The ancients have been traveling for a long time, and even today we hear that junior high school and high school children, where the school organizes a study tour, we are not surprised at all, the only difference may be that the ancients traveled alone, explored the mountains and rivers to ask about nature, and looked for teachers and friends to find friends.
Today, the children go on a study tour, go to those ready-made scenic spots, West Lake, Terracotta Warriors, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, listen to the teacher or tour guide to explain, at most come to the wild, even if it is a study tour. I really feel that today's people have little spirit of exploration and learning. What about schooling? Parents dot on the deceased? It's all there.
So, the ancients' study tours have all gone to **?
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that there was a student named Paradigm who traveled to Taixue when he was young. The so-called Taixue is the highest institution of learning in the capital, and that is the university. Before the Han Dynasty, there was no imperial examination system, and to enter the official career, you need to take the recommended path under the inspection system. And entering the capital of Taixue to study, is to gain a certain reputation and enter the field of vision of the inspectors. So there is the above-mentioned "paradigm study tour too learning".
Of course, the study tour is not only about entering Taixue (now a university), but also about visiting celebrities all over the world, whether it is a celebrity in the capital or a mountain master, you can visit. I met it, I studied for a year or two, and there were all of them.
Another kind of study tour is to travel and learn. This kind of "study tour" is also different from the "study tour" that students experience now, which is at most an organized tour. In ancient times, study tours could be led by a teacher, and this person was often a university scholar, and if he traveled, he would have a different knowledge and experience. For example, Confucius. He took the ** with them, from Wei to Cao, from Song, Qi, Zheng, Jin, Chen, Cai and Chu ......Along the way, explaining politics, understanding the peasants, and implementing his ideas also allowed them to see the wisdom, forbearance, transcendence and excellence of Confucius. Traveling with such a teacher is much more rewarding than being locked up in a classroom.
In the Tang Dynasty, some poets went out to travel at a very young age, visiting famous mountains and broadening their horizons. Li Bai went to Tianmen Mountain, Lushan, Yellow Crane Tower, and Jingting Mountain......Therefore, his pen has the magnificence of mountains and rivers, the heroism of rivers, the temperament of immortals, and the chic soul. Du Fu set off from Mount Tai, all the way forward, all the way to see, all the way sad, he traveled for ten years, trapped thieves as an official for ten years, wandered in the southwest for ten years, and basically spent his life on the road.
Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, or earlier, people have realized that ten thousand books are certainly long and erudite, and thousands of miles of road have opened up a person's mind and knowledge. In the end, there is no need to be less in books to learn on the road. The learning and mastery of the knowledge system requires the teacher to sit down and explain it in detail, and learning has never stopped at books.
In order to understand the history, humanities and customs of various places, Sima Qian followed his father Sima very early to talk about traveling south to the river and Huai, going to Huiji, exploring Yu acupoints, peeking into the nine suspicions, floating in Yuan and Hunan provinces, and in the north of Wen and Si ......He has been to all the places he can go, and he has traveled to all the mountains and rivers he can visit, perhaps at this time, he planted this seed in his heart: no matter what ups and downs he encounters in the future, unless I die, I must record all things in the mountains and rivers, and I will never give up until I achieve my goal. At that time, his life was afraid that he had already surpassed all kinds of shackles in the world, including life and death. So, what can travel or study tours bring us? It is the perseverance of transcendence, and the unrepentant heart that I will go up and down and seek on a long road.
There is also Xu Xiake in the Ming Dynasty and Gong Zizhen in the Qing Dynasty, which is a model who vows to learn in nature to the end. He crossed mountains and seas, they surveyed geography, they studied humanities, and their life was not only a travelogue and a miscellaneous poem, but also a free life and a smart life polished in research and poetry creation.
So, what did we see in the study tours of the ancients? It's not a dragonfly, it's not a horse, it's about burning yourself in one thing, illuminating the backbone and courage and ambition of Qingshi. Let's learn from the ancients, go out, open your eyes, open your brain, maybe, no, you can, you can harvest a different life and future!