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Chapter 203 Defense
The defense is outside.

A senior posted the transcript of the screening test, and the biggest surprise of this test happened, Li Fan's result was pending!

Li Fan, that's Li Fan!
All the onlookers were completely at a loss at this moment, what does this mean, not even giving a score?
Yang Shuo sighed and said, "What did I say, you are going to die."

Other students also said:

"It shouldn't be. "Boya Cup" has always advocated inclusiveness, breaking old rules, and advocating divergent thinking."

"That's right, Li Fan, what did you write that shouldn't be written?"

"It's okay, Li Fan, just calm down, I'll go and see if you're the only one in the pending state among the three classes."

It turned out that among the three classes, Li Fan was alone in a pending state.

Li Fan felt that the situation was not too dire, and he didn't write anything messy and unruly, it was just normal textual research, so he wouldn't be slapped to death by the professors.

He didn't mind it either, so he took a stroll and went to the philosophy class defense room.

The news that Li Fan was pending was known to all the students in an instant, and the students in the philosophy class also asked him one after another. Li Fan replied and looked at the report card on the wall, and he was a little surprised.Gu Yating finally killed No.1 last time and ranked first with a score of 98.

Gu Yating was leaning against the window at this moment, looking at Li Fan worriedly, and said, "Hey, Li Fan, what's up with the grades?"

"How would I know?"

"Didn't you ask Miss Xiaoxiao?"

"No, we'll find out when we start the defense later. What's the rush?" Li Fan said and left, heading towards the history class.

The students in the philosophy class saw this and said one after another:
"This guy has such a big heart!"

"It's not called being arrogant, it's called being confident."

"Confident boys are the most handsome!"

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Li Fan wandered to the history class defense room at the corner of the corridor again. He paused briefly in front of the transcript. The No. 1 in the written test this time was still Lin Xiaofeng, with a score of 99 points, which was very strong.

This is one of the main competitors in the future, and he must not be underestimated. Li Fan decided to go to the office to look at the copy of her answer booklet and appreciate her works when he has time in the evening.

The defense time for "Boya Cup" was 8:[-] in the morning, and it was almost there after Li Fan walked around.

After organizing on-site discipline, Li Fan suddenly saw an interesting scene:
A 40-year-old teacher who looked like a teacher passed by everyone. At this moment, Zhang Yuanhang in the class suddenly called "Dad" to this man.

"Call me teacher!" The middle-aged man said seriously.

"Hi teacher!" Zhang Yuanhang immediately changed his words.

"Well, hello, classmate."

puff!
All the students laughed when they heard the words, and they liked the cuteness of this serious teacher.

"Teacher, don't you not go to work today?" Zhang Yuanhang asked curiously.

"Today I came here to check on the level of your literature class." Teacher Zhang said, his eyes swept across the crowd, and soon fell on Li Fan. After a careful look, he got up and walked in. Defense room.

Five minutes later, four professors appeared together, namely: Cui Yongnian, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts of Peking University, Lu Shiming, a master of ancient literature, Zhuge Yun, a master of prose, and Yang Tuo, a linguist. big shot.

The four walked into the defense room one by one, and when they passed by Li Fan, they would basically glance at him.Maybe they were all waiting for Li Fan to ask about the pending written test results.But to their disappointment, Li Fan didn't even show the slightest urge to ask.

As soon as 8 o'clock arrived, the defense time officially began.According to the serial number, the students entered the defense room one by one, and each student basically got about 10 minutes of defense time.

Basically, all the students went in tremblingly, and then came out disgraced and ravaged.

After all, as a little high school student, no matter how talented you are, you cannot compare with professors who have been immersed in professional fields all your life. Besides, that is far from just one professor, but 5!
A sigh sounded every 10 minutes.

"It's over. I'm 100% eliminated now."

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"I'm mentally handicapped again. In front of the professor, I'm an imbecile!"

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"The last defense was a huge blow, and this time it has completely destroyed my life!"

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When the dejected students came out of the defense room, basically none of them smiled at all, and if they did, it must be a wry smile.

"On the 15th, Li Fan, come in to defend!" A senior sister walked out of the defense room and waved to Li Fan with a smile.

