Volume 1: Conquering the School Beauty Chapter 10 Accidentally Wrote Too Much

  Beware of strangers!

  When Wang Hao asked him to recite this poem and he uttered the first line, the four words appeared in Tang Yan's mind.

  And the students in Class 7 also showed extremely surprised expressions, because this poem is very biased and not one of those familiar poems. Especially Wang Hao's final question, saying the author's name was not enough, he even asked Tang Yan to recite another poem by this author.

  A question, two linked questions, a super scholar's challenge comes with great momentum!

  Everyone's gaze shifted from Wang Hao to Tang Yan, and the students of Class 7 all wanted to see if this young man, who was somewhat overbearing, really had the true ability to be a language teacher. If he couldn't even answer this question, what qualifications did he have to stand here?

  Facing the scrutiny of all his classmates, Tang Yan still maintained a smile on his face, and there was no sign of tension on him at all.

  "This is Lu You's 'Plum Blossom Absolute Verse' from the Southern Song Dynasty." Tang Yan's expression remained calm, clearly finding this question easy to answer. "The world's flavors have become thin like gauze, who ordered horseback riders to come to the capital? A small building listened to spring rain for one night, a deep alley sold apricot flowers in the morning. Slanted paper scribbled idle grass, a sunny window carefully divided tea. White clothes don't rise with dust and sighs, still able to arrive home by Qingming."

  "This poem 'Lin'an Spring Rain' is one of Lu You's representative works. Please turn to page 28 in your textbook, this is one of today's assignments, each person copy it three times and hand it in to me next language class... Wang Hao Wen, please go on to the second question." Tang Yan not only answered Wang Hao Wen's question but also arranged the day's homework, before class he roughly flipped through the directory of the language textbook.

  "My god, is this guy so awesome? Quickly flip to page 28 and see if it's this poem!" Some students were shocked and discussing, but more students hurriedly flipped through their language textbook.

  Upon hearing Tang Yan's response, Wang Hao's expression became even more solemn. He knew that Tang Yan was right because he had long since memorized the textbook.

  The students of Class 7 had just confirmed that the 28th page was indeed Lu You's "Spring Rain in Lin'an" when Wang Hao asked his second question.

  "The moon's chill enters the gorge, the green monkey's cry cuts off in the west. In years past, people have followed the eastward flow and gone, now only seeing the year after year of river grass growing thick." Wang Hao asked again to recite a poem, just like the first one, seven students didn't know whose poem it was, "May I ask whose poem is this? What's his greatest achievement? Can you briefly introduce his achievement?"

  As soon as Wang Hao asked this question, the students of Class 7 felt that the air in the classroom was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. They didn't know what had happened to Wang Hao today, but the questions he asked were so difficult. In the past, when fighting with other new teachers, Wang Hao had never been so aggressive. The first question was a double-question combo, the second question was a step-by-step pursuit, asking about the author, achievements, and an introduction to the achievements - what kind of rhythm was this?

  The students of Class 7 were a bit stunned, but Tang Yan was not.

  Chinese literature, poetry and songs, poetry is ranked first. So the two questions asked by Wang are both poems. Among them, Tang poetry is the most popular. In the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, scholars were ordered to compile "The Complete Tang Poems". They got 48,900 poems written by more than 2,200 people. What a terrifying number it is!

  Although Tang Yan had been taught by a great master since he was young and was familiar with Tang poetry and Song lyrics, he was not all-powerful, nor did he dare to guarantee that he could recite all ancient poems. However, Wang Hao's second poem happened to be one that Tang Yan was very familiar with.

  Tang Yan had three masters. The first master was good at literature, the second master practiced martial arts, and the third master didn't like either of them but loved tea instead. He even gave himself a nickname "Tea Room Idle Man". Coincidentally, Wang Hao asked Tang to recite his second poem which happened to be taught by the third master because it was a poem about 'tea'.

