After the Holy Edict was preached on Synogate Day, Bai Gui and three of his classmates also entered Bailu Academy as students.
There is an exam every ten days in Bailu Academy. The exams include scripture questions, Mo Yi questions, and the most important art and literature. The number of exams is almost the same as the imperial examination.
This time, after the exam.
"It's the bottom of the list again. When will I be able to get to the front?" Bai Xiaowen looked at his results with a sad face. He was ranked forty-third, at the bottom of the list.
Bailu Academy has nearly 70 students. Anyone who has obtained the title of scholar must go to a government school or a county school to study. However, generally speaking, only 40 to 50% will stay in the academy and continue to study hard.
Those old scholars who had no hope of taking the imperial examination have already found a way out early, either as teachers or as private tutors. Although the scholars are at the bottom of the list, they are not in danger of finding a job. There are also county students who are good at studying.
The local or prefectural government distributes food at the rate of six dou of grain per month and four taels of silver per year. Rich prefectures and counties also have various subsidies. You must know that the grain yield per mu at the moment is only five or six dou of grain per year.
Therefore, the county school is always not full of students. Except for some old scholars with no future and students ranked third class or above who do not need to attend school, all other students who can enroll will enroll. Therefore, Bailu Academy has thirty students.
One person.
In addition to the four of them, there are eight students who are learning in practice.
Yushan Academy in Zishui County does have teachers of practical studies. I heard that they were dropouts who came back from schools in Anhui Province and were invited to teach at Yushan Academy. But in addition to studying practical studies, you also need to study some classics.
For students of practical studies, Bailu Academy is a bit like a middle school, while the First Normal School of Qin Province, which was transformed from Guanzhong Academy, is like a university and requires examinations for admission. Practical students of Bailu Academy often have to go to Yushan Academy to seek teaching knowledge.
"There are three wrong passages in the text, and they are all Mencius. It shows that your Mencius is not a scholar."
Zhou Yuan squeezed in and said proudly.
Next to the red list where the rankings are posted, there is another wall where the test papers are posted. They are posted in order according to the rankings on the list for people to read. He had just read Bai Xiaowen's test paper and was confident at the moment, so he started to mock.
Tie Jing questions are fill-in-the-blank questions of later generations. They originated in the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming Jing examination in the Tang Dynasty, the examiner randomly selected a certain passage from the scriptures, covered it with a piece of paper, and asked the candidates to write it down silently.
The Tie Jing questions are the easiest in the test paper, and are simpler than the simple Mo Yi questions (dictating).
"Hmph! You're laughing at me, but your ranking is only higher than mine, one...two...three...seven places."
"And you have studied Confucian classics for so many years, but your ranking is not as high as your brother's."
Bai Xiaowen curled his lips and said angrily.
Zhou Yuan was not among the bottom four in the college's ranking list entirely because the other eight practical students did not perform well. They only took the Four Books and Five Classics test as usual, but this can only be regarded as a subject for them to study. It is understandable that they are lagging behind.
of.
Bai Gui's ranking is closely behind the thirty-one students, ranking thirty-second.
"Brother Bai has an excellent memory and is proficient in Confucian classics. He is correct in both the classics and Mo Yi questions. Moreover, I have read his examination papers and found that his calligraphy is quite organized now, but it is too rigid and lacks spirituality...
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Zhou Yuan couldn't help but click his tongue in surprise.
For a "prodigy" like Bai Gui with a good memory, even if the questions about scriptures and Mo Yi are given points, these two questions do not clarify the sages' subtle words and great meanings. They only need to answer according to memory. The only point that can be deducted is whether the handwriting is correct.
Scribbling.
Although Bai Gui's handwriting is not typical of everyone and has no spirituality, it is neat and neat and cannot be faulted. Although this kind of handwriting will not endear him to the examiner, it will not lose his paper points.
"You and I are still a little bit behind in this county test, but your brother will definitely win."
Lu Zhaopeng came over and believed it.
Although there is a big gap between the test papers of Bai Gui, the 32nd student, and the previous 31 students, the gap has narrowed visibly with the naked eye after Mr. Zhu taught the craftsmanship.
"As long as the articles are readable in the county examination, they will often not give up, but when it comes to the prefectural examination, the hospital examination is difficult."
he added.
The literary style in Zishui County is not strong, so it is not difficult to pass the county examination. However, it is somewhat difficult to obtain a higher ranking. To put it simply, the standard of Confucian students in Zishui County is not high, but there are some Confucian students who
Received high-level education at an early age, very high level...
Just like a few Tsinghua and Peking University graduates from remote areas of the country every year, but a few students left behind cannot even go to a 985 school. 211 is quite embarrassing.
They were also taught by Xu Xiucai at a high level, and were naturally far ahead of other Confucian scholars. And with Mr. Zhu, who taught the craftsmanship of Jieyuan in the early Qin Province, it was easy to surpass most of the Confucian scholars in a short period of time, but
When it comes to the first few, this will take time and effort.
Bai Gui ignored the commotion outside and was immersed in reading.
He has long passed the age where he can compete academically with his peers. In the past, after the university exam results came out, he would only look at them a few days later. And now it is too much of a waste of time to see the crowds.
If you go and see it, you can learn something.
But soon, his classmates helped him pick up the test papers.
"The Master said to Yan Yuan, use it and you will practice it, and if you throw it away, you will hide it. Only I and you have this husband!"
On the examination paper, which was full of comments written in ink, the first question was about craftsmanship.
This sentence means: Confucius said to Yan Hui: "If you are appointed, you can display your ambitions; if you are not appointed, you can hide yourself. Only you and I can do this."
"Brother Bai, you're so unreasonable, 'It's better for a sage to hide his secrets, but only to show them to those who are able.'"
Zhou Yuan held the examination paper and said with admiration.
"Sage" refers to Confucius, "neng" refers to Yan Hui, and "the appropriateness of walking and hiding" refers to the right way to hide and hide. "Wei Shi" refers to the relationship between Confucius and Yan Hui, which also highlights the
Yan Hui's understanding is that there is no need to beat the drum hard when playing the drum.
On the examination paper, Mr. Zhu also drew a circle with a red pen, which means that this sentence is a good answer to the question. However, the following seven parts, namely, the question, the starting point, the starting point, the starting point, the middle part, the back part, and the closing part are more complicated.
There are no circles anymore, instead they are replaced by sharp, dot, and straight symbols. Fortunately, there are no wrong symbols.
In order to prevent fraud, in the imperial examinations, the marking officer could not use words to evaluate the quality of the papers directly. Instead, they used certain symbols to express them. For example, in the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty, "circles" (○) and "points" (△
), "point" (,), "straight" (I), and "cross" (×).
Wrong symbols mean that the meaning is unclear or taboo. Other symbols are just good or bad.