49 Nakshatras – A009

In ancient times, there were many superstitions, and the ancients compared people with literary knowledge or martial arts to the stars in the sky, which should be a metaphor for their preciousness, and the best of them was none other than the "champion". In the 1295 years from the opening of the Sui Dynasty to the abolition of the imperial examination system in the Republic of China, there were 632 champions, an average of less than one in two years, but these hundreds of people have inspired tens of thousands of students all over the world to study hard for thousands of years. In order to appear culturally rich, the park will always put up some famous quotes or anecdotes that have been passed down through the generations in some blank spaces. Most of these ancient texts are jerky and difficult to understand, and others don't care much about them as decorations, but Guo Sanri is different, he has time, and he is also quite interested in the expression of feelings under the different circumstances of the ancients, especially after returning from the island on his last vacation, whenever he sees a wall with words, he is willing to come forward to study it. How to say that sentence, "cherish words like gold", it may not be appropriate to put it, but it is very suitable to describe Guo Sanri's state at that time.

On this day, Guo Sanri walked around a corner of the park, and three paragraphs of text were engraved on the wall next to him. What made him curious was that the three people described in these three paragraphs all began with the word champion. "Champion Cui Rixia Ancestral Text", "Champion Niu Ximin Ancestral Text", "Champion Song Yuan Ear Ancestral Text", as the champion, should be the head of the literati at that time, but these three Guo Sanri have never heard of any of them, and they can't help but be a little surprised, so they stopped and studied carefully. The beginning is nothing more than talking about birthdays, origins, and family backgrounds, but in the later detailed discussion of the life and deeds of the three of them, Guo Sanri can't help but read the sadness and epitome of generations of literati, and many things are not as trade-off as the world yearns for. People often come, "the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and the edge of the sword comes from the sharpening", this bitter cold stone seems to be useless, and the fragrance of flowers and swords are more precious, but if reading is regarded as a matter of the world, it is too biased to measure it by this worldly standard. What made Guo Sanri have this understanding is that these three people have a life that is greatly beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

50 Nakshatras – A009 (2)

Cui Ri, also known as Cui Ri, was originally from Boling and was a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. In his early years, he was lonely and poor, so he was reduced to living in Songzhou, and when he was young, he decided to go west to Shaomuro Mountain, apprentice to study, and seek a career. "It is difficult to walk alone, and the poor are easy to be hurt; Hurt this no night guest, how to cover the snow and frost. This verse expresses the misery and loneliness of the journey. After many years of lonely life on the mountain, he became a friend of the monks and monks on the mountain, and often wrote poems to encourage himself. Comfortable and refreshing, studying hard, living in a high room, concentrating on learning, firmly believing that the instrument is for human use, and it is made in heaven. There is no waste in the bright future, and there is no waste in the building. In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, Cui Ri took the exam and did "Mingtang", in which "the frost and the moon in autumn come, and a lone star in the future", which is very wonderful, and the examiner is very respectful and sent to the palace for imperial trial. After seeing it, the emperor also greatly appreciated it, and took it as the champion and awarded the official captain of Hanoi. In the autumn of the following year, in the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan, Cui Ri died of illness, and Cui Ri left only one daughter after his death, named "Star", and the world thought, "Autumn comes with frost and full moon, and a lone star in the future." It is a proverb, saying that his life has been bumpy, and he sighs that his talent has not been shown in revenge, and he has passed away.

But since then, the style of study in this dynasty has been better, and the people have realized that as long as they have knowledge, no matter what their origins are, whether they are promoted or not, and only one wonderful poem will have the opportunity to see the Son of Heaven and step on the temple. As for the Mandate of Heaven, no one can grasp it, so little is thought of it. At that time, when the cowboy was herding cattle, if the conditions at home were still acceptable and there was a book to read, he would hang a book at the head of the cow to facilitate reading, while the rich and noble families would expand the study room next to the hall and never leave the scroll all day long, so that the back garden of the family was unwatched, and it gradually became deserted.

There is also a good story among the people about the breakup of friends because of their studies. Said that there were two brothers at that time, since the two families lived very close, the relationship was very good, together into the private school to study, as they grew older, the temperament of the two was very different, a simple and studious, a vain accident, one day the two of them took a car to visit an old gentleman, passing through the downtown area, simple and good scholars, should hold a book and concentrate on reading, while his friend is looking around for the prosperity of the market is full of hope, the two are not the same kind of people, how to get along for a long time. When they arrived at the old gentleman's house, when the two got out of the car and entered the table, the good scholar took out his sword, cut the two people's mats in the middle, and explained the reason, and the latter was ashamed and left the table. Since then, this story has spread in the community, which shows the victory of the style of learning at that time.

