While Jiang Shuiyuan insisted on studying and exercising, the work of grading the high school entrance examination papers was also in full swing.

In accordance with the past practice, this year, the Huai'an Provincial Examination Institute will still dispatch teachers from various subjects to correct the papers throughout the province, and at the same time, the teachers of various subjects in Huai'an Prefecture will be seconded to serve as the head of the marking team. Each candidate's test paper must be reviewed "back-to-back" by two marking teachers before the score can be determined, and if the score given by the two teachers exceeds the specified error value, the test paper will be handed over to the marking team leader for arbitration, so as to ensure fairness and justice.

It is not only necessary to change the high school examination papers of nearly 100,000 people in the whole province in just four or five days, but also that each examination paper may change the future and destiny of a candidate, and the workload and work pressure can be imagined! At the same time, the weather is hot, and it is inevitable that the face of the same test papers will feel boring and boring, and in addition, some students will not know what to do with their handwriting, which is also a huge test for the physical and psychological tests of the marking teachers.

Of course, the most tiring and entertaining of them is the Chinese grading teacher, because the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, especially in the face of junior high school students in the later stage of the "second middle school disease", in the process of revising the papers, you can often see some test papers that make people vomit blood half a bowl or laugh three times. For example, this year's essay is on the topic of "water", and more than one student sees the word "wood", and then writes in a close-up or a special book, and the result is naturally only a thousand words off topic to get zero points.

After all, the strange is a minority, and most of the remaining are homogeneous and strict, which is also most obvious in the composition. Originally, there were a lot of things that could be written on the topic of "water", and the articles written should be very different, but among the nearly 100,000 examination papers, almost half of them discussed "cherishing water" and eulogizing "water is the source of life". If students can describe the wells, rivers, and lakes around them, they will be considered unique, and they will be able to score at least 38 points.

"Huh!" In the slightly dull Chinese marking scene, a marking teacher couldn't help but be surprised.

"Teacher Cao, what kind of magical candidates have you encountered?" The other marking teachers took the opportunity to twist their necks, stretch their waists, and stretch their somewhat stiff limbs.

Ordinary students are too lazy to bother to just name it "Water", which is not against the requirements anyway, and there are also "The Source of Life" and "Cherish Water", which we are all used to. This candidate is strange, and he has come up with a name called "Shui Zai Shui Zai"!" Teacher Cao pointed and pointed.

"What do you mean?" was the first reaction of many teachers.

"Yes, it seems to be unfathomable, but when you think about it, you don't know what to do. Teacher Cao nodded approvingly, "Nowadays, many children are not not smart enough, but they are too smart, and they have learned to speak on behalf of the sages early, and they can even fabricate a certain celebrity to speak for themselves." For example, last year, when I was the head teacher of the graduating class, I caught a boy who was in love and asked him to review it in class. In his review, he quoted the famous Russian philosopher Makovsky, saying that "the most precious thing in the history of mankind for thousands of years is not the dazzling science and technology, not the classic works of the vast masters, not the fanciful speeches of politicians, but the realization of the taming and control of oneself, and the realization of the dream of putting them in the cage of ethics, morality and social system." At the time, I thought it was quite reasonable, but when I went back to the Internet to check, I found that there is no such person in the world!"

The teachers immediately laughed.

At this time, Zhu Qingjia, who was the leader of the marking team, suddenly said carefully: "If I remember correctly, this sentence should be from "Mencius", a sentence of Confucius praising water, right?"

"Huh?" everyone didn't expect this inexplicable sentence to really come out. The key lies in the fact that so many teachers have never heard of this sentence, and this candidate actually used it as an essay topic for the high school entrance examination in a grand manner, what does this mean? Does it mean that all of you here are famous for their faintness? Or do the disciples have to be inferior to the teacher, and the teacher does not have to be better than the disciples?

The teacher Cao couldn't help but say: "It is estimated that this candidate listened to it somewhere, and let him run into a dead mouse during the exam, and he must only know one and not the other! Look at what he writes next: More than 2,000 years ago, Xu Pi, a disciple of Mencius, respectfully asked his teacher why Confucius praised water so much, and sighed again and again, 'Shuizai! 'What is there about water that is worth learning from?' Teacher Zhu, is there such a person as Xu Pi in history? Is it a disciple of Mencius?

All the teachers present heard of such a figure in history for the first time, and they couldn't help but look at Zhu Qingjia at this time.

Zhu Qingjia also muttered a little: "I have only roughly flipped through "Mencius" two or three times, and I am not familiar with the content of it, even the sentence 'water and water' just now has been thinking for a long time before I remember, and if I want to say a specific name in it, my head is even more mush." Why don't you change the other test papers first, and I'll go find a copy of the "Annotations on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" or the "Mencius Annotations" to check and see if this candidate is well-founded or untrue?"

