The candidates are anxiously awaiting the results of the Ministry of Rites exam.

At this time, a piece of paper was being circulated in the hands of Han Jiang, Zhang Qi, and Han Gang.

Han Jiang's almost all-white eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, his fingers twisted his beard, and he saw that he was pulling them off one by one.

Finally, he pointed to one of them and asked with some uncertainty: "Is it a sentence from "Multi-party"? ”

"Good eyesight." Han Gang said, "'The people are not eternal, the righteousness of many parties', although it is to pinch the head and remove the tail, the front and back are reversed, and even the sentences have been changed, which is from "Shangshu Multi-party". ”

Han Jiang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, except for the one question from the "Book of Tang" that he had seen at the beginning, this was the second question he identified, and said: "But 'It is only the righteous people of many places, and they do not enjoy more than they can enjoy forever'?" ”

"Exactly."

Of the six questions, Han Jiang only recognized the origin of two of them, but he was already very satisfied, at least he was not ashamed. With the difficulty of the pavilion test, and with his age, he can identify the source of the two questions, which is really a lot.

Han Jiang smiled and said, "I'm old and my memory is not good, so I recognized such a question." I'm ashamed. ”

Han Gang said: "Where did Xianggong say, which question in the cabinet exam was not made for difficult people?" ”

Zhang Qi also said, "Zhang Qi has been thinking about this question for a long time, but he really can't figure out the source, it turns out to be a dark number." ”

The original text of "the people are not eternal, the righteousness of many sides" should be "the righteous people of many sides are the only one who is the righteous people, and they are not eternal, and they are more than many enjoyment", and the righteous people are a word.

This is a problem in dark numbers, which changes the position of the broken sentence and deliberately reverses it backwards and forwards. With the difficulty of the three generations of articles, such a reversal and change, in fact, it can still be explained with a while, and it is still possible to make sense.

But it is precisely because it comes from the scriptures of the "Book of Shang" that if you can't recognize it, you can't be regarded as a qualified Confucian disciple. The original text of the classics can't be memorized, and where is the cost of the ten-year cold window?

The first question identified before, it is easy to find out the source, but it is difficult to do it. And this question, even the title of a volume is in the title, it can be said that this is the simplest of the six questions, which can be regarded as a gift.

Zhang Qi said that he couldn't think of it, and Han Gang didn't believe it at all.

The other five questions are all more difficult than this one. After all, this is an exam set up to brush up the indiscriminate generation, and one of the six questions can come from the scriptures in this article, to be honest, it is to leave a love for the candidates, so as not to be too embarrassed to receive nothing.

Zhang Qi stared at the note for a while, and pointed to the first one: "'The festival is appropriate, and the righteous husband is not stingy; If you donate your body to get what it deserves, the martyrs don't love it.'" This is a passage in the Jin book, the volume of "Liebiography and Loyalty". ”

Han Gang nodded: "The opening chapter is clear, and it is the preface of "Loyalty". ”

Han Jiang beckoned back, and a hall official immediately turned around and rummaged through the bookshelves. However, every history book is a huge volume, and it is not easy to find it for a while.

"Volume Fifty-Nine."

Seeing the trouble of rummaging through the hall officials, Han Jiang prompted. With the hints of Zhang Qi and Han Gang, he still remembered which volume it was.

Picking up the volume of "Book of Jin: Loyalty", Han Jiang opened the cover, raised his eyes and said to Zhang Qi and Han Gang: "It's still good for Ming and Yukun to have good eyesight, in a word." ”

"It's just luck." Zhang Qi shook his head.

Han Gang also smiled modestly.

This is a question in the Ming Numbers, from the title of the history. Since it is a preface to a volume, as long as you prepare it carefully, you will generally remember it. Look at the content of the text again - 'The festival is appropriate, and the righteous husband is not stingy; If the sacrifice deserves its place, the martyrs will not love it' - in fact, it is equivalent to reminding the source.

This question is also quite simple.

However, since the historical records, there are a total of nineteen historical books in this dynasty, excluding Ouyang Xiu's privately cultivated "History of the Five Dynasties" [that is, the "New History of the Five Dynasties" as later generations, which was banned at this time and is not counted as the official history book], and the "Book of Tang" compiled by Liu Yun of the Later Jin Dynasty, which was excluded from the official history book [There is no new or old Tang book at this time, and the official "Book of Tang" is the "New Tang Book" edited by Song Qi and Ouyang Xiu], and there are also seventeen books, millions of words, and a sentence is randomly selected in it, After all, it's a little more difficult than the original title from the classics.

"That's already three questions. Di Ming, Yu Kun, can you still see the source of a few questions? Han Jiang asked.

Han Gang was very familiar with these six questions, but it was inconvenient for him to say that he knew the origin of all the questions of the Dao, so he flexed his fingers: "The Book of Tang: The Lineage of the Prime Minister", "The Book of Books: Many Parties", "The Book of Jin: Loyalty", ...... This question. He first pointed to the bottom of the note, and then flexed a fourth finger, "It's from the first part of "Mozi Ming Ghost." ”

Zhang Qi casually glanced at Han Gang, "I didn't expect that Yukun also had a study of Zhuzi. ”

Han Gang said with a smile: "The ancestor Mr. Mingcheng said 'the people and things', and the Mo family said that there is love." Many people say that the essence of this sect is similar to that of the Mohists, and in order to refute this fallacy, Han Gang has spent a lot of effort on "Mozi". ”

"I see." Han Jiang nodded.

