The number of candidates for the five classics varies. The original texts of the two classics of "Ritual" and "Spring and Autumn" can be longer than the original texts of the two classics of "Poems" and "Books" plus biography, so there are naturally fewer candidates. The "Book of Songs" has the three advantages of "few characters", "simple" and "only one copy of the annotations", and the number of people who study it is the largest among the Five Classics, and the candidates for one room alone account for one-fourth of all the candidates. Strong, the pressure of judging is also the biggest among the five rooms.
On September 11th, all seven scriptures were just transcribed, and on the 12th, the second imperial edict was examined. On the 25th, the draft list will be decided, and the list will be officially released on the 29th. On average, the two examiners will sentence more than 500 papers within 15 days. No less than twenty characters...
The judged papers have to be sent to the chief and deputy examiners for review, and then ranked with the supervisor and the promotion officer.
Although it was in the first stage of the transcript, the outer curtain officials first removed the papers that were taboo, such as disqualification, improper avoidance, too much smearing, and no drafting. Many fewer were sent in. Liang and Zhang I still didn't dare to waste time, and like the students, I watched the middle of the night with candles and candles.
These three exams were not test takers at all, but test examiners like them. They were dazzled by the test, and they couldn't tell whether they were good or bad when they saw it. Therefore, among the three field-house texts of the township examination, the first one that the examiners can seriously watch is the first one, and the most serious one in the first one is the first article "It's not good for a villain to live alone".
The two examiners were having fun, looking at the papers and saying to each other, "Cui Hezhong has fallen into my hands!" Another examiner picked out the good papers he had picked and said, "Otherwise, I am here. The papers are clear and simple, and the harmony must be in my hands.”
Compared with September 25th, the best papers and preparation papers of the three sessions were finally judged. The two examiners from the Book of Songs room each pushed the best papers for the selection of Jingkui, and both received Li Dongyang and Xie. before moving.
One of Liang Chu's criticisms was "Qiqing, strong pen, and good sense of mind", while Zhang Pu's selection was "Qing Si Huan Yue, Strong Pen Lingyun", and his comments would be overwhelming.
Liang Chu's body is a biography, how is his ability to praise people still poor? Listening to Zhang Pu's comments, he said to the two examiners, "Where can someone push people based on comments, I can still comment on his 'strong pen Lingyun's unique heroic spirit'! Brother Boying also criticized the article on changing rooms.' A talent who has gone through the sky and the latitude, and a pen that has turned the sea and turned the river', could it be that my article is not as good as that one? It's just that the inking of the commentary is different."
Yifang Tong examiner Yang Jie and Yang Boying coughed lightly: "You don't need to pull me when you judge you. The Jingkui articles I published by Yifang are indeed well-prepared, handsome and fresh, and can be called a one-time choice."
He repeated: "The difference between a villain and a gentleman is probably different from what he does. And if I say that a villain is a villain, then what he does is wrong; when a villain is a villain, what he does is even worse. Fake."
After reading this, he looked at the two poetry examiners, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and stood with his hands behind him, and sighed, "The difference between a villain and a gentleman can only be discerned by looking at his actions, what he does or what is wrong. , or false, the better you are at covering up, the more evil you do. Others see him as if he is not doing anything, but he himself thinks he can deceive others because of his self-deception, and what he does is getting worse day by day and cannot be saved. How precise and powerful, reading it is like climbing a mountain in the west, so refreshing!"
Li Dongyang said with a smile: "This paragraph has not yet been started, the last two are compared to writing a villain who is afraid that he will see evil to a gentleman, but I don't know that the gentleman knew his unkind words, and the writing is elegant and mellow, and there are still lingering sounds outside the words. It really is a combination of learning and cultivation. Excellent work. The articles recommended by Bo Ying are really good, so they are not recommended by the room examiner, but they are also at the top of the list."
Xie Qian, the deputy examiner, was in charge of filling out the list. He ordered people to take out the Zhu and Mo volumes of the uncontroversial article in the exchange room. The two examiners read it to each other on the spot. On the stack that was about to be filled in with the Five Classics, he looked at the two co-examiners in the poetry room: "The two co-examiners can't compete, so let the chief examiner, Xi Ya Gong, judge."
The two essays have their own strengths and strengths. The two examiners have to distinguish not only which one is better, but also which one is written by Cui Xie. Li Dongyang should avoid suspicion as a teacher, and cannot list his own students’ essays at the top. Instead, he wanted to suppress him and knock him out of the Five Kui.