  "This is a poem by Lu Yu, the famous tea culture master of the Tang Dynasty, 'Huiji Dong Xiaoshan'." Tang said in his heart thanked the three masters and then replied. "Lu Yu was fond of tea all his life, excelled in the art of tea, and became famous for writing the world's first monograph on tea - 'The Classic of Tea', making outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese and global tea industry, known as the 'Tea Immortal', revered as the 'Tea Sage' and worshipped as the 'Tea God'."

  "The Classic of Tea is Lu Yu's greatest achievement." Tang Yan continued to answer the second question, and then turned around to pick up a piece of chalk. As he spoke, he wrote on the blackboard in bold strokes: "Lu Yu's Classic of Tea has three volumes, divided into ten chapters, with over 7,000 words. They are: Volume One - Chapter One: Origin, Chapter Two: Utensils, Chapter Three: Manufacture; Volume Two - Chapter Four: Vessels; Volume Three - Chapter Five: Brewing, Chapter Six: Drinking, Chapter Seven: Matters, Chapter Eight: Production, Chapter Nine: Brief Notes, Chapter Ten: Illustrations."

  Looking at Tang Yan's cursive chalk writing, the expressions of all the students in Class 7 changed to ---- (°o°)~

  Even Wang Hao, who asked this question, was a bit stunned. The second question he intentionally increased the difficulty, using poetry as a disguise, but the final answer is actually Lu Yu's "Tea Classics". Poetry is just a cover, tea is the real killer - Who would have thought that the Tea Immortal Lu Yu also wrote poems?

  Wang Hao asked since childhood was influenced by his family, a scholarly family that loved ancient literature and the art of tea. He was well-versed in these subjects and took great pride in them. However, his pride was easily deflated by Tang Yan's impressive knowledge - seeing Tang Yan's smiling face and elegant calligraphy, Wang Hao suddenly felt that Tang Yan was the Confucian teacher he had been searching for all along. Although young, Tang Yan was like a sharp sword that pierced through the dullness of literature with clarity and precision.

  Wang was both thrilled and disappointed at the same time, his pride in his literary knowledge was met with an opponent who seemed even stronger than him, this unbearable thought made it hard for him to accept.

  And there's still the third question, I'm going to win!

  Wang Hao asked to pick up his confidence again, even though he had already acknowledged in his heart that Tang Yan was qualified to be his teacher, but the competitive heart did not allow him to accept defeat so easily. So he decided to increase the difficulty of the third question again. He really wanted to get a victory, he wanted to leave a deep impression on Tang Yan's mind, and he wanted to prove his strength to Tang Yan.

  Tang Yan finished writing on the blackboard and smiled at all the students in the class: "Open your notebooks, copy these down, this is also one of the homework assignments."

  "Wow----Tang Yan you're so amazing----" At this time, a female classmate finally reacted, looking at Tang Yan's eyes with countless glittering small stars.

  "No need for formalities----we should call him Teacher Tang----" Someone had already acknowledged Tang Yan's identity, and the way they addressed him changed to Teacher Tang.

  "Teacher Tang, you're so handsome, I've found that I have a crush on you..." Some people even confessed boldly. After hearing this, Tang Yan smiled foolishly in his heart for half a day - being handsome is really great.

  ……

  Listening to these words of praise, Tang Yan knew that he had already succeeded halfway. Next was the third question from Wang Haoqiu, and he looked forward to Wang Haoqiu adding more difficulty to this third question. This way, he could conquer Class 7 with an even higher attitude, and tell these students who liked Chinese studies that he was the language teacher they had always been expecting.

  Tang Yan waved his hand and stopped the students' discussion. He then turned to Wang Hao and said, "Wang Hao, please go ahead with the third question."

