Kong Jijiu did not answer Ning Chen's question directly, but asked instead: "You think you are the only one in this world. Did you think there is such a shortcut?"
Ning Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I shouldn't be the only one who thinks of such a shortcut.
But like me, I have such literary talent.
I should be the only one who can write a saint-level enlightenment article at such a young age."
Kong Jijiu felt offended.
This is his life stone. Obviously, only he can show off on this stone.
"Of course there is no teacher like him who can defeat the third grade at such a young age.
Looking for the great Confucian who has the strongest true intention to establish his destiny.
Like the teacher, I belong to that kind of unique existence in the world."
Seeing Kong offering wine and intending to do something to his body, Ning Chen quickly sent a rainbow fart to him.
Kong Jijiu's face brightened slightly, and he explained to Ning Chen: "The practice of Confucianism and Taoism is different from other systems, and there are not many shortcuts.
Shortcuts often mean that you may go astray. If other systems go astray, you may go astray or fall into evil ways. Just kill them.
Their harm will not be as great as that of Confucianism.
Think about it, if a Confucian scholar goes astray.
And he happens to be a teacher at a school in the same place, do you think he will only affect him?"
This is really the case.
Moreover, the influence of scholars is still subtle, and such harm may not be seen in a short period of time.
Once you see the harm, the harm may be irreversible.
Moreover, it spreads relatively covertly and is not easy to detect.
"When the Confucian sages set the Confucian grades, they must have taken this into consideration. Therefore, there is no shortcut to Confucian practice."
After explaining the prerequisites, Kong Jijiu continued: "Your articles and poems do have merit.
But whether it's an article or a poem, you want it to truly become a fighting force available to you.
Then you need to first make your words full of righteousness.
The amount of Haoran's righteousness that needs to be expended is not just one or two points.
Because there are more than hundreds or thousands of words in this world.
You need to make thousands of words full of spirituality and can be combined and connected in any way. This is not a simple process.
Therefore, the state of cultivating characters is particularly critical.”
After a pause, Kong Jijiu suddenly thought of something and said: "If you want to say that the two levels are practicing together, it's not impossible.
I have read in classics that in the past there was a great Confucian who could write more than 100,000 words and write articles of his own.
This should be considered a shortcut, but do you think this shortcut is what you want to take?"
Raise more than 100,000 words!
This is too difficult for Ning Chen.
Not to mention that Ning Chen didn't even know so many words. Even if he did, Ning Chen wouldn't do this.
Even if it’s fast, I can learn one word a day.
One hundred thousand words, that is one hundred thousand days.
One hundred thousand days is more than two hundred years.
That's not right.
There is a bug inserted here.
Confucian practice can extend your life span, but I haven't heard that people in the Yangzi realm can live for more than two hundred years.
As if he saw what Ning Chen was thinking, Kong Jijiu explained: "The state of cultivating characters is not about cultivating characters one by one.
A point-by-point method is used to raise them.
Characters are composed of strokes, structures, radicals, and meanings.
If you cultivate a word, some words corresponding to it will be within the scope of being cultivated.
Once you develop the strokes of this character, it will be equally applicable to other characters.
The strokes and radicals contained in a word are also available to other words.
So if you want to support 100,000 words, a few thousand words should be enough."
After Ning Chen heard this, he understood the principle.
Even though it’s only a few thousand words, I’m afraid it will take decades.
This is still not a worthwhile choice.
As for things like saint books, they are purely blessed by the halo of saints.
The words written above directly complete the process of developing characters and directly possess the ability to write articles.
Now that this point has been mentioned, Ning Chen simply asked about the eighth grade of Confucianism and Taoism.
"When I was in the academy, I heard them talk about my calligraphy.
It can make it easier for me to enter the eighth-level character cultivation realm, what is the reason for this?"
Kong Jijiu said: “Words must eventually fall on paper.
No matter whether this paper is real paper or Haoran Zhengqi book.
