Chapter 3 Section 2 Master of All Ages

Li Si, who was traveling for the first time, felt uneasy.The straw sandals newly made by his wife left shallow footprints on the rugged road. He is leaving his wife and child, his hometown and relatives step by step.He can't go back.It's a risk, it's a gamble. After wading through three thousand rivers and one hundred thousand circuits, Li Si traveled day and night, and finally arrived at Lanling after more than half a month.Before entering the city, he washed his face in the stream water, and saw that the people in the water had haggard skin, red eyes, and calm faces, neither sad nor happy.

The prosperity and magnificence of Lanling is far beyond the comparison of Shangcai County.Marco Polo's mood when he was amazed by the splendid rivers and mountains and romantic figures of the Chinese Empire is only similar to Li Si's at this time.Li Si was walking on the bustling street, compared with the well-dressed and handsome Lanling citizens, he was so shabby and inconspicuous.However, whenever someone cast a surprised glance at him, a countryman, Li Si would look at them forcefully, and at the same time said to himself in his heart: "These people are nothing more than mediocre people, just like mice in the granary. It's just a good place to parasitize. If they are placed in the latrine, they will be unclean toilet rats." Thinking of this, Li Si's head proudly lifted up in broad daylight.

Li Si asked someone to find out where Xun Qing lived.That Xun Qing is a generation of academic masters, the glory of the entire Lanling City, whoever knows.Seeing that Li Si was from other places, some kind-hearted people insisted on leading him all the way to Xunqing's house, which made Li Si very embarrassed. At this time, Xun Qing had already retired from the leadership position of the Lanling Ling, concentrating on writing and educating people.Like Confucius, he said, "I have learned more than self-improvement." Therefore, even though the tuition fees paid by the shy Li Si were pitifully small, Xun Qing still accepted him as a disciple.Li Si warmly felt what a real master of all ages is.

Although the number of disciples who followed Xun Qing was not as many as three thousand under Confucius, there were still some thousand or eight hundred.In order to ensure the quality of teaching, Xun Qing divided these disciples into different levels according to their knowledge level, similar to today's technical secondary school, bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctor's degree.After Li Si settled down, Xun Qing gave him a preliminary test to see which level he would be assigned to.However, Li Si was not an exam-oriented student, and his grades were very poor.Although his ingenious small seal script made Xun Qing Sanyue know the taste of meat, Xun Qing still assigned Li Si to the lowest level technical secondary school class.

So far, Li Si encountered his first setback since he went on a long journey. In fact, in terms of wisdom and martial arts, Li Si has always been a little bit higher than Xun Qing's disciples, but he failed an exam and was reduced to the most discriminated secondary school class.What's more terrible is that due to the limited energy of Mr. Xun Qing, the teacher of the technical secondary class is not Mr. Xun Qing himself, but the few doctoral students he brought.What do doctoral students know? Li Si was discouraged and wanted to go back to Shangcai County several times to pull him down.However, he felt that it was too lacking of ambition to just leave without knowing why.He was brewing a monstrous rage, looking for an overflowing outlet.

On this day, the opportunity came. Mr. Xun Qing gave a big class, and all the disciples gathered together to listen to the teachings. We might as well imagine the scene at that time boldly: a big yard, full of people sitting in darkness, with the sun shining brightly above our heads.In order to let Mr. Xun Qing's words spread to every corner of the yard, the disciples caught the cicadas on the trees in advance, and smashed the bird's nests on the eaves. The huge yard is like a machine that has been muted. The ten thousand-zhang color TV with key on was silent. Mr. Xun Qing cleared his throat, and went to the stage to speak: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is evil." As soon as the words fell, a man stood up and continued in a clear voice: "At the beginning of man, nature is good." Mr. Xun Qing followed his reputation , oh, it turned out to be Li Si who wrote excellent Xiaozhuan.

Mr. Xun Qing said again: "First came the chicken." Li Sidao: "First come the eggs." Mr. Xun Qing said: "Green is taken from blue, and green is from blue; ice is made from water, and colder than water." Li Sidao: "Blue is taken from blue, but blue is not as good as blue; ice is made from water, but warmer is not as good as water." Encountering such an arguing person, it is impossible to attend the class. Mr. Xun Qing snorted coldly and walked away.Li Si, on the other hand, was surrounded by a sense of revenge, and he restrained himself from laughing wildly.He looked at the classmates around him provocatively, and walked towards the dormitory.The burden has already been put away, and my wife and children are looking forward to it by leaning against the door in their hometown.

Mr. Xun Qing is worthy of being a great educator. After being contradicted by Li Si in court, his anger quickly disappeared.In Li Si, he saw the valuable quality of independent thinking that other students did not possess.He knows very well that a person who can only copy what others say is doomed to have no future in his life.He caught up with Li Si, and the two had a long talk in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere.Xun Qing was overjoyed, and immediately decided to promote Li Si to the doctoral class.It is said that when the wind and rain turn into a dragon, under the careful guidance of Xun Qing, Li Si made great progress in his studies and showed his talents.Soon, his articles, scriptures, strategies, and debates were unmatched by Xun Qing's disciples.Xun Qing sighed: "The one who can inherit my mantle in the future should be Li Siye."

Let’s not bother to talk, and it does not show that while Li Si is gluttonous for spiritual food, material food is often out of stock. Lost, it just means that time flies like an arrow, four years in a flash.Since Li Si had completed his studies, he was ready to lobby the princes and stabilize the country, so he bid farewell to Xunqing.Xun Qing persuaded him to stay and teach at the school, but Li Si politely declined.Is it his ambition to be a scholar? Li Si went to the dormitory to pack his bags, hummed a little song, and was in a joyous and wild mood.He was about to go out, but a stranger came in from the door.Li Si looked at the stranger curiously, and it was this glance that made him make up his mind to stay under Xun Qing's family for another three years.So, who is this stranger?What kind of magic power does he have?