Yang Guoliang's throat tasted fishy and sweet, and Ma Huating was not much better. Zhu Ping'an had just cited a lot of evidence and made a convincing argument, refuting his two self-proclaimed superior opinions one by one, making him lose face and blush.
"If you are not a fish, how do you know the joy of fish? The Guanju was not written by Lord Zhu. How do you know that the gentleman and the lady are not referring to King Wen of Zhou and the Queen of Zhou? Looking at the whole poem, the gentleman and the lady do not need to refer to King Wen of Zhou and the Queen of Zhou."
Ma Huating glared at Zhu Ping'an in anger, snorted coldly, put his hands behind his back, held his head high, and spoke in a pretentious manner.
No need?!
Maybe, possibly.
Looking at the whole article, there is no need for gentlemen and ladies to mention King Wen of Zhou and Queen Zhou.
What this means is that when looking at the whole poem "Guanju", the gentleman and the lady may be referring to King Wen of Zhou and Queen Zhou.
This is Qin Hui who learned from Feng Bo Ting.
Zhu Pingan pulled the corner of his mouth speechlessly, then turned his gaze to Yang Guoliang, the person involved, and asked with a bow: "What do you think, Lord Yang?"
"Master Ma has a point. What are gentlemen and ladies? We need to look at the whole poem to see it. The joy of "Guanju" is the joy of getting a lady to marry a gentleman, and the sorrow of "Guanju" is the sorrow of promoting the virtuous without being lustful; it mourns for the graceful and longing for the talented, but has no intention of harming good. This is the original meaning of Guanju. Mourning for the graceful and longing for the talented, who doesn't need to be King Wen of Zhou or the Queen of Zhou?" Yang Guoliang took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Ping'an, and said slowly.
His voice was not as loud as when he talked about "the demeanor of a king and the virtue of a queen", and one could clearly hear that he lacked confidence.
This can also be seen from his choice of words, such as the word "Mo Xu" which is in the same vein as Ma Huating. Probably, perhaps...
It's obvious that he lacks confidence.
I guess he was aware of the shortcomings of what he said, but he just insisted on saying it to the end for the sake of face.
"Oh... ... the whole article?" Zhu Ping'an said with an "oh" at the end, and then pretended to ask for advice humbly, "According to Dr. Yang's theory, Ping'an still has one thing unclear, please enlighten me, Dr. Yang."
"you say."
Yang Guoliang said two words coldly.
"'The uneven water chestnuts flow left and right. The graceful lady is sought day and night.' Just now, Dr. Yang said that water chestnuts are vegetables for sacrificial offerings. Only a virtuous and graceful lady, that is, the Queen of Zhou, can pick water chestnuts. If you are not a graceful lady, then when you pick water chestnuts to sacrifice to your ancestors, your ancestors will not come to enjoy them. King Wen of Zhou sought for a graceful lady day and night. He wanted to find a virtuous lady who could pick water chestnuts to help him sacrifice to heaven and earth, govern the country, and pacify the world. Based on this point of view, a gentleman's longing for a virtuous lady is actually longing for a talented person. Is it so?" Zhu Ping'an looked straight at Yang Guoliang and asked.
"Yes."
Yang Guoliang was very frugal with his words and did not give Zhu Ping'an another chance to find an excuse.
"Haha, Lord Zhu understands very quickly. Good, good." Ma Huating looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile.
Zhu Pingan ignored Ma Huating and looked at Yang Guoliang and asked again, "Master Yang, what do the words 'left and right' mean?"
Before Yang Guoliang opened his mouth, Ma Huating sneered and mocked Zhu Ping'an, "Master Zhu is the top scholar in the imperial examination, but he doesn't even understand such a simple principle as 'left and right'? He even has to ask Dr. Yang. Haha, no wonder Master Zhu can't understand that gentlemen and ladies refer to King Wen of Zhou and Queen Zhou..."
"Knowledge, knowledge, if you don't understand, just ask." Zhu Ping'an glanced at Ma Huating and said lightly.
Learn, learn, if you don't understand, ask...
Zhu Ping'an's simple words shocked Prince Yu in the audience. Such a simple sentence made him recall a lot of things.
When he was a child, he went to school with his deceased elder brother, the Crown Prince, and Prince Jing. He was confused by many things the teacher talked about in class, but seeing that his elder brother, the Crown Prince, and his fourth brother, Prince Jing, understood everything as soon as they heard it, he pretended to know everything for the sake of face. As a result, he fell behind in his homework, and this made Emperor Jiajing, who occasionally checked on his brothers' homework when he was in the mood, very disappointed in him and he disliked him more and more.
