Yu Chuxi's eyelashes flickered, and she glanced at him quietly, then gently extended her hand over as he said.
Xie Shu held Lang Jun's fingertips firmly, and he began to write on his palm stroke by stroke, following the lines on Lang Jun's palm.
Xie Shu's fingertips were covered with a thin layer of calluses and were slightly rough.
Yu Chuxi suddenly became inexplicably sensitive, as if being tickled by a light feather.
As the dry and warm touch continued to accumulate, Yu Chuxi's breathing became rapid.
Then, as his fingertips traced, a tingling sensation arose from the place where their skin met. At this moment, it was as if something was following the beating pulse, and a steady stream of blood was flowing back to the heart.
This feeling is really strange and unsettling.
Yu Chuxi couldn't help but curl his fingers.
However, Xie Shu's strong palm was as steady as a rock, and only his fingertips paused for a moment on Lang Jun Yubai's palm.
Xie Shu had just finished writing the first word.
At this moment, Xie Shu suddenly raised his eyes.
His eyes were deeper than before, but the expression on his face remained calm.
Xie Shu stared at Lang Jun and said in a low voice, a little breathy: "Lang Jun, do you see clearly?"
When asked this question, Yu Chuxi could only nod randomly and said, "I understand."
In fact, it took his brain a moment to realize what Xie Shu had just written.
When Xie Shu heard his answer, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he continued, "Then I'll write the second word."
Xie Shu didn't let go until he had finished writing the two words.
At this moment, Yu Chuxi almost quickly withdrew his fingertips, but then he became worried that doing so would seem a little strange.
Xie Shu seemed not to notice. He continued to smile and said softly, "My dear, these are the two words."
Yu Chuxi calmed down a little, and then asked softly, "What is the purpose of Mr. Jiang giving you these two names?"
Xie Shu then repeated Jiang Hong's previous words to his husband.
Upon hearing this, Yu Chuxi silently repeated the two words in his heart, with a layer of bright light floating in his eyes, and his tone was lighter than before: "So that's how it is, Mr. Jiang must have great expectations of you..."
At this moment, Xie Shu recalled what Jiang Hong had said to him, and couldn't help but be moved.
When his eyes met with his lover's, Xie Shu's heart suddenly softened. He could see that in addition to being happy for him, his lover also had some yearning in his heart.
Xie Shu remembered that Langjun was now 19 years old and would soon be coming of age, so he subconsciously said, "Langjun, you will also have a name next year."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Shu realized that he had probably overlooked something again.
Sure enough, Yu Chuxi looked at him with a complicated expression. After a moment, he lowered his eyelashes, shook his head lightly and said, "What do I need words for?"
Shuang'er is different from men and cannot participate in official career, so why does she need others to avoid using her name and address her in a roundabout way?
As time went by, Shuang'er rarely took a name anymore.
Xie Shu doesn't even remember this... Yu Chuxi felt puzzled. Although Xie Shu did say before that he had forgotten many people and things, he didn't even know such common sense.
Before Yu Chuxi could think about it, Xie Shu's voice rang softly beside his ear, with a touch of touching tenderness: "Then when you are twenty next year, I will give you a word, okay? I hope you won't dislike me."
When thinking of Langjun's age just now, Xie Shu felt an indescribable emotion flowing quietly in his heart. He is already 24 years old in the present world, but Langjun is only 19 years old now. So, Langjun is actually much younger than him.
But even though he is five years older than him, he cannot share his worries or protect him from the wind and rain.
Looking at this young man, Xie Shu can only try every possible way to make him happier.
Yu Chuxi's heart trembled, and he lowered his head and said "hmm" softly.
After dinner, Xie Shu returned to his room and began to study the "Origin Fu" given to him by his teacher.
Fu is a literary form that, like poetry, emphasizes literary talent and rhythm. Unlike celun, which only requires writing an argumentative essay to respond to a problem, after all, it was still in the early stages of the development of the imperial examination system, and the eight-part essay had not yet appeared. Therefore, compared with celun, the format of fu is more rigorous.
Fu is divided into short fu, sao fu, ci fu, parallel fu, regulated fu and literary fu.
This origin fu belongs to literary fu, which is equivalent to prose.
Therefore, there are many restrictions on fu and relatively strict regulations. Most fu have gorgeous words and rigorous structure, and the content is mostly about describing scenery or expressing emotions.
But this "Origin Fu" is different, it is a literary fu with the purpose of benefiting the world.
Xie Shu first read the fu from top to bottom to understand its general meaning, and then continued to analyze it according to paragraphs.
This was his method of study.
Soon, Xie Shu discovered that this fu was divided into three sections.
The opening explains the reason and intention of the creation. The author first describes the origin of the continuous rise and fall of history, which is due to the lack of attention to the people's livelihood, and then talks about the present. This can be regarded as a narrative poem based on historical events.
It then goes on to describe the current situation in the world, which, although it originated from some small things, has led to many problems.
Finally, summarize the lessons.
