The event was about to start, and at the suggestion of Wang Mai, Kong Yingda and others took the lead in organizing the first rehearsal before the event. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Okay, okay, okay......" Wang Mai shouted to the stage with a loudspeaker of rolling paper, "You don't need to perform in real life, you just need to be familiar with it, the main thing is to be familiar with the entrance." Now for the third item, the debate between the two sides, the topic is 'white horses are not horses', everyone knows the rules, I will omit it today, and now invite both sides to enter. ”

As soon as the words fell, the people next to him remembered the vocal music, and the two teams of Confucians, dressed in red and blue silk clothes, went to the stage and sat on both sides.

"As we all know, the white horse is not a horse is a point of view put forward by the Warring States Gongsun Long, who once relied on his own language to outperform many famous people. First of all, please ask the head of the main side to state his own point of view, with 60 breaths as the time limit. ”

Dai Xuan tidied up his clothes, stood up and walked to the center of the stage, and bowed to the eight debaters on the opposing side: "Horse is a general term, whether it is a white horse, a black horse or a red horse, the sum of all horses constitutes a horse." A white horse is only a part of the horse, just as the hand is a part of the human body, and the hand cannot be a human being. Therefore, our point of view, white horses are not horses, agree. After saying that, Shi Li stepped back and sat down.

"Dai has finished stating the positive viewpoint, please ask the representative of the opposing side, the author Lang Li Xuandao to state the opposing viewpoint, and the time is sixty breaths."

"We believe that a white horse is a horse. The horse has four hooves, two ears, a long tail and other characteristics, but it does not limit its color, as long as it conforms to the characteristics, whether it is and color, it is considered a horse, and the statement is finished. After Li Xuandao finished speaking, he also retreated to his seat.

"I object," jumped out of the second argument, "the donkey also fits the characteristics you say, that is, the donkey is also a horse?" ”

"Naturally not," the opposing side stood up and said, "just now we didn't say anything about the characteristics of the whole horse, the horse is a horse, and the donkey is a donkey, so naturally there is a difference......

"Then there is a difference between a white horse and a red horse, and how do you know the difference between a donkey and a horse and a horse and a horse?" The three debaters on the positive side retorted.

"Absurd, there is a difference in nature, otherwise what is the difference between man and beast?"

"Stop!" Wang Mai shouted holding the paper tube.

Everyone looked at him puzzled, not knowing why they shouted to stop.

Wang Mai gave a salute to the three referees in the center: "The opposing view is suspected of personal attack, and it is out of the issue, please ask the three referees to decide." ”

"Really?" The old man at the head was watching the excitement, and he didn't feel anything unusual at all, so he hurriedly asked Kong Yingda and Yan Silu on both sides.

Wang Mai sighed helplessly, Wang Shichong actually sent such an old guy to be the referee, he really had to interfere in everything. This old man's name is Su Wei, he is ranked as the third duke, his beard is white, and he looks like he is not eighty but seventy-nine. The old guy is an old minister of the Sui Dynasty, but he took the lead in persuading Wang Shichong, which is really not old-fashioned. On weekdays, I pretend to be confused when I have nothing to do, and when it's time to stand in line, my nose is better than anyone else's, and my low character is despised.

After listening to Kong Yingda and Yan Silu's opinions, Su Wei nodded: "The opponent is indeed inappropriate, give a warning, and if there is a recidivism, he will be directly punished." ”

After the verdict was announced, the sixteen people on both sides of the square once again began to start a new round of heated debate in turn.

Wang Mai sat quietly drinking tea to quench his thirst, and he didn't care who won or lost. Without strict logical language limitations, this controversy is doomed to be inconclusive, and such a debate has been going on for half a year. Many people have discovered such a problem, but have not come up with a solution. Wang Mai had already put the solution on Kong Yingda's desk, but he never received a positive reply from Lao Kong, only saying that the time had not come.

The reason why it is difficult to say that white horses are not horses is because of the vague definition of terms. Broadly understood, the word "non" in white horses is not horses, and white horses are not horses. However, Gongsun Long uniquely uses "non" as not the same, the horse is a set, the white horse is a part of the set, and the part is certainly not equal to the whole. The words of the ancients are very imprecise, perhaps this is a common problem of the literati, what flying down 3,000 feet, suspected of the Milky Way falling for nine days, although it is very beautiful, but the logic is not rigorous enough. It is necessary to distinguish between the literary and the instrumental nature of the text, and not to mix them, otherwise it is impossible to develop logic in the narrow sense.

Wang Mai's advice to Kong Yingda is to define concepts, describe them in precise language, and distinguish between broad and narrow senses, and only in this way can the most fundamental problems be solved.

dispersed, but Yan Qinli, who had not seen him for many days, found Wang Mai.

"Brother Qinli, I wonder where you've been all these days?" Wang Mai pulled him into the "Guoshixuan", sat down at the bar, and asked for two cups of herbal tea.

"To tell you the truth, I've been living outside the city for a few days." Yan Qinli looked at the single-ear porcelain cup in his hand curiously and said.

"You're going to observe those cold beans?"

