The next day, Zhang Yue carried his luggage and reported to Taixue University.
Taixue has a full quota of nine hundred people, with a total of thirty fasts, and each fast has five sills (rooms). To put it bluntly, there are six people in one fasting room.
Zhang Yue followed Ouyang Xiu's suggestion and entered Jinshizhai.
After Zhang Yue arrived at Jinshizhai, he originally wanted to find Cai Que, who had great supernatural powers.
However, Zhang Yue hadn't found Cai Que yet, so he was disappointed to see Huang Haoyi. Huang Haoyi saw Zhang Yue's enthusiastic face and said: "Sanlang, I just asked Senior Brother Cai to find a house for us."
Zhang Yue was very reluctant to stay in the same apartment with Huang Haoyi in the future days of Taixue, but who knew that Huang Haoyi was so enthusiastic, so Zhang Yue had no choice but to live with him, thinking about finding an excuse to move out one day.
Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi carried large and small bags of things and headed to the studio.
Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi asked: "How can there be a room for two people?"
Huang Haoyi smiled and said: "Actually, there are three people left."
“How come there are three people free?”
Huang Haoyi said: "There was a person in the apartment, and all the roommates were at odds with him, so they moved out of the apartment one after another. Now, aren't we two benefiting from it?"
"Is this a benefit?" Zhang Yue couldn't help but be surprised. What if he likes to use a hammer to smash walnuts in the middle of the night?
Huang Haoyi said with a smile: "I think that man is quite good, he is just a bit lonely and not gregarious. There is no harm in that. The one recommended by Senior Brother Cai will never harm us."
Zhang Yue shook his head and thought to himself, if he was generally lonely, it would be better to say that if his conduct is higher than others, others would reject him. This is for sure.
But there are generally two reasons for people who don’t fit in with others. One is that they are a little weird, and the other is that they are particularly awesome.
There is always someone who drinks and plays cards with everyone at night, while he quietly studies and solves problems alone. In a few years, you will find that this person will either soar to the top, or... his life will get even worse.
Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi said: "Silang, how do you write the word "group"? There is a gentleman at the top and a sheep at the bottom. The gentleman is first, and then the sheep at the bottom. Sheep like to gather together. Therefore, a group means that gentlemen with the same likes gather together. The same person cannot be found.
Gentleman, so he is called unsociable."
“As for us ordinary people, how can we be called gentlemen? We can only be called ‘the crowd’, so it is right to say that we do not follow the crowd.”
Huang Haoyi laughed and said: "Sanlang, you are so ridiculous, and you still imitate me in speaking."
“This is the so-called approach to ink, right?” Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is called fighting fire with fire.
Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi drank a cup of tea after entering through the gate. The studio of Taixue was indeed very spacious. And their studio was in the east of Taixue. It was originally the west verandah of Chaojiyuan, except for part of it which was renamed as Lvxue.
Outside the museum, there are more than a hundred houses, all of which are used as residences for Taixue students and official residences.
This Chaojiyuan was originally where officials lived when they came to Beijing to report on their duties, so the accommodation conditions in the apartments were very good.
Along the way, I saw many ancient locust trees with rugged bark and towering leaves planted in Taixue. These locust trees can be traced back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Yue looked around as he walked, then suddenly raised his head and looked east.
“Shiro, look at that tower!”
Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi looked east together and could clearly see a hexagonal nine-story brick tower.
Zhang Yue sighed with emotion: "This must be the rumored Kaibao Temple Pagoda (Iron Pagoda)!"
At this time, an imperial student passed by and couldn't help but laugh: "This is not the Kaibao Temple Pagoda, but the Tianqing Temple Pagoda, also known as the Fan Pagoda. The spring scenery of this Fan Pagoda is also a sight in Bianjing!"
The more I listened to Zhang, the more I realized that I had no idea.
But slowly looking at this tall brick tower, Zhang Yue felt a bit solemn and dignified in his heart to be able to study under this tower.
