Chapter 22: The Word of the Sage
Xiao Hao closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "Your Highness, I really know how to explain this sentence.
But this is the words of a saint, and it is the words of Confucius who became a saint. It is precious and incomparable!
Moreover, I will explain it to you, and the secret of heaven will be revealed.
So, I am not satisfied with the compensation you gave!"
"What!" Ao Xing was furious, "Xiao Hao, it is already a manifestation of tolerance that did not directly punish you. Don't take my tolerance as an excuse to be more and more serious!"
Xiao Hao smiled without fear: "Your Highness, you also know that the Analects of Confucius is the words of a saint, and the first sentence is the core. How much is the value of an explanation of such a sentence?"
However, Xiao Hao's confident attitude annoyed the people around him. Well, it's not humans, it's dragons and all kinds of water monsters. The dragon was the first to speak: "Hmph! Xiao Hao, you a little deceased, can you really understand the words of the saint?
My father is kind and can't bear to make things difficult for you, just give you a step. Don't feel good about yourself!"
Alas? Suddenly Xiao Hao looked at the Dragon King and saw the dissatisfaction in the other party's eyes. He understood in an instant that he really did not want to make things difficult for him, but gave him a step! Yes, "just a different explanation" is enough! He didn't react to such a hint!
Sure enough, anger is dull.
Taking a few deep breaths, Xiao Hao slowly spoke, "Thank you for being generous to the Dragon King. Since that's the case, the boy no longer asks for it. This sentence is also the only sentence that the boy has understood in his seven years of study."
As he said that, Xiao Hao turned around gracefully, "Brush, ink, paper and inkstone!"
"You..." Ao Han, who had not yet transformed, raised his claws and pointed at Xiao Hao and was about to curse.
"Get back!" The Dragon King suddenly waved his hand, pushed Ao Han aside, and nodded to the maid next to him. The maid was very beautiful, especially the red scales on the eyebrows that looked like gems, like an elf. Unfortunately, a fish tail... Although this tail is slender and soft...
"Young Master, please." Soon, a low table, with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Xiao Hao grabbed the brush and brushed a few strange fonts. If the earthlings saw it, they would say that this is an oracle bone inscription! This was something Xiao Hao learned from the Heavenly Book recently bit by bit.
"Xia Shang characters?" The old Dragon King frowned when he saw these fonts. Because in the late Shang Dynasty, everyone came with a "Burning of the Emperor", which resulted in the severance of the Xia Shang heritage, but this also affected the inheritance of human culture. After ten thousand years, Xia Shang characters gradually became lost, and now the popular ones are only seal script; and the seal scripts in different countries are different, with a lot of different characters!
After writing, Xiao Hao raised his head, "Your Highness, if you want to understand the works of the ancients, you need to understand the meaning of the words under the circumstances at that time.
One thing is that the meaning represented by ancient and modern texts has undergone completely different changes. You agree with this."
"Yes!" The Dragon King nodded.
"Since that's the case, if you want to interpret the works of the ancients, you must understand the meaning represented by each word.
It is said that when Cangjie created characters, he was considered to have the ability to "steal the sky"; when the words came out, the sky was thundering, and hundreds of ghosts cried, and all the immortals were shocked!
So, do you think that human writings now have such abilities? And the meaning represented by writing now still has the so-called "stealing the sky"? "
"No!" The old Dragon King nodded. These words made the old Dragon King start to look at Xiao Hao differently.
Xiao Hao continued: "It can be said very clearly that the words today are covered with dust and can no longer represent the words at that time. The words today are just symbols. We don't know why such changes have occurred, but what I want to say today is to restore this sentence and restore this saint's words!
Before the explanation, the boy took the liberty, did your Highness cover up the secrets of heaven?"
"Boy, don't be too tempted!" Ao Han suddenly jumped out again.
But this time, after hesitating for a moment, the old dragon king suddenly spoke, "Come with me!"
The two of them turned three times and two times, and after several passages where luminous sea shells were arranged, they entered a secret room, which was piled up with jaspers around them, but there were complicated patterns on it.
Boom... The door was closed, and there was no five fingers in it. Then the hazy light around it bloomed, gradually reaching the normal brightness.
"Okay, here, I'm definitely isolated from the world." The old Dragon King was not afraid of Xiao Hao being fooled.
"Okay!" Xiao Hao complained a little bit and spread out the text just now, "I will explain it one by one in the text first.
First of all, we have always said that the words are profound and profound, but how is it called profound and profound? What today is just the meaning, obviously not!
First of all, let’s talk about the word “learning”.
