A group of students said goodbye and left, but Wei Chen was stopped by Lin Yan and left alone.
"Sit down."
Lin Yan sat behind the case and said in a deep voice.
Wei Chen sat down obediently, and there were only two teachers and students in the huge Youzhai.
Lin Yan glanced at Wei Chen and said calmly: "Today's incident was caused by He Jinchao, and Lu Qingzhou may also have a share. These two people are certainly guilty, but you are obviously well-informed, but deliberately provoked and failed to do anything. You are not a good person!" Wei Chen quickly stood up and apologized: "Mr. Mingjian, Na He is always targeting students. The students only want to punish him with small punishments and severe admonitions, and do not really want to force him to leave."
Lin Yan studied Wei Chen's expression, which made Wei Chen feel weak. He could only force himself to cheer up and face Lin Yan's intimidating gaze.
After a long time, Lin Yan finally moved his eyes away from Wei Chen's face and sighed softly: "You are a person who hides too deeply in your heart and is extremely smart, making it difficult for people to distinguish between loyal and treacherous. In the future, you may become a capable minister in governing the world, or you may
You have become a traitor who will bring chaos to the country. I don’t know whether it is right or wrong for me to teach you. Maybe I, Lin Yan, will be known as the teacher of a certain traitor among future generations, and I don’t know if I will be infamy for thousands of years.”
Wei Chen said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, the students will definitely work hard and make progress, not to bring shame to you, but to make him a teacher who can govern the world and be an able minister in future generations!"
Lin Yan did not refute Wei Chen's words, but just smiled and shook his head, seemingly relieved.
He then said: "In the past, I taught you seven people in Shangshe according to the method of teaching students and treated them equally. But now it seems that your talent cannot be limited by students or candidates. As a teacher, you should teach Jinshi
I’ll teach you how to do it.”
Wei Chen was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately bowed solemnly to Lin Yan and solemnly said: "Sir, please teach me."
Lin Yan nodded and said in a deep voice: "The imperial examination is the first to follow the Eight-part Part, but the Eight-part part itself is just a format. It is nothing more than six paragraphs and eight paired sentences. The first sentence breaks the topic, the two sentences carry the topic, and then the talk starts, starts, and starts.
Stock, middle stock, back stock, bunched stock, that’s all. Now that you have memorized Wenfu, these formats will no longer trouble you."
"But just by learning the format, can the examiner's eyes light up and praise you, Wei Chen, among thousands of exam papers?"
Lin Yan said angrily: "Impossible! If you want to stand out, you have to write an outstanding article that will wow the examiner!"
Wei Chen nodded and asked softly: "Then how do you write such an article?"
"A good article is a combination of reason, diction, and spirit!" Lin Yan said solemnly, "Only such an article can make the examiners who are dizzy after reading the papers shine, like drinking nectar.
Stop and savor it carefully. As long as there is nothing taboo in your article, how can the examiner have the heart to reject you?"
Wei Chen knew that although Lin Yan was only a tribute supervisor and was not as good as a civil servant in terms of fame, it was just because he had no intention of becoming an official and did not participate in the examination.
In terms of knowledge, Lin Yan far surpasses most of the candidates and is completely comparable to Jinshi.
Such a well-educated man is about to impart to Wei Chen the valuable experience that he has worked hard on for decades. How dare Wei Chen neglect it?
Then he respectfully asked: "Excuse me, sir, how to achieve both reason and speech?"
Just listen to Lin Yan slowly say: "If you want to understand the truth, you must trace it back to the Six Classics, and it is closely related to the Confucianism of the Song and Yuan Dynasties; if you want to say it, you must fit the meaning of the title, and it must be taken from the books of the Three Dynasties and the Han Dynasty; if you want to Qi
Chang will enlighten his heart with principles and principles, and he will repeatedly study the ancient texts of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties."
After saying that, Lin Yanchang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Wei Chen and said, "Now do you understand what you should do next?"
