While the examiner was grading the poems and poems all night, Zhang Yue fell asleep after returning to Taixue.
The poems he wrote during the day were too much, and he didn't get a good rest the night before. Therefore, Zhang Yue didn't even dream at night and slept for nearly eight hours before regaining his energy.
When Zhang Yue got up, he saw that it was already past noon.
Huang Lu was already flipping through a book.
Huang Lu is not the kind of person who waits for Huang Haoyi, who keeps saying that he has not learned anything, and then secretly works hard.
Huang Lu did not study hard, but he had his own rhythm.
The most important thing is to have your own thinking model. In the words of Confucius, it means that your way of thinking is consistent.
Before the examination of poetry and fu, he and Zhang Yue worked hard on reciting poetry and fu every day. Now that the second and third sessions were about policy theory, Huang Lu read Han Yu's ancient prose.
In Ouyang Xiu's words, the ancient prose of the Tang Dynasty began with Han Yu. Those who followed Han Yu but did not come to it were Huangfu Shi;
In other words, the ancient texts of the Tang Dynasty that can be viewed at a glance are Sun Qiao, Huangfu Shi, and Han Yu.
But the most respected one is Han Yu.
Zhang Yue studied Confucianism and knew that Wang Anshi and other Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty admired Han Yu the most. His ideas of respecting Mencius became the mainstream of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Han Yu is said to be "the author of literature that has led to the decline of the Eight Dynasties and the Tao that has helped the world." This article is ancient Chinese literature, and the classics are classics.
As for the format of the policy discussion, it is ancient prose, also called prose. It is different from rhyme and parallel prose. The article does not pay attention to rhythm and duality, but focuses on content.
Han Yu's ancient prose can be found in the "Collected Works of Mr. Chang Li" in the Song Dynasty.
When Ouyang Xiu was at Li's house in Suizhou, he picked up this book as if he had jumped off a cliff and picked up a secret book. He secretly took it home and studied it with great concentration. In the end, it was Han Yu who inspired Ouyang Xiu to lead the classical prose movement in the Song Dynasty.
So when Zhang Yue got up and saw Huang Lu reading Han Yu's article, he patted his stomach and said, "Is there anything to eat?"
Huang Lu shook his head, took out a bowl of pancakes and a clay pot of wild vegetable soup, and said, "This is Taixue's meal today, I'll keep it for you."
Zhang Yue said happily: "You are still considerate."
Immediately he started eating pancakes with wild vegetable soup.
Huang Lu smiled and said, "You can eat delicacies from the mountains and the sea. You don't mind this vegetable soup pancake. It's really easy to maintain."
Zhang Yue said: "We just have to live with the situation. Okay, what do you think after reading Mr. Chang Li's article for half a day?"
Huang Lu nodded, and the two immediately started discussing.
Huang Lu said: "Although Han Changli's article is good, he seems to be sick."
"How to put it?"
Huang Ludao: "Han Changli advocated practicing literature to learn the Tao, which is to use literature to understand the Tao. The Tao is the Tao, literature is the literature, and literature is just what to eat when eating. If we use literature to understand the Tao, the literature is the end, and the Tao is the foundation, and so on.
Putting the cart before the horse, you lose the original intention of a sage and become addicted to your heart."
Zhang Yueze said: "I think Han Changli's way of cultivating literature is similar to Xunzi's way of learning to achieve virtue. If you put aside the details and seek the original meaning of the sages, then what you understand is the original meaning of the sages?"
"I think Tao can only be understood from images. These images can be texts, tools, or practices. If we directly understand Tao, it is metaphysics."
When Zhang Yue and Huang Lu were chatting, someone outside the door suddenly cheered: "Well said."
The two of them looked over and saw that it was Han Zhongyan leading someone into the studio.
Zhang Yue and Huang Lu both stood up, and the other one said with an admiring look: "It is indeed better to listen to your words than to read for ten years. I have met Brother Zhang in Fengshi."
