There are five thatched houses, Zhang Yuan followed Qi Biaojia into the second room from the left, although the thatched house is simple, but it is clean, the two long windows near the mountain have good lighting, and the house is also spacious, there are six fir desks, this wooden table is only brushed with tung oil, the table legs and bark are not cleaned, the desk by the left window has a young scholar writing at the desk, Qi Biaojia gave a salute to the scholar, and shouted: "Brother Huang is early." ”

The scholar surnamed Huang put down his pen, got up and returned the salute, arched his hand to Zhang Yuan again, and asked Qi Huzi: "This is-"

Zhang Yuanzuo said: "In the next Zhang Yuan, Zhang Jiezi is here to learn from Mr. Qidong. ”

The scholar surnamed Huang said: "In Pengze County, Xiajiang Prefecture, Huang Ting and Huang Molei." After reporting his name, he pointed to a piece of Fujian bamboo paper pasted between the walls, and sat down to write while thinking about it.

Zhang Yuan saw that this Huang Molei from Jiujiang was wearing a square scarf and a shirt, obviously he was also a student, and the students Liu Zongzhou accepted here had a reputation above the student level except for the prodigy Qi Biaojia, Zhang Yuanxin said: "I hope I can become the second exception." ”

Qi Biaojia walked over to look at the piece of paper between the walls, and read: "Violent Tiger Feng He, wealth can be sought." He glanced at Zhang Yuan, sat down at a fir desk on the left, and his servant put the book basket on the desk and went back first.

Zhang Yuan also used to look at the eight ink characters, the line is dignified and charming, very skillful, it should be written by Liu Zongzhou, Zhang Yuan thought: "Is this "Violent Tiger Feng He, Wealth and Wealth" today's essay question? ”

Look at that Qi Huzi, take a small porcelain bottle, pour a few large drops of water on the inkstone, and begin to grind the ink unhurriedly, this eleven-year-old prodigy frowned slightly, obviously began to think nervously.

Zhang Yuan didn't ask much, if he didn't understand, he could read more, he wanted to see how Qi Biaojia wrote these four righteous essays, the violent tiger Feng He and the rich and noble can be asked are both from "The Analects and the Seventh", which are two unrelated words - Zi Yu Yan Yuan said: "If you use it, you will do it, and if you give it up, you will hide it, only I and you are husbands!" Zi Lu said: "Who is with the three armies of Zixing?" Zi said: "Violent Tiger Feng He, who dies without regrets, I will not be with you." It must also be afraid of things, and those who are scheming will also be. This is the origin of the violent tiger Feng He, and the original text of wealth can be sought - Zi said: "Rich and can be sought, although the whip is a man, I will also do it." If you can't ask for it, do what I like. ”

The so-called truncation question, is to cut off the scriptures and sentences into an essay question, which is to limit the way of thinking to identify the candidate's intelligence, with rules and regulations to train the candidate's administrative literacy, so although the eight-strand essay is said to have a lot of drawbacks, but it is definitely the patent of the high-IQ person, it is more difficult to write a good eight-strand essay than to write a good poem, wearing shackles to dance and be able to fit in rhythm and posture beautifully, this is not the ability? It's just that many examiners in the children's test and even the township test only look at the first seven eight-strand essays, and some even only look at the first article of the first art to decide whether to admit or not, which has a great chance surname, there are those who have just practiced this question in advance, and it is a fluke Chinese, but the vast majority of Chinese people are highly intelligent, Baguwen is a high-IQ game, these clever people often spend most of their lives thinking about how to write a good eight-strand text, and ignore everything else, no matter how smart they are, they will be trained to follow the rules and be rigid. Perhaps this is the original intention of Zhu Yuanzhang to create the Eight Shares, he just wants to let the world's scholars use their wisdom and wisdom on this, grinding away their edges and corners, so that the rule of the Zhu Dynasty will be solid.

Zhang Yuan has read a lot of ancient texts of famous Tang and Song dynasties, and he has also read "Guwen Guan Zhi" well, but he has not read Baguwen, but he only knows that Baguwen is to speak on behalf of the sages, that is, to imitate the tone of the sages to expound the understanding and play of the scriptures, substitute themselves into Confucius, and consider things from the perspective of Confucius's thinking, which also requires a certain amount of imagination, and the basic format of Baguwen is to break the topic, undertake the topic, start to speak, and the text, and the text must use four groups of logically related sentences that are opposite to each other-

Three more scholars came to the study room one after another, the oldest one was almost forty years old, older than the teacher Liu Zongzhou, Liu Zongzhou Wanli thirty-nine years old twenty-four years old, this year should be thirty-five years old, these three scholars looked at the tower on the wall, each of them was busy and began to compose, and no one paid attention to Zhang Yuan.

