Song Zhishu sat in front of his desk and pondered many things.
He was not in a hurry to memorize Confucian scriptures immediately, but just brushed up on Confucianism and Taoism. He had written randomly before and got no reward, so he did not continue to think seriously.
Now that he has obtained the pagoda, Song Zhishu still feels that it is necessary to clarify the Confucian classics of the previous life and organize them carefully to avoid making any mistakes in the future.
Everything will be successful if it is foreseen, and it will be ruined if it is not prepared.
The core scriptures of Confucianism are the Four Books and Five Classics.
The Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, and Mencius are the four books.
The Book of Songs, the Book of Documents, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Period are the Five Classics. Originally there should have been the Music Book, but because they were lost over the years, only the Five Classics remain.
"Zhu Xi once said that you should read the Four Books first, then the Five Classics, and he gave a clear reading order: read the University first, then the Analects, then Mencius, and finally the Doctrine of the Mean."
"The order of the Five Classics is Yi Jing, Shangshu, Book of Songs, Spring and Autumn Annals, and Book of Rites, read in order."
Song Zhishu continued to reflect on himself.
I got up and took a quick shower. The rain outside had not stopped yet.
"Coming so soon?"
And the knock on the door sounded again.
"Thank you for your kindness, please return this thing."
Song Zhishu even paused to explain and elaborate on these words to himself.
Let out a long breath.
"Immortal, this is your umbrella, and here are some high-quality tea leaves. I don't know what the immortal likes, so I bought the tea. I hope the immortal won't dislike it."
Song Zhishu couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
"You have to combine it with the surrounding environment and many things. Otherwise, no matter how smart you are, you can't become a saint just by reading books."
The Four Books and Five Classics are literary treasures. They are all the way to be good, the way of the gentleman, and the way of Confucianism. They understand truth and goodness, know morality, understand the destiny, follow nature, find the direction, and establish the destiny of a gentleman.
Since he followed Confucianism, he could not avoid the Four Books and Five Classics. In front of his desk, Song Zhishu carefully organized and thought about them.
These two questions were raised, and the Chinese classics master only thought for a moment before answering.
"It stands to reason that if the essence of Confucianism and Taoism in this world remains unchanged, whether it is used to control the people of the world or to cultivate one's moral character, then the Four Books and Five Classics will definitely be a treasure among treasures."
However, when Song Zhishu opened the door, he found that the person who came was not Su Wanyun, but the messenger from yesterday.
"The Analects of Confucius is a dialogue between the sage Confucius and his disciples. Every question and answer is about the application of the Tao of the University and the Doctrine of the Mean in life. The students ask questions and the sages answer their questions.
"Scholars from ancient times to the present have praised this book, not only because of the sage Zhu Xi's praise, but more importantly because the way of university is the way of virtue. If you don't study hard, you will easily become a villain, with a small structure and selfishness.
Profit is disgusting."
As the Eighth Path of Confucian righteousness entered his body, Song Zhishu had an indescribable feeling. All the decadence and depression disappeared at this moment, replaced by the enlightenment of his thoughts.
Finally, after the last paragraph was elaborated and thought understood, the more than two thousand words that were eloquent at the moment turned into wisps of white air.
Song Zhishu wrote very slowly this time. Every time he finished writing a paragraph, he would stop and think carefully, and re-understand every word and sentence.
Song Zhishu burned the rice paper on it, and then went to write about the university silently as usual.
Song Zhishu was a little surprised. He subconsciously thought that Su Wanyun was here. After all, Su Wanyun came to him yesterday to talk about a blind date.
But the other party also explained clearly to me the reasons for his disapproval.
To be honest, Song Zhishu regretted agreeing because he really had no plans to start a family.
A lot of knowledge in the Four Books is to explain the Five Classics, so read the Four Books first and then the Five Classics. This is the principle.
Song Zhishu was indeed a little surprised. He noticed that there was a problem with the silent writing of the article before, so he calmed down, but he never expected that the harvest would be so great.
"Take it back, it's just a small matter."
Any literary treasure handed down needs to meet several very demanding conditions. First, the author must have extremely high wisdom, and the author must constantly think about the surrounding things before he can finally write a book. The most important thing is that the author must have extremely high wisdom. The environment is also affected.
The middle-aged messenger spoke and handed an umbrella to himself, plus a piece of tea cake wrapped in red paper.
The idea is determined.
"Haoran Zhengqi is what Meng Shengren mentioned. I am good at cultivating Haoran Zhengqi and expounding the way of cultivating both nature and life. Xing is the nature of the mind, and life is the number of Qi."
If everyone pursues money and fame and follows the trend, even a hundred thousand years of civilization will not be able to produce a literary treasure. This is why it is difficult for literary classics to appear in previous and modern times.
Of course, you need to verify this step by step, but no matter what, the Confucian classics of the past life must be extremely precious, and their value will never be affected by any factors.
"Mencius is the one with the most words among the four books. Especially the era when Meng Shengren lived was the era when various schools of thought were flourishing. It has a great relationship with Taoism. Therefore, Mencius has a very strong view on Qi."
In this way, talents can progress step by step and eventually become perfect.
