Ming Diary

Chapter 15: Encountering Yangming 4

"I will be the top of the mountain and see the mountains at a glance." This is the feeling expressed by Du Fu when he climbed Mount Tai when he was young, although Teng Wangge is not the majestic Mount Tai. However, when it comes to today's cloudless and sunny weather, if you climb the Tengwang Pavilion and overlook the Ganjiang River below and the vast Poyang Lake not far to the north, you will also have a sense of "heart" with Du Fu hundreds of years ago.

The height is extremely cold, not to mention that it is winter now, and it is slightly cool on the flat ground, as if stepping on the pavilion tower, and the originally gentle river wind suddenly became claspering. Cao Muwen seemed to hear the river wind blowing on the wall of the attic, with a creaking feeling. I mentioned it in my heart.

At this time, there are not many tourists, and there are few people besides Cao Muwen in twos and threes. It's quiet.

There is a little bit. Cao Muwen didn't expect that there was a small wine shop here. Just out of the pavilion on the fifth floor of Tengwang Pavilion, there were several mahogany tables with very fine workmanship, with a high wine cabinet next to it, and an old man sitting behind him. He was probably a shopkeeper. He looked a little learned. Unexpectedly, there were also wine shops in the high-rise buildings here. Cao Muwen thought to himself that commercial tentacles seemed to be everywhere, and this was also a tourist resort. It seemed that the matter of silver fishing was ancient and modern. However, after all, it is a place where many literati gather. The old man behind the drunkard seems to be a shopkeeper, but he looks like a learned person. Is it possible that he has been cultivated for many years?

"Hey? It turned out that there was a restaurant here, which was beyond my expectation. I planned to sit on the ground, but in this way, it was relaxed and comfortable. Wang Shouren said in a slightly surprised tone at this time, and it seemed that he did not know that there was another store here.

At this time, the shopkeeper seemed to hear the sound of going up the stairs and saw another tourists coming up. He hurriedly got up and took a few steps, but was enthusiastic.

"A few people came to visit this Tengwang Pavilion. Now the weather is a little cold, and this Tengwang Pavilion is also a towering house. If you don't mind or have elegance, it's better to buy a few glasses of water and wine in a small shop, which is slightly hot, warm your body, and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the distance.

Wang Shouren laughed. The shopkeeper started the business here. I remember that there was no store a few months ago. Why did it come out now?

"Oh, this guest officer. You don't know that we also make quarterly living, but in summer, when the weather is good, there are many people, and our business again will also hinder tourists, and the government does not allow us. On the contrary, there are fewer tourists in winter. We set up a lot of money and earn a few glasses of water, wine and small dishes, which not only makes you cheaper, but also benefits ourselves. It is a good way to do both. However, Tengwang Pavilion now still has a song and dance pavilion for use. At the top floor, sometimes some dignitaries have been chartered to invite friends, just like Wang Bo doing the Tengwang Pavilion Preface!"

"Haha, so it is. Your store is flattering. Why don't you take a rest again? Wang Shouren was elegant and asked the opinions of the other three people. Everyone seemed to be tired and nodded in agreement.

The clerk in the shopkeeper's order has gone to hot the wine and prepare small dishes, and he did not bother Cao Muwen and others, so he became invisible and hid at the counter as if he was reading.

This Tengwang Pavilion. Since the building of Li Yuanying, the king of Teng, it has always been a dignitary, and the rich family favored the residence. Then in the Song Dynasty, ordinary civilian literati can also be seen at a glance, but in most cases, it is still controlled by the "official government". However, in this winter, the temperature on the pavilion is naturally low, and most of them are idle, so ordinary tourists can go to the pavilion at this time. Cao Muwen thought that Wang Shouren is now the governor of southern Jiangxi and an absolute feudal official. If you want to visit, everyone can stop him, but you don't go when the weather is warm. You have to wait until the weather is cold and you dress up as an ordinary person to come back to play, which is good.

The four people sat separately, but the table was spacious. Next to the large wooden hook rail painted with the color of "green knot decoration", the color is slightly dark green, which looks more dignified and simple. Wang Shouren turned his head and looked at the vast river in the distance, but he was silent. Since the elderly have nothing to say, and the other three have nothing to say for a while, Cao Muwen is so embarrassed.

Originally, three masters and apprentices came to play, but they came out halfway. Isn't it embarrassing? Humph! It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm already here. Cao Muwen twisted the broad beans from the plate for a moment and threw them into his mouth and creaked. It seems that this discord sound reminded Wang Shouren. He sighed slightly, turned his head and came to his senses.

