The essay "The Mandate of Heaven Depends on Man" that Fang Yun wrote in the Juren exam was the first essay on the list, and even led to the selection of essays by Heaven. However, the subsequent "Plan for Subduing the Barbarians" was not included in the list, and no one ever talked about it again. It was probably hidden by the power of the Holy Academy.
Afterwards, Fang Yun's "Dielianhua", "Remembering My Brothers in Shengxu on the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month", Zang Feng's poem "Chang Dongyun Goes to the Border", poems and essays written in Lingyan Pavilion, poems and essays in the Ten Kingdoms Competition, poems and essays in Denglongtai and the famous "Three Essays in Prison" all appeared on the literary list.
As for On the Six Kingdoms, Fang Yun was certain that it would be directly included in the top list of great Confucian scholars. After all, its essential content was against the holy ways of the Eclectic School and the School of Diplomacy. If it were not for the help of the holy soul of Jia Yi, the semi-saint author of On the Qin Dynasty, he would have been unable to finish writing it.
Today, due to the convening of the Xuemei Literary Society, the A, B, and C lists remain unchanged. Only the D list will be temporarily changed to only show works from the Xuemei Literary Society. After tomorrow, everything will return to normal.
The ranking of the writers is based on their "literary skills".
Fang Yun stared at his name and soon saw a little ink-shaped carving behind it, followed by a string of numbers.
Thirty-eight thousand and seventy-one.
On the list of literary works, if one piece of writing spreads to the whole country, one can get 10,000 literary works; if one piece of writing defends the country, one can get 100 literary works; if one piece of writing spreads to a prefecture .... The more works, the better
The new type of war poems and sword-calling poems are equivalent to being spread throughout the world, and military merits are counted separately.
Every day a poem or essay stays on the Dingbang list, the writer can earn a little extra money.
The population of Shengyuan Continent is in the billions, with over 10 billion scholars, and millions of people whose works can be listed on the literary list. These millions of people write at least 200,000 poems, lyrics, and essays on classics every day!
Among these 200,000 poems and essays, at most ten can be ranked above them, so you can imagine the level of competition.
The vast majority of candidates would find it difficult to earn a hundred pieces of writing in their entire life.
Original works can earn literary and artistic merit, and candidates from aristocratic families and ordinary Jinshi can earn an extra bit of literary and artistic merit every year.
In addition, there is also a chance to win literary prizes by participating in debates on the discussion board.
The discussion board is on the side of the literature board. The literature board mainly includes original works, while the discussion board is where scholars debate.
The discussion list is divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D.
There were no restrictions on the content of the debate, from the star of literature to the ants, and even directly accusing the semi-saint families.
On the highest list of great Confucian scholars, even criticizing the holy teachings of the saints is allowed.
As long as there are wonderful polemical articles published, there will be a chance to get literary recognition. The literary recognition on the two lists is completely the same.
If a poem or essay on the Literature List wants to stay in the top ten for a long time, it must not only be good in itself, but also rely on the Discussion List. If no one discusses it on the Discussion List, the poem or essay will slide down the Literature List until it falls out of the top ten and leaves the Literature List.
However, the chance of getting a mention on the list is very small, and it usually takes long-term accumulation and writing many excellent reviews to get a mention.
The role of writing is enormous.
The most basic function of writing is to be associated with literary reputation. Many upper-level literary societies even have strict writing requirements. For example, people with less than 100 points of writing are not allowed to enter, no matter how high their literary status is. Many times, when scholars have disputes, they can compare their writing skills. People with low writing skills will stop arguing on their own initiative, admit their mistakes, or simply leave.
The promotion of officials in the civil service or military has little to do with literary talent, but among officials in the liberal arts department, literary talent has a great influence. Often, people are not old enough or have few connections, but because they have a lot of literary talent, they are given priority when selecting people.
It is precisely because of the existence of literature and writing that many talents have not been buried.
Writing and calligraphy play a more important role in the Holy Academy.
To enter the Hanlin Palace, you need to have literary or military merits.
The qualification to enter the Seven Palaces of the Holy Path has nothing to do with writing, but multiple uses will require the consumption of writing or military merit.
