Vol 1 Chapter 3 (2/2)
The teacher actually took pleasure in the little pupil of his At such a young age, the kid was able to speak orderly, and even co in the scriptures It was really no easy task for a mere four-year-old
The teacher also had doubts himself Why was the Count of Southernland so anxious and had such high deh pressure, he had no choice but to teach the four-year-old books of scripture If it had been a nor just characters andliterature
When the lesson was over, Fan Xian saluted the teacher in good manners, and then waited respectfully until the teacher left the study Then stripping off the sweat-soaked robe, he ran out of the study, as the servant girl followed hurriedly while calling out for him to be careful
As soon as he entered theout the most innocent smile on his face, he strolled inside, and as soon as he saw the Old Mada in the middle of the hall, he called out in his baby voice, “Grandma!”
The Old Madam’s face was kind and affable, and the deep wrinkles were clearyears Only the occasional shi+ne in her eyes would briefly reveal her shrewdness and the fact that she was not just a simple woman – it was said that the Count of Southernland would not have been able to achieve his fame and poithout the Old Madam’s connections in the Capital City
“What have you learned today?”
Fan Xian stood obediently in front of the Old Madaht him that day Then after a respectful salute, he headed toward the side hall to have dinner together with his younger sister
The Old Madarandson didn’t seem to be very close to each other Maybe it was because Fan Xian was only a baseborn son, though the Old Madah deement
Fan Xian could still remember that when he had been only one year old, the Old Madaht and wept dearly The Old Madam, of course, did not think a one year old infant would understand her words, or even remember them
“Kid, if you have to bla your ht after you came to this world”
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What kind of fa Fan Xian’s ht after he cah he already knew his father was a high-ranking official in the Capital City, the Count of Southernland, who he had never met in person, but as his mother? At the time of the assassination, the Count of Southernland was still at His Majesty’s service in the conquering areted his mother directly
Since the soul inside his body really belonged to another world, he obviously didn’t think much of the father-son relation between him and the never-met Count of Southernland Only occasionally, he would think of that woman who had already left this world, the woman who he should have called mother
[1] Dantian literally means ”cinnabar or red field” and is loosely translated as ”elixir field” It is described as an important focal point for internal meditative techniques and refers specifically to the physical center of gravity located in the abdoer widths behind the navel)
[2] Iy that normally causes severe injury to self in the fore to internal chi channels and meridians
[3] With the characteristics of using very short verses and very uncos in order to dee capabilities This type of literature can only be understood by well-educated scholars However, sometimes the extreme brevity creates bifurcation and no one is sure what the original author really wanted to say
[4] Using verses and words that are closer to the real world language, which are easier for common people to understand
[5] The Four Books (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Confucian analects, and The Works of Mencius) and The Five Classics (The Book of Songs, The Book of History, The Book of Changes, The Book of Rites, and The Spring and Autus for Confucian scholars starting fro Dynasty