Chapter 14 3. Read "Historical Records" and watch the sky

Down Guan Ning put the jade-handled stag tail whisk on the side of the couch, picked up a cup from the ebony table, took a sip of green tea, and moistened his throat.He glanced down the hall, but suddenly stopped: Sima Yi, Hu Zhao, and Zhou Xuan were still kneeling and sitting in the corner of the wall, never leaving. He slowly put down the teacup, thought for a moment, then reached out to take the jade handle and tail whisk, and waved at the three of them from a distance.Sima Yi and the three of them hurriedly got up and ran to his square couch and knelt down. Guan Ning looked at them deeply, and said slowly: "From now on, the three of you don't have to go to this Mingdao Hall to listen to the teacher's lecture every morning like other disciples. You can go to any place in Ziyuan Academy by yourself. Practice."

As he said that, he took out a silk book from his big sleeve, and said to Zhou Xuan: "Zhou Xuan, this is an annotation written by the teacher himself, and it is annotated with some experience and understanding of the teacher about the number of heaven and man-- Just take it and study it carefully, and if you don’t understand anything, you can ask at any time.” Zhou Xuan's face was not particularly happy at first, he stretched out his hand lazily to take the book, put it on his lap, flipped through a few pages, glanced at it, his whole body shook suddenly, his eyes lit up, he sighed : "Such an exquisite review! Such an exquisite annotation! Such an exquisite analysis..." I was busy looking through it!

Guan Ning ignored him, took out another copy from his sleeve, and said to Hu Zhao: "Hu Zhao, this is an annotation written by the teacher himself, and it also records some of the teacher's experience and understanding on the way of self-cultivation-you I also use it to study on my own, and if there is anything I don’t understand or don’t understand, I will ask it as a teacher.” Hu Zhao was overjoyed, took the book, and thanked Guan Ning endlessly. Finally, Guan Ning turned his head to look at Sima Yi, pondered for a while, handed over a copy of "Historical Records", and said calmly: "Sima Yi, take this "Historical Records" and study it carefully."

Hearing this, Sima Yi couldn't help a shock in his heart. He thanked Guan Ning with great joy, took the "Historical Records" with both hands, and hurriedly put it in front of him and flipped it over, but couldn't help being stunned: he flipped through it more than ten times in a row. On the page, the lines and corners of the "Historical Records" are all blank, and Mr. Guan Ning has not approved a word or commented a sentence! He raised his face and looked at Guan Ning in surprise, his eyes full of doubts. "If you want to be wise, there is no better way to study the changes of the past and the present; if you want to study the changes from the past to the present, there is no better way to read history books. There is no other way to read history, but the word "put yourself in the place and enter the situation". "Guan Ning accepted his two surprised gazes, did not avoid them, and said with confidence, "Every time you read a part, you can concentrate on contemplation and imagine yourself in the situation of the emperors and generals in the book. How to deal with it? How is their response at that time better than themselves? And what is not as good as themselves? Look left and right, think before and after, until you find that person, that time, that situation, that Only when the best strategy is needed for the matter can we stop, and at that time, you can come and communicate with the teacher."

Sima Yi listened quietly. After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked softly: "May I ask the teacher: Can I imagine myself as anyone in this book? And, can I imagine myself as anyone in this book?" Strategies, all brought for your advice?" "Yes, absolutely. You can imagine yourself as anyone in "Historical Records,"" Guan Ning stared at him quietly for a moment, then slowly replied, "You can also imagine yourself as anyone in the "Historical Records"." Conceive any strategy based on that time, that event, and that situation.” Sima Yi bowed deeply and didn't ask any more questions.At this moment, he already deeply understood the meaning of Guan Ning's words.According to Guan Ning's inspiration, when reading "Historical Records", since you can imagine yourself as anyone, let alone Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Han Xin and other virtuous and good generals, even Qin Shihuang Yingzheng and Han Gaozu Liu Bang can also boldly imagine and substituted.

