Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 148 That’s fine with me, I’m just afraid they can’t bear it!

Su Yun opened his eyes and saw his roommate Feng Qian.

After several months of getting along, although Feng Qian and others still kept their distance from him, they were no longer as wary of him as before.

Su Yun didn't sleep all night last night and felt dizzy when he got up. Fortunately, he was young and soon came to his senses.

The person who came to see him was the old butler.

The old butler said respectfully: "Sir, the master asks you to go back."

Su Yun nodded and said to Feng Qian, "Chongzhi, please ask the professors for leave for me. I will come back to make up the note."

Feng Qian nodded and said, "Go ahead, I'll ask for leave for you."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Thank you Chongzhi, I'll treat you guys to dinner later."

Feng Qian was frightened and quickly said, "Don't be so polite!" Then he ran to class.

Feng Qian also heard what happened in Fanlou last night. He heard that Su Yun had severely beaten up Wang Dai and others. He dared not get so close to Su Yun again. He called Su Yun just now because he was caught by the old housekeeper.

Of course, he did not dare to offend the old housekeeper. Feng Qian's father, Feng Lu, was a clerk in the Council of State Affairs. Although he was not Zhang Dun's direct subordinate, he was inevitably under the control of Zhang Dun, the Vice-Chancellor. How dare he offend Zhang Dun's housekeeper?

There is nothing wrong with calling Su Yun or asking for leave for Su Yun, but if you go out to eat and drink with Su Yun, the relationship will be different.

The old butler narrowed his eyes as he looked at Feng Qian who was walking away in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Young Master, do you want me to help you subdue these people?"

Su Yun asked curiously, "How to subdue him?"

The old butler smiled and said, "Just tell them about your relationship with the master."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Okay."

Upon hearing this, the old butler's eyes suddenly lit up, and his waist sagged another three points, appearing even more respectful.

Su Yun smiled when he saw this.

Just now, the two of them tested each other.

The old butler said that to test whether Su Yun was willing to get close to the Zhang Mansion, and Su Yun gave a clear answer, which means that Su Yun already had the answer, so the old butler knew in his heart that this person would be the master in the future.

The two of them walked back to Zhang's house leisurely. After not seeing Zhang Dun all night, Zhang Dun looked both tired and excited, as if he had been drinking and hooking up with girls all night.

"Juzheng! Did you write this?"

Zhang Dun grabbed Su Yun's arm and stared at him with bloodshot eyes.

Su Yun nodded and said, "Uncle, I hadn't planned to take out this collection of Mencius's annotations so soon because I haven't finished revising it yet.

As you can see, there are still many shocking remarks in it. If they were made public, the criticism and questioning they would face would be unprecedented.

Last night you mentioned the matter with Sister Ruo to me, I can't let you make this decision without knowing anything."

Zhang Dun laughed when he heard this, patted Su Yun on the shoulder, and said, "What are you afraid of! You even dared to hit Prime Minister Sun, so why are you afraid of this?"

Su Yun smiled bitterly and said, "To attack Prime Minister Sun, it would be nothing more than to stay in Kaifeng Prefecture for a few days. But once this collection of Mencius is published, I'm afraid the entire literati will rise up to attack him. This is completely not on the same level."

Zhang Dun snorted and said, "You underestimate the people of the world. Since the Three Masters of the early Song Dynasty, we Song people have had many objections to Han Confucianism. Later, there was the new school of Jiefu Gong, the Neo-Confucianism of the two Cheng brothers and Zhang Hengqu, etc., which launched an attack on Han Confucianism and were determined to change the style of Han Confucianism.

You wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and you must have studied Records of the Three Kingdoms many times. Let me ask you, what does Zhuge Liang's Biography say about his learning method? "

Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "When I was in Jingzhou, I traveled with Shi Guangyuan of Yingchuan, Xu Yuanzhi, Meng Gongwei of Runan and others to study at the beginning of Jian'an. The three of them were dedicated to mastering the subject, but I only focused on the general idea."

Zhang Dun looked at Su Yun with admiration. This boy was truly knowledgeable and well-informed. He could even remember such a sentence.

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Do you understand what this means?"

Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "These are two attitudes towards studying under the traditional teaching method of chapter and sentence in the late Eastern Han Dynasty:

Shi Guangyuan and the other three apparently followed the teachings of the sutra teachers and took the path of striving for perfection.

Zhuge Liang went against the traditional learning method. He did not study chapters and sentences, but "only looked at the general idea", that is, started from the main points of the classics, which was very different from Shi Guangyuan and others.

