Jia Lian returned to Mr. Shuyou’s room. Mr. Shuyou had just put down his pen, twirling his beard and smiling.
It turned out that he had already taken advantage of this time to write a "Preface to the Linquan Meeting" in one stroke.
Jia Lian didn't want to discuss his masterpiece with Mr. Shuyou, so he went straight to the point:
"Mr. Shuyou, if this academy continues like this, I'm afraid it will mislead the students."
Mr. Shuyou seemed to have been slapped in the face, with a smile on his face.
After a while, Mr. Shuyou came back to his senses and said gently without losing his grace:
"Why did Mr. Jia say this?"
What Jia Lian wants is a head start.
So I asked seriously:
"Excuse me sir, who is the teacher?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shuyou understood that there was something in Jia Lian's words, so he gave the most polite answer:
"Teachers, so they preach, receive karma and resolve doubts."
"What Han Changli said is just the lower limit for a teacher. The reason why Mr. Heshan Academy has the great reputation it has today is because what he teaches is far more than that.
Mr. Chen is committed to education and has always encouraged students to study hard and make progress. He pitied the students' poor families and taught others good things and showed them hope. He was like a beacon in a sea of suffering, pointing the way and paving the way for countless students."
Jia Lian walked up to Mr. Shuyou seriously and bowed down:
"It's a pity that Jia Lian's fortune is not good. If I could have met Mr. before, I wouldn't regret it now."
Seeing that Jia Lian was polite, Mr. Shuyou quickly supported him:
"No gifts, no gifts, as long as you are determined to learn, it's never too late.
May I ask where Mr. Jia’s statement about ‘misleading people’s disciples’ just came from?”
Jia Lian didn't hide anything and said directly:
"The knowledge he imparts to his students will enable them to advance rapidly in the imperial examinations, win the first prize, and get the second place in the rankings. They will be majestic in all aspects.
Mr. Gao Yi teaches his students good manners, so that they can develop a moral character, neither humble nor arrogant, and have a strong character.
But such students are knowledgeable and have character, and are rare talents for the country. But this alone is not enough, and they also lack a pattern.
For example, Mr. Yan Yanyan was ranked second in high school, his knowledge is first-rate, he despises the powerful, and his character is also first-rate, but his vision is not enough, his courage is not enough, and his mind is not enough. In short, his life pattern has not been opened up.
The so-called pattern is a matter of a person’s state of conduct.
If a person, in his best years, only lives in such a small world, he only compares himself with a few classmates every day, comparing his hard work and hardship, comparing hardship and poverty, comparing back and forth, and not
Instead of showing off one’s strength and magnanimity, there were many lies and pretentiousness. If this continues, is it not ‘misleading people’?”
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Jia Lian's words are tantamount to enlightenment for Mr. Shuyou.
He is over 50 years old, and he thinks that he has devoted himself to teaching and helping every student over the years, so that many poor students will not drop out of school. Over the past ten years, he has spent all his family property just to train a group of students.
A group of national pillars.
He feels that his efforts are worth it, and he will be a person who will leave his name in history.
Those students who passed the imperial examination and became officials also gave back to the academy, but Mr. Shuyou was always aloof and always refused. Those who really couldn't refuse, gave the money to poor students.
It is a matter of course that scholars do not love money.
What's more, scholars should not be contaminated by the stench of copper, and should be pure and miserable, otherwise they will be degenerated.
But Jia Lian talked about "pattern".
And it’s the “pattern” of the students.
These two words, like a sharp blade, suddenly enlightened Mr. Shuyou and pointed directly at the pain in his heart.
Among the students he taught, most were pure ones, but there were also degenerate ones.
For example, Xia Yiqing.
Xia Yiqing's parents died when he was young, and his only uncle was also extremely poor, and he was extremely unkind to him.
But this Xia Yiqing was born with intelligence. When he was herding cattle for the landlord's house, he listened to a few sentences read by the students in the private school, and he immediately recited them. At the age of seven, he was able to write a seven-character rhyme poem with neat counterpoints and smooth rhyme.
At that time, Mr. Shuyou's academy had just been established. Seeing that Xia Yiqing was a talented person, he took him to the academy, let him study for free, and also provided him with free food and clothing.
Xia Yiqing himself is also very ambitious. He has passed all the tests and won the third place in the second class at the age of only 24.
Such a young man would have had a bright future in high school, but who would have expected that only three years later, he would be found guilty of serious corruption during his tenure and misbehavior, and he would eventually be sent to the border guard.
Later, I heard from Ouyang Wei, who took the scientific examination in the same year as Xia Yiqing, that after fishing at the Dragon Gate, Xia Yiqing, who had been poor since childhood, was completely lost in the rich and gentle countryside. In order to get rich as soon as possible and enjoy more, he devoted himself to making money, and soon
It ruined a great future.
Maybe, this is because I didn’t teach him the pattern!
Mr. Shuyou's face clearly showed a look of pain.
His heart aches.
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After a long while, Mr. Shuyou said:
"Then...please ask Mr. Jia, how can we open up the situation?"
Jia Lian solemnly said:
"Long experience.
The so-called pattern size refers to the scope of knowledge of things.
The higher you stand, the farther you can see.
If you live in the countryside, your eyes will be limited to the countryside; if you live in the capital, your eyes will be on the world.
I invite you to go to the capital. There is a pattern for you, a pattern for your students, and a pattern for me."
Mr. Shuyou looked at this handsome and elegant aristocratic young man, and said leisurely in his heart:
As expected, "Those who plan for big things should focus on the pattern first."
"I would like to hear about Jia Xiaoyou's pattern."
When Jia Lian heard that he suddenly changed his title, he couldn't help but feel:
It seems that this matter has reached seven points.
This book lover is very cautious in his work.
At that time, he read Lin Ruhai's letter carefully for a while, but did not comment, which shows that he had a negative attitude at that time.
Later, after Jia Lian read "Recalling Qin E", his attitude was still ambiguous, so he never stopped Yan Yan from attacking Jia Lian.
Until then.
So Jia Lian became more respectful:
"Then I won't give in too much.
The purpose of teaching and educating people is nothing more than to cultivate talents for the country, so that these talented people can "govern the country and bring peace to the world", so that they can benefit the people of the world.
Since Confucius said that "there is no distinction without education," then educating poor children and educating dandies are both teaching and educating people.
And since the children of nobles are destined to become officials and hold power in the future, wouldn't it be more necessary to have the guidance of an expert like Mr. to be more beneficial to the country and the people?
The way of heaven is to make up for the excess of damage and make up for the deficiency.
By collecting high tuition fees from these high-income students, you can increase your collection of books, and you can compile and copy books to subsidize these poor children, but isn’t that good?
These scholars from poor families claim to be of high rank, but in fact, what they do is nothing more than "fame and fortune". They are "proud but hidden", "poor and strong", and those who read only to cultivate their sentiments are rare.
In this case, let them come to the capital in advance to expand their connections and experience, so as to prevent them from being attracted to foreign objects after the meeting and leading to corruption.
As for the situation below, it is all within the structure of the teacher and his students."
His last words were because he wanted to see Mr. Wenyou’s level.