The clan school is located on the west side of Rongguo Mansion and the west side of Ningrong Street. Not far away, one mile away, and is supported by people with titles from the Jia clan. Currently, there are only two titles from the Jia Mansion, Jia She, the first-class general of Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Zhen, the third-rank general of Ningguo Mansion. Jia Zhen is also the patriarch. Although Jia Zhen’s father Jia Jing was a Jinshi in Yimao, he was a Jinshi in Xuanzhen Temple. However, he was unintentionally an official. Should he see through the world and avoid right and wrong, or would he want to practice until the stage of transformation of the gods and ascend to the immortal world?

"Clouds face rain, snow face wind, evening face sunset face clear sky. Going geese faces, flying birds face singing insects..."

On spring mornings, the air is fresh, and the morning light shines into the school window through the mist. They recite the catchy "Enlightenment of Sound and Rhythm".

When you solve the topic, follow the topic, start the lecture, and after you start, there are eight-legged essays, which are paired with each other, virtual characters vs. virtual characters, real characters vs. real characters, and real characters, and also flat and tone sounds. Therefore, these "Sound and Rhythm Enlightenment" and other things must be learned. Of course, the difficulties of eight-legged essays are not only here, but will be discussed later.

Jia Dairu briefly talked about a few poems about the Book of Songs. After resting at noon, Jia Cong saw that there were many people coming to the school to study, including Jia Huan, Jia Lan, Jia Jun, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Rui, Xue Pan, Jin Rong, Xiang Lian, Yu Ai, Jia Qiang...

It was a little sudden that Jia Cong had already inferred the detailed entry of the original work based on various signs and age. Qin Zhong did not come to the school, but Baoyu had already met Qin Zhong, and they would develop their basic feelings next year...

According to Mr. Zhou Ruchang's "New Certificate of Dream of the Red Chamber, Red Chamber Record Calendar", this year is the ninth year, next year, Qin Keqing "gets sick" and the next year, "Qin Keqing died and was granted the Dragon Prison". It is wrong. According to the older "Zhi Yanzhai Re-evaluation of Stone Records", it should be "Qin Keqing's debauchery of Tianxianglou"...

Will the tragic Dream of Red Mansions change its trajectory due to his unexpected appearance?

He has memorized the five classics in Shunchao's provincial examinations, the imperial examinations, and the palace examinations are all necessary to read the four books. In addition to the four books, Jia Cong specializes in the "Book of Songs". He has the methods of learning in his previous life, memory and understanding, fragmented absorption, classification absorption, etc., and the foundation of Chinese studies in his previous life is not very difficult.

Jia Dairu is Jia Cong's uncle and one of the few remaining people in the Dai generation. He has not been admitted to the scholar for decades and is an old boy, but he has also passed the county and government exams, and failed the college exams many times. In ancient times, it was not unusual for the old boy to be born in his sixties or seventies. The imperial examinations are difficult, which is better than the college entrance examinations.

Jia Cong humbly listened to Jia Dairu's explanation of "The Book of Songs, National Style" in class. He did not deal with it perfunctorily like other naughty boys, and he had a lot of experience.

At the end of Shen Shi, the courtyard of the school was noisy. After school, there were crowds of people in the corridor, like birds out of the cage. Sun Fu wrapped them in the back. Jia Cong asked him to prepare five taels of silver and said, "Don't go back to the mansion, I will pay my respects to the great master."

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There are three walls, one exit opposite Ningrong Street. There are houses in the north and east, all of which are green tiled cottages divided into several rooms. In addition to being used as a living room, there are two side rooms in the north, and there are only one girl. This is the home of Jia Dairu, the uncle of the clan.

"Why does Cong'er need to spend so much money?" Jia Dairu put down his book and welcomed his grandson into the living room. He ordered the girl to come with tea, and agreed, but refused twice but accepted it.

