Shi Chong also felt that he was speechless when he heard Wang Dun's words, and said busily: "Scholars should be rich and stable in their status and position, how can I compare myself with these two poor people!" ”

Listening to Shi Chong's words, Shu Yan and the people present were in an uproar: You must know that as a scholar, it is a glorious thing to be able to enjoy worship in Taixue with Confucius! However, this Shi Chong looked down on the two poor disciples of Confucius at all and refused to be with them, which shows how arrogant this person is.

As soon as Shi Chong and Wang Dun walked outside, they saw a young doctoral disciple coming over, bowed down, and called Shi Chongkou: "Uncle Shi" and Wang Dunkou "uncle".

This Tai student, like the other doctoral disciples, was dressed in a uniform crown robe. At first glance, Shu Yan thought that this doctoral disciple was so familiar? If you look closely, "Ah", it turns out to be Shide. He is really studying in Taixue.

Shu Yan couldn't help but secretly say: Shi De can actually talk to this kind of wealthy family of the A family, and he can also be related to each other, and sure enough, there are contacts between wealthy families.

However, although they are both wealthy families, when it comes to wealth and status, the Shi family is far from Shi Chong and Wang Dun's family. Shi De's mother is also from the Langya Wang family, but although they are of the same clan, her mother is far away from Wang Dun and Wang Dao. Shi De's family came to Beijing, and his father Shi Hui introduced Shi De to meet Wang Dun's family in order to climb the power of the Wang family. Therefore, Shi De can call Wang Dun "uncle".

Why does Shi De also know Shi Chong? Because Shi Hui served as a free rider by the emperor's side, and Shi Chong not only served as a free horseman, but also served as a free horseman, the two of them both belonged to the free horse, but the status of the free rider was higher than that of the free horseman. Because Shi De's father and Shi Chong were colleagues, Shi De was also able to get acquainted with Shi Chong.

"Yo, isn't this Shu literature?" Shu Yan was thinking to himself, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he looked back, it was Shi De.

Shu Yan arched his hand, "Sure enough, it's Shi Gongzi, congratulations to Shi Gongzi for being able to enter Taixue for further study." ”

Shi De said proudly when he heard this: "This Taixue is really a first-class school, I have studied here for a few years, and I have made great progress, and the wonders of it are difficult to say, but it is not comparable to those township schools and rotten Confucians in our hometown." "After many years, Shi De is still so open-mouthed.

Shu Yan had just walked through a few study rooms, secretly looked in, and found that these students were all discussing the scriptures they had learned, and those old doctors were sitting there without interference. In his imagination, as a top university, Taixue should be an extremely rigorous place, but here it is free to debate, which is completely different from what he imagined. So he asked, "Is it that you, a first-class school, are you so chaotic and unified?" ”

"Hahaha, Shu Wenxue, you don't understand this, this is what I call the 'wonderful'. The old doctors only gave a general explanation of each scripture, and then left it to the students to debate freely, so that the students could learn from each other's strengths, help each other, and improve in the debate. ”

"I've gained knowledge!" Shu Yan wondered in his heart, although this teaching method is not rigorous, it is very novel, and it does not lose its cleverness.

"Oh, Shu Wenxue, I also have a surprise, aren't you doing literature in our hometown? How did you get to Jingshi? ”

"I was held up as the filial piety of our Ruyin, so I came to Beijing to try it, and I just arrived in the past two days."

"Oh, Shu Xiaolian, come to Beijing to try! It turns out that this is the case, and this filial piety is also the only way for you to enter the poor family. Shi De chuckled, "Shu Wenxue, I suddenly remembered that you once raised money from me last year to build a school, I don't know how it went?" ”

Shu Yan thought, when it comes to the matter of building a school, although he is arrogant, he really has to thank him, "Thanks to generosity, now our Ruyin's school has been rebuilt, and the students in our hometown have books to read." ”

"That's good, but then again, what skills can those rotten people in our hometown teach students? It's just a matter of knowing a few words, what else can you do? Any school in Luoyang is better than the one there. ”

"You've only been in Luoyang for a few days, don't belittle those Confucian students in your hometown, isn't there a famous Confucian in your hometown?"

"Oh, I forgot about your family's ......" Shi De remembered that Shu Yan's grandfather was a generation of famous Confucians, and he once served as a doctor of the Five Classics in Taixue. At this time, he found that there was a teenager beside Shu Yan, so he asked, "Who is this brother?" Also, how did you get in at the gate of Taixue, I just saw you follow Shi Shizhong and General Wang in, do you know them? ”

As soon as Shu Yan was about to speak, he heard Xiao Mo say proudly: "My son's name is Xiao Mo, and he is not the gate valve of Luocheng. You just asked how we got in? Hmph, of course we walked in, but didn't we fly in? What you just said is 'in the middle' and 'non-in the middle' and what do we want to do! ”

Shi De was dumbfounded, and Shu Yan couldn't help but smile when he heard it, "Shi Gongzi, don't bother you to continue your studies, let's leave!" ”

"Wait." Shi De stopped Shu Yan, with a smile in his words, "Shu Wenxue, in a few days, I hope you can pass the test successfully." In addition, in a few days, I will finish my studies and will soon enter the office, but I don't know if you can enter the court with me. I hope you don't get sent home like most filial piety! ”

"Hopefully!"

