Zhang Yue met Guo Lin and had a conversation. There was a saying that spending your life in the way you like is success.
As long as you like what you like and what your heart belongs to, the big one can achieve the feats of an emperor and general, and the small one can just raise flowers and vegetables by himself. This is also what many people admire. The master can help the world.
To be poor means to be alone.
With great ability, you can do great things.
Zhang Yue immediately told Guo Lin about the book repair he was currently embarking on.
At that time, the officials planned to promote Zhang Fangping to the position of political advisor, but Sima Guang strongly opposed it and finally went to revise the book in anger.
After all, Sima Guang was very benevolent to the officials and his son. The officials finally named the "Tongzhi" he compiled as "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". The meaning of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" means 'in view of the past, he is qualified to govern the Tao'.
He also gave all the thousands of volumes of books he had in Prince Ying's residence to Sima Guang's bookstore.
Later, during the Sutra banquet, Sima Guang repeatedly quoted Tongjianli's words and went to the house of admonishing officials.
Therefore, when Zhang Yue read Zizhi Tongjian in later generations, he saw "Chen Guang said", but in the Historical Records, Sima Qian read "Tai Shi Gong said".
"Chen Guang said" is the tone of a minister advising the emperor.
Later generations said that the Zizhi Tongjian written by Sima Guang was mixed with his own private goods, but his original intention was to write it for the emperor to read, and it also had the meaning of admonition, so it was openly mixed with private goods.
Reading this book now, we can see that while he was in the bookstore at that time, Sima Guang did not forget his responsibility to advise the emperor, and he also criticized Wang Anshi's reform, but Sima Guang's good intentions can be seen in every sentence.
To be honest, Zhang Yue disagreed with many of Sima Guang's views, but Wang Anshi's one-morality does not mean that the government and the public can only have one voice and cannot listen to any objections. This has lessons learned.
"Is it to be saved?"
While he was talking, there were sounds of footsteps, and a person walked into the courtyard.
Zhang Yue raised his head and saw a calm and indifferent young man wearing a green shirt standing in the courtyard. After so many years, Zhang Yue still remembered the youthful love between him and his classmate when he saw him.
Look.
Zhang Yue walked to the courtyard and said in a vague voice: "Chunfu is me."
Although old friends could not help themselves when they met again, Zhang Yue and Fan Zuyu still restrained their emotions and bowed deeply to each other.
Afterwards, the two of them patted each other's shoulders vigorously.
There is no Zhanglong picture.
There is no such thing as Mr. Lu having a son-in-law.
There is only the friendship between the two of them as classmates.
Guo Linhun's family brought a pot of turbid wine. Zhang Yue, Guo Lin, and Fan Zuyu sat down cross-legged in the courtyard, talking about old things over the wine, and clapped their legs and laughed wildly when they talked about something they were proud of.
Outside the courtyard wall is a tall ginkgo tree, whose leaves rustle when the wind blows. This scene reminded Zhang Yue of a crisp autumn afternoon in Taixue. He wore a turban on his head and wore yellow shoes, while Fan Zuyu and others were wearing the same clothes.
The days when Yishan’s classmates walked through the locust trees and went to Chonghua Hall to study together, holding scriptures in their arms.
For just a moment, the vivid past became clearly visible.
And the days of youth just flew by before my eyes.
Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin worked together in Sima Guang's bookstore.
After Wang Anshi presided over the reform, the bookstore gradually disappeared. Liu Xun and Liu Shu were demoted and left, leaving only Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin.
At this time, the original benefits of the bookstore were also withdrawn, the salary of the historian was not given, and the food and drink benefits were also cancelled. The officials expressed that they were not interested in Sima Guang's private goods at all.
Fan Zuyu also said that since the officials don't care about it, why should we write about it?
The implication is that readers won’t even read it, so writing a book is a waste of time, so let’s just write it off.
However, Sima Guang said that he would continue writing. Writing history is not to please anyone. Even if the emperor doesn't see it, even if I sit on the bench for the rest of my life, I will continue to do it.
Fan Zuyu was also hesitating, and everyone was wavering. Only Guo Lin was still firmly following Sima Guang.
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin, who was silently sifting and pouring wine for the two of them, and thought to himself, what exactly is a scholar?
Guo Lin is the first class.
Be sincere when entering to show loyalty, and be humble when leaving to show regret.
If you can do this, no matter whether you are rich or not, everyone will admire you from the bottom of their hearts.
After Sima Guang was demoted to Luoyang, the bookstore was fortunate to have Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin, so it was not disbanded and the writing work of Zizhi Tongjian could continue.
The person in charge was Sima Guang.
Sima Guang also had a good way of governing history.
Sima Guang said that the key to his compilation of Zizhi Tongjian was 'it is better to lose the complexity than to lose the simplicity'.
In other words, it is better for people to think that your writing is long-winded than for others to think that your writing is simple.
How to ‘better to lose in complexity than in omission’?
Sima Guang first compiled a directory. Zizhi Tongjian is a chronicle. This directory is organized according to year, month and day. Specifically, what happened every month and day of each year must be written down in detail, and then according to the date.
Arrange events in sequence.
After listing all the events by date, the next step is to write the content, which is to sift through the historical materials in the collection. If you encounter conflicting historical materials, judge and analyze and write down what you think is correct, and put the conflicting points aside for notes.
These two steps are both responsible for Guo Lin and Fan Zuyu.
The last step was to finalize the draft, which was completed by Sima Guang himself.
The compilation of history is not all historical materials, but also one's own personal information. Confucius's compilation of the Spring and Autumn Period also used small words and great righteousness to make rebellious ministers and traitors fearful.
