Zhang Yuan stood next to Hou Zhihan, waiting for the county magistrate to answer a question. The magistrate Hou thought hard for a long time, and even after breaking several hairs, he could not think of a good sentence that could match "the willows locked in the pond with smoke". He raised his eyes to look at the person sitting opposite him.
Wang Siren smiled bitterly and said: "This pairing is very difficult. Is there any good teacher?"
Wang Siren glanced at Zhang Yuan who remained calm and said with a smile: "To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell. Brother Tianyin has to ask Zhang Yuan."
Hou Zhihan asked: "Zhang Yuan, you have been thinking about it for several days. Do you have any good couplets?"
After going around in a circle, Magistrate Hou asked another question to test Zhang Yuan. It was Zhang Yuan who asked the questions himself. He was the examiner and the examiner. It would be unjust if he did not cheat.
Zhang Yuandao: "Reporting to the county magistrate, after the student drafted this first couplet, in order to ask for the second couplet, he thought about it while walking and eating. However, he came up with two couplets, but neither of them was very satisfactory -"
Hou Zhihan said: "Tell me and listen."
Zhang Yuanlang chanted: "Lengdui Yinhan Bridge."
"Lamp - pile - silver - Han - bridge."
Hou Zhihan and Wang Siren chanted and tasted it together. Hou Zhihan said: "We have the radicals of the Five Elements, but this artistic conception is worse. Is there anything else?"
Zhang Yuan chanted again: "Peaches burn along the Jinjiang embankment."
Wang Siren praised: "This sentence is good. Although it is still a little inferior to the previous sentence 'Smoke Locks the Willow on the Pond', and the tone is also slightly inappropriate, it can still be called wonderful and correct."
Hou Zhihan also nodded in agreement: "The smoke locks the willows in the pond, and the peaches burn on the Jinjiang embankment. It is indeed a wonderful match."
Zhang Yuandao: "You two adults are overly praised. This kind of couplets are always far-fetched, a waste of effort, and useless for mental learning. Now students are concentrating on reading and no longer think about these trivial tricks."
Hou Zhihan nodded repeatedly. Now he looked at Zhang Yuan with different eyes than before. He asked with a pleasant look, "Have you learned the art of making?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Not yet. The student used to be playful and dropped out of school. After suffering from eye disease, he changed his mind. Now he is reading the Three Biography of Spring and Autumn Period. The student thinks that if he learns crafts early without having read through the Four Books and Five Classics, it will be like drinking poison to quench his thirst. I'm afraid
He becomes a pedantic person who is ignorant of knowledge and ignorant of current affairs."
Wang Siren raised his hand and said: "This is a great virtue. It is the only way to be strong and travel far. Okay, then I will test your Spring and Autumn Classics. Have you read Zuo Zhuan?"
Zhang Yuandao: "I have read it thoroughly."
There is a big difference between reading through and having read. Reading through once means you have read, while reading through means you have basically mastered the meaning and rhyme of the whole book.
Wang Siren nodded and was about to ask a question when he suddenly burst into laughter and said to Hou Zhihan: "Brother Tianyin is a famous scholar in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it's better for Brother Tianyin to ask him."
Hou Zhihan's imperial examination text is the Spring and Autumn Annals.
Hou Zhihan gave in and asked, but in the end he was the one to ask. Since he knew that Zhang Yuan was very knowledgeable, of course he would not just let Zhang Yuan recite scriptures. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "In your opinion, the Spring and Autumn Classics emphasize reading the scriptures."
, or do you prefer to read biographies?”
This question can be answered very briefly or deeply, depending on Zhang Yuan's understanding of the meaning and principles of the Spring and Autumn Classics.
Zhang Yuan thought for a while and replied: "Although the saints' scriptures are written in a subtle way, the great meaning, praise and criticism are tied to one word, but it is not easy for the simple to understand. It must be thought over and pondered over three times to understand it. If you only study the scriptures of the saints, you will not be able to understand them."
Passing three passes but not doing anything is like crossing a river and forgetting the boat. If you want to save yourself from drowning, how can you get it?"
Hou Zhihan's eyes lit up when he heard this. Zhang Yuan's argument was very insightful. He believed that both classics and transmission should be emphasized, with emphasis on transmission. This is quite different from the academic style of today's scholars who pay more attention to classics and neglect transmission. He praised: "There is such a thing at such a young age.
Your experience is rare. If you come to the county test in February next year, the county will take you."
Zhang Yuan quickly thanked the county magistrate.
Wang Siren smiled and said: "Based on this question, does it mean that you have passed the county examination? Brother Tianyin is not afraid of people saying that you are covering up?"
Hou Zhihan laughed and said: "A talent like Zhang Yuan should be shielded. Of course, he will still take part in the county examination next year."
