If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 196: Pronunciation and Character Recognition
Xiao Yu shook her head and said, "Although I am now friends with Dou Gengyan and should call Dou Yilin 'old man', I still have to tell the truth - his temper is a bit vulgar and mean, and he is not worthy of being called upright and righteous."

Hei Mei was furious. "You are so good, Yu Fengxian. You are insulting me in different ways again! In order to insult me, you even humiliated my friend's parents."

Xiao Yu was surprised: "Because I was honest and didn't want to lie to you, I didn't even cover up for my friend's parents. You didn't appreciate my sincerity, but instead said I scolded you. What's the logic behind this?"

Hei Mei said: "You just said that you can sense the righteousness in me because you have met Dou Yilin.

Doesn't this mean that my noble and upright character is very similar to his?
Then you turn around and say that his noble spirit is not worthy of being called noble spirit, and even seems vulgar and despicable.

Isn't this a roundabout way of saying that my noble character is vulgar and mean? "

Xiao Yu was a little speechless, "You think too highly of yourself. Dou Yilin's noble spirit is a little vulgar, but compared to you, you are like a firefly, and he is the bright moon in the sky.

But your energy is a little immature, which may not be a bad thing, at least it is purer than his."

The black girl was both skeptical and surprised, and asked, "Why is he like the bright moon, but a little vulgar?"

Xiao Yu asked back: "What is the righteousness?"

Hei Mei said: "It is the spirit of justice in the world that I inherited from the sages by reading Confucian classics."

Xiao Yu was surprised and asked, "Are you a wild person without any inheritance?"

Wen Zhiruo blushed and argued, "Which of the books of sages I read is not the true teaching of Confucianism and Taoism?

We Confucians take Confucius and Mencius as our teachers and many ancient sages as our friends. There is no such thing as unconventional ways. "

——This black girl is really a wild one!
Xiaoyu was initially surprised by her talent, but then slowly felt relieved.

Perhaps what this black girl said about "taking the sages as teachers" is the correct way of Confucianism.

Using the secret book of immortal martial arts to cultivate righteousness is actually a bit unorthodox.

The noble spirit that naturally arises in the process of reading and seeking truth is the true spirit of Confucianism.

However, hard work cannot defeat supernatural powers. No matter how high your spiritual realm is, if you cannot use the secret book of immortal martial arts to transform your spiritual realm into Confucian and Taoist supernatural powers, you will still be just a mortal.

Many times, the "Tao and reason" shouted by mortals at the top of their lungs are far less effective than a sharp sword that kills people indiscriminately.

The "sword" does not have to be drawn out, but it cannot be absent.

“Perhaps you are right, but developing righteousness is one thing, and using, maintaining, and strengthening righteousness is another.

Dou Yilin has a very good relationship with the Xilu Kong family, and his righteousness should be the most authentic way of practice.

But although he read thousands of books, he failed to grasp the essence of righteousness.

Including you, you only got the skin but not the bones. "

This time, Hei Mei didn't get excited or angry.

She said seriously: “If what you said makes sense, you are my teacher.

If you try to show off your cleverness with sophistry, I will despise you deeply. "

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "The essence of righteousness is actually very simple, eight words, justice, morality, unity of knowledge and action!

'Justice and morality' is the purpose, 'unity of knowledge and action' is the method, or it can be said to be the 'practice method'.

If I really want to debate Confucianism with you and Dou Yilin, you can make me blush and feel ashamed.

But there is no point in just talking without doing.

I think Dou Yilin's noble spirit is a bit vulgar and crude for three reasons.

First, he has no faith.

In order to break the Three Thousand Fire Crows Formation, he used righteous words to explain the justice of the Eight Immortals' assassination of Marquis Lieyang, and sincerely persuaded the Western soldiers not to help the evildoer.

We will not judge who is right or wrong between the Qin Dynasty and the Western countries, but just talk about the matter itself.

The key to military strategy is the belief that "comrades share the same purpose and destiny".

If the soldiers' faith in their commander and the army is shaken, the army's formation will collapse.

The soldiers whose faith was shaken by Dou Yilin's words of "national justice" and "the king's kindness" all had some true patriotism and loyalty to the king.

Hehe, it is precisely this kind of people that Dou Yilin wants to kill. Those who are indifferent to his talk of loyalty and righteousness are protected by the Three Thousand Fire Crows Formation and will not be killed by the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Sword Formation.

He preaches righteousness with his mouth, but stabs those who are trustworthy with his knife.

Even though he had his own difficulties and his own strength was insufficient, he had to use a strategy to kill Marquis Lieyang.

