In the study room, the master wanted to take the homework of everyone in the school and asked them to tell them about their own reading or piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although they mentioned this matter yesterday, they didn't have time to explain it in detail.
The Shen family is a scholarly family and a family of calligraphy and calligraphy. It is true that children have the most important character, but this qualification is also very important. No matter how good the character is, if you are not good at the imperial examination, your achievements will be limited. In contrast, no matter how good the academic qualification is, your character is Flaws, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
Although the imperial examination career can reach the sky and make a fortune, it can also become a mess, and the family will be ruined and the people will be dispersed.
If your mind is not firm, it is better to be a gentry in Taiping than to rise and fall in the officialdom.
Others were relieved, Chen Quan was so ashamed that he had no idea. His chin was hanging to his chest. He was eighteen years later and had not even passed the hospital examination. He was so embarrassed to say anything. Although Chen Zhu was eager to try, he was afraid that he would come forward first. He seemed frivolous and impatient, just staring at Chen Quan from time to time.
Chen Qin thought about Xu leaving Shen Rui alone, and the third master and the third wife treated Shen Rui differently, and was a little unwilling to give up. She whispered: "Uncle, Brother Zhu Shan Calligraphy and painting. I learned calligraphy and painting with the old man from the eighth room since I was three years old. Last month I paid homage to Mr. Zhu as my teacher.
"Oh?" The master was quite surprised when he heard this, looking at Chen Bao, who was as tall as a Lantern Festival.
It’s not that he judges people by his appearance, but that Chen Bao looks honest and honest, not like a spiritual person.
"The old man was famous in Shilin in his early years, and now he has a successor. Brother Bao should let his uncle see it." The old man remembered the old man in the eighth room and touched his beard.
If you only talk about the old master of the eighth room, the old master only mentioned the third master when he was a child, it would be a shame to hear it. But with Zhu Yunming here, this is different.
Zhu Yunming lives in the Shen family every provincial examination. He is about 10 years younger than the eldest master, and the eldest master is close to this nephew. He naturally knows his nature, being enthusiastic is being enthusiastic, but not just accepting disciples. Chen Baoneng If he has won his approval, he must have good writing skills and qualifications.
Chen Bao secretly pinched Chen Qin, but did not refuse, and stepped forward and stood behind the desk.
After the desk, there is a complete color of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Chen Bao took a small wolf hair, ate the ink, and wrote it on the paper, flying dragons and phoenixes.
It is a five-character quatrain, Tao Yuanming's "Four Seasons".
Poetry:
Spring water fills the four lakes,
There are many strange peaks in summer.
The autumn moon shines brightly,
The winter ridge is beautiful and the cold pines are there.
The master looked closer and nodded and said, "It's interesting. With Brother Bao's age, such writing skills are rare." He asked again, "Can you read the Four Books through? Have you learned to write timely writing?"
Chen Bao put down his pen and said shyly: "I have read the four books through and learned the time texts, but they are still superficial and unbearable to see."
Although the master didn't have much contact with the Songe family, he knew a little about the situation of each house.
The old man from the Eighth House is a Juren, and his grandson Chen Liu is also a Juren. Before Chen Bao's grandfather died unexpectedly, he was not a Juren, but he was also a student, and was preparing to profession. The eighth House has been farming and studying for his family for generations, and his family tradition is very good.
Looking at Chen Bao in front of him, this word "六" was a bit spiritual. But his appearance blocked all the spiritual energy.
The master said, "You Uncle Run San always likes this. In the future, you will go to your Uncle Third more when you have nothing to do... When you were young, you were a disciple of a famous family. You also had some literary names, but you didn't expect them. This is for living, just for entertainment..."
Chen Bao was so happy when he heard this, his eyes flickered: "Uncle, can you really bother Uncle Run San? Will it disturb Uncle Run San Qingjing?"
He was not interested in the imperial examination, so he had to write and paint. He finally became a famous teacher, but he hurried north without any advice. If the third master was really as the master said, he would have been in vain to get his advice, so he would have come to the capital in vain. Find something for yourself.
The master smiled and said, "You Uncle Run San wish you a boy who likes Wen Mo to disturb you... Although your Uncle Run San is weaker, Jie Chen and Jie Nu, but Brother Bao is a good child, and I don't think he will go there for nothing. It makes your third uncle angry, just go." When he said this, he was a little hesitant when he thought of Shen Rui.
At this time, Shen Rui came over, and the servant at the door came in to report, and the master shouted in.
Although Chen Bao was pushed out by Chen Qin, the master nodded and visited the third master. He was so happy that he couldn't help but feel nervous, afraid that Chen Zhu would be jealous, and also afraid that Chen Jue, Chen Quan and others would misunderstand. Seeing Shen Rui in, After a change of thought, he spoke, "Uncle, Brother Rui is quite talented in calligraphy and painting... My great-grandfather's cursive script in his early years, and his nephew was just ignorant, but Brother Rui could understand the profound meaning and his reaction was the same as that of the teacher."
The master has long known Shen Rui's academic progress through Wang Shouren and Chen Li. However, he doesn't know much about his other skills.
Seeing Chen Bao say this, the master couldn't help but be curious and asked Shen Rui to come forward and write a pair of words.
Shen Rui glanced at Chen Bao and saw him showing a little prayer for mercy.
Looking at a cursive script on the desk, Shen Rui didn't understand anything.
