Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The number of candidates for the five classics varies. The text of the two classics of "Rite" and "Chunqiu" can be longer than the original texts of the two classics of "Shi" and "Shu", so there are naturally fewer candidates. The "Book of Songs" has the three advantages of "fewer characters", "simple" and "only one copy of notes". The number of people who study the Five Classics is the most, and the candidates with one room alone account for a quarter of all candidates. Strong, the pressure of judging papers is also the biggest among the five rooms.

On September 11th, all the seven essays were transcripted, and on the twelfth, the second essay was tested. On the 15th, the second essay was transcripted, and the third strategy theory came. The draft list will be set on the 25th, and the list will be officially published on the 29th. On average, the two examiners will have to judge more than 500 papers within 15 days, three or four thousand art pieces, and the number of words for each article. No less than two crosses...

The judged papers must be rushed to be reviewed with the chief and deputy examiners, and then ranked with the supervisor and the promotion officer, and the papers are disassembled and filled out... How much time is left for them to see the papers!

Although at the first level of the transcript, the outer curtain officials first eliminated the papers that were disqualified, improperly avoided, overscribing, and not making drafts. The number of papers sent in has been much less, Liang and Zhang. I still didn't dare to waste time and watched the middle of the night like the students.

These three games are simply not examinees, but test scoring officers. They were dizzy and chest tight, and they couldn't see whether they were good or bad after seeing them. Therefore, in the texts of the three test sessions, the first test that the examiners can take seriously is the first test. In the first test, the most serious review is the first article, "It's bad for a villain to live idle."

The two examiners were having fun, looking at the papers and saying to each other: "Cui Hezhong has fallen into my hands!" The other examiner picked up the good paper he had picked and said, "Otherwise, I am here. The papers are clear and simple, and peace is in my hands."

Compared to September 25th, the best papers and preparations of the three games were finally judged. The two and the same examiner in the Shijing Room each pushed a best paper for the selection of the Jingkui. Both received Li Dongyang and Xie Move forward.

One of Liang Chuxuan's criticisms was "Qiqing, the pen is healthy, and the mind is perfect", and Zhang Pu's selection is "Qing thinking and waning the moon, and the pen is lingyun", and he has to be overwhelmed by his comments.

Liang Chu, as a Chuan, is he still poor at complimenting people? Listening to Zhang Pu’s evaluation, he said to the two examiners: “Where can anyone push people according to the comments? I can still comment on him as a “strength pen Lingyun alone is so heroic”! Boying brother’s exchange of houses was approved.” The talent of the heaven and the earth, the pen of the sea and the river', is it that my article is not as good as that? It's just that the ink is different in the review."

Yifang and the examiner Yang Jie and Yang Boying coughed lightly: "You don't need to pull me when you judge yours. The Jingkui articles that I published by Yifang are indeed thorough and detailed, handsome and fresh, and can be called a short-term choice."

He repeats: "The villain is different from the gentleman, and it is quite different from what he does. When I say that a villain is a villain, what he does is nothing; a villain who hides himself as a villain will do even more. false."

When he read this, he looked at the two poetry examiners, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and stood with his hands, and sighed: "The difference between a villain and a gentleman can only be distinguished by observing his actions. , Or false, the better the cover up, the more evil deeds. Others see him as if he is not doing what he is doing, but he himself thinks that he can deceive others because of self-deception, and what he has done is getting worse and irretrievable. How powerful it is to read it like a mountain, and it is refreshing!"

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "This paragraph has not yet started, and the last two compares that the villain is afraid to see evil to the gentleman, but I don't know that the gentleman has known his unkind words. The writing is elegant and well-rounded. Excellent work. The articles recommended by Boying are really good, so they can be ranked high without being recommended by the examiner."

Xie Qian, the deputy chief examiner, was responsible for filling out the list. He ordered someone to take the Zhu and Mo scrolls of the uncontroversial article called Yifang, and the two readers read each other on the spot. They heard the words well, and put his papers. On the pile to be filled with the Five Classics, I looked at the two same examiners in the poetry room: "If the two examiners can't compete with each other, let's call the examiner Xi Yagong to judge."

