Historically, he wanted his nephew Zhou Buyi to study under Liu Ba, a famous scholar in Lingling.
But Liu Ba refused, so after his brother-in-law died, he brought his sister and nephew to Xiangyang.
A few years later, Liu Biao sent Liu Xian as envoy to Xudu, and he also brought his nephew Zhou Buyi with him.
Zhou Buyi had a good relationship with Cao Chong. After Cao Chong died, Cao Cao was afraid that Cao Pi could not control Zhou Buyi, so he killed Zhou Buyi.
This shows how smart Zhou Buyi is.
Of course Shen Chen didn't know that this man was a top smart man, so he agreed to Liu Xian's request.
Soon he saw what it means to be a child prodigy. After returning to the academy, Liu Xian took Zhou Buyi to meet Song Zhong, and Song Zhong took advantage of the situation and arranged for him to be given to Shen Chen to teach Zhou Buyi.
Shen Chen is now different from what he used to be. In the past two years at Xianshan Academy, the books he has read and the knowledge brought by later generations have made even Wang Can praise him for his talent.
But when I was teaching Zhou Bujie, I found that Zhou Bujie, who was only five years old, was very smart and knew all the elementary school knowledge by heart.
As a last resort, he could only teach him other books, such as "Spring and Autumn", "The Analects of Confucius", "Zhouyi" and others, and then he could barely suppress him.
Less than a month later, Zhou Buyi was able to memorize these books. Fortunately, he could only read and memorize them. The annotations in them were enough for him to study for a year and a half. Shen Chen continued to teach. He didn't want to drain his life. possible things.
June 14th, late summer has arrived.
The weather was good that day, so Wang Can invited his friends Sun Meng, Pan Jun, Shen Chen and several other students of Song Zhong to go to Zhonglu Mountain in the northwest of Xiangyang to look for the hermit.
Everyone talked and laughed along the way, and after noon they arrived at Zhonglu Mountain. The person they visited today was a great scholar named Handan Chun.
Many people in later generations thought that the famous scholars in Jingzhou were only Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, Sima Hui and others. In fact, compared with the chaos in the Central Plains, the political situation in Jingzhou was very stable, so a large number of famous scholars and scholars poured in here.
For example, Wang Can and his friend Sun Meng, as well as Handan Chun, who is sixty-four years old this year, was a very famous calligrapher in the late Han Dynasty. He lived a very long life and lived until the Cao Wei period, together with Ding Yi , Ding Gong and Yang Xiu are also called Cao Zhi's "four friends."
At the end of the Han Dynasty, more emphasis was placed on scriptures, but poetry, painting and calligraphy also gradually took shape. For example, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong, loved calligraphy and painting, and created the Hongdu School, which specialized in training calligraphers and painters. As soon as he graduated, he could teach calligraphers and calligraphers. The official position of a county magistrate.
As the saying goes, what goes up and what goes down works, under the promotion of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, calligraphy and painting gradually became the mainstream.
Poetry writing was also very popular in the late Han Dynasty. Wang Can himself was a famous poet at that time, and Handan Chun also wrote poetry, but not as good as Wang Can. Wang Can liked calligraphy, but not as good as Handan Chun, so the two of them mutually admired each other. I am so impressed that I came here specifically to visit today.
When we arrived at the foot of Zhonglu Mountain, we could already see houses and courtyards in the distance. Handan Chun was a disciple of Liu Biao, and he was also born in the Handan family of Yingchuan. The place where he lived was naturally not bad, equivalent to a country villa in the Han Dynasty.
After a few people came over, they saw a huge banyan tree in front of the courtyard, with dense trunks and lush branches. Under the tree, there was an old man setting up a table and writing an article on the paper.
It is difficult for ordinary people to get paper, but it is very easy for a wealthy family. In fact, Shen Chen is also studying the papermaking production process, hoping to make a fortune through it.
The old man wrote for a while, but before anyone could get close to him, he suddenly burst into laughter and sat on the mat on the ground with his belly full of joy.
The servants who were waiting for him to write were used to it. They all stood beside him and no one went up to ask him what was wrong.
This situation left Wang Can and others confused.
Shen Chen saw him laughing for no reason and thought to himself, what kind of illness is this? He might have to be sent to a psychiatric hospital in the future.
