——It’s terrible to be uneducated!

Charlotte was very depressed about Charlize's misunderstanding. However, he also understood that in the early 1990s, RB's influence in the world was much greater than that in China. At this time, when Europeans and Americans saw an Oriental, they would habitually ask if the other party was an RB person. This situation would not be completely reversed until twenty years later. There are indeed many Chinese characters in Japanese. In this case, when Charlize saw the Chinese characters at this time, he habitually thought it was Japanese.

Of course, although not surprising, the misunderstanding still needs to be solved.

"The content written on these three sheets of paper is actually the same, all of them are the two Chinese characters "Shentu".

“shen-tu?”

These two words have no corresponding meaning in English, so Charlize certainly could not understand it, so Charlotte had to explain further:

"Shentu is one of the earliest door gods in ancient China, and the so-called door god is the patron saint of the house. People carve the names of the door gods on wooden boards made of peach wood and then hang the boards on the doors to resist ghosts and evil things, so that they cannot invade their homes."

"So that's how it is!"

Charlize nodded, he understood.

"However, why do the same name have three different ways of writing?"

——What are the three ways to write? There are four ways to write the word "因因因!

Charlotte continued to complain about the cultural level of Westerners in his heart. Of course, this was just to think about it. If he really said it, it would be a fight. He organized the language before he explained:

"Sally, can you sing "The Stars and Stripes Never Fall"?"

"The Stars and Stripes Never Fall"? Isn't that the national anthem of the United States?"

Charlize nodded, very straightforward,

“I can’t sing.”

"ah???"

"What's strange about it? Although I am in Hollywood, my nationality is South Africa. What's strange about a South African girl who can't sing the American national anthem! Besides, the lyrics of that song are so difficult that many Americans can't sing themselves!"

"...What you said makes sense, I can't argue."

There is no way, this example is useless, Charlotte had to change another one,

"Then I'll ask this. Have you read Shakespeare's original work?"

“Readed.”

That's it, Charlize's face turned red.

"I have read it, read it...a few articles."

——In English-speaking countries, Shakespeare can be said to be an actor and the originator of the literary and artistic circles. Although it is not required that actors like Charlize, who are from the bottom of society, they can be able to recite many of the works of this great writer as well as British drama actors, it is really unreasonable if you have only read a few articles. No wonder Charlize is embarrassed.

“Just read it!”

Charlotte did not use this to reveal Charlize's shortcomings, he continued to explain,

"Since you have read the original work, you should know that Shakespeare's works are indeed a bit difficult for modern people."

"Yes."

Charlize nodded, agreeing with Charlotte's statement.

"At least when I first watched "Midsummer Night's Dream", there were many things I couldn't understand."

"Dream of Midsummer Nights? I thought you would say "The Merchant of Venice"!"

"Shut up, Sherlock!"

“…In short, the reason why Shakespeare’s original works is obscure is actually because it was written in Old English.”

Charlotte touched his nose and stopped joking with Charlize.

"Shakespeare's works were known for their fluent and gracefulness, but now we often seem to be obscure. It is because these works, like "The Stars and Stripes Never Fall", are written in ancient English. In our current opinion, they are naturally not easy to understand. This situation can be said to be an inevitable result of language development. The history of Chinese is much longer than that of English. In the process of development, it goes through more stages - the three ways of writing I mentioned are the two words "Shen Tu" written in three specific stages."

As he said that, he pointed to the white paper he had stuck to the wall.

"The top layer is the text used by Chinese people now, simplified characters; the bottom layer is traditional characters, which is a text they used for hundreds of years, and the difference is not very big from simplified characters; the bottom layer is Yin Runes, a text that appeared in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago but has been lost for a long time. I learned this kind of text through very special channels."

Speaking of this, Charlotte stopped. He picked up another piece of paper—this time it was not a piece of white paper, but a painting, which was a yellow-faced ancient general, holding a pair of strange weapons like bamboo, one by one. This painting Charlotte knew, and it was a painting she and Charlotte bought from Chinatown today when they were preparing. At that time, Charlotte said that the general in this painting was—

"This is Qin Qiong!"

Charlotte pasted the painting on three pieces of white paper that had been pasted before, covering the handwriting on it.

