Chapter 134 Confucius said
While Zhu Pingan was packing up and waiting for the papers to be handed out, candidates came in one after another in the dormitory, and students and scholars began to appear in the neighboring buildings.
About half an hour later, I heard a metallic sound coming from the direction of Mingyuan Tower. I looked up and saw several flags waving on Mingyuan Tower, and then a vague sound came from the gate.
"The entrance is completed, the door is locked, and the whole place is silent!"
It turns out that the metal sound just now was from hitting the cloud plate. Only then did Zhu Pingan realize that at this moment, the door, the ceremony The doors should be sealed.
Hitting the cloud board means that the exam has officially begun. The college exam has very strict discipline requirements. There are a considerable number of Yamen and Qidao sergeants in front of the dormitory to supervise. If there is anyone changing seats, changing papers, throwing paper balls, talking and chatting, , endorsement and other situations are all treated as cheating, and will be severely punished as long as they are discovered. So the entire examination room became very quiet at this time.
There are two examinations in the college examination, one is the main exam and one is the re-examination. Today’s exam is the main exam. After hitting the cloud board, the guards distributed the test papers one after another. In addition to the test papers, each person also had five pieces of tissue paper.
As for the test questions, they are the same as the county and government examinations. The college test questions are also pasted on the wooden board, and several government officials walk back and forth in the examination room holding question boards for candidates to check the questions.
However, when the government officials started walking back and forth in the examination room holding question cards, Zhu Ping'an clearly heard a roar around him, and then heard the sergeant standing astride his sword yelling, "Quiet, no more If you dare to make noise, you will be punished as cheating."
Under the pressure of Sergeant Qiao Dao, the examination room became quiet, but sporadic suppressed gasps could be heard from all around.
Could it be that today’s test questions are a little abnormal?
While immersing the brush in the well-ground ink, Zhu Ping'an thought with some evil humor, the question wouldn't be something from the novel he read before, draw a circle and ask us to write an eight-legged essay, right? When I saw that novel, I went to check the information. In history, the candidate who ranked first in the exam solved the question like this: "The beginning of a saint's scholarship is empty." This sentence is a perfect description of the circle. Break the problem. If the question this time was the same, then I would be too proud.
But when the yamen came to Zhu Pingan with the question board, Zhu Pingan took one look at the question and knew why everyone reacted like that after reading the question.
There are two questions from the Four Books and one question from the Five Classics, for a total of three questions.
The Five Classics questions are nothing. This Five Classics question is about Tie Jing. It is similar to the fill-in-the-blank questions we used to have in school, but the form is different. In the Tie Jing test, both ends are covered, leaving a blank line in the middle for you to fill in. This question on the classics in the college examination is nothing more than a long fill-in-the-blank section. Zhu Pingan often read the Four Books and Five Classics, so this question can be written at a glance. I believe it will not be difficult for other students and scholars.
The two questions on the Four Classics were, well, how should I put it, making people collapse.
The first question consists of two words: Confucius said.
Just looking at the first question makes me have a headache and collapse. Confucius said, Confucius said, Confucius is confused. How can people solve the problem and write an essay!
But when Zhu Ping'an saw this question, he couldn't help but laugh. Yes, yes, he had seen this question before. He once read an article in modern times, about It's called "Appreciation of Eight-legged Essays from the Ming Dynasty". The article gives an example of such a topic and also provides standard solutions.
Although this question was not the circle question he had just thought about, it happened to be something he had seen before. Therefore, after seeing the question, Zhu Pingan did not get confused or frown like others, but He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips and smiled silently.
Well, this examinee was so angry at this question that he laughed. It seems that he was the one who was most devastated by the question? The government officer holding the sign cast a sympathetic look at Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an didn't know that he was being sympathized with. After neatly copying the first question on the straw paper in small regular script, he started to read the second question.
The second question is much more normal. The title is: A superior person is superior and a villain is inferior. This title comes from a sentence in "The Analects of Confucius". Confucius said: 'The superior man is superior, the villain is inferior. ”
There are three questions in total. Basically everyone can understand the scriptures, and the gap cannot be widened. It is these two four-book and eight-legged essays that play a decisive role. The first question really makes people confused for a while. , I don’t know how to solve the problem. Fortunately, the second question is normal. Otherwise, even more cross-sword sergeants would not be able to suppress it.
Compared to others who were racking their brains and struggling, Zhu Pingan was much more relaxed and casual, and he started writing on the draft paper. Make a draft of the topic
The title of the first question is "Confucius said," which is a minor question in the imperial examination questions. The big question usually consists of multiple sentences and a whole chapter, while the small question is a sentence or a few words in a sentence. Just like the first question "Confucius said "It's a two-word question.
The most important point of the eight-legged essay is to solve the problem. If the marking is not done properly, some lazy marking officers may fail the problem. The so-called problem solving, in layman's terms, means analyzing the topic and what this article is about. Eight-legged essays have requirements for breaking the topic, and it is stipulated that only two sentences should be used. Although there are also three sentences, they are all one long sentence with a pause, and it looks like three sentences. You have to summarize and explain the meaning of the question, but you cannot directly state the meaning of the question. Breaking the question is the beginning and the essence of the eight-part essay. If you break the question well, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
"One man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and one word can be the law of the world."
Here are two sentences that Zhu Pingan copied on the draft paper. This is the most standard "Confucius said" Breaking the problem. Master Baishi is talking about Zi, and the Dharma of the World is talking about Yue. Together they are Ziyue. The standard of explanation is thorough and domineering.
After solving the problem, there is the problem. Zhu Pingan only saw the problem and problem solving in modern times, and did not see the content such as the problem, but after all, Zhu Pingan also experienced eight years of studying the system in Ming Dynasty. Yes, the title was broken, and it was much easier to carry out the title, start the speech, compare the eight parts and four parts, and conclude the article. Zhu Pingan took a moment to think about it, and then he started writing on the draft paper in neat regular script.
It took less than an hour to write the first question in a eloquent and standard eight-part regular script.
When Zhu Pingan finished writing the first question and just put down his brush, he heard three drums coming from Mingyuan Tower, and then heard a nearby government official say expressionlessly, "Drink tea and go to the toilet by yourself." If you don’t make any noise, you will be punished for cheating. ”
It’s time for tea, water and toilet break.
There is a water tank at the door of the dormitory. If you want to drink water, you can go to the water tank at the door, but you need to You can only stand up and signal to the inspection officials, and you are not allowed to speak.
There is a toilet at the end of the dormitory with a toilet inside. This is also the toilet.
At this time, Zhu Pingan didn't feel thirsty at all, but he felt a slight urge to defecate in his lower abdomen, so he stood up and signaled that he had to go to the toilet. The patrol officer went to the direction of the toilet to confirm that no one was there yet, so he agreed to Zhu Pingan's request. When he requested to go to the toilet, he took a sign from a place and gave it to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an took the sign with both hands and looked at it. There were words on both sides of the sign. One side said "Enter Jing" and the other side said "Out of Gong". This is where the ancients said "Gong" when going to the toilet. Come on.
Zhu Pingan held the cards in front of his chest before he was allowed to come out of this aggrieved room to go to the toilet. Zhu Pingan came out carefully for fear of knocking over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
After Zhu Pingan came out, a yamen servant followed Zhu Pingan to the end of the dormitory. He was really following him closely and never left. Zhu Pingan could understand that they did this just to prevent candidates from taking advantage of the opportunity. Cheating.
However, it really feels like a VIP treatment at this time. (End of chapter)