If I had heard these words when I was a child, if I could have said as frankly as Zhu Ping'an when I was a child, "Learn, learn, if you don't understand, ask", I might not have ended up in such an unfavorable situation today... ...
This is what I mean in a few words.
Prince Yu looked up at Zhu Ping'an, and Zhu Ping'an's short figure seemed to be taller in his sight.
"Please help me, Lord Yang." After Zhu Ping'an replied to Ma Huating indifferently, he turned to Yang Guoliang again.
"Didn't you hear me just now, Lord Zhu? I have just said it. Left and right mean help. The water chestnuts are scattered and flow left and right. It means that Queen Zhou took other women to pick water chestnuts, and the other women helped Queen Zhou pick water chestnuts and sent them to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors." Yang Guoliang looked at Zhu Ping'an with a bad face and said.
"It is precisely because I was confused after hearing it that I asked this question." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.
After hearing that, you still ask?! Yang Guoliang gave Zhu Pingan a killing look.
"Just now, Dr. Yang said that water chestnuts are a vegetable for sacrifices. Only a virtuous and graceful lady, that is, the Queen of Zhou, can pick water chestnuts. Otherwise, even if she picks them, the ancestors will not enjoy them. King Wen of Zhou tossed and turned, and was in a trance, searching for her because it was difficult to find a virtuous lady who could pick water chestnuts for sacrifices. But why does it say here that the Queen of Zhou brought other women with her, and other women helped the Queen of Zhou to pick water chestnuts? Didn't the ancestors not enjoy the water chestnuts picked by other women? If other women were also ladies, then wouldn't there be too many ladies? Wouldn't they also be the Queen of Zhou? With so many ladies, it wouldn't be difficult for King Wen of Zhou to find one, so why did he toss and turn, and search for her?"
"Ping An is confused, please help me, Dr. Yang."
Using the word "left" as an introduction, Zhu Ping'an asked several questions in succession, pointing out the contradictions in Yang Guoliang's speech.
Well... ...
After hearing Zhu Ping'an's series of questions, Yang Guoliang felt overwhelmed again, cold sweats streamed down his face, he raised his bloodshot eyes and looked at Zhu Ping'an like he was looking at a plague god...
"Left and right also means the direction of left and right. Left and right flow can also be understood as the Queen of Zhou picking a handful of water chestnuts on the left and a handful on the right. What is the meaning of 'left and right'? It is just a word. It is irrelevant to the overall situation and does not affect the interpretation of Guanju."
Fortunately, this question was not very difficult. When Dr. Yang was overwhelmed and sweating, his solid knowledge of the Book of Songs helped him out. Although he felt embarrassed to overturn his previous explanation, as he said, it was just a word and irrelevant to the overall situation. It did not affect his understanding of Guanju, nor would it affect his interpretation of "the style of a king and the virtue of a concubine."
A brave man cuts off his arm!
Yang Guoliang still has this determination.
"Won't it affect the interpretation?" Zhu Ping'an smiled and shook his head, "If it means left or right..."
Zhu Ping'an paused at this point.
"How?" Yang Guoliang asked impatiently.
"If it means left and right, then water chestnuts grow in water, and if you go into the water to pick them, your clothes will be too short and thin. Queen Zhou picked one handful on the left and one handful on the right... Isn't that how she picked them..."
Zhu Pingan demonstrated as he spoke, rolling up his sleeves to reveal a part of his arms, and then made movements of picking left and right, twisting his waist...
A man twisting his body like a little slut...
Hot eyes...
"hehe... ... "
Prince Yu in the audience couldn't help laughing when he saw this.
The eunuchs serving in the lecture hall also felt very uncomfortable and their shoulders kept shaking.
"Well, Lord Yang, if Queen Zhou picked water chestnuts like this, her graceful and slender figure would be fully displayed. Wouldn't that be too disrespectful? If Queen Zhou, the mother of the country, picked water chestnuts, it would be more appropriate to pick them in one direction for the sake of solemnity." After Zhu Ping'an demonstrated, he looked at Yang Guoliang with a smile and asked.
"You... are so uncivilized..."
Yang Guoliang flicked his sleeves, his face darker than the bottom of a pot...