Hearing this, Ye Chen suddenly realized, and his expression changed slightly. It turned out that he had made such a mistake, no wonder the other party suddenly lost his good face.

I never thought that a seemingly simple gift would have so many things to pay.

The left hand is outside to greet people, and the right hand is outside to greet people. The surface is similar, but in fact it is completely different.

If someone lives well but you come up with such a courtesy, it is no different from cursing someone who dies early. Anyone with a little temper must roll up his sleeves and suck you.

In this way, the old man has a very good cultivation. If he changed his person, he would probably be beaten up.

As soon as he thought of this, he quickly adjusted his gesture, bowed respectfully to the other party again, and said, "I'm sorry, I hope the elder will forgive me!"

The old man saw that he was not intentional and did not care about it, so he stroked his beard and said, "No obstacle, you must keep this in mind, and you must not do this in the future."

"No, boy has received the teachings!"

Ye Chen responded.

The old man nodded, looked at him for a moment, and asked, "Are you here to participate in the Confucian assessment?"

Ye Chen replied: "You have always admired Confucianism, and come here to ask for advice today."

Although the words are a bit tactful, the meaning is also expressed very clearly.

The old man heard this and said, "Etiquette is one of the six Confucian arts. It may not be easy for you to enter the small sage farm."

This is also tactful. Simply put, you are wrong even in giving up and want to be admitted?

Ye Chen said seriously: "Your boy knows that his talent and virtue are insufficient, and it is difficult for him to meet the Confucian standards. However, those who have ambition can achieve success. As long as they work tirelessly, they believe that one day they can become a member of the little sage village."

When the old man heard this, his expression moved slightly and he said, "Those who have ambition can accomplish their work, this is a great good word."

After commenting, he looked at the former and said, "I have such an opinion at a young age and have a good mind."

Hearing such praise, Ye Chen replied: "It's true that this sentence is just something the boy has seen in a book by accident, so he should not be praised so much."

Upon hearing this, the old man was not disappointed, but smiled again: "It is rare not to take the credit of others."

He was quite happy to hear this answer. Although Confucianism values ​​talent, it values ​​virtue more. If it were someone else in the face of praise, it would probably be a step further.

Telling the truth so directly means that he has let go of his vanity in his heart. Even adults are difficult for him to do this, let alone a young child.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little more favor in my heart. Perhaps this child is really a talent for making.

At this moment, the Confucian disciples who were responsible for maintaining order also came to the two of them and then walked over quickly.

When he came to the old man, he bowed respectfully and said, "Disciple, pay homage to the Grand Master!"

Seeing this scene, Ye Chen couldn't help but look surprised. He also guessed that this person should have some status in Confucianism, but at this time he realized that he seemed to be underestimating the other party.

Then he spoke, "I don't know you are..."

The old man stroked his beard and chuckled, "My surname is Xun, his courtesy name is Qing, and his name is "Kuan"."

"Xunzi!"

Ye Chen was shocked. Many people were not very familiar with the name Xunzi, but he also had a title that everyone knew, which was "Xunzi"!

Xunzi was another great wise man of Confucianism after Confucius and Mencius. He was not comparable to his bachelor's and his virtues.

Although he is not the head of Confucianism, if he talks about his prestige in the minds of scholars, no one can surpass him.

Ye Chen couldn't help but be slightly surprised. He didn't expect to meet such a big man on the first day of his time travel. Fortunately, his attitude was quite right before, otherwise, let alone entering the Little Saint Sage Village, the entire Sanghai City would probably not have his foothold.

He immediately bowed and said respectfully: "I just didn't know the identity of my senior. Please forgive me if you have any rudeness!"

Xunzi said: "It's nothing, it's a trivial matter, you don't need to pay too much attention. Don't you want to enter Confucianism? It depends on your performance next."

Ye Chen bowed and said, "Boy must do his best."

Xunzi nodded, then looked at the Confucian disciple and said, "Ziyan, please take this little guy to take the exam."

"promise!"

The Confucian scholar named Zi Yan responded, and then turned around and left with Ye Chen.

The two passed through the crowd and went directly to the assessment office in front. With Master Xun's care, Ye Chen no longer had to work hard to queue up, so he opened a small back door.

"Senior Brother Zimo, this was brought by Uncle Xun, please help me with the test."

After hearing this, the Confucian disciple who was in charge of the assessment looked at Ye Chen, then nodded and said, "No problem."

After completing the handover, the Confucian scholar named Zimo did not delay and started the assessment directly.

As the first round of auditions, it is not very difficult, but the elimination rate is still as high as 70%. Most of the thousands of people here will be directly beaten.

To be honest, Ye Chen was not sure about this level. After all, he was a modern person and did not have much knowledge of ancient culture.

Even the types of words that are popular here are not very clear.

During the Warring States Period, not only the world was divided, but even the characters were different. Although most of them evolved from bronze inscriptions of Shang and Zhou dynasties, after hundreds of years of development, the differences in cultures in various places became increasingly greater.

If this assessment is a test paper like the one in later generations, it is definitely a blind eye. Not to mention answering questions, I probably won’t even recognize much of the words.

However, God still seemed to be a little favor with him as a time traveler and did not make too embarrassed.

Zimo glanced at the former, then spoke, "The heaven moves hard and the gentleman strives for self-improvement, and the earth moves hard and the gentleman carries things with virtue. What is the scripture of these two?"

When Ye Chen heard the question, he felt relieved. Before traveling through time, he was a fan of traditional culture and knew a little about ancient classics.

This question happens to be within the scope of its knowledge.

Then he replied: "The two chapters of Qian and Kun in the "Book of Changes" are written."

Zi Mo nodded: "Do you know what this is meant?"

Ye Chen replied: "A gentleman should be as strong and vigorous as the sky, and he will not be indomitable even if he is wandering around. He should also be as strong and harmonious as the earth, increase virtue and carry all things."

The former showed a smile on his face and then said, "The road is long and arduous, and I will search up and down. What kind of classics does it come from?"
Chapter completed!