Chapter 4 Knowledgeable and Talented
"Okay! You really have real materials. From today on, you will be my teacher." Zhang Luoye laughed loudly, his face full of joy.
Looking at Zhang Luoye's cheerful smile and feeling his innocent and sincere face, Nie Xiaoqian's cold face couldn't help but chuckle, and it suddenly seemed like a hundred flowers competing for beauty, making the whole room seem to be bright!
What Zhang Luoye just showed Nie Xiaoqian was the content of the opening chapter of the "Zhengyi Alliance Majesty Sutra" and the transformation of the fetus. This technique was created by Zhang Ling and Master Zhang Tian, and then he discussed the level of Taoism in turn.
The transformation of the fetus is just the beginning of the Taoist practice. When a person is born with a fetal aura from his parents, it is the original sin. It introduces the seven emotions and six desires of human beings, and the heart of good and evil. The transformation of the fetus is to dissolve the fetal aura by expanding knowledge and cultivating the mind and nature. In ancient times, those outstanding poets and figures were all this kind.
The second step is to "enter the body". After the fetal energy is dissolved, people will be like pure jasper, refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, cleaning the meridians of the whole body, and being able to use these spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and making great use of the cultivation method.
The third step is to "refining the emptiness". After the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is cleansed, it is like the refining of the void. A Yuandan Dantian is opened from the abdomen to store the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The Yuandan can be used to increase magical powers.
The fourth step is the ‘man teacher’, the fifth step is the ‘earth master’, and the sixth step is the ‘heaven teacher’, which is the highest level of cultivation, and further up is the ascension in the sun.
Zhang Ling, the ancestor of the Zhang family, cultivated to this level of the Heavenly Master, and was later called to heaven by the Heavenly Court and obtained infinite positive results.
No, it should be said that after the self-cultivation path was born, only Zhang Ling practiced to the realm of the Heavenly Master.
Because the first step in practicing Taoism is to transform the fetus, knowledge is needed to cultivate the turbid air in the body, Zhang Luoye will strictly screen him as a teacher who teaches him.
Zhang Luoye asked, "By the way, I haven't asked for advice yet, what do you call a girl?"
Nie Xiaoqian said lightly: "The little woman's surname is Nie and her name is Xiaoqian."
Zhang Luoye asked again: "Miss Nie, what knowledge do you know?"
Nie Xiaoqian thought for a while and said, "What I am familiar with are the Four Books, Five Classics, Eight-Legend Essays, Astronomy, Geography, Arithmetic, Gazette, Neo-Confucianism, Political Science, Observation and Correction, Distinguishing, Agriculture, Four Seasons, Astrology, and other knowledge of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, flowers, tea, knitting female red, care for husbands and children, ancient learning identification, observing the mind and materialism, etc., which are combined with the thirty-six studies, but I don't know what kind of knowledge your highness wants to learn?"
Zhang Luoye raised his eyebrows and sighed, "You know so much."
Nie Xiaoqian shook her head and said, "There is no limit to the sea. What the little girl knows is just a little fur, and she is not enough to be humble."
Zhang Luoye nodded: "Okay, except for the knitted female red girl, the female affair learning of taking care of husband and children, you can teach me all other knowledge."
When Nie Xiaoqian heard this, she looked at Zhang Luoye deeply. According to her understanding, second-generation officials like Zhang Luoye should be arrogant and unreasonable and arrogant. Such people look at everything and look down on the common people, let alone pursue knowledge. It is normal for aristocrats and royal families to send their children to the Imperial College, but they have never heard of how capable these second-generation officials can have after graduation from the Imperial College.
Nie Xiaoqian nodded and said softly: "The little woman must do her best to teach all her knowledge to Your Highness."
Next, Zhang Luoye asked Nie Xiaoqian to start teaching knowledge. If there were any necessary materials and books, he would ask his servants to go to the library to get them.
Nie Xiaoqian started with the Confucian Confucius and Mencius, and then the Four Books and Five Classics, Eight-Legend Essays, History and History Books, etc. Zhang Luoye listened carefully and immediately asked Nie Xiaoqian if he didn't understand something.
In this way, a month passed, and Nie Xiaoqian was really shocked by how fast Zhang Luoye learned. Often, Zhang Luoye could remember what she said once and memorize it in the classroom. Even when she talked about certain knowledge, even she had only a little understanding of it, Zhang Luoye could combine the knowledge she remembered and clear her ideas in a few seconds, which benefited Nie Xiaoqian a lot.
During this period, Marshal Zhang came several times. Seeing that Zhang Luoye was so studious, he felt relieved and rewarded Nie Xiaoqian with generous gifts in person. Nie Xiaoqian couldn't refuse, so he had to take them in panic.
