Be a master through ancient times

On the stone table in Cuiwei Pavilion, there are several side dishes.Because drinking is not allowed, everyone's glasses are full of white water.

There were eight people in the group, including Jianghuai, Zhou Chengyuan, Luo Yingshu, Dong Qicai, Fang Jinyang, Chen Zifang, Zhang Wenhai and Chuci.Everyone sat around the stone table, substituting water for wine, and talked happily.

Jiang Huai, Zhou Chengyuan and Luo Yingshu have been with Chuci before, and they still appreciate his personality.Dong Qi was called by Luo Yingshu. He was not familiar with everyone, so he was a little cautious.

"Students, today you and I are starting a club here, and we will be the eight of us for the time being. Then, who will name our club?" Chen Zifang asked, because he proposed the idea of ​​starting a club, so naturally He was the host.

Chen Zifang had been studying in Fucheng before, there were many societies there, and the relationship between people in the same society was closer than others.

When he first saw that no one started a society here, he had this idea in his heart.It's just that I didn't know many people before, but this time I finally got enough people, so he proposed this idea.

"Why don't we just call it the Wits Club? You see, we are all famous wits, and it's so enviable to go out." Zhang Wenhai suggested.

Everyone present showed a horrible expression. With this name, they didn't have to go out at all.

"Can't you? I think it sounds good." He looked at Chu Ci expectantly, hoping that Chu Ci would agree with him.

"Hehe, let's listen to other brothers' ideas." Chu Ci skipped his gaze and looked at the others with a smile.

There were different opinions for a while, and there were various names, but none of them were unanimously approved by everyone. In the end, Fang Jinyang said: "Why don't we call it Yuanshan Academy, everything else is too complicated."

"That's right, so that others can know where we are from as soon as they hear it. It's not bad to be concise." Zhang Wenhai seconded.

Everyone looked at each other and thought about it silently in their hearts. They couldn't think of anything better, so they agreed with him and called it Yuanshan Academy.

Chu Ci suddenly remembered a sentence, and said to them: "Today I am proud of Yuan Shan, and tomorrow Yuan Shan will be proud of me."

When everyone heard it, they felt a sense of turmoil in their hearts, and the more they thought about the name, the better they felt.

"Okay, then let's decide on the name of Yuanshan Academy. Then we need a president and a vice president. Who will be the president?"

"Since it was suggested by Brother Chen, why not let Brother Chen be the president of the club. It's all up to you when the club meets in the future."

Chen Zifang smiled mysteriously: "If you talk about the position of vice president, I can still do my part, but for the position of president, I have a more suitable candidate in my mind."

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Chu Ci together.

"I was late the first time, I'm afraid the position of president..." Chu Ci hastily declined.

"Hey, Brother Chu, why do you have to resign? As the saying goes, no one has faults, as long as you change it next time, it will be fine. Brother Chu will take over the position of president."

"If people who are "virtuous and upright" can't become the president, doesn't it mean that we are too trusting, brother Chu, you should take over the president."

Chu Ci still wanted to speak, but was pushed back by everyone, and had no choice but to admit it.

Afterwards, the staff of Yuanshan Academy was confirmed.

Now that the society has been established, everyone has come up with the first question to be discussed today.

This question was provided by Zhang Wenhai. When he was looking through the borrowed model essay today, the first question he saw was a four-book question on the general examination in Geng Yinnian: Be careful in the end and pursue the future, and the people's morals will be thick.

Because he was deeply impressed, he was the first to propose it, and everyone adopted it.

To be careful about the end means to be cautious about the funeral of parents, and to follow the distant past is to respect the ancestors who miss the past. The folk customs of the people who often do this must be simple.

If you want to solve the problem, you must first quote the original texts of the Four Books or the original texts annotated by Zhu Zi and others.

Jiang Huai first said: "Filial piety is the first thing to do." Another said: "The heart of filial piety is indispensable."

It can be seen from the problem solving that everyone's study is very good, and their understanding of the article is very deep, so that after listening to such a short sentence, they can solve the problem immediately.

Chu Ci thought for a while, and said: "Those who are cautious about the end will sacrifice all their rites, and those who pursue the distant ones will sacrifice all their sincerity."

Luo Yingshu clapped his palms and praised: "As expected of Brother Chu, what a sentence is full of courtesy and sincerity. This problem is solved really well. It not only inherits the problem, but also understands the meaning of the problem, and it will not fall into the cliché. We Just use this!"