Chen Bao is "a disaster in the east", is it necessary to do so? There are all clan brothers in front of him, and there is no one who cannot be offended. Even if Chen Bao has made a big splash because of his good book, what can I avoid? It is worth him So careful?
But now it is not the time to worry about this. In front of everyone, Shen Rui can only obey the orders.
Thinking of the master asking for help from him, Shen Rui was only grateful to the master.
Although Xu was worried that Wang Shouren's career would be bumpy and could not help Shen Rui, Shen Rui knew that it would be more beneficial than disadvantages to him to be able to obtain such a great scholar of all ages as his teacher.
Thinking that he would meet his clan brothers in a while and to visit the teacher in the afternoon, Shen Rui felt very happy and picked up a medium-sized wolf hair from the pen holder and wrote: "You must be done early in youth, how can you be young?"
A slightly vulgar poem that encourages learning is, but it falls on paper and is written in running script. It cannot penetrate the back of the paper, but it still looks very elegant.
The master watched from the side, feeling a little surprised.
Even though I just heard Chen Bao’s praise, the master didn’t think that Shen Rui would be better than Chen Bao’s writing.
Chen Bao's family has a lot of knowledge, but Chen Juren has ordinary qualifications.
Moreover, he inquired indirectly from Chen Li, and knew that although Shen Rui was diligent in studying and had good qualifications, he was delayed when he was young and had not finished studying at the age of nine.
But Shen Rui's handwriting doesn't seem to have only been practicing for three years. Without the accumulation of time, how could he write so calmly?
Chen Zhu saw Chen Bao, and Shen Rui was in the limelight, so he couldn't help but feel a little calmer and said to Chen Quan: "Brother Quan, brother Quan, brother, brother, have all shown his skills in front of his uncle, and he also thinks it's Brother Quan, Quan San's turn. Don’t be humbler anymore.”
Chen Quan rolled his eyes in anger. Whoever wants to show off will go out. What is the point of using himself as a raft?
After living and eating with him for more than a month, he thought that his relationship with Chen Zhu had changed. Chen Zhu would no longer behave like before in the future, and he would belittle himself and raise himself up for nothing, but he did not expect that Chen Zhu would still have this kind of virtue.
Seeing that the master and the brothers of the clan looked at him, Chen Quan suppressed his anger and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, my nephew, both chess, calligraphy and painting, are just a little bit of knowledge, how can I show ugliness... Poetry and verse are also done. Not so, I didn’t get through the college entrance examination twice…” At the end of the day, I was already in the dark.
The master shook his head and said, "If you want to pass the imperial examination, it is common for you to pass the imperial examination. How many people have passed the imperial examination and got the imperial examination smoothly along the way? Each subject is 300, and there are very few young Jinshi... Not to mention others Even my uncle, I failed the college entrance examination twice, and it was the second time I passed the provincial examination... It made me feel worried and I didn't even dare to take the college entrance examination. This time, I was not afraid of losing the exam, but I was afraid of losing the same exam. In Jinshi, I took three years to take the exam... but luck was barely listed in the second grade..."
Chen Quan was a little stunned when he heard this.
When it comes to the master, the only thing that Songe's family mentioned was praise, saying that it was a young juren, a young Jinshi, who inherited the mantra of the third lord and had a prosperous official career.
Unexpectedly, the master was in a bad mood, and Chen Quan's originally depressed and sluggish mood immediately felt a little hope.
The master said in a stern manner: "There is no need to be afraid of losing the first place at the beginning, and learning is endless. As I study longer, I only have more proficient courses, and the test scores will naturally be better every time... But there are so many scholars in the world, but there are many fame and fortune. There are always people who are proud of the imperial examination, and some are frustrated... The fifty-year-old boy and the thirty-year-old Jinshi... No matter what the test results are, this knowledge is in your own mind, so don't worry too much about the gains and losses of the examination... "
Chen Quan lowered his hands and said ashamed, "It's my nephew who is impetuous."
Shen Rui was beside him, but he calculated in his mind the age of the master taking the exam.
The eldest master and Xu are both fifty years younger than the eldest master, and this year they are forty-six. Because Shen Rui once heard Chen Li mention it, I remember these two masters are Chen Li's father-in-law Xie Grand Secretary Xie He was transferred to Jinshi of the same year.
Xie Qian was the top scholar in Chenghua in the 11th year. Huiyuan and Tanhua were not others at that time. They were Zhu Yunming’s teacher Wang Ao, now the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
In this way, it was twenty-five years ago.
The eldest master was twenty-five at the time, and the second master was twenty-one at the time.
After the master passed the imperial examination, he stopped exams and failed. Then he would have to push forward four years, which was twenty-one years old.
He also failed the provincial examination once, so the age of his passing was either sixteen or seventeen.
Continue to move forward, the hospital examination was over for the second time, and the first time he left the hospital examination was only thirteen or fourteen years old. However, it also shows that when he was thirteen or fourteen, he had already passed the county examination. House test.
Judging from the age of the second master who passed the Jinshi, he was also a young scholar and a young scholar back then.
The second generation of the second generation of the grandparents and grandchildren are really incomparable to the academic talent and imperial examination fortune of ordinary people.
Although the master was serious, he knew that he was a soft-hearted and loving elder from the fact that he used his failure that year to encourage Chen Quan.
Three years ago, thousands of miles apart, I was thinking about finding a good teacher for myself. Even for the old friendship between Sun Chen, Shen Rui still received this kind of good intention in his heart...