Zhou Zhi smiled, and he actually agreed with Mai Xiaomiao in his heart, but he could not express his support now. He only said: "Many of the stories of the Twenty-Four Filial Piety are feudal dross. Looking at it from our modern eyes, it is indeed It’s a bit silly and ridiculous.”
Then continue to tell the story. The story is over: "When Min Ziqian grew up, he became a disciple of Confucius. He was known as well as Yan Hui for his virtue. Confucius praised him as 'the lady is silent, and her words must be true.' Because he did not respect Lord Lu and had no virtue, he flatly refused.” "It sounds good." Mai Xiaomiao said, "I have heard him talk about it a lot."
Mai Mingdong feels that his granddaughter's knowledge of Chinese history and culture is really lacking, and it seems that following Zhou Zhi to Daliang Mountain is not a good idea. What a bad thing: "Jiuzi has a strong knowledge of literature and history, Xiaomiao, you should also "Study more."
"Actually, there are loopholes in the story of Twenty-four Xiaoli." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Cotton itself is an exotic product, and it was an ornamental crop before the Tang Dynasty, so Du Fu has a poem about "no distinction between peach blossoms." Red as brocade, the catkins are as white as cotton.'"
"During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, cotton began to be planted in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was not popular until the Ming Dynasty."
"Prior to this, tree cotton was a product of tropical and subtropical areas, and was generally distributed in the country. They are all in central Yunnan and Guangnan. The local natives weave them into cloth, which is called "Jibei". Therefore, there is no such thing as ours in the Central Plains area of Spring and Autumn Period. The most common ones are cotton. ”
“There is another kind, which is silk floss. The best silk floss is made directly from cocoons. The second-class ones are made from the scraps of cocoons. The word is "twisted silk". Later, people discovered that cotton buds are very similar to silk floss, so they borrowed the pronunciation of this word and changed the radical to "木". "Guangyun" specifically mentions the explanation of the word "Mian" for cotton: "Wu Lu" says: It is actually like a wine glass, with cotton in it, which can be used to make cloth. Origin. "
"Although people who owned cars during the Spring and Autumn Period should be considered middle-class, history books mention that Min Ziqian's family was poor, and that car It was his father's production tool, and he was hired to pull things for others to support the family. It seems too exaggerated to say that two of the children in the family can afford to wear silk coats."
"So this story actually has great significance. Perhaps after successive additions and changes, it was in the Ming Dynasty that the final version we see today was formed.”
"It's really interesting to study Chinese history." Mai Xiaomiao listened carefully: "There are so many angles and materials that can be studied..."
"That's right." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: " Take Fei County, my aunt's hometown, as an example. It is the Kinki area of the fiefdom of Shaohao, the eldest son of the emperor. From the perspective of archaeological results, it is the part of Dawenkou that is located in southern Shandong and northern Shandong. Cultural relics, and the subsequent inheritance of Longshan culture, are the "main line" of Chinese civilization, which can be traced and verified. It has been six or seven thousand years ago."
"There has been no civilization for so many years. There are too many things to study.”
“But how can you understand so much?” Although Mai Xiaomiao is used to it. Although Zhou Zhi is extremely knowledgeable, he still couldn’t help but express his surprise and admiration: “It seems that you basically know everything about literature and history.” You know more." Zhou Zhi said modestly: "Those overseas don't know anything about it. Liberal arts and science are inherently different. Science is more sophisticated. Like you, you need to study deeply in one direction; and liberal arts research is actually about humanistic issues and social issues. Humanities and social issues in various eras are definitely complex, multi-layered and closely related, so they need to be more broad-minded.” So I can’t compare with you in terms of expertise, and you can’t compare with me in terms of knowledge. This is called specialization in our profession.”
"Then are there any people in history who are both broad-minded and profound?" Mai Xiaomiao asked.
