Fang Xin's villa, upstairs and downstairs, has an area of 280 square meters. The living room also has 50 square meters. However, after calculating it, I had to modify the post, condensing it to fifty students, which was quickly reached.
"Teacher Fang, your guest has arrived." A voice came from the entrance of the residential area.
"I know, I'll come to pick you up." At 7:00 am, Fang Xing arrived at the entrance of the community on time and handed out temporary passes to the people who came, otherwise the security guard would not let so many people in.
"Brother Fang!" Just as they arrived at the entrance, someone rushed over. It was Wu Dandan, the only child who didn't have a parent accompanying her.
"Wu Dandan has also arrived." Fang Xin shook hands with her seriously.
This neighborhood is all villas, considered middle class in the empire. The parents who came to see it felt relieved at first glance and registered one after another, and then went forward to greet each other.
There were cars in the neighborhood. After calling out to them, everyone got on and filled up all three cars. This was still the result of Fang Xin's temporary dispatch, which cost some money.
After the usual pleasantries, the three of them arrived at Fang Xin's villa. At this time, a small table, similar to a computer desk, was filled with things that were not expensive and made of plastic, a set costing no more than thirty yuan.
The screen is also very simple, and the vertical light wall projection makes everyone very satisfied. Let the new students find their seats downstairs, directly appoint Wu Dandan as the class leader, and then take the parents to the second floor.
The second floor is designed with simplicity and elegance, equipped with the latest smart brain, high-end nutrition warehouse, all of which inadvertently show a sense of demeanor.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I start class at 8 am, so let's make it brief. If you trust me, you can leave your children here for class, and I will do my best to teach them. If you don't trust me, that's simple too, just take your children back home." Fang Xin said: "Morning classes are from 8 to 11 am, there is an ice cabinet downstairs, I provide free fruit juice drinks and small biscuits. After 11 am, your children can leave. What do you think? Let's discuss together."
"Teacher Fang, how do you plan to educate our children?" a parent immediately asked.
"First-grade math, English, history, and classical Chinese courses, each class is 40 minutes long. The specific plan will be arranged by me, basically from this month to May, we can complete the first grade. So, everyone should be satisfied, right? With a virtuous and sacred instrument, one's lectures can leave a deep impression on people in a small range, only then can one say: "Alright, let's decide like this. If not, you can come back and decide again after a week. Well, time is almost up, you can go back now."
Fang Xin didn't stand on ceremony at all. After all, it was a free class and he had Yu Ruyi with him, so the effect could be guaranteed, and there was no need to worry about not being able to find students.
The parents present looked at each other in dismay, but the host had already given the order to leave, so they reluctantly pulled their children away. However, most of the parents decided to let their kids attend classes for a week to see what this young supplementary teacher was capable of.
Fang Xinde waited for a moment, and indeed everyone left. Only then did he come down, satisfied, leaving thirty-six students in the living room.
Yu Ruyi slightly moved, Fang Xin began to take out the textbook and said: "Everyone is ready, let's start! Today we will talk about Mencius. Everyone read with me."
The students below looked at each other in dismay, but everyone picked up their textbooks and read along with Fang Xin.
"May I ask where the Master is going?"
"I know how to speak, I am good at nourishing my vast and harmonious energy."
"What is meant by 'the spirit of emptiness and vastness'?"
"It is difficult to speak of. As for the vital energy, it is vast and powerful, and if one nurtures it with integrity and harms it with greed, then it becomes stagnant between heaven and earth. As for the vital energy, it is in harmony with righteousness and the Way; without this, it is a mere husk. What is accumulated through righteousness is not obtained by snatching at it. If one's actions do not accord with their heart, then they will be exhausted. I say that you have never known righteousness because you are external to it. You must have something to attend to, but do not make it right; do not forget it in your heart, and do not help it grow. It is like the people of Song: there was a man from Song who worried that his sprouts were not growing, so he pulled on them. He returned home exhausted, saying to his family, 'Today I am tired! I helped my sprouts grow!' His son rushed over to look at them and saw that they had withered. There are few people in the world who do not help their sprouts grow. Those who think it is of no benefit and give up on it are those who do not weed; those who help it grow are those who pull on the sprouts - not only is it of no benefit, but it also harms them."
"Alright, Wu Dandan, you tell me what this passage means." Fang Xin turned his gaze to Wu Dandan who was listening attentively: "Have you learned it before?"
"Teacher, I've learned it! The meaning of this sentence is: Gong Sun Qiu said: May I ask what you are good at?"
Mencius said: I am good at analyzing other people's words, I am good at cultivating my own magnanimous energy.
Gongsun Chou said: Qing asked what is called Haoran zhi qi?
Mencius said: This is difficult to explain in one or two sentences. This energy is very vast and powerful, and it can fill the space between heaven and earth if cultivated with uprightness without harming it. However, this energy must be accompanied by benevolence, righteousness, and morality; otherwise, it will lack power. Moreover, it requires constant cultivation of benevolence, righteousness, and morality to generate it, rather than relying on occasional acts of justice. Once your actions are questionable, this energy will lose its power.
I say that Gaozi does not understand righteousness because he regards righteousness as something external. We must constantly cultivate righteousness in our hearts without forgetting it, but also not forcing it to grow artificially. Do not be like the man from Song: In the state of Song, there was a farmer who was dissatisfied with his crops' slow growth and went to the fields to pull them up one by one to make them grow faster. Exhausted, he returned home and said to his family, "Today I'm really tired! But I've made my crops grow taller all at once!" His son ran to the field and found that all the crops had withered and died.
Few people in the world do not make this mistake of "assisting the growth" by pulling up the shoots. Those who think it is useless to nurture their crops and do not take care of them are lazy farmers who only plant but do not weed; those who force their crops to grow are like the man who pulled up the shoots - not only does it bring no benefit, but it also kills the crops.
"It's well said, this kind of majestic air is the foundation of Mencius. When speaking of great men, look down on them, and glance at their lofty appearance. Relying on this kind of air, wealth and honor cannot corrupt, poverty and lowliness cannot move, power and force cannot bend. It's still relying on this kind of air. In fact, not only knowledge accumulation is like this, skill learning is also like this. Everyone must study seriously and progress step by step." Fang Xin swept his gaze over the crowd, seeing that everyone was unintentionally listening intently, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Unconsciously, it has been two hours and almost eleven o'clock. Fang Xin looked at the students who were listening attentively and felt very satisfied.
"Alright, time's up, everyone head home along the route!" Fang Xin looked at everyone with satisfaction. On the first day of class, they had basically completed the planned schedule. Suddenly, all the students shouted "Teacher is great!" and then opened the door to rush out and hurry back home.
"Wu Dandan, how was it today?" Fang Xin saw her.
"When Brother Fang explains it, I can understand it very easily and remember it easily, no need to review." Wu Dandan said, now that there was no one else around, she called him "Brother".
"That's good, you stay here and have something to eat with me, would you like some tea?"
Wu Dandan's bright eyes stared at him: "No way!"
Later she said: "I'll make coffee, when mom is at home, I often cook for everyone to eat."
Eagerly looking forward with a very willing and enthusiastic attitude.