Chapter Nineteen, One Destiny, Two Luck, Three Feng Shui, Four Cultivation of Yin Virtue and Five Re
The cross-professional mixed course offered by Mr. Wu is a minor subject. Students from the history and architecture departments jokingly call it the "Feng Shui class" because the ancient Chinese architectural structures and various French styles are inevitably related to Feng Shui.
There is no way around it at all. Mr. Wu quoted many modern environmental theories in class to deconstruct it, which gave You Fang a lot of knowledge.
The first class that You Fang attended was in the large staircase classroom in the teaching building of the History Department. He took his seat early with his bag under his arm and a cushion. When his classmates had arrived in twos and threes, he sat down in the classroom.
When it was more than half full, Wu Pingdong came on stage with his handout under his arm. He glanced around as he habitually did, but his eyes stayed nearby for a moment.
You Fang also raised his head to take a closer look at Wu Pingdong's face. When their eyes met, both of them were a little surprised. It turned out that the person standing on the stage was actually the scholarly elder whom You Fang had met in Panjiayuan! Classroom
There were so many students in such a large school, so Wu Pingtong managed to see You Fang clearly. He couldn't miss it. You Fang was sitting in the center of the first row, facing the podium where Wu Pingtong was.
Wu Pingtong actually recognized him, smiled and nodded slightly as a greeting, and then began to lecture.
Different people teach the same course with different results, and the audience's feelings may also be very different. Just like writing a novel, there is often an opening or preface. When teaching a course from the beginning, the teacher usually has to give an introduction to attract the students.
This introduction is often not found in textbooks because of your interest. It is a display of your personal style.
In a large classroom with more than 200 people sitting, Wu Pingtong's opening remarks turned out to be some old sayings circulated among the people: "One fate, two luck, three feng shui, four cultivation of yin virtue and five reading." He did not introduce those ancient folk superstitions.
But to explain what common and valuable truth this sentence has in different eras——
The so-called "one life" can be understood as origin, which a person cannot choose by himself. Although the modern humanistic spirit emphasizes that all lives are equal, in fact people are indeed born different, different countries, different races, different
Families have different objective conditions. You can complain but you can't change the facts. It's like a person who wants to get rich complains about why his parents are not billionaires. It has no practical meaning.
Since everyone has self-awareness and can observe external objects and think from the perspective of the subject, the first philosophical proposition in life is: "Why do I come?" And there is no answer to it, which leads to another proposition: "I will come here?"
How to do it in this world?" Only by solving these two propositions can we know how to practice, understand the state of "knowing the destiny of heaven" mentioned by Confucius, and then move forward to achieve the goal of "people are born with wealth and poverty, but nobility or deprivation depends on it.
"Heart" realm of life.
The so-called "second luck" can be understood as luck, which is difficult for a person to reverse himself, but he can choose how to face and integrate it. For example, what kind of era are we born in? Pre-Qin, Tang and Song Dynasties,
The Republic of China, or today in the 21st century? Who will we meet in this life, how will they relate to me, and what major events will happen in this world that will have an inevitable impact on me?
Another example is the sentence describing Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms: "A capable minister in times of trouble, a hero in troubled times." The same person may have different endings. This is caused by fate. There are fixed numbers and variables. Some things cannot be avoided by individuals, but they can be
Choose how to face it. If someone wants to make a fortune in stocks, they have to look at the general trend of the market.
To give another simple example, if someone lives in the 1930s and faces the bayonet of the Japanese army, there is no way to escape what happened in this era, but he can at least choose whether to be a martyr or a traitor.
People in peaceful times do not have this kind of test of decision-making. This is "luck". The very subtle integration between fate and luck is collectively called fate.
The so-called "Three Feng Shui" can be understood as the environment and the choice and creation of the environment. It cannot be separated from the world in which it is located, but it can create itself and choose how to avoid it. It embodies the interactive relationship between man and nature, with both resistance and mutuality.
