Chapter 113: The Historian
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On a long table in front of the window, there are also books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones are crowded together, and a cup of tea rises from the light smoke. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Sunlight shines through the paper bed, illuminating the dark stacks. Old Hanlin first pushed open the window and put in the daylight, but it was facing the lotus pond and the locust tree.
Xu Xian praised, "It's really elegant here."
These idle Hanlin people may be in response to the saying of "great hidden in the court", and those new jinshi who are determined to make progress, their life is a cup of tea, thousands of books, neither the luxury of Zhumen's wine and meat, but also the ups and downs of the sea, in these old paper piles to spend a lifetime. Xu Xian sighed slightly, if it weren't for those things that had to be done, such a life would not be bad.
"You look at what's written on this book, well, and this, this one. The old man took out a few books from the pile of books and handed them to Xu Xian, and said sharply.
Xu Xian took a look at the results, but it was a "Three Kingdoms", "Book of Jin", "Book of the Later Han", without waiting for Xu Xian to react, the old man found a large number of books such as "Wei and Jin Shiyu", "Continuation of Han Book", "Book of Wu" and so on in Xu Xian's hands, there were dozens of copies, and in the end Xu Xian had to hold it with both hands and hold it with a full embrace.
Xu Xian said helplessly: "My lord, what are you doing to show me this?"
Old Han Linden was anxious, "What are you doing?!" I want you to see what you wrote, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", how ridiculous it is!"
Xu Xian dropped the book in his arms and said indifferently: "Since it is a romance, of course it is fake." ā
"Fake!" Old Hanlin was stunned, he didn't expect Xu Xian to admit it so happily, as if he had hit a thousand catties in the air, his chest was stuffy, he adjusted his mind, and asked, "What are you doing when you write him!?"
Xu Xian said frankly: "Of course it's for selling money!"
Lao Hanlin took three steps back, stared at Xu Xian with wide eyes and said: "You, you ......" In this era when gentlemen are ashamed to talk about profits and pay attention to "gentlemen are poor", he never expected that a generation of talented people would be able to say such things, and his face turned red for a while.
Xu Xian didn't expect that he would block people like this with one sentence, don't make trouble anymore, hurriedly stepped forward, slapped him on his skinny back, and crossed into a warm current by the way, Lao Hanlin finally coughed violently, followed this breath, sat on the chair and slammed the table, and said angrily: "The children can't be taught, the children can't be taught!"
Of course, Xu Xian couldn't be angry with such an old man, and said half-coaxing and half-persuading: "At that time, I wanted to write a medical book, but the money was not enough, and the game I wrote was a game! The words of a novelist are just entertainment, where can they be taken seriously. ā
Writing a medical book? Lao Hanlin recalled in a trance that Xu Xian had published a medical book at that time, but he didn't care much about these miscellaneous studies, and the "Compendium of Materia Medica" was far less popular than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". But he didn't expect that the money Xu Xian earned from selling books turned out to be invested in this, and the anger in his heart couldn't help but disappear a little, and he said with a slight relief: "You can be regarded as doing a good thing! But a gentleman acts, becomes benevolent and takes righteousness, and must not put the word Li on his lips, stained with a copper smell, and is ashamed of the teachings of the sage, and what he has learned in his belly." ā
Xu Xian said with a smile: "A gentleman loves money, he takes it in a good way, and uses it in a good way, so why be ashamed of it?"
Old Hanlin was suddenly shocked, revealing a thoughtful look. "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way", this is an idiom that only existed in later generations, and now it is said casually by Xu Xian, but it is a bit deafening. "You, you have some truth in what you say!"
Xu Xian saw that this old Hanlin was not the kind of person who was unreasonable, relied on the old and sold the old, and was stubborn to death. "Do you think my book of the Three Kingdoms is not good at writing? I am not the only one who writes novels at the moment, and I don't know how many people write the Romance of the Qin and Han Dynasties, don't you just come to me?" After the fire of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is naturally indispensable to follow the trend.
Old Hanlin pushed away Xu Xian's arm and picked up the only book spread out on the table from the table, but it was the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Xu Xian didn't pay attention, it turned out that Old Hanlin was looking at this book, but he sighed: "Alas, it's not bad, but it's too good." I've read all the romances you mentioned, and they all stink, far inferior to your book, but that's not a good thing!"
Xu Xian was surprised and said, "Good thing?" but vaguely understood what he meant.
