While the examiner was grading the poems and poems all night, Zhang Yue fell asleep after returning to Taixue.
The poems he wrote during the day were too much, and he didn't get a good rest the night before. Therefore, Zhang Yue didn't even dream at night and slept for nearly eight hours before regaining his energy.
When Zhang Yue got up, he saw that it was past noon.
Huang Lu was already flipping through a book.
Huang Lu was not the kind of person who waited for Huang Haoyi and kept saying that he didn't learn, and then secretly worked hard.
Huang Lu did not study hard, but he had his own rhythm.
The most important thing is to have your own thinking model. In the words of Confucius, it means that your way of thinking is consistent.
Before taking the poetry and fu exams, he and Zhang Yue worked hard on reciting poems and fuss every day. Now that the second and third exams were about policy theory, Huang Lu read Han Yu's ancient prose.
In Ouyang Xiu's words, the ancient prose of the Tang Dynasty began with Han Yu. Those who later learned from Han but failed to do so were Huangfu Shi; those who learned from Huangfu Shi but failed to do so were Sun Qiao. Since the firewood fell, there is no way to observe it.
In other words, the ancient texts of the Tang Dynasty that can be viewed at a glance are Sun Qiao, Huangfu Shi, and Han Yu.
But the most respected one is Han Yu.
Zhang Yue studied Confucianism and knew that Wang Anshi and other Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty respected Han Yu the most. His ideas of respecting Mencius became the mainstream of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Han Yu is known as "the author of literature that caused the decline of the Eight Dynasties and the Tao that helped the world." This article is ancient prose, and the classics are Confucian classics.
As for the format of the policy discussion, it is ancient prose, also called prose. It is different from verse and parallel prose. The article does not pay attention to rhythm and duality, but focuses on content.
Han Yu's ancient prose can be found in the "Collected Works of Mr. Chang Li" in the Song Dynasty.
When Ouyang Xiu was at Li's house in Suizhou, he picked up this book as if he had jumped off a cliff and picked up a secret book. He secretly took it home and studied it with great concentration. Finally, it was Han Yu who inspired Ouyang Xiu to lead the ancient prose movement in the Song Dynasty.
So when Zhang Yue got up and saw Huang Lu reading Han Yu's article, he patted his stomach and said, "Is there anything to eat?"
Huang Lu shook his head, took out a bowl of pancakes and a clay pot of wild vegetable soup, and said, "This is Taixue's meal today, I'll keep it for you."
Zhang Yue said happily: "You are still considerate."
Immediately he started eating pancakes with wild vegetable soup.
Huang Lu smiled and said, "You can also eat delicacies from the mountains and the sea. You don't dislike these vegetable soup pancakes. They are quite easy to maintain."
Zhang Yue said: "We just have to live with the situation. Okay, what do you think after reading Mr. Chang Li's article for half a day?"
Huang Lu nodded, and the two immediately started discussing.
Huang Luyan said: "Although Han Changli's article is good, he seems to be sick."
"How to put it?"
Huang Ludao: "Han Changli advocated practicing literature to learn the Tao, which is to use literature to understand the Tao. The Tao is the Tao, literature is the literature, and literature is just what to eat when eating. If we use literature to understand the Tao, the literature is the end, and the Tao is the foundation, so it is the same Putting the cart before the horse, you lose the original intention of a sage and become addicted to your heart."
Zhang Yueze said: "I think Han Changli's way of cultivating literature is similar to Xunzi's way of learning to achieve virtue. If you put aside the details and seek the original meaning of the sages, then what you understand is the original meaning of the sages?"
"I think Tao can only be understood from images. These images can be texts, implements, or practices. If we directly understand Tao, it is metaphysics."
When Zhang Yue and Huang Lu were chatting, someone outside the door suddenly cheered: "Well said."
The two of them looked and saw Han Zhongyan walking into the studio with one person.
Zhang Yue and Huang Lu both stood up, and the other one said with an admiring look: "It is indeed better to listen to your words than to read ten years of books. I, Liu Fengshi, have met Brother Zhang."
Zhang Yue looked at the other person, he was about the same age as himself, and he was also very talented.
Zhang Yue asked: "May I ask if I am Liu Neihan's son?"
The other party smiled and said: "Exactly."
Zhang Yue said: "Disrespect, disrespect."
This man's name was Liu Fengxian, the son of Liu Chang, a Hanlin scholar. Liu Chang and Ouyang Xiuke are also good friends, so they are also friends.
Zhang Yue's words just now made Liu Fengxian admire him so much.
Zhang Yue's words also partly come from modern Western philosophy. In Wittgenstein's words, knowledge cannot go beyond experience.
In other words, many of the truths you think are one-sided or wrong if you put aside specific examples.
In the words of Huang Lu just now, talking directly about principles is metaphysics, and it is also a shortcoming of Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty or Neo-Confucianism later.
Zhang Yue's words completely stunned Liu Fengxian. His father Liu Chang was a master of Confucian classics. He never thought that there was anyone in the world who could surpass his father in Confucian classics.
But Zhang Yue's words suddenly seemed to open up a new world for him.
The four of them were chatting in Zhang Yue's apartment. They were so happy that they put Han Yu's article aside.
On the second day of the examination, Zhang Yue's mood was different this time.
During the Qing Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan carried out reforms in the imperial examinations, setting policy as the first section, theory as the second section, and poetry as the third section. This was intended to elevate the status of policy theory and allow the imperial court to select scholars from poetry and composition to policy theory.
Choose scholars with more political talents instead of the original literary scholars.
Fan Zhongyan's New Deal failed, and the reform of the imperial examination also failed. The imperial court returned to selecting scholars from policy and prose to poetry.
In the second year of Jiayou's reign, Fan Zhongyan's loyal friend Ouyang Xiu developed a retro style of writing, which further improved the status of policy theory.