But can you say that he is a true gentleman who has ‘faith’ and ‘righteousness’? "

Hei Mei remained silent.

Xiao Yu added: "Secondly, Dou Yilin lacks great wisdom. At the critical moment of assassinating Lieyang Hou, he allowed his core teammate Kong Zan to leave his post, just for a bone-changing pill.
I'm not bragging, but I know that the City God's throne that I gave to Uncle Duan can be exchanged for at least a few Bone-Changing Pills.

I didn't exchange it because I understand that there are some things that cannot be exchanged for gold, silver, or precious medicine.

Dou Yilin has read more books than I have, so he must have understood such a simple truth, but he didn’t do it.”

Hei Mei still had no words to refute. She looked up and glanced at Xiao Yu, with some indescribable emotions in her eyes, like admiration, but also like doubt and confusion.

"Finally, Dou Yilin lacks great courage and perseverance, and does not have enough faith in the noble spirit."

Xiao Yu sighed, "That day at Feixian Ferry, I saw him draw talismans to make dragons and sprinkle beans to make soldiers. He was so majestic and arrogant. I envied his magical powers and magic.

Now I just feel ridiculous.

He had an extremely strong and righteous energy, but he used it all to feed his evil and strange magic.

Even if he holds an iron sword, and condenses all his faith and efforts into a 'Haoran Sword', and then smashes it into pieces on the Three Thousand Fire Crows Formation like a chicken egg hitting a rock, I will still admire him and call him a 'real man'. "

Xiaoyu doesn't think that the secret techniques of turning beans into soldiers and drawing talismans to summon gods are low-brow.

Now she has no right to complain about this or that.

But it is normal for those who practice evil ways to use evil techniques.

Dou Yilin is a great Confucian scholar who has cultivated his righteousness to the level of a human immortal, but he also uses unorthodox techniques.
Xiaoyu believes that Dou Yilin must have mastered the secrets of Confucianism.

At the critical moment, he would rather believe in the secret techniques of the underworld than believe that justice and morality really have supreme power. Isn't it that there is something wrong with his beliefs?

The definition of Haoran Qi by Confucian sages is to use moral and just thoughts and actions to lead a vast and powerful force that can fill the heavens and the earth and change the world.

Shaoyao glanced at Heimei and saw that she looked dazed, so she asked, "Are you really friends with Dou Gengyan?"

Xiao Yu said: "Let's just talk about the facts. I don't deny Dou Yilin's excellence, and I don't shy away from talking about her shortcomings.

If we were talking about something insignificant and just to save face in public, I would definitely do my best to praise Dou Gengyan's late father." Shaoyao was speechless.

Hei Mei pondered and said, "Yu Fengxian, although you are a barbarian, you have a talent for Confucianism. Do you want to learn from me the method of gathering the righteous energy?"

——You are a wild person, and you still want to teach me, the “direct descendant of the immortal scholar”?
Xiaoyu smiled and nodded, "Thank you very much, Master Wen."

It is true that she has the mantra of "Haoran Zhengqi", but in terms of practicing it, Dou Gengyan asked her to read more.

With Wen Zhiruo's talent and experience, maybe she could really help her cultivate her first breath of noble energy.

Before and after cultivating your first breath of Haoran, you can practice Dou Yilin's mental formula and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

At that time, she was practicing both Taoism and Confucianism.

Taoism's practice of refining qi and Confucianism's practice of nourishing the spirit seem to be very good.

In the next two days, in addition to teaching Confucianism, Hei Mei began to teach Xiao Yu the experience of gathering righteous energy.

Xiaoyu can draw inferences from other cases and find it easier to understand the method of practicing righteousness.

However, the Confucian knowledge that Hei Mei talked about gave her a headache.

Heimei is not just talking about a certain book or a certain classic sentence in general.

If she told stories like she did on "Lecture Room", Xiaoyu would definitely listen with great interest and gain a lot. Heimei is really talented.

But Heimei doesn’t participate in “Lecture Room”.

She was like a doctoral student preparing a thesis, conducting in-depth research and discussion on a certain topic.

too professional.

Without a certain amount of knowledge, you won’t understand at all.

Even well-educated people find it difficult to listen.

Facing Xiaoyu's request to listen to "Lecture Room", Heimei said half sarcastically and half with emotion: "If I really gave lectures according to what you said, the scholars in Xishu would not only respect me, but would have kicked me out as a fraud."

This is indeed true.

Xiaoyu was originally a blank slate, and is currently studying Confucianism, which is a process from nothing to something.

