Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Chapter 28

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There were only fifteen students in the school, and most of them came to this street to experience the culture when they came to the county. Mr. Lin accepted the homework absentmindedly again, commented on a few words at will, and called for endorsements in turn when everyone arrived.

Cui Xie started reading "Poems" when he entered the school. He is considered to be half of Mr. Lin's direct disciple, and he is also a rich man. Mr. Lin treats him more kindly than those students. The only three primary school students have memorized the "Three Character Classic". He called him forward to endorse.

I don't know why, every time he got up to endorse and lecture, several students quietly looked up at him, and some people shook their heads below, imitating him to do mouth-shape endorsements. If it weren't for these people being honest after class, except that they sometimes like to show off their poetry in front of him, they wouldn't dare to talk too much, he would almost think they were trying to bully the school.

But then again, is it cold and violent to show off your poetry and prose in front of the scumbags every day

Mr. Lin clicked on "Nanyou Jiayu" that he talked about yesterday, Cui Xie subconsciously turned his head and glanced at those people before he endorsed it. Looking at each other, the teenage scholar turned his head away in a panic, as if he was caught cheating, and his face and neck were all red.

Tsk tsk, the combat effectiveness of these scholars is too weak, Kong has the heart of campus bullying, and has no courage.

He shook his head inwardly, and seriously memorized the book: "In the south, there are fine fish, and there is a cover. The gentleman has wine..." When he endorsed the book, he was accustomed to mixing the original text with the translation, and the translation in the Biography of the Book of Songs was the same as the four books. Compared to the very short one, it feels like a waterfall rushing down on the back.

Mr. Lin also appreciated this memorization method. He closed his eyes and listened to him recite from "Nanyou Jiayu" to "Tong Gong", nodded and smiled with satisfaction: "You can endure the time for memorization, I don't need to urge me any more. . Later, you will review what I said before, and I won't talk about a new chapter today."

He had no choice but to retreat. He went back to his seat and listened to Mr. Lin telling those who had learned more than him to go up. He still randomly checked and recited, and assigned new topics for them to write poems and articles on their own. Those young students were only one step away from being talented, and they didn't need to be taught by their husband. Mr. Lin quickly dismissed them and asked Cui Xie to teach alone.

Out of modern people's reverence for Baguwen, a style that dominated the Ming and Qing dynasties, Cui Xie was more serious than usual in his lectures.

Mr. Lin also sat upright and said to him: "The imperial court opened the door to enlisting scholars, and the judgment, edict, edict, table, and current affairs policy theory are only the last branches, and the only criterion is the Five Classics and Four Books. False words of meaning and purpose - we scholars make art and literature for the sake of the mid-term test!

"Pi is like last year's Xin Chou Division Exam, and 4,000 talented people from all over the world gathered in the capital. There will be an exam on the ninth day of February and the Palace Exam on March 15th. During this period, more than a dozen examiners in five rooms will judge three exam papers for 4,000 people. How many papers does an examiner read in a day? How many papers can he read carefully? It's just a hurried passage, only the first chapter of the first chapter! The first chapter of the scriptures is not well written, but no matter how well written the later chapters are, the examiner will have no time to detail. watch."

He spoke with great devotion, as if he was about to stand on a chair, as if he was talking about storytelling in such high and low levels, and his voice was so exciting.

Of course, he didn't actually stand up in the end. Not only did people not go up, but even his voice lowered, staring at the disciple and said solemnly: "Today I'll give you a break-through. Although break-through is just to explain the meaning of the question in three or four sentences, it looks easy, but it's really difficult to do. The most difficult. The so-called 'before breaking the question, the article is mine; after breaking the question, I am the article', you can see the depth of your idea, how much you have learned in your belly, and how good your writing skills are."

Cui Xie nodded again and again, his eyes opened wider than usual, showing a pair of deep and long double eyelids, as if drawn above them.