Entering the Holy Tower also requires literary talent and military merit.
To enter the literary world for cultivation, one still needs literary skills and military merit.
If you are physically injured and want the fruit of rebirth, you can exchange it directly with the Holy Temple using writing materials.
If you are short of literary treasures, you can still exchange them for writing materials from the Holy Academy.
Fang Yun was well aware of the importance of literature and calligraphy, so he was happy and surprised to see that he had so many literature and calligraphy. However, he realized that it was still not enough, because the literature and calligraphy of the astonishing work "On the Six Kingdoms" was not included.
Fang Yun immediately recalled the relevant information on the literary list. Since "On the Six Kingdoms" was ranked first on the list of great scholars, those literary works would only appear after he could see the articles on the list.
"With these writings, I will be able to enter the Holy Academy smoothly, and I will not be inferior to the children of aristocratic families in all aspects. However, I can only enter the Holy Academy after I manage a county well in the palace examination. I can enter the Holy Academy at any time in the future, but I cannot be careless in the palace examination."
Fang Yun thought to himself and glanced at the poems on the Xuemei Literary Association list. His own poem "Farewell to Li Wenying in the Snow" was a national poem and was at the top of the list.
The second place is a poem about snow, using the tune "Yujiaao". The author is a university scholar, because the list of snow and plum literature does not distinguish between literary ranks.
Ranked third is "Ode to the Plum Blossom", which, like "Fisherman's Pride", is from Mingzhou and quite talented, but the author is just a Jinshi from the Yun State. In some ways, the third one is much more valuable than the second one.
The following seven poems contain snow and plum blossoms.
Among the ten poems, seven are about snow and three are about plum blossoms.
After reading this literary list, Fang Yun finally understood why Minister of Literature Jiang Hechuan forced himself to write better poems about plum blossoms. This year, it can be said that the Plum Party is almost doomed, and the Snow Party is dominating the ten countries.
Fang Yun thought of Jiang Hechuan's anxious look and smiled. They were called two parties and a debate, but in fact it was just a game for scholars.
Fang Yun looked at the discussion board again. Except for the increase in topics related to the Xuemei Literary Society today, almost all the previous topics were related to him.
Words like "Shocking the Saint", "Holy Soul", "Divine Punishment of the Moon Tree", "Three Essays in Prison", "Virtual Saint", "Ancestor of Poetry", "Ascending the Dragon Platform", "Fang Yun's Injustice", "Enemy of the Aristocratic Family", etc. can be seen everywhere on the discussion board, while other topics are extremely deserted.
At the same time, Fang Yun also formed a series of derivative topics, the most important of which was the discussion of the words and deeds of the aristocratic families. In the debate on this topic, the conflict between the children of aristocratic families and those of non-aristocratic families broke out completely.
The children of aristocratic families insisted that their ancestors had made great contributions to the human race and their descendants had continued to sacrifice for the human race, so they should naturally enjoy privileges. However, the children of non-aristocratic families angrily accused the children of aristocratic families of trampling on the laws of the human race. Even a virtual saint like Fang Yun was almost killed. Familys like Zong Ji, Sima He and the Meng family were simply a cancer of the human race.
Finally, the topic changed again, and everyone began to discuss whether the privileges of the Meng family, which were almost treasonous, should be abolished.
As soon as this topic came out, it caused a huge uproar, and even the Xuemei Literary Society was overshadowed.
Those descendants of noble families who had previously hated the Mengsheng family suddenly changed their tone and firmly opposed the abolition of the Meng family's privileges.
Fang Yun took a quick look at it, marked it, and would take a closer look at it later.
Zhao Hongzhuang asked enviously, "Fang Yun, how many of your poems are on the list now? Not counting "On the Six Kingdoms"."
Fang Yun said: "All the Dingbangs have been replaced with poems related to the Xuemei Literary Society, and only one of mine is left."
"Well, when the Xuemei Literary Gathering is over, we'll know tomorrow how many of your poems and essays are on the list. The previous record was set by Cao Zhi, who had four poems on the list, but you broke it. Cao Cao, Cao Zhi, and Cao Pi all had seven poems on the list, I wonder if you can surpass that." (To be continued...)