Iron Tower of Dawn, Ancient Bell of Fansi Temple.
The entire Kaibao Temple was as quiet as sleep, while the autumn wind gently blew through the bodhi leaves.
At this moment, Zhang Yue's heart was extremely calm.
In the left and right monk rooms, some candidates were still sleeping on their desks, some were already writing essays, and some were still thinking hard.
Zhang Yue looked at the title. The title of the poem was "Ode to the Supreme Good Like Water", the title of the poem was "Poetry of Osmanthus Twigs in the Autumn Wind", "Poetry of Lotus in the Morning", the title of the poem was "Yu Ji's Strategies to Help the World", and the title of the poem was "Which of Literary Practices Comes First?"
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The monthly quizzes of the Imperial College and the major exams of each year are all similar in content. Zhang Yue has already gone through many battles. After a night of deliberation, Zhang Yue has already drafted each question in his mind.
Start with the best strategy.
The first is "Which of Wen Xing comes first?" Wen Xing mostly refers to articles and conduct. At first glance, it seems to refer to articles and conduct. Which comes first?
It seems easy to understand. Generally speaking, conduct comes first. Of course, conduct comes first.
But we must think carefully about this question coming from the Analects of Confucius.
The original text is "The Master followed the four teachings and was faithful in writing and conduct".
Wen refers to culture and education, and Xing refers to practice.
Zhang Yue thought for a moment and immediately wrote down, "Know the teachings of the saints and then practice them."
Knowing and then acting is the purpose of Neo-Confucianism.
Before Wang Yangming appeared, this was the most accepted statement by the mainstream at the time, and it was still slightly ahead of the times.
With the beginning in mind, Zhang Yue did not hesitate to write, "Knowing and doing are always related to each other, just like the eyes cannot do without feet, and the feet cannot see without eyes. When it comes to order, knowledge comes first, when it comes to importance, actions are important."
After writing this, Zhang Yue knew that this question was stable.
The imperial examination does not allow you to express yourself freely, it must conform to the views of the majority of people.
After Zhang Yue finished writing this essay, the examinees were waking up one after another. At this time, the official brought hot rice soup and said to all the candidates: "The examiner is courteous to you and will give you a bowl of soup."
Well, even though it is rice soup, it is better than nothing.
A bowl of rice soup was brought through the lattice window, and Zhang Yue couldn't wait to take a sip.
Well, the rice soup is very thick. For Zhang Yue, who had eaten cold food all day yesterday, this bowl of rice soup made him feel comfortable all over.
Next, Zhang Yue looked at the next topic, "Yu Ji's Strategies to Help the World."
This sentence made many candidates scratch their heads. Zhang Yue also took a breath when he first asked this question.
Because this question is really too biased.
But having said that, Zhang Yue could not pass the examination of Bo Wenqiang.
Why did this question go to the wrong side of the exam? Because this question is not on the Nine Classics, but on the Book of Jin.
This sentence comes from what Du Yu said: "Yu Ji's achievements were intended to help the world, and they also benefited the common people."
Yuji is the Houji of Yu the Great.
Dayu's flood control and Houji's farming both made great contributions to the world.
The Book of Jin mentions that Du Yushi "knew everything he knew about the affairs of the public family. Everything he built must be considered to the end, and rarely failed." Some people who ridiculed his intentions, said in advance: "Yu Ji's achievements are expected to be in
To help the world is to help the common people.'
If Du Yu knows anything about public affairs, he must do it. If he wants to make something, he must take the examination system. He rarely fails. Some people laugh at him for doing things trivially and planning too carefully. But Du Yu said that Yu Ji's contribution lies in economic development.
Min, I think the same thing.
However, it is okay to answer according to the idea of starting from Dayu's flood control and Houji's farming. But it will definitely be downgraded.
Therefore, the core of this question must be answered around "Knowing everything about the affairs of the public and doing it. Everything you build must be done carefully." The problem is that few people can read history books. As for reading history books, very few people can read them.
