Li Jie has experienced the inspection of the county examination, and he is already familiar with it this time. However, the inspection of the government examination this time is much stricter than that of the county examination. Not only do the candidates have to take off their clothes and shoes, but also the items they carry in the exam are required.
He could not escape the careful inspection of the government officials.
The food brought by the candidates was opened by the yamen servants for careful inspection. Some yamen servants' hands were not very clean. After breaking open the snow-white steamed buns with two hands, a black fingerprint was left on the snow-white steamed buns.
The examinees were on the verge of tears after seeing this, but they dared not say anything about it. The government officials enjoyed the fun of the examination. After all, the ordinary scholars looked down upon them and it was only at this time that the examinees could still tolerate them.
One of the candidates was found to be entrained. The candidates who were found looked ashen and were taken away in shackles by the yamen guards. Halfway through, they came back to their senses and cried loudly. They only regretted that they had done it because of their hot minds.
In such a matter, if he is found to be involved in the government examination, his imperial examination career will be over for the cheating examinee. After the local government has completed the registration, the candidate will never be hired in subsequent government examinations.
Later, when the candidates saw someone in front of them who had been found to be entrained, and seeing how strict the inspection was, many candidates who were lucky enough secretly left the cheat sheets they had made on the ground, and suddenly they could see lumps of paper in twos and threes on the ground.
, some candidates who were not paying attention were discovered by others. When they saw the candidates around them looking at them, their faces turned red with embarrassment and they were ashamed.
After the previous team finished checking, it was Li Jie's turn. When Li Jie arrived, the yamen officer saw the case number recorded on the sign, checked him casually, and then let him into the examination room.
Sure enough, no matter ancient or modern, top students can always get preferential treatment.
Looking at his number plate, Li Jie found that the examination room was undoubtedly arranged in the examination area with the best conditions. After walking to his examination room, Li Jie placed pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the case in sequence. After seeing that he was fully prepared,
I started to close my eyes and rest my mind. After everyone entered the room, the prefect began to give pre-exam training. The same routines were used in the previous county examination.
Boom!
With the sound of a drum, the examination officially began. Compared with the county examination, the test questions for the government examination were copied in advance. After the drum sounded, the test papers began to be distributed.
After the test papers were distributed, Li Jie took a general glance. There were two questions on the Four Books in the government examination, one question on the meaning of classics and two questions on poetry. The number of questions was increased compared to the county examination. For the first time reference
For some students, it may be a little uncomfortable because the number of questions is quite large.
I glanced at the first question of the Four Books, "Unfortunately, there is a destiny."
At this time, many candidates in the examination room suddenly took a breath of cold air.
"Hey! The first question is the intersection question!"
Hearing the buzzing discussion among the candidates, the government officials immediately shouted loudly.
"Quiet! No noise!"
Hearing the yamen's scolding, the speechless candidates couldn't help but think that they were in the examination room at this moment, and their expressions suddenly tightened and they quickly stopped talking to themselves.
Li Jie looked at the title and recalled what he had learned in the past, and then remembered the source of the title. The original text came from "The Execution of Gongsun Chou" in "Mencius".
The original text is:
Mencius was about to go to the king, and the king sent someone to say: "As you can see, I have a cold disease, so I can't do it. Go to the court, I will look at the court, don't you know, how can I let you see me?" He said to him: "Unfortunately, there are
Illness cannot lead to a dynasty."
Tomorrow, I will go to the Dongguo family for hanging. Gongsun Chou said: "In the past, I said I was sick, and today I am hanging, maybe it is not good?" He said: "In the past, I was sick, and today I am better. Why not hang it?" The king asked people to ask about the illness, and the doctor
Come.
Meng Zhongzi said to him: "In the past, there were kings' orders and worries about collecting firewood, so they could not establish a dynasty. Now that I have recovered from my illness, I am ready to establish a dynasty. I don't know whether I can do it." He asked several people to stop on the road and said: "
Please, you will never return, and you will build it in the court!" As a last resort, Jingchou's family stayed in Yan.
Among them, the answer to this question is exactly the word "unfortunate and you" in the original text "unfortunate and sick", and the word "suyan" in "the last resort is Jing Chou's Suyan". Many candidates looked at the test question at a loss and could not remember it at all.
Where did it come from? Even the candidates who remembered the source were frowning at this moment, thinking hard about how to solve the question.
The meaning of the original text is roughly that Mencius was going to court to see the King of Qi, but the King of Qi sent someone to say that I should have come to see you, but I was sick, and asked Mencius to see him the next day when he went to court. Mencius replied, "Unfortunately."
Unfortunately, I am also sick and cannot go to court.
The next day, Mencius wanted to go to Dongguo's house to mourn. Gongsun Chou said, "Yesterday you excused yourself because you were sick and refused the King of Qi's invitation. But today, is it not good to go out to mourn?" Mencius replied, "You were sick yesterday and you are better today. Why shouldn't you go to mourn?"
of.
