Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The three elements of argumentative essays are just arguments, arguments, and demonstrations. This is how modern essays are written, but they can actually be written like that when you get ancient essays. The theory is not like the art-making essays, which has a fixed structure such as breaking the topic, the topic, the beginning of the lecture, the eight ratio, the big knot, etc., as long as the arrangement is arranged, the argument is sufficiently thorough, and the arguments come out from the historical records of the classics, and do their best No matter where there is no source.

As for the means of argumentation, it is entirely possible to use the techniques summarized in modern arguments.

Cui Xie wrote this way from when he was studying at Mr. Lin's house, from the county test to the township test, and the results were remarkable. No examiner picked him out. Then this method can be used, and it can be used in the hall test.

He simply sorted out his thoughts and drew up an outline, starting from the theory of "the world is not governed by the heart"——

The heart of the king is the foundation of governing the country. And if you clearly stated the importance of the emperor’s heart from the beginning, although it has the benefits of straightforwardness, it also appears blunt and straightforward. It is better to set a target to hit and use other methods of governing the country to give yourself a stepping stone.

The rule of the country is originally based on wise men, administration by people, and governance by politics. If the people and politics used are not enough to sort out the Quartet, then the law should be used to restrain the officials and the people, but how to rely on the king's heart?

Because "the world has no rule outside the heart"!

The heart of the emperor is the root, and the art of ruling the country by the imperial minister is the end. If a courtier can't correct the improprieties in the king's heart, how can he let the king rule the country with the right way?

The so-called wrongness of the king's heart is to guide the king's heart to benevolence and justice. Mencius said: What is different from beasts and humans is Jixi-What is different from beasts and beasts is the heart of benevolence and righteousness. Benevolence and righteousness are talents and human temperament, which is the "righteousness" in people's hearts.

The king has this kind of benevolence and righteousness, his original mind is righteous and firm, and he has no partiality and evil in the rule; otherwise, he is easily tempted by material desires, and even favors the ministers and prefers to reject the virtuous ministers. If so, even if there are good officials, benevolent governance, and good laws, it will be difficult for the country to govern.

Therefore, the most important thing for the ministers to assist the emperor is to "just the emperor's heart".

Once the ruler's heart is converted, benevolence and righteousness live by itself. Benevolence in the heart is amiable, righteousness in the heart is awe-inspiring. To govern the family by benevolence and righteousness is to be close to the people of the nine ethnic groups, to govern the affairs of the country is to have a clean and upright government, and to govern the country to rest. …

This is what Mencius said, "The heart is right and there is nothing wrong"!

Cui Xie wrote his small essay smoothly. After rounding up the topic, he looked at the sky and the sun climbed to the examination booth. At this rate, even after writing the thank you form, it may not be noon.

There is time, and it doesn’t hurt to change.

He combed through the curly noodles several times, and felt that he could quote some classics as arguments. There is no need to deliberately change the previous one, just add some famous sayings by Mencius to the platform: For example, Confucius said "The heart is right and the body is cultivated", Yao Shun said "The human heart is in danger, the Taoist heart is in danger... "Medium", is it right?

The argument has been discussed, and the argument on the issue has also been presented. In addition to quoting classics, there are also layers of comparisons. From the court, the people, the four seas, Kyushu, Liuhe, etc., it echoes the argument that the ruler's heart and the world are upright. Xiuli, there is nothing to change.

He only owes a big knot... He couldn't conceive a subtle ending for a time. He simply echoed the beginning of "The righteous man of the courtiers only ask for all the hearts", and then the importance of "right heart": "The right hearted person" , The first task of the owner, the righteous person, the ability of the adults, and anyone who is aspiring to the country and the world, sincerely cannot save it!"

Finally, add the word "Jin Lun" again, and the argument is really over.

When writing this concluding sentence, I only want him to be concise and clear, echoing the preceding text. After writing it out, he looked at it himself, and felt that this kind of ending was actually quite good, it was almost impossible to change, and there was no such feeling of recognizing the country by oneself after changing to another one.

Those who are aspiring to the country, can't help but think twice!

Cui Xie touched his chest, and felt that he who was able to write this seemed to be a qualified gentleman with the world in mind, with an inexplicable sense of honor.

He read the draft from beginning to end again, while admiring himself, and counting the words clearly, it was 1,200,300 words, which reached the lower limit of the standard for small essays, enough to be transcribed on the paper.

Just one more table, and the second exam is over!

