No. 327: [Printing]

Li Chengqian said: "Master, don't worry, didn't we indicate on the list that if someone finds the correct pronunciation in the future, can they write a letter, then let's wait." ”

Yu Zhining also smiled and said to Confucius: "Brother Zhongyuan, don't worry, this matter is not in a hurry for a while. ”

Confucius continued to say worriedly: "The list posted two days ago is out of secrecy, and these remote words are not on the list. And those who did not participate in today's One Word Thousand Gold Campaign, even if they knew, had no way of knowing which words came to the letter. So do we need to make up a list of articles? ”

This was said implicitly out of secrecy.

Li Chengqian smiled, which means that because he wanted to prevent the fat man from dying, he didn't post the remote words.

"Absolutely. But Cheng Qian has a way! Li Chengqian said to Confucius.

Confucius looked at Li Chengqian.

He said: "We can wait for the dictionary to be printed, and then put these words at the back of the dictionary and indicate that these words are remote words that have not been pronounced, so that people can see the dictionary and know the pronunciation of which word in it, and then they can write letters." ”

Confucius and Yu Zhining glanced at each other, Yu Zhining turned his head and said to Li Chengqian: "The minister is still thinking that this is all printed, is it inappropriate that this word is not complete?" But think about it, if it can't be done, it can't be forced, and this word can't be all and can't delay the printing of the dictionary, and the minister has to admire His Highness's decisiveness again! ”

Confucius nodded and said, "This is indeed a good way." ”

Li Chengqian was praised by them and did not lift his tail to the sky. Instead, I thought of a solution. After pondering for a while, he said: "Master, I think that these remote words are nothing more than words that have been lost in history, and some of them may not have been pronounced at all, or they may be words made by the ancients at random, and they have not been popularized and are only in one or two books that are not famous, so they are also meaningless words. Now when we're compiling dictionaries, these words are like rootless, ownerless things, so we have two ways to deal with them. ”

Confucius and Yu looked at him seriously.

Li Chengqian continued: "First, it is to give up, erase these words, and not let them be in the dictionary. Second, let's give him a phonetic. ”

"Aren't we writing dictionaries in this way?" Confucius couldn't turn his mind for a while.

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "The master misunderstood, we personally made up a pinyin for him." ”

"Oh, that's it." Confucius nodded. This is also a helpless move.

Master Yu asked, "Can we just call a sound?" ”

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Actually, there is still a basis. Chinese characters, the structure of their fonts, and their shapes are all related to their meanings and pronunciations. Either figurative words, or with sideways, these may be the basis for the pronunciation of the word, we can start from this aspect. ”

Both Yu and Confucius nodded. I agree with Li Chengqian's words.

"And remote words, the reason why they are called remote words, is that everyone doesn't understand much, they don't use it often, and they can't read it, and they don't even understand this word, so even if we make it and there is a mistake, it won't have much impact." Li Chengqian continued.

"And because of the infrequent use of remote words, so these words are made out early, and they will not affect the use of dictionaries by ordinary readers, so our next task is to print the dictionary as soon as possible, so that readers all over the world can understand pinyin and dictionaries first, which is the real truth!"

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian looked at the two masters.

Bang Bang Bang!

Master Yu applauded first. He is a master who is easier to accept new things than Confucius, and Li Chengqian usually applauds vigorously when he is very optimistic about someone or something, and when he appreciates it very much, Master Yu learned Li Chengqian's way of applauding, and now he uses Li Chengqian's method to Li Chengqian.

Confucius was stunned, and then applauded with Master Yu.

Li Chengqian smiled.

Confucius stopped first, touched his beard, and said to Li Chengqian: "Then next, the old man's task is to compile all the contents of this dictionary as soon as possible, so as to print this dictionary as soon as possible!" ”

Li Chengqian remembered something and said, "By the way, when I go to school tomorrow, I will tell the masters a radical index and a pinyin index." ”

Confucius asked, "What is this?" ”

Li Chengqian picked up a booklet, flipped through two pages, pointed to the words inside, and said: "These words are all concentrated in one book, and tens of thousands of words, it may be so thick, if you want to find a word you need, it is impossible to check it word by word." Therefore, there must be a search method, so that people can first find the word they are looking for, and then turn to which page to find the specific pinyin reading. ”

He touched his chin and said embarrassedly, "If this is done in this way, the workload of the masters will be even greater, and the masters will have to work hard in the future." These things are too complicated, and I will go to Chongwen Hall tomorrow to tell the masters! ”

"No hard work, no hard work!" The two masters hurriedly said.

Confucius paused for a moment and said, "Your Highness, in the past few days, you and I have been discussing dictionaries and bets, which has delayed your study, I'm afraid it's not good, and tomorrow we have to talk about such a complicated method, isn't it another day of delay?" ”

Li Chengqian waved his hand: "Master, the sage said that what you have learned is to put it into practice, this dictionary is a useful thing, let's make this thing together, I have learned so many words with the masters, this is more intense than the usual literacy and literacy, so it is not better than the usual class learning, why delay the study." And isn't it more meaningful to be able to apply what you have learned and be beneficial to other people? ”

Li Chengqian put it bluntly, that is, the better it is if he can delay one more day without class.

Confucius nodded in disbelief.

"Well, tomorrow Yu Mou and Brother Zhongyuan will wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince together!" Yu Zhining arched his hand and said.

After saying that, both of them followed the other masters.

Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda communicated quietly.

Kong Yingda said: "Brother Yu Xian, His Royal Highness said that remote words can be put away, or they can be slowly completed in the future, so today's word is not needed?" ”

Yu Zhining whispered: "Brother Zhong Yuan's words are wrong, if it is a thousand words today, how can scholars in the world know Brother Zhong Yuan's profundity?" ”

"Oh, personal fame, it has little to do with the correctness of such a grand event!"

"Brother Zhongyuan is wrong again. It is Your Highness who decides, and you and I will do it. ”

"But Your Highness also makes mistakes."

(To be continued)