"Zhi Shen" was written early by Ji Yuan, a great scholar of the time, and it is also Ji Yuan's most controversial work.
Because at first glance, the content of Zhishen is not promoting Confucianism and Taoism, but talking about gods, ghosts and demons.
In the book, the great scholar Ji Yuan used a series of bizarre fables about gods and ghosts to warn people in the world not to be afraid of ghosts, gods and demons!
This is contrary to the contemporary Confucianism and Taoism’s thoughts on ghosts and gods.
"The great Confucianism and Taoism emphasize that righteousness is like a rainbow, and gods and ghosts make changes! Many great Confucians once wrote poems to ridicule those who worship ghosts and gods, such as the sentence 'The gods are angry and the gods rejoice in the appearance of the teacher, and send the gods thousands of horses back to the green mountains.' In the early days of the great Confucian Ji Yuan
After writing such a book "Zhi Shen", everyone doubted him, but he did not explain it, but later rarely mentioned the theory of gods and ghosts."
Lu Jing read carefully. At first he thought the many bizarre things about gods and ghosts in "Zhi Shen" were quite curious, but as he read them, he became more enlightened.
"In every story written by Zhishen, there are good people and bad people, as well as good ghosts and evil gods... Since Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism all need to respect human nature, naturally we should also respect the nature of ghosts and gods to avoid suffering from evil spirits and demons."
"This is to teach people in the world to protect themselves, not to think that gods and ghosts are superior to others."
After Lu Jing finished reading a fable about a neighbor who was deprived of his family and was killed by an evil spirit, he realized that he had learned a lot.
"However, although Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in this world have different views on gods, ghosts, and demons, none of them denies the existence of ghosts and gods... Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism all write books about gods and ghosts. Does this mean that in this world?
Are there really ghosts and demons?"
Lu Jing couldn't help but wonder: "This world is different from the world in my previous life. At least, this Lu Mansion has warriors who can easily move a stone lion weighing at least one ton at the door.
For imperial examinations, scholars who want to gain fame also need to practice martial arts, and need to be proficient in riding, archery, and swordsmanship... This is not unusual."
"It's just a pity that the third young master of the Lu family rarely had the opportunity to leave the house since he was a child. Even the library of the Lu family was not allowed to come in and out at will. The memories he left me are also very vague. Only by thinking about things can I integrate them.
memory."
Lu Jing was deep in thought when a soft voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Master Jing..."
"It's Qing Yue here." Lu Jing's thoughts were interrupted, but he was not angry.
In a matter of seconds, a dark wooden food box was placed on the stone table in front of Lu Jing.
"Master Jing, although studying is important, lunch is equally important. I've been waiting for you for a long time, but you haven't come back, so I have to carry this food box and look for you everywhere."
A girl complained trivially.
The girl is about seventeen or eighteen years old. She is wrapped in blue plain clothes and wears a wooden hairpin on her head. Her hair is black and her face is somewhat plain and elegant without any makeup.
Especially a pair of willow-leaf eyes, which add a bit of gentleness.
"I first went to the old locust tree where you go most often. You weren't there, and then I found this place. The hot food was cold again."
Qingyue is Lu Jing's maid.
To be precise, she is the only maid in Lu Jing's room.
Since Lu Jing was eight years old, Qing Yue, who is one year older than him, has been by his side.
At that time, they were all still young, and Lu Jing's mother was still there. Qing Yue would play with Lu Jing on weekdays, doing trivial things at most.
Later, her mother passed away and Qingyue grew older, so she became the most qualified maid.
His small house is not big, but Qing Yue takes care of it in an orderly manner. Even the food on the table is cooked by Qing Yue.
\bOriginally, for aristocratic families like the Jiuhu Lu family, each courtyard had a dining room.
It's just that the dining room may be "too busy" and the quality of the meals delivered when my mother was still alive is hard to describe.
Either it was too cold, it was overnight, or the amount of food was too small.
So later, errands such as cooking were taken over by Qing Yue. In the past few years, Lu Jing and Qing Yue have been doing this.
"\bI went shopping this morning and found that the price of green vegetables had increased again, so I bought some cabbage.\bI just didn't get some vinegar from Master Liu in the dining room, so I had to cook it with some salt.
