Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Three

How Gao Kangda was educated under the teaching of Bonokrates without wasting a moment After seeing Gao Kangda's bad way of life, Bonokrates decided to use another method to teach him to read, but for the first few days, he still let him go, thinking that if his habits were changed all of a sudden, there would be resistance. Therefore, in order to do a good job at the beginning, he asked a well-known doctor of the time, Master Theodore, to think of a way how to restore Gao Kangda to normal good habits.The master, in accordance with the classic healing spell, used the black veratrum of Antikura, and all the diseases and vices were purged from his mind.Bonnocrates took advantage of this to make him forget what he had learned from his past teachers, just as Timothy healed students who had been taught by other musicians.

In order to do his duties better, Bonokrates brought him into contact with local scholars, hoping to use his competitive psychology to inspire his intelligence and arouse his desire to study hard in other ways and compete with others . Using the above learning methods, it can be said that Gao Kangda’s time was not wasted at all, and all of it was spent on literature and practical knowledge. Gao Kangda wakes up at four o'clock in the morning now.While the servant was rubbing his body, some pages of the Bible were read to him, in a high, clear, and appropriate voice: this was done by a servant named Ananius, who was born in Basilisk. Special ⑥ to serve.According to the recited words and teachings, Gao Kangda had the meaning of respecting, worshiping, praying, and praying to God, because the recited scriptures reflect the greatness and justice of God.

Then, go to the toilet to excrete the digested residue.In the toilet, the teacher also rereads the scriptures he just recited, while explaining obscure and difficult words and sentences for him. When you come back, observe the sky to see if it is the same as what you saw the night before, and predict what the weather will be during the day and night of this day. After reading it, someone dressed him, combed his hair, tied it, groomed him, and made incense. At this time, someone else reviewed his homework for him the day before.He could recite it himself, and build up a practical knowledge of life according to the text, which sometimes read for two or three hours, but usually until he was dressed.

Then, someone read to him for three hours. After finishing reading, the master and apprentice go out together, talk about what they have just read, and at the same time go to the Brac Field ② or to the lawn, where they play ball, handball ③, or triangular ball ① to exercise their bodies and It's like exercising your brain just now. ① Theodore, according to the Greek, means: "God-given". ② Antikula: The name of a Greek city that produced a poison to treat mental illness. Another said that Antikura is the name of an island in the Strait of Corinth. ③ Black veratrum: the special drug for treating nervous system diseases at that time, see the 309th line of Horace's "The Art of Poetry", and the twenty-fifth chapter of the twenty-fifth volume of Plinius' "Compendium of Natural History", The fifteenth chapter of the seventeenth volume of the complete works of Aulus Gelias, the eighth chapter of the first volume of Erasmus' Proverbs, the fifty-second and fifty-third lines.

④ Timothy (446-357 BC): Ancient Greek poet and musician.Gantilian said in the third chapter of the second volume of "On Education", the musician Timothy will double the fees for students who have studied music elsewhere, because he has to correct their past mistakes, take a lot of trouble, and Said he made these students swallow black veratrum. ⑤ Bashi Ai: the place name near Shi Nong. ① At that time, important people had to be accompanied when going to the toilet. ② Blaque Stadium, "Blaque" means "hound". The signboard of a stadium outside the gate of St. Marceau in Paris is a short-tailed "Blaque" (hound).

③ It is the predecessor of tennis, which was played by hand at first. ① Three people stand in a triangle and play the ball. Their games are unrestrained, and they stop when they are happy, and they stop at any time, usually when they are sweating or tired.Then I rubbed my whole body well, wiped dry, changed my shirt, and then strolled back slowly to see if lunch was ready.While they waited, they read a few more paragraphs aloud from the memorized text. At this time, the appetite was great, and I just sat down and had a full meal. When dinner was served, someone first read two passages of ancient martial arts stories until he indicated that he had had enough wine②.

Then (if you like), you can read on, or you can have a pleasant conversation together.In the first few months, they always talked about the varieties, types, properties and functions of dishes on the dinner table, such as bread, wine, water, salt, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, radishes, etc., and their cooking methods.Thus, within a short time, Plinius, Atheneus, Dioscorides, Julius Pollux, Galen, Porphy All chapters on food and drink in the works of Rius⑥, Orbian⑦, Polybius⑧, Heliodorus⑨, Aristotleus, Aelianus⑩, and others learned.Sometimes in order to clarify the problem, the works of the above people are often moved to the table to check on the spot.Therefore, he can remember very clearly what was said, and what the doctor knew at that time was not half of his knowledge.

Later, talk about the homework you read in the morning, and eat some papaya jam to end the meal.He picked his teeth with a frankincense branch, washed his hands and eyes with cool water, and sang a few hymns praising God's mercy and grace to express his gratitude to him.After singing, someone took out the cards, not for gambling, but to use them to learn all kinds of tricks and new calculation methods derived from mathematics. Using this method, Gao Kangda developed a love for mathematics. After lunch and dinner every day, he always happily spent the time he used to play dice and cards on arithmetic.As a result, he understood both theory and practice so thoroughly that even the well-written Englishman Donstall had to admit that he was only a layman compared to Gao Kangda.

