Entering the examination room, Xu He found a tea server beside the wall.
Director Jiao Xun gave them several orders before they entered. Although there is tea, it is the good governance of the imperial court that cares about the students. Don't be stupid and drink it.
Once you drink that hot tea, Zhu Ling will stamp your roll, which means that you are suspected of cheating.
No matter how good your article is...it will be downgraded to a lower level.
After all the students are seated, the annual exam will officially begin.
According to the old rules, Wang Liangchen and others sit in the Minglun Hall, and he drafts the topic, and then the officials hold the cards. This is to take care of myopia.
The four books in this annual examination are titled "There are beautiful jade here".
For a pervert like Xu He, who often tests himself with ruthless interception questions, this question is simply a little Karami.
This question is from the Analects of Confucius. It comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan". The full text is [Zigong said: "There are beautiful jade here, and you can hide them in coffins? Ask a good man and sell them?" Confucius said: "Sell them! Sell them. That’s right! I treat Jia the same way.”]
What does that mean?
At this time, Zigong asked Confucius, "Teacher, why are you so knowledgeable, but you don't go out to be an official?"
Confucius said that you can be an official, but you cannot ask for it. People like us have to wait for the price.
I have to say that Confucius understood the workplace.
The position you seek by climbing the pole does not have a mass base, and it is difficult to move forward even if you are in a high position.
It is better to wait for the price and wait for someone to come to ask him to become an official.
Zhu Zi's "Collected Notes" said: "Zi Gong believed that Confucius was a Taoist but not an official, so he set up these two ends to ask questions. Confucius' words are solid and should be sold, but not sought after."
Xu He remembered that Fan Zhongyan also commented on this sentence: "A gentleman does not want to be an official, but he does not follow his own path. Scholars treat courtesy as jade treats Jia. If Yi Yin plows in the wild, Boyi and Taigong live on the seashore. , King Tang Wen will never succeed in this world, it will be the end, he will not follow others in vain, show off his jade and ask for sale!"
Thinking of this, Xu He already knew how to write this article.
Judging from this issue, Wang Liangchen's level is much better than that of his predecessor Yang Yinqiu.
Why do you say that?
Yang Yinqiu proposed the question to prevent candidates from attacking his predecessor Cheng Wen, so he chose the entire chapter as the title.
Indeed, the effect is good, but not brilliant.
Looking at Wang Liangchen again, this question seems to be talking about official affairs, but in fact, it is a small trap.
Pay attention to Fan Zhongyan’s last words. You must not follow others in vain, and show off jade for sale!
This means that if you don’t do a good job in your own construction, you are just bragging about your talents in order to be appointed!
Therefore, if you cannot write this article and become an official, it will be over.
The original intention of Wang Liangchen’s question is actually to ask you to make yourself as beautiful as jade!
Thinking of this, Xu He already had a solution.
[If you raise a beautiful jade to make a statement, its existence should not be underestimated. 】
Then, he vigorously wrote the title "If the jade is given a good name, it will be heavy; if the jade is called beautiful, it will be heavy. Zigong said it, how can it be ignored?" 】
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Now that his mind is open, it's easy to write. Compared to himself when he just traveled through time, Xu He can write eight-legged articles easily after practicing during this period.
Especially when writing the second part, Xu Hewen did not add any points and directly wrote: [The spirit of Zhong Yu in the universe becomes more and more prosperous. Things and people are also small and auspicious, which is the origin of beautiful jade. 】
"If it is accumulated in the mountains, it will glow in the mountains; if it is produced in the water, its color will moisten the rivers and abyss."
"And when you rise up, you will be different from the ordinary people."
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Xu He wrote this article very quickly. Because of the cold weather, he did not copy it immediately after finishing it.
Because he couldn't put his hands in his arms to keep warm, he put his hands to his mouth to breathe. After his hands were slightly warmer, he checked them again and transcribed them.
It was the end of the new year, and it was during the legendary Little Ice Age. After Xu He finished writing, he felt a little bit too cold, so he quickly got up and handed in the paper.
A crashing sound caused countless students to turn their heads and look in Xu He's direction.
When Peng Ruyu and Li Zhijie heard the news, their faces suddenly sank. Handing in the paper so soon? Is there any mistake.
But when I saw it was Xu He...
Oh, it's okay.
This guy has always been talented and can write articles really fast.
Seeing Xu He handing in his papers, Wang Liangchen was also looking forward to it.
When Xu He came to the hall, he bowed and said: "Grand Master, the student has already finished writing!"
Wang Liangchen smiled and nodded, then motioned to the clerk next to him to bring up his paper.
After receiving the paper, Wang Liangchen did not read it immediately. In this year's exam, the questions he asked actually had two small traps.
One is whether solving the problem can solve the problem, that is, everyone's talent, or saying.
The second is that if this article writes about beautiful jade, it will be difficult to write new ideas. Confucianism specifically uses beautiful jade as an example of a gentleman's morality.
It is even more difficult to write a poorly written question well.
He was looking forward to whether Xu He, a young Hailing talent from Sanyuan, would fall into his trap, or whether he would be able to write new ideas.
Unfolding the paper, Wang Liangchen smiled immediately when he read the article.
As expected, this boy couldn't be beaten.
[If you raise a beautiful jade to make a statement, its existence should not be underestimated. 】
Confucius used beautiful jade as a metaphor to discuss, but we should not underestimate the value of people possessing the same qualities as beautiful jade.
As expected, this boy circumvented the trap he had set. Instead of writing about becoming an official, he focused on writing about beautiful jade.
At this time, Li Zhijie was very anxious. He also wanted to see what his student's article was like.
But as soon as he saw Wang Liangchen's smiling face, he immediately felt relieved.
Sure enough, Wang Liangchen smiled more and more as he watched.
Why?
Xu He also realized that writing about beautiful jade and gentleman is a waste of writing.
How to write something new?
Just pick out the words.
Let’s look at the title... "There is Beautiful Jade Like This"!
This guy directly divided the five words in the question into four words: "you", "beauty", "jade" and "si".
Some people say, isn’t this just being literal?
It’s absolutely correct. For future generations, if you write an essay like this, you will definitely not be able to pass it. However, this is the imperial examination eight-legged essay, and it is also important to be precise and precise.
These four words are the four levels, corresponding to [breaking the topic], [carrying the topic], [starting to talk], and [entering the topic].
Progressing step by step, Confucius' words were dismembered and analyzed word by word.
Especially the first word [有], I believe many people will ignore it.
However, Xu He affirmed the importance of "there" in solving and carrying on the topic. He started from the negative side of what would happen if "there was no", "entered the topic" and then affirmed "there" from the front side, countered the positive attack, and even opened the inscription. The essentials of law.
This writing technique was not invented by the Ming Dynasty in later generations. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that it was picked up to deal with such commonplace topics.
Therefore, when Wang Liangchen saw this article, he was a little surprised at first, and then he suddenly realized that this kind of topic can be analyzed in this way?
Learned, learned!