Regarding the entanglement between Qi Science and the Mo Family, as well as the criticism of Qi Science by other schools, he has heard of these things to some extent. It is already rare for ordinary scholars to be able to delve into the works of the Dao, Fa, Bing, and the Four Schools, but it is not surprising that Han Gang can understand the articles handed down by the Mo family.

"What about the remaining two questions?" Zhang Qi asked, looking interested.

Han Gang looked at the note again, and the other two questions were all the contents of the commentaries on the scriptures, and they were all dark numbers, changing the reading and order of the sentences. In terms of difficulty, these two questions are considered very high. If one is not good, Huang Shang may not be able to do both questions.

"The remaining two, forgive Han Gang's clumsiness, I really can't see the source." Han Gang shook his head. He did know the way, but he should not know the way.

"There are already four ways to do this...... Han Jiang sighed, "There are frivolous people in the world who say that Yukun, you were lucky to be able to win back then, and the ninth Jinshi hand-picked by the Son of Heaven is also Teen." But if you can distinguish the four sources, Yukun, you can still go to the palace if you go to the examination department. ”

"Xiang Gong praised it. Not to mention whether Han Gang could compare to the present back then, it is these questions, Han Gang only recognized the source, and if he really wanted to do it, he might not be able to get a 'pass'. ”

Zhang Qi laughed, "Yukun, you are too humble. ”

"It's not self-humility, it's really can't get by." Three into twelve, four into three'. Han Gang pointed to a question that had been turned out from the beginning, "At a glance, you can see that this is Prime Minister Tang." ”

Han Jiang and Zhang Qi both nodded. Three in, four in, in addition to saying that the three provinces are the prime minister, what else can be said? The source of this question is the best to identify, and it is also recognized from the beginning.

However, this question is not simple at all, but it is the most difficult of the four questions that have been identified.

Han Gang pointed to this question and said to the two of them: "But the origin of this question is easy to say, and it is easy to write about it, but the left is just those things of the family and the Hanmen." But...... How do you quote this context?! ”

In the six essays of the cabinet test, each question is to first judge the source of the question, and then quote the text before and after, and then write an argument of no less than 500 words according to the front and back.

And the problem lies in this quotation, which is to write all the text silently, and there must be no omissions other than the particles.

The questions of the cabinet exam are to make people familiar with the subset of scriptures and history, and because they want to quote the questions before and after, they must be memorized. The difficulty of making the subject is difficult in the cabinet test.

If it is from a scripture book, it is very simple, and Han Gang can do it, and from a history book, such as the preface, praise, and treatise—that is, the beginning of a volume, or the last exposition, it is also not very difficult—it is important to memorize. But some of the topics are really made to make things difficult.

"'The prime minister of Tang is three hundred and sixty-nine, and the nine eight tribes. Fifty-seven re-entrants', 'three into twelve', 'four into three', 'five into three'," Han Gang took the "New Tang Dynasty Book Table Fifteenth" that he had just found - this is the last volume about the prime minister's lineage - pointed out to Han Jiang and Zhang Qi, "adding up to a total of seventy-five people, one less name is not 'through', who can memorize it?" ”

This is a clear number problem, and the source can be found out through logical reasoning, but the quotation before and after is too difficult for people.

Han Jiang shook his head, what Han Gang said was indeed not wrong, it was indeed very difficult to write out the names of all seventy-five people, and it was easy to make mistakes and omissions in this kind of large number of enumerations. I don't know the content of the question, how many will deliberately memorize it? Even if it is memorized, mixed in other articles of millions of words, I am afraid it is easy to confuse one or two.

"If you really count the names one by one, most of them will miss one or two."

Zhang Qi said, "You have to be familiar with this book." I wrote down the biographies, and of course I would like to list them. ”

If Huang Sheng had written down all the names of the masters and his deeds, it would still be possible to succeed in listing them one by one.

"What if the order is wrong? The order is wrong, but can you get a 'pass'? ”

"Just if the order is a little wrong, it doesn't have to be out of order."

"I'm afraid it's not a little." Han Gang shook his head and sighed.

"Then it depends on how well Huang Shang is prepared. But since it is highly recommended by Yukun, I think I will be able to pass the test. ”

Han Gang smiled and nodded: "Han Gang will thank Brother Di Ming for his auspicious words on behalf of Huang Shang." ”

Of the six questions, two of them will definitely be able to be made, such as "Shangshu Duofang" and "Jin Shu Zhongyi". The topic of "Mozi Ming Ghost", because there was a voice in Shilin saying that qi science is close to the Mo family, I believe Huang Shang has also studied this and should be familiar with it. And "Tang Shu Prime Minister Lineage", it depends on how many catties and taels of Huangshang's background, the names of more than 70 people, and the order cannot be wrong, the difficulty can be imagined.

The remaining two items are the contents of the classic commentary, and the sentence reading and order are changed. Han Gang pointed to these two questions and asked Zhang Qi, "I don't know these two questions, does Brother Ming have a clue?" ”

Zhang Qi shook his head, "Zhang Qi only knows that the question of Lu Dao should be from "Spring and Autumn Ram Shu", but he is not sure. You'll have to find the book. ”

The hall official standing on the side immediately turned over to look for it, and a hall official hurriedly walked in: "Xianggong, participate in politics, the results of the secret pavilion have come out." ”