Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1306: Master Zhu!

Chapter 1306: Master Zhu!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Li Junxian stood at the entrance, sweeping a glance over the 'students'. He noticed that there were quite a few major civil officials, but in this place, they did not put on any of the airs they had in court, all of them focused on reciting the books before them.

"This is… the Grand Preceptor!"

Li Junxian stared in alarm at the elder wearing a simple robe kneeling at the very front row.

This elder seemed no different from any of the other venerable Confucians, but it was none other than the Grand Preceptor of the Great Tang, Zhan Zhongmi. This man who was respected and revered by even the Sage Emperor was kneeling here and studying just like any other student.

If word got out, it would probably stun the entire realm.

The Grand Preceptor was nearly eighty years old, and there were very few people that had the right to be his teacher and make him act like a student.

But Li Junxian knew that the person within the thatched hall just so happened to be a person with the right to teach the Grand Preceptor, because this was the spiritual leader of the Confucian school, and also the only existence since the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty to be referred to as 'Master'¹.

Master Zhu!

The man worshiped and revered by the Confucians as the teacher of all Confucians.

Emperor Gaozong had been an ardent admirer of this man and had tried every method possible to invite him to the Imperial Palace, but he was denied every time. With no better method, Gaozong built a palace for this man so that the 'Leader of the Confucian School' would remain at his side.

This man had lived for more than one hundred and twenty years, and had even made commentaries on the Four Books and Five Classics², including the work of the Supreme Sage, the 'Analects'. These commentaries were even today studied and pored over by the Confucians of the world. The Four Books and Five Classics, particularly the 'Analects', were the sacred texts of the Confucian school.

These were

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