Chapter 192: The Study of Objects, the big exam is over
The arithmetic test is over, and there are two moments to rest. Fan Zeng also left the examination room, relaxing his tense mind and preparing for the last examination of Objects.
Many people also choose the same thing as him.
It was different from when the Cewen exam was over. After the Cewen exam, most people looked relaxed, and some people they knew gathered together to talk about the exam. However, after the academic exam, although there were still people gathering We talked together, but many people looked less relaxed than before, and it was obvious that they did not do as well as they could in the exam.
Arithmetic is actually not bad, and many schools of thought now have to learn it.
It goes without saying that the Mohists need to say more; when a military strategist leads an army in battle, he needs to calculate the food, grass, soldiers, armor, distance between the enemy and ourselves, etc. How can we not understand?
Taoists and alchemists often need to calculate when refining elixirs and medicines. The Confucian gentleman's six arts also include the art of "numbering".
The candidates who come to Xianyang University Examination will more or less know some arithmetic. The only question is whether they are proficient and have a deep understanding. Anyway, in Fan Zeng’s view, arithmetic is enough for practical application, and there is no need to go into depth.
However, this is not necessarily the case!
The word "Gewu" should come from the Confucian "Book of Rites. University" "To gain knowledge lies in Gewu", which means "to study the principles of things". How to test this?
Do you want to test those things from the Mo family? Or should we examine what Taoists say?
If we take these exams seriously, it will be a difficult exam for many candidates!
Because most of them only study the content of their own school of thought, although they will understand other schools of thought, they mostly understand other schools of thought on governing the world, and they are not very likely to understand things like Mohism's "Scenery, at noon" "Duan" and "Length" and "Length of scenery" are the reason why punishment is exciting "...
This is also the shortcoming of some schools of thought. They emphasize theoretical ideas rather than actual scientific discoveries. Sometimes they even associate scientific discoveries with the school's ideas, or use them to support their own ideas. correct, or critically refute the enemy's doctrine.
Two moments passed, and as the familiar sound of "dang" sounded, Fan Zeng and many candidates returned to their respective examination rooms again.
Sitting in his seat and looking at the exam papers that were handed out, Fan Zeng knew that he would definitely not be able to finish the exam.
What he guessed happened, and he really tested the principles of things.
What does Emperor Qin want to do by passing the Xianyang Examination, or what does Li Nian want to do by passing the Xianyang Examination?
To this question, Fan Zeng has an answer in his mind. He probably wants to pass this big test to select talents with talents in arithmetic and investigation. But what if these people are selected?
Does Emperor Qin and Li Nian want to rely on them to govern the country and make Qin strong?
The Mohist family has been around for so many years and has not been able to make any country strong. How is it possible that a group of people selected through the Xianyang exam can make Qin strong?
Governing the country must rely on military strategists, Legalists, Confucianists or Taoists, but it can never be Mohism. Those of Mohism can be craftsmen, but when it comes to governing the country and the people, forget it...
With these thoughts, Fan Zeng looked at the test paper. The first type of questions were still multiple-choice questions, and the first few questions were still scoring questions: Question, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says, "Three hundred miles to the southwest is called the Mountain of Women's Bed. Its sun is mostly red copper, and its sun is many red copper. "Yin Duo Shi Ni", which of the following things is made of Shi Ni?
1. Honeycomb; 2. Honeycomb briquettes; 3. Tofu; 4. Charcoal.
But after the sub-questions are given, the difficulty begins, like the one Fan Zeng is looking at now: As shown in the picture, push the wooden ball at point A down, and ask how the wooden ball moves after entering the horizontal plane ? (Note: Both the inclined surface and the horizontal surface are absolutely smooth and have no air resistance.)
1. It will stop moving immediately; 2. It will continue to move at a certain speed forever; 3. It will continue to accelerate and move forever; 4. It will stop moving after a period of time.
Fan Zeng noticed the words in the "()" symbol, but didn't understand why he had to note that the inclined plane and the horizontal plane were absolutely smooth, and that there was no air resistance.
He thought in relation to the reality in daily life:
It is definitely wrong to stop immediately. He has seen things rolling down the slope. They will not stop but roll. Stop after traveling some distance.
Looking at it this way, you should choose "four", but that note obviously has deep meaning, and the answer may be different from "four".
Therefore, "one" and "four" can be eliminated, leaving only "two" and "three". But how is this possible? After the wooden ball rolls down the slope, it will keep moving forever?
Objects rolling down a slope tend to roll faster and faster, so the correct answer should be "three".
Fan Zeng took up his pen and wrote "three" on the answer sheet.
The middle-aged man on his right, his eyes narrowed after seeing this question. Isn't this question testing the Mohist's "strength, the reason why punishment is vigorous"?
After the wooden ball enters the horizontal plane, there is no force on it, so it will not continue to accelerate. The correct answer should be "two".
The middle-aged man is increasingly convinced that Li Nian is a disciple of the Mohist family. Unfortunately, even if this person is a disciple of the Mohist family, he is definitely not Chu Mo, but probably a member of Qin Mo.
His desire to see Li Nian became more and more serious.
This person can gain the trust of Emperor Qin as a disciple of the Mohist family. Even if he was born in Qin Mo, it is a great good thing for the Mohist family. Maybe he can reunite the Mohist family as one sect and rebuild the glory of the Mohist family.
Just as he continued to read the questions, the middle-aged man was surprised and ashamed.
Because some of the questions were beyond the Mohist content he had studied, he couldn't answer them. He couldn't help but think that Qin Mo had quietly developed to this level and was much better than Chu Mo...
Gewu After the exam, Fan Zeng was still thinking about some of the questions on the exam paper when he left the exam room. Except for the multiple-choice questions, he had not yet answered all the fill-in-the-blank questions and short-answer questions. Do those questions really have answers?
Especially the additional questions. For example, one question borrowed from the article "Two Children Debating the Sun" written by Liezi, asking who was right and who was wrong according to the two children?
How does he know whether people are closer when the sun rises and are farther away at midday, or whether they are far away when the sun rises and are near at midday?
Is there really an answer to this question that even Confucius didn’t know the answer to?
Is this also called "Gewu"? Are you so obsessed with the sun that you even know whether it is far or near?
If we really know, this Li Nian’s knowledge can only be said to be unfathomable. He may be even more powerful than the ancient scholars. He is the only scholar alive in his era. Perhaps there will be one more sect among hundreds of schools in the future. .
But the more outstanding and talented Li Nian is, the more complicated it makes Fan Zeng and many others feel. Why would such a person want to assist Qin?
And living in the same era as this kind of life, should I be happy or regretful?
Because this person is so outstanding, the light they emit will be overshadowed by this person's light. When recorded in history, that person will be listed in the main position, and they will be the foil.
Fan Zeng also noticed that after the examination, many people were not very interested. Obviously, this examination was not only uncomfortable for him, but also for others.
Before coming to the Xianyang University Examination, many people thought that they were very talented. In the Xianyang University Examination, I could see that I was very talented. But after three exams, I realized that I didn’t seem to be that talented...
< br>Before leaving, Fan Zeng and all the candidates were notified to go to the school grounds, and they saw a young general Qin standing in the general hall. He announced to them on the stage: "Attention, everyone, the results will be released in ten days. Don't miss it!" Go!”
“It’s late today, we will escort you back to Xianyang”
Ten days?
He can afford to wait, but he wants to see who can get the first place in the Xianyang exam. So what do Emperor Qin and Li Nian want to do with this exam?
(End of this chapter)