After Zhang Youzhi’s lecture, I met Zhang Yue in the study next to Zhoujin Hall. When I saw him wearing a t-shirt, I couldn’t help but smile: “We used to meet each other in my private residence, and you never came wearing a t-shirt. Why did you come to Nanfeng Hospital?” Wearing a t-shirt?"
Zhang Yue knew Zhang Youzhi would ask this question earlier, so he said with a face of shame: "Nothing can be hidden from your eyes, sir. This little thought of the student made me laugh."
Sometimes exposing some minor shortcomings in front of the teacher will actually make the other person think you are a likable student.
Sure enough, Zhang You shook his head and said in a tone that seemed to be displeased but not displeased: "You, you, I don't know why you are the one, but you brought the manuscript?"
Zhang Yue quickly took out several volumes of manuscripts from his book bag and presented them to him.
Zhang You saw that he had made a few scratches on the manuscript, and then said: "Your seal script is still a little too deliberate."
Zhang Yue saluted and said, "The students don't understand."
Zhang Youzhi said: "Is it intentional for you to breathe out every day?"
Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The student understands. Breathing in and out is unintentional. When students write, they have the idea of writing the words well, so the intention is in the words, and they become crooked unconsciously."
Zhang Youzhi said: "That's it. What is true? The words are true unless the meaning is included in them. But it is not easy for you to write seal script to this day. Otherwise, I will not regard you as the successor of my mantle. I teach you Can you practice your breathing method every day?"
Zhang Yuedao: "Students practice every day. When practicing calligraphy, they can first calm down and then speak deeply and briefly, so that their pens will not waver."
Zhang Youzhi nodded and said: "The sealing method can't be deviated at all when it reaches the depth. Even the slightest breath will cause your handwriting to be slightly offset. Ordinary people can't see it, but the Fang family can recognize it."
Zhang Yue realized that these were all full of details, so he said respectfully: "The breath is coherent, the pen is unmoving, and the students have been taught."
Zhang Youzhi looked at Zhang Yue's calligraphy again and continued to review it with his pen.
Sure enough, what he outlined with his strokes was all the parts of Zhang Yue's writing that were too deliberate.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but ask again: "Sir, practicing calligraphy is intentional, but writing good calligraphy is as unintentional as breathing. How can one go from intentional to unintentional?"
Zhang You said without even looking at it: "There is no other way but to practice more, so you will become familiar with it."
Zhang Yue's thoughts were Ouyang Xiu's words again. However, Zhang Yue also knew that Ouyang Xiu and Zhang Youzhi had a very good relationship.
Ouyang Xiu once called Li Gou's Yuanzhou Xueji, Hedong Liuqi's script, and Jingzhao Zhang Youzhi seal script as the three best in the world.
Mi Fu, one of the four later generations of the Song Dynasty, also said something like this.
Zhang Youzhi's calligraphy is like a palace maid arranging flowers, and a concubine has her own attitude towards the mirror. Who will follow? Mi Fu, Xiangyang.
Hence, Zhang Yue is fortunate to have direct guidance from Zhang You.
After giving some guidance, Zhang Yue took out a few more things from his bag and said with a smile: "Sir, the student asked someone to get these from Fuzhou. Do you sleep?"
Zhang Youzhi nodded and said, "Good stone."
Zhang Yue looked overjoyed, for this was the Shoushan stone he had specially asked the chief of the restaurant, Peng Jingyi, to collect from Fuzhou.
Zhang Youzhi is good at seal script and also good at seals.
In the Song Dynasty, seals were mostly made of jade and copper, but both were valuable.
But Zhang Youzhi usually likes it, and he likes to carve Xianzhang.
Xianzhang is a seal that does not contain a name or font name. Especially in the Tang and Song Dynasties when poetry was at its peak, many scribes liked to make one or two lines of poems into Xianzhang.
For example, there is "Bantanqiushan Yifangshan".
Also like Huizong of the Song Dynasty, who was an official who said he was capable of everything but could not be a king. He had forty-one xianzhang, one of which was the xianzhang with double dragon seal.
Some Xianzhang is a sentence, but Qi Baishi's Xianzhang is "Old man Baishi is really interesting".
Zhang Youzhi had many idle seals. He was good at seal script. Whenever he liked a poem, he would engrave it on his seal.
But jade and copper were too expensive, and he was not like Hu Xuezheng who refused anyone who came, so Zhang Yue took the trouble to collect Shoushan stones for Zhang Youzhi to use as a seal.
In the Song Dynasty, Shoushan Stone was only used by masons for carvings. It was presented to the palace for dignitaries to enjoy, and some refined people used it for fun. However, no one had yet used it for engraving. It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that it began to be made.
For engraving purposes.
Zhang Youzhi saw how useful the Shoushan stone was for making a seal, and it was not as valuable as jade, so he carved the "Xianzhang" with the Shoushan stone sent by Zhang Yue.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue originally gave the Shoushan stone to Zhang Youzhi as a token of gratitude for his teacher's kindness, but Zhang Youzhi actually taught him how to carve seals.
So besides seal writing, Zhang Yue actually learned another craft.
After chatting from Yin Ke Yang Ke to the end, Zhang Yue finally brought up the topic and said: "Sir, are there any descendants of the clan included in the clan study this year?"
Zhang Youzhi was playing with some Shoushan stones given to him by Zhang Yue in the past. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Why do you intend to join the clan school again? It's fine with me now. I'm afraid Hu Xuezheng from the county school won't let you go. !”
Zhang Yue said quickly: "Sir, you are making fun of me."