When the two came to the studio, they heard the sound of reading in the distance: "Fu Zhe, the name of return to the origin. The yin peels off the yang, and when it is exhausted, one yang comes and goes, so it is called repeated. The yang qi returns and returns, and
Gaining communication is why it is said to be 'reviving prosperity'. There will be no trouble when going out and coming in, and there will be no blame when friends come..."
Zhang Yue heard that the people inside were reciting the "Fu Gua" in the Book of Changes.
“This is it?”
“Ran Ye.”
"Wait a moment," Huang Haoyi stopped Zhang Yue and said, "This person was very happy when he read the Book of Changes. Let's wait for a while before entering."
Zhang Yue heard this and said: "We still have this habit, we can't get used to it."
After saying that, Zhang Yue pushed open the door and walked in. He saw a young man in his early twenties who was just shaking his head. He didn't even raise his head when Zhang Yue entered.
Zhang Yue stood aside and watched, but when he saw this man nodding slightly after divination, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi.
But Zhang Yue put his luggage on the ground and stood carelessly with his hands behind his back.
Huang Haoyi on the side said quickly: "Sanlang, this brother Cheng followed Shao Yaofu (Shao Yong) to learn Yi, so he is good at hexagrams."
Then Huang Haoyi said to the man squatting on the ground: "Brother Zhengshu, this is Brother Zhang. From now on, I will live with you and me."
Zhang Yue listened to Huang Haoyi's introduction to the Tao of Heart, followed Shao Yong to learn Yi, and his surname was Cheng. Could it be that...
Zhang Yue asked Huang Haoyi in a low voice: "Is this person's name Cheng Yi?"
“Sanlang, have you heard of Brother Zheng’s name?”
Hearing this, Zhang Yue immediately changed his appearance and said, "Uncle Zheng, I'm just being rude down below."
Zhang Yue himself was a bit arrogant and respectful in doing so, and it actually felt like he was being slapped in the face.
But Zhang Yue has confirmed that his roommate is indeed a great person, one of the second Cheng Yi!
Historically, Cheng Yi was a student of Shao Yong. You must know that Shao Yong is a master of Yi studies today. He was not yet married at the age of forty-five as mentioned before, and it was his student who introduced his sister to him.
There are countless people in the world who have learned Yi from Shao Yong, but Shao Yong's most proud students are only two. He has a saying that the only smartest person in the world is Cheng Yi, and the second is Zhang Dun.
But Cheng Yi is not perfect in Shao Yong's heart.
When Shao Yong was dying, Cheng Yi went to see him and asked him what he had to say.
Shao Yong raised his hands to show it.
Cheng Yi asked: “What do you mean?”
Shao Yong said: "The path in front of you must be wide. If the road is narrow, you will have no place to stay, and it will not allow people to walk."
Shao Yong means that the path of your lectures is too narrow, and you cannot force your way through things. You must leave room for others.
Shao Yong’s words also pointed out the problems that Er Cheng left for later generations of ‘Neo-Confucianism’ for thousands of years.
Cheng Yi then stood up, looked Zhang Yue up and down and said, "It's okay. If you don't know, don't blame him. It's just the first time you and I met. You won't have to worry about it next time."
Cheng Yi continued reading after finishing speaking.
Zhang Yue was about to move his luggage into the studio.
Zhang Yue saw that many places in the house were not cleaned, so he picked up a broom to sweep away the dust. But when he saw a few spider webs in the house, he immediately started to sweep them away.
Cheng Yi was about to speak but stopped.
At this time, a spider fell from the roof. Zhang Yue wanted to step on it, but Cheng Yi said: "Brother Zhang, please be merciful!"
Zhang Yue was startled when he heard Cheng Yi shouted, and quickly stopped and said, "What's wrong?"
Cheng Yi sighed and said: "An ant is still alive, how can Brother Zhang do whatever he wants? Starting from caring for one thing, and then extending it to others, this is the compassion mentioned by Mencius!"
Zhang Yue was dumbfounded when he heard this: "This..."
