The master finished speaking and looked at Zhao Mu expectantly.
If Mr. Zhao could answer this question, he would be a heavenly being. Even if they were to kneel on the ground and worship him as their teacher, no one would frown!
"Master?"
"Let me do it. In fact, this question is also very simple. We can calculate the answer by using proportion."
really.
The eyes of several masters lit up. When Mr. Zhao said this, it meant that he must have a way to answer it!
"Please give me some advice from Mr. Zhao!"
"I'll tell you this again, you must listen carefully.
During the day, when the sun shines on us, each of us will have a shadow.
Select a time period, such as noon, measure a person's height and the length of the shadow, and then calculate the ratio of height to shadow.
Since we cannot use tools at the bottom of the mountain to calculate the height to the top of the mountain.
But at ten o'clock at noon, Mount Tai will also have a shadow.
You only need to measure the length of the shadow on the ground and convert it in proportion using the human figure.
Then can’t we calculate the height of Mount Tai?”
After Zhao Mu finished speaking, the few people did not speak. They just sat aside and began to ponder in their hearts whether this method was suitable or not.
After thinking about it, I was suddenly shocked.
"Mr. Zhao, this method is really wonderful, wonderful.
I really didn't expect that the shadows that can be seen everywhere in our lives can actually answer this unparalleled problem.
Mr. Zhao, please accept my greetings one more time!"
"Masters, in fact, knowledge is endless. We are just children on the beach, occasionally picking up a shell, and we are so happy.
The achievements we have today are just standing on the shoulders of our predecessors.
In the next hundred years and thousands of years, more and more knowledge will be gained through this exploration, and they are nothing more than standing on your shoulders.
What we can do is to continue to develop and spread this knowledge through our continuous efforts."
As for those pretentious words, Zhao Mu said that he could talk to them for three days and three nights.
"Master Zhao is not only a man of great talent, but also has such high cultivation, I admire him.
It’s just that Mr. Zhao doesn’t know if you have any other knowledge besides these?”
"Actually, if this vast knowledge were to be encompassed, it would be too much.
In the final analysis, I summarized it into 9 major categories.
"Mr. Zhao, what do you mean by these nine categories? Can you answer them one by one for us?"
"This language is what we usually speak and write. It is also our culture and the foundation of our Tang Dynasty.
If we want our Tang Dynasty to become more prosperous, these must be passed on."
Wonderful, wonderful.
These Four Books and Five Classics, plus the Three Character Classic written by Mr. Zhao, and other ancient literary books, can be collectively referred to as Chinese.
The word "Chinese" is really a concentrated essence. It's just Mr. Zhao, so what do the others mean?
"This mathematics is the arithmetic problem you just mentioned, like a chicken and a rabbit in the same cage, measuring the height of Mount Tai.
In addition to these, mathematics is closely related to our lives.
When buying and selling between people, one needs to calculate how much money is spent, and mathematics is also crucial to the unification of the Tang Dynasty."
Huh? How does mathematics relate to unity?
"Why did Qin unify the six kingdoms, and why did they have to use the same track and unify weights and measures?
Think about it, no matter how far apart you are, everything you use has its own unified specifications, so what?
People from Bashu go to Liaodong, and people from the southeast go to the northwest. Money and measurement units are all unified. Is this convenient for communication?
Is it conducive to the unification of the Tang Dynasty?"
Everyone thought it was fine if Mr. Zhao didn't say anything. He only said two words, and everyone was so shocked. They just didn't know the remaining seven?
"This foreign language is actually about learning other tribal languages besides my Tang Dynasty.
For example, the Turkic language, the language of Goguryeo, the languages of the countries in the Western Regions, and even the languages of tribes in other countries further away.
We Tang people all need to learn!"
However, as soon as Zhao Mu finished speaking, several masters shook their heads.
"Hey, Mr. Zhao, the other Fanbang tribes, with their stuff, are not worthy of me, the Tang Dynasty, to learn. This foreign language is inappropriate!"
For the Tang people, they also have their own pride.
People from other tribes who could come to the Tang Dynasty all spoke the Central Plains dialect when they came to the Tang Dynasty.
To want the Tang people to learn the language of their tribes is to insult the Tang Dynasty.
"What the teachers said is wrong.
There is a saying that goes like this: A ruler is long and an inch is short. Even though our Tang Dynasty is powerful, we are still ahead of the surrounding tribes in many aspects.
But it does not mean that everything will be ahead. Learning their culture is to allow us, the Tang Dynasty, to learn from each other's strengths and offset our weaknesses, thereby making our country, the Tang Dynasty, stronger.
Of course, unless one day we, the Tang Dynasty, can conquer the entire world, and by then unified writing and language will have nothing to do with foreign languages.
Politics is to unify the thoughts of all people in the Tang Dynasty. Unifying thoughts does not mean that people are not allowed to have any thoughts.
The main purpose is to cultivate the concept of the country in every Tang Dynasty, so that every Tang Dynasty person knows that they live in the Tang Dynasty.
As a Tang person, I want to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty."
Unlike later generations, the people did not know that there was a country.
The foreigners had already reached their own territory and captured their own country's city, but the people were watching the excitement from the sidelines.
There are even people who help foreigners for some small profits, which is very sad.
"My dear brother, the politics you mentioned are really wonderful. If we, the Tang Dynasty, work together, why should we fear foreign enemies?"
It's a pity that the idea is good, but the reality is cruel.
As he imagined, a mere Turk was no match for the Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Mu told them about the remaining few.
I saw the masters standing aside for a long time, and then they showed a look of shock.
Seeing these masters being deeply shocked, Li Er also felt a burst of joy in his heart.
If my wise brother can deal with all these masters, this will be a top priority for me to be closely connected with the Shandong Confucian scholar.
"Mr. Zhao, I really didn't expect that Mr. Zhao has such a great talent at such a young age. We are really ashamed of ourselves.
Please also ask Mr. Zhao to wait for me to pay my respects again."
After a few people paid their respects, they thought for a while.
"If Mr. Zhao doesn't dislike it, we are willing to accept Mr. Zhao as our teacher.
Master, please accept my bows."
Before Zhao Mu could react, several masters were already kneeling on the ground, kowtowing three times and bowing nine times, quickly completing the apprenticeship ceremony.
Zhao Mu on the side looked confused and didn't know what happened.
"Masters, please get up quickly, get up quickly.
Tell me, you are all so old, and you are kowtowing and kneeling before me. How embarrassing would it be if word got out?"
"My master, if he doesn't accept us as his disciples, I will kneel here and never get up."
Sure enough, this talented person is easily praised by others, and he experienced the first moral kidnapping in ancient times.
But why does this kind of moral kidnapping feel so comfortable?