As soon as the words fell, Dong Qicai had already laid out the paper, and quickly wrote the title and this sentence on the paper.

After that, everyone started to talk and do questions, some started from the funeral ceremonies of the ancients, and then compared them one by one with today's ceremonies, which reflected the ideological gap with the ancients.

Some people start with the filial piety of the sages, linking people's hearts and customs with the morals of the people in the title.

Before you know it, an article is done.Chu Ci and Chen Zifang discussed it together, revised the inappropriate content, and then handed over the article to Zhou Chengyuan and Zhang Wenhai, and asked them to transcribe it several times for collection.

At this time, it was past halfway through the night, but everyone was in good spirits, and they made an excellent article together, which made them feel happy.It wasn't until a teacher came out with a lantern to inspect, that the group of students bid farewell to each other, and went back to their rooms to rest without mentioning it.

At the same time, Qi Xu also set up a society. After someone heard about it, they imitated them.There were even more of them, a total of 20 people.Although Chuci and his group don't like Qi Xu very much, Qi Xu is now the leader of Class A, and his usual style is very friendly, so he can still attract many students to follow him.Everyone is proud to be in the company with him.

"Those grass-roots teams, how can they compare with us in numbers and power?" Someone laughed triumphantly.

The others laughed too.

……

On the fifth day of April, the eve of the monthly exam.

The fourth day of April is Qingming Festival, which was also called Cold Food Festival in the past.On this day, everyone has to go to the wild to worship their ancestors, express their condolences, and express their respect.

The county school will take a day off tomorrow, just to make up for the holiday of Lunar New Year on the first day of April.

Before dawn, the gate of the county school opened, and many students set off to go home one after another.

Chu Ci and Chu Xiaoyuan sat in the carriage sent by Steward Xu and rushed to Changxi Village.When we got home, the sun was only slightly bright, and Chu's mother folded a lot of ingots and put them in the basket, and then prepared a bunch of items for sacrifice.

Brother Chu and Shen Xiuniang were also waiting at the side. Seeing that Chu Ci and the others had arrived, Brother Chu picked up two loads of things and went up the mountain.Chu Ci and Chu Xiaoyuan followed behind with some things.

Because Grandpa Chu escaped from disaster, there are still relatively few ancestors to worship, only the tombs of Grandpa Chu, Grandma Chu and Father Chu.

In the early morning, walking on the path between the mountains, the trees on both sides are slightly damp, and when walking by, it is inevitable that there will be some water marks on the clothes.Spring is here, and there are clusters of azalea here and there, and they all look very beautiful.

The ancients were very cautious about this kind of festival, their faces were full of sorrow and sorrow, no one made any noise, and no one dared to smile.Even the children were infected by this atmosphere, and followed the adults up the mountain in a daze.

Chu Ci walked in the mountains, his painting style was different from everyone else, his face was relaxed.I have been running back and forth between the county school and Mr. Xu's house these days, and I haven't come out for a long time.He found that it was very comfortable to take a walk once in a while.

Seeing this expression, Old Master Zhang snorted and said something like disrespecting his elders.

Chu Ci thought that it was okay to spread the news, and immediately said seriously: "It's not that I disrespect the elders, but I think that this is the greatest respect for the elders. Who are these people on the mountain? They are all us. Our elders are our ancestors. Since ancient times, what the elders have hoped for is that the children and grandchildren can be happy and joyful? Everyone now goes up the mountain like this, and let the ancestors see them. Don’t you feel that we have lived in misfortune? Isn’t it We should take it easy and let them see how happy and healthy we are, so they can feel relieved?"

When other people heard it, it seemed that there was some truth in it, and they really deserved to be scholars.Old Master Zhang snorted again, he couldn't say that the elders didn't want that, could he?So, with the support of his family, he walked faster.Seeing that he stopped talking, everyone thought he agreed with Chu Ci's point of view, so they stopped pretending to be sad, especially those children, and they relaxed a little.

The graves of the three members of the Chu family are all buried together.The first thing I went to was Grandpa Chu's grave.

A small soil bag with a piece of wood standing on it.Because of the wind and rain, the words on it were already a little unclear.The Chu family has always been relatively poor, and sometimes it takes one or two to erect a stone monument.Funerals already cost a lot, so where is the money to erect monuments?