Chapter 223 Don't come in if you want to be the champion(2/2)
Li Xiangwan looked at Tinker Bell and said, "Come with me."
The three of them came to the study room converted from the side hall and poured two cups of tea for Fan Xiaodao and Fan Huowu.
Fan Xiaodao said, "I heard what the teacher said is completely different from what the sage said."
"Have you also attended private school?"
Fan Xiaodao shook his head. He did not go to private school, but many brothers in the village were scholars, and some came from a family of poets and writers. Song Jingang was also good at both literature and martial arts. He had learned a lot about the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. He didn't like reading, but he was fond of swordsmanship.
Under coercion, I learned something superficial.
Li Xiangwan said, "A saint is also a human being, and I am also a human being. He has insights and teaches them to his disciples, and so do I. Why not?"
"But this way, they won't be able to obtain academic honors."
Nowadays, when selecting scholars in the Eight-part Study, they only read Zhu Xi's Four Books and Five Classics. But Li Xiangwan didn't care about these at all. He had a wide range of interests, read everything, and mixed all kinds of thoughts and opinions into it.
Li Xiangwan pointed to the couplet in the distance and said, "These people are the children of poor people. I teach them reading and literacy, teach them the principles of life, so that they have skills and can stand in the world. As for fame, I don't think about it anymore."
Inside."
Thinking of the sentence "Don't come in if you want to be the number one scholar", Fan Xiaodao also understood a little bit.
At that time, the Li family in Jinling was a famous family for generations, and the Li family school produced countless capable people. There were disciples everywhere in the government and the public. However, after the Li family was confiscated, those people cut ties with the Li family one after another and acted wisely to protect themselves. No wonder he was discouraged.
Feeling cold, even if the prince recruited him, he refused to leave.
Fan Xiaodao said, "Sir, you still want to do something, right?"
"If you are great, you can help the world; if you are poor, you can be alone." Li Xiangwan said, "I don't have that kind of ambition. I just want to do my best for the people of this city. This life will not be in vain. As for being an official,
Well, even if you work as a staff member, you will eventually become a victim of political struggles or become a tool, and you will ultimately be unable to have your own will."
Chapter completed!