Lao Hanlin leaned on the corner of the table and sighed: "Their romance can only confuse for a while, or even laugh and be generous. But your romance is going to be passed down through the ages, so that future generations will only know that there is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but I don't know if there is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", mistakenly!
Xu Xian somewhat admired Lao Hanlin's vision, and he deserved to write history. There is no shortage of romance in Chinese history, and I don't know how many people want to emulate the deeds of their predecessors, but there are only a few that have been circulated in the world, and only that book can really be called a famous book.
It is in this book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that the Chinese people have a special feeling for the history of the Three Kingdoms, without this book, this history will not be so profound, just like if there is no "The World Says New Words" wonderful pen flowers, it is difficult for future generations to experience the style of Wei Jinshi people so directly. But real history has indeed been distorted and rewritten. Ordinary people don't care what the real history is, and when they think of the Three Kingdoms, they will only remember the "Taoyuan Three Knots" and "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone".
How can such a thing not make the old historian in front of him sigh and sigh, or even be unjust!
Xu Xian persuaded: "You don't have to worry too much, what's wrong? Even the "Three Kingdoms" may not be all true, one of our people said that half of history is false!"
Old Hanlin jumped up from his chair at once, "Who said that!?"
Of course, Xu Xian can't tell it, this is what Mao Taizu said, the original words were, "Most of the twenty-four histories are fake, and most of the so-called records are also fake!" can only say: "You don't care who said it, it's like the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, a thousand years ago, there was no written record, how did Sima Qian know, but it was also half guessed and half Meng, plus some rumors were written, and the history of the later dynasty for the previous dynasty was the same." ā
Lao Hanlin did not rush to get angry as Xu Xian expected, but sat down slowly, his eyes were shining, and he looked directly at Xu Xian and said, "What the old man saw with his own eyes is not fake!"
Xu Xian was uncomfortable by him, "What did you see with your own eyes?"
Lao Hanlin smiled slightly, "Today, the old man will let you see and understand, what is the history of the pen like iron!" After that, he pushed away all the books on the table, leaving a large empty space, spread a blank piece of paper, flicked his sleeves, took the wolf hair stained with ink, and wrote on the paper: "Xu Xian, the character is Chinese, and he is from Qiantang." The mother dreams of the immortals, hence the name. A line of black letters was clearly left on the white paper.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing here?"
Old Hanlin shook his head and said, "Naturally, it is to write history and biography!"
"For me, I'm still young, what kind of history to write and what to pass on! And how can there be any dream immortals!"
Old Hanlin was surprised: "No?"
"How do I know!"
Lao Hanlin said without hesitation: "Proper processing is also necessary. ā
"Are you really a historian?"
Lao Hanlin has already written: "He is gifted, more than eight feet tall, and he may be different from others. Read less poetry and never forget. ā
"It's still 'a different person', I only grew so tall later, hey, I'm really afraid of you, you can, I'll go first!" Xu Xian waved his hand helplessly and was about to leave.
Old Hanlin held the wolf hair, glanced at Xu Xian and said, "Go, you are killing yourself!"
Xu Xian was stepping out of the door, and when he heard the words, he turned around and said, "What dead end?" Also, don't steal my lines.
Old Hanlin didn't look at him, he just cared about writing hard there, and his seriousness was mixed with a bit of fanaticism. Xu Xian felt a chill when he thought that he was writing about himself, and he was going to pass on these things to future generations.
"Your reputation is too great, and the title of 'No. 1 in the world' has even committed a taboo in the literary world! The other Hanlin people have already set up a formation in the inner courtyard, and just waiting for the cup to be smashed, fifty sword and axe men came out from behind the screen and took your head. ā
Rao is Xu Xian's psychological quality is excellent, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he heard this, "You, you said they were going to kill me?" Not to mention that the title of "No. 1 in the world" is not self-styled, even if it is really self-styled, if he commits that kind of taboo in the literary world, he will not be able to do this, this is the Hanlin Academy or the underworld!
Lao Hanlin stopped thinking for a while, and said, "Hey, it's wrong, I've watched too much of your "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!"
Xu Xian said weakly: "What the hell is going on?"
"The other Hanlin people knew that you had passed the exam, and they discussed it for half a night before they decided on the rules - they want to give you a dismissal. ā
"You've been discussing it for half a night, and you've come up with such a result, it's too efficient, isn't it?"
"I discussed it for half a night before I figured out how to deal with you. ā
"Isn't that a night of sleep?!"