Zhang Yue remembered that Cheng Yi was a lecturer for Zhezong of the Song Dynasty. At first, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty was very respectful to Cheng Yi. One day, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty broke a wicker stick. Cheng Yi stepped forward and scolded: "Fang Chun has happened, so don't break it for no reason."
Song Zhezong was unhappy with the boss Cheng Yi after hearing this.
Now that I can't even trample a spider to death, then...I finally know why the roommates in the studio couldn't get along with Cheng Yi and left one by one.
That’s all, it’s useless to argue.
Zhang Yue shook his head and opened the closet, only to see several cockroaches scurrying around.
Seeing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but said: "You can't step on spiders, so you can't hit cockroaches? Does Brother Cheng think that since my last name has the same sound as cockroach, I should feel compassion for him?"
Hearing this, Cheng Yi laughed and said, "If you want to fight this San Lang, you can fight him, but please let me go out first."
“Why?”
Cheng Yi said seriously: "A gentleman is like an animal: when he sees it alive, he can't bear to see it die; when he hears its sound, he can't bear to eat its flesh. That's why Sanlang wants to kill this cockroach, but when I see this cockroach alive, I can't bear to see it die!"
Zhang Yue was surprised again when he heard this.
Cheng Yi said with a smile: "Sanlang, I blame you for this. A few days ago, my roommate kept a cat and bought more than a hundred fish to feed the cat. I think these fish lick each other and wet each other, and they are actually affectionate and righteous fish. I support it.
I watched it all day long, and finally released it to the river."
"It seems that the fish has found its place; when I finally look at it, I feel it. In the past, when the sages fished, they would not enter the pond unless their nets were several rods long, they would not kill them if their tails were not full, and the market would not be successful.
If you sell it to people, you won’t be able to eat it, but if a sage raises things, his benevolence will not be harmed. This is how it is!”
Zhang Yue felt that Cheng Yi's long speech was going to make him faint. Was he doing this just to save a few cockroaches?
From now on, spiders are not allowed to be stepped on, cockroaches are not allowed to be beaten, and ants have to live in vain. So what will the house become in the future? From now on, I and Huang Haoyi will become Aburame Shino.
Zhang Yue decided to debate with Cheng Yi and immediately said: "What Brother Cheng said is reasonable, but I don't know if it is your reason, Brother Cheng, or the reason of the sages?"
Cheng Yi smiled and said: "It depends on Sanlang, what kind of thing is Li? The geography is called mountains and rivers, high and low, each has its own order, and it flourishes in the land, so it is called Li."
“Husband, the reason for the decree of heaven is to create the laws of heaven and create the people of the world according to the way of benevolence and righteousness. This is the principle of management.”
"The principle that covers all things in the world is that prosperity must decline, and loss must be beneficial over time. This is a physical principle. In short, everything has a reason, and this is the principle of all things. This principle is simple and unchanging, and finally comes to one. So when it comes to the depth,
Even if different paths lead to the same destination, the principles of the sages and Cheng are all the same."
What Cheng Yi said may seem a bit confusing to outsiders, but in fact, to put it plainly, it is the universality of truth.
Zhang Yue said: "What Brother Cheng said is absolutely true. What Brother Cheng said is that a bright moon in the sky is sealed by thousands of rivers on the earth. This is the principle of the moon sealing thousands of rivers."
Cheng Yi said happily: "Brother Zhang, it's a good metaphor. This is exactly what it means."
Zhang Yue said: "This is the saying of Fa Yanzong, but there is one thing that Zhang did not understand. White horses and black horses are both horses. White horses and black horses are both horses. This is called one. But black and white are different, so they are called special."
“Similarly, the principle is one, but if it is scattered among all things, then it is different. Then the principle is not one principle. Since it is divided into all things, how can it be called one!”
“That’s why Brother Cheng said just now that you and the sages will reach the same destination through different paths. I agree, but after all, the sages are sages, and Brother Cheng is Brother Cheng. Apart from one, there are other differences.”
After hearing what Zhang Yue said, Cheng Yi knew that the other party should not be underestimated.
