On the second floor of Wangjiang Tower, all the diners had already turned their attention. They were all watching the fight with great interest, looking forward to the show.
"Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, Lin Shuhong, right?"
Liu Jin looked at the three of them, then thought about it and asked, "Since you are a scholar, you should know the Six Arts of a Gentleman, right?"
"That's of course. The so-called six arts of a gentleman refer to etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and numeracy. It comes from "Zhou Rites ~ Bao Shi": Raising a country's sons with the Tao is the teaching of the six arts: the first is called the Five Rites, the second is called the Six
Yue, the third one is called Five Shots, the fourth one is called Five Controls, the fifth one is called Six Books, and the sixth one is called Nine Numbers."
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Tong Yuan was the first to stand up and answer. He not only mentioned the Six Arts of the Gentleman, but also recited the source.
"Not bad. Since you claim to be gentlemen and disciples of saints, how about we choose a few of the six arts of a gentleman to compete in three games. We will win two out of three games and pose questions to each other."
Liu Jin nodded and then suggested.
"Okay~"
Huang Jinquan felt a knot in his heart when he heard Liu Jin compete in the Six Arts of the Gentleman. This person was really uneasy about playing tricks, but now he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue.
"Li, shooting, music, imperialism, calligraphy, and counting. Obviously there is no way to compare shooting and imperialism here. Let's compare them first."
"The question is very simple. The rabbit and the tortoise are 1,000 feet apart and walking towards each other at the same time. The rabbit moves towards the tortoise at a speed of 35 feet per moment, and the tortoise moves towards the rabbit at a speed of 15 feet per moment. What will the rabbit and the tortoise do?
When and where will we meet?”
Liu Jin thought for a while and came up with the question first. If this question were placed in later generations, elementary school students would all do it. However, scholars in this era basically revolve around the Four Books and Five Classics. Even the simplest arithmetic question, Liu Jin couldn't solve it.
I feel that the question may not be able to be calculated.
When Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, and Lin Shuhong heard this, they were immediately dumbfounded. This was a rabbit and a tortoise, and they were running against each other at the same time. Not to mention they had seen it before, they had never heard of it, and they didn't know what to do.
to calculate.
After listening to Liu Jin's question, other people on the second floor also began to calculate silently in their minds. Some businessmen immediately calculated it in their minds. This kind of question is still very simple. As long as you learn arithmetic, you can do it.
Coming out is not difficult.
"Rabbit? Tortoise?"
"We are 1,000 feet apart. When and where will we meet?"
The young man also counted carefully with his fingers. He counted quickly and couldn't help but frown.
"I...we can't figure it out."
After a few minutes, Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, and Lin Shuhong looked at each other. They each saw the meaning in the other's eyes, and they could only bite the bullet and say to Liu Jin.
"It's so simple that I can't even calculate it, and I don't know what kind of books you are reading."
Liu Jin smiled. He was originally worried that they would be able to calculate it. Now it seems that these eight-part imperial examinations are really powerful in constraining the minds of scholars. They can't even do such simple arithmetic. They obviously haven't studied at all. It's probably that kind of thing.
A scholar like Tian Tianzi, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be unable to solve such a simple arithmetic problem.
Of course, Liu Jin has many ways to deal with the three of them. If he can solve this problem, Liu Jin will say that the opponent is still somewhat capable. Next, he will make it more difficult and release more difficult arithmetic problems. I believe he can always do it.
It's hard for them.
I just didn't expect that I couldn't solve such a simple arithmetic problem, but it saved a lot of brain cells.
"You~"
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Lin Shuhong became even more angry and stared at Liu Jin, but he quickly held it back.
"You, what, you, come up with the question."
Liu Jin smiled and motioned for the other party to ask the question.
Huang Jinquan, Tong Yuan, and Lin Shuhong looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, they didn’t know how to ask the question. Tong Yuan looked at the other two people, thought for a while and said, "Let me ask this question."
, it just so happened that I once read a strange book."
"Sorry, Brother Tong."
Huang Jinquan nodded and said.
"Brother Liu, I wonder if you know Jiugongge?"
Tong Yuan looked at Liu Jin, smiled and asked.
"Of course I know Jiugongge. Isn't it just nine grids divided by tic-tac-toe? Just come up with questions."
Liu Jin nodded and replied, looking calm and calm.
"These nine palaces are the art of Qimen Dunjia. Now please fill in the nine numbers from one to nine into the nine palaces, so that the total of the nine palaces horizontally, vertically, and diagonally is fifteen."
Tong Yuan explained the Nine Palaces arithmetic problem that he saw in the book. In his opinion, this problem was definitely very difficult. At first, he thought about it for a long time without coming up with the answer, but finally read the solution in the book.
Only then did I know how to lay it out.
"Nine Palaces~"
As soon as Tong Yuan finished speaking, the entire second floor was silent. Everyone fell silent again and began to calculate continuously. Some people even laid out a nine-square grid on the dining table and continued to calculate. When the layout was wrong, they started again and again.
Keep laying out again.
"This is simple~"
At the young man's table, the young man's father couldn't help but smile when he heard this. He had also read this in a book, so he naturally wrote it down. He thought it was very simple. On the contrary, it was a question given by Liu Jin, and he didn't know it either.
I have learned arithmetic, but I still haven't figured it out yet.
"No, the horizontal one is right, but the vertical one is not right. The first line is right, but the second line doesn't match up."
The young man placed two pairs of chopsticks on the table and laid out tic-tac-toe, and began to calculate it continuously. He shook his head repeatedly while making plans. Obviously, he couldn't figure it out at all.
"Brother Tong did well."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuhong made some calculations silently, and immediately gave Tong Yuan a thumbs up and said.
"I also picked up the wisdom of others and read it in a book."
Tong Yuan smiled and said modestly.
"This question is difficult. It will take you a while to figure it out. The nine palace diagrams are endlessly changing. If you don't know the answer, it will be difficult to answer it correctly."
Huang Jinquan also said with a smile that he had seen this problem before and tried to calculate it at that time, but he could not figure it out. He was more confident about this. As long as the other party has not seen this question, he will definitely not be able to figure it out.
, that round can be considered a draw.
"Haha, you have the nerve to come up with such a pediatric topic, you really look down on me."
When Liu Jin heard this, he felt happy in his heart. This question is also a question for primary school students, and primary school students can understand it. There are also more difficult sixteenth palaces, thirty-sixth palaces, etc.
"Listen up, the nine palaces are two and four as the shoulders, six and eight as the feet, three on the left and seven on the right, nine shoes on each, and five in the center. If you are interested, you can calculate the sixteen palace grid."
