Chapter 23 Pigs in the South
In Mr. Xie’s room, the father and daughter were all dejected.
An old mother was holding tea and just entered the room. Mr. Xie glanced at her and said, "Get out!"
The old mother knew Xie Laohu's temper didn't dare to say anything, so she took the tea and retreated.
The third son of the Xie family lowered his head and said, "Dad, the troublemakers in Hongshan Village are now facing Lin Gaoyao and are arguing with our village all day long. Lin Gaoyao has been exempted from miscellaneous work this time, and he will not be able to suffer in the future."
Mr. Xie scolded: "Nonsense, don't you know?"
After Mr. Xie scolded his son, the aunt cried, "Dad, you want to make the decision for me! Are you just watching them bully their daughter like this?"
Mr. Xie was also irritated by his daughter's argument.
Mr. Xie said for a while: "Don't I know? If I don't suppress Lin Gao this time, the mud legs in Hongshan Village will rebel and do so in the future, and do not want them to be as obedient as before."
"Dad, come up with an idea. All the young and old in our village will listen to you." The third son of the Xie family spoke.
Mr. Xie snorted and said, "I have the idea, but it's not bad. We'll be the one who is right, but it's not the other. I'll be the one who is not the other. We'll be the one who is positive. We'll be the one who is positive. We'll be the one who is wrong with the Lin family. We hand over the paper and go to the yamen to complain!"
"Secretary? Dad is not fun, what name does it mean?"
"Of course I'm venting my daughter. Lin Gao asked his son to divorce his wife for no reason. There are seven out of his wife, and I still have three out of my life. The Lin family also swallowed our family's five acres of land, which I had to spit out."
The third son of the Xie family thought for a while and asked, "Dad, there is a notice in the township Shenmingting Pavilion that after the woman gets married, she will return her husband's house to deal with it. The five acres of Fangtian are now named Lin, how can I get it back? Although my son has little education, don't lie to me!"
"Lie you a mother! I'm fool!" Mr. Xie slapped the third brother of the Xie family and cursed, "You know nothing but you understand. Your sister is not remarried. As long as we find the husband's family, the Lin family has no reason to leave your sister in the name of Qidian. As long as the yamen is judged, the yamen will be judged as a righteous person. At that time, not only can the slap of the box be returned to our family, but Lin Gao also has to eat a board. Tomorrow I will go to the county government office to discuss with the Huangshu Office and invite the most powerful litigator in the provincial capital to let him know what the name of an official is!"
Lin Yanchao has been studying and studying at home for the past two days.
Although the third brother of the Xie family came to the door to ask the Lin family for service that day, and his uncle and uncle took out the document and scolded him directly. However, Lin Yanchao guessed that with Xie Laohu's temperament, he would definitely not just let it go, and he would definitely take revenge afterwards.
Lin Yanchao simply sat at home and prepared to take the call. He was not idle when he was at home, and he could not let go of his studies for a moment. He had already carefully studied the university chapters and sentences given by Lin Chengyi.
During the Han Dynasty, Tang and Song Dynasties, the chapters and sentences of the university were not considered one of the classics. Whether it was the Five Classics of the Han Dynasty, the Nine Classics of the Tang Dynasty, the Twelve Classics, or the Great Sutra of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, there was no single official chapter in the thirteen Confucian classics.
Later, Zhu Xi took the Book of Rites, and wrote two books, Doctrine of the Mean and the University, and combined them with the Analects of Confucius in the Thirteen Confucian classics and "Mencius" into the Four Books. "The Great" was written by Zeng Zi, and the chapters are analytical sentences. Zhu Xi made annotations for "The Great". The two are combined into "The Great Chapters".
The university chapters are the first classics that Lin Yanchao read, discussing the order of reading.
Lin Yanchao remembered that the ancients usually read the scriptures from the beginning of the Five Classics and the Book of Changes. The ancients believed that the Book of Changes was passed down from ancient Fuxi and was the earliest to write, so they had to read them first. Some people also said that the Book of Changes among the Five Classics is the most difficult and they need to be understood first.
After Zhu Xi's annotation of the Four Books, he believed that reading was a gradual process. The order of reading classics was to start with the Four Books and then the Five Books. Because the Four Books are easy, the Five Books are difficult. Moreover, the Four Books were written after Confucius, and the Five Books were written before Confucius.
The "Great Chapters" in the Four Books is Zhu Xi's most diligent work. In order to avoid others not being able to understand his good intentions, Zhu Xi also wrote that he should first go to university to determine its scale; then read the Analects of Confucius to establish its roots; then read Mencius to observe its development; then read the Doctrine of the Mean to seek the subtleties of the ancients.
Therefore, following Zhu Xi's teachings, teaching classics in society generally requires students to read the "Great Learning" first and set the scale, but there are a few exceptions, starting with the most difficult Mencius.
Some sociology also teaches the Analects of Confucius first after completing primary education. This is a fear that the school children will have no patience and teach the most important book first. If you can understand the classics of Confucius, you will benefit endlessly throughout your life. As long as you don’t go to the imperial examination, it will be a pity for those who do not read other scriptures.
Lin Chengyi gave himself the chapters of university, and of course he also wanted Lin Yanchao to read "The University" first to determine its scale.
Lin Yanchao read the book again, thinking that if ordinary scholars want to write to Chengdu, they will take ten years of hard work, which is often said to be ten years of hard work.
