In 1801, the head of Joseon died suddenly, the young son succeeded to the throne, and the princess of Zhencun listened to the government, in order to consolidate her power, the Catholic sect and its related people were brutally suppressed, and the history said that there was a heresy, including the three brothers of the Ding family.

The three of them are all great Confucians in the world, and they are deeply valued by the king. Now that the situation has reversed, the originally highly regarded Western learning was considered by the dynasty to be evil art and was degraded, and the eldest was killed, the third was assigned to Kangjin County, and the second Ding Ruoquan was sent to Black Mountain Island.

Black Mountain Island is named Montenegro, deep and terrifying, but the sea here is full of fish species, and the taste is very fresh. The island's inhabitants made a living from fishing, and could have been comfortably fed and clothed. But in the last days of the dynasty, corruption was rampant, and countless taxes were excessive, and the lives of the residents were extremely difficult. Ding Ruoquan came by boat, and the officials on the island personally greeted him, introduced this "evil sinner" to everyone, and warned everyone not to think good to him.

However, the inhabitants of the island are very kind, and although they are poor, they are willing to raise food to support this Confucian scholar. But her sister-in-law also let Ruoquan live in her house, and her husband died early, leaving behind a lot of fields and houses.

Regarding the official's admonition, Sister-in-law Keju has her own reasons: "He is a sinner to the country, and when he comes to my house, he is a guest." ”

But the sister-in-law brought the turtle harrier sashimi for Ruoquan, and Ruoquan tasted a piece, which was delicious and abnormal, and had a very unique taste.

The fish was given to him by Dachang, who was eager to learn and read, and often couldn't put down the scroll, and the core of what he learned was Confucianism. It is said that at that time, Chinese Confucianism was introduced to the Korean Peninsula with Chinese characters, and a new Confucianism system was formed in the local area. Dachang is a staunch supporter of sexuality, and he feels that Ding Ruoquan is a sinner who needs to be eliminated. If Kwon knew that he could not immediately change a person's mind, and his heart was depressed and incomprehensible, so he sat alone and drank.

It was the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon was bright. Ji Qinghui, Ruoquan asked Keju's sister-in-law: "You also think that I am a cult sinner, not easy to get along with, and my face is real?" But the sister-in-law said, "No, you are very handsome." After saying that, he ran away shyly.

Ruoquan smiled with relief, and casually said to the moon: "The north wind drives me here, and the line meets the sea." My brother was so strong that he went into the wilderness, leaving his wife as a widow, and his son as an orphan. When Fang Qi entered the sea, he was complacent. After a while, Ruoquan was drunk, only to feel the tide in his chest, swaying and falling into the water.

Fortunately, Dachang came to the beach to fish and rescued him. After this incident, Ruoquan's heart was hindered, and he never ate or drank the octopus and abalone sent by Dachang, but his sister-in-law made him octopus and abalone soup, so that he could only eat three bites to continue his life. Ruoquan took three bites and felt that the soup was delicious and delicious, and he couldn't stop eating it, and he sighed, "Fresh octopus has such a taste." ”

The abalone is also silky and smooth, if the right seems to come to life, it can really be described as "300 fish a day, and I don't want to be a seaside person." ”

On this day, Dachang hurriedly ran to the beach, and when he passed by Keju's sister-in-law's accommodation, Ruoquan asked, "What are you studying for?" Thinking about the imperial examination or seeking an official position? ”

Dachang said: "I want to live like a person, you fell into evil and were sent here, is it not because you learned the wrong science of sexuality? ”

Ruoquan is a little angry, this kid is really stupid to read. After returning home, Dachang began to study at university, "The way of university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection." He stared at each other, but still couldn't understand the controversy. Suddenly, I heard shouts outside, and an official wanted to snatch the villagers' iron pots from pieces. In the face of such atrocities, Dachang could only unleash all his resentment on the sage book.

Seeing the things received by his subordinates, the official is angry, how can these things fill his capital to buy officials? How to make a connection? In the face of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people were miserable, and even if people died, they still had to collect a poll tax.

Dachang said angrily: "This is all caused by people's non-compliance with the principles of sexuality. ”

He went to the official's office, made a generous statement, and reasoned greatly. The officials were furious, pulled him down and beat him, and after the beating, he was locked up again. Upon learning of this, Ruoquan found the official and said that he only needed a letter to know the superior official, and he was very hopeful of being promoted. Regarding this, the official never doubted that even if he was demoted, Ruoquan had a lot of connections in the imperial court, and he immediately changed his face.

