For people like Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan who had fought their way through the imperial examinations and then made great achievements in officialdom and could be considered top civil servants, Zhang Shou certainly didn't need to memorize the two passages from the original text of "Youxue Qionglin" to inspire them. He even deliberately removed the passage on astronomy from "Youxue Qionglin" when he mentioned the table of contents.
The reason is very simple. Given the tendency of scholars these days to use philosophy and Taoist theology to explain natural science, it is better not to include astronomical knowledge, since there are natural science classes anyway!
However, Zhang Shou did not expect that Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan felt that since the emperor intended to relax the astronomical ban, the Three Enclosures, Four Symbols and Twenty-Eight Mansions must be included. Thinking that this was also considered ancient traditional culture, he did not express his opinion for the time being, but repeatedly emphasized that nothing too difficult or too mysterious should be added to it.
As for who Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan would ask to edit the book, he had no control over it. Anyway, he had made up his mind that he would definitely ask the emperor to be the chief editor, and then use his eloquence to cut out all the overly bad things. Presumably, the emperor would be happy to take on such ideological unification work.
And he found a long and time-consuming task for Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan - even if everyone worked together, a year or two would be considered fast - Zhang Shou, who was always busy himself, felt that it was better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone, and he was satisfied for a while.
Of course, before going to find Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan, he made a special trip back to Jiuzhang Hall and assigned a lot of class assignments to the students.
When he finished talking and returned to Jiuzhang Hall, he saw the blond boy Wu Dawei still sitting in the last row, but he was not scratching his head as he had initially thought, because he was actually holding a book and reading it with great interest. He approached quietly from behind and found out from a high position that it was not a textbook, but a class note.
The way some letters and formulas were written on the notebook imitated the italic fonts on his blackboard. At first glance, it looked like the style of some students' class notes in later generations. For a moment, he couldn't help but take a second look, without disturbing the blond boy in front of him who was watching with great excitement. After a long while, he suddenly reached out and snatched the notebook from the other person's hand.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind and snatched the notebook in his hand. Wu Dawei was very anxious. However, he subconsciously reached out to grab it, but it was empty. He turned his head in frustration, and when he found that it was Zhang Shou, his arrogance immediately disappeared. He hurriedly stood up and lowered his head, but he dared not say a word.
Before, when Zhang Shou finished writing on the blackboard and went out, he deliberately buried his head in the desk, praying a thousand times in his heart that others could not see him. It actually worked. Zhang Shou seemed not to see him at all and went out straight to talk to Zhang Chen.
Moreover, when Zhang Shou came back later, he turned around and left after assigning a bunch of questions, and he still didn't seem to see him. Relieved, he sat quietly in the corner and pondered the formula on the blackboard. After pondering for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he made up his mind and thought about the one in front of him.