visited Mr. Zhang, he has admired Mr. Zhang's name for a long time, and it is really a blessing to meet Mr. Zhang!" ”

"Teacher, this is Zeng's friend Liu Xu and Brother Liu Shi", Wang Zeng introduced Liu Xu to Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen was stunned when he saw Liu Xu, muttering in his mouth, and his right hand in his sleeve kept pinching his fingers to calculate. He didn't realize the conversation between Liu Xu and Wang Zeng, and he didn't react until Liu Xu saluted.

Wang Zeng saw that Zhang Zhen had been stunned, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, his voice was a little louder, and he shouted: "Teacher, teacher"

Hearing Wang Zeng shout loudly, Zhang Zhen couldn't help but shake his body and returned to his leisurely and calm clarity.

"Well, the teacher heard it, little brother Xu doesn't have to be polite, the old man doesn't care about those false courtesies."

Zhang Zhen pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Guanxu's face should be a person of extreme wealth. I don't know if I can hear the eight characters of Brother Xu'er's birthday, the old man is Brother Xu'er, and he has a hexagram. ”

Liu Xu really didn't know his birthday, but fortunately, his father left him a record of his birthday, and he was born on July 21 in the ninth year of Kaibao (976).

At that moment, Liu Xu reported his birth date, as for the eight characters of his birthday, Liu Xu said in his heart: I'm sorry, I don't know, since you can tell fortunes, this will naturally be counted.

As for Zhang Zhen's statement that his fate is unspeakably expensive, Liu Xu automatically ignored it. In later generations, not all of them pretended to be gods and ghosts, and gave people fortune-telling sticks. Let's first say that your life is unspeakably precious, and he will give you a hexagram for free. After the calculation, he will say, although your fate is unspeakably expensive, but there should be a catastrophe in your fate, and then as for how to solve this catastrophe, you have to pay for it. The tricks that later generations played indiscriminately, Liu Xu didn't believe it.

However, Liu Xu thought about it, and he was really a little apprehensive in his heart, I don't know if this bull who studied under Chen Tuan can see that he is not from this world.

Zhang Zhen listened to Liu Xu's birthday, squinted his eyes, and pinched his fingers to count.

After a while, Zhang Zhen calculated the result in his heart, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, could anyone really have the merit of taking away people's lives? Looking at his face just now, he already saw that Liu Xu was the one who should have died aside, but he was obviously alive, so he guessed that he would take his life and come back to life. I was still a little uncertain just now, but now I am still a person who should have died by deducing from his birthdate, and I can't help but be shocked in my heart. Master Chen's number of techniques and physiognomy can't be wrong, but how did he do it when he couldn't even do it? Could it be that the pure yang real person did it? However, Zhang Zhen thought about it, although Chunyang Zhenren is very famous, but his intensive study is martial arts, and in terms of the number of techniques, it is far inferior to his master, and his descendants will not have such a skill against the sky to take away his life.

Zhang Zhen took a closer look at Liu Xu, and said in his heart: Looking at his pure eyes and radiant expression, he must not be a person who destroys great evil, but he thinks too much, let him go. The old man stared at him with his eyes, if he was a pure man, if he was really a great evildoer, the old man would do the right thing for heaven and get rid of him. But now I have to beat him a few words, lest he think that he has the ability to take away his life, and think that no one knows, and has no scruples.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhenlang said: "Brother Xu, fate is indeed unspeakably precious, and there will be great success in the future." However, Brother Xu needs to be cautious and uphold the right path, do not have evil thoughts, if you think that evil or even killing has succeeded, even if you have the merit of taking away your life, it will be difficult to protect your life. ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, what does it mean to take away his life, does he really have such a god, can he really see that he has crossed over?

Liu Xu hurriedly bowed deeply and said: "Master Zhang's teachings, Liu Xu must follow his heart in this life, thank Master Zhang for his advice." ”

After Zhang Zhen finished speaking, he seemed to be a little tired and said, "You two go by yourself, the old man wants to be quiet." ”

Liu Xu and Wang Zeng bowed down and retired.