Therefore, Sima Guang did the final draft by himself and did not rely on others.
Being able to write a masterpiece from a vast amount of historical materials shows how much effort Sima Guang and his three men expended.
Later, Huang Tingjian saw that Sima Guang's manuscripts alone were piled up in two rooms, and he was sincerely impressed. All the efforts of the history compilers were also put into this huge work.
Then comers can benefit a lot from casual browsing.
Based on this, Sima Guangzhen deserves to be ranked as the "Two Sima" alongside Tai Shigong.
Therefore, when Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin talked about this Zizhi Tongjian, their faces showed their confidence that this historical masterpiece would definitely make them famous in history, even though the Zizhi Tongjian is still far from being completed and finalized.
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Even though it may take many years after their death to achieve this fame, they all feel that it is worth their lifetime's hard work.
Zhang Yue deeply agreed with this and said: "If I were not an official, I would do my best to compile this history book."
Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin both knew that Sima Guang had originally asked Zhang Yue to come out to study Zizhi Tongjian.
But Zhang Yue rejected them, but recommended them.
Zhang Yue still remembers what he said to Sima Guang at that time: It is too vain to establish virtue and too difficult to achieve merit, but it is easier to establish words. There is no need to consider the evaluation of those before and after you, and there is no need to act based on the faces of powerful people. You can write whatever you want, and spend your life's talents and hard work.
All are dedicated to future generations.
But having said that, he still chose the path of 'making meritorious deeds' with great integrity.
Zhang Yue was grateful to Sima Guang for recommending him to the bookstore, and immediately proposed to visit Sima Guang.
Guo Lin and Fan Zuyu were both surprised when they heard this.
This matter is still quite taboo.
Because now the prime minister of the dynasty is Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang is Wang Anshi's political enemy, but Zhang Yue interacts with him and even takes the initiative to visit him, which clearly offends Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi is a sage, but only during his normal life. Once he takes the position of prime minister, he is no longer a sage.
No prime minister would tolerate an official interacting with his political opponents.
However, Zhang Yue felt that one should not be too snobbish (it is impossible for Wang Anshi to stay in that position for the rest of his life).
At that time, Zhang Yue, Guo Lin, and Fan Zuyu went to visit Sima Guang.
The gardens in Luoyang are the best in the world and are more famous than those in Bianjing. Sima Guang's garden was built in Zunxianfang and was called Duyuan Garden.
It means ‘it’s better to have fun alone than to have fun with others’.
Anyone who asks around Luoyang will know where Sima Guang's Paradise is. There is another equally famous place called An Le Wan, which is Shao Yong's house.
However, Sima Guang paid for Shao Yong's cozy home. Sima Guang originally wanted to give it to Shao Yong, but Shao Yong refused to accept it.
Shao Yong said at that time that fame and fortune cannot be had at the same time. I am not seeking fame, but I am known to the world. How can I seek profit?
This is very admirable. The troubles caused by people are caused by famous people seeking profit, or rich people seeking fame.
Shao Yong was a great man in the world, and he saw through this early on.
Although Sima Guang provided money to buy a house for Shao Yong, the Duleyuan Garden where he lived was very humble. He said in his autobiography, "Duleyuan Garden is humble and humble and cannot be compared to other gardens."
The "Reading Hall" in Duyuan only has a few dozen rooms. The pavilion called Watering Flower Pavilion at home is too small, and the pavilion named Nongshui, with two pavilions for bamboo planting, is particularly small.
The hilltop is only a little over ten feet high, too short. The fishing hut where we watch fish and the herb garden in the back garden only have some flowers and plants, but nothing else.
Sima Guang's words sounded like someone crying about poverty. The nanny at home is very poor, the driver is very poor, the servant is very poor, and the housekeeper is very poor, so I am also very poor.
When Zhang Yue arrived at Du Paradise, he saw that the garden only had "twenty acres". It was so "humble" that Zhang Yue felt ashamed.
At this moment, all he could say was, Bachelor Sima, you have really suffered.
Zhang Yue passed by the cool cave in the reading hall of Tongzhen Garden and saw Sima Guang, who was wearing dark clothes and walking with a wooden stick in his hand.
Liangdong is the existence of the basement. Sima Guang called himself the room. It is quoted from Zixia's words. He retired to live in poverty between Heji and Ji, deep in the mountains, making a room and making tents. He often played the piano here and sang the way of the ancestors. .
Living in this cool cave can not only escape the heat, but also give you a sense of isolation from the world.
It feels like everyone is drunk and I am the only one awake.
This cold cave was both Sima Guang's study and his bedroom. There were countless silk scrolls stacked beside the desk, and a wooden round pillow was placed on the bed next to it.
Du Paradise was very large, but Sima Guang lived in poverty in a cold cave and devoted himself to writing books and compiling history.
From the fact that Sima Guang wore the dark clothes worn by the ancients in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and what he did, it was obvious that he was at odds with Wang Anshi at all times.
Zhang Yue lamented that Sima Guang's stubbornness was on a different level compared to Wang Anshi, and not inferior to Wang Anshi.
As soon as Sima Guang saw Zhang Yue, he pointed to the dark clothes on his body and asked, "Do you want to wear dark clothes?"
Sima Guang's words have profound meaning.
Zhang Yue said casually: "Zhang is a person of this world, and he wears the clothes of this world!"
Sima Guang laughed when he heard this.
Ps: Duyuan Garden was built in the 6th year of Xining, so this place is earlier. The latest update is not normal, please forgive me.