Chapter three hundred and ninety seventh release dish ceremony
"Confucius was trapped between Chen and Cai. He could not eat for seven days, so he played the piano in his room and left vegetables outside to show his respect for his teacher and his sincerity." Customs General Meaning.
Since then, serving vegetables has represented respect for teachers, and the ceremony of serving vegetables has become one of the two major etiquette systems for worshiping Confucius.
", but as time went by, new scholars also had to perform the ceremony of releasing vegetables, thank their ancestor Confucius, and then take off their coarse clothes and straw sandals to signify their entry into the official career.
After entering the Confucius Temple, the officials of the Imperial College led Zhu Ping'an and others into the side hall, where they washed and changed. They took off their clothes and put on the coarse cloth clothes and cloth shoes that had been prepared long ago. Under the guidance of the officials of the Imperial College, they followed the rankings in the palace examination.
Queue.
In the Confucius Temple, in addition to officials from the Imperial College, there are also officials from the Ministry of Rites, who serve as Tongzan, Yinzan, Yousi and other ceremonial personnel for the dish ceremony.
Zhu Ping'an walked at the front. Under the guidance of Yousi, he passed through the Chijing Gate and came to the platform of Dacheng Hall. He walked up to the platform through the steps on the east side of the platform.
"Scheduling, everyone below Xianguan will take your place." After Tongzan saluted to Dacheng Hall, he turned around and gave instructions loudly to Zhu Ping'an and others.
Several people from the department came out and led Zhu Ping'an and others to line up and stand on the east side of the platform, and then the rest of the people took their places.
After Zhu Pingan stood firm, he heard a burst of music. At some point, a large-scale band appeared on the stage, wearing red dresses and holding various musical instruments. After listening for a moment, Zhu Pingan could tell that this music was related to the one played in court.
The music is the same as "Jiajing Chapter".??See?
After the Jiajing Chapter was played, 36 Yi students were quickly sent by the Jiaofang Division under the Ministry of Rites. Each held three pheasant tail feathers in his right hand and a piccolo in his left hand. They were dressed in bright red clothes and walked onto the platform to dance the Six Yi Dance.
At the same time, Tongzan official began to recite the sacrificial inscription:
An eternal literary sage, a teacher for all generations. The fire of inheritance will never be extinguished for a hundred generations.
Now we, as a generation, see the wise and think about them together
Fu Wei Shang Xian.
After the memorial inscription was recited, it was time for Zhu Ping'an and the others to serve the dishes. As usual, the top three, the number two, and the top three came forward to salute Confucius and the Twelve Sages, but today, Ouyang Zishi was also added.
After coming in, the four of them performed the dish-releasing ceremony together on behalf of all living beings.
There were new Jinshi scholars in the audience who made doubtful noises, but they were silenced by the Imperial Academy's rebuke of wine sacrifices.
Zhu Ping'an took the lead in going to the vegetable kitchen and took out a stick of cress, a handful of chive flowers, a few red dates and a handful of chestnuts. They put them together on a plate and carried them back to the platform.
Cress represents students, chive flowers represent talent, red dates represent early determination, and chestnuts represent awe of Confucius. These are all established by convention.
"My disciple Zhu Ping'an received the teachings of ritual and music, and fortunately achieved great success. He dared to offer a dish to the late sage Confucius."
Zhu Pingan walked under the statue of Confucius in the Dacheng Hall, knelt down and offered the dish. Then when Zhu Pingan stood up, the person next to him poured a bottle of wine and handed it to Zhu Pingan. Zhu Pingan knelt down again and offered wine to the statue of Confucius. In this way, a total of three offerings were made.
Bottles of wine and Zhu Ping'an's ceremony of serving dishes is the end.
The second-place finisher, Tanhua, and Ouyang Zishi each offered their dishes to the Twelve Sages and bowed to them.
The other Jinshi on the platform of Dacheng Hall, led by Yousi, performed the dish-releasing ceremony to Confucius and the Twelve Sages on the platform of Dacheng Hall.
