Chapter 307: Chapter 295: The Prosperity of Culture and Taoism is Coming

Sima Yi and Sima Lang took the book to one side to read, and after opening it, they frowned. In the past, they had only read letters; indeed, letters conveyed profound meanings with few words. After all, writing a letter is very troublesome. If it was possible to save two words, they would never write an extra one, and if a sentence could be abbreviated, they would not add even half a word more.

As for whether this would cause ambiguity, the writers of the books didn't care—it was up to the readers to understand. In later generations, eight out of ten schools of thought arose because different interpretations sprang from a single book, and they criticized each other, branching off independently.

Chen Xi naturally would not allow such a thing to happen. Moreover, it was not like carving on bamboo slips now; there was no need to be so concise. Hence, so much nonsense was added!