Chapter 5 Entrance Examinations
Zhao Hongzhi has always been easy and very talkative, although it was just a joke, it caused a strong reaction from him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Isn't it just a classic, and I'm not afraid of you." The corners of his mouth were raised, his eyebrows raised, and he said with confidence.
"Don't be rude in front of all gentlemen, I told you to read more books, but you don't read them for fun, now you know the importance of reading." Feng Yandao said to him in a slightly stern tone.
Zhao Hongzhi said casually: "It's okay, as long as he can pass the test and pass my examination today, I can allow him to enter the Guozijian to study." ”
"Is that true?"
"Lie to you as a child."
"You say, which book do you want to ask me?"
"Is the Book of Rites okay?"
He thought to himself, "I just read it yesterday, and now I remember that this time I won him." Then with a happy face, Yun replied lightly: "Any one." ”
"The tone is quite big, that's good, let Nanfeng test your "Zhou Yi", I still want to select new Confucian students, and the promise remains the same." Zhao Hongzhi saw that there were still Confucian students waiting, so he said lightly.
His mood at this time was complicated, he regretted his arrogance just now, and he wanted to pretend to be very capable, so he raised his eyebrows and said in a lofty manner: "Listen to your respect." ”
At this time, there was a Confucian student who came to the interview, and he looked slightly younger than him, and Zhao Hongzhi saw that it was Ouyang Tong, the son of Ouyang Xun.
"Ouyang Tong, why are you here?"
"Sir, isn't it true that all students in the world can come for an interview? I asked my father, who told me to concentrate on my studies and hone my skills. ”
Ouyang Tong chose "Shangshu", after several rounds of questioning, Ouyang Tong answered fluently, without the slightest performance of stage fright, and the other gentlemen sitting next to him also praised Ouyang Tong's performance one after another.
Li Nanfeng said to him after reading it: "Are you ready?" ”
"I ...... May I have a request, and that is...... Let me revisit "Zhou Yi" again. ”
said that it was a revisit, but it was just an expression that he wanted to admit defeat, in fact, he had never read "Zhou Yi", and so far he had only turned over the two books "Analects" and "The Book of Rites".
Feng Yandao saw that he was already cowardly, so he persuaded him not to be angry, it doesn't matter if he chooses to give up, the respected gentlemen are joking, but how can he bow his head and admit defeat, and still insist on going on.
"Haha...... Yes, I'll let you revisit it again. ”
Li Nanfeng seemed to know that he didn't know "Zhou Yi" at all, but in order to convince him, he asked his teaching assistant to bring a volume of "Zhou Yi", and after he took the book, he turned it from the first page, and Li Nanfeng took advantage of this time to continue to interview the next Confucian student.
This Confucian student's name is Su Muqing, from Luoyang, he is wearing a cardigan, he does not wear a hat, but ties up his hair, and his delicate face makes him even more chic and handsome. He chose the "Book of Songs", which was jointly examined by Wang Tan and Li Nanfeng.
Su Muqing not only knew the "Book of Songs" well, but also was very proficient in "Mao's Poetry Biography", and his eloquent answers made the other Confucian scholars present impressed.
With the passage of Ouyang Tong and Su Muqing, Li Nanfeng questioned a few more Confucian students, and there were not many Confucian students left in the queue behind.
"Are you watching?"
"Hmm...... It's good. ”
"I'll start to question you, recite the words and hexagrams, and then I'll question you again."
"Heaven and earth are humble, and the universe is fixed. The humble is Chen, and the noble and lowly are in the position. There is constant movement, rigidity and softness. Fang gathers by like, things by groups, and good and evil are born. Formed in the sky, shaped in the earth, and seen in the changes. ?......"
As he recited sonorously and powerfully, the gentlemen were attracted by his backward performance and watched one after another, which made Feng Yandao unexpected.
Li Nanfeng waved his hands after hearing this, but then said to him in a colder tone: "Now is not the time to be full of pride, if you can answer my three questions, I will regard you as a success in the interview." ”
At this time, he had become polite and replied, "Mr. Li, please ask." ”
"The first question: Yang is in the yang position, and the yin is in the yin position, if the yin and yang are not appropriate, what is the punishment?"
This question is obviously extended to the governance of social punishment through the law of yin and yang in the I Ching, and I saw that he handled it calmly, as if he had the answer in his heart.
"If the name is not right, the word is not good; If you don't go well, you can't do anything; If nothing happens, then the etiquette is not happy; If the ritual is not happy, the punishment will not be right. Therefore, officials cannot be overstepped, and only by seeking their own government in their positions can the country achieve harmony. ”
Li Nanfeng and the other gentlemen present nodded with satisfaction, and then Li Nanfeng continued to ask the second question.
"Elephant" said: Thunder and lightning devour, the first king punished the law with Ming. What is the 'Explicit Punishment Law'? ”
"The law should clearly stipulate that the people of the world know that there are things to do and things not to do, and that the law is not punished, but that the law is complementary, that is, morality and law complement each other, the sentencing and sentencing should be moderate, and the law enforcement should be fair."
"It's a good 'law is not in punishment, but in the edict'." Wang Tan had been interviewing Confucian students on the sidelines, and when he heard his answer, he couldn't help but praise him.
"The last question, you have to be mentally prepared for the fact that it will be more difficult. Listen up: Luoyang lives in the middle of heaven and earth, and the three paintings of Qiankun symbolize heaven, earth and people, among which the upper line represents the sky, the middle line represents the people, and the lower line represents the earth. ”
He listened to the question, and his eyebrows wrinkled together and thought: "This question seems to have no basis for finding an answer in the books, the lower is the ground, and there are so many things on the ground, where the things below are represented, then there should be beneath the bottom." ”
He thought for a moment and wanted to answer, but he was not sure, and in the end, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, he replied decisively: "Guozijian." ”
"What?" Li Nanfeng asked in surprise as if he hadn't heard it.
"Under the Guozijian."
"I've thought about this question many times, and I've heard this answer for the first time, how do you explain it?"
"The upper is the Son of Heaven, the middle is Luoyang, which lives in the geography, then it must be the place where the wisdom of the world is concentrated, and the Guozijian is the highest institution of learning, and the talents gathered, which can be described as the source of wisdom. Therefore, he is in the Guozijian. ”
Kong Yingda and Feng Yandao clasped their hands at the same time and said: "Okay! Good! ”
After listening to and answering these several times, his academic attainments are no longer what they used to be, which makes Li Nanfeng feel that this person's memory is outstanding, and the degree of integration of knowledge also amazes all the great Confucians.
After Li Nanfeng heard this, he stood stunned for a while, and then said to him: "As for whether you can enter the Guozijian or not, it is up to the sacrificial wine and the priest to decide, I will leave temporarily because I have to leave beforehand." ”