Now, we say, what to learn is to learn. But the meaning in ancient times was not like this, or it was not just that.
I think the ancient meaning should be: to learn, absorb, and truly understand and thoroughly understand the things that are beneficial! This whole process is called "learning".
This word is not superficial, but a whole set of behaviors.
Therefore, the words are profound and profound. Because they are not just superficial meanings! They are a summary of a certain series of behaviors and so on! Therefore, only such words can have the ability to shock the world and the earth.
Of course, it is unknown whether it has a deeper meaning. But I think every word is not only a condensed essence, but also a great way!"
"Okay!" The Dragon King suddenly stood up and moved around happily, "Just practicing this word, I suddenly realized. It turned out that everything was like a fog retreating.
My friend, all our grievances have been written off.
Talk about the one below, talk about the one below. I saw a golden avenue!"
"Hu..." Seeing the other party's behavior, Xiao Hao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Then let's talk about 'er'. Your Highness, what do you think this 'er' is explained?"
"Of course it means progressive relationship. Well, it means a little bit higher. It is an auxiliary word." At this moment, the old dragon king spoke with an equal exploration attitude.
“Yes, in present, ‘and’ is an auxiliary word. But in ancient times, ‘and’ was a noun.
Look, what does the Oracle's 'and' look like? Does it look like a beard?"
"Hmm? Yes!" The old dragon king complained.
"In ancient times, 'Ye' means beard. But this means cannot be used here, but another means should be used. 'Ye' also has a noun, which is fish fins! You see, is the oracle bone writing very similar to fish fins?"
"This..." The old Dragon King was shocked at this moment.
Xiao Hao continued: "Here, it is used as a verb, even with the action of a fish. It means: It should be moved like a fish's fin. Look, as long as the fish moves the fin, it will move forward and even jump out of the water.
Then, we can imagine that, as a verb, the fish jumped out of the water and became angry!"
"Okay, okay!" The old Dragon King's eyes were wet at this moment. The so-called morning hearing and death can be done in the evening, probably because it is the old Dragon King's current posture.
"Let's talk about 'time' again. The composition of 'time' in ancient times was divided into three parts: 'day and 'inch.
First of all, it means footsteps. The sun is of course the sun. Why is cun used here? cun is a scale, while humans use sundials, etc., which are used to represent time on top.
Therefore, the explanation of time is the footsteps of the sun. This footstep is precise and persistent. Since ancient times, the sun has not changed at all. It has risen in the east and set in the west, without any change.
The ‘time’ here does not mean often, but an adjective, persevering like the sun.”
"Hu...hu..." The old dragon king trembled all over at this moment, and he was excited.
Xiao Hao continued, "The next one, Xi, you see, Xi's ancient writing style. The two feathers above, what is this? This is the wings. Xi's original intention is the son of the eagle.
To be precise, the little eagle is constantly flapping its wings and learning to fly. Think about it, facing the cliffs, the little eagle bravely learns to fly. It is not afraid or give up until it can stop flying! From then on, it spreads its wings and soars.
As for the following, it is a pronoun, which refers to what you want to learn."
"Squeak...squeak..." At this time, the old dragon king rubbed his hands tightly, and he didn't know how much force he used, and his joints were clacking.
When Xiao Hao finished explaining each word, he looked at Xiao Hao eagerly. The look of his eyes made Xiao Hao get bumps all over his body.
"Ahem, I think the explanation of this sentence, I think it should be explained like this:
When you see things, things, etc. that need and are worth learning, you must study hard and learn thoroughly;
After that, we must raise our strength and summarize it into our own things; we must be better than our own;
Again, we must constantly verify, use practical actions to verify, persevere like the sun, and strictly demand ourselves like the sun;
We must have the same courage as the little eagle to learn and not be afraid of difficulties.
Work hard again and again, constantly learn, constantly act and imitate and verify, and then learn again to form a dynamic rotation.
Only in this way can we have a chance to soar into the sky!
There is another hidden meaning in this sentence, which is the unity of knowledge and action. Just knowing that it is not possible, you must implement and practice it so that you can truly apply what you have learned.
Of course, this is just my explanation. If there are any mistakes, please correct me."
"No! No! I can't correct me!" The old dragon king turned around several times, and occasionally a fierce light appeared in his eyes. During hesitation, he suddenly made a decision.
"My friend, Lao Long Ao Xing is polite. The previous matter was written off, and I apologize for the harm we caused to my friend.
Because we invited a ray of consciousness from my friend to come tonight, it would be inconvenient. At most, we will prepare a gift and visit our door for three days.
Tonight, let Lao Long send his friend home in person.”
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Chapter completed!