General Fen saw it and was extremely happy. His wife Nie's method really worked.
Nie Xiaoqian started by unilaterally imparting Zhang Luoye’s knowledge, and gradually became the current discussion-style teaching. It means that after she imparted Zhang Luoye’s knowledge, she would discuss this knowledge with Zhang Luoye. She was particularly looking forward to Zhang Luoye’s new insights on that knowledge, and some insights she had never thought of before.
Later, Zhang Luoye became aware of his studies. Seeing that Nie Xiaoqian came early and came back late, it was really troublesome, he specially set up a courtyard on the mansion for Nie Xiaoqian to live in. Nie Xiaoqian could not refuse. In addition, General Fen and Nie also asked her to agree, so he lived in the courtyard in desperation.
Because he lived in Zhang's mansion, Nie Xiaoqian saw Zhang Luoye's every move. Zhang Luoye woke up every time at midnight every day, and was training alone in the backyard, grabbing weapons, running, bounce, etc. At the beginning of Chen hour, General Fen went to work and guided Zhang Luoye on the side until the end of Chen hour.
Then I started to learn from myself at the Si hour. Except for meal time, I never stopped until the middle of Xu hour before the teaching was over.
Nie Xiaoqian became more and more curious about this little boy. Seeing that he was only seven years old, he seemed to be exhausted and addicted to the endless sea of learning.
Time flies so fast. Before I knew it, Nie Xiaoqian had been in the Zhang Mansion for half a year. It was November, and it was snowing season. The white snow covered the entire area of the Zhang Mansion, looking like a poetic and picturesque.
On this day, when she walked towards the study as usual, Zhang Luoye's aloud reading sound came from the study from afar. Listening to the energetic reading sound, Nie Xiaoqian couldn't help but smile. This was a very strange feeling. Since she encountered a disaster with her mother, she has been closing her heart and being very cold towards people, things and things. Now, when she heard Zhang Luoye's voice, her cold heart melted, and even she couldn't tell the reason.
Nie Xiaoqian pushed the door and walked in. Zhang Luoye's reading sound stopped and he heard a voice: "Teacher, you're waiting for you."
Nie Xiaoqian put the book on the table and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you come to wait for me so early every day, which makes me feel scared."
Zhang Luoye smiled and said, "Hehe, how could you say it seriously? Then start, teacher, today's class."
Nie Xiaoqian nodded, looked through a book on the desktop, and whispered: "Start today, we will learn 'poetry', but what is poetry? Your Highness, tell me."
Zhang Luoye nodded and said, "Poetry is a carrier, a literary theme and expression form. It is used by the ancients to chant and express one's aspirations. It has extremely high literary significance. Moreover, the subject matter of poetry is numerous, generally divided into ancient style and new style poems, such as four-character, five-character, five-character, seven-character, seven-character, Yuefu, interesting poems, lyric poems, misty poems, etc.."
"Correct." Nie Xiaoqian said: "But the actual form of poetry is more complicated than this. In modern times, it has become a knowledge of literati and poets showing off each other. One is to write poems by specifying things, and the other is to specify things. However, it is not to write the whole poem, but to write the first half, and I write the second half, and the third is to refer to things, or to people, and to compare with each other, without any of them. The ancients often said that "reciting poems and making matches" is such."
Zhang Luoye nodded, and Nie Xiaoqian paused and said, "Learn poetry, the most important thing is to appreciate poetry. This is the middle of winter and the snow season, so we use this snow to learn about poetry. I will first recite a snow poem written by Liu Yuxi for you, the poem is called "Autumn Snow in Zhongnan": Seeing autumn snow in the South Ridge, thousands of students are early cold. When they are free, they stand on the horse and look at it. The fog is dispersed and the jade branches appear, and the sun is slanted and the lead powder is broken. It is better to go on the Qujiang River and the reflection enters the clear lantern. Okay, read it and tell me your opinion."
Zhang Luoye read it afterwards, thought for a while and said, "This poem should have been written by Liu Yuxi when he was driving in a carriage towards the Nanling Mountains. When he saw the scenery of Nanling, he was in a cold weather. Why should he look at the horse and roll the curtains? This shows his depression. In addition, the fog finally dissipates and the branches are broken, but when he sees the sun slant and lead powder, it adds to his sadness."
Nie Xiaoqian said, "Yes, but you are only half right. Indeed, Liu Yuxi's grief and anger is revealed in the poems, but in the end, he was on the Qujiang River and reflected into Qinglan. This shows that although he was sad and angry, he did not give up and continued to move forward. Just like his temperament, his character is strong and vigorous, he has never despair during the years of exile while still suffering, and he has the soul of a fighter."
