The classics generally refer to the thirteen Confucian classics.

If you read the scriptures, you usually start with the Four Books.

"The Great Learning" is the 42nd chapter in "Little Dai Li Ji", which is said to be written by Zeng Shen. Later, after the two Chengs of the Northern Song Dynasty strongly respected it, Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty made "The Great Learning Chapters" and became independent from "The Book of Rites". Finally, he became a four book with "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", and "Mencius".

The so-called Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the first thing you have to do is to study the "Great Learning" first.

Since the Song Dynasty, "The Great Learning" has become an imperially designated subject for the imperial examination subject.

"The way of university is to be clear about virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop at the ultimate good..."

Bai Gui started to recite university as he watched it. The beginning of the university was a famous saying that he was very familiar with. Later generations and universities used this sentence as the motto.

"Da, the old pronunciation is Tai, and now it is pronounced as a character."

"Zi Chengzi said: 'The university is the letter of Confucius, and it is the gate of virtue that begins with learning.' Now, it can be seen that the ancients have the same learning order as the stage of learning, and the existence of this article. In terms of this, scholars must learn from this, so that they will not be as good as it is."

"Cheng Zi said: 'Dear, please be new.' A great man is the learning of an adult..."

Xu Xiucai began to explain the first sentence of college.

After hearing this, Bai Gui suddenly realized why the ancients called Mount Tai as Mount Tai and regarded it as the first of the Five Mountains. It turned out that the ancients' word Tai was the big character, and Mount Tai was also the big mountain.

Tai also means supreme.

A single article of "The Great Learning" is only more than two thousand words, which is not difficult to learn. You can recite it after memorizing it for one or two hours. However, Zhu Xi wrote "The Great Learning" with more than three thousand words, with more than three thousand words.

After this late study, Xu Xiucai explained "The Great Learning" for Bai Gui for more than two hours. It was already late at night. One person talked and one person listened. When the sound of a lame old man playing the update came outside the window, he shouted that it was already midnight. Xu Xiucai closed the book with unfulfilled wish.

The lame old man is a widower in the village. He is old and has no children around him, so the lame old man is the one who works for the village to do the update. He is also the gatekeeper of the ancestral hall. He is responsible for studying early, afternoon, and evening after class.

Bai Gui realized that the lecture was over, so he immediately stood up respectfully and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr., for your hard work."

Xu Xiucai nodded softly and handed the book in the book to Bai Gui, "After all, you can't do it often. If you often do it, you will lose your affection. Your spirit will dissipate. Although your calligraphy is not very good now, you can barely see it. If you want to borrow books in the future, come to me, but the book can be borrowed and you must return it after half a day."

As if he remembered something, he frowned and said, "Remember, the scriptures are the words of saints and should not be dirty."

One lunar month is ten days, and half lunar month is five days.

It is not difficult to copy a book in five days, on the contrary, it is much more time.

Bai Gui felt sad and felt a lot of gratitude, but he choked and did not say it. He just bowed three times to Xu Xiucai respectfully and gave a big gift. He promised: "Don't worry, sir, students will pay attention..."

Because the fort was built by the villagers, the fort was about ten feet high, and even if there were wolves outside the village, they could not get up. Therefore, the village was no longer as vigilant as before and was much safer.

Otherwise, Xu Xiucai would not dare to take the courage to keep Bai Gui to teach.

When I walked out of the ancestral hall, I met the updater who was walking around the streets.

"Guiwazi, why? I was left to teach again by the scholar?" The lame old man held the clapper and wore a torn cotton jacket. In some places, holes were exposed, and dirty cotton collapsed. A thick braid with three fingers wide circled on his forehead, protecting his ears, and a dark face showed a close smile.

"I made Uncle Gouwa laugh at it. I'm still short of my studies, so I've left too much homework. I've been tutoring for a while."

Bai Gui greeted him and smiled.

Neither close nor indifferent.

A countryman has no big name except scholars.

For example, Bai Jiaxuan's two sons, Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu, were nicknamed horses and mule foals, and were so frightened that they could support them. After entering the school, they were renamed Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu. Heiwa, the son of Lu San, a long-time worker in the Bai family, was also renamed Lu Zhaoqian, Lu Zhaopeng, and Lu Zhaohai's generation.

After changing the scientific name, in addition to being close to the elders, peers called the scientific name.

only……

Even if Lu Zhaoqian changed his scientific name, Meng Tong, of his peers, still called him Heiwa. Because the son of a long-term worker family had such a nice name, it was a bit unfavorable.

Similarly, Bai Gui had no education close elders, so no one gave him a scientific name, and he taught him the precious child.

Guiwazi is his nickname.

Speaking of which, he and Zhou Yuan cooked at the entrance stove, and also used the lame old man's stove. However, the lame old man was like most villagers. He could not say that he was despised by the poor and loved the rich, but he always flattered Zhou Yuan with the rich...

This comparison reveals the gap.

"Your uncle's tricks are not white." The lame old man glared at Bai Gui, then showed an unquestionable look on his face, and stuffed the lantern he was playing on Bai Gui's hand. "It's dark today, you'll bump it again, that's amazing. You can play this lantern first, just give it back."

"Uncle Gouwa, what about you?" Bai Gui raised his eyebrows and wanted to hand the lantern to the lame old man again.

Who would have thought that the lame old man who has always been ignorant would dodge quickly?

"You can walk ten times a day in the alley of Bailu Village, eight times a day! You can walk with your eyes closed. You are different, but the future scholar cannot make you lose any losses..."

Since the lame old man built the ancestral hall, he fell into the ancestral hall and guarded the ancestral hall as a gatehouse to beg for food. He was not familiar with Xu Xiucai, but he was the person who knew Xu Xiucai the best in Bailu Village.

Xu Xiucai teaches students diligently, teaches seriously, and never takes care of them.

However... there were very few people who stayed in the evening study to continue teaching. Bai Gui came for more than ten days and ran in Xiawu in the east several times. He also heard about Bai Gui. This doll is definitely not a fool...

"Then..., since you said that, I will take it down and send you the lanterns in your mind."

Bai Gui nodded and took the lantern.

The lantern is an old-fashioned big red lantern, covered with red gauze, and the handle is a dark jujube stick. The candle inside is made of animal oil, yellow and white, which is different from the red wax in later generations.

"At midnight, the air is dry, the things are dry, be careful of the candle..."

The lame old man continued to knock on the clapper, and with the dim moonlight, he vaguely saw the end of the alley and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Let's go..."

"Scholar? I will definitely do it!"

Bai Gui shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and turned around and left.

He intuition that the old man with a lame man may not be able to live long. He is about fifty or sixty years old now. He can't eat well or drink well on weekdays. He can make a fortune in how many years he can live. What's the use of currying against him?
Chapter completed!