The first county examination for the main field, the four books of the text of two, the Pentateuchal righteousness of one, five words six rhyme test post a poem, the title, poetry, writing style have a certain format, the whole volume shall not be more than seven hundred words. The questions of the county examination are relatively basic, and the admission is more lenient than that of the government examination and the academy examination.
Zhu Pingan saw the questions on the wooden board, the corner of his mouth hooked up a smile, but it is really coincidental, these three Four Books and Five Classics text meaning questions, he had tried to break the questions.
The first question is from the Analects of Confucius: “To govern with virtue is like the North Star, residing in its own place and being shared by all the stars”.
The second question is from “The Meanwhile”: The way of a gentleman is like ascending a mountain.
The third question is from the Book of Shangshu (尚书), which says: “The quiet words are not in keeping with the rules, but the image of respect is like the heavens”.
These three Four Books and Five Classics, because Zhu Pingan had broken the question, can be said to be at hand, if it is written at all does not take much time, so there is no hurry. Zhu Pingan copied these three questions neatly in lower case on the draft paper, and then began to look at the last question of this exam.
The last question was the title of the test post poem, a line from the poem: Yin Yin Summer Woods Warble Oriole.
This is how test post poems in the imperial examinations work; most of the questions are taken from a line of a poem or even an allusion by a previous poet, and then you start to make a test post poem based on that line.
Zhu Pingan copied this poem on the draft paper and added the word “赋得” in front of it, which is the format of the test poem for the imperial examination.
This question is also very simple, this poem is from Wang Wei’s “Rainy Rim Chuan Zhuang”, the whole poem reads: “Rainy Rim Chuan Zhuang”, the smoke and fire is late, steamed quinoa and cooked millet for the east field. The white egret flies over the desert rice fields, and the summer trees sing of oriole in the shade. In the mountains, the quietness of the mountain is used to watch the hibiscus, and under the pines, the dewy sunflower is folded in the clear fastness of the fastness. The wild old man and others have finished competing with each other, why should the seagulls doubt each other even more?
The test post poem does not need you some what thoughtful things, the format meets the requirements, to do a word is enough, that is, to sing the praises of virtue. The Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the countryside, will make in the cancellation of poetry and song, test post poem just child test county test, and almost on the child test results do not constitute an impact, the child test is still mainly look at the eight-legged essay.
After reading all the test questions, Zhu Pingan has a number in his mind, put the test paper straw paper and so on on the side of the table, with the town stone pressed, to prevent the north wind from scraping away, and then took out the food from the basket, and ate it with relish.
The cooked brisket had already been cut into pieces by the inspecting officials, Zhu Pingan took out a pair of chopsticks and picked it up to chew and swallow slowly.
I got up so early in the morning, I haven t eaten breakfast yet, this exam is going to be a day long, it is not too late to write after having breakfast by yourself.
Zhu Pingan felt that it was normal for him to have a breakfast, but the other candidates did not see it that way. Especially the scholarly scholars who stayed in the same inn as Zhu Ping An, recognising that this one who ate with gusto in the examination hall was none other than the famous snake-bitten and crowing-bird-sniffing bad young man who stayed in the woodshed, so one by one, they slightly shook their heads and gave a sympathetic look to Zhu Ping An, and that was roughly what they were thinking:
This silly boy has given up on himself.
Sure enough, this simpleton will only eat when he enters the examination hall.
A scrappy one is a scrappy one, and his job is done when he enters the examination room.
Everyone basically sentenced Zhu Pingan to the conclusion of his fame and fortune.
After eating the marinated meat, then some dried fruit, and finally drinking the cup of water he brought with him, Zhu Pingan burped, causing the people around him to make countless blank stares, and all of them labelling Zhu Pingan as a foodie and a fool in their hearts.
Ignoring the gazes of the people around him, Zhu Pingan ate and drank his fill, and took a piece of draft paper for himself, and began to type up his drafts
“This foodie is also used to make a statement, after eating and wiping his mouth, he started to write and draw in a fuss, it must be a nonsense, alas, it’s a pity, I and other ten years of hard work, how can I step on the exam with such a stupid foodie, even if this time he won the third prize in a row, it’s also a pity.”
“Shame on this person the same exam room carry on.”
The people around them thought as such, once again mocking and despising Zhu Pingan in their hearts.
Time slowly passes, the sun on the noon, people found that that food, stupid began to eat again, this time after eating and did not scribble, but took out a rabbit fur blanket to cover the body lying on the table and fell asleep.