After adopting the method of reading history that Guan Ning said was "put yourself in the place and enter the situation", Sima Yi felt that his heart suddenly brightened, and he gradually understood many things that he didn't understand in the history books. . He extended this reading method, comprehended by analogy, and drew inferences from one instance. He also used this speculative method of "putting himself in the same place and entering a different situation" with others in real life. , Even if you think about others, you can control me with this, and presuppose a defense; I can guard against others, and people can use this to guard against me, and add a defense against others; I break the other's defense, and the other breaks my defense , we should also add one to break the other; since he can break, set up another break to break the broken, the broken broken can be broken, but also able to strengthen our broken, to stop the other broken and stretch our broken, After all, it will not be broken by it. Pass the law to survive, follow the events, and it is deep and unpredictable."In this way, he felt that he could split himself into several clones in his mind, and ponder over and weigh the same problem repeatedly from different angles, aspects, and positions.Generally speaking, after thinking in this way, the countermeasures he finally came up with were quite comprehensive, profound, and mature.

At the same time, during the consultation and communication with Guan Ning, he felt the openness, depth, condensedness and subtlety of Master's mind.Every time Guan Ning gives advice, he feels suddenly enlightened, and always gives him new and fruitful gains.Guan Ning was also impressed by Sima Yi's way of thinking of "being able to release and receive, being able to broaden and be able to specialize, knowing the small to show, knowing the strong and knowing the soft", so he gradually led him to analyze and study the general trend of the world in front of him. come. In the afternoon of that day, Guan Ning laid out a topographic map of the fortress of Dahanzhou County on the ebony table in Mingdaotang, pointed at the map with a jade ruler, and said slowly to Sima Yi: "Today's world is already one. Divided into ten: in the north, Yuan Shao occupies Jizhou and Qingzhou, and Gongsun Zan occupies Youzhou; in the southeast, Yuan Shu occupies Huainan, and Sun Jian's son Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers thrive in Jiangnan; in the south, the clan Liu Biao occupies Jingzhou; in the southwest, the clan Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son There are Hanzhong and Yizhou; in the west, Ma Teng and Han Sui ruled Yongliang and Liangzhou; in the east, Cao Cao holds Yanzhou, and Lu Bu holds Xuzhou; in the Central Plains, it includes your Sima family in Hanoi, Yingchuan Xunzhou The major families in Yuzhou, including the Xu family in Runan and Runan, formed a defense center and defended themselves...Only today, the son is still held hostage in Guanzhong by Dong Zhuo's remaining party, Li Jue and Guo Si, and is isolated and precarious. The situation in the world is so confusing and chaotic. There are so many images, in your opinion, how do you sort out a clue?"

Sima Yi was not as pretentious as ordinary disciples. He went forward and looked down at the map for a long time, then slowly raised his head, looked straight at Guan Ning, pondered for a while, and said, "Master, according to my disciples, looking at the map All over the world, these ten forces are now entwining and gnawing at each other in the land of Shenzhou, but they are all struggling for the word "strong"! In terms of the word "strong", at present, Yuan Shao's faction in Shuofang has everything. The power of the Yuan family is naturally the strongest, and it is actually the head of all the heroes in the world. However, with only one word 'strong', the Yuan family wants to dominate the world and act recklessly, but I am afraid that it may not succeed in the end..."

"Oh? How did you see that?" Guan Ning couldn't help but change his face slightly when he heard this. "Master once taught that the most powerful and powerful in this world does not rely solely on the strength of the soldiers, but the support of the people of the world. Today, the world is in turmoil and the heroes are fighting. The palace can heal the princes and restore peace..." Sima Yi quietly stared at the topographic map of the state and county fortresses, as if from this map he could see countless soldiers and people struggling and wailing in the blood and flames of war, and seeing the bustling city. The city was reduced to ruins under the iron hooves of soldiers and horses, and seeing the raging flames burning everywhere in the quiet village, his eyes gradually became wet, "However, many of the princes in the four directions have different aspirations. secretly hoped that today's son would be killed by Li Jue, Guo Si and other bandits Dong Zhuo and others, and then they would enter Guanzhong in the name of "revenging the king's revenge and beating rebels" and began to fight for the throne. Yuan Shaoben He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of miles of land, and is most capable of driving Chang'an to wipe out Dong Zhuo's remnants in one fell swoop, welcome the emperor to Wanquan, turn the chaotic world back to peace, but he has been sitting and watching the emperor in the ups and downs without knowing it. Asking, it must be with such disgusting intentions!"

