The Qibao Leicha made by Yuuchi is made from sesame seeds, peanuts, mung beans, arrowroot powder, glutinous rice, red beans, etc., which are fried together with the powdered tea. When you drink it, it will be mushy in your mouth, and you will feel very comfortable after drinking it.
A bowl of Qibao Leicha entered the bottom of his stomach, and Zhang Yue started to sweat a little. After eating a few kinds of imperial pastries, he was fifty percent full.
Although Zhang Yue wanted to eat more, he stopped because eating too much would not be good for the next exam. However, I heard that the food and utensils provided by the palace can be packed and taken away. Anyway, you have come, so there is no need to be polite to the emperor.
Zhang Yue immediately thought that even at this age, the emperor still personally inspected the examination room, which showed that he attached great importance to selecting talents for the country.
When the emperor came to the examination hall in person, which scholar would not be excited and wanted to show off his talents in front of the emperor, so that he could pass on his talents to the emperor's family in the future.
After Zhang Yue finished eating, he wrote another poem about Tiande's Qingming Festival. The writing was quite satisfactory. His poetry was mediocre, so he had to hide his clumsiness. Anyway, it is difficult to produce good works in the imperial examination poems. The best ones are the accumulation of everyone's daily hard work.
When the last question was left, the sun was already in the west, and the crown needle on the sun's corona was already pointing to the end. Zhang Yue didn't have much time left for this question.
However, this book is similar to Taoism, and is different from Fu. It can be written in the form of prose regardless of the format. This saves the effort of understanding rhymes and characters.
Without these constraints, what would be the format of the treatise? For example, in the Historical Records, there is a passage where Tai Shigong said, "This is the theory."
In addition, there are also The Theory of Qin and The Theory of Six Kingdoms. The ancients have read The Theory of Qin, and the Song people have read The Theory of Six Kingdoms. They are all good models.
If I really don’t know how to write treatises, I can just imitate the treatises on Qin and the treatises on the Six Kingdoms.
But water is more important than Tao, so what can you decide for yourself?
If Confucianism and Legalism are a dispute over the lines of governance, this is what Zhang Yue is interested in.
As an aspiring worldly person, Zhang Yue was not very interested in Taoist Huang Lao's otherworldly learning.
What is Tao?
This is a very vague concept. If we study it in depth, it will easily become metaphysical inadvertently.
Zhang Yue read this Shuiji Taoist theory over and over again, but he was unable to find any solution.
Zhang Yue changed his mind and thought that since it was an examination question, there must be a way to solve it, so it was meaningless to dwell on the worldly issues. How to introduce the worldly issues into worldly knowledge was important.
Zhang Yue read the question again. The question can be broken down into three structures: water, geometry, and Tao.
What does geometry mean? Almost means.
It is said that water is close to Tao, but it is not Tao. But what is the difference between water and Tao?
Thinking of this, candidates were turning in their papers one after another, most of them looking relaxed and natural.
Zhang Yue saw that the sky was getting darker, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart. He had some thoughts and couldn't help but stop.
It took Zhang Yue a lot of effort to focus on the topic again.
The first sentence of the Tao Te Ching is that Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao. Famous, very famous.
It is said here that water is more than the Tao. Is this contradictory?
No, water is the name, Tao is the Tao, the two are related in this way.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue suddenly realized that this question was not about how water resembles Tao, but how water does not resemble Tao.
Zhang Yue immediately wrote it down on the scroll.
The Taoist is above all things and cannot be seen or heard. Water is an existing natural thing that can be seen and heard. There is no water in the Tao, so it is called Ji.
What does this sentence mean?
Just like Confucius said about benevolence, what exactly is benevolence?
Confucius said that a benevolent person loves others; restraining oneself and returning to propriety is benevolence; a benevolent person, if he wants to establish himself, he will establish others, and if he wants to reach himself, he will help others. This is also benevolence.
Then there is some confusion here.
Which sentence is benevolence?
spouse? Denial of self and restoration of rites? Or do you stand up for yourself and help others?
But these three are not true benevolence, but they are all benevolence, but they are the external uses of benevolence.
Therefore, the general chapter must say why water is close to Tao, but it is not Tao.
Water is the external manifestation of Tao. One is virtual and the other is real.
The first article said that it is different from Tao, and the next chapter will be easier to write. So what are the Tao of water?
The husband does not fight, so no one in the world can fight with him.
The weak overcomes the strong, the soft overcomes the strong.
Do nothing and do nothing.
These are the characteristics of the Tao on the water body, just like Confucius explaining what benevolence is.
After writing this, Zhang Yue felt that it was almost over. Before he knew it, it was getting dark, and everyone had almost finished handing in their papers.
However, Zhang Yue took a look and found that after writing so much, the minimum number of words was 500, and there were still dozens of words missing.
At this moment, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel a little anxious. The meaning of the article was almost complete, but there were still a few words missing. How could we not get rid of it? what to do?
As for the distance, Wang Kui also stood up and handed in his papers at this time.
He had already finished writing, but in order not to make others suspicious, he still insisted on handing it in until the end.
Although this essay on water and Taoism was a little difficult for him, it was not a big problem.
He consciously felt that not only did he answer the questions perfectly, but he also felt comfortable during the exam. If nothing else happened...
Wang Kui glanced at Zhang Yue who was thinking hard in the corridor from a distance, and a sneer broke out on his lips.
"Zhang Duzhi seems to have run out of energy and has run out of ideas. It's really pitiful. It's hard for you to argue with me this time. How can a mere prostitute use such methods to mess with my mind?"
After speaking, Wang Kui smiled, then held the papers in both hands and respectfully handed them to the examiner before leaving Chongzheng Hall.
Zhang Yue was also very anxious at this moment, but he knew that Yue could not be confused at this moment.
In addition to the poem's performance being quite satisfactory, the essay on Fu and Fu has its own performance beyond its capabilities, but this essay still lacks a strong enough conclusion.
Zhang Yue saw examiners urging candidates to hand in papers. At that flash of lightning, Zhang Yue somehow thought of the scene when he first entered Taixue.
I had a debate with Mr. Hu Yuan on Ming Ti Da Yong in the hall.
Not being able to understand the body is a mistake, and not being able to use it is a failure.
So there are some things that are not as good as Da Yong, some that are close to it, and some that are even worse.
For example, what is benevolence?
spouse? Self-denial and restoration of rites? If you want to establish yourself, you can establish others; if you want to reach yourself, you can reach others?
None of these three are benevolence, but they are all part of benevolence, so which one is closer to benevolence?
I secretly think that the word "love" is closer to benevolence!
Therefore, everything in the world has the nature of Tao, stone has Tao nature, bamboo has Tao nature, but Laozi did not talk about stone or bamboo, but only said that water is more than Tao, and his meaning is similar to loving people.
This single stroke brings the whole article into a coherent whole, just like a spring of water spreading to the heaven and earth at a glance, and finally turning into rainwater and gathering into the spring.
Being able to write articles like this is enough for this life.
After Zhang Yue finished writing, he closed his eyes tightly and suddenly felt that I was the only one in the world.
At this moment, the editor Zhao Bian walked up to Zhang Yue and looked up and down at the candidate who was sleeping while writing with his hands behind his hands. His face was full of suspicion. Then he lowered his head and took a look with the last light before the sun set. The name on the roll of this life.
Zhang Yue?
Zhao Pian couldn't help but be stunned. Isn't this an examinee who was given a false name by an official to read the papers for him?
Zhao Bian read Zhang Yue's article after the exam, so he got to know this person. How could this young man be like this in front of him now?