However, the imperial examination is a elimination system. If the poems and poems cannot catch the eyes of the examiners, then it will be useless no matter how good the strategies are.
Therefore, Zhang Yue, Huang Lu and other students all agreed not to talk about poetry after the exam, otherwise it would affect the mentality of the next exam.
When he arrived at the examination room, the test questions were handed out, and Zhang Yue took a look, hey, what a coincidence.
The title was actually "The Theory of Literature So Containing Taoism".
This sentence comes from "Tongshu" written by Zhou Dunyi. The original text is "The text is so it contains the Tao." The wheel shaft is decorated but the person is not mediocre, it is just a decoration, it is like a useless car.
The meaning of this sentence is that articles still have to express thoughts. Showing off words is like a car, no matter how well-dressed it is, what's the use if people don't sit on it?
Unexpectedly, I actually passed Zhou Dunyi's words in the provincial examination because he was still alive and not dead.
Song Dynasty people's notes record that Wang Anshi admired Zhou Dunyi very much when he was young. He tried to join Zhou Dunyi's family three times but was rejected.
Wang Anshi was furious and said without you Zhou Dunyi, wouldn't I be able to learn the Six Classics?
Zhou Dunyi was very sorry after hearing this. He said that the reason why he rejected Wang Anshi three times was not for other reasons, but because the other party was too conceited and wanted to dampen his spirit. As a result, Wang Anshi left in anger.
Another time, in the fifth year of Jiayou's reign, Zhou Dunyi went to Beijing and happened to meet Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi, who is already recognized as a "Confucian scholar" in the world, talked with Zhou Dunyi for a day. After Wang Anshi returned, he thought over and over what Zhou Dunyi said to him, so much that he forgot to eat and sleep.
In other words, in terms of Confucian classics, Wang Anshi, who refused to accept anyone, was convinced by Zhou Dunyi.
Now that Zhou Dunyi's words actually appeared on the provincial examination questions, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh, this era is really full of talents.
No wonder some people say, "The Song Dynasty had the world for three hundred years, but the vastness of the Han and Tang Dynasties was not as vast as that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the abundance of talents exceeded it." '
As for this "Article So Zaidao Lun", it corresponds exactly to Zhang Yue's previous conversations with Huang Lu and Han Zhongyan.
But Song Confucianism was obsessed with Taoism, talking about great principles, and ignoring the principles derived from practice and experience. This was of course wrong. For example, if you need to explain a truth in countless words, it would be better not to explain it at all.
As for how to convey the truth in articles?
Of course, the truth must be explained in the article.
After writing this, Zhang Yue changed his writing style.
Making a fuss is like a person punting a boat. If it runs aground, it has already run aground. No matter how one tries to punt the boat, it cannot be done. Therefore, we must go to the source to open up the water and release the water. In this way, no matter how big or small the boat is, it will float.
Punting is a skill in writing. What is the source of living water?
This is the writer's daily practice of cultivating principles, gaining insight and realm vision. When the time comes, he no longer has to worry about the means of punting the boat.
Zhang Yue didn't know that what he said yesterday had a profound impact on Han Zhongyan, Liu Fengxian, and Huang Lu. They also wrote down their own opinions on the big topic of writing to convey the truth.
However, Zhang Yue wrote this essay very smoothly, even better than the first poetry session, and finally handed it in early.
That night the paper was sealed and handed over to the prosecutor.
The cattle inspection officer was still fighting hard in his room. From yesterday to today, he had only slept for a little more than an hour, and his eyes were now covered with bloodshot eyes.
When he took a pen and read line by line, "It's like punting a boat. The person who is shallow has already been shallow. It depends on how to hold it, but there is no chance of being able to hold it." This must be done by going to the source and breaking open it. If the water is released, then all boats, big or small, will float."
The Inspector Niu couldn't help but marveled at the case. The sleepiness he had felt for the past few days suddenly disappeared. He was so impressed that he wanted to mark it with dots and dashes on the paper. However, he thought that this was a violation of regulations, so he sighed with regret.
Inspector Niu sighed: "Han Tui's resurrection will also regard this person as a confidant. This article is an article, but in fact it is a classic. The six classics are all articles. It is rare, rare."
Examiner Niu Dian thought about it over and over again, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of candidate could write such a majestic theory. This kind of insight is probably a well-known classic, and there are not many people in various disciplines who can compare with it.
Examiner Niu Dian thought when he thought of this, the truth is clear and understandable, but it seems that it is difficult to match the poems and poems. If the poems and poems are not well written, this magnificent treatise will not be able to be delivered to the three examiners. I am afraid it will be a pity.
So the cattle inspection officer still upheld his impartiality and wrote down the grade of 'upper to middle' next to the paper.
Later, he wrote in the side: "Comprehensive understanding of classics and history, thorough reasoning, and the sound of a luan and a phoenix, and the sound of a worm and a worm, which is difficult to understand in other writings." '
The Niu Dian inspector commented on this article with "the sound of a luan and a phoenix, the sound of a centipede", which is really a high praise. This sentence was used by Liu Yuxi to evaluate his friend and rival Han Yu.
Inspector Niu didn't feel at all that he had used too many words. Yesterday, he heard a colleague, Chen, praise a candidate's article as being far superior to Wang (Wang Bo) Fan (Fan Zhongyan).
The comments are all the examiner's own judgment, and the ranking is the real one.
The inspector Niu thought of this and looked at the candidate's name, only to see it was 'Jiashen Bingyin'.
Seeing this, the cattle inspection officer's eyes suddenly widened.
Damn it, something happened this time.
That's awesome!
The inspector put his hand on his forehead and thought, the inspector will not misunderstand that I am communicating with the candidate!
