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Twenty-seven leisurely tapping on the chess pieces, the lamp flowers fall.
Leisurely tapping on the chess pieces, the lamp flowers fall. In fact, Guo Jia is not good at playing chess, and he likes to regret his moves. He is always the "bad chess basket" in the mouth of his fellow students.
On the other hand, Jia Xu's chess skills are very good. His game is meticulous and occasionally has unexpected moves. He also has good interpersonal relationships, so everyone likes to invite Jia Xu to play.
During the game of chess, Guo Jia sometimes squats at the corridor to watch ants, sometimes digs a water hole to play with water, and doesn't care about the chess game. The world is like a chess game, and the chess game is like the world. One becomes two, two becomes four, mutually restraining. Xun Yu invited Guo Jia to come out and play chess when he was down the mountain. Guo Jia, rarely serious, even played without mercy, eating all of Xun Yu's pieces. Xun Yu took it as Guo Jia venting through the game, and even when he was killed and forced to retreat, he didn't get angry.
Jia Xu and Guo Jia rarely play chess together. Instead of long games, Guo Jia prefers games like pitching pots and rolling dice.
After working together at the Embroidered Attire Tower, Guo Jia has taken on the label of idler and often invites Jia Xu to play with him, although he is rejected nine times out of ten.
While playing chess, Jia Xu thinks that Guo Jia is not bad at chess, never regrets his moves, and doesn't seem as incompetent as the seniors at the academy had described.
Later, Prince Guangling began learning to play chess. She dragged all the chess players in the Embroidered Attire Tower to take turns playing with her. When it was Jia Xu's turn, Prince Guangling dealt with Jia Xu's sharp remarks while complaining that Guo Jia refused to play with her, and she was gradually defeated in every game.
Jia Xu thought, "This doesn't sound like Guo Jia."
But in reality, when Prince Guangling asked how to break through the three strong opponents, Guo Jia overturned the chessboard on the table, and the black and white pieces rolled on the ground. Guo Jia said, "I want you to overturn this chessboard."
Prince Guangling didn't respond, but sighed that he had just missed the opportunity to counterattack Guo Jia. "Guo Jia," he said, "are you trying to prevent me from winning?"
Guo Jia looked surprised and said with a smile, "I wasn't paying attention to the game. I have something to attend to. Your Highness, play against Wenhe. He's much better at chess than I am."
With that, he gathered his robes and left, leaving Prince Guangling alone to pick up the scattered chess pieces.
28Yingchuan debate
Jia Jia and the senior also discussed the Tao once, on a snowy day in Yingchuan when they were young. Guo Jia had just come back from playing in the snow with friends, and the white fox fur on his body was covered with flying snow. Guo Jia ran all the way from the courtyard, with the servants behind him shouting, "Master Fengxiao, please slow down."
The servant guarding the door opened Xun Yu's study for Guo Jia. As Xun Yu was reading behind the door, a sudden gust of cold wind blew in, followed by a cold and damp snowman jumping into his arms.
With cold hands holding Xun Yu's face, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Xun Yu, my brother, I've come to play with you." At that time, Xun Yu already had the demeanor of a young adult. He stood up, fetched a hand warmer, and placed it in Guo Jia's hands. Then he took off his fox fur and hung it by the fireplace, while Guo Jia lay on the soft couch waiting for pastries to be brought to his mouth.
That was the first snowfall in Guo Jia's memory after his birth. He leaned against the window, watching the courtyard covered with snow, and then turned to see Xun Yu sitting cross-legged on a cushion reading. Guo Jia asked Xun Yu what was worth reading in the books, and Xun Yu replied, "The words of the sages in the books allow one to experience the myriad things."
Guo Jia chuckled and threw out a second question: Can a sage speak of the people's suffering?
Before the first snowfall, he and Xun Yu had just accompanied their elders to help the slums, watching the poor and homeless people in thin clothes kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to them in gratitude.
Xun Yu remained silent for a moment and said, "For the sake of power, the people suffer."
Guo Jia's third question was about how to resolve a certain issue, and Xun Yu answered with the response that he would remember for the rest of his life: "When things are too excessive, they should be eliminated."
At that time, Guo Jia was not much taller than the windowsill, and he leaned against the window with his arms crossed, smiling and saying, "I knew us were the same kind of person."
That year, Guo Jia was eight years old, and it was the first time he caught a glimpse of Xun Yu and the true nature of the world.
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