Do you have any thoughts about Mo Chi?

Ceng Gong's "Mo Chi Collection" is a good article of "encouraging learning". The author uses Wang Xizhi's Book of Linchi to illustrate that any achievement is achieved by hard study, and hard study is by no means "natural", thus extending to the issue of moral cultivation, with the aim of encouraging people to study hard, practice hard and make progress. The article first describes the position and shape of Mo Chi, and explains the legend about Wang Xizhi's "middle school books in the pool, and the water in the pool is all black". Then, on the point that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art is "late is good" and "unnatural", it leads to "those who want to be further virtuous" and "can you study hard?" And pointed out the main idea of the article. This paper narrates and comments on the story of Suowen, a professor of national studies. Some people speculate that Wang Jun's move is to "encourage his scholars", which ultimately boils down to the role of "the legacy of benevolence and righteousness" in the afterlife, so as to encourage people to study hard and improve themselves.

This article is ingenious, concise and implicit. It is worth mentioning that the clever use of questions, especially the use of the word "qi", is the wonderful pen of the whole article. The article uses questions six times and puts forward a series of speculations, which makes readers think in seemingly uncertain answers, which is very intriguing and reflects the witty and calm language characteristics.

In many materials, the word "qi" is understood as "qi", so many places in the article are puzzling. When looking up the Dictionary of Common Words in Ancient Chinese, there are three interpretations of "Qi": ① Qi, how; 2 whether; (3) with "qi". After careful consideration, the six words "Qi" in the article should be understood in this way so as not to miss the main idea of the article:

"This is an ancient relic. Do you believe in evil? " "Have you wandered around and indulged in this evil?"

These two words are "whether, isn't it". The legendary remains of Wang Xizhi in Mo Chi have been found not only in Linchuan, Jiangxi, but also in Huiji, Yongjia, Lushan and Qishui, Hubei. The author has doubts about whether Mo Chi in Linchuan, Jiangxi Province is a relic of Wang Youjun. However, entrusted by Wang Sheng, a professor of Chinese studies, he made an annotation for Mo Chi. It is neither necessary to do detailed textual research nor convenient to say anything, so he used two questions. This speculative tone not only expresses the author's doubts, but also makes people accept it frankly without embarrassment.

"Are those people in the world who can't reach it not as eager to learn as those who do evil?" "Then learn solid can be less zai! Is it evil to want to learn morality? "

Of these two sentences, the former word "qi" is still used as "whether" and the latter word "qi" is more suitable as "how". The author tried to persuade the good by Wang Xizhi's "the book of middle school in the pool is all black", but he didn't say it directly. In fact, these two questions are affirmative, indicating that the morality of entering a higher school must be strengthened, but the author only asks questions and lets readers draw their own conclusions after thinking. This writing is euphemistic and easy for readers to accept.

"Only wang jun's heart, love others? Although it is possible not to abolish it, is it because of its evil deeds? " "It also wants to add fuel to the flames and encourage its scholars to do evil?"

In these two sentences, "qi" and "qi" at the beginning of the sentence are the same meaning, both of which mean "whether". A word "Wei" shows that these meanings are purely empty. The author speculates on Wang Jun's intention and points out that Wang Jun's intention is to publicize the ancient people's encouragement to future generations. This is actually the author's intention to record Linchuan Mo Chi, although he suspects that it is Wang Xizhi's hometown. Such clarity not only makes the meaning euphemistic and implicit, but also avoids leaving a laughing stock for future generations.