The harmony deeply embodies the essence of the traditional Chinese thought of "harmony between man and nature".
In a large environment, create a small environment, take the initiative to fight, change, and integrate, including a person's choices and creations before and after life. The course "Ancient Chinese Construction Methods" will involve a lot of traditional Feng Shui content.
I hope that students will not only see the dross of the feudal superstitious era, nor just use modern environmental theory to understand it, but will appreciate the valuable humanistic spirit behind it.
It vaguely emits light from the historical relics. What inspiration does it have for us in modern times? The most popular issue in the contemporary world is "development and environment", which is one of the broad connotations of the word "Feng Shui" here.
The so-called "Four Cultivation of Yin Virtue", if we do not talk about the religious term of reincarnation and rebirth, from another perspective, it refers to how a person's inner subject "self" gets along with the "non-self" of external objects.
How people get along with each other, how people get along with society, and how humans get along with the world. It can be seen that there is an inseparable connection between "cultivation of Yin virtue" and "Feng Shui".
Broadly speaking, this is a spontaneous choice of an ethnic group. In ancient times, there was a saying that "if the morals of the world are not cultivated, the moral customs of the world will inevitably decline." As for personal cultivation, the state it can achieve is "how to get along with oneself." If you
How do you get along with another person when you are another person? This is relatively subtle. Some students may not understand it. You can go back and think about it after class. What does the saying "You can't get along with yourself" mean?
The so-called "Five Readings" can be understood as the inheritance of civilization accumulation. It must be actively chosen by people. People living in modern society are lucky in a sense. We have inherited the inheritance from our predecessors at an unknown cost.
, the intangible wealth that took a long time to accumulate. So there is no need to laugh at the ignorance or superstition of the predecessors when reading. If so, people thousands of years later will still laugh at you and me today, but you and I are also creating
During their time, they should always think of this.
Wu Pingtong finally said: "The true meaning of the word "study" is not to prepare for exams. I will not go into detail on this point. What do students come to Peking University for?...Okay, everyone will open the textbook now.
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The classmates opened their textbooks with a smile. Only You Fang didn't have a textbook. He glanced at the books on the table next to him and planned to find a place to buy them tomorrow. Wu Pingtong's first class started with this introduction:
I don’t know if the other students were interested, but Yu Fang listened with great interest.
This is a minor course, a large class divided into two periods, scheduled for the last two periods on Friday afternoon. Waiting until the break before taking the second period, You Fang looked back at the classroom and found that dozens of people had already walked
People. These are all skipping classes. Some want to go to the cafeteria early to get food, and some have made an appointment with their partner to spend the weekend.
During the break, Wu Pingdong got off the podium and walked straight over. You Fang quickly stood up and stood with his hands down respectfully. Wu Pingdong came closer and asked, "Xiao You, it turns out you are a student of Peking University.
Department of history or architecture? Why skip class and go hang out in Panjiayuan without bringing textbooks to class?"
You Fang told the truth: "I am neither a history major nor an architecture major, nor a Peking University student, but just a casual student. I came here specifically to listen to Professor Wu's class. Today is the first time, so I don't have any textbooks, so I will buy them later.
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Don't think that "masters" in the world are just talking about it. The truth is exactly the opposite. You "like" to tell the truth very much. You will never lie unless absolutely necessary! Either try to gain the other person's trust or arouse the other person's curiosity when you open your mouth.
, this is the golden rule of fishing for loopholes. The most important thing is to know what words to say to whom on what occasion.
Wu Pingdong was startled, then smiled. He walked back to the podium and got his textbook. The cover was already a bit old. It was an old version from a few years ago. He handed it to You Fang and said, "Take this, I'll give it to you."
Already."
You Fang held the book and looked at a loss: "How embarrassing, I bought it myself."
Wu Pingdong shook his head: "I still have it at home, so don't be polite. It's not easy to come all the way from Panjiayuan to Peking University to take classes."
You Fang: "But you gave me the teaching materials. Next class..."
