Through Time Chapter 26

Seeing the choice before him, Zhao Lang revealed a smile.

He had come across this option before, it was only a pity that it came together with the paper making technique.

So he didn’t pick it.

Now that it appeared again, how could he let it go.

As for this calligraphy proficiency, it is also very good, after all, in his last life Zhao Lang was in his twenties.

The writing was still as good as a chicken claw crawl.

But this is nothing compared to the Complete Book of Regular Script Characters.

So Zhao Lang did not hesitate to choose the Complete Book of Regular Characters.

“Sir, I don’t want to write anymore.”

Zhao Long gritted his teeth and said.

At once, the entire courtyard of teenagers looked over, and Zhao Xie, who was on the side, also raised his head.

Kongjia’s ruler, which he had just put down at this time, lifted up again.

Although he had been hired to come here, he would not relax any of the principles that he should have.

What’s more, in his heart, this was still the battlefield between him and Qin Shi Huang.

“Why, if you don’t explain the reason, I will punish you with ten strokes of the ruler today!”

Kongjia said sternly.

“Because… I have some discomfort in my hand today.”

Zhao Lang didn’t even try to argue with the other party.

Because unlike his own old man, these old Confucian students were all big educated spitters!

If you argued with him, he could start from the ancient times in a minute, and then quote scriptures to make you sound useless.

In terms of spewing, Confucianism can be said to be the number one.

Think about it, someone else invented the word cursing.

They took it to the level of war, and people were really cursed to death!

So, he just wants to finish the job and get the reward.

Kong A, however, snorted coldly at this point and said that

“I just saw you leading someone over the wall this morning today, and you are very nimble.”

“Keep writing! Another penalty of carving ten scrolls of bamboo!”

Hearing the punishment, Zhao Lang directly sucked in a breath of cold air.

He had also tried carving words on bamboo slips in the past few days, and it was simply not a human job.

Moreover, if he did that, he wouldn’t be able to complete the task.

Zhao Lang could only say, with a stiff upper lip

“Sir, this character is too difficult to write, the more I write, the more I want to sleep.”

Only when Zhao Lang finished his words, a burst of laughter rang out behind him.

Zhao Long immediately looked over angrily, wanting to see which insensitive brat was the one who dared to laugh at him.

Instead, he found that it was the disciple that Kongjia had brought over, Zhao Xie.

Kong A also frowned slightly, he was educating Zhao Lang, and it was not appropriate for you to make fun of him out loud.

Zhao Xie’s reaction was quick, his face returned to seriousness and he stood up and said.

“My lord, although you are the owner of the Zhuang, the gentleman was also invited back by you.”

“But the way to study is originally difficult, but how many people want to learn but cannot, so how can you stop halfway?”

Hearing these words, Kongjia also nodded.

Zhao Lang actually agreed with this statement, but the current situation did not allow him to surrender.

Continuing to stiffen his head, the

“It’s not that I don’t learn, it’s just that this character has too many comparisons and is too overwhelming, it would be nice if it were simpler.”

Only when he finished speaking did Kong A frown.

Just then, someone else spoke up and

“Sir, I find it too difficult too, I’ve been learning for days and I still can’t even write my name.”

“If the characters were easier, we could definitely learn them.”

Zhao Lang looked back and it was to hell with it.

Good boy, my lord usually didn’t love you for nothing, knowing that this was the time to come out and share the firepower.

The other teenagers also spoke up.

Kong A took a look and instead regained his composure, then spoke

“You all think the word is too complicated?”

The teenagers nodded their heads almost in unison.

Kong A put the ruler down and spoke, saying

“So be it, I was in a hurry, thinking only that you were old enough to learn your characters as soon as possible.”

“But I did not teach you properly about the origins of characters and their importance to my country, China.”

“Do you know that since Pan Gu opened the heavens and the earth, the universe has been flooded with people like ruminants and dogs…”

When Zhao Lang heard this, his whole being wilted.

Sure enough, his greatest fear had come.

This old Confucian actually started from the opening of the heavens and the earth!

After a long while, Kongjia finally said that

“And then Cang Jie created the characters, and the heavens descended with visions, each stroke, each painting, all of which took the efforts of those who came before.”

“Look again now, can this character not be simplified?”

The teenagers in the courtyard all revealed solemn expressions as they listened.

At this point even the most his hardcore to death, spoke to

“House Master, what the gentleman said is very right, we’d better practise our words.”

Zhao Lang also scratched his hair in pain.

Because what this old Confucian scholar said was quite right, writing was an extremely important feature and sign of a civilisation.

Throughout the entire world.

Chinese is the only remaining ideographic script.

It is not something that can be altered at will.

But he has regular script!

In order to get the complete book of regular script characters, this wave of Zhao Long must just

“Sir is right, the character indeed cannot be changed at will.”

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Kong A’s face, it was an achievement for the gentleman to be able to convince these prickly students.

Only without waiting for this smile to expand, he heard Zhao Lang say that

“But that doesn’t mean that the word can’t be changed, it shouldn’t be changed!”

“In the ancient times, the ancestors used pictures to make drawings, then there was the Bell and Tripod script, then the Great Codex, and now the Small Codex.”

“The writing was simplified step by step, are we now not as clever as the ancients?”

The more Kong A listened, the deeper his frown became, and only after Zhao Lang had finished speaking did he coldly say that

“This is simply a bunch of nonsense!”

“We, how can we be compared to the ancient sages!”

He was a descendant of Confucius, and if he followed Zhao Lang’s argument, it would be disrespectful to his own ancestors.

So it was impossible for him to agree with this statement.

Zhao Lang could not help but sigh.

Confucianism, is it strong?

Strong, one could say very strong.

Otherwise it wouldn’t have taken down the rest of the hundred schools of thought.

But the drawback was also fatal, and that was that the classics of the ancients were held up as insurmountable rules.

And then to paint oneself into a corner, and to set up one’s own rules.

China has suffered many losses as a result.

Having said that, Zhao Long decided to go out on a limb, offending a mere teacher was nothing compared to obtaining the regular script.

If he was angry with him, he could just find another one.

So he said.

“Why are people nowadays no better than the ancients?”

“If that were true, then we should still be wearing animal skins and living in the wilderness.”

“It was the step-by-step advancement that led to the glory of China.”

Zhao Lang stood up at this point and turned his eyes to the teenagers in the courtyard.

He didn’t care whether this old Confucian scholar listened to these words or not, as long as these teenagers could understand them.

“What we need to do is to learn from the experience of our ancestors, and then keep moving forward and progressing! ”

“Therefore, a disciple does not have to be inferior to a master, and a master does not have to be more virtuous than a disciple.”

Zhao Lang uses the words of Han Yu (Tang) to make a final statement.

At this moment, Kong Jia and Zhao Xie, who were standing by the side, had both frozen on the spot.