When he heard Ren Hong’s proposal to copy Zuo Zhuan with official script to expand his influence in the school, Xu Ao, as Guan Changqing’s great disciple, strongly opposed it.

"Lishu is a book that is just a sub-li!"

"More than a hundred years ago, the tyrant Qin burned out scriptures, cleaned up old scriptures, and made great contributions to official positions. They had a lot of official scripts. They were originally written by Emperor Qin Shihuang, Du, Cheng Miao, a man from Du."

Xu Ao was in love with ancient Chinese, obviously not very fond of the text used in daily life in the Han Dynasty, and even regarded it as a part of the legacy of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty. It is an inconsistent "remnant" character.

A true great scholar can only use it once in a daily life, but when you want to use words to study the classics, you should still use the "orthodox" characters like ancient Chinese, and there are many people who have the same ideas as him.

He exclaimed and said: "Writing is the foundation of classics and art, the beginning of the king's politics, the reason why predecessors came to the future, and later generations knew the ancients. If they didn't even know ancient Chinese, what qualifications are there to learn the books of saints? If we copy classics in official script, what is the difference between us and the students who study together who arbitrarily changed the original intention of the saints in order to cater to the government affairs?"

"The so-called regular and common people are just false names."

Ren Hong smiled and bowed to Guan Changqing and said, "I worked in the divine vassal state last year and made a map of the world and handed it over to Shiqu Pavilion for inspection. I was fortunate to read the books in the pavilion under the leadership of the Taishi Ling. Shiqu Pavilion collected the pictures of the world for more than a hundred years and had a rich collection. Sima Zichang wrote the "Letter of the Taishi Gong" based on it, and quoted the words from "Zuo Zhuan" many times."

"On those warehouse bookshelf, from the turtle shell text of the Shang Dynasty that I didn't know at all, to the Zhou Dynasty bronze seal script that I roughly knew. But the most were the six-nation texts that were much different from the large seal script, and were called tadpole texts."

"The disciples were curious and asked the Taishi and the knowledgeable Zongzheng Liu Lu. They told me that during the Shang Dynasty, the strokes carved on the tortoise shell and animal bones were the regular form, and the bronze inscriptions engraved on the bronze tripod were the common form."

"In the Zhou Dynasty, the engraved bronze inscriptions became the main form, and the large seal script that simulated bronze inscriptions written on bamboo slips was a vulgar style."

"When the six kingdoms came, the vassal states were in power, and the big seal scripts were formed into the regular style, and the simplified characters that each of the six kingdoms evolved into the vulgar style..."

"The Qin Dynasty calligraphy is the same as the text, with small seal script as the regular style, which is seen in Yishan stone carved and Taishan stone carved. The official script used by officials to copy bamboo slips and official documents is a common style."

"From this we can see that the current large seal script is in the vulgar style of ancient times. The etiquette of the Qin and Han Dynasties is different from that of the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, and the characters are also different."

"Since the Han Dynasty, there have been only a few bronze inscriptions in small seal scripts that are no longer used. Instead, the simple official script has become the regular script. Prime Minister Xiao also wrote the rules. When a boy learned official script at a young age, he could satirize the book for more than 9,000 characters after he became an adult, he could be an official. If the official and the people wrote a letter, the characters were not correct, and the censor would impeach him."

If you write a memorial to the emperor, if you use other large and small seal characters, or if it is too sloppy, you will be impeached.

From then on, official script became a popular world and became a standard regular text. On the contrary, large seal script was almost lost. Only famous scholars can master it. However, the more retro the Confucian scholars are, the better the things the older, the better. They still hold these things and regard them as part of the elite's label and sense of superiority.

Just as the priests from different countries in the Middle Ages had to interpret the Bible in Latin, they not only insisted on the Book of Ancient Chinese, but also taught them in ancient Chinese, and even produced the ancient Chinese version.

In this way, the people of Qi Xue learned how to use it and embraced the trend early. No wonder they liked Emperor Wu of Han and became popular in the world. It’s a pity that they deviated from their original intentions and had a big plate. It was too difficult to transform them into something I could use.

Unlike Zuo Zhuan, the four people sitting in this room actually accounted for half of the successors. Ren Hong did not need to achieve much success in the classics. As long as they survived them to death, Ren Hong could hold up the banner of "Zuo Zhuan Grandmaster".

But temptation is still needed. He has to figure out Guan Changqing's attitude. Ren Hong pointed to the "Zuo Zhuan" volume chapter that has been translated countless times and said: "These so-called tadpole scripts are Lu characters, which are between the large seal script and the six kingdom scripts."

"Brother Zi said that copying Zuo Zhuan in official script will deviate from the meaning of a saint. If so, the Six Classics were written in Zhou Dynasty. When copying the characters of the Six Kingdoms, it had deviated from the great way."

Xu Ao argued: "That is the reason that we need to interpret the original pronunciation and purpose of the text, so as to avoid misunderstandings and going astrays for future generations."

