"Hehe, Mr. Wang, the mountain chief said that you like to be clean, and the villain brought you here, the mountain residence is simple, this one is the best one among the remaining residences in the academy, I hope Mr. will not dislike it. If you want to add something, just tell the small one to buy it!"

After having dinner at Lu Fangweng's house, Lu Xiaoan took Li Xiuyuan to a guest house in the south of the academy.

"Hehe, it's already very good here, there's nothing missing, thank you Mr. Xiao'an!" As the sky was getting dark, Li Xiuyuan opened the window, took a closer look in the room, and thanked Lu Xiao'an with a fist.

The place is spacious, the decoration is simple, the surroundings are also very clean, there is a bed in the bedroom, a thick quilt is placed on the bed, there is a wooden table in the middle hall, three bamboo chairs, many Confucian classics have been moved in the study, and a few landscape paintings are newly hung on the wall, which looks very elegant.

"It's good that Mr. Wang likes it here!" Lu Xiaoan chuckled and bowed to leave.

Li Xiuyuan walked into the study, sat at the desk, and began to turn over the classics of Confucianism, including the Four Books and the Five Classics and the interpretations of the classics of the famous masters of the past dynasties.

These Confucian classics are all books that Lu Fangweng likes to read on weekdays, and some small character annotations are written on them, which I think Lu Fangweng deliberately did.

Li Xiuyuan was still pondering while flipping through the Confucian classics, the first generation of Confucian saints was a good corpse cut out of the way of heaven, and he took the way of human education, when the second journey of Luoyang was dead, Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan were not yet born, science and mind can become the foundation of the avenue of Confucianism, but it is just to see which one is more suitable for their own nature.

In fact, the Confucianism and Taoism that Li Xiuyuan wanted to inherit had already been thought about before he came to Chongqi Academy, otherwise he would not have dressed up as a middle-aged man in gray clothes and black hats, and he would have changed his name to Wang Yun.

Wang Yun is Wang Shouren, because Wang Shouren built a room to practice Taoism in Yangming Cave in Huiji Mountain when he was young, and called himself Yangmingzi, so he was also called Mr. Yangming by later generations of scholars.

Li Xiuyuan's foundation of Confucianism and Taoism chose Yangming Xinxue.

Early in the morning of the second day, the sun was rising and the sound of books was loud, and Lu Fangweng took Li Xiuyuan to the school in the front yard amid the clear sound of reading among the students.

Chongqi Academy, together with Lu Shanchang, has only three gentlemen in total, and there are only eighty-three students in the house, most of whom are poor children who can't afford to go to Lin'an Mansion.

The academy covers an area of about forty or fifty acres, including the Chongjian Temple, the lecture hall, the library building, the corridor and the residences of the three gentlemen, there are only more than 30 houses, and there are more than 10 acres of the academy's land outside the courtyard, which are all the property of Chongqi Academy.

The entire academy's land and houses were bought by Lu Fangweng with his own savings over the years, and now he has no officials, no money, and no other livelihood, even if he tries his best, he can only barely maintain the operation of the academy, and his situation seems to be very dilapidated.

"Lu Shan Chang'an is good!" As soon as the Confucian students in the school saw Lu Fangweng coming, they immediately bowed down and said hello.

"All life is well!" Lu Fangweng chuckled and waved his hand, and pointed to his side to introduce Li Xiuyuan to the twenty-one people in the A-word class: "This is the old man's old friend, Shaoxing Wang Yun Wang Bo'an, and the new Mr. invited by the old man for you, Mr. Wang will take over the old man's position in the future and come to teach your A-word class!"

The twenty-one Confucian students in Class A are considered to be the best in Chongqi Academy, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, whom Li Xiuyuan had seen before, were also among them.

"Will Chief Lu Shanchang stop teaching us in the future?" As soon as he heard Lu Fangweng's words, Zhu Yingtai immediately stood up and asked in surprise.

"Yes, Chief Shan, we don't want a new gentleman, let's let you teach, can you leave us behind?" Several more Confucian scholars stood up.

In the past, the students of these Class A were all taught by Lu Fangweng himself, but now that they heard that there was going to be a new Mr. Wang, the students were naturally very unhappy.

"Hehe, please sit down, now that the old man is old, and his mental strength is gradually insufficient, he can no longer continue to teach everyone, and I hope that all students can understand.

But don't worry, Mr. Wang's knowledge is far better than that of the old man, and the old man is very satisfied with his teaching for you!

In the future, if you encounter problems that are difficult to solve, you can also go to the old man's residence to find the old man, although the old man no longer teaches you, but he is still your mountain chief!"

With a warm smile, Lu Fangweng looked at the students in the school.

"What the mountain chief said is right, now that the mountain chief is old, we can't just take care of our own studies and let the mountain chief work so hard!" Liang Shanbo stood up and said to everyone.

Although the Confucian students were reluctant to resign from the class, they did not keep it anymore, but when they looked at the newcomer Mr. Wang, their expressions showed a trace of dissatisfaction.

After Lu Fangweng calmed down the people present, he retreated and left the school to Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan stood on the three-foot podium, and his mood was very calm.

I only heard him laugh softly: "In Xia Wang Yun, alias Yang Mingzi, you can be called Mr. Xia Wang, or you can be called Mr. Xia Yangming." ”

"Mr. Yangming is fine!" Only three Confucian students in the school replied to him, and the others were all looking at Zhu Yingtai's eyes, and seeing that Zhu Gongzi was silent, they didn't reply.

Li Xiuyuan smiled indifferently, raised his hand and pointed to the three people who replied: "What's your name?"

"Mr. Hui, student Liang Shanbo!" Liang Shanbo, who has a generous temperament, replied solemnly.

