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Although he didn't accomplish much in the past few days, Su Jin really learned a lot. He hung out with Li Chong for three days and found out everything about the imperial examination.
Su Jin always thought that the ancient imperial examination was just about entering the examination room and writing an eight-legged essay. As long as the format was correct, the theory was correct, the wording was sophisticated, the topic was accurate, and some small ideas that were unique and not shocking to the world, he could be sure of success; but when Li
When Zhong explained the subjects of the scientific examination to him one by one, Su Jin's excitement suddenly dropped to freezing point.
This is so damn hard!
"The scientific examinations of this dynasty are divided into six subjects, of course the Jinshi subjects are the main ones. The other five subjects such as the three rites, the three histories, the Five Classics, and the academic subjects are all called "subjects". This does not mean that the court does not pay attention to it, but only those who pass the exam.
If you pass the Jinshi exam, most of them will be highly regarded. After passing the exam, you can reach the sky in one step. There are only a few people in each subject, but the best is the expert. The difficulty is not the same, so there are many people who can take the exam.
It’s hard to get an important job, but it’s better than not getting it.”
Just these words from Li Zhong made Su Jin dumbfounded. Everyone in this department and that department was confused. How can he still let people live? Are these guys in the Ministry of Rites too busy to do so many tricks?
What to do?
Li Chong patiently explained to Su Jin for a long time, and then Su Jin understood what was going on.
In short, this is just like the college entrance examination in later generations. Normally, after ten years of hard work, many students will take the national unified college entrance examination. Some people will take the exam for art schools and some for sports colleges.
, and others were admitted to military academies, etc. However, compared with the Song Dynasty, the enrollment quota of these specialized colleges was much more limited, and the enrollment ratio of normal candidates was far smaller than that of normal candidates.
For example, in the Song Dynasty, candidates for Jinshi subjects were normal candidates, while candidates for other subjects were specialized candidates who each studied a specialty. The difference between the two was roughly this. What made Su Jin even more surprised was that candidates for Jinshi subjects and Zhu subjects were
The successful candidates should be treated differently in their future career. This is so fucking disrespectful.
"What is the test? Eight-legged essay?" Su Jin bit the bullet and continued to ask for advice.
"What is eight-part essay? Is there such a style?" Li Zhong was a little confused by the new terms that popped out of Su Jin's mouth. Although Su Jin often had new terms in his mouth, he always prided himself on poetry genres.
Li Chong, who is very familiar with it, really does not know what eight-part essay is.
"You don't even know the eight-part essay?" Su Jin opened his mouth wide, and those with better eyesight could clearly see the pituitary gland in his throat.
"Tell me about it, tell me quickly." Li Chong became interested and urged Su Jin to explain to him what eight-legged essay was.
"Eight-part essay is..." Su Jin was about to explain, but suddenly shut up; then he remembered that this eight-part civilization only existed in the dynasty, and it had nothing to do with Li Zhong.
"It's a long story. I'll take the time to talk to Brother Li in detail next time. Brother Li should tell me what the Jinshi subjects are for." Su Jin quickly brought the topic back.
"Master Su, please don't forget to take the time to explain to me, by the way! You also have to explain to me the Newtons and apples and gravity you mentioned last time." Li Zhong said seriously.
"Definitely, definitely!" Su Jin was sweating. He had to be careful next time when he talked to Li Zhong. If he accidentally used a new term, he would beg for advice. It was just normal. If
Did I miss any terms such as Goldbach's conjecture and Fermat's last theorem? Just explain these terms and don't do anything else in this life.
"The number of sessions for the Interpretation Examination and the Provincial Examination are different. The Interpretation Examination is unified into three sessions, while the Provincial Examination has five or seven sessions. As for the content, it is almost the same. It is nothing more than trying strategies, trying arguments, trying poems and verses, trying to paste scriptures, and ink meanings.
That’s it.”
Li Zhong said something in an understatement that Su Jin didn't understand at all, making Su Jin feel confused again.
Li Chong looked at Su Jin's increasingly pale face and the large drops of sweat on his forehead and asked with concern: "Master Su, is he feeling unwell?"
