Duanmu Ci, courtesy name Zigong, a native of the State of Wei in the late Spring and Autumn period, was a highly esteemed disciple of Confucius, who has lived for two thousand years.
He once ...
Then Duanmu Ci realized that he had been to this place before... not two months ago, but two hundred years ago...
The changes in Crane Garden were so drastic, and with the surrounding buildings all altered and no reference points available, plus the fact that it was quite old, he had forgotten...
Hundreds of years ago, in that era of literary elegance, Duanmu Ci was invited by the host of this place to attend a literary gathering. The reason why Duanmu Ci suddenly remembered this event was because the small pavilion in front of him looked very familiar, and the five characters on the plaque of the small pavilion, "Why not go downstairs?", were written by him personally.
This pavilion was the study of the former owner of Crane Garden. He was a book lover and would never put down his book once he started reading. Once, he was so engrossed in reading that he didn't come downstairs for three whole months. So when the scholar asked Duanmu Ci to rename the pavilion, Duanmu Ci wrote "Why not come downstairs?" on a whim, a double entendre.
Duanmu Ci still remembers that witty and humorous young man. When he saw the five characters, he was not only not amused, but overjoyed. He immediately ordered his servants to make the five characters into a plaque and hang it up, which made the literati and guests who participated in the gathering laugh heartily.
Duanmu Ci couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" The waiter sitting in the passenger seat turned around and asked when he heard Duanmu Ci speak.
"Nothing?" Duanmu Ci looked out the window.
Three hundred years ago, he was invited to this place by the owner of Crane Garden. Now, time has turned and the world has changed. He has been invited here by the owner of Crane Garden three hundred years later. How could others know the feelings in his heart?
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