When the old man laughed so hard that he could hardly breathe and got up from the ground to take a drink of water, they stepped forward with doubts and said, "Mr. Zishu."
Handan Chun turned around and said in surprise: "Who are you?"
"My name is Wang Can, and my courtesy name is Zhongxuan."
Wang Can smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I heard that Mr. is living in seclusion here, so I came here to visit you."
Handan Chun's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "It turns out to be Wang Zhongxuan. I have heard your name a long time ago. Anu, go get some more seats."
The servant next to him went to get the mat.
Wang Can introduced him: "Sir, these are my friends. This is the son of Lord Jun Rong, scholar Sun Meng."
Scholar Sun Meng raised his hands and said, "Meng, I have met Mr. Zishu."
"These are Mr. Zhongzi's students."
"My name is Pan Jun, and my courtesy name is Chengming. I have met Mr. Zishu."
"My name is Wang Han, and my courtesy name is Derong. I have met Mr. Zishu."
"My name is Zhou Sheng, and my courtesy name is Hongguang. I have met Mr. Zishu."
"My name is Shen Chen. I have met Mr. Zishu."
Everyone saluted one by one.
At this time, the servants had also brought the mats, and Handan Chun said: "My friends, please sit down."
"Thank you sir."
When everyone was sitting at the table, the servant brought the table and prepared drinks and fruits.
After everyone was seated, Wang Can said curiously: "I saw Mr. laughing just now. I don't know why? What made Mr. so happy?"
Handan Chun still had a smile on his lips, waving his hands and saying, "I just remembered a story, so I laughed wildly."
"oh?"
Wang Can and others were very curious and asked: "What is it?"
"Then let me tell you."
Handan Chun said happily: "The story is like this. A certain Chu man lived in poverty. After reading "Huainan", he learned that "the mantis waits for the cicada to peel off the leaves and become invisible", so he looked up under the tree to pick up the leaves. The mantis held the leaves. Waiting for the cicadas to pick them, the leaves fell under the tree. There were fallen leaves under the tree first, which could not be divided again. They took several buckets of leaves and returned them. He used the leaves to cover himself and asked his wife, "Have you seen me?" He replied, "See," and the scripture said that he was tired of it, but Fing said, "No." Silently overjoyed, he went to the opposite side of the market to pick up the person, and the officials then bound him to the county. The county accepted the words and told himself the story. The officials laughed and let him go without treatment. Do you think it’s funny or not?”
"Ha ha ha ha."
A few people laughed a little. They were so amused by Handan Chun's jokes that they slapped the table and said, "This Chu man is a little too stupid."
"It's funny."
Handan Chun amused himself again.
Only Shen Chen was smiling awkwardly on the side, with a smile on his face and MMP in his heart.
TMD.
"One Leaf Blind" in the second volume of the third-grade Chinese language published by the People's Education Press was originally written by this old boy?
As a result, I not only had to recite the entire text, but also had to write it silently before I could go home from school.
You terrifying whale.
Shen Chen cursed in his heart, and his friends around him were laughing, but he couldn't laugh, and tears were rolling in his stomach.
I pity the primary school students of future generations.
"Why don't you laugh, little friend?"
Handan Chun looked at Shen Chen in confusion and said, "You are Shen Chen. You have become quite talented in Jingzhou in the past two years. Aren't I funny?"
Shen Chen thought for a while and said: "The story Mr. told is very funny, but I have an even funnier story."
"oh?"
Everyone looked at Shen Chen, and Handan Chun said, "Do you have any funny stories?"
Shen Chen said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, on the eve of the Battle of Hongshui, there was a man from the Song Dynasty walking in the street: Song Zifu was like a stupid pig. When he was sent to the county, the county commander asked him why, and he told him the story. He was sentenced to twenty Two years. The second year is the crime of humiliating the public, and the twentieth year is the crime of leaking the secrets of the Song Dynasty."
The crime of leaking the secrets of the Song Dynasty...
Several people read it carefully for a while, looked at each other, and then burst into shocking laughter: "Hahahahahahaha."
Handan Chun was so happy that tears fell down. He held his belly and rolled on the table like an old child.
