Chapter 1 Is an Analects of Confucius Confused by You?
Chapter 1 The Analects of Confucius, did you interpret it as a slang language?
"His Majesty……"
"Your Majesty!"
Royal Palace, East Pavilion.
Song Lian, who was then the head of the Ministry of Rites and promoted Confucianism in the main hall, burst into tears and runny nose and angrily came to the court of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty and Hongwu Emperor.
"Master Song? What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry?"
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was wearing a dragon robe. He was sitting behind the imperial court reviewing memorials. Seeing Song Lian's appearance, he thought something big had happened.
Having been in power for a long time and having been on the throne for several years, Zhu Yuanzhang's original aura of roughness has been completely worn away.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang is like a dragon walking like a tiger walking like a mountain standing in the distance. Although his words are still quite down-to-earth, he can no longer conceal his imperial aura.
"Your Majesty..." Song Lian's teeth chattered in anger.
Lao Wu, if nothing else, these words are much more elegant and unrestrained than his own father.
"Mr. Song, it's not that bad. You are just a few dirty brats, how can you be forced to resign and go home?"
That look of despair made me feel pity for him.
Oh, Zhu Yuanzhang will understand when he says this.
"'Isn't it a gentleman if a person doesn't know something but doesn't feel embarrassed?'"
"Well, 'a gentleman is neither important nor powerful'"
"This is the homework of the fifth child in our family? Well, that's a good word. He is better than his predecessor!" Zhu Yuanzhang praised first. The so-called "residence" probably means after-school homework. This piece of paper is the homework that Zhu Su handed over to Song Lian.
"Well, let's take a look..."
It's normal for these two brats to make Master angry.
How could such a child make Master Song so angry that he resigned?
"Old Song Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang was confused.
"Your Majesty, see for yourself!"
"Your Majesty, the point is content, content!"
This old man just likes to exaggerate.
It's such a big deal, she's like a little daughter-in-law who has lost her virginity.
You actually use strong words to make excuses and disrespect your teachers and saints?
If you are uneducated and have no skills, you are not worthy of being a son of a man!
"Two Tigers!"
Among my sons, the second one has always looked like he is not very smart, and the fourth one is just a little bit of a monkey.
"'Explanation, a gentleman must hit others hard, otherwise he will not be able to establish prestige.'"
"'Those who are not strong enough will give up in the middle way'"
The fifth child, Zhu Su (sounds the same as "Su". Too many strokes make me dizzy, so I will just call him "Zhu Su"). He was quite naughty when he was a child. But after he got seriously ill five years ago, he became taciturn.
He also stopped playing with other children.
"'Interpretation: Those who are not as powerful as me will have no choice but to be defeated by me on the way.'"
As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of paper from his arms.
Just for this little thing...
As Song Lian spoke, he began to tremble again. He had been teaching for decades, but had he ever seen such a naughty disciple?
Even if I don't get angry to death, it's all thanks to Saint Kong's blessing.
I found the most knowledgeable scholar in the world as a teacher for you little brat, and you ended up explaining these Analects to us like this?
But he didn't laugh after all.
How can a few brats cause a quarrel?
When Zhu Yuanzhang read this, he couldn't help but be stunned even though he was used to seeing countless big scenes.
"'Explanation: Confucius was too lazy to talk nonsense with others, so he just used his strange power to beat his enemies until they were unconscious.'"
After all, Erhu couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.
"..."
"He also uses strong words to make excuses and refuses to change despite repeated admonitions. A child cannot be taught!"
"Resign and return home..."
"I have failed to live up to His Majesty's great trust, and I am really unfit for the important task of teaching the princes."
"The treacherous one...is the fifth prince, the fifth prince!"
Hmm. Professional guards will never laugh no matter how funny things are.
Under the double glares of Zhu Yuanzhang and Song Lian, he held it back again in great discomfort.
When we were young, how much did we suffer from being uneducated? There was no way to study.
As for your calligraphy, no one is better than you... Song Lian had to hold back this complaint. Zhu Yuanzhang, the commoner emperor, only started learning calligraphy and reading after he became an adult. His handwriting is really not flattering.
"Huh? What is this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang took the paper and saw that it was written at the top: The Analects of Confucius lived in Zhu Su.
"Tell us, what did he do?"
On weekdays, he is a bit lazy and likes to lie down in his room. He is also very picky about food, and no matter what he eats, he always doesn't like it.
"Your Majesty, you are saying that you have insulted our ancestors in this way and yet you don't know how to repent..."
Could it be that I heard it wrong?
"It's an insult to politeness, it's an insult to politeness..."
When he was young, Zhu Laosi liked to take his brothers to play with urine and mud. Lao Wu never got involved.
He always stayed away and looked at his brothers with a look of care for mentally retarded children.
"Lao Wu is usually a very good boy, why is he so angry?"
"If this continues like this, I'm afraid that I, veteran, veteran..."
But in my heart I actually disagreed.
"He...he..." Song Lian opened his mouth, looking embarrassed.
"My lord, it's really...it's really..."
"It is true that among our children, there are a few naughty ones. But most of them are still good."
"This sentence is quite good. Your Majesty, look at the rest..." Song Lian looked furious.
"He even disparaged Zhu Zi. He said that Zhu Zi was not Confucius, and neither were his five princes. How could Zhu Zi's interpretation be the true meaning of Confucius, but the interpretation written by his fifth prince should be called fallacy?"
But...Lao Wu?
There are no other big problems.
Erhu, the bodyguard standing by the side, almost laughed out loud when he heard the fifth prince explaining the Analects like this.
"Ah? This..."
"Master Song, there is no need to be angry. You, the husband, can't take care of it, but we, the father, can take care of it!"
"Not the second prince, nor the fourth prince..." Song Lian shook his head, looking like he was beating his chest.
Just make a show of it and give those two brats a good beating to let the old man vent his anger.
"'Explanation: Some people don't know my name, but I haven't gotten angry yet. This is already a gentleman.'"
It turns out that it was our sons who acted like monsters again and made the teacher mad.
"Exactly." Song Lian nodded. "It's more than that. I asked the fifth prince why he made such vulgar remarks, but the fifth prince was plausible and asked me how I knew this was not the true meaning of Sage Kong."
With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and acted as if he shared the same hatred as Song Lian.
"Are these really written by Lao Wu?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, shaking his arms around the piece of paper.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being an old minister. I am a quasi-veteran... a quasi-veteran..."
Old Man Song wept every sentence, as if the sky and the earth were about to collapse.
"puff!"
"Distort the classics and insult the sages!"
However, the old man Song Lian was a great scholar in the world. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were still many places where he could be used.
As the first-class scholar in the Ming Dynasty today, Song Lian was the mentor that Zhu Yuanzhang personally arranged for his sons.
"Tell me, is it the second child or the fourth child who offended the husband? Let's go and vent our anger on the husband!"
"This traitor!" Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.
"Old man...Old Song, isn't this right?"
"Lao Wu?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.
"'The son is silent and has strange power and chaos.'"
How can the Analects of Confucius of the sage be explained in this way?
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted at the guards Erhu.
"Go and find us that traitor."
"We need to ask him face to face. He has been in the main hall for so many years."