"He was a general in the Tang Dynasty in China and one of the two most familiar door gods among the Chinese. If pop music is used as a metaphor, if Shen Tu is Elvis, then Qin Qiong is Mike Jackson."

"So he is more modern than what you mentioned, and closer to the door god that everyone knows at present?"

Charlize understood the metaphor of Charlotte's image in seconds, but at this time she turned into a problem baby.

"But he is obviously a general, why are people regarded as a door god?"

"Well..."

Charlotte touched his nose,

"Unlike Shen Tu, who was regarded as a door god by people since he was born, Qin Qiong was just a real historical figure at the beginning. He was a general under Emperor Taizong of Tang. Do you know Emperor Taizong of Tang? Well, forget it, in short, he was a very powerful emperor in ancient China! You can imagine Caesar and Napoleon!"

Once again, he popularized Chinese history by analogy, and Charlotte continued,

"Tang Taizong won many wars and established a huge empire. However, wars and political struggles put great psychological pressure on him. He often had nightmares and dreamed that the ghosts of the people he had killed before were demanding his life. This made the brave emperor very scared. Later, he thought of a way to make the two generals he trusted most help him guard the gate when he was sleeping - Qin Qiong was one of them - and since then, he never had nightmares again. Although in our opinion, this is actually a psychological problem, in ancient times a thousand years ago, people felt it was very magical, so they all posted portraits of the two generals on the door, hoping that they could help themselves resist ghosts like guarding the emperor."

"So, Qin Qiong became a door god like this?"

"Yes, until now, the Chinese still stick his portraits on the door as before."

"This is really a magical legend."

Charlize sighed,

"So, if you put on his portrait, I hope his power can protect me?"

"That's right, although the specific usage is somewhat different."

"But why do you know these things? These strange Eastern techniques always make me feel weird!"

"There is nothing to do about this. Who told me to catch ghosts and exorcisms is a Chinese!"

——To be precise, he is a Chinese genius! Moreover, I was originally a Chinese, so what's strange about it!

Charlotte complained in his heart, but his eyes looked at the opposite wall.

"The poster opposite Qin Qiong was riding a motorcycle and holding a hunting rifle, which was T-800? If you want to post a door god, you have to post a pair. You can also reveal this poster. We must post two other door gods corresponding to Qin Qiong and Shentu here."

"OK!"

After understanding Charlotte's intentions, the blonde girl became very cooperative. She quickly uncovered the poster of the future governor, and then watched Charlotte put three white papers with strange handwriting in her original position, and then posted a painting - this time the painting was a black-faced general.

"This is another general who guards the gate for Emperor Taizong of Tang in the story I just told.

Seeing that Charlize seemed very interested in the portrait, Charlotte explained according to her intention,

"The gates in ancient China all existed in the right and left, so the door gods had to be paired to play a role. The corresponding to Qin Qiong was Yuchi Gong, and the corresponding to Shentu was Yulei. The three white papers behind him were written on his name."

Speaking of this, Charlotte looked around and felt that it was OK to be symmetrical, so he breathed a sigh of relief, pinching the strange finger tips in his hand, and chanting:

"Thousands of doors and thousands of households are bright and bright, and they always replace the old charms with new peaches."

Then, he let go of his pinched fingers, and a faint whirlwind suddenly appeared in the bedroom, which then quickly dissipated - this phenomenon made Charlize feel very magical.

"Is this the arrangement successful? Did you recite the spell just now?"

"It's not wrong to say it's a mantra! But in fact, these are two lines of poetry, just like Tagore's 'Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, and death is as quiet as autumn leaves'."

"Poetry? Can poetry be used as a mantra?"

"Of course. Most of the so-called mantras are actually psychological hints to the users and the users. From this perspective, they are more suitable as mantras than popular modern languages ​​such as Gulading, poetry, and proverbs that most people cannot understand in the movie. Specifically, this poem is the work of Wang Anshi, a great writer of the Song Dynasty in China. I think it is very suitable for the current situation and is used as a mantra."

"Is that true? In this way, the mantra you just recited is indeed like a poem, with beautiful sounds."

Charlize laughed dryly,

"Although to me, it is actually the same as the Guladin Bible used by the exorcists in the movie - it is not understood."
Chapter completed!