Guan Ning listened, stretched out his hand to caress the few strands of beard on his chest, raised his eyes to the north, and said solemnly: "Thankfully, the Yuan family has always been honored by my Han family as the 'four generations and three princes'. Waiting for misbehavior, ungratefulness, greed for power and profit, are really worse than pigs and dogs!" "Master, in my disciple's opinion, since Yuan Shao and the others are so dishonest and shameless, they will naturally not be able to achieve anything." Sima Yi's eyes flashed, and he said to Guan Ning, "How can they deceive the people of the world with their clumsy intentions? Even if Yuan Shao has hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers and thousands of miles of land, he is just a scumbag who only knows how to watch the door and wait for opportunities to steal people's wealth. After all, it will be difficult to become a hegemony! If there is Qi Huangong like that' The virtuous men who unite the princes of righteousness and unite the world' will rise up at the right time, drive straight into the Guanzhong, welcome the emperor in the temple, restore the dignity of the Han Dynasty, and attack disobedient officials according to the imperial edict... No matter how powerful Yuan Shao is, the congregation will surely betray their relatives and fall apart. , sit and wait to die!"

"Well said!" A strange and clear voice suddenly sounded in the hall.Sima Yi couldn't help being startled, turned his head to follow the sound, and saw a young Confucian scholar in a brocade robe and a scarf on his head, and a handsome young man in a green shirt and a jade crown with hair tied on his head. The sandalwood frame screen slowly turned out, looking at him and Guan Ning with a slight smile. Guan Ning was not surprised. With a chuckle, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the scholar in brocade robe who praised Sima Yi just now, and introduced to Sima Yi who was surprised: "Zhongda, these two young masters are new recruits to my master this morning. Disciple: He is Huan Fan from the family of the Huan family in Peijun." "Huan Fan?" Sima Yi was surprised when he heard this: the Huan family of Peijun was a famous Confucian family in the Later Han Dynasty.In the early years of the Later Han Dynasty, Huan Rong, the great ancestor of the Huan family in Peijun, served as the tutor of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.According to common sense, the Confucianism of the Huan family has a long history, so how can Huan Fan need to study abroad?But today he came all the way to worship Guan Ning's sect, which is really surprising. Guan Ning pointed to the beautiful young man in green shirt again, and introduced with a smile: "This one is the son of Fang Ze's mansion, the school captain at the south gate of Yecheng, Jizhou, named Fang Ying." After hearing this, Sima Yi thought about it carefully, and he didn't remember the name of the Fang family in Yecheng. It should be the family of ordinary officials who only made a fortune in modern times.He raised his eyes to look at Fang Ying, and saw that his face was like jade, his eyes were like autumn water, and his temperament was elegant and elegant. Although his age was slightly younger than him, he was also born tall and handsome, which made people suddenly see him. Draw close to the heart of love. Fang Ying had been looking at Sima Yi with a smile in the distance, and suddenly saw him looking directly at him, she felt a little shy, and lowered her head slightly, not daring to meet him.Sima Yi also felt that he was a little rude, so he quickly looked away, and looked at Huan Fan again, but he couldn't help thinking to himself: This Fang Ying is also a child of an eunuch family, why is she as coy as a girl in a boudoir? At this time, Huan Fan's expression turned back, and he came forward, his eyes rolled, and he looked Sima Yi up and down, then he bowed his hands to him and said solemnly: "Brother, I must be Mr. Sima Yi of Hanoi County! Huan is here I heard Mr. Xun Yu introduce you when I was in Peijun——after hearing your extraordinary views today, I realized that Mr. Xun's praise of you as "talented, intelligent, and knowledgeable" is indeed true." "Brother Huan has won the award! How can I deserve Mr. Xun's praise?" Sima Yi blushed slightly, and hurriedly returned the courtesy and thanked him. "Why must Mr. Sima be so modest? A great man, a great husband, should talk and