"Oh?" Qiu Yan stopped, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the person blocking the road, "I don't know what kind of etiquette you are saying, so I'll ask me."

When this was said, the person opposite was inexplicably chilling. He swallowed, calmed down and said, "You should talk to my senior brother, first report the name and master."

"Hmm?" Qiu Yan was slightly stunned.

At this time, Gao Song turned around, looked at Qiu Yan, smiled faintly, and then waved his hand to the person blocking the road and said, "This time I came out to participate in the evaluation. Outsiders do not know etiquette, so we should educate us."

"Senior brother said yes." The man nodded and took a step back.

Then Gao Song stepped forward and looked at Qiu Yan and said, "Brother, look at you, you are heading straight for Gao. I wonder what it is?" When he spoke, he felt indifferent, seemed approachable, but he had a sense of being arrogant and a sense of being above him.

Qiu Yan was displeased and frowned, but when he came, he finally suppressed his anger and said, "I heard that Chongli Academy has a unique insight into Sun Sheng's Way, so I'll ask for advice."

"So I'm here to ask for advice," Gao Song nodded, "If you don't understand, you can ask anything, but before that, I'll tell you some truth."

"Tell me the truth?" A little gleam flashed in Qiu Yan's eyes. After a while, he was stopped first. After hearing what Gao Song said, he captured some of his characteristics from it, and knew that the person in front of him was suspected of pretending.

"I, Chongli Academy, have always admired rituals. Since you want to ask Sun Sheng what you learned, you should know that ordinary rituals start from the beginning, accomplish the literature, and finally be happy to the school. Every move can be included in it. Listening to your tone, you should have learned the method of Sun Sheng, but you only know that Sun Sheng’s knowledge is not enough. If you practice it yourself, you say you want to ask me for advice, but you do not show enough rituals and cannot reflect sincerity."

"It starts from the simplicity and is accomplished by the text." This sentence comes from Sun Sheng's "Theory of Literature", which talks about the process of formation of etiquette. It is expressed from the simple and omissions at the beginning. Once it has a clear text form, it will be formed, and ultimately it is in line with your wishes and will be promoted.

But here, Gao Song used it to criticize Qiu Yan, saying that he did not pay attention to etiquette.

After saying that, Gao Song looked at Qiu Yan again and said with a smile: "Do you remember it? You should learn from it."

The Confucian scholars around him immediately called out, feeling that Gao Song was worthy of being a high disciple of Chongli Academy, and showed a strict attitude towards self-discipline and advocated that every move should be in accordance with etiquette.

Qiu Yan felt inexplicably. He just came over and wanted to discuss knowledge with Gao Song. Neither of them had ever met before. Why did Gao Song speak in a tone of educating his juniors, and his words were filled with accusations against Qiu Yan.

"I don't know how this book was read by Gao Song. I just asked for advice, but he was like a cat with a tail stepped on. It was really inexplicable."

However, he didn't know that Gao Song, as a leader of the Chongli Academy, is located in a literary place like Dongdu. He has to contact and debate with other academies on weekdays. Especially for such a literary event, he cannot relax his vigilance at all times. Otherwise, if he is not careful, he may become a flaw and be taken out by people from other academies and make a big fuss.

In the past, I don’t know how many outstanding figures finally established a little reputation, but they were eventually ruined because of the debates and intrigues between the academy.

This time, Wenxuan's review is not only an opportunity to suppress other academies, but also a crisis. If you are not careful, you may be suppressed by other academies and lose your reputation.

Gao Song and others walked along the way, before they even entered Wenxuan Tower, they met several people from other academies and had two debates. They were really verbal and murderous intent, and they were about to say that after these two games, whether it was him or the Confucian scholars around them, they had already been tense.

As a result, after entering Wenxuan Tower, he walked a few steps, and he met Qiu Yan over. As mentioned in the previous article, few people who really want to ask for advice will be like Qiu Yan, who would ask for advice at a literary event. This event is when showing itself. Who dares to take it lightly?

Therefore, the people of Chongli Academy immediately regarded Qiu Yan as a person with ulterior motives, and were beaten up indiscriminately.

This made Qiu Yan unhappy. Although he was unwilling to rely on literary achievements to spread his reputation, he did not intend to become a stepping stone for others.

"Chongli Academy is named after the rituals and also learns the study of Sun Sheng. Now it seems that it is putting the cart before the horse."

Qiu Yan shook his head and looked directly at Gao Song: "Sun Sheng once said that people are born with desires, and they are chasing desires and causing chaos. Therefore, they use etiquette and morality to divide them, cultivate people's desires and give them to others. Etiquette is not an empty form, but a means of mediating resources. When you talk, it seems to have become the truth and cannot be violated for a moment. This is like inventing a hoe, not going to cultivate the land, but offering it. If Chongli Academy only has this kind of insight, it will disappoint Qiu too much."

