Shi Kai missed the students of the Free School. Before leaving the Free School, he went to Sheng Wei and recommended to him a candidate to succeed him as a private school teacher.
This person's name is Lin Yan, a native of Jiangning. He is a close friend of Shi Kai. He and Shi Kai participated in the government examination together. Shi Kai came in second place, and Lin Yan was the leader of the case.
Unlike Shi Kai, Lin Yan successfully passed the college examination and became a student member. Later, because of his excellent academic performance, he was selected as a tribute supervisor, and then entered the Imperial College to study.
Wei Chen's father, Wei Mingzhao, was once a junior student in the county and was already the best among the students. As for the tribute supervisor, only junior students were eligible to participate in the selection. It can be said that the best of the best were selected. They are all the best among men.
As a tribute supervisor, Lin Yan was able to crush everyone below him in terms of academic qualifications.
After Lin Yan graduated from the Imperial College, he once worked as a county professor and focused on teaching students. Later, he resigned because he could not stand the dirty officialdom.
Sheng Wei was overjoyed when Shi Kai recommended this person. He also learned from Shi Kai that Lin Yan was currently at home, so he immediately put aside the business of the fruit wine workshop and prepared a generous gift to invite him in person.
Due to the relationship with Shikai and the fact that Sheng's Yi Xue is now quite famous in Jiangning Mansion, Lin Yan is still very interested in this job as a private school teacher. However, he also made two requests, and Sheng Wei must agree to them all. , he will go to Youyang.
The first point is that after Lin Yan became the tutor, he was solely responsible for the management of Sheng's free school, and Sheng Wei was not allowed to interfere.
The second point is to ask Sheng Wei to build a library in Yi Xue to collect collections of classics and history for the convenience of students.
Sheng Wei knew very well that a master like Lin Yan would either go to a county school to be a professor or a lecturer in a large academy, and it was almost impossible for him to live in a small temple like Sheng's Yixue.
And if Lin Yan can really be hired as a private school teacher, it will be an opportunity for Shengshi Yixue to reinvent itself.
Therefore, even though Lin Yan acted a bit domineering, Sheng Wei still agreed to all his requests.
After receiving Sheng Wei's guarantee, Lin Yan happily went to Youyang and served as a private tutor at Sheng's Yi School. Sheng Wei also found two assistants for him, both of whom were children who had passed the government examination.
As soon as Lin Yan took office, he began drastic reforms.
Today, the Sheng Family Free School has expanded several times and now has more than 120 students, ranging from seven or eight to fifteen or sixteen years old.
Some have just started to read, while others are already studying the scriptures and meanings. There is a huge gap in their coursework, which is very unfavorable for teaching.
So Lin Yan followed the regulations of the Imperial College and divided the students of Sheng's Free School into three grades: outer house, inner house, and upper house. They were ranked according to their examination results every month. Those who were outstanding were promoted and those who were insufficient were demoted.
In the end, there were more than 70 people born in the outer house, more than 40 people born in the inner house, and the smallest number in the upper house, only seven, and Wei Chen was among them.
The outer and inner rooms are mainly taught by two sitting boys. Lin Yan only teaches once every three days.
Lin Yan's main focus was still on the seven students in Shangshe.
They are all the most outstanding students in the volunteer school. Lin Yan's goal for them is to enter school and become a scholar.
The first lesson Lin Yan taught to Shang Shisheng was the most important craftsmanship in the imperial examination.
The so-called craftsmanship refers to the eight-part essay that frightened future generations, also called Shiwen.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the examinations, imperial edicts, imperial edicts, and current affairs policy discussions were all side effects. Only the eight-legged essay was the most important basis for admission.
In this regard, Lin Yan did not mince words: "Although it is said that studying is for learning and does not need to be limited to career, but which scholar can really see clearly? In the end, we scholars produce art and literature just for the sake of middle school. try!"
Lin Yan spoke with great devotion and passion, which made Wei Chen and other students in the hall secretly excited.
Lin Yan glanced at the students and said solemnly: "The first step in this craft is to solve the problem. It often only takes two or three sentences to solve the problem. It seems simple, but in fact it is the most difficult. You have a deep intention, a lot of talent and learning, and a high writing ability. Next, just break the question with these few sentences, and the examiner will be able to see everything at a glance."
Wei Chen nodded repeatedly as he listened below, thinking that the way he wrote argumentative essays in his previous life was not to state the title at the beginning of the article. The two have quite a bit in common.
No wonder the ancients said that if the eight-part article is well done, no matter what you do, it will be a mark with a whip and a slap with blood.
However, as Lin Yan continued to talk, Wei Chen soon understood why so many people hated these eight-part essays.
First of all, when solving the problem, the original names of people and objects cannot be written.
For example, King Wen, Duke of Zhou, and Confucius are all called "sages", Mencius is called "sub-sage", and all the disciples are called "sages". All other plants, trees, flowers, birds and utensils are also replaced by "things".
This alone made Wei Chen feel extremely troubled.
But there are far more taboos than this.
For example, in the question "Zhou Gongsi united three kings to implement four things", when reading the question, you must first remember which chapter and sentence of "Mencius" this sentence appears in, and then combine it with the context to understand the meaning of this sentence.
The most damning thing is that you can understand the meaning of the question based on the context, but you must not involve the text in the context when solving the question!
If the upper sentence of the title is mentioned, it is called "continuing"; if the lower sentence of the title is mentioned, it is called "invading the lower part".
When the examiner is marking the paper, as soon as he sees that you have broken the question, he does not need to read the following articles anymore, and he will be dismissed immediately.
After talking about the mistakes in the series, Lin Yan went on to talk about missing questions, swearing in questions, and other taboos when solving questions. This lecture lasted more than an hour.
Wei Chen was secretly speechless when he heard it below.
You must know that breaking the question is just the first step in writing an eight-legged essay. Just one broken question already has so many taboos. You can imagine how difficult it is to write a qualified eight-legged essay.
After explaining the precautions, Lin Yan began to explain the problem solving methods.
"There are many ways to solve the problem. If we talk about it in terms of grammar, there are six types in total, which are divided into clear break, dark break, shun break, reverse break, positive break, and reverse break. If we talk about it in perspective, it can also be divided into break meaning, break. There are three types of sentences and broken characters. The difference between them is mysterious. Please listen to my teacher explain it in detail..."
Lin Yan spoke impassionedly for more than an hour, and suddenly found that although the students below were all listening attentively, their faces were full of confusion, and they obviously didn't understand.
Lin Yan couldn't help but secretly curse himself for being so confused. He actually forgot that these students had just come into contact with the art of craftsmanship, and their academic ability was still shallow. He talked too much, and they might not be able to digest it.
He stopped talking at that moment and said, "I will stop here today on how to solve the problem."
Hearing Lin Yan say this, the students below all breathed a sigh of relief.
But then, Lin Yan continued to say: "Here are three art-making questions that have been tested in previous years. Take them back and understand how to solve the questions in the sample essays. Then you can solve them again according to the six methods of solving the questions."
The students below were all shocked by Mr. Lin's cruelty, and they all counted on their fingers.
There are three questions, and each question needs to be solved from six different angles. Wouldn’t that mean eighteen questions?
Oh my God!
His classmates were in mourning, and Wei Chen couldn't help but sigh to himself: Sure enough, there is a price to pay for staying in the fast class and being a top student. At least the amount of homework is several times more than others...