Zhang Yue looked at the other person, he was about the same age as himself, and he was also very talented.
Zhang Yue asked: "May I ask if I am Liu Neihan's son?"
The other party smiled and said: "Exactly."
Zhang Yue said: "Disrespect, disrespect."
This man's name is Liu Fengxian, the son of Liu Chang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Liu Chang and Ouyang Xiuke are also good friends, so they are also their own people.
Zhang Yue's words just now made Liu Fengxian admire him so much that he fell to the ground.
Zhang Yue's words also partly come from modern Western philosophy. In Wittgenstein's words, knowledge cannot transcend experience.
In other words, many of the truths you think are one-sided or wrong if you put aside specific examples.
To use Huang Lu's words just now, talking directly about principles is metaphysics, and it is also a shortcoming of Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty or Neo-Confucianism later.
Zhang Yue's words completely stunned Liu Fengxian. His father Liu Chang was a master of Confucian classics. He never thought that there was anyone in the world who could surpass his father in his achievements in Confucian classics.
But Zhang Yue's words suddenly seemed to open up a new world for him.
At that moment, the four of them were chatting in Zhang Yue's apartment. They were so happy that they put Han Yu's article aside.
On the second day of the examination, Zhang Yue's mood was different this time.
During the Qing Dynasty's New Deal, Fan Zhongyan carried out reforms in the imperial examination, setting policy as the first section, theory as the second section, and poetry as the third section. This was intended to elevate the status of policy theory and allow the imperial court to shift from selecting scholars through poetry and poetry to selecting scholars through policy theory.
Choose scholars with more political talents instead of the original literary scholars.
Fan Zhongyan's New Deal failed, and the reform of the imperial examination also failed. The imperial court returned to selecting scholars from policy and theory to poetry and prose.
In the second year of Jiayou's reign, Fan Zhongyan's loyal friend Ouyang Xiu developed a retro style of writing, which further improved the status of policy theory.
However, the imperial examination is a elimination system in each round. If the poems and poems cannot catch the eyes of the examiners, then it will be useless no matter how good the subsequent strategies are.
Therefore, Zhang Yue, Huang Lu and other students all agreed not to talk about poetry after the exam, otherwise it would affect the mentality of the next exam.
When he arrived at the examination room and the test questions were handed out, Zhang Yue took a look and thought, hey, what a coincidence.
The title turned out to be "Lun So Zhe Dao Lun".
This sentence comes from "Tongshu" written by Zhou Dunyi. The original text is "The reason why the article carries the Tao is because the wheel and shaft are decorated, but the person is not mediocre, it is just a decoration, and the situation is empty and the car is empty."
The meaning of this sentence is that articles still have to express thoughts. Showing off words is like a car, no matter how well-dressed it is, what's the use if people don't sit on it?
Unexpectedly, I actually passed Zhou Dunyi's words in the provincial examination because he was still alive and had not passed away.
Song Dynasty people's notes record that Wang Anshi admired Zhou Dunyi very much when he was young. He tried to join Zhou Dunyi's family three times but was rejected.
Wang Anshi was furious and said without you Zhou Dunyi, wouldn't I be able to learn the Six Classics?
Zhou Dunyi was very sorry after hearing this. He said that the reason why he rejected Wang Anshi three times was not for other reasons, but because the other party was too conceited and wanted to dampen his spirit. In the end, Wang Anshi left in anger.
Another time, in the fifth year of Jiayou's reign, Zhou Dunyi went to Beijing and happened to meet Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi, who is already recognized as a "Confucian scholar" throughout the world, talked with Zhou Dunyi for a day. After Wang Anshi returned, he thought over and over what Zhou Dunyi said to him, so much so that he forgot to eat and sleep.
In other words, in terms of Confucian classics, Wang Anshi, who refused to accept anyone, was convinced by Zhou Dunyi.