Wu Pingdong gently waved his hand and interrupted him: "I wrote the book. Do I still need to read the textbook when I take this course?"
You Fang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that's too underestimated of your level. Thank you, thank you very much. I have accepted the book... To be honest, your other course "Ancient Chinese Architecture"
"With the Burial System", I plan to go there too."
Wu Pingtong had already turned around to leave, but when he heard these words, he turned back: "Go if you want to. The classroom won't be full anyway, but don't hinder others. They actually took the exam and paid money to study." He thought.
After thinking for a while, he explained again: "It took a lot of effort to get here, so be more serious and don't be like those who just skip class when nothing happens."
Wu Pingtong neither objected nor asked much about You Fang's behavior of skipping classes. He agreed to allow him to audit his class, but did not ask what classes You Fang was still skipping. Wait until the second week when You Fang went to Mr. Wu to give an undergraduate degree to the School of Cultural and Museology.
During a small class in the third grade, Mr. Wu walked into the classroom and saw him. He put another old textbook on his desk without saying much. At that time, the students in the class thought he was a graduate student led by Mr. Wu.
Later I found out that You Fang was just an audit student who sat in class.
Apart from these two things, Wu Pingtong did not show any special enthusiasm or concern for You Fang. It was like there was a dispensable person in the classroom and he was not kicked out. But You Fang had a kind of
It felt like, even though Wu Pingtong on the podium was not looking at him deliberately, there was always an invisible energy paying attention to him.
It’s interesting to say that when I was in middle school, my class teacher would keep an eye on me every day and call my parents to give me a warning if something happened. But You Fang always skipped classes. When he came to Peking University to skip classes, he was just like an extra space in the classroom.
No one would call his name, and there was no need to cope with the exam. But Wu Pingtong never missed a lesson in class, rain or shine. He even felt a little regret sitting in the classroom. He skipped classes too much in the past.
too much.
Wu Pingtong gave You Fang two old books. In fact, such teaching materials can also be obtained from senior students in the same major and are not worth a few dollars, but You Fang feels that they are extremely precious. Although he has established himself in the world,
But after all, he is still a young man, wandering alone, and it is rare to feel the warmth of care from his elders. Holding these two books, You Fang's heart felt a little heavy and a little soft, which is hard to describe.
In addition to taking Mr. Wu's class, You Fang also took the professional classes of the first-year freshmen class of the Wenbo College without any trouble. These freshmen had just entered the university. When they saw such a class taker in the class, they were not repulsed but rather curious -
—It turns out that university is so interesting. I didn’t expect it before I came here! Some people joked that not only do some people at Peking University take classes, but even cats come to take classes.
It's true. There is a tabby cat in Peking University that is very famous. It wanders around in various teaching buildings and often lies on the podium or desk to "listen in". You Fang has also seen this cat. The old man is almost a sperm. He knows how to do it.
When he went to the water room to drink water, what was even more surprising was that he not only turned on the faucet, but also used his paws to close the faucet after drinking.
Although he majored in archeology, the freshman's practical experience in literature and entertainment was almost blank. You Fang occasionally talked about various anecdotes about Panjiayuan, which frightened these kids who were about the same age as him.
. On a crisp and sunny weekend in autumn, at the instigation of the squad leader, You Fang led the whole class to visit Panjiayuan. While walking around, he explained various interesting things. The boys and girls were chattering and were very excited. They saw
Treat everything as a treasure.
After coming out of Panjiayuan Flea Market, You Fang gritted his teeth and went back to the East. He spent more than 700 yuan to treat the whole class to a KFC meal, and now he was completely done.
In the days that followed, the students in Class 091 of the School of Archeology and Museology have regarded You Fang, a non-staff member, as a natural member of the classroom. Especially the monitor, a Sichuan girl named Zhu Li, showed obvious affection for You Fang
, for example, taking the initiative to hold a seat for him during class, and asking him with great concern where he would eat at noon, whether he needed to borrow a meal card from the cafeteria, etc.