Su Jin forced a smile and said: "It's okay, I'm just worried."
"Do you want to invite a doctor? Don't you have a heat stroke?" Li Chong was extremely concerned and hurriedly wanted to get up and call for someone.
Su Jin quickly stopped him, took out a sweat towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead, drank the herbal tea on the table, and sighed: "Brother Li, please explain to me in detail, how to try it? Try it."
How can we try to copy the scriptures and use ink meanings?"
Li Chong looked at him like a monster and said, "Young master Su, you are kidding me. If you don't understand, why are you taking the exam? Don't tell me that you really don't understand."
"I don't understand! That's nonsense!" Su Jin said honestly.
Li Zhong staggered and almost fell to his death; who is this person? As a candidate who is taking the exam, he does not understand basic common sense. What should he take the exam for? Just for this one point, it is a question whether he can get the quota for the interpretation exam.
Even if you get it, you will only make a fool of yourself in the examination room.
"It's because I don't understand that I just asked Brother Li for advice. If I understand, why should I ask?" Su Jin argued forcefully to himself.
Li Zhong calmed down, picked up the herbal tea in front of him and drank it without caring about the etiquette. He suppressed the depression rising in his heart and patiently explained: "The so-called test policy refers to the political affairs, classics and meanings in the examination questions of the Ministry of Rites.
Questions are asked and the candidates are asked to answer them in a written test, which is used to judge the candidate's ability to handle political affairs and related affairs."
Su Jin suddenly realized: "Oh, it turns out to be a question and answer question. I understand, what is a trial discussion?"
Li Zhong rolled his eyes and continued: "Experimental discussion is policy discussion. As the name suggests, it is to discuss the arguments in the past dynasties or poetry books, to explain one's own views and to state one's own understanding."
"Oh, it turns out it's an essay question, I understand." Su Jin understood again.
"Brother Li doesn't need to explain the poem test. Isn't it just about writing articles and poems? It's easy to understand. It's a composition question." Su Jin shook his head without caring about Li Chong's feelings.
Li Chong's originally dark face turned purple, but he finally calmed down and said, "But there is no need to explain the meaning of the scriptures, right?"
"This requires an explanation, I don't understand." Seeing Li Zhong's displeasure, Su Jin restrained himself and his tone became more sincere.
Li Zhong sighed and said: "The test questions are based on the content of a subset of the scriptures that have been studied in the past. Choose one or a few sentences to cover the two ends, leave a single line in the middle, cut the paper into a post, cover up a few keywords of the original text, and cover up
The number of words ranges from three to six or seven, and candidates are required to complete the original text on the paper."
"Fill in the blanks." Su Jin muttered.
Li Zhong pretended not to hear and continued: "Testing Mo Yi is just to take ten or twenty lines of main meanings from the scriptures, and ask the candidates to clarify the meaning of the text and explain any difficulties."
"Translation questions." Su Jin thought. It turns out that all kinds of hateful question types in later generations were invented by the ancients. The only multiple-choice question that makes people feel more comfortable is not available, which is quite depressing.
Li Chongyu said sincerely: "Master Su, with your talent, you can win by just calming down. But everything is wasted. Even if you have eight talents and you squander it without knowing how to cherish yourself, it is still in vain. Since ancient times,
There are as many talented people as there are crucian carp crossing the river, and there are also many people who are oblivious to everyone."
Su Jin could hear what Li Chong meant and said sternly: "Brother Li is right, I will definitely read his book for two months and strive to become a hit."
Li Chong sneered: "Two months? How can it be done in two months?"
Su Jin scratched his head and said, "Is it possible that it will take two years?"
Li Chong sighed: "Young Master Su is very ambitious, but you don't know how difficult it is to take the imperial examination and get to heaven. Not to mention whether you have read a lot of books and have learned a lot. The collection of words of past sages is so vast that no one dares to do so."
Tell me where the question comes from. If you cannot answer it in its original meaning, the exam will be forfeited."
Su Jin's face changed, and he said in astonishment: "Isn't there an exam scope? Isn't it about the Four Books and Five Classics?"
Li Chong looked at Su Jin's astonished face and could only shake his head and sigh.dd