Early this morning, Yingtian North City set aside a large area, all business is stopped, a large row of well-built shelters rise up, up and down, left and right are covered, solid and sturdy, but also can block the wind and rain. All around all the board walls, only the most was that side empty, convenient examiner to check the candidates.
Zhu Pingan head wearing a Confucian scarf, wearing a green robe with pen and ink ink stone, but also with a wide bamboo made of water cup, according to a few days before the school officer issued a bulletin, lined up in the front of the queue in Anqing province, according to the magistrate said, the queue is a granary students in the front of the queue.
Fatty just now also went to their Feng Yang Province that team to queue up waiting to enter, despite having successfully delivered the gift, this goods is still a little nervous and apprehensive.
Before the entrance of the students, there were magistrates carrying a few baskets of cakes and small dishes into the stalls, these were the meals that Zhu Pingan and his team had during the imperial examinations, which were frugal enough.
Zhao Wenhua, the school’s governor, Zhao Wenhua, and several other officials in official uniforms sat on a high platform in the northernmost part of the tent, in front of a brightly lit lamp, as well as a number of seasonal fruits and vegetables in tea. Zhu Pingan can not see from afar the history of this famous traitor minister looks like, look at two eyes will give up, too far away, can not see.
Outside the saber sergeant has more than twenty people scattered in the shed seat west week, satchel and stand, more than ten magistrates standing at the door to check the entrance of the students, in addition to ink and ink stone ink stone water cans, the rest should not be allowed to bring.
According to the regulations, Zhu Pingan and all the students unzipped their robes to reveal their undergarments, one hand holding the pen, ink, paper, ink stone, ink stone, water jar, and the other hand holding the socks, waiting for the two officers to search. Zhu Pingan was in front, waiting for the first five brothers to finish searching, then it was his turn, to be honest, by the two big men on the body touch, or some seeping panic.
Passing through smoothly, Zhu Pingan put on his socks and shoes and entered the shed. Inside was an instructor verifying Zhu Pingan’s identity. Once the verification was complete, there was a magistrate who led Zhu Pingan to the seat.
The seats were very simple, one table, one chair, and nothing else. All the candidates’ seats were facing south. With their backs facing the school raiser, the distance between the two tables was about four feet.
There was a canal in front of the seats, and there were two large drowning barrels on either side of the canal, fortunately far away from Zhu Pingan.
After almost all of the students entered the room, the papers were handed out, and the magistrates handed out the papers to the students in the seats one by one. The test papers had the seal of the school inspector sewn on them, as well as the serial number. The test paper in Zhu Pingan’s hand, the serial number is Grange Dining No. 7, this serial number is written arbitrarily by the school officials, and there is a blank space under the serial number, which is reserved for writing the name.
According to the announcement made a few days ago, Zhu Pingan wrote his name and personal information underneath: Zhu Pingan, Grange Student of Huaining County School, aged thirteen years old, not having been enrolled in the imperial examinations.
The imperial examination was reserved for writing names. This was the important difference from the child exams, township exams, etc., with a name, which made it inevitable that there would be some hidden things. However, this kind of thing generally do not dare, Jin Yiwei and East Factory is not vegetarian, even if there is also certainly will be limited to the smallest range, mentioning the school officer is also to head, if all the quota are so get words, cause students angry, provoke the factory guards or stabbed to the imperial historian or the emperor there. The people who can’t afford to go away.
Nga drum three times, there will be magistrates holding a written title of the sign back and forth patrol field, in addition there are several small officials will be the title of the loud recitation out to ensure that the eyes are not good hearing bad can know the title.
There are only two questions. One is about the eight stocks, and the other is about strategy. Zhu Pingan first time will two questions neatly copied on the straw paper.
It had to be said that although Zhao Wenhua’s character was very poor, but his literary training was still quite high, and the government records he wrote were even included in the Siku Quanshu. As far as these two topics were concerned, they were still of a very high standard.
