The people in charge of invigilating the examination in Rixinzhai were Wang Jiaoxi and another master whom Xu Xing met for the first time.
Professor Wang sat on the podium and stared at the candidates under the stage.
Another Master was wandering up and down the aisles of the lecture hall.
He was about fifty or sixty years old. He wore reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, a goatee under his chin, and a dry white braid on the back of his head. He walked with a bump.
"stand up!"
The old master walked up to an examinee and scolded him.
He had a stern look. After the examinee stood up, he grabbed the examinee's braid behind his back. When he found a cheat, he shouted loudly and asked him to leave the examination room, and cursed: "Nowadays, if you cheat in the academy, the most gentlemen can do is punish you."
I will force you to drop out of school because of your homework. If you are caught cheating in the examination room, not only will you be stripped of your grades, but you will also be exiled to a bitter and cold place on the frontier, where you will not be able to hold your head up for the rest of your life."
When all the candidates saw this, they became silent for a moment, not even daring to take a breath.
Xu Xing didn't care about this.
In his previous life, he had gone through countless major and minor examinations. When it comes to what he learned from Confucian classics, he might not be able to compare with these ancients, but when it comes to his mentality in the examination room, he is definitely among the best.
Russian qing.
The examination room returned to quiet and the test papers were handed out.
A test paper filled with questions and four pieces of plain paper for answer sheets.
The test paper has handwritten questions.
I don’t know who the handwriting on it was. It was written in regular regular script and was comparable to machine printing.
There are ten practical questions and three questions from four books.
The academy has a small exam on the first ten days of the year and a big exam on the third ten days of the year.
Today is a quiz.
Therefore, without taking up too much time of the students, the practical questions and the imperial examination craft questions are put together on the same test paper. If it is a major exam, they will be tested separately.
In the practical subjects, Xu Xing did not cheat and answered the questions according to what he had learned.
Although he had difficulties with some questions, after thinking carefully, he finally came up with the answers and filled them in one by one.
He still knows what he learned in his previous life.
When it came to the three four-book questions, he thought for a while and wrote solutions to all three four-book questions. He also filled in the first two four-book questions according to the sample answers in "Thirty Thousand Choices of Big Questions" without changing a word.
The title of the Eight-Part Essay comes from the Four Books, and the answers to the questions are expressed in the tone of a sage, which is elaborated from Zhu Xi's collection of chapters and sentences in the Four Books. Among the Eight-Part Essay, solving the question is the most important, which is equivalent to the essence of the Eight-part essay.
After a long time, a bell rang and the exam was over.
Xu Xing picked the right time and finished writing the second eight-part essay.
After leaving the lecture hall, it was already dusk.
"Brother Xu, Anranju in the county is pretty good. I just finished the exam, so why not go and celebrate."
"My treat..."
As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Chen Jianan looked excited and wanted to treat him.
When he answered the practical questions today, he felt like a god was helping him write.
If you think about it carefully, the reason why he has made rapid progress is inseparable from Xu Xing's extra lessons.
It seems... using the method Xu Xing taught him,
He solves problems faster and uses easier arithmetic.
Although the basic mathematics of later generations has not made much progress compared to a hundred years ago, the knowledge has not changed, but the problem-solving methods and steps have made great progress.
The modern method of answering questions is simpler than the method of answering questions a hundred years ago.
Chen Jian'an's foundation was already good, but Xu Xing gave him the finishing touch.
"After taking the exam today, I feel that I still have some shortcomings..."
"Now is a good time to study. I want to stay up late at night and read. You go ahead."
Xu Xing entered the house, lit an oil lamp, and spoke.
He believed that it would not be long before the gentlemen from the academy would ask him for questions.
As for having a banquet at An Ranju..., he knew this was a good time to make friends.
But the prerequisite for making friends is that you have the ability.
As long as he has the strength and doesn't put on pretense, making friends will definitely be much easier now.
Making friends is essentially an exchange of interests.
Although there are friends like confidants, confidants have been hard to find since ancient times...
"In that case..."
"Then go to Anranju tomorrow..."
Chen Jian'an hesitated and changed the time of the treat.
If we say that before this exam, he was wooing Xu Xing as usual to win over his classmates. But after today's exam, he treated Xu Xing differently. He felt that Xu Xing would no longer be the one in the pool sooner or later.
Although it is not a rare thing, it is not a problem to change the date of the banquet in order to travel slowly.
"Move your butt, let's study together."
Chen Jian'an came to Xu Xing's side, opened the bookcase, found a copy of "Mencius" and started reading.
The two of them stayed up late at night to read.
Until the fourth watch of the night.
Zheng Zhaifu came to the dormitory and knocked on the door.
With a creak, the wooden door opened.
"Professor Wang asked me to find you, but he... seems a little angry."
"What mistake did you make?"
Zheng Zhaifu asked.
He has a good impression of Xu Xing.
Since Xu Xing came to the academy, in addition to studying, he would occasionally help him with some chores within his ability. He is a good young student.
"You'll know when you meet..."
Xu Xing bowed his hands to Zheng Zhaifu and said calmly.
After encountering a crisis... being able to remain calm, deal with things calmly, and not panic when encountering difficulties was a plus point for a person in ancient times. If you are panicked and confused after encountering a crisis, you can certainly show your true temperament, but in the eyes of ancient scholar-bureaucrats
, this person is a person who cannot be cultivated.
"I'll go too."
Chen Jian'an followed the two of them and walked towards the lecturer's apartment.
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Lecturer's residence.
"Say it."
"what happened……"
After Wang Jiaoxi and others came in, he first asked Zheng Zhaifu and Chen Jian'an to go out. When Xu Xing was the only one left in the room, he handed today's answer sheet to Xu Xing and said: "Your answer sheet is the same as "
The sample essays in "Thirty Thousand Selection of Big Questions" are exactly the same, without changing a single word. For example, the first question is titled "The Master Said", and your answer is: "A common man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and a single word can be a law for the world."
"This is an excellent solution, but it's not something you can come up with..."
He tried his best to suppress his anger, "Xu Xing, I remember that when you first entered the academy, you went through a lot of hardships when you were young. As long as you admit your mistakes and promise not to do them again in the future, what happened today will be over. You know and I know about this."
, as for your ranking, you are at the bottom of the list, are you convinced?"
Everyone makes mistakes.
However... "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan" also says: "If you can correct your past, there is no greater good."
Wang Jiaoxi is willing to give Xu Xing a chance.
In his opinion, Xu Xing is a malleable talent.
"gentlemen……"
"Xu Xing first dabbled in Confucian classics, but failed to understand the words of the saints, so he was unable to answer today's three questions and four books..."
Xu Xing lowered his head, hesitated for a while, and then spoke.
Upon hearing this, Wang Jiaoxi nodded slightly.
If Xu Xingzhen had dared not admit that he had plagiarized, he would have expelled Xu Xing from Wei Jing Academy even if he had tried his best to ruin his reputation.
If you are not good at knowledge, you can slowly learn more.
But humans can’t….
However, at this moment, Xu Xing paused and said: "Therefore, the student borrowed the classics from his fellow students and wanted to memorize all the imperial examination essays to prepare for today's test... If I make any mistakes, please teach me a lesson."
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PS: Please give more book reviews, it’s too difficult to read in a single game.