The girl from the Wang family at the table over there was looking at Zhang Yuan taking the exam with her hands on her hands, with a smile on her lips. Suddenly she heard Wang Siren cough, and she quickly sat up straight and ate the food without squinting.
Wang Siren asked: "Zhang Yuan, are you full?"
Zhang Yuan said truthfully: "The students haven't eaten enough yet."
Hou Zhihan said with a smile: "I only focused on testing him and almost forgot that he hasn't eaten enough yet. Go and eat. Go and eat. Don't worry. The county will send someone to take you home later."
Magistrate Hou was in a happy mood. Discovering a talented person under his rule was one of his political achievements. If Zhang Yuan could become famous in the imperial examination in the future, Magistrate Hou would be his teacher. No matter how great Zhang Yuan was, he would still have to meet him.
The honorific title of teacher was the origin of the intricate relationships in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Yuan was indeed hungry. He didn't eat at noon because of Zhang Dachun's incident. The dishes at this banquet were light but delicious, and the white rice was even more fragrant and delicious. The fifteen-year-old Zhang Yuan was just growing up, and the Zhengde blue and white porcelain bowl here was again
Xiao, Zhang Yuan ate five bowls in succession. The waiter next to him couldn't finish the rice. The girl from the Wang family sitting opposite her couldn't close her mouth. Zhang Yuan glanced at her and explained: "I didn't eat at noon."
The girl from the Wang family was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing. The more she thought about it, the more she laughed. She couldn't control herself, so she simply leaned over the dining table and laughed non-stop. The boy who was waiting on the side couldn't help but laugh.
Zhang Yuan thought: "The point of laughter is so low, what's so funny about it."
Wang Siren frowned, then showed his face and asked: "What joke did Zhang Yuan tell again? Let's hear it."
Zhang Yuan stood up and replied: "The student didn't tell a joke, he just said that he didn't have lunch at noon. I really don't know what's so funny about it."
Wang Siren and Hou Zhihan looked at each other and laughed.
Wang Siren said with a smile: "Zhang Yuan, don't you know that there is a saying in Shaoxing that goes to a banquet in three days and you are full. It means that when people go to a banquet, they will be hungry the first day in advance so that they can have enough room to eat at the banquet.
If you are full, you won’t feel hungry the next day.”
Zhang Yuan reported seriously: "The student was definitely not hungry on purpose, but because he was so anxious about the slave's complaint that he forgot to eat, so he just ate a few more bowls. Unexpectedly, he became a proverb, well
Ashamed."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Siren and Hou Zhihan laughed again. Hou Zhihan said repeatedly: "This son is good at joking, this son is good at joking." He said to Wang Siren: "It's quite like the teacher's personal teaching."
Wang Siren said: "The next generation is to be feared, I should avoid him." This is what Ouyang Xiu once said when he admired Su Shi.
The girl from the Wang family opposite Zhang Yuan was laughing so hard that she almost fell under the table, and Wang Siren couldn't help but cough.
After the meal was over, Zhang Yuan resigned, while Wang Siren and Wang Siren stayed in the mansion of Hou County Magistrate to rest. Hou County Magistrate ordered a government official to escort Zhang Yuan back.
Zhang Yuan said goodbye to the county magistrate and Wang Siren, saying, "I wonder when I can listen to Mr. Jian'an's teachings again?"
Wang Siren smiled and said: "I will build a garden in Kuaiji Mountain. After the garden is completed, I will invite your uncles to visit the garden. I will also invite you when the time comes."
The girl dressed in men's clothing next to Wang Siren looked at Zhang Yuan with bright eyes, and the smile still lingered on her lips.
Zhang Yuan followed a government servant out of the county office building, but saw Xiao Xi Nu Wuling waiting outside. When he saw him coming out, he hurriedly held a lantern to greet him and said: "Master, you have come out."
Zhang Yuan said: "Didn't I tell you to go back first?"
Wu Ling said: "I went back first and came back after dinner. My wife is thinking about the young master."
Zhang Yuan asked the officer not to send him away, and that he would be accompanied by his little Xi slave.
The master and servant walked slowly along the Fu River. Wu Ling said: "Master, Zhang Cai's family has moved out. My wife is still a little bit intolerant."
Zhang Yuan said nothing, thinking: "In the late Ming Dynasty, there were many cases of domestic slaves turning against their masters in the Jiangnan area. I would rather hire workers than domestic slaves. The hired workers can be fired at any time. The domestic slaves seem to come with their families and even their property."
, in fact, it is to evade taxes, and to make profits by taking advantage of the power of the master's family, and even use the power to bully others and do evil. Of course, I don't even have the honor of being a student now, so no one will come to seek refuge with me, but that day will come. I just need to work hard and have some.
Targeted efforts——"
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan's childlike innocence suddenly arose, and he smiled and asked towards the river in the darkness: "What do you think of Fuhe?"
The Fu River flows silently, acquiescing to Zhang Yuan's words.
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