"I'm almost laughing to death."
"This is so interesting."
"Song Xianggong's stupidity turned into a secret, hahahahaha."
"From today on, there is another Song Dynasty joke in the world. Ah Chen, you are so talented."
Wang Can and others were also made to laugh out loud, and the joke was not as dry as Handan Chun made it.
However, Shen Chen waited for them to laugh for a long time, and after finally regaining consciousness, he said seriously: "Don't laugh too early, this story is not over yet."
"Isn't it over yet?"
Handan Chun got up from the ground wiping his tears and said, "Where's the back?"
Shen Chen smiled and said: "Not long after, after the Battle of Hongshui, this man was released. At that time, people asked the county commander why. The commander said: Everyone knows that Song Zifu is like a stupid pig, so he can't be cured."
"Hahahaha, Song Xianggong's stupidity after the Battle of Hongshui is known to everyone, so it is no longer a secret."
"Hahahahaha, Ah Chen, you want to laugh me to death, hahahaha."
"Wow, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard."
"Sooner or later I will die laughing from the stories Ah Chen told me."
Everyone burst into laughter again.
Seeing the ancients with a low sense of humor succeeding like this, Shen Chen smiled slightly, a bunch of scum that had never seen the world.
In fact, we can't blame them for being happy.
There were many jokes like this at that time. Starting from the Spring and Autumn Period, celebrities from various countries liked to make jokes to satirize hostile countries.
For example, "The Man of Zheng Buys Shoes", "Learning to Walk in Handan", "Cao Shang Lacking Hemorrhoids", "Waiting for the Rabbit" and so on.
Among them, the jokes from the Song Dynasty are the most famous, such as exploring Li to get the pearl, waiting for the rabbit, pulling out the seedlings to encourage others, Cao Shang licking hemorrhoids, etc. The protagonists in them are all Song people.
Therefore, the compilation of Song Dynasty jokes became a particularly interesting phenomenon at that time.
Because the Han people trace their origins, most of their ancestors are descendants of the Zhou Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty is a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, which is not our race. This view was still retained in the Han Dynasty, so it was ridiculed by people at the time.
It's just that although there were many jokes at that time, there were very few that were really funny. At most, they created some stupid images like "Waiting for the Rabbit" and "Bull a Spread".
On the other hand, Shen Chen's jokes are endlessly memorable and extremely ironic, which naturally makes these people who have never heard such irony burst into laughter.
In addition, there is one more thing.
That’s why the joke adapted by Shen Chen is very interesting, it talks about what happened before and after the Battle of Hongshui.
After all, everyone knows about the Battle of Hongshui.
Song Xianggong had no choice but to form a benevolent and righteous army. He waited for the Chu army to cross the river and set up their formation before fighting.
The result was that he was beaten to a bloody head and became a joke.
In addition, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there has been a crime of leaking state secrets. Han Code calls it the crime of leaking secrets and the crime of spying on ministers. The combination of the two is very appropriate and ironic.
Everyone laughed for a while.
Handan Chun wiped his tears, held his stomach and got up from the ground. He waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, I'm going to laugh to death. This story must be written down."
Wang Can said in surprise: "It's just an interesting story, do you want to write it down?"
Handan Chun explained: "I am currently compiling a book, and I plan to call it "Laughing Forest". I am collecting these stories that make people laugh. Shen Chen's story is so profound, why not write it?"
This "Laughing Forest" is the first joke book in Chinese history, and the Chinese text "A Leaf Blind" comes from this book.
Apparently Handan Chun planned to include the jokes told by Shen Chen.
Hearing his words, Shen Chen trembled all over, secretly thinking that it was not good, as he was adding to the burden on future generations of primary and secondary school students.
In the future, I am afraid that a new classical Chinese text "Song Dynasty Street" will be published.
Do you want to stop the old man?
But if I think about it carefully, I might as well forget it.
Is it none of my business?
We have all traveled through time, so we can’t go back in time to go to elementary school.
So he gave up.
However, the atmosphere was stirred up by Shen Chen.
The guests and hosts were all enjoying themselves. Wang Can and Handan Chun also explored knowledge, calligraphy and poetry. Shen Chen also actively participated in the period, which was praised by everyone.