Anyway, the township exam does not seem to be able to take the test, and it has to be divided into the top three. As long as the name is marked on the Guibang, even the 135th place is as valuable as the sixth place.
Liang Chu said confidently: "The harmony must be in my hands. I think his breakthrough is different."
He, like Yang Jie, said in a loud voice: "It looks like a villain who is not good, and it's a clever way to hide it." He also commented: "This sentence is remarkable, the original title 'The villain lives alone' The sentence "for badness" is like drawing the eyebrows and eyes, and depicts the appearance of the villain who hides the evil and the good, and uses the word "like" to describe the brushstroke of the original title, isn't it fine?"
A few fellow examiners nodded in agreement and said, "He is someone who can draw, so it is reasonable to say this."
Zhang Pu said: "I have also read Cui Hezhong's papers. He always takes the simple and concise way of answering questions, which is more rational than rhetorical. The meaning of human beings is false. The point is clear, and the following passage is the title of "Husband and villain, whether it is good or not good", to point out the essence of villain's knowledge of good and evil, isn't it also the handwriting of those who are good at finishing the eye?"
Wang Jue, a fellow examiner in the ceremony room, said: "Otherwise, this question is a bit tacky. I have an article in the ceremony room that is so broken, it is only three words different from his broken question, it is 'the villain is hiding his work'. However, the skill of 'covering' the pseudo-substitute of 'meaning' is more refined than his writing."
However, this article does not point out that the villain is not ignorant of good or bad, but just rewrites the original title, which is not as exciting as that one.
Zhang Pu said: "The problem is a little flat, but the subtitle is straight to the point. Brother Liang's subtitle also only wrote that when the villain does not see a gentleman, he indulges his nature to be bad, and when he sees a gentleman, he knows to hide it; why should I point out him first in this article? Do you not know good and evil, but just use this to deceive yourself? From this sentence, the article is very clever."
Liang Chu said vigorously: "No no, look at my article - his sentence started with 'He Ye', isn't it Cui Hezhong's handwriting? This sentence 'It's all good and bad, I've never seen a gentleman. Ear!' What a powerful irony, in line with the style of his answer!"
Zhang Pu immediately objected: "How can we only look at Fafan, the essence of crafting art and literature is in the comparison of even sentences, look at these two comparisons: 'Hu sighing that Yin is evil, the old way of a villain; Yang is a good person, a villain The pervert', how neatly and how joyously it is said!"
The two were fighting over each other, and they had forgotten which one was better or which one was written by Cui Xie. The two of them have their own arguments, the articles are only in the middle, and the comments are new and easy. The six co-examiners watched their disputes with great interest, but they didn't even spend their money. bet.
The two examiners were still standing in the corridor, waiting for the vice president to ask them to read the paper so they could fill in the draft list. Here, the two of them were arguing with the examiner. They yawned and exchanged glances, all complaining that the examiner didn't know. Be considerate.
The examiners are sitting down to enter the paper, but they have to stand until they have completed the draft!
The two principal and deputy examiners also thought that they were arguing in a panic - especially Li Dongyang's face, which was probably written by his students.
He simply took two papers, placed one on each side, and looked at them carefully.
In the back of the volume by Liang Chu, he used blue pen to criticize "to zigzag to the topic, to be profound and to escape"; Zhang Pu's comment "to clear the air, to go alone" is something that he would not use when writing comments for his disciples. Complimentary words.
However, these words are not exaggerated - they are not comparable to "traversing the sky and the earth, turning the sea and turning the river", and he would also write "putting on one grade of clothing and holding nine immortal bones" when he was criticizing people...
Li Dongyang coughed, then threw the two criticisms aside and read the article carefully.
Vice President Xie Qian sat beside him and watched, because he did not read as carefully as he did, he quickly read two articles, and said in deep thought: "One with a strong pen and one with a strong back, both are good articles that can lead to Jingkui. But Which one is actually Harmony? I've seen the article they sent to the Imperial College for preservation, and I remember his writing is more ancient, and it's somewhat different from these two..."
Li Dongyang rubbed the scroll in his right hand, looked at the comments between the blue circles beside the red characters, and said with certainty, "This is it. When he was in the Imperial College, he wrote articles as he wanted, imitating the ancient style, Now I am imitating me, and the writing is so fresh and handsome!"
He picked up the volume of articles and read the volume officer: "This is the eighth place to fill in!"
