Chapter 11 The Tenth "Four Great Masterpieces", "The Scholars"

The temple where Jiechen is located is located in the mountains, so there are many inconveniences in daily life.Of course, there must be gains if there are losses. At least the scenery and climate around the temple are not bad. In summer, it is also a good place to escape the heat, but this is not a well-known mountain and temple, so most of the people who come and go are locals. donors. In the memory of Jie Chen, among the benefactors who have come to the temple frequently in the past two years, the most impressive one is You benefactor. Jie Chen once misunderstood that You Shizhu was engaged in education, because she brought three or five children with her every time she came, but You Shizhu said that she was not a teacher, but doing some business work.

Of course, Jie Chen thinks that it is not a waste of talent for You Shizhu to engage in business and trade, because You Shizhu's eloquence is quite outstanding. In summer, Master You came to the temple very frequently.She doesn't come too early every time, it's around four o'clock in the afternoon, when the hottest time has passed, there is no hot sun directly above the head, only the refreshing and pleasant wind mixed with the smell of weeds. Master You often likes to sit under the old tree in the front yard of the temple and start telling stories to a few children.Donor You's story is very interesting, and its popularity is comparable to that of Master Jie Ao, a master storyteller in the monastery.

From Jie Chen's point of view, Jie Chen prefers You Shizhu's storytelling style: the plot is compact and has a strong sense of rhythm, and the climaxes make people fall into it. Let Jie Chen break into a cold sweat. You Shizhu's good stories also attracted two young monks Jie Chen and Jie Crazy in the monastery. Every time You Shizhu came, the two of them moved the bench and mixed in the audience unceremoniously. Donor You is from Chuzhou, Anhui. She often talks about the classics written by Wu Jingzi, a literati in her hometown. The stories in this book, such as Fan Jinzhongju and Wang Mian's paintings, are also featured in many stories of Donor You. highest rate.

You benefactor also said proudly: "He,,, and are called the four great classics of ancient China." When Jie Chen heard You Shizhu’s words, he was also a little puzzled, because Jie Chen remembered that this book did not seem to be among the four great classics that Master mentioned before. If Jie Chen remembered well, there were some of them, not You Shizhu Said. Of course, although Jie Chen had doubts about You Shizhu's statement, he did not ask him face to face.Jie Chen always thinks that Master You is very knowledgeable, so it may not be wrong. Maybe there are many versions of the so-called four masterpieces, just like there is always more than one thing that claims to be the number one in China, because of the perspective and judges. Not the same, so there will be different results.

In fact, not only did Jie Chen not question him face to face, but even other people who had listened to the story for a long time, as well as the occasional passer-by who stopped by, never denied You Shizhu's statement, so that Jie Chen also forgot about it later. It was You Shizhu himself who brought up the topic of the Four Great Masterpieces again. It was almost a few months later that You Donor suddenly asked Jie Chen if there were no Four Great Masterpieces.Quietly answered her: "As far as I know, it should be." After listening to the words of refraining from anger, Don You has a complicated expression.You Shizhu said that some time ago, her own child participated in a knowledge competition in school, and there was such a question in it. As a result, You Shizhu’s child answered the question wrongly and did not win the prize, so that she came back and cried with You Shizhu .

It was only then that Master You began to doubt this statement, so he took an opportunity to confirm it with Jie Chen. Donor You finally smiled wryly and said that it is one of the four great classics. It came from Master You's elementary school teacher, and it was believed by You Donor since he was a child, and he had never doubted it.If it wasn't for this opportunity, Don You would never have doubted the point of view that he has agreed with for decades. Later, when Jie Chen thought about the matter of You Jizhu, he suddenly thought that in fact, each of us may have some mistakes like this.Because we are too confident, we firmly believe in our mistakes, and we don’t even bother to find them. We don’t realize it until the wrong thoughts make us do the wrong things, but the damage it causes may be irreparable. of.

Perhaps it is not necessarily a good thing to trust yourself too much. It is very important to be vigilant and introspective at all times.