Also known as "Book of Poor Men"
Jiang Huaizhou could recite "The Thousand Character Essay" at the age of five, but because of his poverty, he could only practice calligraphy on the sand.
Ten years later, on the day he won the election, when the whole village gathered around the official to announce the news and cheered, Jianghuai Prefecture stared blankly at the bodies of the refugees who had starved to death at the entrance of the village.
In the third year after entering Beijing as an official, he was demoted to Southern Xinjiang for advocating "official schools should be established in all prefectures and counties".
In the miasma-filled inn, the old servant cried and persuaded him to bow his head, but Jiang Huaizhou wrote the "Outline of Elementary Education" by an oil lamp.
"Sir, can those students... Really change the world?"
The candle flames flickered, illuminating his long and splendid hair: "In this life, Jiang must have a clear conscience."