Not only arithmetic, but also other mathematics-related subjects such as geometry, astronomy, and music, he also studied.While digesting his food after a meal, he drew all kinds of interesting tools, geometric patterns, and even practiced the laws of astronomy. Afterwards they sang four-part or five-part choruses together, or else sang songs as they pleased. In terms of musical instruments, Gao Kang studied guqin, clavichord, qinqin, German nine-hole flute, lyre and trumpet. After a while in this way, the digestion work in the stomach is also done, and the stool is excreted, and then it takes three hours or more to study the main homework, the content is to review the morning text and continue the new homework. , At the same time, practice writing, drawing lines, and tracing ancient Roman cursive characters.

After finishing writing, everyone went out together. There was a young aristocrat from Durin Province, named Knight Jim Nasd, who taught Gao Kangda how to ride a horse. ② In the 16th century, when drinking, the wine bottle was not placed on the table, but was poured by someone else. When the drinker did not want to drink any more, he raised his hand to signal. ③ Atheneus: A Greek grammarian in the third century, he described the functions of flowers and fruits in "The Philosopher's Banquet". ④ Dioscorides: A famous Greek doctor in the first century, his works are known as classics in the medical field.

⑤ Julius Pollux: A grammarian contemporary of Atheneus, he wrote works on fishing and hunting. ⑥ Porphyrius: The Alexander School philosopher in the third century, here refers to his "On Diet and Taboo". ⑦ There are two Greek poets named Obien, one was born in the second century and wrote fishing poems, the other was born in the third century and wrote hunting poems. ⑧ Polybius: A Greek historian and politician in the third century BC, a student and son-in-law of Hippocrates, who wrote the book "Food Hygiene". ⑨ Heliodorus: Greek writer in the third century. 10 Aelianus: Greek natural scientist and writer in the third century. ① Donstall (1476-559): Bishop of Durham, England, secretary of King Henry VIII, author of "A General Theory of Arithmetic", published in London in 1522 and Paris in 1529, popular for a while. At this time, Gao Kangda changed his clothes and practiced riding Italian war horses, German bay horses, Spanish thoroughbreds, Barbary horses, and light horses. Ditch jumping, jumping obstacles, turning in circles, turning left, turning right. He played with the gun as if it were broken, but not really, because only the most foolish would say, "I've broken ten guns in the field or in the field"—a carpenter could have done it— — and creditable for stabbing down ten enemies with one gun.Gao Kangda swung his sharp spear, broke through the gate of the village, penetrated the armor, overturned the trees, stabbed the iron ring, and picked up the saddle, vest, handguard and so on.While doing these exercises, he himself is fully clothed from head to toe. As for riding on a horse, blowing a rhythmic whistle with his tongue, making the horse walk in time, no one can match him.Compared with him, the jockeys of Ferrara's circus troupe can only be regarded as monkey cats.He also learned how to jump from one horse to another without touching the ground—this is called changing horses quickly—and he can hold a spear in his hand, mount the horse left and right, he can also mount without stirrups, and he can do whatever he wants without a rein control.These are very useful for the military. Another day, he was practicing with the broad axe, and he was really powerful in chopping, cutting neatly, turning around and turning, soft and brisk.Whether it is a battle or an exercise, he can be called a master. Then they played with spears for a while, and danced with swords with both hands. There were long clips, foil swords, short knives, and daggers. Sometimes they wore armor, sometimes they didn’t wear armor, sometimes they held shields, sometimes they wore cloaks, and sometimes they held small round shields. He can also chase deer, deer, bear, deer, arrow hunter, hare, bamboo chicken, pheasant, bustard, etc.He juggled with a big ball that he could throw with his hands and kick with his feet.Wrestling, running, high jumping, no triple hops, no hops, no German jumps—that kind of jumping (says Jimnast) is of little use, not at all useful in war. Not up--but ditch-jumping, fence-jumping, wall-six-stepping, windows as high as guns. Swimming requires the ability to swim in deep water, backstroke, backstroke, sidestroke, use all fours, or just use two feet, one hand out of the water, holding a book in your hand, you can swim across the Seine without the book getting wet, And like Julius Caesar, he bit his coat in his mouth.Later, I had to use one hand to jump from the water to the boat; from the boat, head forward, I plunged into the water, touched the bottom of the water, took out stones, and jumped down from the abyss vortex.Then, turn the boat around and command it as you like, tell it to go fast, go slowly, with the current, against the current, you can stop the boat in the rapids near the lock; you can steer the rudder with one hand, and use a large oar with the other, or , spread the sails; can climb the mast from the ropes, run on the sail frame; also use the compass, ride the wind to pull the sail, and hold the rudder. Out of the water, he can run up the hill in one breath and come down at the same speed; climb trees like a cat, and jump from one tree to another like a squirrel; Holding two sharp knives and two open shovels, you can climb up to the roof like a mouse, and then climb down from the top, with light hands and feet, without falling or getting hurt. Learn to throw javelins, iron rods, stones, long