act like the sun and menstruation. Both his name and his reality are impressive." Huan Fan seemed impatient after hearing what he said, and waved to him. He waved his hand, and said seriously, "Sima Zhongda deserves such praise, so you should be worthy of it, so why bother to be modest? On the contrary, it hurts your honesty!" He seemed very straightforward when he said this in front of Sima Yi, which was quite different from the gentleness and humility of ordinary Confucian disciples.When Sima Yi heard this, his face turned red, and he laughed and said, "Brother Huan is upright and forthright when he talks and behaves, but I'm sticking to common etiquette, which makes Brother Huan laugh at me." "Well... that's right!" Huan Fan nodded, and then said leisurely with his solemn expression on his face, "Let's go back to the previous topic. In fact, Mr. Sima, what you just said is like A virtuous man like Duke Huan of Qi who 'unifies the feudal lords and governs the world' has appeared!" "Really?" Sima Yi was startled, "This news about you can be called a great piece of good news for all the people in the world—may I ask who is this virtuous man?" "He is the elder of this county—General Fenwu, Governor of Yanzhou, Cao Cao!" Huan Fan's eyes fell on the location of "Yanzhou" on the map, and he said slowly, "Recently, Mr. Cao heard that today's emperor and the imperial court Gongqing Mengchen was tossed in the hands of the gang of thieves, and with righteous indignation, he sent his confidant generals Xia Houdun and Cao Hong to lead troops to Chang'an to meet the emperor and the court ministers, and to settle down in Xu County, which has not been damaged in Yuzhou. " "Well...there is an old saying: 'The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the loyal ministers are seen in troubled times.' This Mr. Cao is loyal and righteous. He welcomes the emperor and the court ministers out of danger, revives the majesty of the Han Dynasty, and cleans up the court. He is truly a sage Minister!" Sima Yi listened carefully, and couldn't help but praise deeply, "If it wasn't for him to be truly wise, there must be someone behind the scenes with extraordinary strategies to guide him... However, if you are not a hero, you can't use the strategy of a hero— — This Duke Cao really deserves to be called a hero in troubled times!" "What Mr. Sima said is true." Huan Fan looked at him with a smile on his face, and said, "It is true that Mr. Cao himself is wise, but it is also true that he has a master behind the scenes to guide and help him... Sima Jun, can you guess who is the expert behind the scenes?" "This..." Seeing the mysterious smile on Huan Fan's face, Sima Yi's heart suddenly moved, and he said in a low voice, "Brother Huan just mentioned that he met Mr. Xun Yu in Peijun... I think, the one hidden behind Cao Gong The strategist must be Mr. Xun Yu..." "That's right! Besides Mr. Xun Yu, who else in this world can plan the grand scheme of 'serving the emperor so that he can't be a subject'?" Huan Fan nodded solemnly, then turned to Guan Ning and bowed respectfully. He said abnormally, "Mr. Guan, Xiaosheng was also taught by Mr. Xun Yu, and just now he left home to come to Linglong Valley to study Taoism. Xiaosheng deeply feels that this trip is worthwhile!" When Sima Yi heard what he said, he spoke straightforwardly, afraid that Guan Ning would be disgusted with him, and was about to speak out to help him, when he raised his eyes, he saw Guan Ning smiling. Huan Fan admired the upright and straightforward style of this school.Only then did he secretly feel relieved. Fang Ying just stood aside and listened quietly to the conversation between Sima Yi and Huan Fan, but the faint impatient expression on his brows clearly revealed that he didn't care much about the current situation in the world, and his bright eyes only looked at The paintings of mountains and watercolors on the four walls of Mingdao Hall are fascinating to look at. Guan Ning waited for Huan Fan to finish speaking, looked up at him and Fang Ying, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard and said with a smile: "Since you two have come from thousands of miles to study, this master will definitely teach you everything, so that you are worthwhile." It’s fine. My teacher also hopes that you will succeed in your studies, that in the future you will be able to manage the government in peace, and you can teach the people in the wild!"