Zhao Gou roasted the leg of mutton, ate it with relish, ignored the feelings of other people, and roasted some more food to eat before he was full after eating. Finally full, Zhao Gou blew out the candle, meditated directly to practice internal strength, and only lay down to rest after running the Great Zhou Tian.

The next day, Zhao Gou woke up early.

If you want to wash up, there is no place, so you have to wash up, fortunately it is winter, if you are estimated to be covered in sweat all night in summer, the taste is really not good. Although Zhao Gou also tried not to take a bath for a few days, he also had to wipe it, otherwise the smell of sweat on his body would be really uncomfortable.

A moment later, Zhao Gou heard a sound of gongs and drums, that is, the hour when everyone was called to get up. Today is the time for everyone's first exam, so some candidates are nervous and sleepless all night, and some are heartless and fall asleep.

About half an hour later, many examiners took the test papers and stuffed them into the number room from the window, and the candidates took the test papers and began to answer.

In the first exam, the essay "Analects", the essay "The Mean" or the essay "University", and the essay "Mencius" are used, with one poem in five words and eight rhymes, and four poems of scripture and meaning, and each of the three questions and four books in the initial field must be written with more than 200 words, and the four questions of the scriptures need to be written with more than 300 words.

This time, it was Hu Anguo who served as the chief examiner, and in order to prevent others from answering on his behalf, the test questions were all thought out overnight last night and then rubbed out. The content of the test is the same for everyone, so you only need to rub it. Therefore, in the first exam, Hu Anguo decided to take the Analects and Mencius.

Scholars have learned the way of Confucius and Mencius since childhood, and no matter how high their knowledge is, they must not forget their roots, which is why Hu Anguo chose these two subjects in the four books. In addition, the Analects chooses to "learn and write", that is, to open the article, which is also the most familiar and profound way. The Mencius excerpts the "Verse 38", the last passage, which is linked from beginning to end.

Then, a five-word and eight-rhyme poem is a praise of the scenery; Finally, the four scriptures are "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu", "Book of Songs", and "Spring and Autumn", and one of them is intercepted separately or the article is less than the whole article, all of which are answered by the candidates themselves, no less than 300 words and explain the truth.

Zhao Gou was holding a thick scroll, his scalp was numb, and now Zhao Gou knew the difficulties of a scholar. Even in the afterlife, it was not so troublesome. However, the arrow had to be sent, so I had to bite the bullet and start answering the questions.

Zi said: "Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say?" Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? ”……”

This article, Zhao Gou can memorize it even with his eyes closed. Whether it is in the past life or in this life, you need to study this article, and after passing the whole article, Zhao Gou still can't be careless. Because he knew that if it were so simple, there would be no need to be part of the exam.

If there is no word count requirement, Zhao Gou can play at will, just because this article has been studied, it depends on the comprehension between each other, and the quality of the argument, he wrote everything in his heart, and also the literal meaning of this article, etc., and then did the next article:

Mencius said: "As for the soup from Yao Shun, more than 500 years old, if Yu and Gaotao, you can see it; If it's soup, it's known by smell. From Tang to King Wen, he is more than 500 years old, and Ruo Yiyin and Lai Zhu know it when they see it; If the king of Wen, he will know it when he hears it. As for Confucius, King Wen is more than 500 years old, and if he is too public and scattered, he will know it when he sees it; If you are Confucius, you will know it by hearing it. From Confucius to the present, more than 100 years old, to the world of saints, if this is not far away; If it is even worse near the dwelling place of the saints, but there is nothing to it again, then there is nothing to it again. ””

This is the last chapter of the whole book of "Mencius", and the compiler of "Mencius" compiled this chapter here, not casually, but has other meanings. On the one hand, it emphasizes the "Taoism" that has been passed down from generation to generation formed by the sages of the past era.

On the other hand, Mencius lamented that there was no successor since Confucius, and he was worried that the career of the sage and the Taoist system would be interrupted. Mainly mentioning the truth that people are dead, but spiritual culture has been passed down for eternity, Zhao Gou read it carefully, and quickly wrote down his views.

When the pen is really like a god, the pen is a dragon and snake, and it is completed in less than half an hour; Then he began to think about what kind of poem to rewrite. According to the regulations of the imperial examination, the word "endowment" must be added to all designated examination questions.

So, Zhao thought for a moment and wrote: "Long summer thousand chapter wood, thick yin hundred orioles; The placket is yellow like embroidery, and the belt is green into a curtain; The leaves are dark for a long time, and the branches are high and late; The tip of the tongue is cut by the wind, and the rain is silky outside; Sitting like a mica, singing can fight Xue'er; It is difficult to keep a good sound, and the hot scene is not known; Yangliu Sanyi Road, cherry in April; Affectionate and annoying, write poems in paintings. ”

Since the five-character and eight-rhyme poem is a trial poem, it adopts the form of eight-rhyme arrangement. The poems made by Zhao Gou are according to the situation of the Bagu Wen, the original examination in the form of the Bagu Wen was limited to the Qing Dynasty, and the previous five-character and eight-rhyme poems were not so complicated, but Zhao Gou directly answered with the method of writing poems in the Bagu Wen, which can be regarded as the first precedent.

"Zhou Yi" excerpts "Gen Hexagram", "Shangshu" excerpts "Xian has a virtue", "Book of Songs" excerpts "National Style, Qin Feng, Weiyang", and "Spring and Autumn" excerpts "Zhuang Gong, Zhuang Gong Thirteen Years". Among them, "Zhou Yi" and "Spring and Autumn" only have a few words, and the rest need to be understood and written by themselves; "The Book of Songs" and "Book of Songs" still have some words, and even the meaning is clearly expressed, so it is easier to express.

After reading it carefully, Zhao Gou did not hesitate to choose to write the "Book of Songs" first, just because the "Book of Songs" had been carefully read when he was in school, and he had also studied it by himself, so it was easier to answer; The Book of Songs and others were all studied by themselves in the later period, and even if they were studied in this life, they were not as familiar as the Book of Songs.

Because the scriptures need to be written more than 300 words, not only the words are required to be fluent and smooth, but also the words are accurate, and the most important thing is to write in classical Chinese, which is not half literary and half vernacular, nor is it a complete vernacular in later generations, so it takes a long time.

If it weren't for Zhao Gou who had learned a little since he was a child, I'm afraid it would really be him. After all, making an article is very different from talking, and there is no need for literary crepe. Even if he was the champion of liberal arts in later generations, he got a perfect score in the examination, and he was probably helpless and helpless when he encountered such an eight-strand essay.

The first exam was mostly Confucian literature, just because the literati were in a large position in society, and the Great Song Dynasty was a country that emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts. The study that has been handed down since ancient times is the classic works of Confucianism, so it is natural to shoot the first and crucial exam.

There are nearly 1,000 people participating in the exam this time, and if you want to really stand out, I'm afraid it may not be so easy. If it is the first place, it is a meritorious name, called "Xie Yuan", only the top six are eligible to enter the examination, and the others are all eliminated, which can be said to be one in a thousand. Even if it is Zhao Gou, if he wants to stand out, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.

(End of chapter)