People have conflicts because of desires, and the desires are hard to fill and the world is difficult to calm down. Therefore, there must be order to restrain people's hearts, control desires, and provide demand, so that humanity will not be out of control and exhausted. This is the "ritual" in Qiu Yan's heart.

This is a norm, a means, not an end.

This is also his conclusion after studying Sun Sheng's works and realizing the spirit of sages. As a result, it became a form to confirm "sincerity" among the people of Chongli Academy.

After saying this, Qiu Yan bowed to Gao Song, turned around and left without saying a word.

"This person..."

The face of the disciple of Chongli Academy changed suddenly, but Gao Song, who was in charge, just shook his head and said with a smile: "He is pretending to be amazing. I don't know how many such people have seen. It is not surprising that he wants to become famous by relying on his own way of doing things."

He turned to ask the people around him, "Which academy is this person from? Does anyone know him?"

Those who hear it shook their heads.

Gao Song then said again: "That's it. It seems that this person is not qualified to join any academy, so he doesn't know the etiquette. Although what he said is reasonable, how can he wipe out the world without sweeping a room? He can't even control his own behavior, so how can he understand a more profound truth? Judging from his words and deeds, he is a madman. He wants to seize the opportunity of Wenxuan's evaluation and fight for it. If we care about him, we will fall into his plan."

"So that's the case, my senior brother can see it thoroughly." After thinking about it carefully, several people felt that Gao Song was right, but after all, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, and he couldn't help but look at Qiu Yan in a bad way.

Even Gao Song looked as if nothing had happened after saying these words, but in fact, he looked at Qiu Yan deeply.

In any case, he must maintain his momentum and demeanor, and cannot fall behind in academics. Moreover, he asked himself that he would not lose to Chinese in the younger generation, even if Qiu Yan had a certain background, he would not be afraid.

"Brother Qiu, how about it? It's hard to deal with people from Chongli Academy?" Seeing Qiu Yan come back, Xu Miao greeted him.

Cao Jin also came over and said, "Cao has had a good hearing since he was a child. He could hear the teacher lecture from afar. It's true that Gao Song was just saying that Brother Qiu, you are pretending to be amazing." Then he said Gao Song's words.

Qiu Yan laughed in silence: "Gao Song wants to take advantage of the problem. He does not say that he is harsh on others, but instead says that I have no self-control and come to study to learn. First, he must correct himself and then teach others. Gao Song himself cannot behave politely. I asked him for advice. He did not treat him with courtesy, but he scolded him condescendingly. Now he requires that every word and deed of others must conform to the ancient principles. This is a person who is lenient and strict with others."

Cao Jin thought something, but finally said, "Brother Qiu is right and thought-provoking, but it's best not to spread it."

"Oh?" Qiu Yan was stunned at first, then nodded, and understood.

In fact, under the advocacy of the Confucian "ritual" is mostly attributed to the categories of moral self-discipline and moral emotions under the advocacy of the most sages and teachers and sub-sages, which reflects a person's cultivation. This is also the reason why Gao Song accuses Qiu Yan of his words and deeds and other people's recognition.

However, Sun Sheng's theory transcended this category and evolved into external order and rigid laws. His students and disciples used this as a framework to perfect the Legalists, but this is also something that Sun Sheng was criticized. With the upgrade of the sub-saint, his theory became increasingly derogatory.

Qiu Yan was thinking, but someone suddenly called his name by the door-

"Qiu Yan! You are indeed here..."

The sound was crisp, and Qiu Yan didn't have to look back and guess who the speaker was. Sure enough, not long after, Han Weier, dressed in men's clothes, came over.

What accompanied them were also gazes with different meanings.

At this moment, Qiu Yan suddenly became the focus of attention, but not because of Han Weier's person, but because of her shout, Qiu Yan's identity was exposed.

"Qiu Yan? Could it be that the study abroad scholar who failed to study at the school of Secretary He?"

"I heard that this person has attracted the attention of Mr. Chen and is to be taken as the successor of the robe and mantle..."

"Will it still appear here so powerful?"

"Shima Cheng is his defeated general, but he has already entered Shilin, but this person is still outside, which is a bit strange..."

"Qiu Yan has some reputation. If he can defeat him, he can immediately replace his reputation and become famous in the East Capital, and it will be a long way from now on."

...

As the sounds and the building was filled with chaos, the scholars were ready to move.

Looking at this situation, Qiu Yan shook his head helplessly. When he was asking for advice just now, he deliberately did not let the name spread. It was not because he was afraid of trouble, but because he saved the trouble. Unexpectedly, Han Wei'er's seemingly unintentional shouting changed things.

"Not intention?"
Chapter completed!