Chapter 13 The Gains and Losses of Zhuge Liang Dropping Out of School

Now, from small to junior high school entrance examination, from high school entrance examination to college entrance examination, from college entrance examination to postgraduate entrance examination, people are eager for famous universities.Some candidates take the test again and again, and fail to go to non-famous primary schools, middle schools, and universities, thinking that if they get a famous brand, they will enter the "safety box".But who knew that Zhuge Liang had voluntarily dropped out of a prestigious university? After a lot of ups and downs, Zhuge Liang came to Xiangyang City.Under Liu Biao's arrangement, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun entered Chengnan Academy smoothly.This academy can be said to be second to none in Xiangyang, no matter the faculty or the academy's facilities and environment, are all top-notch in Jingxiang.

The school was run by Liu Biao, whose name was Jingsheng, and people used to call it Jingsheng Academy.The academy is located two miles south of Xiangyang City, at the foot of Xianshan Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by trees and winding paths. It is a very good place for studying. After experiencing the ups and downs, hunger and cold, Zhuge Liang cherishes such a stable learning environment without external interference.Every morning, as soon as the rooster crowed, Zhuge Liang would wake up his younger brother Zhuge Jun and rush to school. He thought, in the past, reading was mainly taught by parents and uncles, and it always felt informal. How did other people learn?I don't know if there is anything wrong with the way I study.He wanted to take a look at the difference and difference between what the teachers in this regular academy taught and what he had learned in the past.

Due to Zhuge Liang’s profound family background, many of the books designated by the teachers of Jingsheng Academy have already been read. Therefore, in the eyes of his classmates, Zhuge Liang’s reading is often a general reading. Look at the beginning and end, and read casually in the middle. After a few pages, it was thrown aside.But when this guy takes the exam, he always answers clearly.The teacher is always full of praise for his answers. In Jingsheng Academy, Zhuge Liang met Cui Zhouping from Boling, Xu Yuanzhi and Shi Guangyuan from Yingchuan, and Meng Gongwei from Runan.Together they exchanged knowledge, debated truths, recited poems and painted paintings, played piano and played chess.The friendship between classmates continues to grow invisibly.Cui Zhouping is a loyal man who likes to talk about the past and the present; Xu Yuanzhi has a bold temperament and values ​​culture and martial arts; Shi Guangyuan is bold and careful, with extensive knowledge;

These people are very willing to make friends with Zhuge Liang, and value Zhuge Liang's character very much.They like to chat with Zhuge Liang, discuss the difficult problems in today's academia, and study extracurricular books. After a while, Zhuge Liang began to get tired of studying at Jingsheng Academy.All I have learned all day is just a few books, "Poetry", "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn", and the books are almost torn apart, and the teacher didn't talk about new content.Having experienced so many tribulations and things, Zhuge Liang had many unsolvable problems and things he couldn't see clearly lingering in his mind.What he is eager to learn are books that can answer his difficult problems.

He knows that there is no end to learning.He needs a teacher with profound knowledge to solve his doubts, and a good teacher and helpful friend who can solve his doubts and problems for him.His gaze became far-reaching, and he secretly had a goal to strive for. Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, is also studying at Jingsheng Academy, and is about the same age as Zhuge Liang.Liu Qi admired Zhuge Liang's intelligence, and the two soon became good friends.Zhuge Liang was originally introduced by Liu Biao, and he is also a fellow villager. It is common for him to go in and out of Liu Biao's house.

Liu Qi knew that Zhuge Liang liked to read, and he especially liked the opinions of various schools of thought, so he told him: "My family has a lot of books. My father has no time to read, or he has already read them. If you like to read, you can read them in my study." Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, so he often went in and out of Liu Biao's mansion.From the collection of books in Liu Biao's home, Zhuge Liang saw many books on the art of war, among which the most famous ones are "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Sun Bin's Art of War", as well as historical books such as "Historical Records" and "Warring States Policy".

He is like a hungry child, sucking milk greedily, absorbing nutrition from thick books.He knew that it was impossible to bring these books to his home and slowly savor them, so he quickly browsed through them at a glance to find the content he was most interested in. He saw the explanation of the so-called "array" in the military.He understood what the "array" was.It was a form of formation deployed by the two armies at war.For some reason, he became very interested in the formation.For the first time, he felt the breadth and depth of the formation, and was shocked by the magical changes of the formation.He began to dabble in combat formations, the formations used when troops are stationed.

