In China's thousands of years of history, countless technologies have been lost.
One of the reasons is naturally because the craftsmen cherish their brooms.
This can be regarded as an old tradition of the Chinese. It is not only true for highly skilled craftsmen, but also for literati and military generals. Therefore, in martial arts novels written more than a thousand years later, most masters will keep their apprentices safe, and they always say
When it comes to assessing the character and character of the disciples, you can't even complain at all...
What nonsense!
In the eyes of the ancients, this was a matter of course, but from Li Yuanjia's perspective, it was too unfair.
In fact, the master-disciple relationship is quite serious in Chinese culture.
A teacher is someone who teaches, teaches, and resolves doubts.
In fact, in ancient times, the word teacher was basically not used. Because of the different statuses and institutions of teachers, they were called edicts, priests, doctors, masters, mountain chiefs, teachers, etc. Until the Republic of China era
After the introduction of Western education and the establishment of new schools, teacher became a conventional title.
But in ancient times, "teacher" meant many things.
The bond between teacher and disciple is second only to father and son, monarch and minister, and is extremely strong under various secular constraints. If the disciple's parents are gone, the teacher can even replace the father's role to some extent. For example, in martial arts novels
Many of the heroines' marriages are decided by their masters, and individuals cannot resist.
The tragedy of the white-haired witch is actually a manifestation of this relationship.
Anyway, in the traditional master-apprentice culture, it is natural for disciples to serve their masters, and this is still the master-apprentice culture of the "upper-class" society. If it is placed in the "lower-class" society, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, etc., the apprentices will almost
You have to eat and live in Master's house, you don't get a salary, you just have to eat and live, and you have to work hard every day, and you can't complain even if Master gets a beating or something...
In this case, in order to allow the apprentices to work as free labor for a few more years, the masters often deliberately hide and do not teach their true skills. In the end, they can no longer continue to use them, and they often have to retain a hand.
Give the so-called unique skill of pressing the box to your own son. Even if you don't have a biological son, you will give it to your son-in-law, or the only disciple you like.
Tell me, is this nonsense?
Not to mention that this bad habit hinders the development and progress of technology in the eyes. Even if those apprentices worked hard for him for several years, they wouldn't be treated like this, right?
Therefore, Sun Peng really couldn't stand this traditional teacher-student relationship.
He still prefers the new-style schools more than a thousand years ago. Teachers teach basic knowledge according to the syllabus. Everyone learns exactly the same thing, and if you want to learn more deeply, you need to put in more effort, not because he
identity and status.
This is why he set up a small school in Prince Han's Mansion and asked Ma Liang to teach the young people.
A small attempt, even if the investment for those dozens of students is a bit large, for example, the pen, ink, paper and inkstones consumed every month are a huge expense, which makes Li Yuanjia quite distressed, and he can't even care about it.
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It's like this in a small school, and Chen Mu's skills are no exception.
Under Li Yuanjia's strong orders, Chen Mu, Wang Pu and Niu Danniu Er never dared to hide it, but taught all their skills to others without reservation.
After all, they all belong to Prince Han's Palace, so what does technology mean?
But slowly, Li Yuanjia also discovered the limitations of this kind of teaching - in fact, it was also the limitation of ancient technological exchange and dissemination, which was that it relied too much on step-by-step teaching.
If you don't learn from the master, you won't learn anything!
This is really not surprising, because Li Yuanjia once read a book, which is Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu", an encyclopedia of Chinese crafts in the seventeenth century. In the history of China, this book can be said to be very prestigious.
It almost represents the highest achievement of ancient science and technology books.
After watching it, Li Yuanjia was quite disappointed.
Because in this book, all the records are too brief, and there are even many words that are the same as in the recipes - "a little", "appropriate amount"...
Among them, what left Li Yuanjia speechless the most was the drawings of those objects.
how to say?
The structure can be roughly seen, but on the one hand, the lines are rough, and on the other hand, it lacks fine measurement. Therefore, if you want to rely on it to make something, I am afraid you will need a senior craftsman, and you must also have a certain amount of talent.
kind!
This is still the famous "Tiangong Kaiwu", as for other similar books...
So even though Chen Mu and Zhang Wan looked embarrassed, Li Yuanjia remained unmoved. He just waved his hands and said, "That's it. From now on, all workshops belonging to the palace must have a craftsman who can draw...
...Well, you must be able to draw the kind of picture I mentioned! And my requirement is not only to draw it, but also to draw it with enough similarity and detail, so that other craftsmen can immediately understand how to make this after seeing it.
thing!"
"Gudong!"
After hearing what he said, Chen Mu, Zhang Wan and others swallowed at the same time, and their faces became quite ugly.
Just now, they didn't take it too seriously.
Because although the painting techniques created by the king are very different from the painting techniques spread in the world, after all, everyone is a man who has learned to use a ruler and a scale. Simple drawings can still be drawn by hand, but slightly more complicated ones are not.
What can we look forward to from the little guys in the school?
Overall, it's not too difficult.
But now I heard what Li Yuanjia said, all the drawings must be clearly drawn so that people can do it as soon as they see it?
This difficulty cannot be made small!
Without even thinking about it, not to mention Chen Mu, who was counting on others, even Wang Pu and Zhang Wan became ugly.
and……
There seems to be something else in these words of your Majesty!
Let other craftsmen see it?
You also want them to learn how to make it quickly after seeing it?
What does this mean?
After looking at each other for a while, Chen Mu, Zhang Wan and Wang Pu's expressions changed at the same time - coincidentally, they all remembered the rollover drawing that the king presented to His Majesty!
Those drawings definitely meet this standard!
Although there are very few people who can read this kind of drawings, it is not very useful after the court draws it. In the end, they can only count on the rollover workshop outside Chang'an City to build rollovers on a large scale, but they all know that the court
Many carpenters were sent to learn how to understand these drawings, and they will be sent out one after another in the future to teach the methods of making rollovers in various states around the world!
In other words, the production of rollovers will no longer be a secret.
But after all, it was an overturn that was closely related to the world, and it was already dedicated to His Majesty by the King. Even if everyone had some opinions in their hearts, they did not dare to say anything.
But now, the king requires them to draw everything the workshop can do?