However, due to the genre limitations of fu theory and other factors, what the author wrote are very superficial and difficult to delve into.
However, this cannot deny the artistic value of this fu. The whole text uses a lot of parallelism techniques, and the writing appears to be vigorous and coherent. It is popular and memorable to read.
No wonder this "senior" of his would later join the Hanlin Academy...The Hanlin Academy was equivalent to a secretariat, and its main responsibility was to help the emperor draft imperial edicts.
At night, Ximo lit a lamp for Xie Shu.
Xie Shu read the essay over and over again many times. In the end, he could not only recite it by heart, but also memorized every word. Only then did he go to bed.
The next morning, after Xie Shu finished his meal, he went to Jiang's house.
When Jiang Hong arrived at the study, he saw Xie Shu had arrived early and was still silently reading the "Origin Fu". He didn't know how he was studying.
After all, Jiang Hong had not asked about Xie Shu's current academic situation before. He only decided to take him in as his disciple because of his personality and background.
Jiang Hong stepped over, glanced at Xie Shu, and said, "What do you think of the Ode to Origin that I asked you to study yesterday?"
Xie Shu whispered, "I think this fu is short and expresses an opinion. Although the theory is not very profound, it is superior in its lofty ideas and majestic momentum, which is different from other fu theories."
Jiang Hong's expression remained unchanged, and it was hard to tell whether he agreed or denied. He just said in a deep voice: "Then in your opinion, this fu is of the highest quality?"
Xie Shu hesitated for a moment and said, "If I am not mistaken, this fu should be a fu for the imperial examination. It is not easy to write it in such a short time. Therefore, I think this fu is indeed of high quality."
The meaning of this "Weichangfu" is that it was written in the examination hall. Most of the writers wrote for the examination, so they piled up words and used cumbersome sentences. It was rare to come up with an article like this one with a rigorous structure and profound meaning.
When Jiang Hong heard Xie Shu guess that this was an examination essay, his eyes flashed.
You should know that this fu was never made public. After all, it was written in the examination hall and was only kept for archival records. This was also a copy he took with him before leaving the capital. In today's world, no one knows about it except the Imperial College.
But Xie Shu could actually guess this...
Jiang Hong was curious and asked calmly, "How do you know this is a poem from the imperial examination?"
Xie Shu did not hide it and said, "Because I see that there are several places in this fu that deliberately mention the theme, as if it was written based on a certain theme, and the author of this fu, Mr. Zhang Sheng, should have more literary talent than this. If it is a literary style fu, he could have carefully embellished it. I wonder if my guess is right. If not, please advise me, sir."
Jiang Hong nodded and said, "Yes, this is indeed a test essay. It was written by Zhang Sheng based on the topic of "origin" when I was presiding over the imperial examination in the 12th year of Yanping. But what you said before was wrong. This essay is not of the highest quality. The three academic officials in the examination room at that time all thought that this essay was of the lowest quality!"
The twelfth year of Yanping mentioned by Jiang Hong was the previous era name, and it has been six years since then.
When Xie Shu heard the word "low quality", he couldn't believe it!
Xie Shu frowned when he heard this. He had read quite a few fu theories over the years. Although most of them were written by famous writers and were therefore passed down, after being influenced by them, Xie Shu also had a certain appreciation ability for fu theories.
Xie Shu didn't think that his vision was so bad. Could it be that the inner court had other requirements that he didn't know about?
Seeing Xie Shu's confused expression, Jiang Hong did not rush to answer him, but calmly talked about the examination system.
Jiang Hong said in a deep voice: "You have taken the provincial examination before. You should remember that there are three examinations in total. The first one is to write a poem, the second one is to test the interpretation of the classics and calligraphy, and the third one is to write an essay and three strategies. The same is true for the imperial examination. Do you know what the purpose of each examination is?"
Xie Shu thought for a moment, and recalled a passage from the Siku Quanshu, which he slowly read out: "One can see his mastery of the classics by his righteousness, his knowledge by his essays, his knowledge of the past by his prose, and his talent by his strategy."
Jiang Hong couldn't help but be amazed when he heard Xie Shu summarize the purpose of each test question in a concise but exquisite way.
Jiang Hong then said, "If that's the case, then you should know that the purpose of examining essays is to observe the candidate's level of knowledge accumulation, so essays have always been required to be extremely ingenious. Therefore, the final criterion for judging is the rhetoric and rhythm of the writing."
So that's how it is. Xie Shu heard what the teacher meant. Poetry should be written with a gradual improvement in literary talent and rhythm. But is there no drawback in this?
Seeing that Xie Shu was not completely convinced after hearing what he had just said, and still had some doubts, Jiang Hong smiled and said, "It's great that you can stick to your own thinking under such circumstances."
At this point, Jiang Hong said in a stern tone: "Yes, I have always been against such sentence errors. If you value literary words, these are done by people with little ability. So when I read this essay that day, I took it out of the failed category and gave it the first place!"
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