As soon as the carriage stopped.

A scholar outside said excitedly, "Everyone, hurry to the post station to rest for a while. After a cup of tea, Senior Brother Su will hold a bonfire literary gathering in the courtyard of the post station to debate scriptures with everyone. Just like yesterday, we will debate the "Preface to the Book of Songs of Mao"."

Various exciting cheers were immediately heard from more than a dozen carriages.

Cui Xian seemed to be thinking about something. It seemed that this 'Senior Brother Su' was quite talented.

Did this person come to Luoyang to attend the flower appreciation and literary gathering at this time just for the purpose of attending the literary gathering? Or did he secretly plan to go to Kaifeng to debate scriptures?

In the carriage.

Zhang Tingyu reacted after hearing this and looked at Cui Xian: "I forgot the important matter before. I will ask you a question now. If you can answer it, you can go to the bonfire literary gathering. If you can't answer it, go back to the inn and rest."

"I'm not targeting you, but all the scholars who join the team will be tested. Because Senior Brother Su has a bad temper, if you answer too badly, he will scold you."

Cui Xian nodded: "You ask."

Zhang Tingyu looked at Cui Xian and said, "The love poems of the two doves are nothing more than love poems between men and women. How can they be ranked first among all the classics?"

In the carriage, everyone else also looked at Cui Xian.

This probably means to ask: Why is the 'Guanju' chapter in the Book of Songs, which talks about the love between men and women, ranked first among the three hundred poems?

During these five years, Cui Xian accumulated a lot of knowledge by reading thousands of books.

He could give a dozen different answers to this question.

But since someone outside has specifically brought it up, we will continue to debate "Mao Shi Lun" today.

Therefore, Cui Xian thought for a moment and gave the most standard answer that would not go wrong: "The Mao Shi Xu clearly states that Guanju is about the virtue of the queen and concubines."

"The Book of Rites says: 'The emperor governs the yang way, while the empress governs the yin virtue. The difference between male and female 雎偶 is a metaphor for the virtue of the empress and concubines not being jealous.'"

"The Book of History: The Canon of Yao says: 'Be able to show your outstanding virtue and be close to your nine clans.'"

"Looking at the phrases 'qin and qin are used to make friends' and 'bells and drums are used to make music', it is the reality that the empress and concubines used rituals and music to educate the palace, so 'Guanju' is the first of the three hundred poems in 'The Book of Songs'."

This means that the "Maoshixu" clearly stated that the poem "Guanju" praises the virtues of concubines.

The emperor governs the masculine way, while the empress governs the feminine virtue. The male and female in "Guanju" are metaphors for the fact that Zhou Wenwang's concubine Tai Si had no jealous heart and selected virtuous women to assist the monarch.

It can be proved through "Shangshu Yaodian" that the empress and concubines rectified the palace order through the education of rituals and music.

Therefore, "Guanju", which seems to be a trivial love poem, can be ranked first among the three hundred poems.

To be honest, this answer is very standard.

If we use classics to interpret classics, there is nothing wrong with it unless we overturn the "Maoshixu".

But Cui Xian was just answering a question simply, there was no need to overturn the table.

However, Zhang Tingyu and other people in the carriage looked at Cui Xian with sympathy in their eyes.

One of the scholars couldn't help but sneered, "This question was asked by Senior Brother Su yesterday. Someone gave a similar answer to yours, but Senior Brother Su scolded him in public!"

"I thought you were really capable, but you still had the audacity to look down on Senior Brother Cui."

"Forget it, you'd better not attend this literary gathering. Go back to your room and study to avoid being scolded. It's best to recite the article "The Story of King Wu, King Tai, King Ji, and King Wen" several times."

"Brother Su said that the answer to this question is actually hidden in this eight-part essay written by Brother Cui."

"You never thought that Senior Brother Cui, whom you looked down upon, would teach you a lesson."

This is simply translated as:

How can you look down on the genius Choi Hyun? If you are not good enough, just practice more.

Cui Xian:?