Liu Xin organized the language for a while, and then said to Lai Ying'er: "Come to Ying'er, you should also know that the purpose of my coming to Luoyang is to restore the status and reputation of my ancestors, which I must do, but Your Majesty has not summoned me for the time being, and I am now just a Hu businessman or a Taoist priest, but I want to give you a decent wedding and marry you in a beautiful manner." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As soon as Liu Xin finished speaking, Lai Ying'er asked in surprise: "What, Liu Gongzi, you want to marry me, shouldn't it be a concubine?" ”

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows, and said with some puzzlement: "What concubine?" You may have misunderstood Ying'er, although I am indeed older, I am twenty-nine years old, but I have not yet married a wife and had children, because I have always believed in a truth - I would rather lack than abundant, I have not found my true destiny in the Western Regions, so I have never planned to marry a wife and have children. ”

Lai Ying'er covered her small mouth and said in even more surprise: "Liu Gongzi, didn't your parents urge marriage, after all, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest." ”

There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great.

This sentence of Mencius is also a famous saying in ancient China, but this is the same as Confucius's sentence "repay grievances with virtue", which is taken out of context and misinterpreted into the current meaning.

According to Mencius's original words, that is, "Mencius said: There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, and Shun marries without telling him, and he is without a queen, and the gentleman thinks that he will still tell him."

As long as the original text is analyzed, it is not difficult to find that the original meaning of Mencius saying this sentence is not the meaning that most of us understand, Liu Xin in the reading of all kinds of materials, think that the most pertinent of all the explanations should be - there are many manifestations of unfilial piety, but the most serious is the duty of not doing the junior.

As Liu Xin, who has experienced exam-oriented education, after connecting the context and knowing the background of this sentence, he became more and more sure of this explanation.

Because in the background of the story of this sentence, the relationship between Shun's parents and Shun is not good, so Liu Xin tried to translate the original text - Shun did not tell his surviving parents when he took his wife, and he did not do his duty as a descendant, but the gentleman thinks that although Shun did not tell his parents about it, it is actually not much different from telling his parents.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a scholar named Zhao Qi annotated "Mencius" and specifically expounded this sentence: "There are three things about unfilial piety in Yuli, which is said to be a will to be subordinate, to trap relatives and unrighteousness, and to be unfilial; The family is poor and old, not for Lu Shi, and the second is not filial; Don't marry and have no children, never worship ancestors, and don't be filial. Among the three, no one is the greatest. ”?

There is no doubt that this sentence distorts Mencius's original words in disguise, as a fairly famous scholar, how could Zhao Qi make such a serious mistake?

There is only one reason, and that is to serve the feudal rulers.

Since ancient times, the measure of whether a country is strong or not is the population, for example, when talking about a certain dynasty, the first sentence is how many households the population reached in a certain year AD, how many people in total, and so on.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Zhao Qi's commentary on Mencius's sentence is more in line with the self-interest of the feudal rulers than the original text, so it has been vigorously promoted.

In ancient times, the right to interpret classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics was in the hands of the family, and ordinary people were illiterate and did not understand whether these explanations were right or wrong, but as long as the beginning of this sentence was added with the name of "Confucius said" and "Mencius said", the common people would regard this sentence as a wise saying.

Coupled with the blind obedience of ordinary people, the distorted sentence "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great" only took a few decades to spread in the Han Dynasty, even if it was a daughter like Ying'er who had received a certain amount of education, she was also "brainwashed" by this sentence.

Liu Xin didn't know what to say about it.

But it's okay anyway, unlike the Song Dynasty, where science was prevalent, it actually put forward the slogan of "preserving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires", and some of the feudal customs criticized by modern people, especially the various restraints on women, basically started from the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, what Liu Xin hates the most is the Song Dynasty, and he thinks that the so-called literati of the Song Dynasty are a group of "keyboard warriors" and "internal dogs" in modern times.

Having said that, Liu Xin didn't want to be brainwashed by these inexplicable theories, so Liu Xin decisively moved out of his cheap master, Zhou Gong, and explained to Ying'er the true meaning of "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great" with the help of Zhou Gong's mouth.

After Liu Xin's explanation, Lai Ying'er also suddenly realized.

After Liu Xin saw that his explanation was very successful, he continued: "I have been learning immortal law with my master since I was a child, so my parents do not have high requirements in this regard, they just hope that I can marry a wife and have children, as for when to marry a wife and have children, it is up to me to decide, so I have always put this matter aside, and it took me five or six years to return to Dahan from the Western Regions, so when I returned to Dahan, I was almost thirty years old, so I was also thinking about finding an opportunity to marry a wife and have children. I didn't expect to meet my true daughter here, and I am really happy. ”

Lai Ying'er also nodded shyly, and said in a low voice: "I think so too, Liu Gongzi is also my true destiny, it's great to be able to meet Liu Gongzi!" ”

Liu Xin shook his head with a smile, and said seriously: "Come to Ying'er, why are you still calling me Liu Gongzi now, doesn't this seem very raw?" So you just call me Liu Xin, that's what everyone in my family calls me. ”

Lai Ying'er nodded first, then shook her head again, and said with some confusion: "Liu Gongzi, no, as for Liu Xin, it doesn't seem to be right, wouldn't it be a little wrong to call him by his name, Liu Gongzi, you better tell me the words, it's better to call him like this." ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but touch his head, the most troublesome thing for the ancient people was the title, which was too particular, and they had different titles in the face of different people, because the change of identity would also change accordingly, and saying the wrong title would also cause various problems, in short, it was very troublesome.

Therefore, Liu Xin also intends to simplify his internal titles, for example, Liu Xin has been imperceptibly, emphasizing that Huang Mei and others can directly call their own table words, and do not add some inexplicable prefixes.

And for those who are closer to him, there is only Lai Ying'er alone now, so Liu Xin hopes that she can call her by her name, because this is in line with Liu Xin's original living habits - after all, Liu Xin still remembers that he is a traverser. (To be continued.) )