  "Teacher Tang, I think it's no use anymore, you're so formidable, you've already passed our test ----"

  "Exactly, Teacher Tang, these two questions are so difficult, you answered them in one go, other questions can't stump you either ----"

  "King good question, you sit down, let Tang teacher give us a lecture ---"

  ……

  Tang Yan had just stopped the students' discussion, but in an instant, the discussion sounded again, and Tang Yan could only speak out to stop it once more.

  "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I'm glad you can accept me as your teacher." Tang Yan expressed his gratitude and then changed the subject, "Let Wang Hao ask continue to ask questions, let this battle of wits have a beginning and an end."

  Tang Yan's confidence suddenly made many of his female classmates infatuated with him again, and conquered many male classmates - look at you, look at you, having a poetic heart and an elegant demeanor, if one were as formidable as Teacher Tang, how many tricks would they have up their sleeve to charm the girls?

  Wang Haoxian first bowed to Tang Yan, then raised his head again. The fighting spirit in his eyes reignited, and after deep thought, he opened his mouth: "The first question is Song Dynasty poet Lu You, the second question is Tang Dynasty tea immortal Lu Yu, and the third question is not as good as taking 'Lu' as a surname. Can Teacher Tang list at least five historical figures with the surname Lu in Chinese history?"

  Class 7 fell into a stunned silence again, and the students who had already acknowledged Tang Yan's identity all looked at Wang Hao with a thought in their minds - "This guy is too ruthless, right? Who makes questions like this? Who specifically picks on people with surnames?"

  There are actually people who specialize in asking about surnames, and this guy is one of them. Otherwise, why would his first two questions be about Lu You and Lu Yu?

  At the beginning, Wang Hao asked had laid a deep foundation, so he was confident about this question. He thought that even if Tang Yan's knowledge was vast, it would still be impossible for him to come up with five other famous Luos in a short period of time.

  Just as all the students thought Wang Hao's question was a bit too much and intentionally making things difficult for Teacher Tang, Tang Yan, who was facing this question, smiled strangely and unexpectedly said to Wang Hao: "Are you sure you don't want to ask something else? Why did the third question decrease in difficulty?"

  "Wang Hao was taken aback for a moment, lower the difficulty? Who would lower the difficulty? Is he intentionally saying this? Does he want to change the question himself?"

  "Just ask this one, Teacher Tang, I won't change the question." Wang Hao asked with a brief moment of hesitation, and then gave a firm answer.

  "Alright." Tang Yan said with a hint of reluctance, "Everyone, open your laptops and follow me as I write."

  Tang Yan finished speaking and turned around to face the blackboard, just like when he wrote the title of the tea scripture, writing while reading.

  Lu Xun was a famous general of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period, known for his clever strategies. He defeated Guan Yu with a clever plan and later led a naval attack that resulted in a crushing defeat for Liu Bei, earning him great merit and promotion to the position of Chancellor.

  Lu Ji, Western Jin literary author, grandson of Lu Xun, Sun Wu's prime minister.

  Lu Yun, a Western Jin literary figure, together with his brother Lu Ji, was known as the "Two Lus". He once served as the Interior Historian of Qinghe and was posthumously referred to as "Lu Qinghe".

  Lu Guimeng, a literary figure of the Tang Dynasty, also known as Mr. Fuli, compiled and wrote "The Collection of Mr. Fuli".

  Lu Shi-yi, a literary figure of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, was hailed as a great Confucian scholar in Jiangnan.

  Lu Xiang, a Qing dynasty scholar, was called Mr. Dahu by others, and together with Lu Shi-yi, they were known as the "Two Lus" - this "Two Lus" is different from the one mentioned above, don't get them mixed up.

  Lu Xinyuan, a Qing dynasty collector of rare books, collected two hundred volumes of precious Song Dynasty editions, and became famous throughout the land for his collection.

  Lu Guang, a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty, was good at painting landscapes. - Hmm? How many have I written? Let me check... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... Oh dear, I accidentally wrote too many.

  All seven classes of students, including Wang Hao's class, were all stunned and expressionless.