It was thundering and raining again. The little girl Tu Ting had been out with her umbrella for a long time and had not seen Zhang Yuan come back. Zhang's mother, Lu, was a little worried. Accompanied by Yi Ting, she carefully walked through the puddles and puddles behind the road with her little feet.
Garden, standing at the back door and looking towards the Touji River, I happened to see Zhang Yuan and others coming over, so I felt relieved.
"Fifth aunt is well."
Zhang Dai paid tribute to Zhang's mother, Mrs. Lu. The young Zhang Dai was extravagant and glitzy, with bright clothes and horses, beautiful maids and courtesans. Many of his hobbies were similar to those of his cousin Zhang E, but he was not as arrogant and unreasonable as Zhang E. He knew how to read and be courteous.
Zhang E used to come to play with Zhang Yuan. Sometimes when he met Zhang Yuan's mother, Lu, she just called out "Hello, Auntie" and was in a hurry. She didn't know how to bow and salute. When she saw Zhang Dai salute, she also followed suit and said hello. So Zhang E was said to be
His mother, Mrs. Wang, was spoiled rotten.
Zhang's mother, Mrs. Lu, said with a smile: "When did the eldest son come back? Come in quickly, come in quickly, take shelter from the rain."
Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, and Zhang E came to the study room in the west building and sat down. Wu Ling served tea. Zhang Dai picked up the tea cup and took a small sip. He frowned slightly and said nothing, but refused to drink any more. Apparently he disliked Zhang Yuan's family.
The tea is too bad.
Zhang Yuan smiled slightly and said to himself: "Zhang Zongzi, you still think my tea is bad, but I know your details. You enjoyed it too much when you were young, and when you grew up you were so poor that you actually had to pick manure to fill the garden yourself. You were beaten by two
The old concubine is calling and drinking orders——"
Zhang E asked: "Brother, how about you and Jiezi playing a game of Go first?"
Zhang Dai said happily: "It's still early, let's play a game of chess first, and then test the school meson's ability to remember." He asked: "Meson, are you still playing blind chess?"
Zhang Yuan said: "Yes." This was not to despise Zhang Dai, but because playing blind chess requires a lot of concentration and patience, and can greatly exercise memory and imagination.
Zhang Dai was quite displeased and said calmly: "Okay, I'll see Jiezi's blind chess."
The rain was still pouring down, and outside the roof window, there seemed to be a rush of things, which greatly helped the chess game. The game was played for more than half an hour. Zhang Dai held white and lost five and a half pieces in the end.
Zhang Dai felt a little ashamed, but Zhang He laughed loudly at the side and said: "Brother can't beat meson, haha."
Young and arrogant, Zhang Dai lost his temper and said angrily: "Meson, let's play another round."
Zhang Yuandao: "Brother Zongzi, please come down here today. I also want to ask my brother for advice on poetry."
Zhang Dai's mind is not comparable to that of Zhang E. After thinking about the game just now, he found that he never had a chance to win. It seems that this is not the outcome of a game, but that Jie Zi's chess ability is really better than his.
You will definitely lose more and win less, not to mention it is a frustrating game——
"Hmm." Zhang Dai said: "I heard that you can recite the "Collection and Commentary of Spring and Autumn Classics" after listening to it once. Then let me test you. What did you remember during the fourth year of Duke Wen's biography?"
Zhang Yuan recited: "In the spring of the fourth year, the Duke came to Jin. In the summer, the traitor Jiang Yuqi came to Qi. Di invaded Qi. The people of Qiu and Chu destroyed Jiang. The marquis of Jin attacked Qin. The marquis of Wei sent Ning Yu to hire him. In the eleventh month of winter, Renyin,
Madam Feng died."
This is a major event that happened in the fourth year of Duke Wen of Lu's reign as recorded in "Spring and Autumn". After reciting the scriptures, Zhang Yuan recited the explanation of this year's major events in "Zuo Zhuan".
Zhang Dai said happily: "Every word is correct, why didn't I see that Jie Zi has such a talent before!"
Zhang E said: "Didn't I already tell you that Jiezi got his eye disease and sat in meditation to open up his wisdom?"
Zhang Dai said: "Then Jiezi can be regarded as a seed for reading. He must also seek fame through the imperial examination?"
Zhang Yuan responded unambiguously: "Exactly."
Zhang E curled his lips and said: "Vulgar!" He felt that he was doing a good job fighting cocks all day long.
Zhang Dai said with a smile: "The title of Jiadi family is the most erotic thing in the world. Once the yellow list comes out, even in the deep mountains and poor valleys, everyone will pass on his surname. Let's test the world's scholars, who can be good at it?"
Zhang E said: "I am not vulgar, I regard fame as dung."
Zhang Dai shook his head and smiled, refusing to argue with his cousin, and asked Zhang Yuan: "Has Jiezi started learning crafts?"
The art of writing is Shiwen, or Eight-legged essay, which was created by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, under the command of Liu Bowen.
Zhang Yuandao: "I was about to ask my elder brother for advice on making."
