Chapter Fourteen: The Prosperity of Scholars—Chunwei Imperial Examination!
Spring Imperial Examination!
This day is a prosperous day for scholars all over the world!
Li Xingyun learned that there are some differences between the imperial examinations in this world and those in previous historical dynasties.
The content of the Tongsheng Imperial Examination is mainly Confucian classics, as well as other related content from hundreds of schools of thought, which occupies a very small part of the space.
The Confucian classics mainly fall into four categories: Mo Yi, Jing Jing, Policy Questions, and Poems.
Moyi are simple questions and answers surrounding the meaning and annotations of the scriptures. In a paper, these questions are the most basic and simple, but there are many questions, often as many as thirty to fifty.
Tie Jing is like filling in the blanks and dictation of modern poetry. The examiner selects a page from ancient sages and some existing Confucian classics, and prints one line on the test paper. Based on this line of text, the examinee has to fill in the corresponding text.
associated context.
Ce questions, that is, discussions. Based on the relevant economic and political issues raised by the examiner, candidates express their opinions and propose countermeasures. The scope of policy questions is wider, including politics, education, production, management, etc. Compared with Tie Jing and Mo Yi,
It is more difficult, and some also have some practical value.
Poetry, as the name suggests, one poem and one fu. The Confucian lineage found that poetry and prose are the most consistent with talent, and among them, poetry is the best! Therefore, Confucian students' ability in poetry and prose is tested every year, especially war poems and other poems are mainly used by Confucian students.
aspect of combat.
The Tongsheng Examination is held once a year and is the moment that all scholars look forward to achieving success and fame.
As long as you can pass the Tongsheng examination, it means you can set foot in Confucianism and Taoism.
Otherwise, we can only wait until next year, but there will be just as many candidates in the coming year. As spring passes and autumn comes, some people over fifty are still active in the imperial examination examination rooms.
The Imperial Examination for Tongsheng only took one day. I ate in the morning and left, and at noon I was in the liberal arts college. The liberal arts college had prepared all the basic things for daily life, so I didn’t need to bring them myself.
The development of Confucianism and Taoism has opened the door to the imperial examinations for Confucian students. Everything is extremely convenient. I also want to select a scholar who can regain the style of Confucius.
"Ziqing! Are you ready? Let's go!"
Li Xingyun was putting the last piece of food carefully prepared by Qin Keqing into his backpack when he heard the call of his friend Gu Qinghui.
He glanced at the stunning woman whose eyes could speak, and by chance, he came closer and pecked her on the face.
Then he waved goodbye and said, "Sister Qing, please wait for my good news!"
Qin Keqing didn't hear Li Xingyun's words at all. At that moment, her whole body was stunned as if she had been electrocuted, and her head went blank.
Then his face suddenly turned red.
"Mingtang!" As soon as he went out, he saw Gu Qinghui waiting at the door.
"You are a destined boy born before the saints. It will be natural for you to become a scholar in the future. But now you have to compete with us scholars for the position of a boy. It is unreasonable."
Along the way, Gu Qinghui joked.
Talent is like a beautiful woman. If you want to inherit the style of Half-Saint Han Xin, the more the better... Li Xingyun's words in his heart are expressed in his mouth: "Who would dislike having too much talent..."
"You kid." Gu Qinghui was shocked, and the two of them walked together.
Scholars in Wannian County all take exams in one place, the Literary Academy.
The Wenyuan is located among the green mountains and green trees, with wooden houses with red walls and blue tiles arranged side by side.
When the sun rises, it is the time when the day's plan begins in the morning.
The outside of the Literary Academy was already crowded with scholars and family members who came to see them off.
Qin Keqing originally wanted to come and watch Li Xingyun enter the liberal arts college with his own eyes, but Li Xingyun was worried that leaving a beauty like Qin Keqing outside after he entered would easily attract some unscrupulous attention, so he simply let her stay at home.
Gu Qinghui looked at the huge crowd and was a little shocked: "There are more candidates than usual this year. In the past, the imperial examination for children in Wannian County was about 10,000. Now just looking at this situation, I am afraid it will not be less than 15,000."
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Li Xingyun responded to him: "Wannian County is a prosperous county under the jurisdiction of the capital of the Tang Dynasty, with a population of over one million. The Confucian lineage is waiting for the imperial examination to start their cultivation. It is normal for there to be more people."
"There are only more than 10,000 people, and Wannian County can only select 100 children... No wonder the status of a child is so different from that of an ordinary scholar."
Li Xingyun thought of the college entrance examination in his previous life. It was also an era when thousands of troops and horses crossed the single-plank bridge. In a major college entrance examination province, with millions of candidates, only a small proportion of them finally passed the exam.
The competition is fierce, too fierce!
"How good are you? You don't need to take the imperial examination to become a child student, but you are still a child student before the saint!" Gu Qinghui looked envious and said with a smile: "But the treatment of you, a child student before the saint, is not very good, and you are very disliked by scholars.
See you soon."
Gu Qinghui noticed that others were pointing and pointing after seeing Li Xingyun.
"Is he the former Saint who composed a state-level poem three days ago?"
"It's him, Li Xingyun!"
"A good piece of writing was actually used by him on a maid. He used such a precious thing to create the appearance of a stunning beauty. It's not worth it at all."
"It's really a waste of resources to use the kind of genius verses that a good hand accidentally picked up on a woman instead of broadening one's own cultivation path."
"Let's see what he will do today! If a former saint fails to pass the imperial examination, even if he can be promoted to the imperial examination later, it will be a stain on his life."
"Waiting to see the joke, I heard that he is not particularly top-notch in the academy. He was not very sure about passing the Tongsheng examination, and now he has cut off his arm. I will go to the Holy Academy to exchange for the talent empowerment with this poem.
, how could he be properly promoted to the rank of Tongsheng Wen, and still leave a name in the Holy Academy and be remembered by many scholars all over the world, so he achieved multiple things with one stone. He chose the stupidest path."
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Chirping sounds came from everywhere.
Gu Qinghui listened, frowned, and said coldly: "The sage said: A gentleman is slow in words but quick in deeds!"
"Scholars should be careful with their words and be careful of the trouble that comes from their mouths. If you are not careful with your words, you will hurt yourself and others, which will eventually lead to trouble and even disaster."
When the others heard this, their faces turned red.
Gu Qinghui used the saint's sayings to teach them, how could they refute the saint's words?
"Hmph! A group of people who can't even succeed in the imperial examination are qualified to criticize a former saint's child behind his back!" Gu Qinghui snorted coldly and didn't bother to pay attention to those people.
He looked at the vermilion door of the literary college and found that it had been opened a crack.
As the crack in the door became wider and wider, all the readers became excited.
"Look! The liberal arts academy is open! The imperial examination is about to begin!"
The imperial examination door, which represents entry into Confucianism and Taoism, has been opened.
Students all over the world are extremely excited, and no amount of words can express their feelings at this moment.
Many people study hard for ten years just to wait for this moment.
There are even some people who miss one step over and over again and are unwilling to do it all over again.