That senior sister always had a cold face, and it was only at Li Fan's place that she showed a rare bright smiling face.

The students began to ask Li Fan:
"Brother Fan, good luck!"

"Be careful with your words and deeds, after all, you are pending."

"Don't talk nonsense, at such a critical time, you must ask for stability."

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The defense room.

Lu Shiming said: "This kid really dares to write. "Later's Disciple", "Old Classics", "Bamboo Chronicles", "Yanzi Chunqiu", etc. are all fake books. He also lists arguments one by one. Not to mention, I read Afterwards, it does make sense.”

Zhuge Yun said: "But these arguments, you have to carefully scrutinize them, and they are not very tenable, Dean, are you right?"

Dean Cui nodded and said: "I have found the source of all the arguments listed in Li Fan's article in the past two days. There is no problem with this argument alone. His memory is so good that there is no mistake. But what , the whole article rarely has a rational analysis part, and all the opinions are derived from the arguments. I think this kind of research attitude is too rigid.”

Yang Shuo nodded: "I also agree, wait a while to clean up this kid."

At this time, Zhuge Yun said: "Professor Sun and Professor Wang are still waiting for our notice. They said that they will come to meet Li Fan for a while. I will urge them to come here quickly."

As soon as Zhuge Yun finished hanging up the phone, Li Fan knocked on the door and walked in.

"Hello, professors." After Li Fan finished speaking, he bowed slightly to everyone.

"Li Fan, how have you been living in Beijing University for the past two months?"

Li Fan smiled and said, "Very good. The campus of Peking University is very simple and elegant. The teachers and staff are also kind and lovely. Especially the food is great."

"Look at you kid, a standard foodie. How many people are there in the family?"

Hey, isn't it a reply?
After Li Fan was asked about the composition of family members out of the blue, he was instantly stunned. Why did he click on the wrong channel?Is it because the way I just opened the door was wrong?

The following questions were all about life ideals, such as "How are your parents in the family?" "What hobbies do you usually have?" etc., and even asked "What is your ideal?"

Li Fan's current ideal is, uncles and uncles, can we talk about the topic?
Ten minutes later, three professors walked into the defense room. After being seated, one of the professors said, "Well, Dean Cui, we can start now."

"Just wait for the three of you. Okay, let's start the defense." Cui Yongnian said.

Li Fan was stunned for a moment, why there were three more professors all of a sudden?The other students are all equipped with 5 people as standard, so why did it suddenly become a "group fight" with 8 people?
Eight professors sat in a row. Among the next three, Professor Sun and Professor Wang were from the history department, and Professor Kong studied ancient philosophy.Well, these 8 people have directly collected the three major subjects of "Literature, History and Philosophy".

The air in the room instantly became serious. Several teachers opened the copies of Li Fan's answer booklet and turned to the title page one after another.

Cui Yongnian took the lead and said: "Li Fan, do you know why your result is pending?"

Li Fan made a guess and said, "Is it because my grades are not easy to estimate, and everyone wants to give a unified score after passing this defense?"

"Smart! Your article is really difficult to estimate. I have been hovering between 99 and 100 points. Today's performance in your defense directly determines whether this is a full-score work!"

Several student assistants in the room were speechless after hearing the words, um, 99 points and 100 points are not easy to give points, this "to be determined" is given, take it!

"Li Fan, let's start with "The List of Later Teachers". You think "The List of Later Teachers" is a fake, and you have listed a lot of evidence in it. Then, let's start with the first one."

"Good teacher," Li Fan cleared his throat, and said, "My first argument is: Chen Shouxiu's "Three Kingdoms" and "Zhuge Liang Collection" were carefully considered in the selection of materials, but none of them included It is included in "Hou Chu Shi Biao", which is one of the arguments."

Lu Shiming immediately retorted: "Li Fan, Chen Shouxiu's selection of historical materials is indeed as you said, after careful consideration. However, "Three Kingdoms" is not complete and detailed.

