"If one could enter the Literary Web, studying would truly become so convenient. Whatever you did not understand or could not do, as long as you entered it and traded what you knew, you could receive guidance. It is enough to make one green with envy."
Seeing Cui Sujing close his eyes and compose his emotions, the several Confucian scholars around him all stepped back a few paces, trying not to disturb him as they spoke quietly among themselves.
"Isn't that so? Here in the Min Region, those who grasped Qiu Learning and could enter the Literary Web—which one of them had not seen their learning grow by leaps and bounds? Take Student Cui, for instance. Once he understood the essence of the Way of Knowledge and Action and entered the Literary Web, not only did his knowledge soar, but his standing rose with the tide as well. He is more sought-after than many provincial graduates. I hear even the prefect intends to invite him over to teach his own sons and nephews the trick of it."
"Speaking of which, this Literary Web is wondrous indeed. They say it contains everything under heaven and has accumulated vast stores of knowledge. So long as one can enter it, one will gain something. Yet we are dull by nature. Though each of us has received a copy of The Scholar's Discourse, we have never found the key. We understand every sentence within, yet cannot immerse ourselves in it and grasp its spirit."
"There is no need to dwell on it too much. After entering the Literary Web, one still has to trade one's own knowledge to gain anything. But then again, so long as it does not involve secrets never passed down, using knowledge to exchange for knowledge is better than spending