Zhang Youzhi said: "It was because of your second brother before, but now your second brother has become a talented person. I believe that the clan will no longer use the escape from marriage as an excuse. Otherwise, it will offend your uncle and you." I am now my father’s counselor (Zhang Yu) in name only.”
Zhang Yue said: "Sir, I am not asking for myself, but for my nephew..."
"oh?"
After Zhang Youzhi heard what Zhang Yue said, he couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling slightly: "In the past, there were eight dragons of the Xun family. Now our Zhang family should be prosperous."
“Tomorrow, come to my house with your nephew, and I will inquire personally.”
Zhang Yue said happily: "Thank you sir."
Zhang Youzhi said slowly: "Hey, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, fathers, sons, brothers, uncles and nephews have become famous and recommended each other to officials and gentry. There are so many people who call them at one time, brothers like two Lu (Lu Duan, Lu Yuqing), This is true for father and son, such as Song Xiang and Song Qi, as well as San Su, who is famous for his literary talents in Beijing."
“Although I have no intention of becoming an official, I should do my best to support my nephews and descendants! Not to mention how bad will your brothers and nephews be?”
Zhang Yue bowed to express his thanks on his face, but said "Not necessarily" in his heart. In the end, Zhang Yue figured out that he didn't have enough time, so he had to ask Cewen next time.
The next day, Zhang Yue and Zhang Qiu brought gifts to Zhang Youzhi's house to visit him.
Zhang Youzhi was chatting with Zhang Qiu, but he was very happy when he saw that the other party responded fluently.
Zhang Yue also asked Zhang Youzhi for tips on strategy. Zhang Youzhi taught him carefully and told Zhang Yue not to make empty words, but to have practical words that could help the world and bring peace to the country.
Although it is a word for asking for advice, the most important thing is the word sincerity.
As for Zhang Yue's impatience, Zhang Youzhi immediately taught him a few words, thought about them, studied them in detail, then formulated a strategy, and repeated them after they were familiar with them. Zhang Youzhi gave Zhang Yue a few topics and asked him to read them in detail on his own. After reading the history book thoroughly, you can write the questions, and finally bring it to him for review.
Zhang Yue read the title and thought it was okay. I used to spend all day on forums and forums. I had read a lot of research on this Zhuan family. My historical skills were pretty good, and I was pretty good at quoting classics.
Zhang Yue and Zhang Qiu returned home, and saw Zhang Shi standing at the door of their house from afar, waiting with the door open.
At this moment, several neighbors were chatting with Zhang Shi.
“Sanlang is a sensible man, and I think he can like the daughter of the Lu family.”
“Sanlang is not young anymore.”
“I’m such a student, how can I like the daughter of the Lu family? I think at least...”
While he was talking, Zhang Yue and Zhang Qiu had already arrived.
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "The neighbors are discussing my life-long events again!"
There was a burst of laughter from the left and right, and one person said: "That's not the case, Sanlang is so talented, and he is also a student..."
“Stop it, stop it, I’m not a student yet.”
“Hey, is it something sooner or later? A student will be able to become an official in the future.”
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Then I have to accept your good advice. Uncle Chen, can your teeth grow back if they fall out?"
“Ah? How can you look so old?”
Zhang Yue said: "Yes, Uncle Chen also knows that teeth fall out at an old age and cannot grow back. So we can't say that it is a problem, right?"
The neighbors burst into laughter.
“Sanlang really has a clever mouth.”
“I will definitely be able to coax a daughter-in-law into my future.”
Zhang Yue immediately brought Zhang Qiu into the house, and said to Zhang Shi: "Brother, you are also true. In the past, when the second brother was in the county school, you praised the second brother so much, saying that it was easy to become a Jinshi and the number one scholar.
It’s also within easy reach. Now it’s my turn, right?”
Zhang Shi said with an unhappy look on his face: "My brother has made great achievements, why don't you allow me to give you a few compliments?"
Zhang Yue said: "Brother, you are not praising me, you are flattering me, which will make me jealous. The second brother who just thought about it has also sent a letter to my family. I think it was all forced by you."
Hearing this, Zhang Shi couldn’t help but look on his face: “What did you say? In the end, it’s not because you failed to live up to your studies before…”
At this time, Mr. Yu came up with tea soup and handed it to Zhang Yue, saying: "You two brothers, please say one less thing. Uncle, how is Xi'er's study going?"
Zhang Yue took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's better for my sister-in-law to prepare the tea soup."
“From now on, if my uncle likes it, he will burn it for you every day.”
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is good at teaching me. I think that although Xi'er is a little young, he is more talented than me, so I have chosen him. After the snow melts in the spring next year, he will be able to study in Nanfeng Yuan."
"Really?" Mrs. Yu was overjoyed, "There won't be any mistakes this time. I really don't know how to thank uncle."
Zhang Yue waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be like this. For the sake of Xi'er's intelligence, my husband also said that all the children in our family are good at reading."
Yu was so happy when she heard this that she sat in her chair and shed tears.
Zhang Shi said very calmly: "Isn't that right? Xi'er is the eldest son and grandson of the Zhang family."
Zhang Yue sneered secretly when he heard this.
Zhang Qiu looked at Zhang Yue and said, "Third uncle, did you really praise me as a scholar before? What does the scholar mean?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It means reading materials, just like beautiful jade, but even beautiful jade needs to be polished."
“Well, this is the principle of ‘if jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool’.” Zhang Qiu nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Yes, so you have to study harder and practice harder, so as not to let it down."
"Third uncle, I don't have to worry about it. In the future, I will be like you and my second uncle." Zhang Qiu said in a childish yet firm tone.
As the family was talking, a carriage from Suzhou was parked far away outside Zhang’s house.