Nie Xiaoqian also said: "To appreciate poetry, you must first grasp the background of the whole poem and the life state of the author when writing the poem, so that the general direction will not be wrong. Next, read it. Poetry is used to read it. Read it a few times, and the charm will naturally come out. After reading it, you should find the essence and key sentences of the poem. In addition, you must have your own opinions on the appreciation of poetry and do not blindly follow others."
Zhang Luoye nodded, and Nie Xiaoqian read another poem again for Zhang Luoye to appreciate it.
After another half a month, poetry and science were over and officially entered the piano knowledge.
Nie Xiaoqian said: "The zither, also known as music, is the expression of music. The zither and poetry are inseparable from the charm, the relationship between reality and reality, and the sound of external sounds. It creates an ethereal artistic conception, which is unified with the aesthetic pursuit of Chinese painting, and is also an important content of Confucianism. It is deeply loved by Confucians. This is the quiet and free charm that the zither can express joy. The ancient sages taught that "a gentleman cannot get rid of his joy, a gentleman compares his virtues, but only a gentleman can enjoy it." Therefore, playing the zither and music is the highest level of gentleman's cultivation. The unity of people and music shows a peaceful and honest style."
"The music of the zither is not only the personal self-cultivation of gentlemen in later generations, but also the sacred music that accommodates the heaven and earth to educate the people. The ancients believed that the atmosphere of the heaven and earth was contained in it. People worshiped it and gave it a belief in morality, so that they could be free and easy in their hearts and peaceful in the world. The expression of this inner voice is the strength of the zither. The zither integrates the essence of the qin and fully displays the tranquility, tranquility, and free and at ease deep in people's hearts."
"In terms of the structure of the piano, it can be said that it is the whole body and rhyme; in terms of structure and sound, the structure of each part of the piano is very reasonable, its size is not large or small, it is not only easy to carry, but also square and elegant, and it is heart-to-heart to taste the piano, and its shape is enough to make people happy. Moreover, the front and the back of the piano are wide and narrow, symbolizing the difference between high and low. The five strings of "official", "shang", "jiao", "zheng", and "yu" symbolize the five social ranks of kings, ministers, people, affairs, and things. The sixth and seven strings that were added later were called literature, and the second strings of Wu symbolize the combination of the monarch and ministers."
"There are also twelve emblems that symbolize the twelve month respectively, and the largest emblem in the center represents the leap month of the king. There are also overtones, which are based on the sound and scattered sound, which symbolize the harmony between heaven, earth and man. Therefore, the famous poet Liu Changqing once sighed: the moonlight is full of white pavilion, and the sound of the piano is late at night; it is clear on the seven strings, and listen to the cold wind of the pine wind. The ancient tune follows one's own love, but nowadays, many people do not play it; it is difficult for you to cast this song for you to be aware of the soulmate."
Zhang Luoye nodded. The piano can be said to be the most knowledge that can cultivate the mind and nature. As a spiritual practice in the realm of practicing Taoism and transforming the fetus, it is the most effective. Therefore, he learned the piano knowledge the most hardworking and serious.
Nie Xiaoqian is the most accomplished in the knowledge of piano. Even though Zhang Luoye is extremely smart, he has gained unthinkable understanding, memory, imagination, etc. with the Zhang family treasure "Tiantian and Simple" integrated into his body. However, it took about two months to get familiar with this extremely complex piano knowledge.
After the knowledge of piano is over, there are chess, calligraphy, painting, flowers, tea, ancient science identification, observing the mind and materialism, agriculture, observing the correctness, four seasons, astrology, eight trigrams, sixty-four evolution, etc.
More than ten months passed, and it was two years after Nie Xiaoqian lived in the Zhang Mansion. In the past two years, Zhang Luoye had basically mastered all the knowledge taught by Nie Xiaoqian, which made Nie Xiaoqian sigh. She had been learning these knowledge for seven or eight years before she could understand them. Zhang Luoye's qualifications are really amazing.
In the past two years, many things have happened outside, especially the friction between the Tang Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the barbarian countries is getting worse and worse. A year ago, Marshal Zhang was appointed as the general of suppression by the emperor and went to the border areas to suppress the war brought about by the barbarian countries. General Fen was also called to fight.
Nie Xiaoqian was worried that after both her parents died, she was adopted by Nie as her adopted daughter, so deep down she had already regarded Nie and General Fen as her parents.
Zhang Luoye saw Nie Xiaoqian's concerns, so he often thought of some ways to make Nie Xiaoqian happy and to make Nie Xiaoqian happy, he secretly thanked Zhang Luoye.
Zhang Luoye deliberately said, "Teacher, you are so beautiful. If I grow up, you can marry me and be my wife."
Whenever this happened, Nie Xiaoqian pretended to shake her head and said, "Oh, it's a pity. If you hadn't been engaged with Princess Baihua, I could have considered it."
Chapter completed!