For Ruoquan's obedience, Dachang was released, and he brought the fish to the door to thank him. If Kwon mistook it for a spotted ray, Dachang explained: "These are yellow snapper fish, two fish that are exactly the same in the eyes of ordinary people. ”

Dachang said a lot of differences in details, and Dachang is very clear about the skeleton of many fish. Ruoquan was surprised: "How can you have such a deep understanding of fish?" ”

Dachang said: "Only by understanding fish can you catch fish." The way the eagle ray, the way of the spotted ray, the way of the yellow eagle fish, the way of the yellow eagle fish. ”

Ruoquan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and the theory of Western methods and practices and the theory of the nature of sexuality gradually overlapped in his mind.

Reason is always gray, only practice is the truth, and all kinds of sea creatures are also great knowledge. Ruoquan had the idea of compiling a fish book, and when he was thinking about it, his younger brother's student Li Guanghai came to visit and brought a new book on herdsmen, hoping that Ruoquan could criticize and correct him.

Ruoquan understood that his younger brother was learning the way of assisting the king's own life, and he replied: "In the future, I will study stupidity and foolishness, I have already studied sexual science, Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Western studies just want to know where people want to go, but what I have realized is not as much as this kid's understanding of fish." Therefore, I will no longer study the fickle and incomprehensible human beings, but to study the things that are transparent and tranquil, and pursue the realm where the world has not harmed the inhabitants, and the truth and meaning have been forgotten.

He told Dachang about this idea, and from now on, he wanted to learn about a wide variety of fish and then write a fish book. Dachang asked him, "What do you do when you write this kind of book?" Ruoquan said: "Didn't you say the way the spotted ray walked, does the spotted ray know?" I want more people to know about it, so that I can contribute to the fishing industry. ”

But Daechangxue stubbornly believes that it is unfaithful to help the great rebel sinner. Ruoquan felt that this was not a help, but an exchange of knowledge. Dachang brought the university and asked Ruoquan to explain. In the opening sentence, Ruoquan said: "The true meaning of the university lies in revealing our own inherent bright virtues, in being close to the people, and in returning to the perfect nature." ”

The doubts that had been bothering me for a long time were finally solved. Dachang is quite studious and takes the initiative to kowtow to his teacher. Ruoquan begins with the Analects. While reading, Dachang explained fish knowledge to the teacher. Ruoquan does not only rename words that have only aliases but no scientific names. He also broke the turtle to eat some fish that fishermen did not dare to eat, and he was hungry and thirsty, and he was not ashamed to ask. Everything is recorded in great detail.

Li Guanghai, a student of his younger brother, came to the island again, and as soon as he saw him, he bluntly said, "This is the untouchable student you mentioned in your letter?" ”

Dachang felt humiliated. During the meal, Li Guanghai suddenly asked, "Do you know how to write poetry?" ”

Ruoquan said casually, "He is still reading the Four Books and Five Classics." Dachang suddenly felt deflated, no matter how hard he studied, he couldn't change his status as a pariah. As for the book that Ruoquan wants to write, Dachang is still puzzled, shouldn't the so-called book lead people to the road they have to take like the Analects and Mencius? To put it bluntly, it is actually the guidance of thoughts.

But Ruoquan said, "Go catch an ugly fish, the kind that exceeds 200 catties." ”

Dachang is angry, in your eyes am I just catching fish? It seems that you still have to be able to read and write in order to live like a person, and you can write poetry in order to be respected. Ruoquan looked at him and said, "If you have two hearts, you always think that you can write a lot of poems if you read more, but in fact, only by cultivating yourself and seeing the world clearly can you write poems." It's because of people like you that sexuality has become what it is today. As the saying goes, if you are not angry, you can't afford it. When royal power and Confucianism merge, the so-called pursuit of goodness becomes hypocrisy, and only by turning to truth-seeking can the country make progress. ”

Dachang didn't understand and wasn't convinced, until one day, he accidentally picked up a globe. Ruoquan explained: "When you memorize the Four Books and Three Classics, people may not have studied anything and understood something, don't you think it's terrible? Westerners know that the earth is round, but they still believe in God, and I have accepted Western geometry and mathematics with sexual science. Has your bright mind ever thought of learning something else? True learning should not be in conflict, sticking to one's own opinions, blind fear is the taboo of learning. ”

These words were like an initiation, Dachang seemed to have an epiphany, he saw the vastness of the sea, swimming freely, the world is boundless, the stars are brilliant, life in it is so small, like a mayfly in the heaven and earth, and like a bunch floating in the sea. How can the truth of everything in the world be covered by a single science? Dachang thought of the globe and the other side of the sea, and a longing for freedom could not help but rise in his chest. He had a soul resonance with an old man on the other side of the sea a few years later, across time and space.

Dachang remembered his husband's words and went to catch a 200-pound big fish, the fish was too big for his small boat to bear, but he didn't give up fighting with the big fish. Dachang was luckier than the old man, he caught the big fish and did it. What he himself could not have imagined was that this ecstasy was sexual, and he was not in the books. Dachang began to accept Western learning and preached to the villagers. The villagers felt that although this knowledge could not cope with the imperial examination, it was new and useful.

