"Risheng! Congratulations!"
"Ah, we rejoice together."
"Ri Sheng, you are really in the limelight this time. Did any rich man knock on the door to ask for a hand in marriage last night?"
"No no..."
"Ri Sheng, do you still have many of the Four Treasures of the Study in your hand? Give us a few pieces and go back to get some literary flair."
"Ah this..."
In Huaide Square in the early morning, Li Ang smiled bitterly as he dealt with his fellow students.
The news of the results of the Academy's first examination spread quickly throughout Chang'an.
A little-known female student from Youzhou and a young doctor from Jingzhou defeated the son of the prime minister who was ranked first in the thirteen subjects and won the first and second place in the preliminary examination.
Such news was so bizarre that in the early morning, a group of idle citizens gathered outside the door of Huaidefang Hotel to watch the excitement.
No one doubted whether the results announced by the Academy were true, but they were just curious about Li Ang.
Li Ang took away his fellow villagers and looked at their backs as they went to Pingkangfang for a banquet. He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad. There are only 5,000 people in the first exam of the academy, so some people are always eliminated.
However, the examination process of the Academy was reasonable and the judgment was fair and impartial. It can only be said that he did not make the list because of a bad move and bad luck.
Among the students from Jingzhou, Zhai Yiming ranked 1,117, Song Shaoyuan ranked 909, Ji Linglang ranked 331, and five others were eliminated - because they will come again next year. opportunity, so it’s not that sad.
“I didn’t expect that I would come back with a second place in the exam this time,”
Li Ang closed the door and muttered, "I thought the first hundred would be good..."
Chai Cuiqiao asked curiously: "Master, what is the second place on the list?"
"That's the second place in the exam."
Li Ang remembered that there was no second place in Yu State, only number one, or top, first place.
As for Tanhua, it is not the third place, but the name Tanhualang is given to the young and handsome Jinshi who rides on horseback and picks famous flowers in the garden when they go to the apricot garden according to the rules.
"It's quite strange though,"
Li Ang murmured: "My scriptures and policy questions are all in the lower and upper grades of A, my poems and poems are in the B grade, and my riding and archery are in the A grade. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be ranked above Pei Jing, who is all in the first grade in thirteen subjects. Is it me? Are the scores for arithmetic, herbal medicine, and painting too high?"
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"Okay! Okay!"
In the wing of the Chongyefang restaurant, Chao Wenyuan, a short and fat scholar with a doctorate in mathematics from the Academy, looked at a test paper over and over with joy. I couldn't help stroking my hands and laughing softly.
Several disciples on the side asked curiously: "Teacher, is this paper really that good?"
"It's more than good."
Chao Wenyuan shook his head and spread out the exam paper filled with dense text on the table, "Look, for every question, this candidate almost showed off his skills and used more than one method to solve the problem.
There is already the graphic derivation method in "Ji Gu Suan Jing",
There is also the Tianzhu numerical algorithm of "Brahman Algorithm" in "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi",
and this..."
He tapped with his fingertips some horizontal and vertical lines drawn in different squares in the corner of the test paper, and asked the students with a smile: "What do you think these are?"
The disciples came closer and recognized at a glance that the horizontal and vertical lines drawn on the test paper were suanchi - a notation method commonly used in the Spring and Autumn Period.
And what these calculations represent...
"Tian Yuan Technique?!"
The disciples screamed in shock and surprise.
"That's right,"
Chao Wenyuan sighed and said: "Wang Xiaotong, who served as Taishi Cheng in the late Sui and early Yu dynasties, deeply studied "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Zhushu" and wrote the "Jigu Arithmetic Classic", which uses language, characters and outlines. strand patterns and derivations to compute complex problems.
Xuegong continued to develop on its basis, considering the unknown quantity of demand as Tianyuan number, that is, 'Li Tianyuan Yi',
Make a list of two equal Tianyuan formulas, subtract the Tianyuan formulas, and obtain one Tianyuan formula. Then use the multiplication and expansion method to find the positive root and solve the unknown Tianyuan number.
The structure is clear, the steps are well-organized, and it is faster than the Pythagorean figure derivation method. "
"The Academy has published papers on Tianyuan Technique before. It's really impressive that the candidate can learn it on his own."
One student frowned and said: "However, the method of multiplying and opening is only mentioned briefly in the paper without going into details - Teacher, you plan to put the method of multiplying and opening together with the Four Elements Technique, and then publish it when it is ready. Into a volume.
How did he learn it? "
"You can learn from the smallest details and draw inferences from one example. If there are no useful mathematical tools or calculation methods, create one yourself."
Chao Wenyuan said in a deep voice: "This is a genius!
Only two candidates, He Fanshuang and Li Ang, could answer the entire arithmetic test paper.
He Fanshuang was able to get perfect scores because she had the ability to get perfect scores.
And Li Ang got a perfect score because he only got a perfect score.
If this were not the case, I would not argue hard in front of the mountain chief and strongly demand that his ranking be placed first. "
Hearing the teacher's praise of the student named Li Ang, the disciples present were somewhat unconvinced.
Seeing the situation, Chao Wen sighed and said: "The history of the development of arithmetic is a history of fits and starts.
In ancient times, the continuation and development of arithmetic mainly relied on private teaching within a few households, and arithmetic knowledge was constantly being lost and lost.
It was reinvented by later generations dozens or hundreds of years later.
The overall level of arithmetic has gone up and down several times, up and down.
It was not until the academy paid great attention to arithmetic and regarded arithmetic as an important tool for managing the world that the folk customs gradually changed.
It is precisely because of arithmetic that we can predict the movement of the sun, moon and stars, estimate the wood, stone and earthwork required to build bridges and pavilions, calculate the height of distant mountains, the flow rate of rivers, and even assist in spiritual practice.
Instead of using personal experience to 'feel'.
Even if this student named Li Ang fails to enter the academy in the end, I will ask the mountain leader for instructions and accept him as a disciple..."
As he was talking, Chao Wenyuan suddenly paused, squinted his eyes and murmured to himself: "But Sun Pu, who teaches herbal medicine in the academy, and Du Qinyin, who teaches painting, also gave him first-class grades.
Although we are all on the same page, if you want to compete with me as a disciple,
Then don’t blame me for turning against others..."
The disciples in the wing looked at each other,
In addition to teaching the prescribed courses, the doctors in the academy will also select some disciples they like to study certain topics together.
The mentor chooses the student, and the student chooses the mentor.
but...
Chao Wenyuan's cultivation level seems to be that of Xun Yunzhong Realm.
The female monk Du Qinyin, who was his classmate in the academy, had already broken through to the high level of Xunyun Realm a few years ago.
If they really fight, Chao Wenyuan will probably be hung up and hammered by the other party... just like they did when they were young.
The disciples present imagined the scene for a moment, then decisively shut up and watched Chao Wenyuan sitting on the chair, happily flipping through Li Ang's test papers.
