Su Jin ran out of breath and ran to Minglun Hall. When the sound of reading was heard, she was shocked: It's really late. It's really unreasonable to be late on the first day of school.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet, carry the book box, and poke my head around more than a dozen schools, looking for the brand name of Wuertang where I studied.
Unfortunately, the schools are arranged in the order of A, B, C, D, and E. Entering the main entrance of Minglun Hall is the A12 Hall on the left and along the long corridor are the B, B, D, and other schools. Su Jin had to endure the sideways glances from the students in the front school.
I felt quite sorry to go. Fortunately, I arrived at Wu Er Hall a short time later.
Su Jin poked his head around and saw that there were more than 20 students inside who were listening. An old man in black clothes in the front row was shaking his head while reading a book. When Su Jin poked his head around, more than 20 pairs of eyes shot towards Su Jin. Su Jin was startled.
The old man in black didn't seem to notice that Su Jin was poking his head outside the door but still insisting on my enthusiasm; Su Jin took advantage of the moment when he lowered his head to turn over the book and sneaked into the school with a low body. The whole hall was silent, as if the lecturer was still there.
I really didn't realize that Su Jin was chuckling to himself. He found an empty seat and sat down. As soon as he looked up, he saw the lecturer looking at him with squinted eyes. All the students in the class also turned to look at him.
Su Jin secretly complained that he had not escaped his eyes, but he saw the old man in black put down the book in his hand and walked off the stage with a black ruler.
Su Jin's scalp was numb and he muttered in his heart: This is corporal punishment for students. This is illegal. Unfortunately, the cry in Su Jin's heart did not resonate with the old man's soul. The old man walked up to Su Jin and said in a majestic tone: "Stand up and tell your name."
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Su Jin stood up helplessly, bowed and said, "Student Su Jin."
"You know it's late?"
"Students understand."
"Did you listen to the academy regulations announced yesterday?"
"Students... listened."
"Then there's nothing more to say. Just follow the rules and extend your hand."
Su Jin whispered: "Can I not fight?"
The old man said: "It's okay not to hit him, but he needs to be punished by kneeling."
Su Jin rolled his eyes, it would be better to be beaten. Reluctantly, he stretched out his hand. The old man gently grasped Su Jin's fingertips. Before he could see how he moved, he saw the dark ruler hitting him with lightning speed.
Su Jin's palm.
Su Jin was stunned for a moment and then his hands were hit with more than ten blows. The skill and strength of the techniques were breathtaking, and the location of the hits was extremely tricky. It was the bulge of flesh under the thumb. This is the flesh of the mound.
The nerve endings of many blood vessels were densely covered, and the pain was excruciating. It was obvious that this gentleman was very familiar with the business of hitting people with a ruler. I don’t know how many students had suffered from his ruler.
All the students in the school looked at Su Jin with schadenfreude, bared his teeth and sucked in the air-conditioning. They looked at him with one hand raised and twisting like a water snake in such a funny way. One student couldn't help laughing.
Su Jin was so angry that these gangsters were so bad that no one asked for mercy. Instead, they regarded this as a farce. While he was gnashing his teeth, the ruler suddenly stopped.
"If you commit the first offense today, it will be thirty. If you do something similar again, you will be punished by fifty." After all, time is not forgiving, and even if an old man beats others, he will be out of breath.
Seeing that half of his palm was swollen, Su Jin was already cursing endlessly in his stomach.
"When a disciple enters, he will be filial when he goes out, he will be sincere, he will be faithful, he will love others, he will be kind and benevolent, and he will learn if he has the strength to do so. This is what the sage said: Be filial to your parents when in front of them; obey your teachers when you go out, be cautious and honest.
Be trustworthy, be taciturn, love others widely and get close to those who are kind. After practicing this way, if you still have the energy, then seek knowledge. As lazy and lazy as you are, you can't even get up early, but you are late for school.
At least he didn't even say hello, he sneaked in secretly to escape from being a cunning person, why did he come to study the moral code, let alone talk about becoming an official through the imperial examination." The old man reprimanded with his hands behind his hands.
Su Jin thought for a while and he really didn't take this rule seriously. He thought it was like in the loose university classes of later generations. No one cares whether you come or not. But the Song Dynasty was an era where books were regarded as something bigger than the sky.
If you are punished for these bad habits, you deserve it.
"Sir, what you are teaching is that the students have realized their mistakes." Su Jin said sincerely.
