Lin Yanchao asked, "What is a dispute between gentlemen?"

Yu Ziyou chanted: "Zi said, "A gentleman has no dispute, so he must shoot! He bows and gives way and rises, and drinks down. The struggle is a gentleman."

This sentence comes from the Analects of Confucius. The general meaning is that a gentleman has nothing to fight for. In addition to archery, he bows and be humble when shooting archery, and then shoots an arrow. After finishing, he bows and retreats and toasts each other. This is a dispute between a gentleman.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's right."

Yu Ziyou smiled and said, "That's right. If I lose to Brother Lin, I will leave the academy."

Lin Yanchao said: "Brother Yu, don't be like this."

"You don't know, I've been in the academy for three years and have been in the open house, without any inspiration. If I can't enter the middle house again, I will be in a state of distraction. So challenging you, Brother Lin, is also a pressure to force yourself to do your best. Brother Lin, dare to fight?"

Lin Yanchao was stunned and thought to himself that Yu Ziyou had a lot of ideas. He had just entered the outer sacrificial house, so it didn't matter whether he could get into the middle sacrificial house, but he was fighting with all his back.

He was at ease in his mind, but he had no way out. What benefits would this gentleman fight do to him? He added pressure to himself for studying for nothing, and it made him have such a good mentality now.

Yu Ziyou's little thoughts changed in Lin Yanchao's heart, leaving no trace. Although he was a twelve-year-old boy and had been with classmates for a long time, he regained the feeling of childhood when he was a teenager, but his mentality and experience were still a thirty-year-old adult.

"Ah, Brother Yu, isn't this unfair to you? Because no matter whether I can go to the middle school or not, I will continue to stay in the academy."

"It doesn't matter. Do you agree to my challenge?" Yu Ziyou's eyes were fierce and he pressed step by step.

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, you are asking for it. An ancient man who didn't even leave two in history books will come to challenge himself.

Lin Yanchao sighed immediately, revealing a sighing look, "Brother Yu, studying is not a matter of one day or another. Don't worry about gains and losses for a while. The long-term way is to look far. But if you don't understand and think this will help you, just accept it."

These words were like a basin of cold water, which immediately extinguished Yu Ziyou's fighting spirit. He stood there in a daze, thinking, I should have been very angry when he said this, but why do I think what he said makes sense?

Looking at Yu Ziyou's pale face, Lin Yanchao sighed hypocritically and said to himself, Actually, I don't want to hit you like this.

The next day is the day to treat the scriptures. That is, the Five Classics in the Four Books and Five Classics. Although only one classic is selected for the Five Classics, it has a large proportion in the imperial examination. There are seven questions in the first part of the provincial examination, and only three books are available, but the Five Classics occupy four.

According to the examination outline divided by Lao Zhu for the scholars, it is said.

There is no need to say that the Four Books adopt the collection of Zhu Zi’s notes. The following Five Classics: the Book of Changes is the main meaning of Cheng, Zhu Zi’s original meaning, the Book of Shangshu’s master Cai’s master and ancient commentary, the Book of Songs is the main song Zhu Zi’s master, the Spring and Autumn Period master Zuo, Gongyang, Guliang’s master and the Book of Julian, and the Book of Rites master.

During the Yongle period, the collection of the Four Books and Five Classics was issued, and the annotations were not used. Later, the Spring and Autumn Period did not require the use of Zhang Qie, and the Book of Rites was only used by Chen Yan's collection. Finally, the square frame was settled and continued to the Wanli Dynasty.

Later, the disciples who gave birth to the Wai Sabha did unanimously choose the Book of Songs and the Spring and Autumn Period, and only one of them chose the Book of Rites. As for the most difficult Book of Changes, no one chose the Book of Changes.

"Brother Yanchao, have you figured out what this scripture is to choose?" Chen Xinggui came to ask again.

Lin Yanchao heard this and said, "Brother Chen, I have already thought about it and decided to take Shangshu as the original scripture."

"Shangshu?" Lin Yanchao's answer was obviously beyond Chen Xinggui's expectations.

"Yanchao, this matter is quite serious. Have you thought about it?"

"Yeah, I've thought about it."

Chen Xinggui asked with regretful expressions: "Since Brother Yanchao wants to learn from Shangshu, who is going to be Yanshi?"

Lin Yanchao said: "I have already found a gentleman outside. If I don't understand the meaning of the scriptures in the academy, I will ask the gentleman."

Chen Xinggui said: "Brother Yanchao, there are not many famous scholars in our mansion who manage Shangshu. Moreover, even if they are famous scholars, their knowledge may not be as good as the mountain leader and the sermon. It is a pity that you are far away from each other. It is better to listen to me and learn the Spring and Autumn Period with me."

Lin Yanchao bowed and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, but I have made up my mind."

After hearing this, Chen Xinggui knew that Lin Yanchao had decided not to change it, and said immediately: "Since that's the case, I won't say much. If there is anything to help, Brother Lin can come to find me."

"Thanks to Brother Chen for his generous help."

Lin Yanchao couldn't figure out why Chen Xinggui suddenly showed goodwill to him, but before he understood the other party's intention, he would talk about it not near or far.