Liu Xu kept thinking in his heart: Zhang Zhen's words seemed to be telling himself something, and it seemed to be beating himself. Could it be that the physiognomy at this time is really so powerful, can you really see that you have crossed over? Thinking that he was Chen Lu's tall feet, Liu Xu couldn't help but feel relieved, since he was rumored to be such a magical person in later generations, he might really have this magical power.

The thing that I crossed over is a deep secret in my heart, which I have always hidden in my heart, and I dare not tell anyone. It seems that this matter has been spied on by this old man, and it is not a bad thing, and judging by his words and deeds, it seems that there is no malice towards himself. There was a person who knew what he had crossed over, and Liu Xu still felt a slight sense of inexplicable relief in his heart.

Wang Zeng went to find a secluded room, and the two talked and laughed. Wang once told Liu Xu that Wang Zongyuan had already done it for him to enter the county school, and the vouchers for entering the county school had to be given to Liu Xu. The county school now does not require itchy students to go to school every day, but at the end of each month, they can take the county school exam. You don't have to go to school every day, Liu Xu is very happy, but there are exams every month, so I can't help but be a little worried. Fortunately, it is only once a month, Liu Xu is also relieved, and he comforts himself: There must be a way before the car arrives, and there will definitely be a way to take the exam at that time.

Wang Zeng took out his pen and ink and inscribed a plaque of "Cloud Gate Shochu Workshop" for Liu Xu. Liu Xu told Wang Zeng that he wanted Wang Zongyuan to ask Master Bai about the paperwork of his wine shop, and Wang Zeng readily agreed.

After chatting for a while, Liu Xu saw that Wang Zeng was busy with his studies, so he was not too bothered. At this time, Wang Zeng's inscription, the ink had dried out, Liu Xu stepped forward to roll up the rice paper, took the inscription, said goodbye to Wang Zeng, and Shi Shiran walked home.

ps: Ganzhi chronology

First of all, the heavenly stems and earthly branches are numbered as follows:

Heavenly stems: A, B, C, D, E, already, g, xin, non, dec

45678910123

Earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai

456789101112123

If you want to convert the year of the Common Era to the year of the Ganzhi Dynasty, use the mantissa of the year of the Common Era to find the corresponding in the heavenly stems. Then, divide the A.D. year by 12 and use the remainder to find the corresponding branch. In this way, the A.D. year is converted to the Ganzhi year.

For example: 1995 A.D

Use the mantissa 5 of the year to find out the corresponding stem as "B".

Then, divide 1995 by 12 to get the remainder of 3.

Use the remainder 3 to find the corresponding earthly branch as "Hai".

Then, 1995 A.D. is the second year of the lunar calendar.

Zhiji month method

The Ganzhi Month Method is not widely implemented, and it is mainly used for astrologers to calculate the eight characters. The method is: if it is the year of A or Ji, the first month is Bingyin; In the year of B or Geng, the first month is Wuyin; The first month of the year of C or Xin is Gengyin, the year of Ding or Ren is the year of Nonyin, and the first month of the year of E or Xin is Jiayin. The stem of the first month is known, and the rest of the months can be deduced in the order of sixty jiazi.

The Ganzhi discipline is said to be the law

Jiazi is the first, Yichou is the second, and Bingyin is the third...... 60 is a week. At the end of the week, it starts from Jiazi, and the cycle continues. For example, in the first month of the lunar calendar (1989), the first day of the first month is Ding You, and the second day of the first month is Wuxu...... It is exactly 60 days to the seventh day of the first month of March, so the second day of the first month of March is Ding You.

Ganzhi Chronological Law

The earthly branches of the hour of the day are also determined, so twenty-four hours are equipped with twelve earthly branches, from eleven o'clock in the night to one o'clock, from one o'clock to three o'clock in the night, and the rest is the rest. The heavenly stem of the time is prayed to by the saying, and its song is as follows:

A has been born A, B heptene C is the beginning,

Proxin from E, Ding Ren Gengzi Ju,

Where is the hair, Renzi is the true way.

That is, if it should be said to be A or one's own, then a child should be placed on top of the son; It is said to be B or G, and C is added to the child for C; When propylene is said, it is paired with e, which is penyl; Ding Ren said that he was Gengzi; Wu is said to be a non son. Knowing the stem and branch of the sub, you can deduce the rest

If you are interested, you can try to calculate your birth date by yourself!

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