"How many scholars and juren are listening to lectures?"

Su Lin and Yuan Mu walked into the classroom, but were already crowded and had no choice but to stand in the corner near the door.

When Mr. Cai gave a lecture, the class was filled with people. Everyone was listening attentively. Only a few scholars behind the door noticed Su Lin and Yuan Mu entered the door. However, they just turned their heads and glanced at the two of them. They didn't care much about it.

The quiet and concentrating sandalwood fragrance in the classroom was lit in the classroom. Su Lin had a lot of doubts in his heart to ask Yuan Mu. But at this time, everything in the classroom was quiet, and only Mr. Cai’s speech was only the voice of Mr. Cai. Su Lin had to suppress the doubts in his heart first, looked up, and listened carefully to Mr. Cai’s lecture.

On the podium, Mr. Cai, who is kind-hearted and handsome, is wearing a simple Hanlin blue shirt and half of his gray hair. He is also introverted and has a peak Hanlin literary level with a restrained aura and a false combination of wisdom.

"Confucius traveled, and the horses were ate and fed the crops. The wild man was angry and snatched his horses. Zi Gong went to talk about it, but he was not able to get it. Confucius said, "If people cannot hear people, it is like enjoying wild animals with Tailao, and enjoying birds with the "Jiu Shao"!' So he sent the horse to go and said to the wild man, "I will not farm in the East Sea, but I will not travel to the West Sea. How can my horse get the crops that I will not offend my son?" The wild man was very happy and took off his horse and gave it to him."

Su Lin listened carefully. At this time, Mr. Cai explained that it seemed to be a traveling story by the saint Confucius. It was about one day Confucius went out for a trip. The horse stole the farmer's crops on the way. The farmer was very angry and caught the horse and locked it up. After Zigong knew about it, he went to beg the farmer to let the horse go, but he did not expect that the farmer ignored Zigong.

Confucius said: "To convince him with the truth that others cannot understand is like asking wild animals to enjoy the three animals of cattle, sheep, pigs and animals from Tailao sacrifices, and asking birds to listen to the beautiful music of Jiushao. This is my fault, not the fault of the farmers."

After saying that, Confucius ordered the groom to go. The groom said to the farmer: "You have never left home to farm on the shore of the East China Sea, and I have never come to the West, but the crops in the two places look the same. How could the horse know that it is your crop that should not be eaten secretly?" The farmer felt it was reasonable and returned the horse to the groom.

It was such an allusion of "Confucius Ma Yi". After Mr. Cai finished speaking, he smiled and said to the students: "What are the confusions about "Confucius Ma Yi"? You can tell me."

In the originally quiet classroom, Mr. Cai's words immediately became noisy as soon as he finished speaking. The scholars and sages were talking and began to argue with each other's opinions.

"This... Brother Yuan, what does Mr. Cai mean?"

After listening to the allusion of "Confucius's free horse", Su Lin felt something, but what was even more strange was that Mr. Cai only told stories without explaining anything, but instead asked the students in the classroom to ask him questions.

"Hehe! Brother Su, I also heard from the truth. This is Mr. Cai's uniqueness. Others ask questions to students to test the students' abilities and understanding. However, Mr. Cai never asks students, but instead asks students to ask them questions. In fact, this is a test of the students' depth of knowledge. Only by learning clearly can one ask a high-level question."

Yuan Mu smiled and said, "Mr. Cai said the allusion of 'Confucius's eloquence' just now, but he did not mention the principles and thoughts behind the allusions. He also hoped that our students would divergently think and think about the profound meaning and thoughts contained in the allusion from many aspects. After thinking, he would ask him questions. This is Mr. Cai's unique teaching method."

"Fun! Fun..."

Su Lin did not expect that in the Tianren continent, there were teachers with unique teaching methods like Mr. Cai. Such teaching philosophy was thousands of times more wise than the dogmatic explanations of ordinary men. No wonder Jian'an Prefecture Courtyard was so famous that many other aristocratic families in the prefecture tried their best to send their children to the mansion to study.

"Teacher! The student wondered why the half-saint tribute could not convince the farmer. Instead, a vulgar groom under the throne of Confucius convinced the farmer? Could it be that the farmer's thoughts and spirit are more profound than the half-saint tribute?"

At this time, a scholar stood up and asked Mr. Cai in confusion.

"Su Lin, this person is called Lu Tong. I heard that he is a descendant of the semi-saint of the family, Lu Buwei. He is sixteen years old this year, and he won the first child in the case two years ago. He won the scholar again after only one year. He was the third in the palace examination last year."

The Yuan family is a wealthy Hanlin family based in various counties of Jian'an Prefecture, so Yuan Mu knew most of the young talents and knowledgeable people in Jian'an Prefecture, so he introduced to Su Lin in a low voice.

"The descendants of the Miscellaneous Family Lu Buwei? It seems that the Jian'an Mansion is indeed hidden and lying on the verge of a lie, and it is not comparable to the small Fengle County."

Su Lin also looked at the scholar Lu Tong. Lu Buwei's name was well-known. The question Lu Tong asked just now was also the doubt in Su Lin's heart, so he looked at Mr. Cai again, wanting to hear how Mr. Cai resolved his doubts.

"Zigong pleads with humble words, but the farmers are unmoved. How can the words of the horsemen move the farmers? It is because everyone talks about the poems and books before the savages, which is why corrupt scholars mislead the country."

Mr. Cai seemed to be quite satisfied with this problem, and explained it bluntly, "Although Zigong's future achievements will be a semi-saint, his thoughts and spirits are many thousand times more profound than those of a mere groom. However, talking about poetry and books in front of rough people is the reason why scholars who are not flexible are misleading. When a hundred schools of thought contend, such as the Mohist, the Legalists, the Zonghengists, etc. grasped this point of some Confucian scholars and attacked Confucianism and called such Confucian scholars "corrupt Confucians". This means that such Confucian scholars are pedantic and do not know how to stick to the principles and ideas, but do not know how to adapt."

When Mr. Cai spoke to reason, the students who had been talking about it before were quietly listening to the teachings.

"The reason why the groom's words can be more convincing than Zigong is not because Zigong's thoughts and principles are not as profound as the groom's, but because the farmers cannot understand the great principles Zigong said at all. Instead, the groom's simple and easy-to-understand words can make the farmers understand."

After hearing Mr. Cai's explanation, the scholars and juren present suddenly realized that there were even a few juren. The light flashed in the wisdom of the juren, and the huge waves of thoughts in the sea of ​​Zhi surged. It seemed that they had re-examined some thoughts and principles that had never been imagined before, and used the principle of "Confucian scholars should know how to adapt" in this allusion to think, and then they walked out of the blind spots of their thoughts.
Chapter completed!