The Three Character Classic was written in the Song Dynasty by the great Confucian Wang Yinglin.
This book is easy to understand. It integrates many stories into it in the form of three words, with subtle meanings. It is the top enlightenment book in ancient literature.
Wang Xu revised the Three-Character Classic and changed it from Tang Gaozu, who was the rebel leader who eliminated the Sui rebellion and established the foundation of the country, to Wu Gaozu.
Later, the praises of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and Song Naixing were also eliminated, otherwise it would be easy to be sliced into pieces.
Don’t those people outside say that being good at studying does not mean that teaching is good, and that he is misleading his disciples?
Wang Xu would like to see how many of them can withstand the bombardment of the Three-Character Classic. Although the Three-Character Classic can only be regarded as an enlightenment reading in ancient literature, the literary value in it is not fake.
Since the catchy Three-Character Sutra can be called the first enlightenment in ancient times, I believe it is not wrong to put it here.
The Three-Character Classic was just his first step in opening up the market. Zhu Chengxue was about to appear next. If he wasn't afraid of this, he should be afraid of Wang Yangming's psychology.
"I've never heard of the Three Character Classic. Is this a new book?"
In Yueyang Library, Hangzhou Prefecture, a scholar is selecting books.
After selecting and selecting, a book called The Three Character Classic soon came into view, which aroused one person's curiosity.
"The Three Character Classic, written by Wang Xu, Wang Xu? Which Wang Xu is the new champion?"
After reaching the top spot, Wang Xu himself didn't feel much, but in the hearts of scholars all over the world, he was like an idol star.
If Wang Xu was famous for his poetry before, now he also has articles in addition to poetry.
For orthodox scholars, poetry is just a minor path, and articles are the main path. At this point, Wang Xu dared to say: "Don't worry about the road ahead without friends, and no one in the world will know you."
"Xu Xiucai, what do you like?"
Xu Xiucai was holding the Three-Character Classic and reading non-stop. The boss of Yueyang Library came out and joked: "This Three-Character Classic is a new masterpiece written by Wang Xu, the new champion. It just arrived last night. Do you want to buy it?" You have to do it early.”
"In the beginning, human beings are inherently good by nature. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart. If they don't teach, their nature will change. The way to teach requires specialization. Why, it's not a collection of poems!"
Xu Xiucai read it twice, with surprise in his eyes.
When he first picked up this book, he saw that it was written by Wang Xu. He thought it was a collection of poems, but he was mistaken.
"How much is this book?"
Xu Xiucai read it and felt that the book was catchy and interesting.
"Not expensive, only eight taels of silver." The owner of Yueyang Bookstore made an eighty sign with his hand.
"So expensive? The universities in the four books only cost five taels of silver, but this one actually costs eight taels, which can buy two acres of good land?"
Xu Xiucai's family situation is not very good, and if he takes out eight taels of silver, he will suffer a lot of pain.
"How can you say it is expensive for scholars? Even though Wang Zhuangyuan positioned it as an enlightenment book, in fact, you and I can gain a lot from understanding the various meanings in it. And if you read this book The workmanship, the thickness of the paper and the illustrations, for eight taels of silver you have already made a lot of money."
The bookstore owner looked disgusted, and then added: "If you really don't like the price, a batch without illustrations will arrive in a few days. That version is cheaper. Three taels of silver should be more than enough, but you have to wait for ten days. Half a month."
"Do you have to wait that long?"
Xu Xiucai hesitated a little, looked at the Three-Character Sutra in his hand with great regret, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, eight taels is eight taels, record it in the account first, I will bring the money over tomorrow."
"Okay, Mr. Xu, please walk slowly."
Taking the Three-Character Sutra he bought, Xu Xiucai felt as if he had found a treasure, holding it in his arms and rushing home.
As a result, he didn't go very far when he bumped into a blind Taoist priest.
"What bastard hit me and made me blind, are you blind too?"
The Taoist priest who was knocked over was full of arms. He looked to be in his fifties. He was holding a fortune-telling flag in his hand. He was followed by two Taoist boys of eight or nine years old. He looked like a fairy.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was in a hurry to go back and didn't notice you. Are you okay?" Seeing that he bumped into someone, Xu Xiucai apologized repeatedly.
The blind Taoist cursed his bad luck secretly, but he didn't care too much about it. He waved his hand and said: "Get out of here, don't let me see you again."
"sorry Sorry"
Xu Xiucai was not angry even after being scolded, and left holding the book in his arms.
But before he could leave, the blind Taoist priest sniffed his nose and stopped him: "Stop, you smell evil!"
"Demon smell?"
Xu Xiucai was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "Impossible, I am a scholar, have a literary spirit, body protection, and a reputation as a scholar. Monsters and ghosts will avoid me."