Each of the eight examiners has the right to recommend one paper. Unless there are Zhu and Mo volumes that do not match in the first eight volumes, the paper recommended by the same examiner is used. If there are any that are rejected or there are problems with the original paper, you will have to take out the prepared paper and fill it in during the same exam. Examiner Li has no regrets, and it is enough to press to the eighth.
He is not only good at writing classics, but also good at strategy and theory, and he is not afraid to present the list to the emperor.
Xie Qian watched with regret that the Zhujuan was taken down, and sighed lightly: "If he hadn't taken the exam, or he hadn't taken the Shuntian Township Exam, he should have been in the top five based on this article."
Although Liang Chuze's article is also pure and elegant, it is not as good as this one, which reveals a heroic spirit from the sentences. The arguments are like arrows in a row.
The eight co-examiners were all staring at which article Cui Xie belonged to, but the chief and deputy examiners didn't say anything. Fortunately, the voice of the paper-reading officer quickly rang out, completely solving their doubts: "Those who deceive themselves deceive a gentleman, a villain. The meaning is false!"
How could this be! Liang Chu said in disbelief, "This opening is mediocre, and it's tactful and tactful. It's not Cui Xie's style of doing questions. How could I read it wrong?"
Zhang Pu smiled humbly: "Brother selected is naturally a true talent, but in terms of portrayal, it is better to be in harmony with this. You can see him three or four compared to writing that a villain will meet a gentleman. Regret his badness, and then correct his badness at the end, 'in the beginning, gradually introduce his goodness, then restore his goodness, and endure his goodness forever'. This kind of painting villain especially tries to cover up his faults when he sees a gentleman, and Isn't the appearance of showing good deeds as meticulous as the beautiful women he painted, like a stranger?"
In terms of eyesight, he is better, and in terms of luck, he is also better. Li Xueshi, a promising and romantic disciple, will have to call him a mentor in the future.
He smiled and nodded to everyone in the same exam, and then said "Congratulations, sir" to Li Dongyang, the examiner. Mr. Li nodded with a smile, celebrated the happy event of the students with him, and instructed the reading officer to take down Liang Chu's article and read it, and leave it to fill in the top five.
The draft list filled out by the inner curtain was judged jointly by the supervisor, the promotion officer and the examiner. The two volumes of red ink were checked and the lost ink volumes were removed or the two volumes were inconsistent, and then the 135th place was officially scheduled. order of children.
Liang Tongkao still felt that he should not have misunderstood, and watched the promotion officer tear off two papers. The result was that the eighth one was indeed Cui Xie, and the third one looked familiar - but it was a prodigy who was selected as a Hanlin scholar in his early years. Ou Zheng.
Although this scholar did not follow him to study, after all, he wrote and read in the Hanlin Academy, and occasionally read his articles. But this scholar was a prodigy when he was admitted to the Han Academy, but this year he is thirty-three, and his writing is naturally mature and mature...
Tsk, I blame him for being a good teacher. He reads too much. If he reads less articles like Zhang Hanzhen, he won't be mistaken!
Liang Bianxiu left the examination room with emotion, changed his clothes and went to eat out the curtain feast - the last meal, don't eat hard, I'm sorry for his hard work these days!
On the 29th of August, the main list was released, and on the second day of the first day of September, this year's list was released outside the walls of Gongyuan, and the candidates who were waiting for the release of the list had turned their heads for a long time. Cui Xie had a teacher in the Gongyuan. Not only did he read the list, but he also had to take care of the teacher through the wall. Naturally, he was more enthusiastic than others. He went out the door after curfew that morning, and flew out of the courtyard on two legs to wait for others. Post the list.
The author has something to say: I changed my grades several times and I am not satisfied with the results, but I am happy for the eighth time, so I just changed it back.
refer to:
The article by Cui Xie is Cai Zhenwu, the second place in the Bingshen year of Daoguang
Liang Chuxuan's article is Chen Zhaoting, the thirty-first year of the Daoguang Bingshen year
The article about Wang Jue lying with a gun is about thirty-three Wei Fengjia
Comments are particularly good, and they must be copied [The talent of leaning on the sky and pulling the earth, the pen of overturning the sea and the river, the thought of peeling bananas and drawing cocoons, the momentum of flying clouds, the rhythm is strict, the law is precise, the rhyme is both handsome and fresh , Jingce is good at flooding the liberal arts, and the three generations of Xunmao Jing became the nine-turn candidate.]