Thinking about his unreliable cousin Lin Yanshou, he said that he had finished reading the Four Sons' Book, which was already very awesome. After all, his cousin was only thirteen years old. No wonder he was qualified to go to the county examination next year, which made his uncle brag about everyone.
Thinking about it, I have just started to go to college, the gap is not very big.
Lin Yanchao wished he could not immediately hang his head and thorn his thighs, but with his amazing memory, the entire university chapters were memorized in less than two days, but he didn't understand the meaning of the classics very well.
It just happened that day that my cousin returned home from the social school after school.
"Dad, dad, I'm hungry! I'm hungry!" Lin Yanshou wanted to eat as soon as he came back.
"Uncle has gone to the market town."
Lin Yanchao responded, thinking that this was just an opportunity to ask for advice. He took the book and said, "Cousin, I don't understand some things in my college chapters and sentences, and I want to ask you for advice."
"Brother Chao, I have no time. Today's schoolwork has not been completed. You can come back when I finish reading." Lin Yanshou rejected Lin Yanchao with a cold look on his face.
"mean!"
Lin Yanchao walked aside helplessly, picked up the water and drank it, thinking about how to change the way to let this cousin teach him some.
Lin Yanshou did not intend to reject Lin Yanchao, but he was really hungry. Lin Yanshou first went to the cupboard to take out a piece of pancake, ate it, and then spread out the book and started reading it. As soon as he opened his mouth, he happened to be a college chapter.
"It is said that the university teaches people in ancient times, and the law is that the people are born from heaven..."
puff!
Lin Yanchao couldn't help but spray the water out in one gulp.
"Yanchao, what are you doing? I'm studying hard. How can I work hard when you're doing these things?"
Lin Yanchao touched the water stains on his mouth, held the book and said to his cousin: "Brother, you read the wrong sentence. It should be a book of universities. The reason why ancient universities taught people is because they were born from heaven..."
Lin Yanshou heard Lin Yanchao say that he was displeased and said, "What's wrong with you? This is how my husband teaches me how to read. Is it you or my husband's cleverness? He is a child."
"That's how your husband teaches you?"
"That's right, the sir said, where there is a 'thing', you can stop."
You can stop wherever you have it!
Will Wang Xizhi be angry to death by you? Lin Yanchao covered his face and retreated: "Brother, I was wrong."
After this incident, Lin Yanchao felt that Lin Yanshou was a bit unreliable and might as well study by himself.
At this time, a sound came from outside.
"Prolong the tide and prolong the life!"
When Lin Yanshou heard this, he threw the book away and ran out of the door and said, "Dad, what good things have you brought to me in the market town?"
"Yeah, pig boy?"
"Well, that's right, now it's a piglet, and it will become a big pig in the future. The big pig will raise a nest of piglets in the future, and the piglet will become a big pig. From now on, our family will have meat every meal."
After hearing this, Lin Yanchao walked out the door and saw his uncle holding a piglet. He asked immediately: "Uncle, why did you buy a pig? Where did you get the money?"
The uncle smiled and said, "I borrowed this money from an acquaintance, so don't worry. Is our family exempted from two years of labor service? Life is getting better. I think it's not a solution to stay together like this all day. It's better to raise a pig. There is a saying that people are tired of raising pigs, but they never get tired of raising pigs!"
Lin Yanchao was still very pleased. After this incident, my uncle seemed much more reliable and finally was willing to be a regular businessman. However, my uncle was too optimistic and thought that Xie Laohu would forget it.
At this time, Lin Yanshou said in a daze: "Dad, is your pig from the south or the pig from the north?"
The uncle asked in confusion: "Shoujian, what's the difference?"
Lin Yanshou coughed and said, "The saint has said that pigs in the south are stronger than pigs in the north!"
His father asked, "Such is amazing, how could the saint teach this?"
Lin Yanshou said, "How could Dad lie to you? There is this sentence in the Doctrine of the Mean. Zilu asked about it. Confucius said, "The southern pig is strong and the northern pig is strong and the suppressed but strong and the lenient teachings will not be rewarded. The southern pig is strong."
Has this been said? Lin Yanchao thought for a while, and thought of Lin Yanshou's sentence just now, and thought to himself: "That's it, not a pig. In Fujian dialect, it is homophonic with pig. Nanfang Zhiqiang and he actually read it as Nanfang Zhuqiang and. I am really convinced!"
The uncle always had great confidence in his son, and he immediately believed it: "My son is so smart. Even knows this. Don't worry, our pig is a pig from the south, and it must be very strong!"
The pigs in the south must be very strong! Lin Yanchao almost laughed and fell down, and it was really uncomfortable to endure it.
The uncle praised Lin Yanshou, and Lin Yanshou said complacently: "Of course, the tutor has always praised me for being smart, saying that I am the least effective in the future, and it is not too easy for a scholar to be a middle-aged scholar!"
Lin Yanchao couldn't help but complain. It was probably because your grandfather was Xie Laohu, so he praised you against his will.
The uncle said to Lin Yanshou: "Yanshou, you have read so well, so you must teach your younger brother, so that we can produce another scholar in our Lin family."
Before Lin Yanchao could speak, Lin Yanshou said, "Brother, he can't study! He can even pause in places where there are. I don't know how simple it is, so I don't want to teach him."
Lin Yanchao also nodded quickly and said, "Brother, don't bother. My qualifications are too poor, you can't handle it!"
"Dad, look, my brother said so."
Chapter completed!