Zhuge Liang has broken through the limitations of the study of chapters and sentences, and has achieved an understanding of the classics by understanding the essence of the classics, thus embarking on a new method and path for studying the classics! "

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Your collection of annotations on Mencius replaces the study of chapters and sentences in Chinese studies with the study of principles. All previous annotations and commentaries started from the interpretation of chapters and sentences, that is, from the subtle details, to achieve the purpose of understanding the classics.

Your collection of annotations on Mencius breaks away from the constraints of the Han Confucian school of chapters and sentences, and aims to understand the meaning of the classics from the gist, main idea and moral principles of the classics, thus achieving the goal of understanding the classics.

Although scholars in our country have realized this problem and have been conducting academic explorations, no one has been able to reach your level.

Well, although Jiefu Gong's new interpretations of the Three Classics are good, they are far inferior to the level of your collection of annotations on the Mencius. It can be said that once your collection of annotations on the Mencius was published, a new era of Song learning has begun!"

Zhang Dun clapped the Collected Annotations of Mencius in his hands, looking quite excited, and he did not hesitate to praise the Collected Annotations of Mencius and Su Yun.

Su Yun heard this and asked, "Can this collection of Mencius's annotations be published?"

Zhang Dun nodded and said loudly: "Why can't it be released? It must be released!"

Su Yun said: "If it is made public, it will certainly lead to many questions. If I marry Sister Ruo at that time, it will also implicate you, uncle."

Zhang Dun laughed loudly and said, "Then I can also take advantage of your fame. Thousands of years later, maybe no one will remember Zhang Dun, the Vice Minister of State Affairs during the Song Dynasty, but some people will still remember Zhang Dun, Su Yunzhi's father-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Su Yun bowed to the ground and said, "My son-in-law greets my father-in-law."

Zhang Dun helped Su Yun up, looked at him with great emotion, and said, "Amazing, really amazing!

Once the Collected Commentaries on Mencius are published, no matter how others criticize you, you will be among the great scholars of classics of the time.

They can hate you, slander you, attack you, and insult you, but no one will ignore you anymore!
However, you must be prepared. Although no one will use any means to deal with you, the pressure of being insulted and attacked is unprecedented. "Su Yun smiled and said, "If they insult me, can I insult them back?"

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "It's a debate, he is scolding you, you scold him, of course it's fine."

Su Yun nodded and said, "That's fine with me, I'm just afraid they can't stand it."

Zhang Dun couldn't help but burst out laughing. He had recently heard an interesting saying, "The Meishan Su family is the best at scolding people." From Su Xun to the Su Shi brothers, they were all good at scolding people. Perhaps Su Yun was the same?
Zhang Dun said: "You don't need to worry about official affairs, I will take care of it for you. Oh, yes, don't worry too much about the monthly and annual examinations in the Imperial College. Just experience what the imperial examination is like. It doesn't matter whether you do well or not.

The most important thing for you now is to thoroughly understand Mencius, especially the new theory you proposed. You must be clear about it. Once someone uses it to attack you, you must be able to refute it. "

Zhang Dun thought as he spoke, and then said, "During this period of time, I will help you polish this collection of Mencius. Besides, your Mencius was taught to you by Ziyou, right?"

Su Yun nodded and said, "It was Uncle Ziyou who enlightened me."

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "I am not a scholar of Mencius, and I have not studied it deeply enough. I will help you polish it first.

In addition, I will try to get Ziyou back to help you polish it and prepare it for the release. This way, you will have more room for maneuver."

Su Yun was a little surprised.

According to history, Su Che was affected by the Wudai Poetry Case and was demoted to supervise the salt and wine taxes in Yunzhou. He worked in this position for five years, from the second year of Yuanfeng to the seventh year of Yuanfeng, before he was transferred to be the magistrate of Jixi County, Shezhou.

The so-called "transfer" refers to officials who were exiled to distant places and then relocated to areas closer to the capital when they were pardoned.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, when Emperor Shenzong died and the old party came to power again, Su Che was recalled as a proofreader in the Secretariat.

Now is the first month of the fourth year of Yuanfeng. If Su Che returns to Beijing now, he can save four or five years of wasted time compared to what happened in history.

Su Yun showed a delighted look on his face and said, "That's great. With my uncle Ziyou coming to help me, the Mencius Annotations will definitely be more complete. What about Zizhan..."

Zhang Dun knew what Su Yun wanted to say, so he waved his hand and said, "Zizhan can't do that. Zizhan is the person involved in the Wutai Poetry Case, and many people are watching him."

