Chapter 19 (Text) Admission to the Holy Courtyard and Re-examination for Children (2)
"Can you be inferior to a bird if you are a human being?" this question is the first question, and it should be the easiest according to the experience of the previous life.
Xiao Yuan was slandered in his heart, and he was familiar with the ancient classics. The first half is a sentence in the "University", which means that people are not even as good as birds, and the second half is a poem in the "Book of Songs", which praises King Wen of Zhou.
These two sentences are quoted from two books, and they have nothing to do with each other at all, they are randomly pieced together, and thirteen do not rely on them. Xiao Yuan knew that he had to establish a relationship between them, which was both logical and had to explain the way of Confucius and Mencius. This kind of question is no longer a test of the candidate's writing skills, but imagination and brain holes.
Xiao Yuan thought slowly, knowing that he wouldn't be able to think of it for a while, so he searched in his mind while grinding the inkstone.
After grinding the ink, Xiao Yuan chose a small wolf pen, dipped it in thick ink, put the pen back, and then put a wool felt under the test paper, with wool felt to absorb the ink, the ink will not seep down and affect the surface of the roll.
Xiao Yuan picked up the pen and glanced at the first question unwillingly, convinced that he wouldn't, and was about to read the second question, when the blue necklace on his chest suddenly flashed blue-gold light, and two golden words suddenly appeared in his mind: "Shame".
"So that's the case!" Xiao Yuan suddenly realized, although he was very surprised because of the change in the necklace and the golden light words in his mind, but since Xiao Yuanshan told him, he had been very concerned about this treasure of literary power - necklace. However, what was even more surprising was the solution to the problem.
It turns out that the title of this question is above the word "shame"
"Madame is not as good as a bird, it is really shameful; Meaning: If a person is not even as good as a bird, he should be ashamed, and if he is really ashamed, he should learn from King Wen of Zhou. In this way, the connection is seamless.
"It seems that I still underestimate the difficulty of this imperial weightlifting exam!" Xiao Yuan sighed in his heart, he had already learned to be rich and five cars, and he was only eight high, and it was natural to be a little arrogant, but this first question made him sober, and Xiao Yuan continued to read it very seriously.
Xiao Yuan flew with his pen and answered a few questions in a row, and found that except for the first question, these questions were actually not difficult, so he put his mind at ease, but he still didn't dare to despise it.
Xiao Yuan adjusted his mood, slowed down, and began to write slowly stroke by stroke, he knew that at this time, there were also "volume points", if the writing was too poor, even if the answer was correct, it would be downgraded.
The original Xiao Yuan's brush writing is not very good, but now Xiao Yuan is not what it used to be, Xiao Yuan loved to practice calligraphy when he was young, in the orphanage, there were no good conditions, so he used the abandoned brush and picked up the calligraphy to practice calligraphy, and finally became a generation of calligraphers.
I saw Xiao Yuan's pen strength, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, writing smoothly and seriously.
When he answered the fourteenth question, Xiao Yuan looked at the test paper and didn't write it immediately, what he was most worried about happened!
After all, this is the quadripartite continent, not the earth.
In addition to the saints with the same name as the earth, there are also semi-saints who have not appeared in ancient China, and it is impossible for any library on the earth to have the works of these people.
There is an unwritten rule for the children's examination and the Xiucai examination.
There are a lot of test papers for the Xiucai test, which can ensure that every sacred work is tested, but the children's test is different.
Although there are 30 test papers for the children's examination, the calligraphy is relatively large, and the actual content is less than imagined.
The status of Confucius and the six sub-sages is transcendent, accounting for at least half of the test questions, and the works of several demi-sages who lead the contention of a hundred schools of thought are also a must-test, otherwise they cannot reflect the return of a hundred schools of thought to Confucianism, and in the words of the earth, it is "united front" or "political correctness".
The works of several semi-saints with a very high historical status must also be examined, such as Dong Zhongshu's great unification, Zhuge Liang's dedication, Tao Yuanming's poetry and so on
In this way, there is very little space left, and the rest of the demi-saints cannot be divided at all.
As a result, a rule was formed, and the children's prayers were divided into three parts.
The first part is the famous saints who must be examined every year.
The second part is the famous articles of the three examiners this year.
The third part is to select three to five works from the remaining semi-saints every year, and take turns to take the exam.
Xiao Yuan was lucky, because except for the three semi-saint examiners, all the holy writings tested in this year's children's examination had appeared on Earth, and he had the memory and understanding of this aspect.
Before the children's exam, once the name of the semi-saint examiner is determined, candidates from all over the country will spend a lot of time memorizing the examiner's name.
The questions of the other saints are difficult and easy, but the questions of the semi-saint examiner are exceptionally simple.
Because the living half-saints are all new saints, the foundation is unstable, and they are in urgent need of a literary name, so they must want the world to know his proud works.
"In the words of the previous life, it is to send the sub-question, the scholars and scholars are grateful, and the literary name of the new saint can be spread again, the best of both worlds. ”
Xiao Yuan thought about it carefully and put his mind at ease, because he had already started reciting the names of the three half-saint examiners according to Wei Jianshu's suggestion this week.
The fourteenth question is very simple, it is the time and place of the canonization of a half-saint named Shao Yugong, although Xiao Yuan can't remember it for a while, he feels that he must remember it.
