"Ambitious, worthy of being able to write the word "Linjiang Immortal"!"

For Shen Yichen's decisive "response", Lin Zhen praised him, this son does not talk about his knowledge, at least his bearing is extraordinary.

"Wei Chu asked me to help you point out the scriptures just now, does that mean that Yichen is already familiar with your four books?"

"I don't dare to say that I am familiar with it, but I have indeed gained something from studying for a few years in my later years."

Shen Yichen didn't dare to say too much, but he couldn't show too much cowardice, so he had to look as confident as possible.

"Okay, I'll test you."

After speaking, Lin Zhen pondered for a while, and then said: "Mencius said, what are the five types of teachers why a gentleman teaches? ”

Lin Zhen took a passage from "Mencius: Devoted to the Heart" as an exam question, and the meaning of this sentence translated is that Mencius said that there are five ways for a gentleman to educate people, and asked Shen Yichen to answer which five are they.

For this kind of question, Shen Yichen almost didn't say anything happy, wasn't this sent to the door? The best thing in his four books is "Mencius", and the champion Gong used "Mencius" to solve the problem.

Of course, the joy blossomed in his heart, but Shen Yichen still couldn't show it on the surface, so he pretended to be calm and said: "There are those who are like the rain of time, those who become virtuous, those who reach wealth, those who answer questions, and those who are selfish." These five are the reason why the gentleman teaches them. ”

"Then what do you think Mencius wants to tell the world when he says that the gentleman teaches the fifth?"

If the previous question was rote memorization, then what Lin Zhen asked now is to let Shen Yichen explore the philosophy expressed behind it.

"Teach students according to their aptitude."

Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Yichen said the standard answer.

Sun Tixue next to him heard it, and couldn't help but nod and said, "Not bad!" ”

A faint smile also appeared on Li Tingxiu's face, one was happy for his students, and the other was that he knew very well that Shen Yichen was good at "Mencius", and this kind of question could not defeat him.

"Well, there are clouds in "The Mean", for the government is in the people, take people with their bodies, cultivate themselves with the Tao, and cultivate the Tao with benevolence, what is the meaning of this?"

If this question was placed a month ago, with Shen Yichen's familiarity with "The Mean", even if he could answer it, it could only be said to be barely enough.

But during this period of time, reading these four words at night is no longer the original joke, but Shen Yichen's daily life experience.

The original text and the annotations of the four books, he has basically memorized them!

"Back to the Yuan Gong, these are the words of Confucius in response to Lu Aigong's political question. Confucius believed that in order to do good governance, one must have virtuous ministers. In order to obtain virtuous ministers, it is necessary to first improve morality, and morality is based on benevolence and righteousness. ”

The answer is very good, but there is also a sentence in "The Mean", if the person exists, its political action. If his people die, his government will rest. So how can we ensure that good governance is sustained in the long term? ”

When Lin Zhen raised this question, the expressions on the faces of Li Tingxiu and Sun Tixue changed significantly.

Because this kind of exam question completely exceeds the knowledge requirements of the four books for children, and even exceeds the stage of taking the test to show talent and lifting people. It's more like the emperor personally questioned the tributes admitted to the entrance examination in the palace examination.

Take this kind of question to test Shen Yichen, those who know understand that Lin Zhen has the intention to test the upper limit of his knowledge, and those who don't know think that he is deliberately making things difficult.

To be honest, in the face of Lin Zhen's question, Shen Yichen fell into a dilemma.

In a literal sense, the phrase "The Mean" is not difficult, and it is much better than many obscure ancient texts. Even if you call a high school student in the future, you can roughly understand that this sentence means that people survive and people die.

Lin Zhen now asks how to change this situation and make good policies continue to be implemented for a long time.

To answer from a modern perspective, it is actually very simple, that is, to change "rule by man" to "rule of law". Fixing policies in the form of laws is a good way to avoid a situation in which people survive and people die.

The problem is that this way of thinking is correct in modern times, but in ancient times when Confucianism was revered, it was emphasized that "law" was higher than "people" and higher than "benevolence".

That is equivalent to you, as a Confucian scholar, breaking through the bottom line of your own political philosophy, and spreading it is equivalent to "social death" in popular words, and your future career and knowledge are hopeless.

Unless you can change your life against the sky and change the entire social ideology.

So this question is even more difficult for Shen Yichen, he not only has to come up with a reasonable answer, but also goes against his own heart!

Looking at Shen Yichen pondering, Lin Zhen had a slight smile on his face, and he was not in a hurry to urge.

From the previous questions, he could already know that Shen Yichen's basic skills in the four books were very solid, and the answers were quick and accurate. Even Lin Zhen was a little puzzled for a while, how could this level of knowledge be in the Chengguo Mansion Family School, and he couldn't even pass the exam for a child after studying for several years?

Therefore, Lin Zhen jumped out of the restrictions of the four books, five classics and eight strands, and asked more practical strategies, wanting to see if Shen Yichen was a nerd who could only read to death, or was really talented.

"Good law and good governance."

After thinking about it again and again, Shen Yichen finally gave his own answer.

Shen Yichen began to struggle between answering the question of "rule of man" or "rule of law", but soon realized that "rule of law" was not a new concept in later generations, and it had been discussed in the period of the hundred schools of thought.

With Lin Zhen's top talent, how can the exam questions be just a choice of two on the surface?

If you follow your own heart and simply choose the "rule of law", then there must be something flawed in this answer, and where is this flaw?

It was precisely because he realized the problem that Shen Yichen pondered for a long time, but fortunately, he finally figured it out.

That is, the code itself does not spontaneously bring justice to the weak, it only provides a basis for everyone to protect themselves. And how to use the code, it still depends on people, and the law that no one abides by is better than a piece of waste paper!

Xunzi once asserted that "there is a rule of people, but there is no law". Therefore, it is not right to simply "rule of law" and "rule of man", we must nourish the rule of law with moral benevolence, and use the rule of law to strengthen moral benevolence, and the two complement each other to be good law and good governance!

"That's a good answer!"

Almost as soon as Shen Yichen gave the answer, Lin Zhen excitedly slapped the case and applauded loudly!

He never imagined that this question, which had been debated by countless sages, would be summed up in just four words by a student who had not entered school.

If you add the previous "teaching according to aptitude", it can be said that Shen Yichen's accuracy to the point and the agility of solving problems are unparalleled among the students and disciples taught by Lin Zhen!

"It's really a genius!"

Sun Tixue stood up tremblingly, his tone was extremely excited, and Shen Yichen who watched it was afraid that he would make a mistake, what if he turned his back on his anger?

Compared with Lin Zhen, who only ran a school and taught after resigning in recent years, Sun Tixue can be said to be a superintendent for half his life and has seen countless literati.

There are those who are proficient in poetry and songs, wind and snow, and there are also those who write eight articles with wonderful strokes, but at the age of sixteen, they are not weak and crowned, and there is really no one who has reached Shen Yichen's opinion pattern!

is worthy of being a student who can make "Linjiang Immortal", and this youthful and old-fashioned atmosphere is convincing.

Even Li Tingxiu, who was a teacher, was stunned, originally just wanted to ask Lin Zhen to help Shen Yichen make up for the shortcomings in the scriptures and righteousness, and to prepare for next year's college and township exams.

As a result, the scope of the school examination was completely out of line, and what was even more outrageous was that Shen Yichen was able to answer, and he was so brilliant......