"Idiot, if Li Qi is so powerful, why haven't the monsters in the north been wiped out? It's something that even great scholars and sages can't do. How dare you, a young scholar, to boast in Haikou that you're not afraid of monsters?"
The blind Taoist priest refused to give up, grabbed Xu Xiucai's sleeve, and asked: "Tell me, who did you meet recently, or what did you pick up? The evil spirit in your body lingers, gathering above your head like a dark cloud, even you
The literary spirit in his body has been blinded by it, this monster must be very powerful."
"Don't talk nonsense. How did I meet the monster? You must have mistaken me for the wrong person. I have something to do here and I don't have time to waste with you. You want to deceive people and find rich people."
Xu Xiucai didn't believe it at all. Wenqi was naturally restrained from other systems. Unless he was one or two levels higher than him, he would definitely notice it.
The blind Taoist priest in front of him looks very talkative, and he doesn't look like a Taoist master. Could it be that he encountered a high-level demon clan on his front foot, and then met a Taoist true cultivator on his back foot?
"Master, what should I do?"
Looking at Xu Xiucai's back, the Taoist boy next to the blind Taoist asked.
After hearing this, the blind Taoist priest sighed slightly and said: "I didn't feel the demonic aura on this person at first. The monster that left the demonic aura must be extraordinary, at least a fourth-order monster. We don't need to go back to the Taoist temple.
Just wait here for a few days to see what kind of monster this is."
"Yes, Master." The two boys responded in unison and helped the blind Taoist priest into the crowd.
At the same time, Ziyang Academy
"It's May, and the Three Character Classic has begun to be printed. It won't be long before students come to the door. With students, I have taken the first step as a great Confucian. I just need to publicize my views and gather followers.
Then a school of thought can be established, and the day of great Confucianism is not far away."
Wang Xu walked in the academy and looked at the empty academy, as if he had seen the day when it was bustling with people and it was hard to find a seat.
flutter flutter
Before Wang Xu could continue thinking, a paper crane flew in the air.
I stretched out my hand to catch it, and the thousand paper cranes fell into my hands, and instantly turned into a letter, which read: "Suffering from inner demons, emotional tribulations, tossing and turning, it may be difficult to survive this tribulation. At the end of May, I will go to Hangzhou Prefecture
, please also protect Jinshan Temple and Fahai for me!"
"Fahai!!"
Wang Xu's eyes flickered. The moment he met Fahai and learned that his name was Fahai from Jinshan Temple, he knew that such a day would come.
Sure enough, what is supposed to come will always come, but I don't know that Fahai has been in disaster, and where are the white snake and the green snake.
Forget it, let’s not think about it for now. Anyway, based on his relationship with Fahai, whether it’s a green snake or a white snake, a snake will kill a snake, and a Buddha will kill a Buddha. This favor must be done.
Click!!
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky. Wang Xu raised his head and looked to the south. Cumulonimbus clouds had appeared in the south and were spreading to the north.
"Master, Master!"
The concierge invited by the academy trotted over from outside and said: "Master, there is a dwarf outside. He says his name is Xie Bian and he is here to pay you back and exchange the black umbrella for you."
"Xie Bian!"
Wang Xulu was stunned for a moment. It had been several months since he and Xie Bian separated. Xie Bian's black umbrella had always been in his hand and he hadn't come to pick it up for several months. He had almost forgotten about it.
Unexpectedly, things happened so quickly today. Fahai had just delivered the letter, and Xie Bian had arrived later.
"Go to my room and get the black umbrella, and then come to me at the door."
Wang Xu gave instructions to the concierge and walked towards the main entrance of the academy.
When I arrived at the main entrance, I saw Xie Bi'an, who was short and looking around, standing at the door and looking around.
Seeing Wang Xu coming out, Xie Bian smiled and said: "Brother Wang, something went wrong in my family's business. I haven't been able to come over in the past two months, which made you wait for a long time."
"Brother Xie, what happened to your family?" Wang Xu asked.
Xie Bi'an looked a little ugly and said hesitantly: "While a real man is still alive, it is inevitable that his wife will be unkind and his son will be unfilial. There is nothing we can do about it. I went to the north to do business and I left for more than half a year. I never thought that my wife would collude with him.
The housekeeper ran away with my property."
When Wang Xu heard about this, he couldn't ask any more questions, so he could only console him: "Brother Xie, please be patient. Why should a man worry about not having a wife?"
"Yeah, yeah" Xie Bian smiled bitterly, obviously not listening, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Just when Wang Xu was thinking about finding something to talk about to break the embarrassment, the concierge came out with a black umbrella.