Shao Yugong is one of the three semi-saint examiners of this children's exam, and it has been spread all over the world before the exam.
Xiao Yuan thought for a moment, picked up the pen and wrote: In the autumn of the 145th year of the new calendar, the kingdom of Shu and the capital of Shu.
After Xiao Yuan finished answering, he suddenly noticed that the blue-gold necklace around his neck shone with a dazzling light. A moment later, a blue-gray blank ancient book came to mind, and then a small fragment of memory flew into it.
That blank ancient book immediately became "Commentary on the Five Classics of Yugong" (Volume 1), the author of Shaoyugong, a half-saint, canonized for fifty-six years.
Then, new blank ancient books appeared one after another, extracting fragments of Xiao Yuan's memories to form a collection of Shao Yugong's essays and poems, a total of five books, all of which were not complete, either only one volume or fragments.
Xiao Yuan's face was happy, he didn't expect it to be like this.
"I don't know what it is, that necklace can actually give a hint of a problem, and it can also absorb other new books, so it's called the heart of Wenqu. ”
The next question is also a half-saint of Shu, Zhuge Liang, but at this time he has already driven the crane west.
Zhuge Liang's experience in different worlds was different, and Fang Yun spent some time thinking to avoid answering incorrectly.
Liu Bei's country name is "Han", and he claims to be orthodox in the Han family, and has never been in Shu, but others do not recognize it, and only call it Shu, which has a contempt and will be used by future generations.
In the Sifang Continent, Liu Bei also established the country as "Han", aiming to inherit the Han Dynasty and unify the Sifang Continent, but was opposed by the Eastern Wu and Wei States, and finally had to change the name of the country to "Shu", and finally relied on the semi-saint Zhuge Liang to maintain it, until now it has become one of the Ten Kingdoms.
Xiao Yuan has the heart of Wenqu and has a better understanding of Zhuge Liang on the earth and the four continents.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" deified Zhuge Liang too much, causing many people to overestimate Zhuge Liang's military talent, and also causing some people to use the official history to criticize Zhuge Liang as useless, believing that Zhuge Liang is not so great, all caused by the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
But anyone who has really read the official history "Three Kingdoms" will not look down on Zhuge Liang, because "Three Kingdoms" has a total of sixty-five volumes, except for the necessary emperor to write a single volume, and only Zhuge Liang occupies one volume alone.
Zhuge Liang's most outstanding talent is not to lead troops to fight, but to govern the country, he is a talent, not a handsome talent.
Before "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there were a large number of literati who praised Zhuge Liang, and the most important thing is that Zhuge Liang entered the "Confucian Temple" and was named a Confucian, which was a great status in ancient times, and it was not Luo Guanzhong who could let him in by writing a novel.
Before the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written, Zhuge Liang's military talent was also recognized by many military experts.
Sima Yi saw the camp set up by Zhuge Liang, praised him as a "genius in the world", and also pointed out Zhuge Liang's shortcomings in military affairs, but he did not dare to criticize Zhuge Liang's ability to govern the country.
Li Jing also admired Zhuge Liang's military talents.
Tang Xuanzong set up a "martial temple" to enshrine ten of the greatest military strategists in ancient times, including Zhuge Liang, although Tang Xuanzong exalted Zhuge Liang's military talent, but it was enough to prove that Zhuge Liang had certain achievements in the military.
The Temple of Literature and the Temple of Martial Arts are all there, and Zhuge Liang is the only one.
In the Shengyuan Continent, Zhuge Liang has covered the world because he has protected the Shu Kingdom for a hundred years, and he has been invited to the holy words of the imperial examination every year, without exception.
Historians record that before his death, Zhuge Liang did not forget to restore the Han Dynasty, unify the Shengyuan Continent, and personally led the troops to battle before the arrival of the limit, but the enemy country also had a half-saint, and finally his life was exhausted and he died in Wuzhang Plain.
The reason why Xiao Yuan attaches great importance to Zhuge Liang is because there are many poems about Zhuge Liang, and they have not yet appeared in the Sifang Continent, but the Shengyuan Continent has a very magical poetry "Calling the Saint" power.
Xiao Yuan clarified the differences between the two Zhuge Liang and continued to write hard.
Later, he encountered questions related to the other two half-saint examiners, which Xiao Yuan remembered, and new books were added to Wenqu's heart.
Xiao Yuan quickly finished the first three test papers, most of which were very simple, but there were three questions that were very difficult. There is a question that even lays a word trap, and it may not be possible to answer it correctly according to the book, but fortunately, Xiao Yuan once lived in the era of the information explosion, and he was the first person in the world, and these word games are not worth mentioning in his eyes.
But this is only the simplest children's test, and it is even more difficult to ask for holy words in the Xiucai test, but the real difficulty is poetry, scriptures and theories.
The later test questions are to silently write the words of the saints, and then fill in the blanks, which may be difficult for others, but it is very simple for Xiao Yuan.
The brush was extremely slow to write, and by noon, Xiao Yuan had only written the nineteenth page of the thick yellow volume, and he was not allowed to sit down to rest and eat.
A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, Xiao Yuan ate happily, as if it was to share the joys and sorrows with Yan Sheng, the food in the academy was very simple, but it seemed to have an inexplicable taste - sweeter than the second dragon in the world.