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Jia Dairu's family has a family whose living standards are compared with Ning and Rong's mansions. Jia Dairu's relative grandson Jia Rui covets Wang Xifeng, but was killed by Wang Xifeng's "love-sickness plan". During this period, he couldn't afford to buy ginseng for Jia Rui, so he had to go to the Western Mansion to ask for... Jia Cong learned about this information from the Red Mansion and knew that Jia Dairu would receive gifts. He did this naturally have a targeted and purposeful nature.

"It's true that Jia Cong has changed his temperament." Jia Dairu thought to himself and asked, "Do you have something to ask for?"

"The great master is clear about it, and the grandson of the clan is prone to take the liberty." Jia Cong stood up and bowed, "The grandson asked the grandson to give a question and wanted to write a temporary article on the spot. If he could enter the grandson's eyes, he would also ask the grandson to tell his family to be a member of the family. The grandson wanted to participate in the Wanping County test in the year of Renshen. If he could not catch the eye, the grandson would listen to the teachings and learn again."

"What?! Can you write eight-legged essays? You still have to participate in this county examination?" Jia Dairu was shocked and stood up. He looked at the clan's grandson with bright eyes. He was polite and sincere. How could he compare to his relatives Jia Rui? Although he didn't believe it, because he gave gifts first, he said: "Okay, you can hear the question "barking" clearly and start solving the question. If the question is not solved well, you don't have to do it anymore."

The barking of dogs comes from "Mencius, Gongsun Chou, Part 1". The original words are "The rooster crows and dogs bark and hear them, reaching the four realms", which is what Mencius said to King Hui of Liang.

This is the necessity of reading the Four Books carefully. If the Four Books are not meticulous, how can they be broken? How can they be written?

The girl held a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Jia Cong studied four books hard every month, and added his previous life's foundation. He was almost at the level of integration. How could he not be familiar with the topic? After thinking for a moment, he wrote a few strokes of Yan style and solved the question:

"If things respond to each other by looking at the same thing, they can see the common customs."

Mencius talked about the customs of Qi to King Hui of Liang at that time, and Jia Cong covered the whole topic at the beginning, which was magnificent and grand!

"Good!" Jia Dairu was so angry that he couldn't help but reduce his doubts. It can be seen that Jia Cong was an outdated scholar, so he didn't know who taught him. Could it be that he could not learn by himself?

"A dog is also a common animal among the people... If you say, a person who argues about things, you can observe the customs of the country..." After the topic, the lecture is still in line with the rules.

Entering the main topic, "...Therefore, the national style is fifteen, and Lu Ling Zhimei praised the strength of the East China Sea. Even three thousand diners, dogs and thieves compete for power, and they have escaped the dangers of the Western Qin..."

It took almost half an hour to finish a eight-legged essay. The starting stock, the middle stock, the back stock, and the bound stock are impeccable in terms of the tone and the parallelism. However, as an old boy and a student who has been studying for many years, Jia Dairu still found a loophole. This loophole has nothing to do with whether the eight-legged essay is qualified, but is a contradiction in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

This is another difficulty in the eight-legged essay: textual research. An eight-legged essay, which establishes words on behalf of sages and quotes classics, will naturally involve historical facts. Once the examiner reads out the contradictions in your historical facts, the paper will be dismissed. The eight-legged essay will stump many ancestors.

Jia Dairu did not promptly remind Jia Cong that it was extremely rare for an eight-year-old boy to write a qualified eight-legged essay. Although it was a bit incredible, it was not very incredible. There were also child prodigy in history. Jia Dairu encouraged him: "You really made me admire you. I will pass on this article to Lingzun. In this way, you are familiar with the four books and should not abandon your studies in the clan. You should look for good teachers to guide you."

I also found a book called "Eight-Legend Enlightenment" from the study, and a book called "Word Use" and warned: "Although you are a grandson of my clan and a student of my disciple, I should work hard and should study hard in daily life and avoid being arrogant and impatient. However, it is still unknown whether I can catch up with the Wanping County Examination this year. Next year, the Three Boys Examinations will be a year, and I will take the provincial examination again. It is better not to go too fast."