He learned the basics of formation.The evolution of the array is to be implemented and operated according to the enemy's situation, terrain, celestial phenomena, and climate changes.He appreciates Sun Wuzi's eight formations introduced in the book very much, and loves the "eight formations and ten formations" in Sun Bin's Art of War.When he read that "knowing the eight formations is the king's general", he had the idea that he must learn the eight formations. Since then, he has changed his learning method of learning what he sees and wanting to know a thing or two about everything he sees.He concentrated his energy and began to study the "eight formations" and practice the "eight formations".The main course learned every day has become "eight formations".He was completely immersed in the exercise of the "Eight Arrays".

As a result, going to Jingsheng Academy every day to study has become an unnecessary burden.Zhuge Liang was no longer interested in the learning content of the academy, and listening to the teacher's cliché lectures made him feel even more tired, but he still had to go to work, wasting a good time in vain. Zhuge Liang was young, but he experienced so many changes. His mother passed away when he was 9 years old, and his father passed away again when he was 11 years old. But like a lost dog... Some questions kept lingering in his mind.Why did my father and the magistrate of Yangdu dare not confront the Qingzhou Army?Why did my uncle hand over the prefect's authority to others and dare not fight with the comer? ...

Zhuge Liang gradually understood: In today's world, warlords fight in chaos, and military resistance is unavoidable.Without military capabilities, it is impossible to have the opportunity to govern the country.Nowadays, the princes from all walks of life dominate one side, and talents who govern political leaders are indispensable.Now, the skills to be learned are how to learn the magic weapon of invincibility on the battlefield, and the strategy of governing the country to make the country rich and the people strong. He remembered what his uncle said, those who are going to enter the generals must know astronomy first and geography second.What is knowing?Is it enough just to know?Taishan Taoist once said that one must be able to foresight, one must be able to predict what will happen, one must be able to call wind and rain, and to arrange troops.