"Since the Cao brothers claimed to have learned my lectures. However, I have been teaching for nearly ten years, but most of me am an official, and I don't really have much time here. In terms of lecturing alone, that was also what happened in Guizhou ten years ago. I don't know how you know?"

broken! Cao Muwen's heart skipped. Mr. Wang Shouren is indeed a real "all-round Confucian". He can't say that he read it from the book hundreds of years later. However, when Wang Shouren preached, many ordinary people and farmers came to the class. This grassroots construction is very solid. Since it is occupied in the minds of the small people in the market With the status, the spread of this class is very fast. Although there were no high-tech media such as TV networks in the Ming Dynasty, the current "Yangming Xinxue" also has a certain mass foundation. Cao Muwen thought for a moment and decided to flatter a little. Even if Mr. Wang could hear it, he would not mind.

"Although Mr.'s lectures from Guizhou are intermittent and devoted to political affairs, most of your lectures are simple and easy to understand. Although the tone is plain, it contains great philosophy. Most of the people who came to learn were ordinary civilians. The younger generation also heard someone's words about your lecture in the market. As soon as they heard it, it was really deafening, so they also paid attention to it. Cao Muwen's words are also ambiguous and there is no way to verify them. You have to believe it or not.

Cao Muwen knows it. The starting point of Yang Ming's Xinxue is "Dragon Field Enlightenment". If it is not through this "great enlightenment", it may be difficult for Wang Xue to reach the realm of stewing on the fire. For a long time, the "Dragon Field Enlightenment" has been covered with a layer of mystery, as if it was suddenly enlightened overnight, ignoring many ideological changes and theories during which formed a major plot. Wang Yangming's doctrine was not born in his hometown of the "water country", but in the dragon field in the remote countryside. Just after Liu Jin, the eunuch who had finished the egg, and Shou Ren were sent to the dragon field for three years after they were sentenced to the eunuch Liu Jin. Wang Yangming suffered from this disaster, and his mood was lonely, lonely, depressed and sad. From the capital where tens of millions of families were located, he suddenly landed on the remote, desolate and indifferent dragon field. He had no relatives, no food and clothing, and couldn't help creating a huge sense of loss, as if he had fallen from "heaven" to "hell" and fell into the abyss. He knew that there was no place to redress his grievances, and he was in despair, but he had never thought of life and death, so he swore to Shi Dun: "I only have to die!" Wang Shouren's heart was confused at that time, and his grief and sorrows could not be resolved, and he could not sleep all night. He rose and looked up to the sky and roared, singing sad songs with lyric feelings. Poetry can't relieve boredom, and the compound tune is overly tuned. The song can't relieve boredom, but it's mixed with laughter. In this despair, it was the simple and kind people of Longchang who gave him selfless assistance, which made him see a glimmer of hope, have the courage to live, stand up again and fight against fate. He used the "experience of life" to face life, face the cruel reality, and embarked on a difficult and unique road to become. A major turning point in his life has become a new beginning of his academic thinking. This change made him get rid of the vulgarity of the world, jump out of the trap of "exchanging the scriptures" and "note the scriptures", and gave full play to independent thinking and seek the liberation of human nature. He was "playable" in a small cave near Longchang. In his meditation, "at the time of poor people, through the changes of ancient and modern times", his mood changed from boredom to peace, from sadness to joy, and a vibrant emotion emerged spontaneously. With his rebellious "theism" he launched a fierce bombardment on Cheng Zhuli. After living in the dragon farm for three years, he was most moved by the simple and unpretentious "Eayi people". They had no relatives with him for no reason, but they could help him, repair houses and build houses for him, and helped him overcome difficulties. This is different from the situation of "grabbing each other's terrain and intrigue" in the capital. He felt the "true feelings" in the world and deeply felt the value of "conscience". Therefore, Wang Shouren's so-called "conscience" may be the kind of "conscience" that most people have forgotten in those simple villagers, which is also his purpose of teaching and solving puzzles.

After listening to Cao Muwen's words, Wang Shouren smiled and said faintly, but did not ask more deeply. Coincidentally, at this time, the child brought up the hot wine and several white porcelain wine pots were put on the table. Cao Muwen asked about the smell of wine. In this high and cold place, there was finally a warm and soft smell of wine, as if he had slipped into a trace of human fireworks in the ethereal fairyland.

"It's cold here. Why don't we have a few drinks first, go to the cold, warm up, and then talk." Cao Muwen said that he respectfully picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of hot wine for Wang Shouren and Xu Ai.

"Please." Cao Muwen said this, and at the same time, he poured himself a glass of wine and picked up the glass. Wang Shouren and his apprentice also picked up the glass, and the four of them drank it all at the same time. After drinking this, Cao Muwen suddenly felt that his whole body was much more comfortable. The wine was not strong. After heating it in hot water, there was no warm and comfortable heating. Originally, his stomach was still slightly cool, but now if he was all over his body and warmed, it would spread out from his stomach.

Ha~~~~~~ Put down the glass, Cao Muwen was comfortable, "It's a good wine. It's warmer after drinking it."