In fact, what Shi De said is true, being cited as a filial piety does not mean that he will be able to enter the office smoothly, but the children of wealthy families are quite sure about entering the office. Xiao Mo was very unhappy when he saw Shi De's arrogance.

Shu Yan saw that Shi Chong and Wang Dun were about to go out of the gate in a circle, so he hurriedly pulled Xiao Mo, and the two followed the group out of the door, and then went back to the inn to rest.

"Brother Shi De, what are you doing in a daze? Come and debate, it's still waiting for you. ”

Shi De was still looking at the backs of Shu Yan and Xiao Mo, and when he heard someone calling him, he hurriedly responded: "Oh, Brother Xun, it's coming." ”

"We also go on to discuss what Confucius said: 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise.' If it is near, it is not inferior, and if it is far away, it is resentful'. ”

The so-called "Brother Xun" is named Xun Bao, and he is also a son of a wealthy family. He is more articulate: "I think what Confucius said, 'Women and villains are difficult to raise, close to them are not grandchildren, and far away are resentful.'" The woman in refers to all women. The Master's point is that only the woman and the villain are difficult to get along with. Get close to them, they will become rude, distance themselves from them, and they will complain. ”

Shi De shook his head: "No, the master definitely doesn't mean to despise women. This sentence should be understood in connection with the above, and the word 'female' here should be used as the word 'ru', which means 'you', which is specifically said by Zigong. It means that Zigong is as difficult to get along with as a villain, and if the master is close to him, he will be rude to the master; If you distance yourself from him, he will complain about the Master. Reading through the Analects, we will know that among Confucius's students, Zigong was the most assertive and most fond of refuting his master. The Master expressed his dissatisfaction with him many times in his words. ”

For this most controversial sentence in the Analects, these students were very interested, and they all gathered around to discuss it at this time.

A man in white next to him said: "No, no, no, you are all wrong, the 'and' here means to give marriage." The Master's meaning is that if you marry your daughter to a villain as a wife, the villain will be too lazy to provide for her wife. If you are close to your daughter and son-in-law, they will be rude; Alienate them, and they will complain. ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

Xun Bao reiterated: "I think the master here must be referring to all women, women are just difficult to please, close to her, she has to inch in, alienated her, she will complain." What the Master said was right, 'The gentleman is frank, and the villain is always related', in other words, it can also be said that men are frank and slutty, and women are often relatives. ”

Shi De smiled and said: "You have to be careful, Confucius has been infamous for 800 years because of the phrase 'women and villains are difficult to raise'." It's a good thing you don't know, otherwise the spit would have drowned you. I think that in the time of the Confucian sage, the writing was not yet mature, and many of them were fake characters, and the vast majority of the "female" characters in the "Analects" were "Ru" characters, and for example, the "Sun" character in "near is not grand, far away is resentful" is not spoken as a descendant, but should be a humble "Xun" character. So since 'Sun' and 'Sun' are fake, then the 'female' and 'you' are fake. ”

Everyone nodded yes.

The man in white said: "Most women are as Brother Xun said, this is good, but there are exceptions, I have encountered it, although this person is not a heroine among women, but he can definitely be said to be a gentleman among women." ”

Xun Bao showed some admiration for the white-clothed boy and said, "Brother Xiahou is a few years older than us, and he has a lot of experience, let's listen to Brother Xiahou's opinions." ”

That Xiahou brother smiled slightly: "I can't talk about it, it's just that I, Xiahoumen, am a few years older than you, and I have some experience." ”

Shi Dedao: "Brother Xiahou is a young talent, he participated in the Battle of Pingwu with the army a few years ago, if it is peaceful today, he came to Taixue to study, and after he completed his studies, he can be said to be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, which really makes me admire." ”

Xiahoumen shook his head with a smile and said: "Hugh wants to mention it again, that time it was just that my father participated in the Battle of Pingwu, and Uncle Shi Chong also participated, so I went with the eldest son of the Shi family with the army, but I never went to the battlefield, just traveled on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and did not make a contribution to the imperial court." Later, my father thought that I was still young, so he sent me to Taixue to study. ”

Xun Bao said: "Now, there are many people who come to Taixue to study after being an official for a few years, but my brother, your experience is something I can't learn, just like the strange woman you just talked about, you might as well tell us about it." ”

"Okay." Xiahoumen agreed, "In Ruyin that year, Shi Gongzi and I met a strange woman......

Shi De heard that it was a matter of his hometown, and he just wanted to listen carefully. Suddenly hearing a "snap", the old doctor slapped the book case with a ring ruler and shouted: "In class, only issues related to this scripture are allowed to be discussed, and no off-topic is allowed." Everyone was startled and hurried back to their seats.