There is no doubt that Jiang Shuiyuan's repeated provocations on the test papers aroused Zhu Qingjia's strong fighting spirit: Could it be that the cultivation of Chinese studies by junior high school students is so profound that they can easily learn Mencius? Could it be that they are high-achieving students of the Chinese Department of Jinling University, who are well-versed in Chinese and foreign studies, well-read in a wide range of books, and whose cultivation in Chinese studies is actually inferior to that of a junior high school student?

Zhu Qingjia went out to look for books, and the other marking teachers continued to correct the test papers in the house, but they were somewhat absent-minded, secretly looking forward to the follow-up development of things. In fact, most Chinese people are still happy to hear the story of the prodigy, especially as a witness to witness the birth of the prodigy, it is even more honorable. This experience can be used as a conversation point for educating children and students even if they return to their respective schools in the future.

Since the founding of the modern discipline system by Sun Yuanqi, the father of the People's Republic of China, Sinology has always been an important part of it, and the Institute of Sinology of Jingshi University and the National Academy of Culture and History are also known as the two important centers of Sinology research. Although under the invasion of many factors such as employment pressure, development prospects, and salary benefits, Chinese culture is no longer as prosperous as it was in the early years of the Republic of China, it still has a lot of influence and a large number of supporters among the people. Basic books of Chinese culture such as "Annotations on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" and "Annotations on the Thirteen Classics" are basically a set for everyone who has a little bit of a book collection, and it is not necessary to bother to find them.

Zhu Qingjia quickly found a copy of "Notes on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences in Four Books", hurriedly ran back, and asked when he entered the door: "Where is that candidate's test paper?"

The teacher Cao hurriedly found out the test paper of Jiang Shuiyuan, and the other teachers who marked the papers also put down their work and came around to witness the moment when the truth was revealed.

"Mencius" seven chapters and fourteen volumes of more than 35,000 words, coupled with Zhu Xi's collection of notes, say not big, not small, ordinary people want to find "water and water" from it is really not easy. Fortunately, Zhu Qingjia had read this book before, and he was somewhat impressed, and it was much easier to check it. Soon he found the text quoted by Jiang Shuiyuan in the "Lilou Chapter and Sentences": "Found it! The original text of Mencius is Xu Zi said: Zhong Ni is called in water, and he said, 'Shui, water?......!'

"What's the name of this Xu Tzu, is he an apprentice of Mencius?" the other teacher asked eagerly.

Zhu Qingjia scratched his head: "There is no mention of who Xu Zi is in the commentary, but when I was flipping through the book just now, I found that Xu Pi was mentioned in several places, and this person was indeed a disciple of Mencius." ”

"Look down and see how much this student can remember!" someone urged.

Jiang Shuiyuan's newly acquired skills are unforgettable, "Notes on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" is just a small test, and the quoted text is naturally not bad, the only thing worth criticizing is that his ancient literary skills are very average, and the understanding of this text is purely based on his own comprehension, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. But even so, it was enough to amaze the onlookers, especially when he saw that Jiang Shuiyuan quoted the original text in Zhu Xi's collection of notes at the end, and even Zhu Qingjia was overwhelmed: "This student is really amazing, and he actually has a good grasp of "Mencius"!"

Teacher Cao pouted: "I guess I haven't done anything else since I was a child, so I specifically memorized Mencius! Children like this are generally very good at subjects, and it is difficult for them to be admitted to a good school." Even if he can memorize the full text of the "Thirteen Classics", it will still be useless in the end!"

Zhu Qingjia shook his head: "But the family that can let the child recite "Mencius" from an early age will definitely not be an ordinary family, and such a level of family education will definitely not let the child fail to be admitted to a good school!" Seeing that the others nodded again and again, he continued: "It is said that there are still many families who use books such as "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", and "Four Books" to enlighten and educate their children. When I was in college, I met a student like this, who knew the subset of classics and history well, and treated people with gentleness and elegance, which made people sit like a spring breeze, and at first glance he was a child of a family with an extraordinary background and a good family education! Later, I learned from others that he was originally a child of the Yu family in Deqing!

"Deqing Yu's?!" The surrounding marking teachers couldn't help but be surprised.

Since the Qianlong period of the former Qing Dynasty, Yu Tingbi (lifting people), Yu Hongjian (lifting people), Yu Yue (Jinshi), Yu Zuren, Yu Qiyun (Tanhua) and other ancestors and grandchildren of the five generations have four people who have achieved the imperial examination fame, and all of them have written and handed down to the world, which is a famous academic family called with Yizheng Liu's and Xinhui Liang's. Although they are not as good as Huai'an Sun's (also known as Shouzhou Sun's, Jingcheng Sun's, obviously Huai'an people agree more with the former), Jingcheng Zhao's, Hefei Li's, Xiangxiang Zeng's and other top tycoons in military, political and business studies, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is already unattainable!

"Then how many points does Mr. Zhu think this essay can get?" asked a teacher.

"50 out of 50 points! Mr. Cao, what do you think?"

Although Mr. Cao is unwilling, he will not deliberately fight with the leader of the marking team: "Then 50 points!"