Chen Changsheng was slightly taken aback, no matter the reason or reason, it was inappropriate for the two of them to talk at this time, but Gou Hanshi asked casually like this. He has never had any bad feelings towards Gou Hanshi, and the casualness shown by the other party at this time made him feel even more comfortable. After thinking about it, he spoke his answer.
"I also think it should be the idea that Mr. Song mentioned in Lianxi's lecture, but the order I remember is a little different from what you remember."
Gou Hanshi gave his answer.
The two compared each other, and found that just like at the Ivy Banquet, the difference in what they learned was still due to the editing done by the state religion around 1581. The old version was revised, and Gou Hanshi’s is naturally the revised and approved version of the national religion. The one is better in that the original meaning is not lost, and the other is better in that the meaning is clear. It’s really hard to say which one is more accurate.
Even though it is still early spring, the trees on both sides of the Shinto are already shaded, covering the sun, which is very quiet.
Chen Changsheng and Gou Hanshi were walking under the shade of the tree, talking about the previous essay test while walking. The voices were not loud, and there was no heated argument, just a peaceful discussion. It didn't look like the feeling of two strong confrontations in people's imagination, but it didn't Those hypocritical sympathies are just two ordinary seekers of knowledge.
Not far away, Luo Luo's figure appeared in the gazebo by the stream behind the tree in front of him.
Gou Hanshi saluted her.
Luoluo returned the salute, then hugged Chen Changsheng's arm, and asked with concern: "Sir, are you tired?"
She didn't ask Chen Changsheng if he did well in the exam, because it was inconvenient for Gou Hanshi to be by his side, and because she believed that he would pass the exam.
"Not tired."
Chen Changsheng rubbed his wrists and asked, "When did you leave Zhaowen Hall? I haven't seen you all this time."
Luoluo took his hand and said, "I didn't do the problem, I'm drinking tea here."
She didn't need grades, so naturally she wouldn't waste energy on taking some literary exams. She had been waiting in the gazebo outside the hall, waiting for Chen Changsheng to hand in the papers. Chen Changsheng was a little puzzled, and thought to himself, since this is the case, why did he specifically ask His Excellency the Pope to allow you to take part in the imperial examination
Gou Hanshi understood why this was so, he took a look at Luoluo, felt a little moved by Chen Changsheng's good luck, and said goodbye first.
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Walking into Chaoyang Garden, the lawn is vast and the woods are in the distance. There is no shade to block the sun.
Luoluo took out an umbrella out of nowhere and opened it to protect Chen Changsheng from the sun.
Looking at this scene, the candidates standing in front of the holly bushes looked a little unnatural.
Being served by His Highness like this, isn't that young man afraid of losing his life? Many people think so.
Chen Changsheng was used to being served by Luoluo in the Orthodox Academy, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He didn't wake up until he saw the eyes of those candidates, took the umbrella handle from Luoluo's hand, and led her there. In front of a piece of holly bushes, he began to listen to the instructions of the Zongsi Institute to explain the rules of the martial arts test.
Many of the candidates who handed in the papers in advance for the essay test had already entered the sea-like holly shrub forest, and there were only about twenty candidates who remained outside, except for Chen Changsheng, Luoluo, Gou Hanshi, Huai Huai, etc. The four young scholars in the courtyard, Tianhai Shengxue, and others.
After listening to the teaching instruction, Chen Changsheng realized that this holly forest turned out to be a labyrinth. The extremely neatly pruned green forest was like countless barriers, separating countless roads. The content is to see who can pass through this green forest. If they cannot pass within an hour, they will be eliminated.
Looking at the dignified and even fearful expressions on the faces of those examinees, Chen Changsheng was a little puzzled, thinking that there are similar mazes in many gardens in Kyoto, and children can walk out, even if the green forest in Chaoyang Garden is vast , the road inside is more complicated, can it be more difficult than the essay test questions
"This green forest is called Moshi Forest."
Luoluo knew that although he had read Daozang thoroughly, he didn't know much about the common sense that many ordinary people know, so she explained in a low voice: "It is said that at the beginning, it was Wang Zhice's game to relax his mind after studying in Kyoto. What he used was pen and paper. Later, the patterns he made became more and more complicated, and it became more and more difficult to pass the level. Many years later, the Pope at that time felt that this game could sharpen the young people's minds and test them. Therefore, in the Chaoyang Garden, a large holly shrub was planted according to that pattern."
"Difficult?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"Wang Zhice called this game Time Grinding back then, because it was difficult and it could polish all the time." Luoluo said.
It is really difficult to make a legend like Wang Zhice find it difficult.
Chen Changsheng thought for a while and asked, "Wang Zhice's solution should have been handed down a lot, why haven't I seen it in the book?"
Luo Luo said: "Wang Zhice used pen and paper, and relied on his calculation ability. He thought it was a game trail, not worth recording in his notes, so now no one knows his solution."
Chen Changsheng looked at the endless forest, and said: "Using a pen to draw a picture on paper can draw countless times in a short period of time. Now that the picture has become so big, no matter how fast a person walks, it is not as fast as the pen on paper. Speed, it is really difficult to find a way to pass within an hour."
"So the strength of spiritual consciousness must be sufficient."
Luoluo looked at him and said carefully: "Treat the divine sense as a pen, the stronger you are, the farther you will be able to perceive, which means that the farther you can draw with the pen, the faster you can calculate."
"It turns out that the test is about the strength of spiritual consciousness and perception ability. I think... there is no problem."
Chen Changsheng was very confident when he thought about his distant star. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "There is only one correct solution?"
If there is only one correct path, then even if the examinee cannot use his spiritual sense to calculate it, wouldn't he be able to follow others
"According to the statistics and calculations made by the Pope when he was young, there are more than 4,000 entrances and more than 700 exits in this holly shrub forest. There are at least 3,927,400 solutions or ways to go If there is a candidate who successfully passed Naihetian according to a certain route, and you are unfortunate or shameless to take the same route, then I am sorry, and you have to go all over again."
The teaching instruction of the Zongsi Office looked at the candidates and said, "Now, each chooses the entrance."
At this time, a young scholar in Huaiyuan asked: "As long as the routes are different, can we enter from the same entrance and then separate in the middle?"
The Zongsi's instruction slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "No."
According to the regulations of this year's martial arts test, only candidates who pass the holly forest in Chaoyang Garden are eligible to participate in the final battle. In the battle, there are great benefits, and there is a particularly important rule that the martial arts test must be an individual battle—the Great Court Test is meant to break down the boundaries between the academy and the sect, and accept outstanding young practitioners as the court. To use it with the state religion, of course students from various colleges and sects will not be allowed to participate together. This is in sharp contrast to the Stone Boiling Conference.
As a famous college in the south, Huaiyuan often participates in the imperial examination and stone cooking conference, how could it not know these rules.
The sentence that the young scholar asked was obviously aimed at certain people.
When he spoke, he kept looking at Chen Changsheng and Luoluo, and his meaning was very clear.
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