Chapter 99 Dao Harmony
"This... is this a military book?" General Li picked up the "Dictionary of the Art of War: Revised Edition" and the "Win" which is as thick as the English-Chinese dictionary, and asked in confusion.
"The book in front is right?" Cheng Yan replied.
"Where is this book?" General Li pointed to the book "Win".
“This book is not.”
"I thought both books were military books." General Li said, handing these two books to Cheng Yan, and asked again, "Do girls also like to read military books?"
"Fortunately, I don't like reading military books very much."
"Then why are you..." General Li looked at her with some confusion.
"Although this book is a military book, it is very broad. It not only teaches people how to fight, but also analyzes the essence of struggle..." Cheng Yan paused, as if he was unintentionally glanced at Tang Qingying, and then continued, "To put it bluntly, it is to teach you how to win! As long as you can see its connotation from the surface, you will know that its use is not limited to the battlefield. As long as there is a place of struggle, it has summarized the method of winning, so that future generations have not found any supplements for so many years!"
"Oh?" General Li became interested and asked, "Is this military book very famous?"
"You can't even hear of Sun Tzu's Art of War!" Cheng Yan frowned and looked at him with some confusion.
"Uh...of course, of course I've heard it!" General Li quickly changed his words, "It's just that I haven't read it, so I want to ask, what is it written on it? What is its status in this...the world's military books?"
"Are you interested in this?" Cheng Yan asked back.
"I'm very interested!" General Li said honestly.
"That's it." Cheng Yan nodded, organized the language a little, and then said, "The original number of words in this book is actually not that many. My book includes many translations and comments. Although Sun Tzu has many chapters on the Art of War, it is actually the same thing throughout the article: teach you how to win! So deceitful! How weird! It is to provide you with a way to win, which is a bit similar to this book "Win."
"As for its status..." Cheng Yan smiled, "I don't know what to say about this."
"Why?" General Li asked in a pressing manner.
"If the classics of pragmatism in the world cannot rise to the level of "Tao" and just stay at the level of "Skill", it will never be remembered forever. Because "Skill" is just a technology or application, it will eventually be eliminated with the changes of the times, or be replaced by better "Skill", or abandoned by the times. But Tao is the most essential thing, the source, the core, and theorem, it can evolve thousands of techniques. No matter how the times change, it will never change." Cheng Yan said calmly.
"Well, it makes sense." General Li thought for a while and felt deeply convinced, "Please continue!"
Cheng Yun next to him took an apple from the coffee table, looked at Tang Qingying, who was dozing off in the front desk, pulled the corner of his mouth, and took out a folded Swiss knife in the drawer, lowered his head and silently peeled the apple.
Cheng Yan picked up this thick book of Sun Tzu's Art of War and continued: "And it is a masterpiece that describes the way to win. It has been more than two thousand years, but it has been regarded as a military sacred textbook by generations. Even if it has a very important position in the history of the world's military. This is not that the ancients are smarter than us, but that's not the case, but what I just said - it is a summary of 'art', a book that describes 'Tao'. The ancients have already finished the summary of the summaries and explained 'Tao'. We can only continue to interpret it and extend the 'art' suitable for our era and this environment. There will be no other 'The Art of War'."
General Li opened his eyes widened when he heard this: "More than two thousand years ago! The ancients were amazing! It sounds like this... this book is amazing!"
"Yes." Cheng Yan seemed to have found the feeling of chatting with the old master, but she stood in the position of the old master. "We were in a relatively chaotic period at that time. Because of the unique historical background, cultural environment, and the war era, this book was nurtured. Are you interested in this book?"
"Yes." General Li nodded.
"Then you take it and read it." Cheng Yan said as he handed the big book to General Li, "But care a little, this book is super expensive!"
"Thank you then! I will definitely not ruin it!" General Li said, taking the book as if he had found a treasure, with a strange and unobstructed luster in his eyes.
"Have you read military books before?" Cheng Yan asked with a frown.
"Of course I have read a few books." General Li replied subconsciously, but after answering, he realized that something was wrong. He quickly glanced at Cheng Yan, afraid that she would ask, so he added, "But I just read it randomly, and I still can't remember the content."
"That's it!" Cheng Yan nodded, with a little puzzled look in his eyes, "It's rare for people to show such a strong interest when they read a book of some kind!"
"Hehe." General Li smirked.
General Li was also a powerful general who led troops to fight. Although he was a civilian, he had read several military books no matter how he was. However, he was not well educated before, and his father taught him to recognize words, and he didn't read many books. He was busy during the war, both busy and tired, and sometimes he had to be shot by a knife. He was not as idle as the children of the aristocratic family to study military books seriously! This also led to General Li's military use among many generals in Mingchuan.
He can be ranked in the middle like this, not because he is very talented, but because Mingchuan has been in war for many years and is still fighting on the front line, a considerable number of generals who are from mud-legged backgrounds.
But now, the webmaster taught him to recognize all the words in this country on the first day he came. He also had a lot of spare time for selling Guokui. Now he can't go out to walk around freely. He just read more books to make up for his previous shortcomings!
And he also wanted to see what the military saints that Cheng Yan had such a high evaluation!
Cheng Yun peeled the apple, gestured to Tang Qingying, and then cut half of it for her. He saw that Cheng Yan and the other two seemed to have finished chatting, so he sneered and bit the apple and said, "Are you finished talking? I'll call Didi after you finish talking."
Cheng Yan looked at him coldly, then looked at Tang Qingying, who was also eating apples, and twisted her pretty face to the side!
Ignore him!!
Cheng Yun shrugged and called Didi directly.
After ten minutes.
At home.
They haven't come back for a long time, which has caused a lot of dust to accumulate in the house and the air is a little out of circulation. Some of the things placed on the coffee table and the TV cabinet were also put into the drawer, and the sofa and bed were covered with dustproof cloth. So the place where they were growing seemed very cold at this time, and it was no longer as warm as before, and it didn't even look like a place where people lived.
"well!"
Cheng Yun sighed, shook his head, not wanting to feel moved, and said, "Let's go to the closet to find clothes first, and then see if there are any ones that can be used there later. Take them over."
Cheng Yan was also a little silent and nodded and walked towards his bedroom.
Chapter completed!