Chapter 240: [Baizi Makes Words]
Food will always shorten the distance between people, eating fish and sitting on the second floor of the museum and watching the rain of welcoming guests, Dongyang Jun suddenly had endless words.
"It is said that Lao Qin is bitter and cold, but where does Bai Zi know the misery of the Zhou royal family? You may imagine that my king wants Korea to enshrine a chariot that meets the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, but Han Hou said that the honor guard of the Son of Heaven is not among the princes; The Son of Heaven should have six divisions, but where can my king afford to raise six divisions, just by virtue of the size of Luoyi? The Son of Heaven has rewarded the princes with all the land, and now they are sitting big, but they regard the Son of Heaven as nothing, only when they think of asking for a name and needing the Son of Heaven to give meat, this will be more respectful, and where is the conscience? How much do you say you want for 500,000 gold? How! ”
"This guy must be poor and crazy"
Wu Zhen desperately stuffed the delicious fish in his mouth, and looked at Dongyang Jun with wide eyes; I thought that Yue Guo was miserable enough, but Sister Lu Zhen said that the master was a person with great ability, and she must listen to him and please him, so that Yue Guo might get his help, and the people of Yue Guo could live a stable and happy life; I can't imagine that the dignified Zhou royal family will be so miserable? The louder this Dongyang-jun spoke, the more it seemed like he was crying and begging his master, didn't he just want to ask for more money?
"The decline of the royal family is the result of hundreds of years of accumulation, and it can not be changed for a while, why should Dongyang Jun be so emotional?"
Bai Dong nodded to Nie Zhu, and Nie Zhu stood up, took out a book from his backpack and put it on the table.
"It's impossible to get 500,000 gold, 300,000, I can call the shots with this number, but I still have to ask the Zhou royal family to help me do it."
"Help you get done? What's up. You can't tear the ground and become a country. Do you want my king to give you a name? ”
Dongyangjun smiled. You only have to look at this book to understand; Dong thinks that books are the first writers, but where the world is prosperous, literary affairs must be promoted first; But when the scholars of the world wrote the book, they always had to hold the pen knife in their hands and strive to carve on the bamboo slips. When encountering a standing book, it is still necessary to engrave it in the bamboo slips, but it is not willing to write in the paper book, this is not a paper book and not as much as the bamboo slips, the cover habit has become, and it is difficult to change in a hurry, and this old habit is not changed, it will be hindered in the literature! If a 'calligraphy' came out, it attracted scholars to compete to write a book, splashing it for fun. Isn't it good to cultivate one's mind and become a scholar, in this world? ”
"Oh? Bai Zi can really say things that have not been said before. For something that no one has done before, could it be that there is the 'calligraphy' you said in this book? But why do you need my king to help you in this matter, as soon as Bai Ziwen was released, there were immediately scholars from all over the world gathered good words! The original character can still be written like this? ”
Dongyang Jun opened the book as he spoke, and found that it was written in a "Pastoral Oath" by Yuan Sheng Zhou Gongdan, the content of which was to denounce Shang, affirm that he was bowing to heavenly punishment, proclaiming combat discipline, encouraging soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, and so on.
Bai Dong in the copy of this Yuan Shengwen, with the big seal text, although the penmanship is complicated, but in the handling of strokes and font structure has a unique, it looks like the font is novel and the pen is strong, making this article more majestic, Dongyang Jun saw the case applauded, but always felt that these words were good, but there was still something missing, but they couldn't be blamed.
"Does Dongyang-kun think that these words are very beautifully written, but there is always a feeling that he can't stretch out? The words clearly contain charm, but they seem to be blocked by the font itself, but so? ”
Later calligraphy began in official script, flourished in regular script, and reached its peak when cursive script appeared. But before Lishu, there was no famous calligrapher in Chinese history, the reason is that papermaking had not yet been invented at that time, and the brush was only reduced to a simple stationery used by scholars to write shorthand or merchants; The second is that at this time the popular large seal strokes are numerous, which not only restricts the imagination of the writer, but also is not convenient to write with a brush.
Bai Dong was a member of the university calligraphy club in his later life, and he had copied the fonts of many calligraphy masters, but he could write the big seal, but he still couldn't stretch it.
"Yes, that's what it means, Bai Zi summed it up so well!"
Dongyangjun slapped the table excitedly. He had this feeling when he was reading the words just now, but he couldn't summarize it, and now that he was broken by Bai Dong's words, he only felt very happy in his heart.
