"Ding! System prompt: After reading Mencius and understanding it thoroughly, the host has +1 basic intelligence! A few days later, when Lu An carefully read it and had his own understanding of every sentence in it, the prompt of the system finally came, which confirmed the judgment in his heart, it is useless to just read it by death, and it is necessary to experience it word by word in order to benefit from it.

Obviously, this is not a simple matter, in this world without punctuation marks and annotations, it takes a lot of energy and time to completely understand a book, but as long as there is the possibility of progress, then all this is worth it, and there is a reward for paying!

"How are you feeling these days?" Just as Lu An was about to take out a copy of the mean and continue to work hard, a richly dressed middle-aged man walked in from outside.

"Meet Taishou-sama!" When the two officials saw the comer, they hurriedly saluted.

"Excuse me! Lu An, have you read all the books I asked someone to give you? The person who came was Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, and at this time he was looking at Lu An with a smile.

"This, the lower officials are stupid, and they only understand the Analects and Mencius!" Lu An said humbly.

"Oh? After only two days of reading, I understood the Analects and Mencius? Are you sure? Kong Rong's face was solemn, and he said with a straight face.

"Almost! Among them, the words of the sage are basically understood! Lu An looked at the two bamboo slips that were engraved with punctuation marks by himself, and scratched his head, this should be regarded as an enlightenment!

"Since you are so confident, then the official will test you to see if you are really talented and intelligent, or if you are talking about it!" Kong Rong nodded, this is to check the results.

"Please also ask Lord Taishou to ask the question!" Lu An arched.

Zi said: "Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say?" Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? What is the meaning of this phrase that the sages want to express? ”

"Isn't it pleasant that Sage Confucius means that after learning it, he often reviews the connection? Isn't it nice to have friends from afar? People don't understand themselves for a while, and they don't resent themselves, isn't this also the behavior of a virtuous gentleman? Lu An replied. Oh? It seems that you have really put in a lot of hard work, so what about my teacher in the threesome? Kong Rong raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

"Three people go together, in fact, there will be my teacher, I choose his good aspects to learn from him, see his bad aspects and correct their own shortcomings!"

"It seems that you really have some insights in the Analects, so I have a good one in "Mencius", it is not harmful, it is a benevolent art, and I see the cow but not the sheep. A gentleman is also to beasts: when he sees his life, he can't bear to see his death; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh. It is a gentleman who cooks far away! What does this phrase mean? Kong Rong nodded appreciatively and asked again.

"Well, I think what the sages of Mencius mean by this: meat must be eaten, and there must be a heart of forbearance. Therefore, the intolerance of the far kitchen is not the intolerance of the cow, but the intolerance of his own heart, with this kind of intolerance, will not tolerate people, will be benevolent, as far as the monarch is concerned, will have a benevolent heart, will be benevolent. Lu An hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

Why do you understand that? It should be that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen! Kong Rong frowned and spoke.

"It's right to understand it literally, but since you want to eat meat, then you have to kill, if you really can't bear to kill, then you can not eat meat, but just stay away from the kitchen, it is inevitable that there is some self-deception, Xia Guan always feels that the words of the sages are not so simple after all, so he dares to understand in a different way!" Lu An arched. In the past two days of studying, he has generally gained a lot, these ancient sages are known as the master of all ages, it is not unreasonable, and many words have university questions.

"Oh? Hearing you say that, I'm being taught! After hearing this, Kong Rong was silent for a long time, and then bowed to Lu An and said.

"Hey, Lord Taishou, this can't be helped!" Lu An hurriedly helped him up, what about the pit father, you, the leader, bow to me in front of others, won't I be wearing small shoes to death in the future.

"Hehe, as the so-called threesome must have my teacher, I can't imagine that I Kong Rong is called a great Confucian, but my understanding of the words of the sages is not as good as you, a young man who has only been reading for two days!" Kong Rong smiled slightly, and said very chicly.

"It's just the subordinate talking nonsense, it can't be taken seriously!" Lu An's head was in a cold sweat, these ancients really couldn't understand.

"No, what you said is very reasonable, it seems that I still don't have enough knowledge, and I have to study more in the future, Lu An, you have lived up to my expectations, not only hard work, but also intelligence! The comprehension of the sages is unique, and he is really a genius in the world! Kong Rong smiled softly at him, not stinging with his praise at all.

"The reputation of the adult is just an occasional gain!" Lu An said humbly. He has been reading for a few days, and every time he encounters something he doesn't understand, he will always have some experience after reading it a few more times, and he doesn't know if it is the characteristic that he thought was chicken ribs and intelligence that played a role.

"Hmmm! What are you doing carving so many strange symbols on this bamboo slip? Kong Rong was about to say something, but found that the book "Mencius" that Lu An had just read and had not yet put away next to him was full of nicks, and asked strangely.

"Well, this is when Xia Guan consciously reads the book, he feels that it is more laborious to break sentences, so he created some punctuation marks as marks!" Lu An opened his mouth, but he still spoke.

"Punctuation?" Kong Rong was surprised.

"Yes, my lord, please see, this is a comma, which means that the previous words are a short paragraph, and this is a full stop, which means that the previous words are a large paragraph! This is a question mark, which means that the previous words are questions! Lu An pointed to the punctuation marks on it.

"Hehe, your method is also interesting, for a beginner scholar, it is much more convenient, but it is inevitably less fun to break sentences, not advisable!" After hearing this, Kong Rong smiled slightly, and then threw the book aside, he is a famous Confucian in the world, he is happy to read, and many studies are at his fingertips, and he doesn't need these punctuation marks at all, on the contrary, he also feels that with these punctuation marks, although it makes reading easier, but the fun is also reduced.

"Adults are talented! Xia Guan admires! Lu An patted his ass. These ancients don't understand what these punctuation marks mean now, and when it comes to the peaceful and prosperous era, with these punctuation marks, all readers will be able to have some deep understanding of the book, not to mention that everyone is like a dragon, but at least they will never let reading only become the monopoly of the family, but it is okay if Kong Rong didn't see this thing, otherwise I don't know what attitude he holds, after all, he is also a family.

"By the way, this is all focused on discussing knowledge with you, and I almost forgot about business, let's go quickly, I'll take you somewhere!" Kong Rong suddenly remembered his intention at this time, and hurriedly urged.

"My lord, why are you in such a hurry?" Lu An was surprised. With Kong Rong's cultivation and insight, it is rare to see things that move him.

"According to the report from the spies, there is an ancient heavenly monument in the northwest outside the county, hurry up and go with me, Shuzhi has already gone to lead the horse!" Kong Ronghuo hurriedly threw down a sentence and ran outside.

"Ancient Heavenly Monument?" Lu An read a sentence and followed.