"Not only observed, but also planted a piece of land himself, and only when autumn comes, you can know the truth." Yan Qinli said with a smile.

"You still planted a piece of land?" Only then did Wang Mai notice that there were many slender scars on his hands, "I'm just guessing, why are you bothered?" ”

"No, you also said that agriculture is the foundation of the country, and you must not ignore it. If it is really as Brother Ji Kai said, then there is a direction for improving the five grains, and it is only a few days of hard work and some hard work, what is this? ”

Wang Mai sighed, he also inadvertently talked about Mendel's pea separation experiment, the traits are dominant and recessive, but he didn't expect this Yan Qinli to really go outside the city to verify, and he also planted a piece of land himself.

"Brother Qinli, with all due respect. Improving crops is not something that happens overnight, and with your actions alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything in this life......"

"Why did Ji Kai say this?" Yan Qinli interrupted him, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and someone has to do this sooner or later. Even if there is no gain in this life, there is no regret in the next life, just to inherit my Yan family's family motto, this life is beneficial to all people, even if you die, you will not give up. ”

"But ......"

"Brother Jikai doesn't need to say much, he has made up his mind."

"Okay." Wang Mai said helplessly, hoping that he could retreat as soon as possible.

"This time, I came down to ask for something?" Yan Qinli said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"I see." Wang Mai called Liu Da behind him, "You go to the account room to pay 100 yuan for Brother Qinli." ”

"How does Brother Jikai know that he is trapped by wealth?" Yan Qinli said in surprise.

"Just look at your dude's face." Wang Mai said with a smile, "The Yan family acts frankly, and what can make Brother Qinli ashamed is probably talking about money." ”

"Sure enough, those who know me will continue to open. When he returns to Chang'an in the future, he will definitely try to return the money to you. ”

"You don't have to pay it back." Wang Mai waved his hand, "You only need to agree to one request from me." ”

"What are the requirements?"

"When the results of the experiment are in, you will give me a copy of the report." Wang Mai said. In any case, this first formal study on heritage is of great reference value, and even if Yan Qinli does not want to do it in the future, it will be useful to other interested people.

"It's a deal." Yan Qinli replied briskly.

"Ah Lang is such a good person." Liu Da said on the side, "I don't blink my eyes when I give it to a friend for a hundred times." ”

"Am I a good person?" Wang Mai shook his head, "You don't understand, he is." Compared to his determination, all my possessions are not worth it. ”

"Why did the officials say this? On that day, you ransomed our sisters out, and it only cost a few dozen yuan per person at most. Liu Ning'er behind the bar held her chin and said.

"The two are fundamentally different, how can they be confused. I bought you out to save one person, and his ambition is to save thousands of people. And you don't know the hardships of this matter, although their Yan family is already known for being poor among the scholars, it is far inferior to this matter. If you want to improve the good breed, you don't know how much effort you have to pay, and it depends on whether God gives you luck, if you are unlucky, you will not get a grain for a lifetime. Others don't even know what he's paid for? Thinking that you are doing useless work, how much pressure does this need to face? Wang Mai said with emotion.

In later generations, even when genetics had matured, in order to hybridize rice, Academician Yuan Longping wasted more than ten years of effort to sum up the successful seed production technology. The work of agricultural science is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future, but its own efforts are not proportional to the return, and few people are willing to bend down and deal with the crops all day long.

The old Yan family was originally good at the study of exegesis, even if it was a job with dedication far greater than reward, but I didn't expect that Yan Qinli's interest in this line was even more difficult to please the errand, and the innate sense of social responsibility of this family was really moving.

Just thinking about the origin, a figure sat on the seat of Yan Qinli, who had just left, Wang Mai turned his head to look, and suddenly felt a little weak, the person who came was the old monk Huicheng of the White Horse Temple.

"Ning'er, show the master tea." Wang Mai hurriedly stood up and saluted the old monk, "I am really flattered that Master Huicheng has come to our store. ”

The old monk thanked Liu Ning'er, turned his head to look at Wang Mai, still with a calm smile: "Assistant Teacher Wang is now famous in Luoyang, and he can still think of the name of Lao Gao, which also makes Lao Wei feel deeply honored." Although Huiyan's tone was calm, the meaning of his words was full of sarcasm.

"Master, please drink tea, this is the original tea making method of this teahouse, please taste one or two." Wang Mai awkwardly diverted the topic.

"Tea is good tea," Hui Cheng took a sip, "but it's a little bitter." ”

"At first, I drank it like this, but if you taste it carefully, you can still taste the sweetness."

"It's a pity that Lao Qu only tastes bitter in this cup of tea."

"Then I'll change a cup of tea for the master."

"Tea can be changed, but some things can't be remedied, the donor stays, and the old man retired first, Amitabha." With that, he got up and left his seat.

"What does this old monk mean?" Liu Ning'er watched Hui Cheng leave and asked curiously.

"Alas...... It's hard to put into words. Wang Mai told Liu Ning'er what had happened.

"In this way, didn't the officials offend these monks?" Liu Ning'er's face was a little solemn.

"There's no way around that," Wang Mai sighed, "I didn't expect to cause such a big storm at that time, but now I have to act cautiously and take one step at a time." ”