Chapter 535 Water Sutra Notes

Mr. Zhuang put aside the book basket containing himself and Bai Ershu, and dragged Man Bao and the others' two full book baskets over.

Put the paper book aside first, then opened the bamboo slips to read, "Which volume is "Shui Jing Zhu"?"

Man Bao immediately stepped forward with Bai Shanbao to help check. Although the bamboo slips look similar from the outside, in fact, the number of bamboo slips in each roll is not necessarily the same, so there are differences in thickness, and those who are more sensitive can feel different feelings. .

The main thing is that they found these bamboo slips, and the two of them have impressions of them.

When they opened the bamboo slips, they could tell whether it was "Shui Jing Zhu" by just looking at the content of the first article, and handed it to Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang took the bamboo slips and sat down under the lamp to look at them seriously.

Bai Erlang was not afraid after being made such a fuss by Zhou Zhoulang. He squatted beside the two of them, and asked with his head, "What is "Shui Jing Zhu"?"

"It's Li Shanchang's commentary on the "Shui Jing", "Man Bao said: "The "Sui Shu" said that all the mountains, rivers and rivers in the world are contained in the "Shui Jing Zhu", which is amazing."

Mr. Zhuang took the time to reply, "Nonsense, when did such a sentence exist in "Sui Shu"?"

Bai Shanbao explained embarrassingly: "Sir, that sentence was a comment made by my father, but unfortunately my family's "Sui Shu" is also a fragment, and it is not complete. My father only left a sentence in the introduction of "Shui Jing Zhu" comment."

Mr. Zhuang looked away from the bamboo slips, stroked his beard, and pondered: "Your father is right."

Bai Erlang touched his head and asked, "So what?"

Man Bao looked at him and said, "Do you know how this book was written?"

"Isn't it just the annotations of the "Shui Jing"? It is just to make annotations according to the "Shui Jing"."

If it wasn't for the bamboo slips in his hand, Mr. Zhuang would have wanted to give him a brain blow, and he didn't bother to teach the third disciple a lesson, so he said directly to Man Bao: "Tell you third junior brother, what is so great about this "Shui Jing Zhu"? "

Man Bao was as proud as if he had received an imperial edict, "Do you think this "Shui Jing Zhu" is written indiscriminately? In order to write this commentary, Li Shanchang not only walked through the places written in "Shui Jing" but also read it in person. I also consulted countless books before I wrote this book.”

Bai Shanbao added: "I see that "Shui Jing Zhu" is mentioned in many books, saying that it not only records the origin and flow direction of each river, but also the natural geography and folk economy of various places in the river basin, and even the mountains and rivers. Volcanoes, hot springs, water conservancy projects, etc. are all included in it.”

"Although it is an annotation for the "Shui Jing", it has expanded many side branches of the river, and the "Shui Jing" is only one of its twenty." Bai Shanbao said: "My family has the "Shui Jing", but my father has comments, It is said that the names of many of the water streams have been changed, and even the flow direction has been changed due to the age, but the "Shui Jing Zhu" is more detailed, but unfortunately my family does not have it."

Bai Erlang: "Then buy it."

Man Bao: "We went to the bookstore to look for it. The shopkeeper said there was no one. He also asked the bookstore for us. The bookstore said that they had never printed this book, so there was nowhere to buy it."

Mr. Zhuang confirmed that the volume in his hand was a volume in "Shui Jing Zhu", put it aside, picked up another volume handed over by Man Bao and the others to continue reading, and took the time to reply: ""Shui Jing Zhu" It is the collection of the imperial court, apart from the imperial court, maybe the Guozijian may find the complete copy, and some aristocratic families may have collections, which cannot be bought outside."

That's why several children said that they had found "Shui Jing Zhu", and he was both pleasantly surprised and skeptical.

Mr. Zhuang turned over these bamboo slips with an oil lamp, and after confirming that the twelve volumes they selected were all "Shui Jing Zhu", he touched them for a long time and said nothing.

Man Bao squatted on the ground for a long time, his legs felt a little numb, so he simply sat down on the ground, seeing that the husband had not spoken for a long time, he took two steps forward with his palms on the ground, and called, "Sir?"

Mr. Zhuang returned to his senses, blinked his reddish eyes, covered his face with his sleeves, and said, "It's "Shui Jing Zhu". Unfortunately, there are only twelve volumes, and they are also fragments."

Man Bao: "Let's go to the bookstore tomorrow, maybe we can find the rest?"

Mr. Zhuang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, I will go with you tomorrow as a teacher."

Zhou Zhoulang knocked on the door, and when he entered the door and saw the three little ones sitting on the ground, he frowned in distaste, "Hurry up and wash up, you are not allowed to sit on the ground in the future, or you will wash your clothes by yourself."

Mr. Zhuang just remembered something, nodded and said: "Silang, don't help them wash their clothes in the future, let them do it by themselves."

The three of them stared wide-eyed together, and Mr. Zhuang explained: "Shanbao, Erlang, if you enter the government school or the Imperial College in the future, you will not be able to bring people into the academy, so you must learn to wash your own clothes."

Man Bao immediately raised his hand and said happily: "Sir, I don't need to go to the government to study, and I don't need to go to the Imperial College."

Mr. Zhuang picked up the book on the table, rolled it up and knocked her on the head, "You are a girl, you should also learn some washing things, and go wash clothes with your two juniors tomorrow."

Mr. Zhuang coughed lightly and said, "The teacher's clothes are also handed over to you."

The eyes of the three immediately clashed. Mr. Zhuang didn't want to join their fight, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go out and read the book again for the teacher."

The three of them went out together, Zhou Zhoulang had already gone back to the kitchen, one pot of hot water was not enough, he had to boil another pot.

The three little ones stood in the yard discussing, Man Bao said: "I am the elder sister!"

Bai Erlang said: "I am the third junior brother!"

Bai Shanbao looked around and said, "But you are the oldest."

"Okay," Man Bao raised his hand and said, "Let's stop arguing and take turns. I will wash first, then Shanbao's turn, and Erlang's turn again. Let's go according to the order."

Bai Shanbao thought about it, and felt that he was the second child no matter in terms of age or seniority, so he had no objection.

Seeing that Man Bao was willing to take a step back, Bai Erlang naturally had no further objections, so everyone discussed it properly.

"Then wash up in this order," Man Bao said, "I'm the biggest, so I'll come first."

Bai Shanbao \u0026 Bai Erlang: ...

Obviously she already had her turn yesterday, and it's my (Bai Shan's) turn today.

But when the two saw that she had already run into the kitchen to ask for hot water, they could only sigh and admit defeat.

At this time, it was completely dark, and their entire alley was quiet, and everyone seemed to have fallen asleep.

So they subconsciously relaxed their washing actions, and apart from the occasional sound of talking and walking, as well as the sound of fetching water and lighting a fire, the yard was extraordinarily quiet.

Man Bao and Bai Shanbao dressed neatly after washing, moved a small stool and sat in the yard watching the moon. They spent most of the day thinking about it, so they don't really want to study at the moment.