Mr. Lin was very satisfied with his attitude. He took a copy of Cheng's essays from the table, turned a few pages, and pointed at "Zhou Gongsi and the Three Kings to Do Four Things" on it and glanced at him: "This is Yi Wei Ke Jie Yuan. Wang Hanlin Jizhigong (Wang Wei)'s essay on the pilot test, look at this essay, this is the paradigm of essays in the world! I will use this essay as an example to analyze the method for solving the problem."

Cui Xie stood at the table and looked down at the article, only to see the first two lines of the article, "The great sages talk about the former sages who gathered their old clothes and saved their old clothes, and they have a diligent heart."

He said very consciously: "This title comes from "Mencius: Li Lou Xia". It means that Zhou Gong wanted to imitate Xia Yu, Shang Tang, Zhou Wen Wang and Wu Wang, the three generations of sage kings: like Xia Yu, he hated things that would make people addicted to enjoyment. Love the advice of others with fine wine; like Shang Tang, stick to the middle way, take only the meritocracy; like King Wen, take care of the people, and be thirsty for the way; like King Wu, don’t slack off close to ministers, and don’t alienate foreign ministers The word 'worry, diligence and vigilance' in the broken title is from Zhu Zi's commentary, to praise Zhou Gong for his diligence in government affairs, and to cite the virtue of the good deeds of the previous kings."

Mr. Lin nodded: "The four books are well memorized. Do you know why the Duke of Zhou and the Three Kings written in the original title are referred to as Daxian and former sages when breaking the title?"

That's... Because the words you use when you write the broken question can't be repeated with the question stem

He was a little unsure and dared not say. But Mr. Lin didn't need him to answer, and he twirled his thin beard and said: "You can't bring people's names out of the question. For example, the three generations of sage kings, King Wen, Duke of Zhou, and Confucius must all be called 'sages', while the masters are called 'sages'. ', only Mencius can be called 'Saint' or 'Xian'. Other plants, flowers, birds and utensils can be called 'object' instead. In short, when breaking the question, neither the person nor the thing in the title can write the original name. Substitute the original nickname in the scriptures."

Hmm... Is breaking the question like the meaning of the question in modern writing? Cui Xie couldn't help but ask, "Does breaking the question mean that after you understand the meaning of the question, explain it in your own words?"

Mr. Lin nodded slightly, and said with an "en": "In short, this is the case. If you break it word by word from front to back, it's called Shun Po, and if you break it first, then the text, and then break the previous text, it's called Ni Po. .But it doesn't make sense. It is necessary to grasp the theme of the title and focus on a 'broken' word. If the words on the title are broken word by word, it is called Ming Po. If the words on the title are not exposed, another way of saying it The meaning of the reference is called An Po. Wang Hanlin's article is a literal interpretation of Zhou Gong's imitation of the previous king's act of benevolent governance, which is regarded as Ming Po."

"When there is another problem, a big taboo is that you can't break the sentence that is not in the title. Look at this sentence 'The Duke of Zhou thought about the three kings to do four things': when you read the title, you must first remember that the title is in the "Mencius" It is located in which article and sentence, and then connects the context and understands its meaning in the text, but when breaking the topic, it should not be involved in the context of the text.

"Piru, if you point out who the three kings are and what the four actions are when you break the question, this is considered a violation of the first sentence of the title, and it is called "Lian Shang;" In order to commit it. You think that during the imperial examination, the examiners and fellow examiners were dazzled by the judgment papers, and they had no time to look at the good ones. When they saw the papers, they first picked faults, and when they saw you broke the question, they violated the context, right? Quickly dismiss you, so that you can read less?"

Yes, primary school students can’t get high marks even if their essay review questions are wrong. The admission rate is less than 10%. If they answer wrong questions, they won’t be dismissed. Woolen cloth.

Seeing that he still had a lot to talk about, Cui Xie simply pleaded guilty. He went back to his seat and took a self-made notebook, dipped in the ink in Mr.'s inkstone and began to record.

