webnovelvip Chapter 149 Punctuation
Chapter 149 Punctuation
Chapter 149 Punctuation
Li Chunfeng was a little surprised, and said, "My lord has also heard of Daoist Yuan? I have been fascinated by Daoist Yuan for a long time, but unfortunately I have never seen him!"
never seen it?
Lin Xuan was taken aback, isn't Yuan Tiangang the master of Li Chunfeng in the legend?
In fact, he was wrong. Li Chunfeng was introduced to Li Shimin when Li Shimin was named King of Qin.
Although Yuan Tiangang was an official in the Sui Dynasty, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he stayed at home and did not become an official.
It was not until the eighth year of Zhenguan that he was summoned by Li Shimin and granted an official position.
So Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang are not masters and apprentices at all.
"I just heard people say that he is very good at reading faces, so I just want to ask him to show me one!" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Li Chunfeng shook his head, and said confidently: "Master Hou, facial features are just tricks, and you can't do them accurately. Besides, Daoist Yuan is not much better than me in physiognomy!"
Lin Xuan thinks about it too, if a person looks rich, can he be rich by staying at home and doing nothing?
Since Li Chunfeng couldn't tell that he came from time travel, Yuan Tiangang shouldn't be able to tell either.
He was frightened by Li Chunfeng's initial words and the legends left by Yuan Tiangang.
No matter how powerful Yuan Tiangang and the others are, they are still human beings, not gods.
After thinking about this, Lin Xuan relaxed, and said with a smile, "I was thinking too much."
Kong Yingda saw that they had finished chatting, and said, "Jingyang County Marquis, I still have some doubts about pinyin, can you help me?"
Lin Xuan said: "Of course, Mr. Kong, please tell me!"
Kong Yingda asked some previous questions, and Lin Xuan answered them one by one.
Following Lin Xuan's explanation, Kong Yingda became enlightened and said, "I wonder if the Marquis of Jingyang County intends to teach this method?"
"Of course I can, but I'm busy with business and I don't have time. I wonder if I can bother Mr. Kong?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
He is still very supportive of spreading Pinyin, which is also good for his reputation.
Whether fame is useful or not depends on the Kong family.
Of course, even if the pinyin is spread, his reputation cannot be compared with that of the Kong family.
But for him, it was enough.
"You want the old man to spread the word?" Kong Yingda said in disbelief.
Although Lin Xuan invented Pinyin, his spreading it will also increase the prestige of the Kong family.He didn't believe that Lin Xuan didn't know this.
Of course Lin Xuan knows this, but it is best to spread the pinyin and let Kong Yingda do it.
The Kong family has a high prestige among scholars, and he himself is a doctor of Guozijian.
"Mr. Kong is a descendant of Kong Sheng, so it would be best to do this. If Mr. Kong is not willing, I can only find a way to find someone else." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Kong Yingda hurriedly said: "Yes, the old man is willing!"
"It's fine if you want it, but I don't know how you plan to spread it?" Lin Xuan asked.
Although he doesn't want to do it himself, it's okay to pay attention.
Kong Yingda hadn't had time to think about this question yet.
Kong Yingda asked back: "I don't know what the Marquis of Jingyang County should pay attention to?"
"Sir, even if the average person has learned pinyin, they still need to learn to recognize characters. Pinyin is just for people to learn to recognize characters more conveniently."
"Sir, why not compile a dictionary, add pinyin to all existing characters, and indicate the meaning of the word. In this way, as long as you learn pinyin and have a dictionary, you can learn to recognize characters yourself." Lin Xuan said.
Lin Xuan asked Lin Dongyang yesterday to invite Chen Wenqin to teach at home, but it would cost five pennies a month.
Of course, this has something to do with asking him to come and hand over.
But if ordinary people want to be literate, Shu Xiu must be indispensable.
In addition, the ancients attached great importance to respecting teachers, and they even gave gifts to teachers during festivals.
Calculated in this way, the cost is very high, but with a dictionary, as long as you know pinyin, you can learn by yourself, and you can usually practice calligraphy on the ground.
Of course, if you want to take the imperial examination, you still need to read the Four Books and Five Classics, and you must have a teacher to teach these.
But it can save the cost of literacy time.
Kong Yingda's eyes lit up, writing a book and setting up a biography is the lifelong pursuit of the ancients.
And this dictionary is not only for those who just learn to recognize characters.
People who are already literate can also use it, after all, they also have characters they don't know.
The most important thing is that you only need to add pinyin to the words and indicate the meaning. It just takes a little time and you're done.