The two texts have their own advantages and strengths. The two examiners have to distinguish not only which one is better, but also to guess which one is written by Cui Xie-Li Dongyang should avoid suspicion as the teacher, and should not list his student's article to the top , On the contrary, he wanted to suppress him and knock him out of the Wukui.

Anyway, the provincial examination is not like a general examination, and it must be divided into three tops. As long as the name is on the laurel list, even if it is the 135th, it is as valuable as the sixth.

Liang Chu said confidently: "The peace must be in my hands, and I see that his problem solving is unique."

Like Yang Jie, he chanted in a manly voice: "As a villain who is unwholesome, it is clever to cover up." Then he commented: "This sentence is remarkable. The phrase'being unkind' is like drawing eyebrows and eyebrows, subdividedly depicting the villain's concealment of goodness, and using this'like' character as a metaphor for the stroke of the original title, isn't it perfect?"

Several fellow examiners on the side nodded in agreement: "He is a painter, so it is reasonable to say that."

Zhang Pu said: "I have also read Cui Hezhong's papers. He has always taken the simple and concise way of making the questions, and he does not necessarily have to break the questions. I read this article. The meaning of human beings is clear, and the following quoted the question, "A husband and a villain are not good or not good." Isn't it also the handwriting of those who are good at eye-catching?"

Wang Jun, a co-examiner in the concierge room, said: "Otherwise, this broken question is a bit tacky. There is an article in my concierge room that is so broken. It is only three words different from his broken question. It is'the villain's concealing the skill'. But the ingenuity of'covering' with the pseudo-generation of'meaning' is more refined than his words."

However, this article does not point out that the villain is not knowing what is good or not, but just rewriting the original question mediocrely, not as good as that one.

Zhang Pu said, "It is a little flat to break the question, but it hits the nail on the head. The question in Brother Liang's volume only says that when the villain does not see the gentleman, he indulges his nature as bad, and only when he sees the gentleman can he hide it; why should I point out him first Do you not know good and evil, but just use this to deceive yourself? From this sentence, the article will be wise."

Liang Chu tried his best to say: "No, no, look at my article-his sentence starts with "He Ye". Isn't it exactly the handwriting of Cui Hezhong? This sentence, "It's not bad, it's never seen." Gentleman's ears!'It's really ironic, consistent with his answering style!"

Zhang Pu immediately objected: "How can we just look at Fafan, the essence of art and literature is in the comparison. Look at the two comparisons:'The husband sighs that Yin is evil, the old manner of the villain; the yang is more good, the villain "The pervert", how neatly right, and how happy it is!"

The two argued over, having forgotten which one was better or which one was written by Cui Xie. The two argued that they have their own truths, and the article is only between the peers, and the comments are even more new. The six examiners were quite interested in their disputes, but they didn’t have any money. Bet.

The two readers were still standing on the corridor, waiting for the vice president to ask them to read the papers to fill out the list. Here, the two were arguing with the examiner. They heard that they yawned and exchanged glances, complaining that the examiner didn’t know. Considerate.

The examiners sit and enter the papers, but they have to stand until they complete the draft!

The two chief and deputy examiners also thought that they were arguing - especially for Master Li. It is very likely that one of the papers they disputed was written by his students. When they told them to boast so desperately, Li Dongyang's face was a little feverish.

He simply took two papers, placed one on each side, and looked at them carefully.

After Liang Chu’s volume, he used a blue pen to criticize "Twistedly to the subject, profound escape"; Zhang Pu's commentary, "Empty and go alone," he would not use when writing comments to his disciples. Beautiful words.

However, these comments are not exaggerated-they are not comparable to "Jingtianweidi, overturning the sea and overturning the river." When he himself commented on others, he would also write "putting on the first-grade clothes and holding the bones of nine immortals"...

With a clear cough, Li Dongyang threw the two criticisms aside and read the article carefully.

Vice President Xie Qian sat next to him and looked at him. Because of his reading less carefully, he quickly finished two articles, and said in deep thought, "One pen is firm and the other is strong on the back of the paper. They are all good articles for Jingkui. However. Which one is actually in harmony? I have read the articles sent by the Imperial College for storage, and I remember that his writing is more ancient and shabby, and there are some differences from these two articles..."

Li Dongyang rubbed the scroll with his right hand, looked at the comment between the blue circles next to the Chinese character, and said affirmatively: "This is this. When he was in the Imperial College, he wrote articles as he pleased, imitating the style of ancient Chinese. Now I am imitating me, and the writing is refreshing and handsome!"