Mr. Lin quite applauded his attitude, and he brought the collection of essays in front of him, pointing to the broken questions and continued: "There are two major taboos, that is, when you break the question, you can't break the meaning of the whole question, which is called missing questions; or Although the meaning of the whole inscription is broken, the content of the broken question is cobbled together. But when it comes to the exam room, it’s the same end of being dismissed without even looking at it.”

Cui Xie wrote it down in the small notebook. When he was writing, he didn't dare to look at the paper. He stared at the teacher, as if he could hear more clearly.

Mr. Lin shook his head again and chanted Wang He's broken question again, and said intoxicatedly: "There are three ways to break the question: broken words, broken sentences, and broken meanings, with broken words as the bottom, broken sentences as the middle, and the hidden saint in the broken question. True meaning is the top grade. As a primary school student, you can’t compare to a master of essays like Wang Hanlin, but when breaking a question, you must also pay attention to the conciseness of the words, the grandeur, and the ability to break through the problem in one breath. , it fell off."

He shook his head and finished speaking impassively, and suddenly lowered his head and asked Cui Xie: "I said this in a general way, you are still inexperienced, you may not understand it, I will first tell you a few ways to break the problem, you can go back to practice, You can only experience what you have done.”

Cui Xie felt the huge homework beckoning to him, sighed slightly in his heart, and lowered his head to answer: "Yes."

Mr. Lin looked at him and said, "I'll talk about the big topic first, and write it down—you can make two or three or four sentences to break the topic, but if you want to be concise, it's best to make two sentences. If the meaning of the question, the next sentence breaks the title, or the previous sentence breaks the title, the next sentence breaks the meaning, and if it is already over, it is best to leave it in the next sentence, and the previous sentence does not need a function word, so that it is concise and neat.

"For example, in this Tanhua essay, the first sentence breaks the topic, and the second sentence breaks the meaning of the title. The first sentence is closely related to this topic and is solved word by word, and the next sentence is distributed from this topic to the whole chapter, with the heart of 'one worry, diligence and diligence'. The sentence carries the purpose of the whole chapter without touching off-topic words, which is very clear and concise. Of course, when you break the question, you can also take the meaning of the whole chapter in the previous sentence, and deduct the question in the next sentence. Just be careful, you can borrow it when you break the question. The meaning of the sentence above and below the title, don't break the word, it will be a taboo to even invade the next."

Cui Xie nodded and memorized, and the PDF in his mind kept getting longer and longer. He made up his mind to pull out these taboos before doing homework and exams, so as not to make mistakes.

Mr. Lin felt that this was almost the case, and when he saw that he had stopped writing, he asked him to take notes, and seeing where there were omissions in what he said, he said, "Although Tong Sheng's exams are all small questions. , but those questions are made up of the words of the saints. If you are a beginner, you can do those, which will easily constrain your thinking. If you want to do it, you should start with the big questions first, so that you can have a broad mind and develop the spirit of the article. I will start from this article. I picked a few big questions from the collection of essays and left them as homework for you, and you can break three or five questions on one topic..."

His words suddenly stopped, the corners of his eyes twitched, he put down Cui Xie's notebook, and changed the subject naturally: "I'll tell you another method of breaking the positive and breaking the negative, you go back and test Cheng Wen's top three in this book. The title of the article and the broken question are copied and played well, and I will correct it once, reverse it again, correct it once, and reverse it again, and give it to me tomorrow morning."

Cui Xie was stunned by the twelve problems, and he didn't notice that he had missed the two methods before, and he just listened to the lecture with his breath and concentration.

Mr. Lin has retained the dignity of the teacher, and he speaks happily. He likes him even more as a student who respects the teacher and the Tao. After he finished speaking, he was still a little unfinished, and felt that he should set up a few more questions. But he had already said that only three chapters were broken, and that it would not be appropriate to add more, so he went to his study to get a copybook with Shen Du characters and gave it to Cui Xie, asking him to take it home and hand in twenty pages every day. come up.

The author has something to say:

Fixing a bug, it's not that you can't have duplicate words with the original question when you break the question, it's just that the names of people and things should be called instead. I wrote it wrong, you don't see it, okay