He had no excitement in his heart, so instead of copying the copy, he picked up the thank-you form of "Doctors of the Hereditary Five Classics" and drafted the draft while he was passionate.

There is nothing difficult about the content of the thank-you form, the trouble is the small print, top grid, and spaces. These have to be written and revised on the draft, or copied to the main volume, the top grid has no top grid, and the new line should not be started. This is not a problem of typos in ordinary articles, but to the emperor. Irrespect, you have to discard the papers properly, no matter how well you write anything else, it's useless.

He carefully wrote according to the title: "On a certain day in the twenty-third year of Chenghua, the minister Kong Mou Fumeng..." In this sentence, there are three such and one minister that needs to be written in a double word size, and Write in the center of the grid, and the minister should stick to the vertical line on the right of the grid. It is also impolite to write in the wrong position.

After writing this Mongolian character, it is not possible to directly connect with "Fumeng Shengen", because "Saint" must be written on a new line to show the royal dignity and majesty.

Not only "sage", "emperor" must also be top-ranked, and “kindness” must be top-ranked. "Xiandi", "jun", and "tian" are all top-ranked writing. For example, "Xianshi", "Today", and "Prosperity", "Ming Shi", "Zhaodai", "Conscientious Tianxi", and "Li Zhao Risheng" which praise the emperor, have to mention a case, and this trial will be over if you make a mistake.

Cui Xie considered each word, but it was inevitable that he forgot to break a word and a half word, so he could only use an ink pen to rewrite and rewrite the word. This made the draft piece by piece of ink mark, which formed a sharp contrast with the clean manuscript paper of the previous question. Contrast.

At the time of writing this table, Dr. Kong's family of the Five Classics did not have much time, and the words intended to praise the emperor and the sacred virtue of the emperor were not laborious. Time was spent on line breaks and spaces, and it took more than an hour to write.

I stumbled and wrote to the end of the sentence "I would like to express my gratitude by hearing", almost every word is changed, and every word is changed: "List" and "Thanks" should be written in a blank space, and "Wen" is the top grid , It is written as "presentation", "Xie Yi" and "Wen", the text is staggered, and people who are not used to reading can't connect the sentence.

When copying, he didn't dare to write easily. Instead, he opened the PDF and opened the document in his mind to overlap the manuscript paper under the pen, almost every word, and copied according to the height of the text on the manuscript paper.

From time to time, Cui Xie handed the papers that had been repeatedly checked to the testee, signed and sealed, and brought the test basket to the dragon gate and queued for release.

He is not the first to come out this time, the first group of people who have left the dragon gate has already gone out, and the second group is waiting for the number of people. He actually saw Fei Jieyuan among the people waiting, and hurriedly squeezed up to pat him. Fei Hong was also very pleasantly surprised when he saw him and introduced him to a 30-year-old fellow next to him.

In the examination room, there were surveillance guards around watching and it was not convenient to talk, so they simply nodded and met after they were released.

Fei Hong pulled Cui Xie and introduced: "This is the Cui Hezhong that I told you about. It is the "Imperial Examination Must-Read Notes" printed by him and Mr. Si Ye agreed to print it. Students around Beijing must Thank him!" Pointing to his fellow townsman, he said, "This is my fellow township Cheng Kai Cheng Zhengzhi. Brother Cheng is a very famous talent in Jiangxi. This year he will try, and he is coming to Beijing to fight for the leader!"

Cui Xie arched his hand, said "Brother Cheng", and said with a smile: "Nowadays, the Jiangxi talented scholar who is full of capitals is your Excellency? Although a certain person does not go out often, he heard people say that all talented southerners have come out of Jiangxi this year. I'm afraid it's the world of the two elder brothers on the scientific conference examination field."

The Cheng Juren smiled politely: "I was a little bit self-conscious when I was in my hometown. I saw your young talents, but I didn't dare to say this. At my age, how can I talk to the two young men and the case chief? Fight first?"

The three of them made a few polite words to each other, and the family of Cui Cheng’s family came up to pick up the people. Cui Xie took the thick leather robe, cloak, and thick cotton boots that the family had in his hands, put on the test basket, and gave an order. "It's rare to meet Brother Fei and Brother Cheng. I will talk about the exam questions with them. You take things away for me, tell my grandma, and I will go back after dinner."

Fei Hong said apologetically: "Uncle Jia is still on the court, I have to wait for him outside, I'm afraid I can't accompany you to find a place to talk."