Reading is reading, and I am still a normal person. When I encounter happy things, I will naturally feel happy.
Confucius said, I examine myself three times a day. When I encounter something, I must think carefully. Only by thinking can I have a concept of right and wrong, know my shortcomings, know my own strengths, and know my own flaws.
This time, he spent a long time dictating. In the past, an hour was enough, and sometimes he could finish dictating in half an hour.
"The way of a university is to be a gentleman. The way of a gentleman is to have an open mind and a broad mind. Don't neglect good deeds because they are small, and don't do evil because they are small."
The general environment determines a lot, but compared to this world, what is everyone pursuing? Immortality and immortality, dynasty competition for hegemony, I am afraid there will be no Confucian treasures.
"polite."
"The young one has seen the immortal."
Song Zhishu kept writing down his thoughts on white rice paper, firstly to record them, and secondly to give himself a clear thinking.
This surprised Song Zhishu.
"The purpose of a university is to promote upright moral character, to enable people to abandon the old and pursue the new, and to enable people to reach the most perfect state."
But no matter what, since you have agreed, you must fulfill your promise. A gentleman must not be untrustworthy.
He once met a master of Chinese studies and asked two questions, that is, will the Four Books and Five Classics be eliminated one day, or will more brilliant scripture treasures appear as the timeline is lengthened?
"Only using it just right is the golden mean."
Song Zhishu said to himself.
"It's just a little effort."
Song Zhishu gave a bitter smile. He took the paper umbrella and turned his attention to the tea cake. This was a tea cake produced by Fuyue Tea Shop. This piece alone cost at least five taels of silver.
Then he muttered to himself.
"The immortal's words are serious. Yesterday, the immortal's envelope got wet. The immortal ignored the previous grudges and lent me an umbrella again. I really don't know how to repay you. This tea is not expensive. I hope the immortal will accept it. It's a small thing.
A piece of heart.”
"But now, I haven't really understood it yet. I need more time to think, but I must not act too hastily. As the sage Yangming said, knowledge and action are one, and if you have a different understanding of things, you should practice and practice
Before, there was more understanding.”
This is many times stronger than the previous Confucian spirit, and even condensed together to form a Confucian righteousness.
"In this era, even if it is long enough, five thousand years is nothing at all, but things like Confucian scriptures are definitely not accumulated by time."
"No matter how many years of civilization there are in this world, real works are not accumulated over time at all. They are about thoughts. Just like in previous lives, prehistoric civilizations still have primates, but they have no thoughts."
uncertain.
The other party spoke a little nervously. He was a simple and honest man, and he was obviously not skilled in this kind of courtesy. It seemed that he was taught by his wife at home.
in this way.
If you go there, you are just deliberately delaying others and wasting your own time.
"The university was excerpted from the Book of Rites. Its purpose is to teach scholars how to become a person and become a real adult, so the university is called the study of adults."
"The golden mean is even more extraordinary. The golden mean is not an ordinary meaning. The mean means to obtain the righteousness of heaven and earth. The mean means to use it to make it widely used by the world and obtain the heaven and earth.
Righteousness must be used in every aspect of life.”
"Now, after fifteen years of accumulation, I have learned a lot. Otherwise, I still would not be able to understand the wisdom of these saints' articles today."
"Obviously, when I read the book before, I didn't understand the profound meaning and didn't really think about it. I just looked at it with a curious mind, so I made no progress and it didn't have any impact on me."
Song Zhishu secretly thought that most people only have a vague idea of the Four Books and Five Classics. They knew that the ancients wanted to study these books, but very few people actually read them.
Song Zhishu summarized the main points of the Four Books.
"call."
"Now, I must read carefully, not to study deliberately, but to look at these articles from the heart, to feel with my heart, to understand with my thoughts, and to confirm with my actions. In this way, there may be different changes.
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For him, it is not too expensive, and he usually keeps some at home, but for the latter, this tea cake is definitely not a simple expense.
He had other thoughts, but Song Zhishu didn't care about them.
Even when Song Zhishu read the Four Books and Five Classics for the first time, he was completely confused by the words in it. If he didn't have extremely strong interests and hobbies, to be honest, it would be difficult for most people to calm down and read it.
"Given my current situation, I still need to be familiar with the ways of university."
He wrote and wrote on rice paper to explain his views and ideas.
He did not completely reject his own point of view, but he did not agree with it very much. The reason why he did not deny it was that it was a conjecture in itself, with countless possibilities. Nothing is absolute, especially assumptions.
But this time, Song Zhishu spent ten hours on it.
"With two more steps, the first jade box can be opened, and the road to immortality will become smoother. The future is indeed promising."
Song Zhishu spoke, not wanting the other party to lose money, it was unnecessary.
"The eighth path."
[The way of a university lies in being virtuous, being close to the people, and striving for perfection.]
"In the past fifteen years, although I have known Confucianism and Taoism, I have also tried to develop towards Confucianism and Taoism. But when I think about it carefully, I was too self-interested and did not calm down to fully comprehend the ideas of the article."
Song Zhishu continued to understand through the original text, and also added his own thoughts.
Song Zhishu persuaded the other party, but before the latter could speak, the sound of light footsteps suddenly sounded.