Zhuge Liang believed that the best formation in the world today is the method of "eight formations", and he secretly made up his mind that he must learn to use the mystery of "eight formations".If you learn the "eight formations", do you still worry about the lack of brilliant prospects in the future?However, does anyone know where the teacher who can teach this formation is? Among the teachers teaching at King Seng College, there are also different opinions.The faction headed by Song Zhong and Kaixi advocates governing the world with propriety and conveying Tao through scriptures. It emphasizes that students should focus on the three cardinal principles and five constant principles in Confucianism, and does not advocate that students participate in the discussion of the current situation.The Xiangyang indigenous academic leaders led by Sima Hui and Yingrong put emphasis on applying what they have learned, advocating that they should understand and learn what is needed in the current situation; Once, at the end of the discussion, when everyone was packing up their books and preparing to leave school, Zhuge Liang suddenly proposed to his teacher Huang Chengyan: I plan to leave Jingsheng Academy. "Did you drop out?" Huang Chengyan was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked again: "What's the reason?" Zhuge Liang's decision to leave Jingsheng Academy was not hasty but after careful consideration.He said to Huang Chengyan: "When I study, I hope I can draw inferences from one instance and draw inferences by analogy. Through learning, I can increase my talents, acquire skills, encounter practical problems, know how to deal with them, and calmly resolve sudden conflicts. If the two armies confront each other, what can we do?" Surprising victory. The most important point is that I want to learn the method of "eight formations", but there is no one teaching this aspect of the course in the academy." Huang Chengyan nodded, and said again and again: "Okay, okay!" The senior in charge of the academy was very surprised when he received Zhuge Liang's application to withdraw from school. Since the establishment of Jingsheng Academy, there have only been students who have tried everything possible to enter the academy. How can there be any students who voluntarily ask to resign?Especially Zhuge Liang, this child is not only in good condition and motivated in his studies, but also a person who has been taken special care of by the above. The dean talked to Zhuge Liang, emphasizing: "Do you know? You came to Jingsheng Academy, that's what Liu Jingzhou said. If you want to leave, there must be an explanation. Otherwise, when Jingzhou Mu asks, how will we answer?" Woolen cloth?" "Please don't worry sir, I will explain to Lord Liu Biao that I will not implicate the teachers of the academy." Zhuge Liang returned home and told his uncle about dropping out of school.When Zhuge Xuan heard this, he was speechless for a long time, and then said after a long time: "You should tell me first, and then tell the school. Maybe you have a reason for doing this. I know, you are not a child who is careless. However, I am worried that Liu Biao will change his opinion of you. Everyone knows that Jingsheng Academy is the cradle of Jingzhou pastoral talents. That is to say, if you drop out of Jingsheng Academy, you will lose the opportunity to be an official in Jingzhou. " Zhuge Liang said: "I just want to gain real talents and real learning. I really want to learn the right way to be an official and win the way. I don't want to waste my time in the academy. As for whether I can be an official in Jingzhou, I think it is still too early." Zhuge Xuan sighed: "You, just like your father, if you believe in a truth, you don't care about it." Sure enough, Liu Biao was very unhappy when he learned that Zhuge Liang had dropped out of school without authorization.Even though Zhuge Liang had the title of "Crouching Dragon" in the society in the future, he was not optimistic about Zhuge Liang, and had no idea of ​​reusing Zhuge Liang. The Mystery of Zhuge Liang's Growth Part Four Zhuge Liang invented going to the countryside After Zhuge Liang dropped out of Xiangyang Jingsheng Academy, he immediately took the second crucial step in his life: to go to the outskirts of Xiangyang to farm acres and become a leader who went to the mountains and went to the countryside.From this point of view, it is not an invention of contemporary people that intellectuals go to the countryside.This is also a concrete manifestation of Zhuge Liang's thought back then. Mao Zedong did a lot of research on Zhuge Liang, and he paid special attention to the point of "intellectuals going to the countryside to practice".When Mao Anying returned to China from the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong asked Mao Anying to go to the countryside to exercise in order to make his son a master.Even if Zhuge Liang's move to go to the countryside was not hyped, it must have been a big news at the time. Good chess players watch five moves.Zhuge Liang came to Longzhong under the banner of farming, but in fact, he had very far-reaching ideas. This is a concrete manifestation of self-reliance and self-reliance, and it also creates conditions for independent development in the future.If you still live in Xiangyang City, what do people think of you?You are just a little fellow of Liu Biao, the nephew of Zhuge Xuan, the prefect of Yuzhang, and you are sent under the fence.If outsiders talk about you, Zhuge Liang, they must be related to Liu Biao.If people want to associate with you, they also have to consider your relationship with Jingzhou Mu to some extent.In this way, is it good or bad for you?As far as Zhuge Liang is concerned, he must think that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. So, how to change the image of being dependent on others, how to change people's perception of themselves?Then we must consider how to establish our own independent personality.It was an inevitable choice to leave the deep mansion in Xiangyang City and the atmosphere where Liu Biao took care of himself. To be self-reliant, we must first solve the problem of food and clothing.How to solve?Food is the most important thing for the people. In an agricultural society, of course one has to cultivate acres. "We also have two hands, and we don't want to be idle in the city." If Zhuge Liang put forward this slogan, there would definitely be a small commotion, not to mention an uproar.And he and his younger brother guard dozens of acres of fertile land, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, so they naturally have no worries about food and clothing. Avoiding the hustle and bustle of the city, avoiding many useless entertainments, calm down to carry out special research, and concentrate on thinking about major issues, you can look at the current situation more clearly and judge the various malpractices of society more accurately.Wollongong is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and has an elegant environment. It is an ideal place for self-cultivation, cultivation of sentiment, and experience of aspirations. It can provide services for teachers and friends who enjoy the idyllic scenery, breathe fresh air, and appreciate the realm of harmony between man and nature, and provide material conditions for the establishment of academic research centers or research bases.With Longzhong’s independent activity venue, you can organize and carry out academic seminars according to your own ideas, and attract alumni with similar interests to Wollongong to carry out extensive academic exchanges and answer questions. Longzhong has an obvious location advantage. It is 20 miles away from Xiangyang City. Not to mention traveling by car, it only takes two hours to walk, so it is convenient for timely understanding of various information.It is not only unique, but also not divorced from the mainstream society, and can also be outstanding.