Why is it incomplete? When we compare "The Biography of Zhuge Liang" with "The Chronicles of Emperor Wu", the former is obviously much simpler.Contents such as the Conquest of Wu, the Southern Expedition, the Eighth Formation, and the Battle of Weinan, etc., which should be described clearly and in detail, were all mentioned briefly or not recorded.

Moreover, Chen Shou compiled "Liang Ji" mainly based on the archives of the Shu Han government that Sima received from Chengdu and transported back to Luoyang. This archive was incomplete after the Zhonghui mutiny in 264 AD.

So, with regard to your argument, I think there are flaws once you scrutinize it. What do you think? "

Li Fan smiled and said, "I have no opinion, let's continue."

No idea?
This answer was really beyond the expectations of the professors. After all, these professors usually have some contact with Li Fan, and Li Fan often visits him. They know Li Fan's critical thinking and eloquence very well. Said the dead as white, and the dead as alive, but at this time, he directly said "no opinion", what does it mean?
Li Fan saw all the professors looking at each other in confusion, and he continued: "My second argument is: many things stated in "The Master's Guide" are inconsistent with historical facts.

For example, it lists Cao Cao's several defeats, such as being trapped in Nanyang, dangerous in Wuchao, dangerous in Qilian, dead in Liyang, almost defeated in Beishan, and almost dead in Tongguan.Among them, except for Nanyang, Wuchao, and Tongguan, which are recorded in several distress history books, there is no definite basis for the other several times!

For another example, it is said in "Hou Chu Shi Biao" that Liu Yao and Wang Lang each occupied the prefectures and counties, and they did not conquer or fight for years, and let Sun Ce occupy Jiangdong. This is also inconsistent with the situation recorded in historical books.

This is the second argument! "

"Let me explain this," Professor Wang stroked his beard, and said, "This can be explained as the lack or misrecording of history books. In the field of history, there are countless omissions and mistakes. This is a normal phenomenon. I think you Li Fan It is also very clear.

Moreover, a historical event will have different names at that time and later generations, and the names of the enemy, us, and friends may also be different.For example, the Sino-Japanese War was also called the Sino-Japanese War, and some historical events were omitted or deliberately avoided by those who recorded history.

The mention of "Forced by Liyang" in "Later's Discipline" can easily be thought to refer to the Battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. However, the original text already mentioned "Dangered by Wuchao", which is obviously a repeated list... …

Li Fan, after rational analysis, your second argument is actually shaky and untenable! "

There was laughter in the room, and Li Fan also said "haha" twice in cooperation, but the pronunciation of "haha" was a bit close to "haha". Li Fan continued: "Since I can't stand, then I will continue to say my The third argument!”

Li Fan still didn't refute!
The professors were a little confused, this is definitely not in line with Li Fan's usual style!This kid Li Fan loves to talk to people, expresses his opinions, and explains his opinions. Why is he so "well-behaved" today?
Li Fan continued: "There are many unrecorded characters in "The List of Later Teachers". There are more than [-] people from Chang and Tunjiang.' Among them, except for 'Yan Zhi', all of them were found to be unconfirmed. It is suspected that the forgers are not familiar with the history of Shu Han, so they made up things randomly. There are three arguments for this."

"Let me say a few words!" This time it was replaced by Professor Sun, who said, "There are more than tens of millions of people in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and it is impossible for everyone to have a record. For example, Wu Yi from the Shu Kingdom is Liu Bei's brother-in-law. There is no official biography of the general who worships the charioteer, let alone others. Yang Xi, a literati in Shu, wrote "Biography of Ji Han Fuchen", and many important figures Chen Shou did not write a biography...

Your point is not enough. "

Li Fan didn't mind at all, and continued to smile: "Okay, let's continue. The date of Zhao Yun's death is different in "Three Kingdoms: Zhao Yun Biography" and "Later Teacher List".

第一次北伐是228年1月，而赵云和邓芝出箕谷不利被贬时间在当年6月份左右，依此信息可以得出赵云死亡时间在当年的7月份和11月份之间。而《赵云传》记载赵云是建兴七年去世的。”

Yang Tuo said: "But judging from the time, it's not too far away, and there are many discrepancies in this time in various history books. Besides, there is no official historian in the Kingdom of Shu, so Chen Shou's reference to the time of Zhao Yun's death may be based on the obituary. "

Li Fan still did not make any rebuttals, he said with a smile: "Okay, everyone, listen to my fifth argument..."