Now that Zhou Dunyi's words actually appeared on the provincial examination questions, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh, this era is really full of talents.
No wonder some people say, "The Song Dynasty had the world for three hundred years, but the vastness of the Han and Tang Dynasties was not as vast as that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the abundance of talents surpassed it."
As for this "Wen Su Zai Dao Lun", it corresponds to Zhang Yue's previous conversation with Huang Lu and Han Zhongyan.
But Song Confucianism was obsessed with Taoism, talking about great principles, and ignoring the principles derived from practice and experience. This is of course wrong. Just like a truth you think needs to be explained in countless words, then it is better not to explain it in countless words. speak.
As for how to convey the truth in articles?
Of course, the truth must be explained in the article.
After writing this, Zhang Yue changed his writing style.
Making a fuss is like a person punting a boat. If it runs aground, it has already run aground. No matter how hard one tries to punt, it cannot be pushed. Therefore, one must go to the source to break open the water and release the water. In this way, no matter how big or small the boat is, it will float.
Punching is a writing technique, what is the source of living water?
This is the writer's daily practice of cultivating principles, insight, and realm vision. When the time comes, he no longer has to worry about the means of punting the boat.
Zhang Yue didn't know that what he said yesterday had deeply inspired Han Zhongyan, Liu Fengxian, and Huang Lu. They wrote down their own opinions on this big topic of writing articles.
However, Zhang Yue wrote this essay very smoothly, even better than the first poetry session, and finally handed it in early.
That night the paper was sealed and handed over to the prosecutor.
The cattle inspection officer was still fighting hard in his room. From yesterday to today, he had only slept for a little more than an hour, and his eyes were now covered with bloodshot eyes.
When he took a pen and saw line by line, "It's like punting a boat. The one who is shallow has already been shallow. It depends on how to prop it up. There is no chance that it can move. This must be done by going to the source to open up the water and let the water come in. Then the boat will not be big or small." , everything is floating'.
The Inspector Niu couldn't help but marveled at the case, and the sleepiness he had felt for the past few days suddenly disappeared. He was so impressed that he wanted to mark it on the paper, but he thought that this was a violation, so he sighed with regret.
Inspector Niu sighed: "Han Tui will regard this person as his confidant after his resurrection. This article is an article, but in fact it is a classic. The six classics are all articles. It is rare, rare."
Examiner Niu Dian thought about it over and over again, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of candidate could write such a magnificent essay. This kind of insight is probably a well-known classic, and there are not many people in various disciplines who can compare with it.
Examiner Niu Dian thought when he thought of this, the truth is clear and understandable, but it seems that it is difficult to match the poetry with poetry. If the poetry and poetry are not well written, this magnificent treatise will not be able to be delivered to the hands of the three examiners. I am afraid it will be a pity.
So the cattle inspection officer still upheld his impartiality and wrote down the grade of "Shangzhong" next to the paper.
Later, he wrote in the side: "Comprehensive understanding of the classics and history, thorough reasoning, the sound of a luan and a phoenix, the sound of a scorpion and a scorpion, it is difficult to understand it in other writings."
The Niu Dian inspector commented on this article with the words "a luan and a phoenix sing, and a centipede and a phoenix sings", which is really a very high praise. This sentence was used by Liu Yuxi to evaluate his friend and rival Han Yu.
Inspector Niu didn't feel at all that he had used too many words. Yesterday, he heard a colleague, Chen, praise a candidate's article as being far superior to Wang (Wang Bo) Fan (Fan Zhongyan).
The comments are all the examiner's own judgment, and the ranking is the real one.
The inspector Niu thought of this and looked at the candidate's name, only to see it was 'Jiashen Bingyin'.
Seeing this, the cattle inspection officer's eyes suddenly widened.
Damn it, something happened this time.
So awesome!
The inspector put his hand on his forehead and thought, the inspector will not misunderstand that I am communicating with the candidate!