The title of the eight-legged essay is like this: Zi said to Yan Yuan: “Use it to do, give it up to hide. I am the only one who has the right to do so.
This is a four books of the title, the title is not what difficult and strange questions, it is very moderate a title. However, if you want to write a good eight-legged essay, it is also difficult. This topic is from the original text of the Four Books, which is a discussion between Confucius and his disciple Yan Hui about the two life choices of ancient scholars. However, it is not easy to write well.
The sentence is roughly the same as when Confucius bragged and praised Yan Hui in passing, and the exact meaning is like this.
Confucius said to Yan Yuan, “If there is anyone who can appoint me, I will promote the great way of ruling the country and levelling the world; if I cannot be appointed, I will hide these great ways of ruling the country and levelling the world in my body. You and I are the only ones who can do this.
In the eight-legged essay, the title is the definition of the content of the essay. The whole text can only be developed on the topic, can not be arbitrarily expanded or narrowed, as if digging a well, from the mouth of the well to the bottom of the well to be the same thick. This topic can only discuss the issues of “use, storage and behaviour”, Confucius Yan Hui, and what Confucius said to Yan.
Therefore, it is not easy to stand out among these hundreds of people and write this eight-legged essay with a good intention.
Compared to the previous life read some of the scholar’s eight-legged essay, coupled with their own understanding, thinking for a moment, Zhu Pingan hooked the corner of his mouth, confidently waved his pen and wrote down the first sentence:
“It is appropriate for the sages to act and hide, and once they are able to do so, they will begin to show them in a subtle way.”
This first sentence in the eight-legged essay is called the title, which is the most important part of a eight-legged, the article is written well, give a high score or not, the focus depends on this sentence it. The question should not be repeated, but it should summarise the meaning of the question.
Zhu Pingan is very satisfied with his own question, based on this sentence alone, his own examination is almost a bag.
The word “sage” refers to Confucius, and the word “can” refers to Yan Hui. The phrase “to travel and hide appropriately” refers to “travelling and hiding” in an appropriate manner. The two words “slight demonstration” not only reflect the teacher-student relationship between Confucius and Yan, but also highlight Yan Hui’s enlightenment, so that a loud drum does not need to be pounded by a heavy mallet. Zhu Pingan was very satisfied with this breakthrough.
After writing the title, Zhu Pingan dipped his brush in the ink stone and then proceeded to write the title, the starting speech, and the mentioning of the ratio of the strands.
“Covering the saint’s behaviour and hiding, is not easy to regulate, since Yan Zi several of them, and began to be able to speak with them.”
“Therefore, it is said that: life experience, only one, two ways to listen to people to take, and seek can not be poor in its intersection, often and fresh. Until there can be confident of carry on, and or alone and no with common, alone and no with words. This is the intention of the rest of the song from the comfortable also yeah, and I am fortunate to have to language also.”
“There is a husband, but I and you also Fu, and the time of the return, but also Yi Ran get, silent solution.”
Zhu Pingan made this piece of eight-legged essay almost can be used to literary ideas, pen like running water to describe, the text does not add points, a breath of air.
When he finished writing this eight-legged essay, there were still candidates nearby who had not yet started writing.
At this time, there is some thirst, but Zhu Pingan still endured no water. Some days ago, I heard some students say that the matter of drinking water in the imperial examination, in the imperial examination, you can not drink water, although there is also a tea court in the imperial examination hall, but absolutely can not drink, and can not drink water even if you are thirsty. If you drink water, it will be recorded by the examiner on the platform, even if it is not treated as cheating, it will give you a lower grade of the paper, no matter how good you write.
Therefore, at this time, despite his thirst, Zhu Pingan just licked his lips with the tip of his tongue and endured. It was not too late to hold back and drink water in the middle of the break for meal time. Can not figure a moment of speed, bury their own path to the imperial examinations
