"Yes!" This abrupt inquiry made Bu Ru stunned slightly, glanced at the old man slightly, and then put down his chopsticks, turned around and stood up, and answered seriously.

The old man asked again; "But buy four books?"

"Hmm." Bu Ru responded.

Jiang Yi beckoned to the little boy and said in a low voice; "Little brother, my sister can't finish this bowl of noodles alone, can you help me eat a little?"

The old man saw that his grandson was shy but couldn't resist the temptation to walk to Jiang Yi's side, timidly picked up chopsticks and was about to eat other people's noodles, so he gritted his teeth and said; "I happen to have four books here, do you want them?"

Seeing that Buru hesitated, the old man said; "My house is right next to me, you can go back and bring it to you to see before making a decision."

Buru nodded, and the old man quickly got up and left.

The boss came over and said; "This old man is a showman, even if he has books, they are old, so he might as well go to the bookstore and buy them."

Jiang Ru smiled gently; "It's okay, let's see."

After a while, the old man wrapped a few books in a blue cloth, and when he opened it, he saw that it was the four books of "University", "Analects", "Mencius" and "The Mean", all of which looked very old and may have been turned over many times, but they were not damaged in the slightest, which shows that they are properly protected.

"Are you going to learn?" After the old man spread out the book, he turned his head and asked Bu Ru.

Buru nodded.

The old man asked again; "Never been to school before?"

Familiarity with 300,000 and other enlightenment books can only be called Mengxue, reading the four books and five classics is called learning, the general students are at the age of seven or eight to start learning, twelve or thirteen years old to start learning, if the reading is a prodigy, ten years old to start learning.

Bu Ru, who was sixteen years old and had not yet studied in school, nodded a little shyly and said; "Yes, I haven't studied yet."

The old man took out one of them and said; "Since you are just starting your studies, you can start with "University". It is an introductory book for beginners to learn Confucian moral thought. ”

After a pause, he shook his head and continued; "Read the University first to determine its size; Read the Analects for the second time to determine its roots; read "Mencius" for the second time to observe its transcendence; Read "The Mean" for the second time, in order to seek the subtleties of the ancients. ”

Bu Ru listened and asked in surprise; "Who said that?"

"This is what a scholar named Zhu Xi said at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, this person advocated the preservation of heavenly principles and the destruction of human desires, although he was not very famous, but his ideas could become a family."

Bu Ru nodded; "I haven't heard of this person's name yet, and there is some truth in his words."

Jiang Yi listened to it and suddenly fell into deep thought, as a liberal arts student in his previous life, many people may not know, but Zhu Xi, the great master of science in history, is famous, and it is impossible for anyone not to know him.

His ideas of science had a profound influence on the Ming and Qing dynasties, and even had a profound influence thereafter.

His "Annotations on the Collection of Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" was the standard textbook of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the standard of the imperial examination. His interpretation of the Confucian and Mencian sages is the official standard, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, his status is almost comparable to that of the Confucian sages, and he can be described as the grandmaster of Confucianism.

It is precisely because of his thoughts that imprisoned the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the desire to destroy people in the heavens and the people, which has affected the social atmosphere for hundreds of years, because of him, the feudal thinking of the Ming and Qing dynasties reached its peak, such as girls should be three from the four virtues, if the door is not out of the two doors, if the woman is not talented, it is virtue.

I can't imagine that the great master of the previous generation is not very famous here, and the scientific ideas have not been carried forward.

It may also be for this reason that the social atmosphere of this Great Yong Dynasty is much more open, and at least women go out shopping and show up to do some business.

While thinking, she opened the book and flipped through it casually, and asked the old man; "How much are you going to buy for this book?"

The old man's face was a little red, as if he was ashamed to talk about money, and wanted to continue to talk about books with Bu Ru, but finally thought about it and bowed his head and said; "Sixty bronze copies."

Brother Ma, who had been watching from the side, immediately screamed; "Old man, you don't want to be a person, the new book is only seventy or eighty copper, your book has been ten years old, and it has been scribbled and altered in ......"

"Yes, there are only thirty or forty-one old books in the second-hand bookstore."

The old man stopped talking, his face turned red and he couldn't speak.

Jiang Yi flipped through the rough pages of the book, and saw that there were many words written densely in the blank space of the yellowed paper.

After quickly flipping through the four books, he said; "It's okay to ask for your book, but let's buy one first, and when we're done, we'll buy the remaining three with you, and you can't buy it from others during this period, okay?"

"Yes." The old man said immediately.

Jiang Yi counted sixty coppers to him, and the old man accepted the remaining three books, and it happened that his grandson had also finished eating Jiang Yi's rice noodles, so he took the little boy away.

"Brother-in-law, you are stupid, he took these books to a second-hand bookstore and sold them, at most twenty wen, why didn't you bargain?" Brother Ma said bitterly.

Jiang Yi smiled; "After all, he is a showman, and he will not sell the book if it is not particularly difficult, and besides, this book is also worth it." Because she saw that the books were densely packed with annotations and personal reading experiences.

Bu Ru does not have a teacher, so if you take a new book to read, you may not understand it.

In ancient times, reading books had to go through at least a few teachers.

The first is enlightenment, and the teacher who teaches 300,000 is called Mengshi, which is equal to a primary school teacher. If ordinary children only know how to read and write, and have no intention of taking scientific examinations, as long as they have been taught by a teacher to learn 300,000, it will be almost the same.

The second is the karma teacher, who mainly teaches the four books, and the karma teacher can be said to be the most important teacher, because he guides the writing of essays, and the most important part of the imperial examination is to write splendid articles.

The private school teachers in the countryside are generally not able to pass the exam, and they are barely a child to teach, and this kind of teacher can't cure himself to learn, let alone teach others. Therefore, there are very few karmic teachers, or it is difficult to meet good ones.

The third is the scribe. Mainly teach students to practice the first sutra in the Five Classics, this teacher is also very important, whether you can do well in the exam, in addition to your own understanding and talent, the teaching of the scripture teacher also plays a very important role.

The fourth is the seat teacher, which is the chief examiner who selected himself when the scholar was in the exam, and they all worshiped as the seat teacher, and they would help each other in the officialdom in the future. The master is an indispensable teacher on the way to becoming an official in the future.

Therefore, the teacher decided whether he could take the test or not, the teacher decided whether to do well in the test, and the teacher decided whether to take the test this time.

But as long as the article is good and talented, this examiner is not, and you can continue to take the exam next time you change the examiner.

This "University" has annotations and experiences, at least it can give Bu Ru some help when he reads, or it is a reference, after all, the annotator is a show talent, and the proof is still a little level.

Therefore, the benefits that this old book can bring to Buru are far from what a new book can give.

Even if she has not gone through the scientific examination, she knows that this is equivalent to buying books and tutoring materials together.