A young man with a generous personality got up and said with a smile: "Hehe, Mr. Hui, student Ning Caichen, is a fellow villager with Mr."

"Mr. Hui Wang, the student Bao Ren, is a Qi person. Bao Ren stood up, his expression a little reserved.

This is a handsome young man with a thin body, wearing a washed white cyan Confucian robe, and at a glance it is clear that this person's family is in a very difficult situation.

Li Xiuyuan nodded at the three of them, indicating that he had written them down.

The other people in the school looked at the encounter of Liang Shanbo and the three of them with some regret, I knew that I also said hello to Mr. Wang before, so that Mr. will remember my name.

Li Xiuyuan's now such a solemn and majestic Qingqi appearance is still very lethal to the students in the A class, they expect that the knowledgeable gentleman in middle school should grow like this, not to mention, this Mr. Wang has been respected by Lu Shanchang, that must be a great Confucian with real talent and learning, if you can often get Mr. Wang's advice, you will definitely make great progress in your studies.

"The sage often said that the way of education lies in teaching without class, and the specific implementation should be taught according to aptitude. I don't know what the students are looking for when they go to the academy to study? Do you want to seek a fame and a future as an official in the future, or do you want to inherit the way of the sages and become a generation of famous Confucians?" Li Xiuyuan looked around at the people in the academy, then looked at Liang Shanbo and said with a smile: "Shanbo, you talk about it first!"

Liang Shanbo was stunned for a moment, and replied abruptly: "The student does not have such great ambition as Mr. said, my mother sent the student to the academy just to read and learn some arithmetic, so that the student can return to his hometown to become a bookkeeper in the future!"

All the Confucian scholars laughed, and Li Xiuyuan asked again: "What about yourself? What is your ambition now?"

"The students are willing to do a county order and do something practical for the people!"

"A county order, isn't Shanbo a small official?" Li Xiuyuan looked at him with a smile.

Liang Shanbo waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, with the ability of a student, at most you can only do one county order." ”

Li Xiuyuan asked Ning Caichen again: "What are Caichen's ambitions?"

Ning Caichen said with a smile: "Hahaha, students are laymen, and they all dream of the title of the gold list, and the bigger the official, the better." ”

The Confucian scholars laughed again.

"What about you, Bao Ren?" asked Li Xiuyuan, looking at him.

"Students enter the academy to gain fame!" Bao Ren replied.

Li Xiuyuan did not make any evaluation of the ambitions of the three of them, and only said to himself: "All beings follow each other here, and they all have a heart to learn. I am shallow in my knowledge, and I am afraid that I will not be able to give you good help, so I will talk about the four things and answer the meaning of all beings.

One is to be determined, the second is to be diligent, the third is to reform, and the fourth is to be responsible.

These four things are all very important, listen carefully and do not neglect them.

Determination: If you don't have a will, there is nothing you can do in the world. Although there are hundreds of skills, there is no one who is not based on the will.

Diligent study: has been determined to be a gentleman, should be engaged in learning. Those who are not diligent in learning will not be able to achieve their ambitions.

Reform: Those who have made mistakes are inevitable from the great sage, but they do not harm the death of the great sage, so that they can be changed. Therefore, it is not more expensive than no fault, but more expensive than being able to change.

Blame the good: "Blame the good, the way of the friend;" However, it is necessary to "advise and be good", know his loyalty, and make him tactful, so that he can follow what he hears, and can change it, and feel it without anger, which is a good ear!"

Li Xiuyuan's words to the sentient beings are taken from the memory of his previous life, and the "Dogma of the Longchang Sentient Beings" written by Mr. Yang Ming after he realized the Tao in Longchang is also Mr. Yang Ming's view on Confucian scholarship.

Zhu Yingtai's body gradually straightened up, and he listened carefully to Mr. Wang's teaching. The other Confucian scholars were also impressed by Li Xiuyuan's method of learning, and secretly admired it in their hearts.

I only heard Zhu Yingtai say: "Mr. just said his own method of learning, students are taught, and I implore Mr. to teach you true knowledge." ”

All the Confucian scholars also looked at Li Xiuyuan together, with longing in their eyes.

Lu Shanchang is good at historiography, Mr. Fang Qiong of the B character class is good at the study of dictionaries, and Mr. Chen Xun of the C character class is good at the art of Gewu, and I don't know what kind of amazing wonder Mr. Wang who is respected by Lu Shanchang.

"Hehe, the study of Confucianism, the way of the sages has been passed down about eight characters, sincerity, and knowledge!" Li Xiuyuan looked at the Confucian students and said with a smile: "But according to the following point of view, sincerity as a cultivation method is talked about by the sages, but the explanation of the knowledge of things is a bit fallacious!"

"What, Mr. Wang is actually questioning the way of the sages?" The Confucian students were shocked in their hearts, and even Ning Caichen, who had a generous personality, was a little stunned, only Zhu Yingtai showed an interested look.

I only heard Li Xiuyuan say again: "The sages said that they must first learn from things, but they have to say that knowledge is self-nature, and there is no need to exhaust the reason to the external object, the grid is positive, and the object is the right heart, everything must return to self-nature, just to the conscience, and to extend the conscience outward, it is the unity of knowledge and action, knowledge is the idea of action, action is the work of knowledge, knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the completion of knowledge." It's not that I know this and can't do it, it's that the things you can't do are not the things you really know. ”

"Isn't the basis of conscience the four ends of man as Mencius said?"

"The unity of knowledge and action, can you explain in detail?"

"The universe is my heart, my heart is the universe, there is nothing outside the heart, there is no reason outside the heart!" Li Xiuyuan looked at the students in the school and smiled: "These are all the knowledge in the next generation, and in the future, I will explain the study of the mind in detail for all sentencing in the future."