The King of Qi sent a doctor to visit Mencius. Meng Zhongzi told the visitor that Mencius was ill yesterday and could not go to court. Today he is better and has gone to court. Then he immediately sent someone to stop Mencius and told him not to go home under any circumstances.
He quickly went to court. Mencius had no choice but to stay at Jing Chou's house.
In connection with the content recorded below, Mencius finally avoided the summons of the King of Qi. Throughout the entire article, Mencius’ thoughts are expressed through the incident of the King of Qi summoning Mencius. Mencius’ meaning is very clear after reading the entire article.
The king is required to respect the virtuous and enable the capable, respect the virtues and the Tao, be courteous to the virtuous and the corporal, and take the initiative to put down his noble airs to use the talented, rather than calling the talented here and there at will.
Mencius said at the end of the original article that today the princes and states are all similar, and no one can surpass the other. What is the reason? That is, the monarchs like to appoint people who obey their orders as ministers, but they do not like to appoint people who teach them as ministers.
After Li Jie thought about this section, he wrote to solve the problem.
"The great sage asked for illness to resign his king, but because of his humiliation, he looked down on his ministers."
In the eight-part essay, breaking the question requires explaining or summarizing the meaning of the question, but it must be expressed in a different way and cannot be repeated with the question. Breaking the question is the most important part of the whole article.
Li Jie used these two sentences to break up the title, and tied the beginning and end of the title together. In just two sentences, he summarized the content of Mencius' original text in the title. One sentence wrote the upper meaning, and the other the lower meaning.
Then I started to write the following content based on Zhu Xi's annotations. The general idea is that a monarch should treat his subordinates with courtesy, rather than just coming and going when they are called. A monarch should be wise, so that the country can be strong.
After writing the first question, Li Jie looked around and found that most of the candidates were still thinking hard. A candidate diagonally opposite was sweating profusely. It seemed that the first question of this exam was going to defeat a large number of candidates.
After Li Jie finished writing, he wanted to move on to the next question.
The second question is, Zikui is not allowed to be with others.
A quite satisfactory four-book question, the original text also comes from "Gongsun Chou" in "Mencius", but the previous question comes from the second chapter, and this one comes from the fifth chapter. It seems that the examiner is a bit lazy this time, two questions
The questions are all from "Gongsun Chou Xia" by Mencius. It's not like I just happened to open this book and then randomly selected a big question and cut it out one by one.
Li Jie stopped making random associations and began to think about how to solve the problem. The original text of this passage is: Zi Kuai cannot be with Yan, and Zi is not allowed to accept Yan and Zi Kuai.
Zi Kuai was the monarch of the Yan State, and Zi Zhi was the Prime Minister of the Yan State at that time. Zi Kuai wanted to cede the Yan State to Zi Zhi. Qi State Minister Shen Tong went to ask Mencius if the Yan State could be conquered.
Mencius replied: "Yes, Zi Kuai cannot give Yan to others, and Zi Kuai cannot accept Yan and Zi Kuai."
At that time, because of the abdication, there was great chaos in the country. Mencius thought that it was possible to conquer the Yan State because the monarchs and ministers of the Yan State violated the traditional etiquette by granting the country to private ministers.
Zhu Xi's annotation of this passage in "Collected Commentary on Mencius" reads: "The princes, land and people receive it from the emperor and pass it on to their ancestors. If they give it to others privately, then both the giver and the recipient are guilty."
What Zhu Xi said is that the land and people of the princes were enfeoffed by the emperor and inherited from the previous monarchs. If he decided to cede it to others, both the one who ceded and the one who accepted the cession would be guilty.
Li Jie wrote and broke the title: "Today, my husband is the guardian of heaven, he is the king; he who is the guardian of the king, I am the minister."
The previous sentence gives the definition of monarch, and the next sentence gives the definition of minister. The distinction between monarch and minister in the orthodox Confucian thought is first explained. The monarch and ministers each bear their own responsibilities and perform their duties.
Then the article flowed out like a spring, and the title was written: "The name is of the utmost importance, and the arrogance of the official will be punished. Therefore, the swallow is not the swallow of the emperor, the swallow of the emperor, and the swallow of the Duke of Zhao."
To explain the origin of the Yan State, we can explain the origin of the Yan State by saying that the State of Yan was the State of the Emperor of Zhou and the State of Yan King Zhao (the first generation of King Yan). The State of Yan was not the State of Yan by Zikui alone, so it was not allowed to be granted or received privately.
Then it was explained step by step that it was wrong for Prince Kuai of Yan to abdicate to Zi Zhi, because it was not in line with etiquette and law. Zi Kuai was neither Yao nor Shun, and his son was not Shun or Yu. How could he abdicate the throne at will? He simply regarded etiquette and law as nothing.
"Yao and Shun were the ones who passed down the virtuous people and greatly benefited the people. How could it be that Yao and Shun could easily steal their names?"
"When Shun and Yu accepted Zen, heaven and man followed them. How could it be that Shun and Yu were not content to take over their throne?"