Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Su Chen bowed and smiled, "It's not a great idea, but I have something to share with you."

After that, he took the paper and pen from Li Chengqian and was about to start writing when he found that it was a brush in his hand.

"Do you have any more pencils?"

"Wait a minute, I'll get them!" Li Chengqian stood up and personally went to get a pencil for Su Chen.

The five great scholars were even more confused about who Su Chen was. The prince was actually willing to be driven by him.

After a while, Li Chengqian got a pencil. The one Su Chen gave him last time was not used up.

Li Chengqian also found Li Shimin outside the door and was also stopped by Li Shimin from saluting.

Su Chen wrote on the paper:

The people can be made to follow it, but not to know it

This is what they just argued with Li Chengqian.

Su Chen didn't know how to understand this sentence correctly.

Because Confucius didn't use punctuation when he wrote [The Analects of Confucius·Tai Bo Chapter]! How to understand it depends on how you break the sentence.

The husband has his own reasons, and the wife has her own reasons.

After Su Chen finished writing, he took it to Zhang Xuansu, "May I ask this gentleman, how do you understand this sentence?" Su Chen stood in front of him and waited for his answer.

Zhang Xuansu, a former minister of the Sui Dynasty, has always been famous for his integrity and is highly valued by Li Shimin.

After taking the paper handed over by Su Chen, he was puzzled by the tiny pencil words at first, and then saw the sentence they were discussing just now.

"This sentence comes from the Analects of Confucius, Taibo Chapter, which means: The monarch only needs to let the people follow the orders, and there is no need to explain the reasons to them."

Su Chen shook his head, took the paper back from Zhang Xuansu, and continued to write:

If the people can do it, let them do it; if they can't do it, let them know it.

"How do you explain this sentence?" Su Chen handed the paper to Zhang Xuansu again.

Zhang Xuansu took it and looked at it, "This..."

They had never seen these symbols before, and they didn't know what they did.

But this sentence was separated by those symbols, and Zhang Xuansu also roughly understood the mystery.

Although the symbols could not be called, they were obviously used for punctuation.

In this way, the meaning of the sentence changed.

Zhang Xuansu looked at the re-punctuated sentence and gave an answer.

"After your punctuation, this sentence now means: If the people are capable, let them execute it by themselves. If they are not capable enough, let them understand the reason and improve their ability."

Su Chen did not comment, took the paper again, and wrote again:

If the people can be used, let them do it. If they cannot be used, let them know it.

"Please explain what this sentence means again, sir!" Su Chen smiled and handed it to Zhang Xuansu.

Zhang Xuansu was shocked after taking it.

He wondered if the words of the saints he had learned before were all wrong, and shook his head secretly.

"This sentence means: if the people can obey the government orders, then let them obey the government orders. For those who cannot obey the government orders, let them understand the reason."

After Zhang Xuansu finished speaking, he bowed respectfully to Su Chen, "Sir, you are a great talent, Xuansu admires you!"

Su Chen hurriedly helped Zhang Xuansu up, "Sir, you are too polite, I don't deserve it. May I ask if your surname is Zhang?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xuansu was a little confused. Could it be that this great talent knew him?

"I have heard of you for a long time! Mr. Zhang has always been known for his integrity. I admire him very much." Su Chen smiled sincerely.

Su Chen's words surprised Zhang Xuansu. Su Chen actually knew him?

"Xuansu, can you let us see it!" Kong Yingda walked up to Zhang Xuansu and asked. He had discovered Zhang Xuansu before, and after reading the paper written by Su Chen, he showed a shocked expression several times.

Zhang Xuansu handed the paper to Kong Yingda. Kong Yingda was also surprised after taking the paper. The three sentences were divided in different ways, and the meaning changed accordingly.

He also understood why Su Chen said before that it was meaningless for them to argue like that.

Yes, everyone divides the sentences differently, and the meaning is different. No one can say who is right or wrong.

"May I ask Mr. Su, where did this symbol come from?"

After Su Chen bowed, he smiled and said, "Old sir, just call me Su Chen. I don't deserve the title of sir."

He still knew how much he weighed.

"Old man, Zhongda." Kong Yingda remembered that Li Shimin had told him that he could not call himself Kong Yingda.

In fact, they were overthinking. The teachers who taught Li Chengqian before had long been replaced by Li Shimin.

When Su Chen heard Zhongda? Wasn't Sima Yi just Zhongda?

"Mr. Zhongda, this symbol is used to break sentences. I call it 'punctuation'. Putting this punctuation in each sentence will not cause ambiguity in the original text."

Su Chen paused and continued: "There are several kinds of punctuation, and each symbol has a different purpose. It can express the speaker's tone in written text."

"Please teach us, sir!" The five great scholars bowed to Su Chen at the same time.

Su Chen panicked. How could he bear this!

"Gentlemen, please don'tI can't accept such a great gift!" Su Chen hurriedly followed and bowed.

"Sir, you are wrong. There is no order of learning. The wisest one is the teacher!" Kong Yingda bowed.

Su Chen scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly:

"Okay, I will discuss this punctuation with you gentlemen."

Su Chen thought that he dared not teach other subjects, but he could still teach this punctuation.

"Prince, do you have a blackboard and chalk here?" Su Chen looked at Li Chengqian and asked.

It was at this time that Su Chen found that Li Shimin and others were outside the door.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing outside?" Su Chen asked curiously.

Li Shimin coughed, "I just arrived!" Then he walked in with a swagger, followed by several others.

"Su Chen, wait a moment, my fourth brother has a blackboard and chalk in the Wude Hall, I will ask someone to get them. ”

When Li Tai was teaching those officials about lowercase numbers and the new accounting method, he also asked people to make a blackboard and chalk.

After a while, the blackboard and chalk were brought. "Everyone, I will start with commas and periods, please look!"

Su Chen turned around and wrote on the blackboard:

The prince can't be found, and your majesty and the queen are very anxious.

The prince can't find your majesty, and the queen is very anxious.

The prince can't find your majesty and the queen, and he is very anxious.

"Commas indicate a pause in the middle of a sentence, and periods indicate the end of a sentence. You can understand it, right?"

After Su Chen finished writing, he looked at the people below, and Li Shimin and others also sat down and listened to the class.

"Wonderful, it's really wonderful!" Kong Yingda and others exclaimed after discovering the use of commas and periods.

"Next, I will talk about question marks and exclamation marks. "

Su Chen turned around and wrote on the blackboard:

The prince doesn't need to go!

The prince doesn't need to go?

"If we follow the previous way of writing books, it will be difficult for later generations to judge. The tone of the speaker at that time will also cause ambiguity in the original text."

After speaking, Su Chen used two different tones to simulate the above two sentences, and everyone could understand them at once.

"Hahaha! I understand." Li Shimin suddenly laughed.

Everyone looked at him at once.

"Uh! I made a mistake, everyone continue... continue!" Li Shimin smiled awkwardly.

In the following time, Su Chen gave examples of commas, semicolons, and quotation marks to explain to everyone.

After Su Chen finished speaking, Li Shimin announced on the spot that punctuation marks must be included in writing in the future.

However, Li Shimin was very depressed and didn't get to watch the show.

Su Chen was praised by these arrogant scholars.