Du Xuanzhuan, even if you read it, you may not remember it.
Therefore, Zhang Yue speculated that in the past, many people would answer this question in terms of "current affairs of the country" and talk about Yu Ji's achievements in controlling floods and farming.
But that's not the point.
Of course, knowing the meaning of the question does not mean that you can write well.
But Zhang Yue particularly liked Du Yu and Du Wuku, so he wrote with great spirit.
After finishing writing, Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. This question was like the last question in the college entrance examination mathematics.
Generally speaking, to answer questions, just write down the first small question that is the biggest answer. You don’t need to read the rest, which saves time.
And Zhang Yue's question seemed to have solved everything.
But below is the poem.
As for the poem about osmanthus leaves growing in the autumn wind, it is not difficult either.
There was an article written by Luo Yin in the Tang Dynasty, "The autumn wind grows cinnamon branches."
This question was also asked once in a private examination when I was at Taixue University. This was equivalent to a half-point question. It can be seen that the examiner was also very good at figuring out the meaning above and consciously lowered the difficulty of the poem in the test.
On the other hand, "Yu Ji's strategy to save the world" is a pull question.
As for "Asahi Lotus Poems", this question was also very wild.
This Nichiren poem was not written by previous poets such as the Jin and Tang Dynasties, but by Zhang Yong and Zhang Guaiya.
Zhang Yue likes a poem written by Zhang Yong when he was young very much, "Xuanmen is not closed, and hard study should open it on its own." He is an example of someone who rose from a humble family to become a prime minister.
And the character of this man is just like his nickname, Guaiya. What is Guaiya? Being obedient is contrary to the public, and being cunning is not good for anything.
All in all, he is a very personable person.
In such a provincial examination, his poem "Asahi Lotus" was tested, which can be regarded as a tribute to the boss.
When I finished writing the two fu-style poems, the sun was already setting in the west, and it was almost evening.
Zhang Yue has one last question left: ‘The best is like water’.
The Supreme Good Is Like Water comes from the Tao Te Ching.
Don't be surprised, the questions in the Jinshi examination are just like this. It requires scholars to be eclectic and read all kinds of books.
Therefore, Taoist books are also among the topics.
In the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, questions had to be drawn strictly from the Four Books and Five Classics, which narrowed one's horizons.
Besides, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty believed in Taoism, and it is not surprising at all that he chose questions from the Tao Te Ching for explanations.
But the problem is that Zhang Yue has two answers to this Fu in his mind.
One has the word "葑" and the other does not have the word "葑". He was a little confused about how to answer this question.
The more Zhang thought about this, he suddenly felt a little hungry and started growling.
It's getting late.
The night is as dark as ink, and the cast-iron Kaibao Temple Tower blends into the deep night.
After writing all day today, Zhang Yue was too focused on anything else. He was so hungry that he couldn't help but said to the gentleman: "Here comes a bowl of noodles."
“Always money!”
Zhang Yue took out the silver and put it in the gentleman's hand.
Not long after, a bowl of hot noodle soup with some oil floating on it was brought to the examination room. Zhang Yue couldn't help but took a piece of pancake, broke off some of it and soaked it in the noodles.
Although it is not very delicious, for Zhang Yue at this moment, it is already a delicious meal.
After eating a bowl of noodles, Zhang Yue felt a lot more energetic. He read the questions he had written before and was very satisfied.
Poetry was not his strong point, but these two poetry questions came to his advantage, and the two policy questions doubled his confidence.
Looking at the whole article, there is not a single typo. The scroll is extremely clean and tidy, and with the addition of calligraphy, it is almost like seeing the No. 1 Scholar scroll in a later museum.
How many people want to achieve this kind of beauty?
But when this great gift is placed in front of you, how do you answer it?
At this time, the wind blew outside the window, and then an autumn rain began.
Zhang Yue immediately covered the window with an oilcloth to protect it from the rain. He lit a candle and meditated in the monk's room.