He picked up the volume of essays and called the reading officer: "This one will fill in the eighth place!"

Each of the eight same examiners has the right to recommend one volume. The first eight volumes will use the same papers recommended by the same examiner unless the Zhu and Ink volumes do not match. If there are any rejected or problematic original papers, you will have to take out the preparation papers and fill them in during the same test. Cui Xie’s paper is recommended by the Fang examiner. Although he has to be pressured, since it was pushed by the Fang examiner, Master Li pitched again and was worthy, and it was enough to reach eighth.

He is not only good at philosophical articles, but he also knows all his strategies and theories, and he is not afraid to present the paper to the emperor.

Xie Qian watched with regret as the scroll was taken down, and sighed slightly: "If he is not for this scientific examination, or for the Shuntian Township Examination, this article should be among the five."

Although Liang Chuze's article is also halal and upright, it is not as good as this article that reveals a breath of heroism between the sentences. The argument is like a arrow in the arrow, and it is interlocking.

Eight of the same examiners were all staring at which article was Cui Xie, but the chief and deputy examiners did not say. Fortunately, the voice of the examiner quickly sounded, completely clearing their doubts: "Deceive the gentleman with self-deception, villain The meaning is false!"

How could it be this! Liang Chu said in disbelief: "The opening of this article is unremarkable, but it is also tactful. It is not Cui Xie's style of making the questions. Why would I read it wrong?"

Zhang Pu smiled humbly: "The brother selected is naturally a true talent, but the portrayal is still not as good as this article-you see when he compares three or four when he writes that the villain will meet the gentleman,'Hajime is ashamed of his badness, both Then repent of his badness, and finally change his badness','At the beginning, the good will be gradually introduced, and then the good will be restored, and the good will be maintained at the end.' This villain in this painting will especially cover up his fault when he sees a gentleman. And the feeling of showing good deeds to the outside is not as subtle and subtle as the beauties he painted, like a stranger?"

He is better in terms of eyesight, and he is also better in terms of luck. Li Xueshi, a talented disciple, will have to call him a teacher in the future.

He smiled and nodded to everyone in the test, and then said "Congratulations, sir" to the examiner Li Dongyang. Master Li nodded with a smile, and celebrated with him the happy event of the students, and instructed the reader to take down Liang Chu's essay and read it to the top five.

The draft list filled out by the inner curtain was judged by the supervisor, the promotion officer, and the examiner. The second scroll of the school was checked, and the missing scroll or the two scrolls were inconsistent. Only when the two scrolls were inconsistent, 135 was officially scheduled. The order of the children.

Liang Tongkao still felt that he shouldn’t have read it wrong, and he watched the commissioner tear down two papers. As a result, the eighth one was indeed Cui Xie, and the third one looked familiar--but he was the one who was a scholar of Hanlin in his early years. Prodigy Ou Zheng.

Although this talent did not study with him, after all, he wrote and read in the Imperial Academy, and occasionally read his articles. By the way, this talented talent was a child prodigy when he was admitted to the imperial court, but this year he is thirty-three, and the text is naturally mature and mature...

Hey, I blame him for being a teacher and reading too many articles. If you read less articles like Zhang Hanzhen, you won't read it wrong!

Liang Bianxiu left the scoring room with emotion, changed his clothes and went to have a curtain banquet-the last meal, can not eat hard, sorry for his hard work these days!

On August 29th, the list was released. On the second day of the second day of September, this year's laurel list was released outside the walls of the Gongyuan. The candidates waiting for the list to be released have been obsessed with the list. Cui Xie has a teacher in the Gongyuan, not only to watch the rankings, but also to care about the teacher across the wall. Naturally, he is more enthusiastic than others. As soon as the curfew was over that morning, he went out and rushed to the courtyard on two legs to wait for others. Post the list.

The author has something to say: I am not satisfied with the results after changing it several times.

reference:

Cui Xie’s article is Cai Zhenwu, the second place in the year of Daoguang Bingshen

Liang Chuxuan’s article is Chen Zhaoting, the 31st year of Daoguang Bingshen

Wang Jue with a spear is 33 Wei Fengjia

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