If it falls on paper, it needs someone to write it.
And calligraphy, in fact, reflects the power of these words to a certain extent.
If your words are vigorous and powerful, then your writing will be the same."
After a pause, Kong Jijiu said: "When it comes to shortcuts, this can be regarded as a shortcut.
If your calligraphy can really reach the level of Fa and be recognized by Haoran Zhengqi.
Then even if you have directly entered the eighth-level realm, then you just need to use your own calligraphy to complete the charm of the characters.
And because you have the support of calligraphy, it will be much faster to develop calligraphy."
Glancing at Ning Chen, Kong Jijiu said, "But it's more difficult for calligraphy to reach the level of Dharma than it is for you to refine a character and reach the eighth level."
"Then if I create a kind of calligraphy by myself, wouldn't it be considered as a self-created method? Would it be easier?" Ning Chen remembered that Li Ziqiu seemed to have said this when he was in the academy.
"It is indeed easier to create your own calligraphy.
I have also read your handwriting, and it is indeed unique.
However, there are still many similarities with today's official script, seal script and cursive script.
It may still be a little difficult to get the approval of Haoran Zhengqi." Kong Jijiu directly answered the question in Ning Chen's mind.
But this time, Kong Jijiu guessed half of it right.
What Ning Chen thought of was not the facial expression, but the running script, and it was the running script of the sage of calligraphy, Wang Xizhi.
There is absolutely no trace of regular script and cursive script in this world.
"Teacher, if I want to enter the eighth grade with calligraphy, what should I do?" Ning Chen asked Kong Jijiu.
"Use your finger as the pen, and use Haoran's righteousness as the ink. Write down some words, and if they are recognized, it will be regarded as entering the realm of calligraphy cultivation through calligraphy." Since Ning Chen wants to experiment, Kong Jijiu also wants to take a look, Ning Chen
Is the idea feasible?
After thinking for a while, Kong Jijiu reminded Ning Chen: "If it's calligraphy, it's better to have more changes in the characters."
Ning Chen understands that what Confucianism talks about is just bells and whistles.
The more changes there are, the better.
As for changes, there are more changes in running script.
Especially in Shu Sheng's preface to the Lanting Collection, there are twenty-six variations of the word "zhi".
Just think of this.
Ning Chen directly used his hand as the pen and Haoran Zhengqi as the ink.
Lingkong began to write the character 'Zhi'.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy was what Ning Chen had to imitate from childhood to adulthood. After all, Ning Chen had to perform it during festivals, family dinners, and elders' birthdays.
Although it is just superficial, Ning Chen guesses that in this world, it should be regarded as its own lineage.
Seeing Ning Chen write the first word 'Zig', Kong Jijiu's expression changed slightly.
This is completely different from Ning Chen's appearance in the academy.
This calligraphy is elegant and smooth, with smooth strokes and a unique kind of beauty.
This is really a kind of calligraphy that Kong Jijiu has never seen before, and when Kong Jijiu saw Ning Chen, he wrote more and more variations of the word 'Zig'.
Kong Jijiu knew that Ning Chen had tricked him again this time.
Ning Chen wrote twenty-six characters "Zhi" in one go.
After all the characters "Zig" appeared, there was a roar.
The awe-inspiring righteousness bursts out from these words.
When Kong Jijiu saw this situation, he directly wrote "Feng".
As soon as this word came out, Ning Chen felt that he and the four brothers behind him seemed to be in two different worlds.
But at this moment, Ning Chen had no time to care about this, but stared at the changes in front of him.
Soon Haoran Zhengqi merged closely together, forming a piece of paper completely composed of Haoran Zhengqi.
This is still different from the sage's book.
The sage's book has an entity, but Ning Chen's Haoran Zhengqi book has no entity.
But at this point, Ning Chen didn't need Kong Jijiu to tell him that he had already reached the eighth rank by virtue of his free prostitution.
And my eighth grade should still be an unusual eighth grade.