Laughing and laughing, the classmates couldn't laugh, they quieted down one by one, Zhou Xuan is erudite and talented, he is very good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he also knows how to teach Chinese culture, has the courage and strategy, and is a veritable contemporary all-rounder!

"Dean Su invited me over, saying that he wanted to talk about Chinese, but in fact, in my opinion, Chinese is not just a foreign language, in it, there is a form, a spirit and an artistic conception." Zhou Xuan said.

Some people are starting to feel bored, pouting, young talents are inevitably vulgar, and they can't say something they like to see, these are all old pedants.

"What is form? The shape, the font evolved from the pictograph, from cumbersome to simple, and now horizontal and vertical, the face bone willow tendon, are all talking about the shape of the font. What is God? It's the spirit, and it's the inheritance. Let's just say that those hieroglyphs, after the changes of the times, until now we can still see some words and associate its original meaning. So what is the artistic conception, I read a poem for example, last year in this door today, the peach blossoms on the face of the people are red. The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. ”

Wow, the students exclaimed, what a beautiful poem, four short sentences, it outlines a beautiful picture, and a feeling of loss.

"Although the Chinese characters have been simplified, the form and spirit have not changed, and there are not too many obstacles for adults to read ancient books." Zhou Xuan said: "Of course, the text is also changing, I have to say that the charm of Chinese characters is that they are more streamlined, and they are improved on the original basis. ”

Indeed, the evolution of words is not the same as the original, and the ancient book has become a book of heaven, and some students are not convinced: "However, the emergence of new languages is also impacting the original vocabulary." For example, the language of the Internet. ”

"Hehe, there are a lot of online words every year, but not all of them will be recognized, or even appear in normal writing. Although it is a new word, everyone understands it at a glance and finds it more interesting. Of course, this is only a small number of languages, and the words that have been circulated for a while will not play a role in inheritance, and will eventually be eliminated. ”

Zhou Xuan spoke for about an hour, and spent a lot of time communicating with his classmates. Pei Shengnan also shared the regularity of Chinese learning, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Guan Qing was responsible for splitting the Chinese characters and pointing out the rules of pictograms, so that the students on the spot knew dozens of Chinese characters at once.

"The Chinese language is broad and profound, and it is difficult to say how many characters there are, but according to incomplete statistics, there should be at least 80,000 or more. And in practical application and writing, the most common is not even a tenth. Normally, if you can master between 4,000 and 7,000, then you can express rich meanings in Chinese. Zhou Xuan said.

"However, I still find it difficult to speak Chinese, even if rare words are not commonly used, a word has different sounds and meanings, and the learning progress is very slow, and I will soon lose interest." A classmate spoke out about the difficulty, which was also echoed by many people.

"Which foreign language is not difficult?" Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "When an ordinary college student in my country graduates, the English vocabulary must reach more than 4,000, and the graduate student enrollment must be more than 6,000. I don't agree with the complexity of Chinese, but when I was sailing, I wrote two books, one of which was 230,000 words and the other was 150,000 words. ”

Coaxing, everyone laughed, vulgar, don't forget to sell their books, but Zhou Xuan didn't think so, and then said: "These two books are being translated into foreign languages, take English as an example, the first one has a vocabulary of 360,000, and the other one is even more exaggerated, involving a lot of professional vocabulary, and more words are needed to explain, and it is directly more than doubled." ”

"But the meanings expressed by the two are similar, the meaning of Chinese characters is very obscure, and sometimes a word takes a long time to understand, and it is better to read English." Some classmates questioned it, meaning that the number of words is not nothing, and it is too difficult to watch.

"You see that the obscure text is already a simplified version, and some books require years of research before you can read the general meaning." Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"I Ching!"

"Hehe, look, everyone understands. The I Ching is one of the most obscure ancient books, but it is crazy, why? Just because it is so simple, the words are like gold, so that future generations will not be able to understand it. ”

Zhou Xuan's depressed expression made everyone laugh, but the meaning in the "Book of Changes" is not suitable for beginners in Chinese.

"Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement. The terrain is good, and the gentleman carries things with virtue. This is the spirit of the nation, and there are excerpts from the motto of China's famous schools. Today, when we need to face new subject knowledge, when we experience storms and waves at sea, and when we engage in other jobs across disciplines, we are all full of distress, anxiety and confusion, but the gentleman is self-improving, the gentleman is virtuous, has the spirit of studying hard, and is worthy of the attitude of life, and great things can be achieved! King Wen wrote the Book of Changes in prison, and the spirit of self-improvement infected the world. And the sage of Confucius, who made great contributions to the commentary of the Book of Changes, used Confucianism to analyze, and Wei compiled the three absolute essences. In the Confucius Institute, what are you still worried about? ”

Two seconds later, the audience applauded warmly, Su Daoqiang's eyes were moist, or Yan Pingchuan was fast, who doesn't like such an all-round student, if he can come to work in the Confucius Institute, why worry about not developing Chinese!

Time was limited, and Zhou Xuan and the others were still preparing to return to China, so they politely declined Su Daoqiang's request to have lunch together.

"Zhou Xuan, I'm really jealous of Brother Pingchuan! The ranking of Linhai University in recent years is like a rocket, and it has a lot to do with you. Su Daoqiang held Zhou Xuan's hand and sighed.

Pei Shengnan interjected dissatisfiedly: "What, no matter how famous and capable a student is, he can't compare to the principal's efforts." Our President Yan was ordered to be in danger, and he relied on a hard bone to turn the tide, so that he could have Linda today. ”

Su Daoqiang was stunned, why was he still a Yan fan with Zhou Xuan? No matter how much, it is Zhou Xuan who helps the Confucius Institute today, and Su Daoqiang said again: "The Confucius Institute has prepared four gifts, which I have asked Brother Pingchuan in advance for instructions, and I can accept them." ”

"Dean Su's kindness is understood, this is what we should do."

After the economic resignation, Zhou Xuan still did not accept the gift, Pei Shengnan's regretful intestines were cleared, in order to maintain his father, who had never raised himself and never given money, he grabbed a few words from Su Daoqiang.

She saw that the four gifts were set boxes, presumably with a variety of unique gifts inside, which were truly limited editions that could not be bought for any amount of money outside. Therefore, young and vigorous, you can't do it.

"Dean Su, I want a gift, it's in the Confucius Institute." Guan Qing said suddenly.