045 Poetry and Distance
"Less nonsense, understand is understand, don't understand is not understand...... Are you laughing at me! After listening to Hong Tao's answer, Claire didn't react at first, and she was a little impatient. But soon the taste came to an end, and the robot was raised again, clicking and moving its five fingers.
"It's really ancient text, what does it mean...... It is a poem, as if to commemorate the achievements of the Great Star Gate in the first place. In fact, Hong Tao didn't mean to make Claire anxious, he did not understand something.
There are a total of eight lines and six columns and fifty-nine Chinese on the fragment, and aside from the first example text on the left, the remaining forty characters are really five-word poems, still read from right to left, and even have a lot of traditional characters.
Well, the meaning can be understood literally, but the deep meaning is not very clear. Poetry must be closely integrated with the era at the time to be 100% explained, and if you don't know some allusions, you may not be able to understand them in a few sentences.
"Poetry? What does this word mean? As soon as she talked about professional issues, Claire immediately put down the manipulator, the pale red in her eyes weakened, and even her breathing was much calmer.
"It should be a kind of song in ancient culture, and it is different from songs, it does not need a soundtrack, but uses the fewest, most appropriate, and most beautiful words to express more and more comprehensive meanings, including environment, mood, and perception."
What is poetry, Hong Tao really can't explain it, and he doesn't know the specific definition. But I can't help but explain, so I have to use my own understanding to elaborate, as for whether Claire can understand, I guess she can't.
This is also the reason why ancient civilizations will be disconnected, if the population base is too small, the remaining written records are too few, too unsystematic, many cultures through oral transmission, will soon appear distorted and misunderstood, and even become unrecognizable over time.
There is no doubt that the New Edenians are the descendants of the earthlings, but some of their culture is inherited from the earthlings, and there are many of them without traces, which may be related to the lack of oral tradition.
"Interesting...... Songs of antiquity! Translate the meaning of each word, and the meaning of each sentence, and tell me why. "It's impossible for Claire to understand things that even Hong Tao can't understand, but she's very interested and eager to learn.
"Do you know how to compose poetry?" After two hours of explanation, Claire was generally satisfied, but not satisfied, and wanted to learn to compose poetry.
"Not really! Lying is ...... It is a trophy of self-disciplined drones! After guessing Claire's subtext, Hong Tao almost shouted out the oath that lying was a puppy.
This thing really can't be blown, I know the ancient characters and can make sense, and I can barely make do with some poetic explanations, if I can compose poetry again, Claire's brain doesn't doubt it now, and I have to have ideas in a few days. Maybe she's already suspicious by now, and she's just asking this question to test herself.
"What do some other words mean?" Faced with such a vicious oath, Claire did not dwell on the verses any longer, but pointed to the leftmost column of words, which were noticeably smaller than the others.
"Hey, I thought you were studying poetry and forgot about it. These words are interesting, they should be called between two ancient civilization forces, one is called the Peaceful Development Cooperation Organization, and the other is called the Interstellar Alliance. This poem should be given by the Interstellar Alliance to the Peaceful Development Cooperation Organization, and it can be regarded as a congratulatory gift for the completion of the Star Gate. ”
If there is only one poem on this fragment, then the exploration of the self-disciplined drone brood is basically in vain, at best, it can give Claire more insight into an ancient way of writing, and there is not much scientific value.
But the 19 Chinese characters in the leftmost column immediately raise the scientific value of this piece from dispensable to irreplaceable, and it is well worth the risk.
It can be proved only literally that Hong Tao's inference is that the ancient civilizations were not one, but more than two. At the moment, it seems that two are more likely, and there are specific names.
"God, we know its name! I can't believe it, I can't believe it...... No, no, no, it should be their name. Mastermind, search these two phrases and find out everything that is related to them! ”
Claire listened attentively, reading each word several times in conjunction and trying to find familiar information in her memory. It's a pity that the human brain is not the mastermind after all, and it can't remember so many fragmentary details.
"Congratulations, with this discovery, your reputation in the New Eden world has increased considerably, and it is not inferior to that of your grandfather."
Needless to say, Claire Hongtao knows what this discovery means, it will completely overturn all speculation about ancient civilizations by the New Edenians for thousands of years, and create a new school. Claire is the founder and leader of this school, although it is not yet comparable to her grandfather, but it has surpassed it in terms of academics alone.
"It's not time to congratulate, and that's not enough. The people in the Scholars Society are rigorous and stubborn, and they must come up with enough evidence to convince them to abandon their previous theories and accept new ideas. ”
can enjoy a good reputation in the industry at a young age, not only because of the afterglow and family help of Claire's ancestors, but also because of her own quality. In the face of such great achievements and honors, it is rare to still be able to maintain sanity and not be shocked by honor and disgrace.
"As long as you don't let me participate in operations like the self-disciplined drone brood, anything can be done. Can you tell me why you did that, and if I hadn't agreed, would you have allowed the ship to be discovered by drones? Hong Tao has always wanted to ask this question, but he didn't dare to mention it just now, but now that the strange woman is in a good mood, the answer he gets should be more reliable.
"Hey, hey, hey, that's part of training, and if you're letting me train, you have to listen to me. I'm sure you'll say yes, and there's no question of whether or not the drone will find out. I'm pretty sure you're not an ominous, not even a Vault Dweller, am I right? ”
Every time Hong Tao tried to probe Claire's inner activities, he was met with a head-on attack, and this time was no exception, and the responsible party immediately became the confessor, very passive.
"You're not a Vault Dweller, why are you so sure?" As the saying goes, if you don't see a coffin, you won't cry, and Hong Tao is not in a hurry to cry when he sees a coffin. If you haven't been caught, you won't admit it at all, and even if you're caught, you'll have to quibble with all your might. Not to mention meeting the descendants of earthlings, he did this even in front of aliens.
"I just know, but I won't force you to admit that you're still an Vault Dweller. The following questions can be left unanswered, do you like our process of consciousness fusion? ”
It's a pity that this trick doesn't work well with Claire, she is too confident, and many times she doesn't need to listen to other people's explanations at all, and only trusts her own judgment. In addition, she also has a big killing weapon, that is, it is thicker than her face, if she can't compare with her in this regard, Hong Tao basically doesn't have any curses.
“…… It's okay...... "Hong Tao is indeed a little struggling in this regard, mainly because he has never met such a woman, she can discuss the details of integration like academics, and she has no scruples.
"If you're a Vault Dweller, you wouldn't be so bothered about this, and I'll show you the life of a Vault Dweller when I have time. I have a suggestion before that, not an order. If you think it's good, why can't you take the initiative? You should enjoy the process more often, which will relax the mind and make us more efficient in training and working. If there are other reasons, I would understand. ”
See, this is Claire, she not only has to discuss, but also encourage, it feels like an adult is inducing a child, and the fault party is Hong Tao and not her.
“…… There's no other reason, I'm just a little unaccustomed to it, and I don't know when it's appropriate...... "Humiliation, it's too humiliating to let a woman enlighten herself to let go." Don't say that the other party is a high-quality woman, as long as she is not Sister Feng Hongtao, she can't bear it, come on, who is afraid of whom!