Zhang Dai said: "You take "Spring and Autumn" as your basic scripture, right? I am "Shi". Eight-legged essay is not difficult. If you read through "Collected Commentary of Four Books" and Three Chuanqiu, you can learn to write eight-part essay. But
Scholars like me cannot specialize in stereotyped writing. That way our vision will be narrow and our thinking will be rotten. We will be laughed at by such predecessors as Han, Liu, Ou, and Su. I really appreciate what Dongpo said: 'Writing should be like a spring of ten thousand dendrobiums.
It comes out of the ground. It rolls and gurgls on the flat ground, even if it is thousands of miles in a day, it is not difficult. It twists and turns with the mountains and rocks, and it is shaped by things and cannot be known. What can be known is that it always does what it should do and always stops where it cannot stop."
Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement and thought to himself: "This is a quote from Su Shi's "Wen Shuo". Of course it is an excellent literary theory. Hey, I finally understand why talented people like Xu Wenchang, Chen Jiru, and Zhang Zongzi failed to succeed in repeated attempts. The rules of eight-legged essays
A lot. Your talents are so great that your writing will be gushing and gushing. You will definitely break through the barriers of stereotyped writing. That is an exception. The examiner wants to follow the rules, so naturally he will not be able to admit you."
But Zhang Dai said again: "There are also people who are good at Shi Wen. Wang Jizhong and Liu Qidong are both masters of Shi Wen. They have great literary talent in the rules, and both of them have been awarded Jinshi."
Zhang Yuan asked: "Wang Jizhong must be Wang Siren, then who is Liu Qidong?"
Wang Siren was also from Shaoxing. He was aloof and upright, open-minded and humorous. Lu Xun once quoted a famous saying of this fellow countryman: "Kuiji is a place of revenge and avenging shame, not a place where dirt and evil are harbored." As for Liu Qidong, Zhang Yuan could not remember who it was.
?
Zhang E said: "Liu Qidong is Liu Zongzhou, a poor man."
It turned out to be Liu Zongzhou. Zhang Yuan said "Oh". Liu Zongzhou was a Confucian master in the late Ming Dynasty. He founded the famous Jishan School. Huang Zongxi was Liu Zongzhou's student——
Then I heard Zhang Dai shout: "Third brother, please don't be rude. Mr. Qidong is a person that even my father respects."
Zhang E snorted and said, "He was the one who was rude to me first."
Zhang Dai asked: "Why is Mr. Qidong so rude to you?"
Zhang E said angrily: "Didn't he set up a school in Dashan Temple in the east of the city to teach disciples? Last month, my eldest father ordered me to study with him. I went, but within half a day, he kicked me out and said this to my eldest father.
The son cannot be taught, so I was scolded by my father - it really pissed me off!"
Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai both laughed. Zhang E looked like a frivolous and irritable playboy. Liu Zongzhou, who was known for his strict and upright nature, would certainly not accept him as his disciple.
But Zhang E became proud again and said: "The poor man refused to let me in, and I didn't make it easy for him. That night I took two boys and ran to Dashan Temple, threw stones at the window of his residence, and even blocked his door.
It's been smashed, I guess that poor man is so scared-" He glanced at Zhang Yuan and closed his mouth.
Zhang Dai shook his head repeatedly. This cousin is too ridiculous. His second uncle is not at home, and his eldest father can't control him. However, Zhang E seems to be quite afraid of Jiezi. What's going on?
Zhang Yuan asked Zhang Dai about the boy's test again, and Zhang Dai said: "The short-term questions in the boy's test are difficult to solve. The county test, the government test, and the Tao test only take one test, and you have to do two eight-part essays in each test. In the county test,
The government examination will have questions on the Four Books, and the Taoist examination will have questions on the Five Classics. This year's boy's examination has already ended, and the Jiezi examination will have to wait until next year. There will be annual examinations in the years of Chou, Chen, Wei, and Xu, and scientific examinations in the years of Yin, Si, Shen, and Hai.
There will be the county examination in February next year, then the prefecture examination in April, and the following year I will take the Taoist examination to promote academic officials."
Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "Scholarships also take exams once every three years. This really can't afford to waste time."
Zhang Dai added: "The boy's examination is the most difficult. As far as I know, it takes about one in fifty, the provincial examination takes one in thirty, and the general examination takes one out of ten. However, our Shaoxing Prefecture has a strong literary style and many scholars, so it is especially difficult to take the examination for students."
, it’s estimated that only one out of sixty or seventy will be chosen.”
This is like pouring cold water on Zhang Yuan's head. Choose one in six or seventy. This admission rate is too low.
Zhang E said with a smile: "Meson, you know the road to Shu is difficult, how can you play the flute and sing songs, and play chess happily? You have the magic skill of blind chess. If you go to Wulin, Jinling or Guangling, I guarantee that you will be free and unfettered for the rest of your life. It is no better than doing this."
Official errand."
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Tomorrow is the New Year, and there are always things to be busy with. I would like to report to my book friends that there will be one update today and tomorrow, two updates on the first day of the new year, one update on the second day of the new year, and normal updates on the third day of the new year. Thank you book friends.