Seeing that Su Jin's attitude was upright, the old man softened his tone a little and said, "If you can correct your mistakes, you are still a gentleman, but the punishment is still to be punished by copying "Xueer" 500 times and handing it in tomorrow morning."
Su Jin was dumbfounded. Although there were only a few chapters in "Xue Er", wouldn't it cost him his life to copy them five hundred times at once? Moreover, they were written with a brush at such a speed. You can imagine how much Su Jin hopes to have a copying machine in later generations.
The reality is cruel. Pretending to be cowardly is no longer enough. Judging from this posture, it is better to just obey orders.
So he bowed and said, "If the student accepts his punishment, he will pay it back tomorrow."
The old man was satisfied and turned back to the podium, opened the book, and started chanting one sentence at a time. Su Jin calmed down and listened to the old man's words one by one. The gentleman seemed to be full of knowledge when talking, supplemented by allusions and stories.
It's quite fascinating.
Su Jin didn't expect that he could actually sit here seriously and listen to the old master talking about these old antiques, and he actually listened with gusto. This discovery surprised Su Jin. Could it be that he had been assimilated?
The teacher only spoke for about a quarter of an hour. The remaining time in the afternoon was all self-study in the school. In fact, the teaching time was very short, and most of it was self-study, with the lecturer providing guidance.
What I am studying today is the Analects of Confucius, and the first chapter is the familiar passage "It is a pleasure to learn and practice...it is not a gentleman to be embarrassed if you don't know." Su Jin naturally knows what this passage expresses.
But after the gentleman in black finished speaking, he dropped the question again.
"I don't know but I'm going to act stupidly" Su Jin got a headache when he saw such a nondescript question. Fortunately, the time was very wide, so Su Jin had time to put together words and sentences in his mind to complete the task. Until then, Su Jin
Only then did Jin understand what everyone said when he was in Luzhou, that the imperial examination was as difficult as the sky. A chapter like this is a form that must be tested in the scientific examination. It is called "examination theory" and can be found anywhere in the Four Books, Five Classics or other texts.
I'll pull out one sentence and ask you to discuss it without any real ability, so don't even think about it.
Li Chong once made fun of Su Jin for saying that it took two months to study for the exam, saying that even if it took two years, he might not be able to reach high school. Su Jin didn't think so at the time, but in just one afternoon, Su Jin understood the meaning deeply; this also reminded him from the side.
Su Jin wanted to opportunistically sneak into the ranks of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty with his thousands of years of knowledge and the large number of books written by Su Xiaoguan. He didn't even think about it.
Just do it.
During the course break, Su Jin found Wang Anshi. The two of them were sitting on the stone steps in front of Minglun Hall, watching the bustling students in the square. For some reason, Su Jin suddenly wanted to share his insights with others. Wang Anshi listened quietly to Su Jin.
After saying this, he suddenly burst into laughter.
Su Jin said in surprise: "Why is Brother Wang laughing? Is there anything inappropriate in what I understand?"
Wang Anshi waved his hand and said: "Of course I didn't just suddenly feel that my thoughts were very similar to Brother Su's, so I laughed. This is knowing joy, not ridicule."
Su Jinxi said: "It turns out that Brother Wang also feels this way. I think the imperial examination is getting more and more difficult. I lost confidence after only half a day."
Wang Anshi said: "That's because you think too deeply. I thought it was very difficult at first, but now I feel it is very easy. This year's imperial examination was postponed. If it had not been postponed, even if the examination started in September, it would not have been an easy feat."
Su Jin hurriedly said: "It seems that Brother Wang has found the secret. Can you tell me about it and listen to it?"
Wang Anshi looked at Su Jin sideways and said: "It's better to understand this kind of thing yourself. Even if I tell you, I understand it myself and you may not use it. Brother Su, you should study hard. If you still haven't found a method before next autumn, I will definitely do it all."
Tell me to lend a helping hand to my brother."
Su Jin's face was slightly red, and he was unscrupulous in talking about other people's secrets. It was too abrupt to eagerly know other people's big secrets. It was like someone in later generations would steal other people's scientific research results and plagiarize other people's books for fame and fortune. Generally speaking, it is something like getting something for nothing.
Wang Anshi's expression also inspired Su Jin's stubbornness and secretly made up his mind to abandon all distracting thoughts from now until the autumn of next year. It is safer to rely on oneself than to seek others rather than to seek oneself.dd