Chapter 314 Teaching Academy
Wansong Academy.
As one of the four major academies of the State of Zhao, Wansong Academy has provided countless talents for the State of Zhao. Many officials in the court studied at Wansong Academy before entering officialdom, which also made Wansong Academy one of the holy places in the hearts of many students of the State of Zhao.
Wansong Academy was established when the State of Zhao was founded.
Inside the academy, there are towering ancient trees and green grass. From the grass in the shade of the trees, bursts of reading sounds can be heard from time to time.
There are still three months until the next imperial examination, and students are racing against time to seize this last moment.
Inside a classroom.
The twenty best students of the academy gathered here.
The imperial examination is approaching, and the academy no longer forces the candidates participating in this year's imperial examination to attend classes, but instead allows them to find and fill in the gaps on their own.
If there is anything they don't understand, the teachers in the academy and the masters of the six arts hired from outside by the Fourth Prince at high salaries will be there to answer their questions at any time.
Everyone gathered in this classroom, talking about it.
"What is the academy asking us to do here? I was planning to go to the shooting range to practice archery today."
"I heard that they invited a great teacher to teach us calligraphy."
"Most of the great calligraphers in our Zhao State are in the other three academies. Could it be that one of them was poached by the academy?"
"We'll know in a moment..."
At this moment, the teacher who was going to teach them had not arrived yet. These students were sitting in their seats. Some were chatting with friends around them, while others were not willing to waste even this little time and were practicing calligraphy silently.
Several women stood out in the classroom.
In the State of Zhao, women could enter academies and take imperial examinations like men. There were a certain number of female students in all major academies.
At a desk near the back door of the classroom, a young female student had just finished writing a piece of calligraphy when she heard a voice of praise: "The girl's hairpin-flowered small calligraphy is well written."
She turned around and found a handsome young man standing next to her.
He looks like he is less than 20 years old, so he should be a junior in the academy.
The girl felt a little confused. How come she had never seen such a handsome junior in the academy before?
The next moment, she smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."
The young man said, "I also like the hairpin flower small calligraphy, I wonder if the young lady can give me some pointers?"
The woman was stunned when she heard this. He likes to write calligraphy with flowers in his hair?
The hairpin-flowered small regular script is also known as the "female style" and it is rare to see men writing in this style.
But he had a good impression of this junior, smiled and said, "Sure."
The young man picked up the pen and wrote something on the paper in small regular script with flower-shaped characters. The content was exactly the same as what she had just written.
After reading it, the woman moved her lips but said nothing.
She looked at this good-looking junior, her eyes lingering on his chest for a long time, and was very suspicious of his gender.
How could a man write such beautiful calligraphy in small characters?
Not to mention her, even among the female calligraphers she knew, none of them could write such words.
She showed a look of shame on her face and said, "Your handwriting is much better than mine. I have nothing to teach you... Can you give me this piece of calligraphy? I want to copy it and learn from it."
The young man smiled and said, "Of course you can, but if you just copy, it will be difficult to make much improvement in a short period of time. I have some opinions about your calligraphy..."
He picked up the pen again, circled a few places on her calligraphy, and said, "For words like yours, if you make a small change in the structure, it will look very different..."
The most important thing in calligraphy is persistent practice.
For those calligraphy masters, their calligraphy attainments are already close to the maximum level, and even a slight improvement is not easy.
But there is still a lot of room for improvement in her calligraphy skills. A little improvement can produce immediate results.
Li Nuo's attainments in calligraphy are the culmination of all the styles. He is more than capable of instructing everyone in calligraphy, let alone these beginners.
The woman followed his instructions and wrote another piece of calligraphy, and immediately felt the changes in the same calligraphy.
She stared at the two words in a daze, hardly daring to believe her eyes.
Several other female students sitting around this woman also showed expressions of extreme surprise.
They noticed it when the two of them were talking just now.
It was hard not to notice such a young and handsome junior appearing here. At first, they were only attracted by his appearance, but they didn't expect that he was so talented.
With just a few simple instructions from him, Cheng Xueer's handwriting improved so much. He was simply better than all the teachers they had ever met.
At once, they all gathered around.
"Young Master is so awesome!"
"Can you look at my handwriting?"
"Oh, I also want to be guided..."
The commotion here also attracted the attention of others.
A young man was surrounded by female students in the classroom.
Even if he was a little more handsome, these talented ladies wouldn't be like this, right?
They wanted to see what he was up to.
So they gathered around as well.
Originally, everyone just came forward to watch the fun, but soon they lined up to ask for advice.
This junior fellow, who was younger than them, had extremely high attainments in calligraphy. Not only was he familiar with all styles of calligraphy, he also had a deep understanding of women's hairpin-shaped regular script.
No matter which handwriting people are good at, just by looking at what they write, he can accurately point out their shortcomings and give them suggestions for improvement.
Before I knew it, an hour had passed.
They benefited a lot from this short hour.
After his guidance, almost everyone felt the progress in their calligraphy.
If they are given another three months, they are confident that they can take their calligraphy performance to a higher level.
This was a favor of teaching and educating people. Just when everyone came to their senses and were about to thank him sincerely, they found that he had left without them knowing when.
Until this moment, the teacher who was to teach them calligraphy had not appeared yet.
"What kind of person is this? Even if you are a master of calligraphy, you should be punctual, right?"
"He's already an hour late!"
"I want to see who is this great man who is so arrogant."
At this time, a figure walked in from outside.
Everyone looked and found that it was the dean of the academy.
An elegant middle-aged man looked at them and asked with a smile: "How is it, are you satisfied with the class of this new teacher?"
Everyone was stunned.
"New Mr.?"
"What new sir?"
"Where's the new gentleman?"
The middle-aged man looked at the bewildered crowd and said in astonishment, "The man who taught you calligraphy just now is your new teacher. Don't underestimate him just because he is young. He is the top scholar in six subjects in Daxia. He achieved excellent results in six subjects in the imperial examination last year. The Sixth Princess specially invited him from Daxia to teach you..."
When he finished speaking, everyone's expressions became even more shocked.
"What?"
"Top scorer in six subjects?"
"He's excellent in all six subjects. Does such a person really exist?"
"I heard that last year, in the imperial examinations of Daxia, there was a champion in six subjects, and the emperor of Daxia even married a princess to him..."
"I know him, too. His name is Li Nuo. I have a collection of his poems at home..."
…
The fact that he was the top scholar in all six subjects was enough to shock people. What was even more shocking was that he was younger than them. They had studied the six arts since childhood and could not imagine that someone could actually do this...
But after the lesson just now, they had no choice but to believe it.
At this time, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "He was invited by the Sixth Princess with great difficulty. Three months before the imperial examination, Mr. Li will teach you the Six Arts. In half an hour, everyone will gather in the studio..."
Wansong Academy.
When they saw the young man again, all the students could not hide the admiration on their faces.
Becoming the top scorer in six subjects was something they dared not even dream of.
And such a person was standing right in front of them.
Li Nuo was about the same age as them. He had gotten along well with them in the calligraphy class just now. When they saw him again in the studio, no one felt like they were facing a teacher and they all started talking at once.
"Sir, how did you practice the Six Arts?"
"Sir, sir, are the three beauties of Daxia really all your wives?"
"Sir, what is your relationship with the Sixth Princess? Did you come to Zhao State for the Sixth Princess?"
(End of this chapter)
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