cones, lances, and spears; practice drawing a bow, and use the strength of your waist to open the siege crossbow; aiming with a spear ③, supporting a cannon, shooting at a target, shooting a bird-shaped target, Shoot upwards from bottom to top, bow from top to bottom, forward and backward, left and right, just like the Parthians ④. ① That is, the African Arabian stallion. ② Ferrara: a place name in northern Italy. In the 16th century, Ferrara had a jockey, Caesar Feyage, who was very famous. ① Plutarch narrates that Caesar crossed the river in this way during the Battle of Alexandria, see Chapter 49 of the Biography of Julius Caesar. ② Myron was an ancient Greek warrior in the 6th century BC. Later, he was trapped by a big tree in the deep water and was unable to escape. He died in the deep waves. For the story, see the 14th chapter of the sixth volume of "The Complete Works of Pausanias" Sections five through eight. ③ At that time, the guns were bulky, usually weighing 17 kilograms and had to be placed on the top of the shelf to be aimed. ④ Parthians: A nation in the southern part of ancient Persia in the third century, good at shooting and fighting bravely, and used to win by deceiving defeat. Someone fastened a rope for him to a high tower, and it hung down to the ground, and he could hold the rope with both hands, and climb up and down, as fast and steady as you can't do even on flat grass. Someone put a thick horizontal bar on two trees for him. He grasped the horizontal bar with both hands, his body was suspended in the air, and his feet did not touch anything. He came and went. Don't even think about chasing him. Exercising the throat and lungs, he let go of his throat like a ghost crying.Once I heard him call Edmond, and I could hear him from the Porte Sainte-Victor all the way to Montmartre, and even Stendor had not had such a large throat in the Trojan War. In order to strengthen his muscles and bones, two large shot puts were made for him, each weighing 8,700 quintals. He called them "dumbbells". To be able to stay for three quarters of an hour without moving, or even longer, this strength is unmatched in the world. Practicing the parallel bars, always with the best people. When he turns over on the bars, his feet stand very firmly. Even if the most powerful person pushes him, he can't move him, just like Miron in the past , and following Myron's example, he also held a pomegranate in his hand, and he would give it to whoever could grab it. ④ After the above exercises, Gao Kangda took a bath, dried himself, put on clean clothes, and then walked home slowly.Passing grasslands or other grassy places on the road, everyone watched trees and flowers together, and discussed them with reference to ancient works on plants.Such writers include Theophrastus ⑤, Dioscolides, Marinus ①, Plinius, Nicendra ②, Marcel ③, Galen and others.They went home with their hands full of flowers and plants, and handed them over to a little attendant named Risotamo, and at the same time handed him shovels, hoes, plows, shovels, scissors, and other tools for planting plants. Management. At home, while others prepare dinner, they review the books they have read, and then sit down to eat. Please note that he ate very little and frugally at lunch, for it was only to appease the rumbling of hunger.But the dinner was rich and unusual, because it was necessary to meet his nutritional needs as much as possible. This is the real dietary system prescribed by good and reliable medical technology. Although there are many stupid doctors, induced by sophists, Advocate the opposite approach. During the meal, someone continued to read to him the books they had read at lunch for as long or as long as they liked. The rest of the time was well organized, too, devoted to literature and useful knowledge. Prayers were said, they sang, they played their instruments in unison, or they played little pastimes like cards, dice, and tricks.At this time, they ate some food and played at the same time, sometimes until they went to bed; sometimes, they also went to visit some gatherings of literati, or interviewed people who had been to foreign countries. It was late at night, and before going to bed, they had to go to the most spacious place in the apartment to observe the sky, to see if there were comets, and the images, positions, states, confrontations and intersections of other stars. After reading it, he would briefly recount to the teacher what he had read, seen, learned, done and heard during the day in the way of Pythagoras. ① St. Victor's Gate: the city gate at the corner of St. Victor Street. ② Montmartre: At that time, it was still a small village on a hill outside Paris. ③ Stendor: Greek warrior, known for his loud voice, Homer said that his voice was equal to fifty people shouting together. ④ See Chapter 19 of Volume VII of Plinius's "Compendium of Natural History". ⑤ Theophrastus (before 374-287): ancient Greek philosopher, student of Aristotle. ① Marinus: Philosopher, student of Proclus and successor of his theory, did not write works about plants.However, in the 16th century, there was a Marino scholar in Venice who translated and published the "Agriculture" written by Paladius in the 4th century. ② Nicendra: Ancient Greek poet and grammarian in the second century BC. ③ Marcel (70-16 BC): An ancient Roman poet who wrote poems about plants (herbs) and animals (snakes). ④ Lisuo Taomo, according to the Greek, means: "the one who cuts the roots", and is also translated as "the one who sells herbs". Finally, pray to the Creator God, worship him, strengthen your faith in him, praise his infinite mercy, thank him for all the favors he has bestowed in the past, and entrust your future in his divine mercy. After praying, everyone went to rest.