"Pleasant Goat, Beautiful Goat, Lazy Goat, Boiling Goat, Slow Goat, Soft Goat, Red Wolf, Big Bad Wolf, don't look at me as just a sheep. The green grass becomes more fragrant because of me, the sky becomes more fragrant because of me... Oh, my Fourteenth Master, why are you here today..."
Yinzuo was bored and counting sheep in the yard. When he saw Fourteenth coming, his eyes lit up. What a guy, he was just looking for something to play, and now he has come to his door.
Fourteenth had no idea that he had been treated as a toy by his sixth brother. He hadn't seen his sixth brother for more than half a month, and as soon as he saw him, he enthusiastically rushed towards Yinzuo.
"Sixth brother, where have you been for the past half month? I've come to Shufengxuan several times to look for you, but every time I came, everyone in the yard said you weren't there. But when I asked them where you'd been, they said you'd told them not to tell me..."
Little Fourteen's enthusiasm for Yinzuo was entirely due to his sincere brotherly love for his sixth brother, but his sixth brother was not so simple. He obviously loved him, but not much.
"Alas, I made Elder Khan angry a few days ago, so I went out to hide for a few days. Now that he's calmed down, I'm back. Fourteen, is the method Sixth Brother taught you last time working? Have you made any progress in your studies recently?"
When talking about this little fourteenth brother, his eyes instantly lit up, and his eyes were full of admiration for his sixth brother, and his feelings were about to overflow!
"You've made progress, Sixth Brother. The teacher was praising me a few days ago, saying that I memorized the article well."
Of course he doesn't have to memorize it. He walks in circles in the Chunfengtang courtyard every day while reciting the text. His diligence almost worries Concubine De to death. She feels her head is buzzing, thinking that this youngest son must be a fool.
"Not bad, it seems Fourteen has almost mastered the "Walking a Thousand Miles" technique. All you need to do from now on is persevere. Sixth Brother happens to be free today, so I'll teach you... Ouch, who hit me..."
Yinzhen entered Shufengxuan a little later than Fourteenth simply because he was not as fast as Fourteenth. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he heard Yinzuo trying to fool Fourteenth again.
"What are you trying to trick Fourteen with? I'm warning you, you'd better behave yourself, or else Mother will never forgive you."
Tsk, you're talking as if Mother would forgive me if I behaved a little. And Fourth Brother, I'm doing this for your own good. I'm giving Little Fourteen a good beating now so he won't make you vomit blood in the future.
"What are you talking about, Fourth Brother? How could that be considered deception? I was teaching him. Since Fourth Brother doesn't trust me, then you should go and teach him yourself. Fourteenth, what have you learned in the study recently? Go to my bookshelf in the room and find it. If you don't understand anything, you can ask Fourth Brother."
Although Yinzuo hadn't seen Fourteenth Brother for some time, he was a graduate of the Shangshufang after all, and he knew almost everything about the school schedule for Yinzhen's age. Yinzhen should have come into contact with the Analects of Confucius recently. Since he had nothing to do anyway, he decided to give his two brothers some shock from the modern era.
Sure enough, after a while, the fourteenth boy came out holding a copy of the Analects of Confucius. Yinzuo asked him to sit on the chair between him and Yinzhen, opened the book, and asked him to point out the parts he didn't understand to his fourth brother.
“Don’t impose on others what you don’t want others to do to you.” This means that if you don’t like something yourself, don’t impose on others.
"Right, right, right. What Fourteen meant by this is that if I don't like something, I'd rather throw it away than give it to others."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen glared at Yinzuo, warning him to be honest, and then signaled Fourteen to continue.
"If you don't get angry when others don't know you, isn't that the sign of a gentleman?" This sentence means that when others offend you unintentionally, but you don't get angry, isn't that also a sign of noble character?
"Yes, yes, yes. I didn't get angry even though someone didn't know my name. Isn't that what a gentleman does?"
Little Fourteen sat between his two brothers, his little head tilting left, then right, his little head full of confusion. He felt that the explanations given by his fourth and sixth brothers sounded similar, yet he felt as if something was not right. Yinzhen was too lazy to even glance at Yinzuo and went straight to the next sentence.
“To know what you know, to know what you don’t know, is to say that you know what you know, and to say that you don’t know what you don’t know. Don’t be too clever. This is wisdom.”
"Hmm, hmm, hmm. Know what you should know and don't know what you shouldn't know. That's wisdom. Do you understand?"
Being interrupted one after another by Yinzuo, it would be a bit unreasonable for Yinzhen not to know that Yinzuo did it on purpose. He also wanted to see what this guy was going to do next, so he simply pushed the book in front of Fourteen.
"Fourteen, let your sixth brother give you the answer."
This was exactly what Yinzuo was waiting for. Upon hearing it, he happily took the book in front of Fourteenth. He didn't need him to point it out to him. He simply turned to the book and explained the sentence himself.
"A gentleman is not dignified if he is not serious." This means that a gentleman must be serious, otherwise he will not be able to establish his prestige..."
"The Master does not speak of strange powers. This means that the Master does not want to talk, so he uses strange powers to beat people unconscious..."
"If you learn the way to your home in the morning, you can wait for death in the evening..."
"There's also this saying, 'Those who lack strength will give up halfway.' It means that those who are not as strong as me will be defeated by me on the path..."
Yinzhen felt completely numb as he listened to this. After all his years of studying, this was the first time he knew that the Analects could be interpreted in this way. On the other side, Yinzo obviously had no intention of letting him go.
"Fourteen, do you know who said what Zi Yue in the Analects refers to?"
Fourteen knew the answer to this question, so he answered it immediately when he heard his sixth brother ask.
"Sixth brother, I know this. The teacher once said that the "Zi Yue" in the Analects refers to what Confucius said."
After hearing Fourteenth's answer, Yinzuo nodded, then touched his shiny forehead and said!
"Fourteen is right. 'Zi Yue' refers to what Confucius said. Today, Sixth Brother will tell you about Confucius. First of all, Confucius was not as kind and gentle as the portraits we usually see in the study. He was a strong man from Shandong, over two meters tall, with a muscular body and immense strength. He could easily lift a 400-jin doorstone. He was also proficient in the Six Arts and advocated winning people over with virtue. His favorite thing to do every day was to take his three thousand disciples around to talk to people. If he met someone who was willing to listen, he would talk to them rationally. If he met someone who refused to listen, he would talk to them physically..."
Well, now not only Yinzhen was numb, but Little Fourteen was also numb. My goodness, is Confucius so cool? He is so strong that he can easily lift a 400-jin stone. Isn't this definitely my idol? This is so cool.
"Fourth brother, Sixth brother, Confucius is truly amazing. I want to be like him when I grow up..."
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