8. Explanation

"Bushe Liaowan, Jiqin Ruanxiao. Reading"

"Tianbi Lunzhi, Junqiao Rendiao."

When it was the sixth time, Bai Gui recited from the dark yellow of heaven and earth, the primordial universe to here in one breath.

This was the part that Xu Xiucai had just recited to him. When he recited it, his words were clear and sonorous.

As for the latter part, Xu Xiucai had not explained it yet, and he did not read it without authorization.

Xu Xiucai sat on the other side of the long bench, holding a rattan ruler in his hand, squinting his eyes, and savoring it carefully. Unexpectedly, not a single word was wrong. What surprised him even more was that Bai Gui had some quite standard Mandarin.

In terms of accent, he did not think much about it.

He had always used Mandarin to teach, and when he recited to Bai Gui just now, he also used Mandarin.

Xu Xiucai placed the ruler heavily on his left hand, raised his sore elbow, stood up and walked away. When he was five or six steps away from Bai Gui, he turned back and said seriously: "Your memory is okay. Today, I explained the first half of the Thousand Character Classic to you. You must know that a horse can't jump ten steps at a time... That is, you can't look too high and far, step by step, down to earth, don't look at the second half first, first recognize and remember the words in the first half, and then look at the second half."

No matter how good your memory is, if you can't be down-to-earth, it will be useless!

A child may be good when he is young, but he may not be good when he grows up.

I just hope that he won't become the "Shang Zhongyong" in Wang Jinggong's writing. If so... it would be his dereliction of duty as a teacher.

Xu Xiucai had a cold face and coughed lightly, "After five days, I will test you to write it down."

When he left, he paused with a smile on his face. When he saw some of the children along the way slacking off, he put on a stern face and scolded them in a low voice.

But he turned his back to Bai Gui, so Bai Gui didn't see anything clearly.

The Lu brothers and Lu Zhaoqian, who were observing Bai Gui's actions, stared at him in surprise.

"It doesn't make sense, it's impossible!"

"It took me nine days to memorize the Thousand Character Classic..."

Lu Zhaopeng muttered to himself.

Although the Thousand Character Classic only has a thousand words, it is very difficult for beginners. It is impossible to memorize it from the beginning without a few days of hard work.

But what about Bai Gui?

How long did it take? Less than a quarter of an hour.

"Oh! You really believe he is a child prodigy." Lu Zhaoqian seemed to have thought of something. He sneered and pointed out the window and said, "This Thousand Characters is the first book used for enlightenment in our school. It is usually recited in the school. Bai Gui has been wandering outside the school a few days ago. He heard these and memorized them, so this happened."

Outside the window, more than 20 steps away, is the street where the ancestral hall is located, and birds occasionally land.

At the door, a child swept out a piece of open space, set up a bamboo winnowing basket with branches, and scattered some scattered corn kernels.

Lu Zhaoqian's explanation made sense.

Many people did see Bai Gui wandering at the door of the ancestral hall a few days ago. Not many, but occasionally he could see him a few times.

It was normal for Lu Zhaoqian, who was facing the window, to see it.

"Heiwa, you are right." Lu Zhaopeng nodded, but before Lu Zhaoqian could be happy, he changed the subject, "But even so, it is also your brother who is amazing. It is amazing that you can hear us reciting outside the school and write it down."

Lu Zhaoqian's face froze. He looked at the Thousand Character Classic on the desk, and he felt a little awkward no matter how he looked at it.

He can now recite the Thousand Character Classic completely, but it took him a full month.

In the remaining time, he learned the Thousand Character Classic, but he has not mastered it thoroughly until now, so Xu Xiucai did not let him learn the Four Books. Although he taught other elementary textbooks, such as "Disciples' Rules" and "Three Character Classic", he has not been able to put down the Thousand Character Classic until now, and is still in the elementary stage.

"Brother Gui, don't take it personally. Heiwa also has good intentions..."

Lu Zhaopeng was about to comfort Bai Gui, but he felt that Lu Zhaoqian's words were somewhat jealous. To be honest, he was also a little jealous of Bai Gui's good memory. No one who studies hard would not be jealous of people with good memory.

But jealousy is one thing, and showing it outwardly is another.

Although his relationship with Bai Gui has faded since he went to study in a private school, in general, they are considered family members, and there is no reason to turn his arm outward.

"Yes, young master."

Bai Gui nodded and said nothing more.

Although he didn't take this matter to heart, he didn't say anything to forgive him.

He took out the black lacquered wooden board and a gourd of water that he had prepared in advance from his schoolbag.

The water was poured into the inkstone.

The brush was dipped in water.

"Heaven and earth are dark yellow..." Bai Gui was about to write, but suddenly remembered that he "didn't know" how to use a brush. It's not that he didn't know how to use a brush. In his previous life, he practiced brush calligraphy for a period of time. It was an extracurricular interest assigned by the elementary school teacher, but he gave up after only a week.

In his previous life, calligraphy was useless, and he wrote hard-tipped characters.

So he just let it go.

But writing brush calligraphy is different. If you learn brush calligraphy by yourself, you don't know how to hold the brush and how to use the force. Others may think that the words you write are okay. But in everyone's eyes, they are full of mistakes and omissions, which only makes people laugh.

Bai Gui paused and put the brush on the inkstone.

Then he pulled open the long bench and walked slowly and quietly to Xu Xiucai, who was checking Zhou Yuan's learning progress. He didn't say a word and waited for Xu Xiucai to patiently explain the Analects to Zhou Yuan.

"'The Master said to Nan Rong, if the country has the Way, it will not be abolished; if the country does not have the Way, it will not be punished. Let him marry his brother's son.' This sentence is the sage's evaluation of Nan Rong. If the country has the Way, he will not be punished. He can be an official. If the country is dishonest, he can avoid punishment by virtue of his own kindness."

Xu Xiucai noticed Bai Gui beside him out of the corner of his eye. He pretended not to know and continued to explain the meaning of the scriptures to Zhou Yuan. "Zhu Zi explained Nan Rong in the Annotations of the Four Books: 'Nan Rong, a disciple of Confucius. , lives in Nangong. His name is Sui, also known as Shi. His posthumous title is Zirong. He is also the brother of Meng Yizi.

"What does it mean to have a state with virtue? Zhuzi said: 'If words are not discarded, they will be put to use.'"

"Why did Confucius comment so much on Nan Rong? Zhu Zi said: 'Because he was careful in his words and deeds, he was able to govern the dynasty and avoid trouble in troubled times.'"

"Nan Rong also said in Chapter 6 of Chapter 11 of The Analects, 'Nan Rong returned to Bai Gui three times, and Confucius married him with his brother's son.'"

""Mao Shi Daya Yi Pian" mentions: 'Bai Gui's stains can still be polished off. This means that stains cannot be done.' It means that if Bai Gui has flaws, it can be polished off. But if your words are stained and you say the wrong thing, you can never do it again.”

Xu Xiucai explained slowly, citing scriptures to explain this passage clearly.

Bai Gui secretly admired what he heard. He saw clearly that although Xu Xiucai paused for a moment, he continued talking without any stage fright or forgetfulness.

This is just a scholar!