Snow flipped over the test strip and saw only a sentence written on it

"Water, fire, metal, wood, earth, and valley."

Xue quickly recalled in her mind, trying to remember everything about this sentence, only to see Xue frowning and clasping her hands in front of her chest, as if in a predicament.

At this time, the attention of the audience gradually focused on Xue, seeing that Xue was at a loss, Sima Cheng's face was as usual, but a trace of imperceptible emotion flashed in his eyes, Sima Yun clenched his fists and muttered in his mouth, as if he was cheering for Xue.

Pei Xuanling glanced at the audience, and finally fell on the snow, seeing that the snow was in trouble, he touched his beard with interest, as if he was expecting something, Xun Ting looked left and right, his eyes stayed on the snow for a moment and immediately saw elsewhere, he didn't seem to care about the snow's situation, Zuo Ruhui frowned as always, and looked like he was not approachable.

Sima Lie and Sima Lie sat on both sides of the outer courtyard, Sima was calm and relaxed, there was no change, Sima Lie saw the appearance of the snow, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and there was a sense of playfulness in his eyes.

At this time, several students had already picked up the pen and were ready to write, Jiang Gonggong saw that the snow had not put down the pen for a long time, and he was anxious, and Cao Gonggong also probed from time to time to observe the movement of the snow, and glanced at other places from time to time.

This question is a little difficult, this sentence comes from "Shangshu Da Yu Mo", Pei Xuanling deliberately intercepted one of the sentences, interpreting the scriptures, originally not only to examine the students' elaboration and understanding, but also to examine the students' familiarity with the scriptures, looking at it, there have been a few students who have begun to scratch their ears and cheeks, and it is estimated that they can't remember the complete sentence.

Although it took some time, Xue still remembered the source of the sentence.

"Shangshu" is said to be the father of Confucius in his later years, concentrated on sorting out the ancient classics, the ancient period of Yao Shun to the Spring and Autumn period of Qin Mugong period of various important articles and materials brought together, after careful screening, finally selected 100 articles, compiled into a book, this book set Confucius father's thought and real historical materials in one, by later generations as one of the Confucian "five classics".

And the "Da Yu Mo" is an ancient historical record of Dayu, Boyi and Shun planning political affairs. Dayu is Shun's courtier, he established great merit in controlling the flood, and later generations are respected as Dayu. Mo, plan. The first paragraph of this article describes Dayu, Boyi and Shun planning political affairs, so it is called "Dayu Mo".

Sima Cheng also saw the title, he kept looking at the snow, only to see that the snow began to chant words in his mouth, and his hands also swayed up and down, Sima Cheng knew, and the snow remembered.

Before, Sima Cheng accompanied Xue to read every night, as soon as she encountered the scriptures to be recited, Xue began to make difficulties, and finally in order to squeeze out the boredom of recitation, she would get up and pace in the study, and from time to time with some gestures in her hands, this snow memorized, Sima Cheng had an impression.

"Yu said: 'Yu! Emperor Nian! Virtue is only good governance, and government is to support the people. Water, fire, metal, wood, earth, and valley, but cultivation. Righteousness, utilization, welfare, and harmony. Nine merits are only narrated, and nine narratives are only songs. The use of the precept is rest, the use of Dong is powerful, and the persuasion is not bad with nine songs. ‘“

Xue silently finished reading the full text word for word.

The "water, fire, metal, wood, earth, and grain" in the title means "water can irrigate, fire can cook, gold can be cut, wood can be cultivated, soil can reproduce, and grain can be nurtured".

The previous "virtue is only good governance, and the government is to support the people" means that the virtue of the sage is embodied in handling government affairs well and arranging the "six governments", then it is called "only cultivation", and the people can be raised well.

Xue gradually cleared her mind, and finally stretched her brows, showed a faint smile, and began to grind.

Pei Xuanling chose this sentence for two reasons.

First, it is said that after Confucius's father compiled the "Book of Shang", he used it as a teaching material for educating students, which shows that the "Book of Shang" has an extremely important position in Confucius's father's thought and is worthy of examination.

Second, it is the "water, fire, metal, wood, earth, and valley" mentioned in this sentence, representing the six aspects of the world's affairs, Guozi students come from all over the world, some are from scholarly families, and some are herding horses in the military camp every day, so when talking about understanding, different students can have their own emphasis, so that they will not have nothing to say.

In fact, in addition to governing the "six mansions", Dayu also mentioned that there are "three things" that should be cooperated, that is, "righteousness, utilization, and welfare", which means that the people are persuaded by the holiday, the people are supervised by coercion and punishment, and the people are encouraged by nine songs, so that the government will not be corrupted.

Pei Xuanling saw that Xue was like a god, and couldn't help but think that when Xue read this part, the little emperor was very puzzled by the "Punishment Supervision", and explained many times that although Xue finally compromised, she seemed to be still resisting this kind of thinking in her heart, if Xue decided to be a benevolent monarch, then what was waiting for her was Dayu who would be corrupted again in the near future, or the Dayu Dynasty without her.

Thinking of this, Pei Xuanling couldn't help but sigh, looking at these current students, some of them are talented, far superior in learning and doing things, and they will definitely become the mainstay of Dayu in the future, but at the same time, their personalities are also like jackals, tigers and leopards, and they have an extreme desire for fame.

Pei Xuanling walked around the outer courtyard a few times, and in the back, he stared at Xue's thin back with a worried look in his eyes.

After a while, Sima Cheng saw that Xue put down the pen again, and glanced at her test paper, and found that she had written a lot, probably because the interpretation part had been completed.

Xue clasped her hands in front of her chest again, raised her head from time to time, twisted her chin, and was thinking about the next part of understanding, at this time she remembered what Pei Xuanling had said, and when talking about understanding, she could quote words with the same meaning, which not only showed that she had a richer knowledge reserve, but also showed that she was able to touch the class, and be able to integrate between the scriptures and have more depth.

Xue lowered her head, and soon, the corners of her mouth rose, and then she wrote down Meng Ke's famous sentence: "If you don't violate the agricultural time, the grain can't be eaten." If you don't enter the pool, you can't win the fish and turtles. ”

It is simply clarified how to deal with the problem and not to violate the laws of agricultural time, so that there will be no shortage of food. Don't catch small fish in the pond with fine nets, so there will be more fish.

Meng Ke is called "Yasheng" and has an important position in Confucianism like Confucius's father, and there must be no more weighty quote than him, Xue finished writing and nodded with satisfaction.