However, Cheng Kai had an appointment with his fellow townsman to drink a essay, and wanted to go back after the exam. It was difficult to leave Cui Xie alone. Cui Xie just wanted to send his family away. Watching him go, he smiled at the two of them: "Brother Fei is waiting for his uncle to return together. It is the business that I can't take you to those idle places. If you have anything to do with Brother Cheng, just do it first. Let's go, Brother Fei and I will go back to the subject."

Today, there are only two essays and four judgments, but there is nothing wrong. He is not trying to match the question, but just delaying the time and waiting for the person to wait for him.

Cheng Kailue stayed for a while, said a few polite words in appreciation of "Imperial Examination Notes," and then turned and left. Fei Hong said privately to Cui Xie after he left: "Brother Zhengzhi admires your set of notes very much. He tried the above questions before the test, and he answered better than me. I will persuade him to answer the questions for you later. "

Cui Xie's eyes lit up: "I can't ask for it. I'm afraid that both of you have been admitted to the Imperial Academy in the future. I don't like this "Imperial Examination Notes". I don't want to do this question, right?"

Fei Jieyuan laughed and said: "The topics are all edited and edited. Even if anyone is fortunate enough to enter the Imperial Academy to study, who would not be willing to do the questions of the seniors? Brother Zheng originally took the imperial examination notes. I bought all the Weimo for the Beijing Fair. I also bought the pencils and whiteboards of the Ju'anzhai. I praised that the study is different from the ordinary study, not only for making money, it is a place of gentleman's style!"

The behind-the-scenes boss Cui Xie was secretive, he still wanted to be humble on the surface, and shook his head and said, "Uncle Cui and the others also watched me studying for scientific research. They know the hard work of the students best, and they are naturally willing to work hard for the students when they do this study."

Fei Hong sighed: "It's a pity that the shopkeeper Cui also printed those comic strips. Everyone said that they were a bit tacky..."

Cough, cough, cough... Cui Xie choked abruptly, coughed a few times, raised his eyes and asked him: "I don’t seem to have heard this for the first time, and comic strips are so bad in critics outside? I think the words and sentences are written. Very subtle, anyway, I won’t be able to write such words for a few years!"

Fei Hong glanced at him, approached slightly, and whispered: "Ashamed to say, I actually borrowed two books...but isn't it more pictures and less characters? It's Jin Yiwei who wrote it again. Uncle Jia and the others have a bit of a look. It doesn't catch the eye..."

Generally speaking, except for people from Beizhili, a place called Jinyiwei Opera, which has been brainwashed for several years, and people from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and others who have seen Tiqi grabbing Liang, Wei's party harassing places, and looting people's wealth, I don't like Jin Yiwei very much. There are also people who simply don't like the format of comic strips. They think it has too many characters and few words, which seems to be shown to ignorant children and ordinary people.

However, color-printed books are rare in the south, and even those multi-color printed books that imitate Ju'anzhai are very rare in the south. Fine products such as Jinyiwei comics are worthy of competition. Those exemplars were talking about the tackiness of comic strips. When they should buy it, they bought "Pipa Ji" from "Three Kingdoms" and "Jin Yiwei" from "Pipa Ji", and even the pirated "Lian Fang Lu" would not be left behind.

Since it is a major customer, please say what you like.

Tsundere of the Ming Dynasty... Cui Xie didn't want to vomit anymore. He raised his hand to say goodbye to Fei Jieyuan, and walked around the city for half a circle until the sky got dark. Going around in a circle, turned back to the inconspicuous snack shop across the street.

He tied the horse outside the door, went into the shop and bought a few boxes of crisps, large chunks of rock candy, tightly wrapped in a robe and cloak, standing on the threshold to watch people. When he saw a man dressed almost like him walking from the street on a chestnut horse, he took a snack, holding a piece of rock candy, and went out in his full robe.

Xie Ying turned over from the horse and walked towards the tavern with the reins, thinking about waiting quietly outside the examination room just like in the previous exam. However, when he walked to the place where he had stayed last time, he found that someone who was also wearing a cloak and a low-pressure hood had already occupied his place.

The man was just outside the shop where he was standing back last time, holding a white horse in his hand and feeding the horse with something. When he saw him coming, he raised his head at him and smiled at him in the twilight of the surrounding yellow lights.

The author has something to say: Zhang Huai, author of the theory, Kong Jigao, author of Xie Biao