Su Yun pretended to sigh. He naturally had not thought of letting Su Shi come back. It would not be a good thing for Su Shi to come back at this time.

Firstly, the Huangzhou period was the time when Su Shi was most prolific in writing many articles and poems. Secondly, the New Party was in power at that time, and Su Shi would become a target of the New Party if he returned. It was estimated that even if he came back, it would not be long before he would have to pack up and leave.

But he must express this attitude because it is a matter of filial piety.

Zhang Dun was afraid that Su Yun would have an opinion, so he explained, "In fact, if I wasn't afraid of leaking it out in advance, I could find a great scholar of Mencius in Bianjing to polish the Mencius Annotations for you.

I don't trust other people, so I thought of letting Ziyou come back. But coming back at this time may not be a good thing for Ziyou.

When the time comes, you should persuade Ziyou to be careful with his words and actions and not become a target of attack by others."

Su Yun nodded and said, "Yes."

After Zhang Dun finished explaining all this, he turned his attention back to the Annotations to the Mencius and said with great interest, "Come on, I have seen some places that I don't quite understand. Can you explain them to me? Then we can start polishing it."

Su Yun nodded, and the two began to ask and answer questions about the annotations, opinions, theories and other issues in it, which was actually a debate.

Almost every new academic school must go through such a stage before it is born. Only when it wins over most people in debate and is recognized by most people, will this academic school be recognized.

Of course, there are other ways, which is to directly pass on knowledge and academic knowledge to students. In this process, teaching and learning can benefit each other. When students ask questions and answer questions, it is also another kind of debate. Only through countless revisions and improvements can academic perfection be achieved.

Su Yun is too young and cannot pursue the path of teaching for the time being, so he can only ask capable people to help him complete the initial debate.

This is also the reason why Zhang Dun would rather take the risk to let Su Che come back.

Of course, there is another consideration that Zhang Dun did not tell Su Yun, which is the marriage between Su Yun and Zhang Ruo. If there is no elder of sufficient weight from the Su family, it will not be quite right after all. It will be much better if Su Zhe comes to discuss it together.

But there is no need to say too much to Su Yun, a junior.

From that day on, Su Yun and Zhang Dun had a daily debate. Zhang Dun was very patient and raised all his doubts one by one. He even reread Mencius and various annotations in order to find out the fallacies.

But this is not enough. Some of the theories proposed by Su Yun are only slightly progressive, but some may even subvert the original meaning of the scriptures, which is the so-called heresy. Of course, it only looks like heresy, but if you really go deeper into it, it is actually in line with the meaning of the scriptures.

These cannot be covered by the book of Mencius alone. It is also necessary to include the Five Classics and the Analects of Confucius, and conduct an in-depth review to truly achieve a relatively complete level.

The workload was huge, but fortunately Zhang Dun was extremely talented and, together with Su Yun, he managed to solve most of the existing fallacies.

Although Zhang Dun devoted his entire life to government affairs, his talent and learning were not low. He was a genuine Jinshi and ranked first in the class.

The two of them spent every night in the study studying and debating scriptures. Before they knew it, spring had arrived and flowers were blooming in Bianjing.

Three months have passed since the Lantern Festival, and it is already April in Bianjing.

One day, Zhang Dun smiled and told Su Yun, "I won't debate with you anymore."

Su Yun was stunned and asked, "Why? Uncle, do you think that the Mencius Annotations cannot be changed any more?"

Zhang Dun laughed and said, "No, it's still a long way off. Ziyou is back and will arrive in Beijing in the next few days. Let him come and debate with you in the future."

Su Yun was surprised and happy, but also worried: "Uncle didn't tell me earlier, and Uncle Ziyou didn't buy a house in Beijing. He has no place to stay this time. There are only a few days left, where can I find a place to live?"

Zhang Dun snorted and said, "Isn't this a surprise for you?"

Su Yun chuckled, bowed to Zhang Dun, and said with a smile: "I have to thank you, uncle. Without your guidance, I don't know when Uncle Ziyou will be able to return to the capital."

Zhang Dun waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go ahead, go ahead and make arrangements."

Seeing Su Yun leave happily, Zhang Dun breathed a sigh of relief. These three months had been very stressful for him. Analyzing the meaning of scriptures was not something that a human being could do.

The theoretical viewpoints in these Five Classics plus Mencius' Analects are actually not so consistent. Some of them even contain different opinions. Su Yun's views are even more avant-garde. It is not so easy to sort them out completely.

Hehe, but I am relieved now. From now on, I will let Su Ziyu worry about this problem!
(End of this chapter)