If he were to say that he was already finishing up, wouldn't that offend his colleagues once again?
Chou Yifan, who shares a room with him, hasn't even completed half yet! However, the contents of the Ministry of Rites section Chou Yifan is working on are even more complex than his own.
"Oh? Then you must hurry, but I heard from Zhang Aiqing that you work swiftly. After returning from leave, you devoted yourself wholeheartedly to the compilation of the classics, so you must have completed quite a bit."
The officials of the Hanlin Academy not only compile classics, but also handle numerous other matters. Finding even an hour a day for compilation is considered fortunate.
Sometimes other books or writings need to be compiled first, and several days might pass before touching the classics again.
Zhang Hai didn't assign him any other tasks, only the compilation of the classics, and did not rush him to complete it.