Already."
"This meat was sent here by Miss Qiang. It's very tender...Miss Qiang is really kind-hearted. She was living under someone else's roof in the Lu Mansion, but she gave us food many times..."
Qing Yue gently told Lu Jing these trivial matters while taking out the two dishes and warm rice from the food box.
With a smile on his face, Lu Jing listened to Qing Yue's chatter and took the bowl Qing Yue handed him.
To a certain extent, Qing Yue's existence prevented Lu Jing from being defeated by "suddenly traveling to a strange world".
Moreover, Lu Jing could see that Qingyue truly regarded Lu Jing as a relative who depended on each other for life.
Even though she was a humble maid, she still cared about Lu Jing from the bottom of her heart.
"Qingyue, your skills are getting better and better."
Lu Jing slowly finished the food in front of him and praised Qing Yue sincerely.
Qingyue blushed slightly, knowing that her young master was encouraging her.
She knew that the food she cooked could only be considered "not unpalatable" compared to the food in the dining room.
Moreover, cooking is a technical job in this era. In this era, technical jobs are generally dedicated to serving "high-ranking officials and dignitaries".
The main attribute of most people's meals is to fill their stomachs rather than satisfy their tastes.
Under such circumstances, no one is willing to hand over their livelihood skills to irrelevant people.
So Qingyue has always been able to explore on her own.
In addition, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Without all kinds of spices in the kitchen, and even oil and salt have to be carefully calculated, how delicious can the cooked meals be?
"It's getting colder and colder these days." Qingyue knew that her young master was "bullying" her, and felt embarrassed, so she took the initiative to change the topic: "As the saying goes, the autumn wind is the most intense, so the young master must change into autumn clothes when he goes out tomorrow, otherwise
If we get cold, this winter will be even more difficult."
Speaking of autumn clothes, Qing Yue bit her lip: "By the way, Manager Liu sent someone to deliver a letter this morning, asking me to pick up the autumn clothes. I wonder what the autumn clothes are made of this time..."
"In previous years, Master Jing's autumn clothes were made of much inferior materials, not only compared to the brocade clothes worn by several other young ladies and young masters, but also compared to the sons of the stewards in the mansion. I hope it will be thicker this time."
Lu Jing took the initiative to help Qing Yue put the dishes and bowls into the food box. He still smiled and said: "The material is okay. If the material is too thin, it happens that last year's autumn clothes are too small. Put the old autumn clothes on the inner clothes and put them on again."
The new clothes are just in time, and it’s still very hot at noon, so you’ll easily sweat if you wear too much.”
Qing Yue turned her head and saw the calm smile on Lu Jing's face, and felt more and more that the young master had become much warmer in the past three months.
"In the past, when the young master encountered this kind of thing, he would gnash his teeth, glare, feel sorry for himself, but now he is much more mature."
Qing Yue couldn't help but feel very sorry for Lu Jing when she thought of this.
"Perhaps the young master has accepted his fate? He has been studying poetry and books for eight or nine years, but because he has never learned riding, archery, or swordsmanship, he has never been able to take part in the child examination.
Later... he had to become the son-in-law of Nanfu and had no opportunity to take the scientific examination in his life."
"It's good now. Nanfu has gone back on his word again...Young Master can't even become a rich man for the rest of his life."
Qingyue lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
She only thinks that Master Lu Jing has a kind heart, studies diligently, writes brilliantly, and is a member of a wealthy family.
Now the future is dark, and I'm afraid I won't be able to escape from the mud in front of me for the rest of my life...
"Qingyue, go back and bring me a lamp first. Let's have dinner later today. Wait until I come back."
Lu Jing's voice interrupted Qing Yue's thoughts.
Qing Yue picked up the food box and turned around quickly, not wanting Lu Jing to see the tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry." Lu Jing's voice suddenly came from behind: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain."
"There is no desperate situation."
Lu Jing spoke softly.
When Qing Yue heard Lu Jing's voice, she paused slightly, raised her hand to wipe away the tears that had fallen down, and turned back to smile gently at Lu Jing.