The rotten wood can’t be carved.
A wall of dung cannot be plastered
With regard to Zhu Pingan’s behaviour of sleeping on the table, people coincidentally used Confucius’ original words about his disciple Zai Yu sleeping during the day silently on Zhu Pingan.
By this time, the candidates feel that this goods are heaven sent to the comedian, right, eat, drink, sleep, you can be at home, but also comfortable, why come to the examination room to suffer.
Of course, there are also well-intentioned students who have finished two questions in the examination room to Zhu Pingan this kind of self-defeating behaviour, reported deep sympathy: this person is as stupid as this, but brave to come to the examination, courage is also commendable, pity pity.
As for Zhu Pingan, after sleeping for half an hour, he sat upright and wrote on the test paper from the draft paper, which was also taken as a bluff by all the candidates.
Zhu Pingan, who was at ease with his answers, had no idea that he had spent the day in contempt, ridicule, and sympathy.
When the time came to the evening, one after another, some people finished writing and handed in their papers under the guidance of the officials, and after a few moments, Zhu Pingan also followed most of the people to hand in their papers and leave the field together.
The students who have not yet handed in their papers have deep contempt for Zhu Ping An’s behaviour of handing in their papers early, they can’t sit still before handing in their papers, right? He must not have finished writing!
There are four exams in the county, after the first exam, the second exam will be held two days later, for example, the first exam will be held on the 9th, then the second exam will be held on the 12th. In the middle of the two days, it is to the examiner to change the time to read the paper, about the 11th at noon will be issued, the first through the list of people will be listed on the list, in the list of people can participate in the second, if not through the first, then you will come back from where to go back to where it is.
After returning to the inn, Zhu Pingan put away his things and washed up a little, changed into clean clothes and went to the lobby to eat dinner.
To the lobby, Zhu Pingan asked for a meat and a vegetarian two dishes and a bowl of beef soup, and asked for a stack of two steamed buns, was about to eat, Zhu Pingan found sitting in the lobby many people pointing at themselves, shaking their heads and whispering, and from time to time there are snickers.
What’s the situation?
When Zhu Pingan was at a loss, his eldest uncle came over to solve Zhu Pingan’s problem.
“Alas, swine child, I want to uncle how to say you, this test you are sleeping soundly in the examination room, your behaviour is a laughing stock, everyone says you are the world’s Zaiyu!”
Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren looked pained.
“The world’s Zaiyu?” Zhu Pingan as if busy eating did not hear what the eldest uncle said before he heard the world’s Zaiyu, when he heard the world’s Zaiyu, he put down his chopsticks, his eyes lit up, and repeated himself.
Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren nodded his head vigorously.
“Overpraised.” Zhu Pingan received his eldest uncle’s affirmative answer, but his naive face had a blushing smile.
Pfft.
There were people around who were eating, and when they heard Zhu Pingan’s reply, they sprayed their rice, Nima, this guy wouldn’t just know that Zai Yu was a student of Confucius, and think that we were praising him, right?
“Ru, alas,” the eldest uncle shook his head and left in pain.
Zhu Pingan looked at the expression of the eldest uncle as well as the people in the lobby, smiled faintly, lowered his head and continued to eat his own rice.
No wonder the eldest uncle had failed the exam for more than twenty years, and no wonder so many people within the lobby had also failed the exam.
They read too one-sided, only saw Zai Yu day sleep, but do not know that Zai Yu is also one of the “ten philosophers of Confucius”. He was also one of the “ten philosophers of Confucius”, and he was appointed by Confucius to be a highly talented student in his “language” department, and ranked ahead of Zigong. There is no in-depth understanding of Zai Yu this person, the historical record Zai Yu younger Confucius twenty-nine years old, articulate, had travelled from Confucius to the countries, travelling during the period of Confucius often sent to make in the state of Qi, Chu. In the 27th year of the Tang Dynasty, Zai Yu was awarded the title of “Marquis of Qi”. In the second year of Dazhongxiangfu of Song Dynasty (1009), Zai Yu was conferred the title of “Duke of Linzi”. In the third year of Xianchun of the Southern Song Dynasty (1267), he was further conferred the title of “Duke of Qi”.
Even the current dynasty, well, that is, now in power Jiajing Emperor, in Jiajing nine years has been called Zaiyu for “Xianxian Zaiyu”!