“There are still some, such as Zhang Heng in the Han Dynasty, Monk Yixing in the Tang Dynasty, Su Song in the Song Dynasty, Xu Guangqi in the Ming Dynasty, and Pan Jixun in the Qing Dynasty. They were not only ancient scientists, but also proficient in literature and even politics. Proficient in religion, such as Su Song, whose highest position was prime minister, he was also an astronomer and astronomical machinery manufacturer. He was an erudite architect and pharmacologist. He was knowledgeable in the Nine Classics and History, Hundred Schools of Theory, as well as algorithms, topography, mountain classics, materia medica, exegesis, and laws and regulations. He invented a mechanical device similar to an astronomical clock. The water transport instrument platform was designed with the world's earliest escapement; in astronomy, many star charts were drawn, calendars were investigated and studied, and He explained clearly the reasons for the inconsistency between the calendars of Song and Liao at that time; in terms of medicine, he compiled the "Bencao Illustrated Book"; in terms of history, he presided over the revision of "Records of Renzong" and "Records of Yingzong"; in terms of literature, later generations collected many of his articles and compiled them into "Collection of Su Wei Gong Collected Works" contains nearly 600 poems, including one long rhyme with 1,400 words, which can be called China's "rhymed poetry". "The best."
"But according to my statistics, it only takes about three to four hundred years for such a person to appear." Zhou Zhi said with emotion: "So we don't have to compare with these chosen people. Otherwise, it will be like the old saying..."
"Comparing people with others will lead to death, but comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away!" Mai Xiaomiao answered again.
"That's right!" Zhou Zhi gave Mai Xiaomiao a piece of braised pork to express his praise: "We have this time, why not eat two more pieces of braised pork made by Liu Ma to have fun!"
Mai Mingdong looked at and Zhou Zhiqiao smiled at Yanyan's granddaughter, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised. The elbow had such a great impact on his precious granddaughter. She had only been in Daliang Mountain for a long time, and she had already learned a lot of witticisms!
In fact, as Mai Xiaomiao had just returned from the United States, Mai Mingdong was quite worried that her granddaughter would not stay in China. If that happened, it would be difficult to say that it would not be a loss for the country in terms of information technology.
Looking at the current situation, his granddaughter should be able to stay, but the worry in Mai Mingdong's heart changed to another kind.
Mai Mingdong admires Zhi’s thoughtful character very much, but how young people get along really changes with the seasons, and they can break up out of nowhere, and it’s hard to explain.
Fortunately, Mai Mingdong is also a little relieved. The influence of the elbow on Xiaomiao has even made her a beneficiary. At least this time she returned home and had the adjustment of the elbow. She seems to have shown signs of improvement towards Liu Ma and no longer behaves like It was so repulsive and targeted in the past.
I sighed in my heart, let them do what they want to do with the young people. Thinking of this, Mai Mingdong changed the topic to something related to tomorrow's business trip: "I'm going to the ministry to make a report. Are you all ready?"
"There's nothing to prepare." Mai Xiaomiao said with all her treasures: “Our laboratory is very well prepared for the preliminary preparation of technology, whether it is MerkleRal We have been tracking and using the Merkle-Tree data structure proposed by f, or the Paxos algorithm proposed by Leslie Lamport, as well as the protocol that uses timestamps to ensure the security of digital files and the POW algorithm that relies on the irreversibility of the cost function. We have been tracking and using it to build laboratories. After that, we bought the IP rights of these algorithms as soon as possible, and developed a virtual machine architecture for distributed systems based on it. At the same time, we used the characteristics of POW algorithms that are easy to verify but difficult to crack to build a virtual machine. Machine-based security firewalls ”
“These are yours. We have known it for a long time." Zhou Zhi said to Mai Mingdong: "In fact, now we are discussing whether it is a two-party cooperation or a three-party co-management. In other words, in addition to our Clover Group and the Ship Power Research Institute, whether the Academy of Sciences can join us. It’s a question of joining.”(End of this chapter)