When the entire dish-releasing ceremony was completed and the sun was almost at midday, Zhu Ping'an and the others would take off their coarse clothes and shoes after completing the dish-releasing ceremony, and put on the rites and official robes for everyone to distribute according to their respective positions.
Official uniforms are prepared for the official position.
For a time, Zhu Ping'an and others all turned into a group of dressed-up beasts.
Zhu Ping'an is wearing the sixth-grade official uniform, which is blue and has a patch painted with an egret on the front.
Except for Zhu Ping'an, everyone else including Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen all wear seventh-grade official uniforms, which are also blue, but the patch on the front of their official uniforms is painted with an owl.
"Master Zhu, please take care of me in the future." Zhang Siwei winked and said with a flattering look on his face.
"Ahem, it depends on how you express this." Zhu Pingan moved his paws and made two serious gestures.
"Dog officer" Wang Shizhen looked at the two people messing around and couldn't help but laugh and curse.
In fact, except for the three of them, Zhu Ping'an, everyone touched their official uniforms, burst into laughter, and seemed to be excited. In the past, they had studied hard year after year just for this day.
When everyone put on their official uniforms and smiled happily, officials from the Ministry of Works came again and told them the good news. The monument with the name of the Jinshi in charge of the Ministry of Works had been engraved, and they were invited to take a look.
Leave your name in history.
Everyone was excited and couldn't wait to go to the place where the monument was specially erected in the Imperial College. This official from the Ministry of Industry kept getting close to Ouyang Zishi on the way, which made everyone in Ouyang Zishi pay more attention to the people surrounding Ouyang Zishi.
There are more newly promoted Jinshi.
The reason why the officials of the Ministry of Industry fawned over Ouyang Zishi was entirely because of Yan Shifan's face. Yan Shifan is now the second right minister of the Ministry of Industry, which is equivalent to the modern deputy minister. Because Yan Song is the assistant to the cabinet and is so respected in the background,
So in fact, Yan Shifan has the final say on all matters of the Ministry of Industry.
Ouyang Zishi was Yan Song's nephew and Yan Shifan's relative, so how could an official from the Ministry of Works neglect him?
For the rest of the newly promoted Jinshi, the glory of the imperial examination has passed. In the future, whether it is the number one scholar or the last one, it is all a thing of the past. From this moment on, the new journey has begun, and all the past has been overturned.
. To advance in an official career, working hard is one thing, but more importantly, there must be people above you, there must be noble people to support you, and you must have big people taking care of you, so that you can be like a fish in water in your official career.
They are all new to the official career, and it is a unique opportunity for them to get in touch with a big figure like the Cabinet Assistant through Ouyang Zishi, who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people.
Therefore, everyone firmly grasped this opportunity and gathered around Ouyang Zishi to pave the way for their future career.
Relatively speaking, Zhu Pingan was much more deserted, with only Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen accompanying him.
"Ahem, he won't lift it anymore," Zhu Ping'an pointed at Ouyang Zishi who was surrounded by people in front and said leisurely.
Indeed, Ouyang Zishi, who was surrounded by everyone, no longer held an umbrella.
However, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen couldn't help laughing when they heard this. Others didn't know what Zhu Pingan meant, but they knew. After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, they couldn't help but think of Zhu Pingan's evil smile in the morning.
As the saying goes: If he doesn't lift it, it will be sunny.
In the place dedicated to erecting monuments in the Imperial College, there were densely packed rows of Jinshi stone tablets. Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Works, everyone saw the piece that belonged to them.
Seeing their names on the stone tablet, everyone showed their proud expressions of honoring their ancestors and being famous for generations to come.
Only Zhu Pingan was very indifferent.
Although this stone tablet with Jinshi's inscription is brand new and has strong and powerful fonts, many of the words on other stone tablets not far from this stone tablet have been blurred by the wind and sun.
This is not what makes you famous forever.
What is engraved on the stone will weather, but only if it is engraved in people's hearts can it last forever. (To be continued.)