It is equivalent to spreading a layer of sand on flat ground. It doesn't need to be too deep, but it should be wide enough to cover the ground.

The scholars of Shu Kingdom were not lacking in breadth. Instead, they had to find a piece of ground and chisel it down hard. Whoever chiseled deeper would be a great scholar or a master.

For example, on the first day Heimei discussed the development of "Ritual of the Book of Changes".

On the second day, Heimei used "Mao Shi" as an example to explain "recognizing characters and distinguishing sounds".

She actually gave seventeen different pronunciations for the single word "Dun"!
Xiao Yu's head was about to split after hearing this, and he deeply believed that the several pronunciations of "Dun" were just like the several ways of writing the word "Hui" in "Hui Xiang Dou", which was completely meaningless.

Hei Mei said seriously: "The most difficult part of studying is learning to read, and the most difficult part of learning to read is distinguishing the pronunciation.

If the pronunciation is not clear, the meaning is unclear. For example, the word "敦" in Mao Shi.

She has a black mouth and black teeth, and she talked a lot about this and that.

What is the pronunciation of "hui" as "dui", "yuan" as "tun", "han" as "tuan", "xiao" as "diao", "zhen" as "zhun", "ruan" as "dun", "dui" as "dui", and "yuan" as "dun".
Hei Mei is not Kong Yiji.

She directly gave the sentences in Mao Shi where each pronunciation appeared.

For example, in the Mao Shi, "Dunbi Suzu", "Dunbi Xingwei", and "Dungong Jijian".
If they are all read as "dun", not only will the rhythm be lost, but the meaning will also be completely wrong.

Xiao Yu, a newbie who "looked down on the several ways of writing fennel beans", was persuaded by her.

I was completely overwhelmed and couldn't refute it.

She couldn't argue even if she wanted to.

Because when read according to Heimei's pronunciation, "Mao Shi" is indeed rhythmic, melodious and graceful.

Whether reading poetry or listening to poetry, it has become a supreme enjoyment.

"Maoshi" is the Book of Songs.

Every Chinese person says that the Book of Songs is good, but few Chinese people listen to or read it every day.

When you actually read and listen to it, it feels very strange and difficult to pronounce, not as catchy as the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu.

And "ancient people" such as Heimei and Shaoyao liked to read "Mao Shi" very much.

Just like modern people like to hum songs, they like it from the bottom of their hearts, the more they read, the more interesting it becomes, and the longer they read, the more they enjoy reading.

It's not a problem with the Book of Songs, nor is it that people from ancient times to modern times have changed their habits. It's that modern people have simply pronounced the words incorrectly or interpreted the meaning incorrectly.

Hei Mei said: "As the saying goes, every three miles you have a different tune, every ten miles you have a different accent, and every hundred miles you have a different custom.

The Mao Shi was not written by a certain person in a certain place.

It is a treasure of Shangbang culture. The word "Dun" alone has one pronunciation when it is on the sunny side of the mountain and another pronunciation when it is on the shady side of the mountain.

The pronunciation is different and the meaning is also different.

You use the word "dun" from the sunny side of the mountain to interpret a poem written by a literary master from the shady side of the mountain. How can you possibly understand the true meaning of the poem?

That’s why I say that to read you must first learn to read, and to learn to read you must first distinguish pronunciation.”

"Fortunately, the Emperor of Qin unified the world, and made the writing system, the wheel gauge, and the customs uniform, which greatly reduced the difficulty of recognizing words and reading. Otherwise, many people in the world would have become illiterate." Xiao Yu sighed.

Having said that, she still studied phonetic differentiation and literacy very seriously with Hei Mei.

It's not just for the purpose of reading the Book of Songs better. In just a few days, Xiaoyu also fell in love with reading and listening to poetry.

It is much more flavorful than listening to music in my previous life, and the scent of books becomes more mellow the more familiar it is.

After reading "Mao Shi" for a few days, even my noble spirit began to stir.

It has almost entered the "fetal" state and will soon be conceived and born.

In addition, Xiaoyu found that the "Tai Chi Golden Book" is a bit similar to the "Book of Songs". If you read it wrong, it is easy to misunderstand the meaning.

The Mao Shi was written in the last tens of thousands of years, and the words and sentences in the "Tai Chi Golden Book" are much older and more obscure than those in the Mao Shi.

In addition to the "Golden Book of Tai Chi", Xiaoyu feels that he has also gained new insights into Taoist classics such as "Tao Te Ching" and "Huangting Jing".

She may have mispronounced the word or misunderstood the meaning before, and her thoughts were completely different from what the author wanted to express.

(End of this chapter)