Chapter 279: Reprimand
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“Zhu Zi’s Annotations” was a thick volume comprising Zhu Xi’s commentaries to the Four Books, namely, “University”, “Higher Education”, “The Analects”, “Meng Zi”, as well as “The Five Classics”.
Because the later generations respected Zhu Xi, they changed the title from “Commentaries on the Four Books” to “Zhu Zi’s Annotations”. How could a book be that expensive, however important it might be? Besides, it was just a reference book.
Mu Yangling was not very willing for her brother to buy this book. With this book, it was much easier to interpret the Four Books, but students would then not use their brains to think on their own. What they learned would also be more superficial.
However, she was unwilling to disadvantage her younger brother when everyone had them.
When the teacher asked a question, other students would understand what it meant after referencing the book. However, her younger brother had to rack his brains to come up with an answer. It seemed a little pitiful.
The shopkeeper explained, “This is an exquisite version. It’s much better than the other versions.”
“Then there are other versions?” Since it was just a reference book, she reckoned there was no need to buy such a good one.
“…” The shopkeeper: “Please forgive me, Miss and Young Master. Coincidentally, the other versions have been sold out. There are only two exquisite versions now. If you wish to wait for the other versions, we will only have the stock after the new year.”
‘Why is your business still so good when you’re so slow in restocking?’
Mu Yangling flipped through “Zhu Zi’s Annotations” and still felt that there was no need to buy such an exquisite reference book. Hence, she said, “Why don’t we check out other bookstores? If they sell in separate volumes, we can just buy the annotations for ‘Meng Zi’ and ‘The Analects’.”
Bowen asked in a daze, “Why not the entire volume?”
The scholar beside her was also a little dissatisfied when he heard that. He saw that Mu Yangling had bought many useless books, but she was unwilling to spend money on her brother who was studying. In the spirit of speaking out in the face of injustice, the scholar said to Mu Yangling seriously, “Miss, studying is the most important thing for men. A copy of ‘Zhu Zi’s Annotations’ may be expensive, but as long as you buy fewer miscellaneous books, you can afford it. Do you know the importance of a copy of ‘Zhu Zi’s Annotations’ to scholars?”
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