"On the way back, please rely on Brother Wang for help. There is a luminous pearl here that can be worth thirty taels. Please don't dislike it, Brother Wang."
Xie Bian took out the luminous pearl from his arms and handed it to the concierge holding a black umbrella.
Wang Xu did not shirk when he saw this, he took the black umbrella and handed it to Xie Bi'an, and said: "On the way, I thought Brother Xie was a gangster who wanted money and death, so I was very wary of Brother Xie, and I invited Brother Xie not to be offended.
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"Don't dare, don't dare. It's inevitable to have second thoughts when you go out. It would be the same for me."
Farewell, farewell."
Wang Xu saw Xie Bian leaving and said quickly: "Brother Xie, why are you leaving in such a hurry? Why don't you stay here for a few days and appreciate the scenery of Hangzhou Mansion before going back."
Xie Bi'an smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Next time, I'm not alone this time. I also brought a friend with me. He is waiting for me outside the city."
Click!!
Along with the words, there was another thunder, and the downpour was coming in an instant.
Wang Xu was hiding under the door, looking at Xie Bi'an who was holding up a black umbrella to protect him from the rain. Suddenly his heart moved and he asked: "Brother Xie, what is your brother's name?"
"My surname is Fan, my name is Fan Wujiu. I am my senior brother who grew up and was also the same master. I am the seventh eldest brother and he is the eighth eldest brother. He is not a real brother but is better than a real brother. Especially in height, he is shorter than me.
"
When Fan Wujiu was mentioned, Xie Bi'an had a smile on his face.
When Wang Xu heard the names of the two people, he gradually understood. I am afraid that these two people are the black and white in the future of the underworld.
"In mythology, Bai Wuchang Xie Bian and Black Wuchang Fan Wujiu are known as the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master.
If I remember correctly, Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu died on a rainy day. Xie Bian went to get an umbrella, and Fan Wujiu waited under the bridge. When the heavy rain poured down, the river above flooded, and Fan Wujiu was following him.
Xie Bi'an agreed to wait for him under the bridge. He refused to leave even if there was a flood, and was drowned alive.
After Xie Bian went back with the black umbrella, he saw that Fan Wujiu had been drowned and his body was floating on the river. He regretted it, so he hanged himself and died. Only then did he become black and white in the underworld.
Hey, if it rains, take an umbrella, the water level will rise sharply, it won’t be today, right?”
Wang Xu's heart skipped a beat. The more he thought about it, the more likely it was that he felt it was possible. Do you want to remind Xie Bian?
If Xie Bian was reminded and asked to save Fan Wujiu, would there be no black and white impermanence?
But it's not what people do, just sitting back and watching the two of them die without reminding them.
"Brother Xie, is your brother Fan Wujiu waiting for you under the bridge?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
After asking and answering questions, I found the answer.
Wang Xu's mood was very complicated. He never expected that when Black and White returned to his throne, he would be related to him.
"You should go back quickly. I think it's raining heavily and the river may surge. Brother Fan may be in danger if we meet you under the bridge." Wang Xu thought about it and gave it a kind reminder.
"Oh, it's true. Then I'll leave first."
After being reminded by Wang Xu, Xie Bi'an hurried away with an umbrella.
Wang Xu sent Xie Bi'an away and returned to the academy to think about it, wondering whether the two of them could overcome the difficulties.
After struggling for a while, Wang Xu got on the carriage and headed out of the city in the heavy rain.
Because Wang Xu didn't know where Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu had agreed, he could only take a carriage to find it slowly.
After searching for more than an hour, he saw Xie Bi'an who had hanged himself in the woods 200 meters away from a collapsed bridge.
Similarly, lying at Xie Bian's feet was a drowned, black-faced man in black clothes, and the black umbrella that was taken back from Wang Xu's hand.
"Still dead?"
Looking at Xie Bi'an who was hanging on the tree with his tongue sticking out and his eyes wide open, Wang Xu was also confused: "How did it happen? He died despite my warning. Is it true that his magical power is not as good as the destiny of heaven?"
Wang Xu had nothing to say for a while, and looked at the two corpses without saying anything for a long time.
After a while, he sighed, shook his head and said: "Brother Xie, brother Xie, I thought you would die, so I kindly reminded you, but I didn't expect you to die anyway. That's all, for the sake of our acquaintance.
Come on, let me lay you to rest."
"In the old country, there were many mausoleums, which were desolate and desolate for many years. The rolling hills covered the plains, as if they were rolling waves."
As soon as Wang Xu opened his mouth, two large tombs rose up instantly and swallowed the bodies of Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu.
After doing all this, Wang Xu drove away, secretly thinking that the next time he saw Xie Bian, there would be a separation between humans and ghosts.