"So, Professor Shimokawa, which work of yours did Fujimura plagiarize?" Kitahara sat on the sofa in the teaching and research room, sizing up the teacher, picked up the teacup poured on the table in front of him, and took a sip, quite curious.

asked.

After entering the teaching and research office, Kitahara exchanged pleasantries with Shimokawa. After chatting for about 10 minutes, the teacher still did not take the initiative to talk about plagiarism, which made him feel that something was wrong.

Hearing Beihara's question, Shimokawa's eyes suddenly dimmed a little. He tightened his pants slightly with his hands on his legs, lowered his head, and fell into a brief silence. Then he raised his head and glanced at Guang

Se, looked at the two lawyers from Tokyo again and said:

"First of all, thank you to the two lawyers. In fact, I have also consulted other law firms in Kyoto on the issue of plagiarism. They have all frankly told me that there is no way to accuse the other party of plagiarism in this situation. And...

And this is Kyoto. From the courts to famous law firms, everything is controlled by law students who graduated from Kyoto University. No one is willing to accuse his alma mater of plagiarism."

Shimokawa gave a bitter smile and bowed slightly to Beiyuan in front of him, "Thank you for coming here. I really caused trouble to you. I don't need to trouble you two about this matter."

Seeing that Shimokawa had given up, Hirose said anxiously: "Teacher, they are lawyers from Tokyo. The law firms here in Kyoto are afraid of offending Kyoto University, so they must have lied to you.

There is definitely hope in this case. Fujimura is plagiarizing, blatantly plagiarizing."

"You might as well talk to us." Miyagawa said seriously from the side.

Shimokawa stared at the tea cup on the table in front of him, feeling a little dazed for a moment. He had been coming to Kyoto University for almost ten years. He was already familiar with every plant and tree here. He liked studying classical history, studying Sinology, and burying his head in it.

From the rows of historical materials in the pile of old papers, the original shape of history is pieced together.

But...but, I...I seem to be gradually unable to keep up.

Maybe...maybe, I might just not be suitable for the academic path.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, I mistook my love of reading for my love of research.

If you are not suitable for this path in the first place, then there is no point in hiring a lawyer, suing Fujimura, etc. Besides, I have asked almost all the law firms in Kyoto, and they all said that my situation is hopeless.

Still... let's forget it.

Shimokawa raised his head and was about to refuse again. At this moment, he found that the man in the gray suit in front of him had stood up from the sofa at some point. He was looking at the ceiling, as if he was thinking about something, and he saw

The next second, Beiyuan faintly recited a sentence in Chinese: "It might be said: 'How about repaying evil with kindness?' The Master said: "How to repay kindness? Repay evil with straightness, repay kindness with kindness.'"

【Repay grievance with straightness, repay kindness with kindness】

This short sentence in Chinese came from Beiyuan's mouth.

At this moment, this young man in a suit seemed to be transformed into a high-spirited scholar wearing a Confucian uniform and a Confucian crown. Standing in this small education and training room, the temperament bursting out of his body in an instant, as if

It really exudes the unique pride and ambition of the Chinese language.

Hirose and Miyagawa who were present did not realize what the Chinese sentence in Kitahara's mouth meant. Needless to say, Miyagawa's major was law. The only Chinese training she had received was the compulsory Chinese character reading class in high school.

.Although Hirose was a monk student in classical history, he also entered the monk stage and began to receive systematic training in Chinese under the guidance of Shimokawa.

However, when he heard Beihara's words, Shimokawa's eyes widened slightly, as if he had seen something incredible.

The way the young man in front of me recited Chinese had a certain unique charm.

The impulse to love Chinese language suddenly started flowing in Xiachuan's body, and gradually became turbulent and surging. This university teacher has been studying Chinese language for nearly fifteen years. How could he not think about it at this moment?

I was touched by the Chinese sentence in front of me.

Recalling the pages of Chinese historical materials he had read, listening to this faint Chinese sentence, the sound of chimes and the chanting of the Book of Songs seemed to echo in his ears. He seemed to have returned to the time when a hundred schools of thought contended, the chariots fought, and the fascinating scenes.

, a turbulent era where heroes emerge in large numbers.

"You...why do you understand this sentence in Chinese?" Xiachuan opened his mouth and said in disbelief.

"The world is often wonderful. Sometimes, like-minded people are often attracted by the same things." Beihara raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at the prospective professor in front of him, "So, Teacher Shimokawa.

What exactly happened with the plagiarism? Can you tell us?"

Shimokawa also stood up from the sofa, his still hazy eyes had brightened a lot, as if he had been relieved. He took a deep breath, walked to the bookshelf, took out a book, and put it on the table, "Kitahara

Lawyer, Lawyer Miyagawa. I’m sorry to trouble you.”

But I saw that this book seemed to have just been unpacked from the plastic bag, and it still exuded a faint fragrance of ink. It was obviously a newly printed book.

The cover is a picture of a lady with a clear Tang-style painting style. The illustration alone shows the reader that this is a book about ancient history.

Several distinctive Chinese characters are written in real calligraphy, extremely beautiful block letters, and they are arranged vertically to form the title of this book.

The title of this book is exactly:

"The Eastern Land Parade to the Tang Dynasty"

Miyagawa was stunned for a moment when he saw this book. The Eastern Land Parade to the Tang Dynasty? Isn't this the new book discussed and released at the seminar in the afternoon? Wait? Wasn't this book written by the ancients? She remembered that this book was

A travel diary of the Eastern Lands written by an ancient Eastern envoy to the Tang Dynasty. This travel diary was discovered in the archives, and was subsequently compiled and published by scholars organized by Kyoto University.

In Miyagawa's imagination, what Shimokawa took out should be an academic book or paper, but now he took out an ancient book.

Why do plagiarism problems occur in ancient books?

The action in front of her was really difficult for Miyagawa to understand. She couldn't help but ask: "I remember this book is an ancient book. What do you mean by plagiarism? Generally speaking, plagiarism should be a work signed by you.

.”

Shimokawa did not answer Miyagawa's question immediately. He just opened the book "The Eastern Land Parade to the Tang Dynasty" in front of him and said slowly: "Lawyer Miyagawa, you may not know one thing. In ancient Chinese, there is no punctuation.

Symbolic. In other words, when reading Chinese, we must segment sentences according to our own understanding. If we want to publish Chinese historical materials, then we need to add corresponding punctuation marks."

"This kind of work of adding punctuation marks to ancient books is called proofreading."

Shimokawa slowly raised his hand and pointed at the punctuation marks in the book "The Journey to the East to the Tang Dynasty". He looked at the commas, periods, exclamation points, semicolons, and quotation marks in the book, and said word by word:
Chapter completed!