There are a total of six tables in the study room, five of them are occupied, and the remaining table has not seen anyone coming, Zhang Yuanxin said: "No one is the best, it's mine, I'll see how Qi Huzi wrote this truncated question four book meanings?" Seeing that Qi Biaojia held on to the brush and shook his head slightly, he had already written several lines on the paper, so he walked to his side to look, and before he could see the words on it clearly, Qi Biaojia turned his head and said: "Brother Jiezi, don't stand beside me, I can't write when I'm stared at, and when I finish writing, I'll lend you a pen and paper." ”

The little prodigy is still very particular, Zhang Yuan smiled and paced, Qi Huzi didn't let him see it, and others were even more difficult to watch, just feeling a little bored, and suddenly heard Huang Molei, a member of Jiujiang under the window, whispering: "Brother Zhang-"

Zhang Yuan approached, Huang Molei pointed to the bamboo paper on the desk full of small letters and said: "I have done this question, Brother Zhang can refer to it, just don't copy it, otherwise Mr. Qidong will drive you away." ”

Zhang originally planned to refer to how others wrote, but when he heard Huang Molei's words, he didn't want to read it for the time being, he could write whatever he wanted, anyway, I really didn't learn Bagu, I only played according to the scriptures, and said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Huang, since Brother Huang has already written, you can borrow my pen and ink." ”

Huang Molei said: "Brother Zhang, please." He left his seat and walked out of the study.

Zhang Yuan sat down upright, spread out a piece of bamboo paper made in Fujian, grate the tip of the pen in the corner of the inkstone, and began to write, the words are not very good, but they can barely read, write two hundred words and still unfinished, and take a piece of paper and write a small half, the first interception question in this life is done, put down the pen and look up, I saw a middle-aged Confucian standing there looking at him a few steps away-

This Confucian scholar is in his thirties, with a square face, thin, eyebrows and cheekbones are raised, the bridge of his nose is also high, the whole face line is straight and sharp, very serious, I don't know when he stood there, Zhang Yuan's composition was too serious, I didn't pay attention, at this time, I thought it was Liu Zongzhou, and quickly got up and said: "Student Zhang Yuan to meet Mr. Qidong." ”

This middle-aged Confucian scholar is Liu Zongzhou, smiled slightly, and said: "I heard a friend talk about you, you take "Spring and Autumn" as your scripture? ”

Zhang Yuan didn't know who mentioned him to Liu Zongzhou, seeing Liu Zongzhou's gentle demeanor, it seemed that he had a good impression of him, and his spirits were lifted, and he replied respectfully: "Back to Mr. Hui's words, the student has only read the three legends of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he doesn't understand it deeply. ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded and said, "Have you also done this question of the Four Calligraphy, bring it to me to see." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The student has not learned the system of righteousness before, this question is just a random play, and it does not conform to the rules of the eight shares, please correct it." As he spoke, he presented the two pieces of bamboo paper.

Liu Zongzhou took it and swept his eyes, his brows were furrowed, the handwriting was not good, he felt uncomfortable looking at it, and look at what was written-

"Fighting the tiger with bare hands, wading the river with bare bones, this is all rough and unscrupulous, the master is specially designed as a metaphor, and it is not said that the road is really this. Fear of things, easy to plan. You can be afraid of things, and you can make up your mind. If I don't have it, I don't have to ask. The march cannot be won without defeat, and victory or defeat is not mine, but I cannot ignore it. Fear and resourcefulness are just doing their best. Zilu has the courage to act, it is said that the three armies are competent, and they are competent, and they should be especially cautious when they do not know how to use them. The master did not allow him to be able to march the three armies, but he was afraid and scheming, and the sub-road may not be caught, so he taught him one step further. And life and death have life, wealth is in the sky, this word cannot be asked for, but it will be obtained. If it is seek-seeking, Si is the way, so even if it is a lowly position, it will not resign. If you can't ask for it, then it's not the way, so it's good to follow me. What I do is the only way. Therefore, the violent tiger Feng He is the way of words, and he also has a life. Wealth can ask for a heavy word, and there is also a way. Knowing must also know fate, and knowing fate is to be good. ”

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Although it is hard to write, I must also try to write that kind of taste, and I ask for more encouragement and support from book friends.