Bai Dong thinks that everything in the world should be simple and simple, and only people's greed will be simple and complex; Therefore, those who seek simplicity are innate and clear, and those who seek complexity are acquired turbidity. What is the purpose of the Bai family's improved invention of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone? It is to make the things of the world complicated and simplified, so that the literature is prosperous, and the etiquette is restored, but if the text cannot be simplified, what is the point of the Bai family doing all this? ”
"Could it be that Baizi still needs to improve the font?"
"I'm afraid that improvement is not enough, I want to create a new font and promote it all over the world!"
Li Si simplified the large seal into a small seal to facilitate writing, which can be called 'improvement'. But Bai Dong was a little anxious, thinking that the scholars of this era were not idiots, they could fully understand and accept the official book; Just as people who can understand traditional Chinese characters can also understand the simplified Chinese characters of the mainland, and mainlanders can also understand the traditional Chinese characters of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
To change the habits of the world's scholars, the empty Zhou royal family is particularly important. The princes of the countries only look down on the strength of the royal family, but in fact, they still have a longing for the royal family in their hearts; As for the Tianxia School, not to mention Confucianism, although the Legalists are realistic, they also serve the king, so they naturally will not oppose the royal family, and the Mohists, who love the world, will not refuse such a good thing of simplifying the complex, although they sometimes go to be assassins, they are also the greatest craftsmen and scientists of this era.
"You want to make words? This and this"
Dongyangjun was obviously a little messy, and he didn't know what to say; Wu Yuan looked at the master with great admiration, the master has such a big ability, what is it to make a word? Dongyang Jun is too uninformed, just a soil frog squatting at the bottom of the well.
The newly created font is in the back, and Dongyangjun can see it after turning a few pages. Dong has no other requirements, only hopes that at the literary meeting three days later, the Zhou royal family can express their support for me in public, and take the royal family as the guide, and in the future, the royal family's documents and historical records, letters and exchanges with various countries, and even the issuance of royal decrees, will use this new font. What does Dongyang-kun think? ”
"Well, the shape of the new font created by Baizi is flat, the strokes are round, the structure is more simple and clear, but it does not hinder recognition, yes, it is really good, with this new font, it seems that Baizi's calligraphy is wonderful and extended, and the strange feeling that there is clearly a god in it, but it can't stretch and stretch has disappeared."
Lishu is more suitable for writing with a brush than Li Si's improved small seal, not only is it convenient and quick to write, but also pays more attention to the harmony of square and circle, yin and yang harmony, not like the seal book blindly pays attention to the cumbersome strokes, the font is round, it is better to look at it closely, and it is a goose egg to look at it from afar. I couldn't see this kind of style before, but once I saw it, anyone who knew a little bit of writing and ink could find the beauty of it, let alone Dongyangjun, a 'senior intellectual' who had received the enlightenment of the royal family since childhood? When I saw it, I couldn't put it down, and I couldn't wait to lie on the book and appreciate it carefully, but I was amazed, but I forgot to answer Bai Dong.
Wu Zhen also came over to see, and also picked up the spoon dipped in fish juice on the table to imitate the writing, and actually learned a good way, although it was not as strict as Bai Dong's law, and he had the demeanor of everyone, but it was much better than the seal text he wrote himself, and he didn't like it again and again. In the past, he was always ridiculed by Sister Cao'er for his ugly handwriting, but after learning the master's new Chinese characters, he was no longer afraid of being laughed at.
"What does Dongyang-kun think? I know that you are the uncle of the Son of Heaven, and you can decide this matter. ”
"Uh, this matter seems to be a little difficult, Bai Zi also knows the way, the royal family is poor, the Son of Heaven is worried, where do you still have the heart to take care of these idle things?"
Dongyang Jun withdrew his mind from the book, his expression miraculously became much more indifferent, he shook his head slightly, and gently turned the fish with a spoon, very much like those greedy ~ officials who liked to move their fingers the most in later generations.
"If this thing is done, future generations will recite the wisdom of the Son of Heaven, does the Son of Heaven not care about the name behind him?"
"If this thing is successful, the most famous is not you Baizi? What the royal family wants now is not a false name, seeing that the king does not have a gorgeous chariot when he travels, the dignified queen even has to use some Yandi rouge carefully, and the prince wants to travel around the world, but those countries are unwilling to bear the road expenses, Dongyang is distressed! ”
Dongyang Jun looked at Bai Dong fixedly, and his eyes suddenly turned red: "The royal family doesn't want anything else, they want money!" ”
He's made up his mind to die for money.
"In addition to the 300,000 gold as a tribute, I will personally give another 200,000. But if I lend it to the royal family, I will have the opportunity to return it slowly in the future, what does Dongyang-kun think? ”
Bai Dong chuckled, like a cunning male fox.
More than 2,800 words of text, and then a hundred crosses is 3,000, you can make more money, but you can think that it should be broken here. (To be continued......)
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