Ren Hong shook his head: "Brother, I think that Jia Yi's exegesis and Master's interpretation of the scriptures are in line with the original meaning of Zuo Qiuming?"

Xu Aocha made a bow to the thin Guan Changqing: "The Master has studied for decades, carefully considering every word and every sentence without bias."

Ren Hong smiled and said, "What else is there to be afraid of? Since the Master can interpret it correctly, it will not be different from the meaning of translation into official script. What is the difference between using ancient and modern scripts? "

"Using ancient Chinese is like setting up a barrier outside the door, which makes many people who want to learn Zuo Zhuan frighten. I think the prosperity of Qi learning of modern Chinese is not because of their good moral principles, but because it is easy for people to enter school, which is in line with Yan Hui's words of Confucius' teaching. The Master is very good at tempting, and he uses literature to express his rituals, and he can't stop. Using official script to pass on Zuo Zhuan is a teaching without any distinction."

Xu Ao shook his head: "Otherwise, only the wise and the foolish are not foolish. The foolish and the doctrine of the mean do not need to pay attention to it. Just teach the wise. The swelling grows in the hibiscus, and it will be straightened without supporting it; the white sand is in Nirvana, and it will be black with it. Our study of scriptures is not like the students of Qi, in order to gain blue and purple, to become officials and wealth, but to follow the pure learning of the sages!"

Ren Hong frowned. The elitist education held by Xu Ao is destined to become more and more niche and will eventually be silently annihilated in the wave of the times, but he said:

"I'm the same as Zigong."

Ren Hong also gained value and stood up.

"The reason why Hong became a true gentleman and Confucian scholar, master the meaning of the scriptures, establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, inherit the unique knowledge of the past sages, and open peace for all generations!"

"Build peace for all ages..."

This speech shocked Guan Changqing, who had always watched the two disciples argue, and he recited it silently several times, nodding: "I will only know the ambition of distantness today."

The core concept of Confucianism is to enter the world. No matter whether the actions of virtuous literature in the court have hindered the progress of the times, deep in their hearts, they all have a heart that takes the world as their responsibility.

Not everyone is talking to the rich Kanto, and some are watching the poor people in the land without standing. They walk in the fields with their swords and understand the warmth and warmth of the world in the clan and community drinking. The only problem is that they prescribed the wrong prescription for this old empire.

Ren Hongchang bowed: "But Master, although his disciples wanted to have crops, Zuo Zhuan is facing the situation that for more than a hundred years, there were less than ten descendants left. Gong Yang Juliang did not recognize us and regarded it as a fake book. Zhang Zigao in the court always wanted to argue with him, but he was outnumbered."

"I heard that there are more than three schools in the Spring and Autumn Period, as well as the Zou family and the Jia family. Because there are no writings, the writings are also passed down from ancient texts and are all lost. The disciples are afraid that Zuo Zhuan will follow in the footsteps. If he cannot pass on his own, why should he talk about inheriting his unique skills?"

"As long as you are here and have this heart to inherit the unique knowledge of the past saints, Zuo Zhuan will not be lost." Guan Changqing looked at his newly acquired disciple with relief: "Zi Gong, Yannian, help me up."

With the help of his disciples, he stood up and went to the bookshelf, and took off the paper scrolls that Ren Hong gave as a gift for his apprenticeship. The lacquer wood was used as the scroll and yellow paper was used as the list. The prefaces and 300 poems were copied one by one. It was Ren Hong's handwriting and beautiful official script that he practiced during his junior official.

Although it is a modern text, the above content is as timeless as the ancient text.

It is precisely because of it that Guan Changqing was deeply moved and accepted Ren Hong as his disciple.

In addition, he also had the idea of ​​reviving the Zuo Zhuan Mao Shi school with the title of "Xi'an Hou".

Today, Guan Changqing was moved by Ren Hong for the second time. Although Zhou was old, his fate was renewed. He sat in the He River for decades. No matter how good his philology was, no one paid attention to it. Perhaps it was time to make some changes.

He was not in a hurry to evaluate the outcome of the two disciples' dispute, but only touched the scrolls and said with a smile: "The way is long, you have already understood the exegesis of "Zuo Zhuan". After you return, can you copy it on these paper scrolls..."

Guan Changqing turned around and said with a smile:

"There is no need to use ancient Chinese this time, try official script too!"

...

Ren Hong only stayed in Hejian Kingdom for half a month. After all, he was not a full-time Confucian scholar. His study time was just a adjustment to life.

After leaving Guan Changqing, just when Ren Hong wanted to continue traveling east with his wife to Qingzhou to see his Xi'an Marquis Kingdom, in early September, an imperial edict from the court interrupted their honeymoon trip!

"Linzi can't go." Ren Hong sent the envoy away and said apologetically to his wife who was bored waiting for him in Hejian and played two pianos.
Chapter completed!