51 Nakshatra – A009 (3)

Niu Ximin, a native of Xiaofang, Huating County, was born in the sixth year of Tang Tianbao and died in the second year of Tang Baoli, at the age of 80.

Niu Ximin is talented, lonely, and has no hope of being a middle-aged scholar. Once, because of the avoidance of the court, he mistakenly entered the mansion of the Ministry of Rites. At this time, Shangshu was old and living alone, and few people came to visit, and when he saw the cattle and the people, he was overjoyed and introduced into the hall. At this time, Niu Ximin still didn't know who the old man was, and quietly asked the waiter, only to know that it was the old Shangshu, so he simply made a mistake and was respectful. After talking, Shangshu asked for Niu Ximin's document scroll, praised it again and again after reading it, and asked: "Outside discussions, who knows about tribute next year?" Niu Ximin replied: "Lao Shangshu is fair, you must know the tribute", Lao Shangshu said: "If you know the tribute in the coming year, you will be the head." Niu Ximin got up to thank him, and suddenly summoned outside: "Shang Shu Zhiju", Niu Ximin bowed again: "Shang Shu is suitable to give permission, the emperor and the queen of heaven, the truth is heard", Lao Shang said: "I must keep my promise".

In the second year, Niu Ximin really won the title and the first place under the old Shangshu. Since then, the trend of respecting the elderly has prevailed, and a complete system has gradually formed. In all dynasties, there are old people, that is, officials who are specifically responsible for providing for the elderly, and they can be divided into national elders and common elders according to their status. The elders of the country are the elderly among the nobles such as ministers and ministers, and the elders refer to the elderly who have withdrawn from political activities and the elderly among the commoners. In addition, the elderly are divided into different age groups, given different preferential measures, and provided separately. Fifty is raised in the township, sixty is raised in the country, and seventy is raised in school, which means that people at the age of 50 and part of the labor force are raised in the local villages, and after the age of 60, people need to be supported by the state when they grow old, and after the age of 70, they will live in the palace for a long time. In addition to this, the elderly over 50 years old can be exempted from their own conscription, and the age of 60 can be exempted from conscription, and for every ten years of age, some unsuitable activities are exempted, and all obligations are exempted until 80. There is also a graphic decoration of turtledove on the cane, which means that the old man has a good diet and feasts with the Son of Heaven from time to time, so as to tell the world that all the people of the Heavenly Dynasty, regardless of the old or weak, can live in peace in the prosperous world.

52 Nakshatras – A009 (4)

Song Yuan'er, Tang Wenzong Gengxu Branch champion and first, a total of 25 people in the department.

During the reign of Tang Wenzong, there was a blind man in the capital, who was famous for listening to the court wat and inferring the longevity of the official. Song Yuan'er went to calculate, and the blind man listened to the wat for a long time and said, "This is the chief's wat ". Song Yuan'er thought that it was the prime minister's order, and he entered the office after taking the champion, and the official made up for it that year, and he had a political voice, and the blind man undoubtedly underestimated him when he said this, so he was very unhappy, and walked away, quite complaining.

A month later, Song Yuaner and his colleagues waited to see the prime minister, and the prime minister laughed with others in the room, and after a while, he stepped out, and saw that Song Yuaner was still smiling with his face covered by Chao Wat, so he asked: "Why is Song Buque laughing at me?" Song Yuaner was speechless, and a few days later he was released from the capital, any Qing county order, and died in office a year later. The full stomach has never been known to the world, and future generations will not see a piece of it, and many officials in the same dynasty lamented it.

I regret that Confucius preached to people, saying that the king of ancient and modern sages has supreme virtue, and is used to teach the people of the world with mastery of mystical theories, so that people can live in harmony, and there is no dissatisfaction between the king and his subordinates, do you know what it is? All the disciples knew that Confucius had asked them to teach them profound truths, so they all stood up from the banquet, walked outside the banquet, and replied respectfully: "You are dull and ignorant, please teach the teacher......

Now the Song and Yuan Dynasty have won the champion, so that the people of the world know the weight of knowledge, and they are delegated to officials, so that they know the weight of the subtleties, full of economy, and they are routine, and then teach the world, what is the sigh?

Epilogue:

What is intentional? Returning to heaven is said to be intentional, and going against heaven is said to be unintentional, people have no good or evil in heaven, and people are good and evil in this intention;