Chapter 55 Monthly Lessons
In fact, Lin Yanchao knew that his guess was correct. The Ming and Qing dynasties used eight essays to win scholars, and the fraud cases on the field of the two dynasties were repeatedly banned. There were countless tests for the provincial examinations, and even more countless tests for the boys who were not exposed at the next level.
This "Four Books Big Questions and Small Questions Wenfu" is equivalent to the question bank of later generations. If the eight-part essay was replaced with an open-book exam, the Four Books and Five Classics may not be provided by Zhu Zi's collection of notes, but everyone will definitely have a copy of this big question and small question.
After reading this book, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think that if I memorize this question bank and go to the boy to try...
Seeing that Lin Yanchao was thinking a little, Lin Liao guessed what he was thinking and said: "Don't hold on to your good memory, just use a bad mind. Just look at these model essays. Just think about the skill of famous masters solving questions and following questions. This is the seriousness. Don't try to memorize them. This is the old boy who failed the exam many times. It is like a lack of prospects. It is just to bet on luck and want to get the right answer in the exam. You are still young, so you have to learn how to solve questions. Follow the questions and start stocks is the right way."
Lin Liao's motivation must be for his own good. Since he said that, Lin Yanchao agreed. At that moment, he took four volumes of the book "Big Questions and Small Questions" from Lin Liao and said: "After the students finish reading it, they will borrow it with their husbands."
"Okay, you can come at any time, and you will also bring the lecture notes you wrote together." Lin Liao reminded.
So Lin Yanchao returned to Ermei Bookstore with ease and greeted others in a good mood.
The disciples were surprised. This person was scolded by the teacher, so why was he in such a good mood? Could it be that this person is a strange person?
Lin Yanchao didn't think so much. When he returned to the case, he studied the "Big Questions and Small Questions" that Lin Liao gave him.
The big topic is a small topic. The so-called big topic is a complete topic of the Four Books and Five Classics chapters. For example, the title is a question. Confucius said: "Isn't it easy to learn and practice it from time to time? Is it easy to have friends coming from afar? Is it easy to be angry if people don't know it, is it a gentleman? This is a big topic.
If the single sentence of the title lists "Isn't it fun to learn and practice it from time to time?", it is also considered a big question.
But if you want to "learn and practice it from time to time", there is only the first half sentence and the second half sentence is a small question. There is also the question "Isn't it fun" and there is only the second half sentence and the first half sentence is a small question, which is also called a small question.
It’s a pleasure to just learn and practice it from time to time. You can draw three questions in nine words, and the four books have at least 300 words. If you like to write five or six hundred words in a casual way, it’s not uncommon for you to write five or six hundred words.
These three sample essays are more than one thousand words, not counting the Five Classics. Just the four books are combined together, and a total of more than 50,000 words. How many combinations can the examiners of the scientific examination take from it and how many questions they come up with, so it is really unrealistic to memorize the entire question bank.
Moreover, Lin Liao also despised this behavior, which was called the talent of the old boy who failed the exam.
Therefore, even though Lin Yanchao had an amazing memory, he did not plan to memorize "The Four Books and Small Questions Wenfu". As Lin Liao said to himself, reading carefully and thinking about the way famous artists solve questions, inherit questions, and start teaching is serious. Just like the problem-solving methods and ideas that later generations have mastered in solving questions, mastering the right way. It is really unrealistic to memorize questions all day long and try to pass the exam by guessing questions.
So Lin Yanchao read the following method Lin Liao said. In the eyes of those who are interested, he couldn't help but whisper.
"After this person was scolded by his husband, he still had the intention to study, so something must be strange."
"It must be."
"Let me see what books he read?"
A disciple shook his head and walked to Lin Yanchao, pretending to chat with someone, and occasionally leaned over his head and scratched the book in Lin Yanchao's hand.
Lin Yanchao was focused on reading without notice, but he would not say anything even if he noticed it.
The man leaned over his head for a while, showed a sneer on his face, and returned to the crowd, and said with a smile: "Guess what book the nerd is reading?"
"Stop keeping it aside, say it quickly, say it quickly."
The man smiled and said, "That nerd is reading "The Four Books and Small Questions of Wenfu".
"What, there are people reading this book?"
"That's dozens of books. The gentleman asked me to figure out the examples of famous essays from it. I read a few articles and lost them. It's really a big deal."
"Yes, this man is stupid, and he is not stupid. He knows that he is not stupid, so he thinks that he will meet a dead mouse with a blind cat. If it is a county test, the government test will really touch him three or four times, and he will not be sure."