So he asked Mr. Ruoquan to open a private school to teach, and in the children, Dachang finally got the respect he wanted. After a while, Ruoquan and Ke Ju's sister-in-law also got married, and soon the two had a child. Dachang has learned something, and Ruoquan has to visit his younger brother. In the letter to his younger brother, Ruoquan praised Dachang without hesitation. In the temple, Li Guanghai and Dachang met to write poems, and after a few rounds, Dachang answered fluently, and the rhyme and rhetoric were stable over Li Guanghai. Li Guanghai was defeated in the town, and Dachang was ashamed.

After returning home, Dachang asked Ruoquan, "Sir, why don't you write something else?" Your brother not only writes about field investigations, but also writes military books, etiquette laws, and even books about Zhou Yi, which have more than 200 volumes. ”

Ruoquan said: "This is the difference between me and my younger brother. What I want is that there are no nobles, no commoners, no concubines, no concubines, no masters, no slaves, and no need for the king's world, so how can I write such a book? Whether it is Western studies or sexual science, as long as it is good knowledge, it can be used. I have accepted Catholicism through sexology, but I am not the only one in this country, so who is sexology in this country for? ”

Dachang still couldn't accept these theories, and he didn't even dare to think about a country without a king.

Soon after, the brothers' assignment was finally lifted, and Ruoquan decided to go to Niuer Island to continue writing, and he wanted Dachang to accompany him and help him complete the fish book. But the next day, Dachang got up to say goodbye to him, and he explained, "If I am with people who have wrong ideas like my husband, my future will be in danger." I want to enter the king's arms more than fishermen, so that I can think of the people. Ruoquan smiled bitterly, and the master and apprentice finally chose a different path.

Soon, Ruoquan took his wife and children to Niu'er Island, and Dachang returned to the mainland.

The high school jinshi was proud of the spring breeze for a while, and he was full of ambition. He geared up for reform in accordance with the new book of herders. But after becoming a county official, he found that Yaqian Xiaoli treated the people like pigs and dogs, and all kinds of oppression, slavery, corruption, and collusion between power and money shocked him.

That night, the bureaucrats of Dachang Qingzong had dinner and wanted to promote his herdsmen's ideas with them, but the officials taught them a lesson, and Dachang left the table angrily.

After coming out, a man brought his wife and children to the yamen theory, because the government actually put taxes on the baby who was born three days ago, and the official not only did not be accommodating, but also let them use cattle to deduct taxes. Dachang felt a deep uneasiness in his heart, and he stepped forward to reason: "Why do you want to collect taxes on dead people and babies? ”

But the superiors have their own reasons, and the most important thing now is the numbers in the account books, and the next day, the man who can't pay the taxes is forced to take a risk.

wielding a knife from the palace in the yamen, and having to pay taxes after giving birth to a child, then he simply stopped being a man. The wife wanted justice, but was beaten by officials. Dachang couldn't bear it anymore, so he rushed up and choked the official's neck. He hated himself for having no choice, and he relied on his own strength to change the law and reform. Afterwards, Dachang was dismissed and assigned to Haraki.

At this time, Ruoquan became ill from hard work, although he coughed non-stop, but he still kept writing. He gradually discovered that everything in the world is different, and many of the ends of knowledge are the same, and there is also a great way in the knowledge of marine life. If the power is strong enough to finish writing the fish book, the pen has not fallen, and it will pass away suddenly.

Soon after, Dachang brought his family to Niu'er Island, and what he saw in front of him was gone, and his husband had passed away, leaving only a book of Zhishan Fish Spectrum, which mentioned Dachang's contribution to this book in the preface, and the letter was inseparable from Dachang.

"Dachang, I was very afraid of this place in Montenegro, but after meeting you, this fear disappeared. You've made me regain my lost curiosity. Thanks to the light of life you have found in this lifeless black mountain.

Dachang is like a crane, and it is good to be hot, but it must also be like Zhishan, even if it is covered with mud and sewage, it can not refuse to come, and be a transparent nameless person.

"It's fun to have friends from afar" and the way of the university is in Minming, Mingde is close to the people, and it is in perfection.

The Ding family has three brothers, and Su Shi also has three brothers. Ding Ruoquan, a political figure who became enlightened because of his exile, in poor living conditions, the suffering of his people coexisted with all things, this kind of frank and open-minded spirit of a scholar and doctor, isn't it Su Shi's bamboo cane and mango shoes to give birth to a horse, a cloud of smoke and rain to let the horse live?

On the other hand, there are too many such stories in our history, but we who are accustomed to fast food are getting farther and farther away from them. Although it can't explain anything, but to form a prairie fire, there must always be a place to burn first, if there are damp parallel goods everywhere, how to burn the prairies?