"Yes, the grandson of the clan has thanked the great master." Jia Cong put away two books and left behind the article "Baring the Dog" because Jia Dairu was the teacher, Jia She and Jia Zheng's clan uncle, and it was even more smooth for him to come forward.

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At the third hour of You, the master and servant returned to the courtyard. Jia Cong used to practice Tai Chi, do push-ups, and run. He first exercised for half an hour, then bathed and burned incense. He carefully read "Eight-Legend Enlightenment" and "Words Used" in Feijiantang's Study.

Although he moved out of Jia Sheyuan, so far, only Jia Yingchun is the only one who is truly regarded as a relative by Jia Cong. Such a wealthy family has weak family affection, falsehood, and false feelings. It is more of the shackles and constraints of etiquette, rules, and ethics. Jia Baoyu naturally disdains to be with him. Lin Daiyu is only close to Baoyu among men. Xue Baochai, the purpose of others is to come to the talent show, and he may not be able to like him.

After the failure of the draft, Xue Baochai chose Jia Baoyu as the second best choice. At this time, Baochai looked kind and worldly, and was very arrogant inside. When she got sick, the "Lengxiang Pills" she made were more troublesome than the fairy pill, and seemed to be too spoiled... What kind of disease is it? I'm afraid it's the princess disease, so she has to be treated.

Jia Huan and Jia Lan can say a few words. It is true that Jia Huan is not good-character. Jia Cong prefers Jia Lan.

Shaking his head gently and removing distracting thoughts, Jia Cong understood the purpose of Jia Dairu's "Words and Uses Words" for him. This is a substitution of the eight-legged essay. For example, Confucius wanted to call him "Zhixian", and the royal temple name must not be violated. It is a very practical book.

"From this point, the clan uncle has done a good job." Jia Cong had a little favor with Jia Dairu.

As for the disadvantages of the eight-legged essay, it was helpless. Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty once ordered the abolition of the imperial examination, but it was not implemented again later? Did the ancients not know the disadvantages of the eight-legged essay? No, there were also people from Jinshi in Chinese history who hated the eight-legged essay, but if they grasped the disadvantages, what solution would be? Compared with the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, the imperial examination is much more fair. Is there no disadvantages in modern education?

Just like the late Ming literati and official officials liked the "three-inch golden lotus" in which women tied their feet, each era has its own characteristics, trends, and customs. Jia Cong believes that it is wrong to criticize blindly. Any society has its own disadvantages. It is better to minimize the disadvantages than to criticize them.

Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface": Later generations look at the present and the past also look at the past. The emotions of future generations look at modern times may become the emotions of today's people look at ancient times?

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It was another morning light. Jia Sheyeyeyu several girls and controlled them with medicine. He was exhausted. In the ear room of the yard, Mrs. Xing suggested: "Master, since the pomegranate left the mansion, Cong'er's maid has not been arranged yet. Master..."

"Or what if you and my girls are allocated, or you should buy a new one? What's the difficulty?" Jia She said sleepily. It would be impossible not to arrange for the girls to serve him. The young master has no girls, so how can he behave like it?

Mrs. Xing thought for a while and said, "What I mean is to ask the old lady for one, what do you think of the master?"

"Huh?" Jia She looked at the wife and frowned. She knew Mrs. Xing's thoughts. Xiren in Baoyu's room was rewarded by the old lady. The reason behind this is not to be as simple as a girl, but to compete for favor.

"This depends on how Cong'er's progress in clan studies is. If it cannot be achieved, would you be embarrassed to speak? The old lady doesn't agree, wouldn't she be impatient?" Jia She was not angry, but her mind was the same as Mrs. Xing.

Since Jia Cong showed his understanding, talent, Jia She, and Mrs. Xing, they are all supportive, but fundamentally, it depends on how far Jia Cong can go. If he has not achieved fame and fortune, the old couple will not bother to worry.

Just at this moment, the girl Qiutong came to report that "The Great Master of Xueli is here", and it was Jia Dairu, the clan's uncle, who came to the door in person! Jia She and Mrs. Xing looked at each other. Is it a good or a bad thing?
Chapter completed!