While Zhu Pingan was packing up and waiting for the papers to be handed out, candidates came in one after another, 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. When I looked up, I saw several flags waving on Mingyuan Tower, and then a vague sound came from the gate.
"After entering, the door is closed and the keys are locked, and the whole place is silent!"
It turned out that the metal sound just now was from hitting the cloud plate. Only then did Zhu Pingan realize that the main gate and the ceremonial gate should have been blocked at this moment.
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 a 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 yamen officer began to walk back and forth in the examination room holding the question card, Zhu Pingan clearly heard a roar around him, and then heard the sergeant standing across the sword yelling, "Quiet, if you dare to make any noise again, 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 Zhu Ping'an was immersing the brush in the well-ground ink, he thought in a humorous way, the question wouldn't be something from the novels he had read before, like drawing a circle and asking 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, a total of three questions.
There is nothing wrong with the Five Classics questions. 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, you cover both ends and leave 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 fail to write the 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, which was probably called Appreciation of the Ming Dynasty Eight-legged Essay. , the article gives an example of such a question, and also provides a standard solution to the problem.
Although this question was not the circle question he was thinking about just now, 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 could not help but evoke At the corner of his lips, he 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 paper in small regular script, he started to read the second question.
The second question is much more normal. The title is: A gentleman is superior and a villain is inferior. This title comes from a sentence in "The Analects of Confucius". Confucius said: 'The gentleman is superior, the villain is inferior. "
There are three questions in total. Basically everyone knows how to answer the scriptures, so the gap cannot be narrowed. It is these two four-book and eight-part essays that play a decisive role. The first question really makes people confused for a while, and they don’t know how to solve the question. Fortunately, The second one is more normal, otherwise even if there are more cross-sword sergeants, they won't be able to suppress it.
Compared with others who were racking their brains and struggling, Zhu Pingan was much more relaxed and casual. He raised his pen and started to make a draft on the draft paper.
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.
Breaking the question is the most important point of the eight-legged essay. If the marking is not done well, some lazy marking officers may fail the question. 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 a law for the world."
Here are the two sentences that Zhu Pingan copied on the draft paper. This is the most standard sentence in "Confucius said". 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. In modern times, Zhu Pingan only saw the problem and problem solving, and did not see the content such as problem solving. However, after all, Zhu Pingan also experienced eight years of studying the system in the Ming Dynasty, and he solved all the problems. , it is much easier to carry out the topic, start the speech, compare the eight parts and four parts, and conclude, etc. After Zhu Pingan thought for a while, he took up the pen and started writing on the draft paper in neat regular script.
It only took less than an hour to write the first question in a eloquent and standard eight-part regular script.
When Zhu Ping'an 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, "Drinking tea and going to the toilet to relieve yourself. It's noisy. Violators will be punished for cheating.”
It's time for tea, water and the toilet during the intermission.
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 to drink water, but you have to stand up and signal to the patrol officer, 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 silence" and the other side said "Out of respect". This is where the ancient people said "Gong" when going to the toilet came from.
Zhu Pingan held the card in front of his chest before he was allowed to come out of this oppressive cell to go to the toilet. Zhu Pingan came out carefully, fearing to knock 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 followed him closely and never left. Zhu Pingan could understand that they did this to prevent candidates from cheating.
However, at this time, it really feels like a kind of VIP treatment. ;