"Student understands." Wei Chen nodded and said softly: "Students should first read hundreds of schools of thought and ancient texts of all ages to lay a solid foundation. Only when they have something in mind can they write a good article."
"Yes, children can be taught."
Lin Yan nodded and said: "Learning is the basis, and the eight-legged essay is the body. If you only study Wenfu in order to take the exam, you will not be able to understand the wonderful meaning of the scriptures, and you will never be able to write the most beautiful and colorful articles!"
Speaking of this, Lin Yan was probably touched. He raised his voice again and said angrily: "Today's students think that as long as they memorize a few high-level lectures and previous academic papers, they can imitate cats and tigers and take the exam."
Luck. Even if a person like this wins the first prize, it will be bad luck for the court and the people!"
He said with a sneer: "Moreover, these speculators can only deceive the examiners, but they can't pass the general examination. Looking at the gold list and the Hanlin Academy, there is no one who relied on opportunism to get through high school.
?Who is not a well-educated scholar?"
Wei Chen was secretly ashamed when he heard this.
After relying on his gift of photographic memory to memorize the eight-part essay for a month, Wei Chen felt a little complacent. He felt that there was no secret left in the eight-part essay in front of him. He had completely mastered the writing method of the eight-part essay. No matter how difficult the imperial examination was,
I can’t stop myself anymore.
But after listening to Lin Yan's story, Wei Chen finally realized it and had a deeper and clearer understanding of himself.
Wei Chen's current articles, from the core to the structure to the writing style, all imitate Cheng Wen, his predecessor in the Wen family, and follow suit without his own ideas and style.
Among the three "Li Ci Qi" mentioned by Lin Yan, Wei Chen only has one of "Li" that is passable. This is because he has achieved a small degree of success in studying Cheng and Zhu's annotations, which can be considered as close to what Song Confucianism said.
As for the other two "ci" and "qi", Wei Chen is far from mastered. His words are empty and his writings are full of clichés. This is why Wei Chen only focuses on the study of Shiwen in Wenfu. In terms of ci qi
Totally baseless.
In later generations, Wei Chen would be like having never read any classics. He just memorized Chinese textbooks and then wrote exam essays imitating his previous perfect scores.
Depending on this kind of article, even if you are lucky enough to be selected as a scholar or a scholar, you will definitely not be able to pass the test.
According to Lin Yan, every paper in the examination must pass through the hands of two great scholars and three ministers. These people are all well-educated scholars with strong memorization. How could they mistakenly click on a completely empty article?
Nothing article?
Seeing Wei Chen's silent and thoughtful expression, Lin Yan could not help but nod secretly.
Even though his attitude towards Wei Chen is a bit complicated, he has to admit that Wei Chen is the most talented student he has ever taught.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about photographic memory. The most rare thing is that Wei Chen knows everything at once, and he can always check and reflect on himself. People with this quality will never be buried in the end, even if there are constant difficulties and dangers in life.
, will definitely stand out.
"Ahem!"
Lin Yan cleared her throat and woke Wei Chen out of his thoughts: "Wei Chen, have you written down everything I said?"
Wei Chen bowed and said: "The students have all memorized it. I would like to ask, sir, if students want to be able to express their opinions, which article should they write first?"
Lin Yandao: "You can first read the "Eight Masters' Texts" to learn from the Tang and Song Dynasties to get their spirit, and then read the poems of the Han Dynasty and the pre-Qin scholars to get their words."
Wei Chen nodded secretly when he heard this. The reading order Lin Yan set for him was basically to go backwards by dynasty. Compared with the articles of the three dynasties of the Qin Dynasty, the articles of the Tang and Song dynasties were catchy and easier to read.
It can be regarded as easy first and then difficult.
Lin Yan took a thick stack of notes from the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties from the bookcase and handed it to Wei Chen: "When you go back today, you will read this note for three days, then review the meaning of the scriptures for two days, and come back to be my teacher in five days.
, I will help you answer your questions and examine your knowledge."
Wei Chen solemnly took the book, bowed and said: "Students must obey the teacher's orders."