"Why don't you ask them what they want to do with you?"
Xu Xian let out a sigh and followed him and asked, "What do they want to do with me?" In a trance, he understood why he hadn't met a few people along the way.
Old Hanlin hesitated for a moment and said: "The old man should not have divulged the secrets of my Hanlin Academy, but for the sake of your sincerity, I can't bear to turn your reputation into flowing water, so you come with your ears." ā
Xu Xian hurriedly stepped forward and listened to the old Hanlin say: "They want to use all kinds of clever tricks such as hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, waiting for work, flowers blooming on trees, and hiding knives in their smiles, all of which are interlocking and form a set of serial schemes to deal with you." ā
Xu Xian was in a cold sweat when he heard this, "Can it be simpler!"
Old Hanlin read word by word: "Seven absolutes!"
Xu Xian was shocked: "Seven absolutes?" "I haven't heard of it, what kind of weapon is it?"
Old Hanlin nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, it's seven absolutes?"
Xu Xian took a deep breath, "Can you be more specific?"
Old Hanlin took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said, "Specifically, it is seven couplets!"
Xu Xian was speechless for a while, "So it's so specific, I thought it was poetry again!"
"Who dares to test your poetry, and I heard that you are well-read, and you will never forget it, and the general subset of scriptures and history is afraid that it will not be difficult for you, yesterday the Hanlin racked their brains, searched the library, and spent a whole day sorting out the seven earth-shattering ghosts and gods through the ages, and then I want you to come right. ā
Xu Xian said: "Is the Hanlin Academy so idle? Thinking about dealing with me all night and night! Forget it, you always tell me, what are those couplets?" He knew that he had a few pounds and a few taels, and what the couplets needed was quick and intelligent, not something that could be dealt with by reading a lot of books. Not to mention the absolutes that a group of Hanlin finally came up with, even the slightly more difficult couplets, he was afraid that there would be big problems.
Old Hanlin said: "This old man can't say it, after all, the old man is also a member of the Hanlin Academy, so he can only give you a plan." ā
"Huh?"
"Go for the best!"
Xu Xian said: "You want me to hide?" He wanted to hide, but he would have to come here to "work" in the future, and the Hanlin Academy was his work unit, which was a standard monk who could run away from the temple. I thought of being an idle Hanlin, but I didn't expect that there were so many things in the Hanlin Academy.
Lao Hanlin said earnestly: "Don't be rash, those seven pairs are very rare, although your talent may not be wrong, but even if you come out, you will be majestic for a while, but you will hurt the face of your colleagues, how to get along." As soon as you entered the official career, you had a reputation for being arrogant and arrogant, and not being able to work with others, which is by no means beneficial! It is better to leave first, come and visit the bachelor's mansion, and observe the courtesy of a disciple, he will definitely be embarrassed to embarrass you again. These words also show that his history over the years was not read in vain.
"Well said! Hanwen, what this lord said is the words of gold and stone. Qing Yue's voice came from outside the window, and Pan Yu walked into the room with his hands behind his back.
"Mingyu, why are you here?"
Pan Yu said: "They asked me to come to you." He bowed his hand to Lao Hanlin and said, "Student Pan Yu has seen the boss. ā
Lao Hanlin hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, "This is this year's champion!" He and Pan Yu are at the same level, both of them are compiled from the six products, of course, you can't rely on the old and sell the old.
"Mingyu, what do you think?"
Pan Yu smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, whatever you think!" She wants to see what the seven absolutes are, even if Xu Xian can't be right, she is confident that she can be right, and then she will pass the sound to him. Although Lao Hanlin's worries are not unreasonable, Xu Xian's backstage is a hard mess, even if he offends anyone, he is afraid.
Xu Xian thought for a while and said, "Let's go, let's go over!"
Lao Hanlin persuaded: "I know that you have something to rely on, but you can't borrow it often, let alone rely on it, and you still need to cultivate your body diligently." He also thought that Xu Xian was relying on his relationship with Pan Yu.
Xu Xian grinned and said, "Thank you for your concern, I will take care of it, didn't you also want to trouble me just now?"
Old Hanlin glanced at Xu Xian deeply, nodded and said, "Then you go!"
The two said goodbye to Lao Hanlin, and on the way, Pan Yu smiled and said, "Hanwen, you already have a plan!"
Xu Xian nodded and said, "Let's go, let's see this Raush Ziqi Absolute!"
(To be continued)