"Wonderful! It's really wonderful, Hou Dacai of Jingyang County!" Kong Yingda exclaimed.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Sir, I still have a way of punctuating sentences, and you can spread it along with me, sir."
The method of sentence segmentation mentioned by Lin Xuan is punctuation marks, which he wrote down by hand when he was writing pinyin before.
The ancients wrote from top to bottom, from right to left, which he can accept.
The problem is that the ancients don't use punctuation and it seems very laborious.
"Sentence?" Kong Yingda looked at Lin Xuan with some doubts.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Sir, in the Analects of Confucius, 'the people can be controlled but not understood', how should the sentence be interpreted?"
Kong Yingda didn't even think about it, and said directly: "Naturally, the people can let them know, but they can't let them know."
After Lin Xuan listened, he said, "Sir, it's correct to punctuate the sentence like that, but I have a different understanding."
"Oh? I don't know the Marquis of Jingyang County, what other understanding do you have?" Kong Yingda asked suspiciously.
Lin Xuan said: "The people can, let them know; if they can't, let them know. The people can make them, but they can't let them know."
Kong Yingda was surprised: "This..."
The two sentences that Lin Xuan said, together with his previous ones, totaled three, each with a different meaning.
"Mr. Kong is a descendant of Confucius, so of course he understands the Analects, but how would scholars in the world understand it? What should we do if someone distorts the words of the sage?" Lin Xuan asked.
Kong Yingda's face turned pale. He is a descendant of Confucius and absolutely cannot accept someone's remarks that misinterpret Kong Sheng.
"I don't know what solution Jingyang County Bo has?" Kong Yingda asked.
Lin Xuan took out the written punctuation mark, showed it to Kong Yingda, and said, "Please look, sir, this is called a comma, and it is used when a sentence needs to be paused. This is a period, and it is used at the end of a sentence to indicate the end of a sentence. Finished writing, this is a question mark..."
Lin Xuan explained to Kong Yingda the usage of each punctuation mark.
He only wrote some commonly used punctuation marks, and he didn't write those that were not commonly used.
"Wonderful, really wonderful. The talent of the Marquis of Jingyang County makes me feel ashamed!" Kong Yingda exclaimed after listening.
Punctuation is not complicated, it can be said to be very simple.But for so long, no one thought of it.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Sir, do you think this punctuation mark will help students all over the world?"
"It's not just helpful, it can be said to be a huge help!" Kong Yingda said.
Students go to school to study, isn't it because they need their master to teach them how to read and understand the meaning of the Four Books and Five Classics?
With pinyin and a dictionary, you can learn to read by yourself.
With punctuation marks, you can learn the Four Books and Five Classics by yourself.
Of course, self-study is still relatively laborious, and if conditions permit, famous teachers will be hired.
"It's good if it's useful. Mister can spread the pinyin first, and then compile a dictionary. After the dictionary is finished, you can also rewrite the book and add punctuation marks!" Lin Xuan said.
I believe that if this set of punches is punched out, his reputation among scholars will be very high in the future.
As long as he doesn't rebel, neither Li Shimin nor the future emperor will touch him easily.
"The old man will go back and prepare now!" Kong Yingda finished speaking, got up and was ready to leave.
"Wait! Sir, I have something to ask!" Lin Xuan quickly stopped him.
Unexpectedly, this old man in his 50s was still in such a hurry.
"Jingyang county uncle just say, as long as the old man can do it, there will be no problem!" Kong Yingda said.
He is very grateful to Lin Xuan now.
"Sir, I will be crowned in two months. I wonder if sir can name me?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Kong Yingda smiled and said: "Of course, but the words are very important, I have to go back and think about it carefully!"
"It's fine if you agree, sir. There are still two months left, so there is no rush!" Lin Xuan said.
Kong Yingda said: "In this case, the old man will leave first!"
Lin Xuan and Li Chunfeng sent Kong Yingda away and returned to the living room of the Lin family.
"I didn't expect Lord Hou to be so talented at such a young age!" Li Chunfeng praised.
When Lin Xuan and Kong Yingda were talking just now, although he didn't interrupt, he listened to the whole process.
Lin Xuan smiled and asked, "Dr. Li wants to discuss arithmetic with me?"
For arithmetic, he knows addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but he doesn't know if it is enough to deal with Li Chunfeng.
Li Chunfeng nodded, and said: "I also heard about the competition between Lord Hou and the family. I can solve that problem, but I can't do it as fast as Lord Hou!"
(End of this chapter)