In the outer room, Lin Yanchao was the only one who chose Shangshu as the sutra. Therefore, after Lin Yanchao put up Shangshu newspaper, many of his disciples were surprised.

Yu Qingzhou said: "Brother Yanchao, among the Five Classics, the ancients have statistics in the study cases of the Song and Yuan dynasties, Mao's poems are 39,224 characters, 25,700 characters in the Shangshu, 45,86 characters in the Zhou Dynasty, 24,27 characters in the Zhou Dynasty, and 196,845 characters in the Zuo family in the Spring and Autumn Period."

"In the Five Classics, the number of words in Shangshu is the smallest. In terms of the medium-sized materials, you can recite three hundred words a day and you can recite them in less than ninety days. If you follow Brother Yanchao and recite the famous articles of the bad times, Shangshu is the most labor-saving article he has."

Lin Yanchao smiled without saying a word.

Huang Biyou, who was reading with Lin Yanchao on the other side, said, "The answer is clear. Brother Yanchao, you are so cunning. You have chosen the scriptures with the least number of words in the Five Classics, and you are actually thinking of getting the title."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Okay, I admit that I am good at endorsing, but I chose the Book of Documents as this sutra for this."

"Why is that?"

"You will know in two or three years."

Yu Qingzhou and Huang Biyou both said, "Brother Yanchao, you are so unscrupulous, you are hiding everything."

Lin Yanchao said immediately: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I don't know what I'm sure of, so I won't speak out."

On the day when the Shangshu was selected as this sutra, Lin Yanchao thought to Lin Liao and was about to go to the academy.

Unexpectedly, Lin Liao had known his intentions, and Lin Liao looked at Lin Yanchao for a long time and didn't say anything.

Lin Yanchao asked tentatively: "What did the student do wrong?"

Lin Liao shook his head and said, "I know everything about you."

“Huh?”

"Your word "Yan" can be defeated" not only saved the life of Mr. Wangzhai's grandson, but also became a good theory among the scholars. If you are interested now, many high-ranking officials will regard you as a guest of honor."

"Ah?" Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be surprised.

"Don't believe it? I won't say all the other letters. This is the procurator of the head of the government, Xingming, who wrote to me to inquire about your news. In addition, this is the letter from the governor, who praises you here, and he is skilled in the criminal law!"

"Governor?" Lin Yanchao was really drunk. The feeling of being praised by the provincial party secretary was so dizzy.

Lin Yanchao said modestly: "The student only asked for help at that time, and there was nothing else to think about!"

"Yes, I think so too. The young man is not very famous, so I have all dismissed you for a while. So you will stay in the academy these days and don't go out, so as not to lose the mind of studying. These days, there are more talented people than cows. After a while, things will fade, and everyone will forget about this."

Lin Yanchao heard this and suddenly felt an old bloody twitch in his throat, thinking, "Sir, you are too cruel."

Seeing Lin Yanchao's expression, Lin Liao smiled and said, "Why do you want to go?"

Lin Yanchao was a little regretful from the beginning, but now he has slowly sorted out the lessons. He said now: "If students are determined to be a master of crime, it would be a pity for those powerful people to recruit them. However, if students are determined to pursue careers, the appreciation of these powerful people will be useless to me, and will distract me instead."

"Yes," Lin Liao couldn't help but praise, "It was the saying that two cows fought each other, one life and one life, one life and one life, and the living were farming together. I have been the academy that you entered, but I don't want to praise you because I am afraid that you will use the wrong mind."

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but complain, "Didn't you say that I was a student of Hu Ti, so I let me enter the academy?"

"If you really have the heart to the law, this famous criminal master is not in the ordinary. There are great ways and minor ways, such as cruel officials like Zhang Tang, Zhou Xing, and Lai Junchen who practice law as a knife and use law to slaughter the people, not only will they be criticized, but they will also be difficult to protect this body. This is a small way! Only Du Zhou, Du Yannian, father and son, who are known as Du Yannian, and Dong Zhongshu, Shusun Xuan, Guo Lingqing, Ma Rong, and Zheng Xuan, who are in charge of the Spring and Autumn Period, are great ways!"

"If you are determined to be a criminal law, you should follow the great way and act, and be virtuous and punish the superior. If you are an official, those who are good at Baolong's map, ask for the people and clear up grievances. Those who are poor can also lose their demerits and lose their political principles. They will be a famous minister in the future."

At present, they are all selected for the imperial examinations of the Four Books. It is too late for scholars to study the Five Classics. As for the study of law, let alone the law. Therefore, local officials all give the power of criminal title to their masters and staff. Therefore, the real criminal law experts in this dynasty were all staff members, and they were born as masters, and there were very few officials. If they were proficient in criminal laws, they would be very beneficial to their careers in the future.

Lin Yanchao heard Lin Liao say this, and knew that Lin Liao was afraid that he would continue to study criminal law and go on a wrong path. He would either become a famous criminal master or a lawyer who works for others, or play with the law and harm people with criminal law. So Lin Liao asked him to start from the imperial examination first, cultivate virtue first and then practice punishment, with virtue as the main and punishment as the auxiliary. This is where the Confucian spirit of the rule of law lies.
Chapter completed!