"Haha, Brother Lin, you really believe that this is true. If this prescription is feasible, the old Tongsheng from Manchu would not be able to line up from the city gate tower to the Wanshou Bridge."
"I tell you that in the past, there were people who used to recite this "Big Questions and Small Questions" and kept memorizing it until the young man turned white. How many years did he have to memorize it as a nerd? He has made a lot of plans, so what if he memorized it? When the county test and the government test encounter a deviant question, it is not the same as the interrogation questions."
Speaking of this, everyone laughed.
"Oh, why did the Grand Master include this person as his disciple, but it was not me. This is really unfair."
"When you are right, there must be some dark story."
"I'll wait and see him laugh at the next monthly class."
Lin Yanchao ignored the things outside the window and was devoted to reading only the books of sages. It was okay if he didn't read it, but he was shocked when he read it.
Even Lin Yanchao couldn't believe it. After reading any of the eight-legged essays in the book carefully, he rolled them up and could immediately blurt out.
This is not right. I used to memorize the college and Mencius. I could read it almost three or four times before I could memorize it. But when I read the Thousand Characters, I learned the collection of Cheng Zhu's Cheng in Qinglin, University and Mencius, I was only a little faster. I could memorize it after reading it two or three times. But I didn't need to memorize the eight-legged essay model in front of me. He could only read it once and recite it, no more than two times at most.
Lin Yanchao continued to read the book, read half of this book, and recited it silently for a while, but he really remembered it all!
Lin Yanchao had no time to read it, and he thought about it carefully. He remembered that Lin Liao had said that the meaning of the sutras was profound. In Zhu Xi's words, reading the four books was cooked. Reading the sutras was like threshing grain to get rice. It can be seen that the Five Sutras are difficult than the Four Books.
The Annotations of Cheng and Zhu's Annotations are explained in the Four Books, so the Annotations of Cheng and Zhu's Annotations are more simple. Therefore, he has to read the Four Books three or four times before he can recite them, while the Annotations of Cheng and Zhu will recite them two or three times. Although the Eight-Legged Essays are used to answer questions in the tone of the saints, the words and paragraphs are not included in the scope of the Cheng and Zhu's Annotations. In addition to the author's own words, the Eight-Legged Essays are more simple than the Cheng and Zhu's Annotations.
A simple article should of course be better understood and recited than those of the Four Books and Five Classics that are rude.
Lin Liao told him not to memorize the techniques of famous masters at the beginning, but Lin Yanchao did not ignore him, which was contrary to the teacher's teachings. But he was indeed reading and did not want to memorize it, but he could memorize it after reading it once!
It’s all a mistake that you can never forget. What’s the solution?
Blame me!
Lin Yanchao read a book, but he should have said that he memorized a book, but he was a little tired, so he simply returned to the account.
Inside the house, I looked different. I just finished the exam and the disciples who studied hard on weekdays were rarely relaxed.
Yu Ziyou was very happy when he got the second place in the outdoor room. The rest of his sleepers also did well. Needless to say, Ye Xianggao, Huang Biyou and Zhu Xiangwen both got the top ten, but Chen Wen was a little worse, twenty-two.
Yu Ziyou and others bought a lot of snacks and shared the food with the disciples.
Yu Ziyou looked at Lin Yanchao and joked: "Brother Yanchao, why did you come back so early today?"
Huang Biyou, who was beside Yu Ziyou, smiled and said, "It's not because you did a bad exam today, that you were disappointed and gave up on yourself. Brother Lin, please forgive me. I see that the time you wrote is really not a material for reading."
"Yes, Brother Huang makes sense!" Lin Yanchao smiled faintly, as if he had no concern at all.
But Huang Biyou seemed to hit the air with a punch, but his heart was in a mess. He immediately added: "Brother Lin, as a student of the Supervisor, you have been ranked 28 this time. Do you want to know how the disciples of the outer room talk about you?"
"There is no need to know what others think." Lin Yanchao said with a smile.
Huang Biyou couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Yanchao, I admire you, admire you!"
"Brother Huang, I must have done a good exam this time!"
"It's not good either. It's ninth in the house, but it's much higher than Brother Yanchao."
"Will we divide the next monthly class into a different level?"
After hearing what Lin Yanchao said, the other fellow bedroomers in the dormitory gathered around.
When Huang Biyou heard this, he looked shocked and angry. It clearly means, who gave you the courage!
"If I lose to you, I will write a thousand words of patience for you and stick it to the wall! If you lose?"
"I will also write a thousand words for you."
Huang Biyou snorted coldly and said, "A gentleman's word."
"Hand a quick horse and whip." Lin Yanchao continued.
Chapter completed!