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"Everyone, please listen to my sixth argument..."

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"My eighth argument is..."

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"The above are all my 10 textual evidence arguments!"

Li Fan let out a long sigh of relief, and then looked at the professors with a smile.

Zhuge Yun said suspiciously: "These 10 items have been deliberated by us at this time, but none of them are impeccable. Don't you have any response to our previous remarks?"

Li Fanlang said: "No, the fundamental method of textual research is to 'seek truth from facts' and 'do not believe without evidence', emphasizing the list of evidence and less theory. This is the key. Therefore, I only show the evidence and never analyze it on my own." .”

The professors looked at each other in blank dismay, hey, what you said is true, who is talking about self-analysis?
After going on for a long time, people have not made any rebuttals, all because of the last sentence: only show the evidence, and never analyze it arbitrarily.

Well, the professors are speechless, so let's analyze it on our own.

That's right, Li Fan presented evidence one by one. You said that this history may be wrong, that may have been missed, this and that, in fact, it is quite suspected of "picking thorns and finding fault" against the evidence.

But it cannot be said that what the professor said is unreasonable. In fact, what they said is reasonable. Otherwise, the professor of Peking University is eating for nothing?The reason why Li Fan did not refute is because of the essence of textual research, which is to use evidence and facts to speak, not your free and unconstrained nonsense.

outdoor.

The students were puzzled, Li Fan has been in for half an hour, why hasn't he come out yet?The normal defense time is about 10 minutes, isn't your time too long?
Seeing a senior come out of the defense room, Yang Shuo quickly asked: "Senior, what's going on inside?"

Senior sister said: "You come and I go, it's very lively."

"Then Li Fan will be abolished!"

The senior sister said objectively: "Not at all, it seems to be retreating steadily, but in fact it is evenly divided."

have equal shares?Equally equal to a professor from Peking University?After seeing the senior sister leave, the students quietly approached the door of the defense room and looked inside curiously to see how they were evenly matched.

At this time in the room, Cui Yongnian said: "Then let's talk about "The Master's List" first, and then let's talk about the later——"

"Wait a minute," Li Fan said quickly: "Dean Cui, the ten arguments just listed were based on the academic attitude of textual criticism. Next, I have other arguments that were not written in "The Essence of Textual Research on False Books" Among them. Instead of relying on textual criticism, we can have an in-depth discussion with each other."

The wrinkles at the corners of Cui Yongnian's eyes piled up together, he squinted his eyes and looked at Li Fan, thinking: Is there anything new?Heh, you boy, you don't change your mind, what are you talking about, you really can't hold back and want to refute us, right?Then let you talk about it.

After seeing Dean Cui nodding his head, Li Fan moved his tongue quietly, he couldn't hold it anymore, he said:

"Now let's talk about the content, and I can speak freely. The style of writing before and after the teacher's list is not right. "The former teacher's list" is tragic, and "the latter's teacher's list" is weak; Fantastic. It really doesn't look like Zhuge Liang wrote it alone."

"No, no," Yang Tuo said, "Hou Biao, Qian Biao and Zhuge Liang's other articles all have the following characteristics in common:
It pays attention to antithesis and parallelism, and has the characteristics of parallel puppetry in Han Fu; the syllables are sonorous, vertical and horizontal, and the turns are layered, and the reasoning is thorough; the feelings are sincere, and the language is smooth and easy.The only difference is that "Front Table" focuses on narration and lyricism, while "Hou Biao" focuses on exposition and criticism, complementing and reflecting each other, and combining them into a perfect one.Therefore, it should come from the hands of one person. "

Li Fan shook his head and said, "I disagree with Professor Yang's point of view! I think—"

puff!
Cui Yongnian and others all showed knowing smiles. It was finally time for you, Li Fan, to hold it in no longer. Once it comes to academic discussions, you have never been as honest as you are today!
Li Fan asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Cui Yongnian smiled and said, "It's nothing, let's talk about you."

(End of this chapter)