Chapter 11 The Doctrine of Humane Destiny
After worshipping the sages, everyone was taken by the soldiers to their own examination rooms, which looked extremely simple, with only wooden tables and chairs, and a shed separating the candidates, but sitting in them, it was like a spring breeze, even under the blazing summer sun, they also felt the spring of thought.
This is a means of being literal to a high level, bathing the entire examination room, and I am afraid that it is the means of the dean of the academy with the strongest literary spirit in the entire Qixia Mansion.
It is said that the realm of this dean has reached the level of Jinshi, which makes the entire Qixia Mansion look up to him.
The entire Qixia Mansion show is only three hundred, and the number of people is only ten, and the Jinshi are naturally rare.
At this moment, Chu Ling, the seventh son of the Chu family, who walked into the examination room first, was full of disgust for such a shed, but fortunately, the soldiers around him trembled against him, which made him feel a little more proud.
However, over the years, he has been a gentleman by nature, and he has hardly studied, and he has no hope for this imperial examination, after all, his eldest brother has been the first in the Xiucai examination, which is enough.
And when the test paper was distributed, he only glanced at it, and his face suddenly swelled with surprise and pride.
The title is "Those who do their best know their nature." If you know its nature, you will know the sky. ”
This is from the "Dedication to the Heart Chapter and Verses" in "Mencius", which says that to be able to exhaust his good heart is to truly understand the nature of human beings, and to understand the nature of human beings is to understand the destiny of heaven.
This is the famous Humane Destiny Doctrine!
At this moment, Chu Ling almost looked up to the sky and laughed.
Over the years, his mother, Madam Yun, oppressed Chu Yunting in every possible way. In the face of such setbacks, everyone knows that Chu Yunting does not believe in fate and strengthens his heart.
And Mrs. Yun used the "Humane Mandate Theory" to denigrate Chu Yunting several times.
So he is familiar with the humane destiny.
The core meaning of this humane mandate of heaven is to wait for the mandate of heaven with self-cultivation and conform to the mandate of heaven, which is the way to settle down and establish one's life.
At this time, a sneer appeared on the corner of Chu Ling's mouth, as if he could imagine Chu Yunting's sad and distressed appearance.
Writing an article is the most important thing, if you follow this question to answer, Chu Yunting's heart will be affected, and it will be difficult to take a step forward in the future.
And if it does not conform to the topic, it will inevitably be directly deposed.
This topic is a killer for Chu Yunting.
Even if Chu Yunting resumes the literary movement, it will be impossible to solve the problem.
Chu Ling almost looked up to the sky and laughed.
Almost at the same time, when this topic was obtained, the dean of the Academy of Literature and the prince of the academy showed a trace of surprise on their faces.
The prince of the mansion is in charge of the size of the Qixia Mansion, and this time it is the chief examiner, at this moment he came back to his senses, and couldn't help but look angry: "Since the question of this examination is the doctrine of the Mandate of Humanity, then why is it that at this time, the imperial court has added Qin Yu as a sage? There has never been a saying that women have been sanctified in the country, and this time they have made an exception to the sainthood, which is to believe that people will conquer the heavens! The two are so contradictory, it is really ridiculous!"
He had experienced dozens of military battles, and his military spirit was strong, and when he saw such a topic at this moment, he did not hesitate to denounce it.
Today's left prime minister is said to have intersected with ghosts, and his power is growing day by day, covering the sky with one hand, but I am afraid that this is the means used by the left minister to leave the country in chaos.
At this time, the dean of the Academy of Letters said lightly: "The two contradict each other, but they may not contradict each other." ”
The prince in front of him is the person with the highest status in Qixia Mansion, but the Academy of Literature is detached, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the monarch, and the two usually intersect and treat each other as equals.
And his words were so calm, as if the sky was collapsing and not moving, which actually made this prince stunned, and the anger that rushed to the sky turned into spring water and calmed down.
But then he looked blank and muttered, "What is the truth of contradiction, but not contradiction? What kind of dumb riddle are you playing?"
At the same time, in a corner of the examination room, Chu Yunting was sitting intently.
After getting the test paper, he did not read it, but wrote the word "Ding" on the straw paper with a quiet heart.
The handwriting was strong and upright, as if there was a flood of beasts raging in front of him, and he was also calm.
This is the way to nourish qi.
In the process of leaving the country, any imperial examination is actually a process of nourishing and condensing qi.
Each prefecture in the country has set up a scripture pavilion of the Academy of Literature, which collects the essence of various scriptures, inherits the doctrine with various annotations, traces the origin of learning, and seals it with agarwood and sandalwood, which is the place that students in every province dream of wanting to enter.
And away from the capital city, then set up the incense pavilion, the essence of the scriptures is all-encompassing, every time to the sub-hour, noon, these scriptures will also emit a strong fragrance, the breath borders with heaven and earth, condenses a yuan literary atmosphere, at the same time, every year there will be the gods of Confucianism from the fairy world down, inspect once, to show prudence, it is the holy place that all the people who leave the country respect.
And any imperial examination, in essence, is to send its own literary atmosphere into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to see if it can resonate and trigger the aroma.
But how difficult it is to do this, some great Confucians have been studying day and night, and there has never been a trace of aroma overflowing.
And this way of nourishing qi is the most prerequisite for condensing this sutra incense.
After writing the word "Ding", Chu Yunting's mind became more and more tranquil, his heart was like a child, clear and pure.
Then the exam questions were taken out.
Therefore, when he noticed that the exam questions were humane destiny, his face was still calm and calm, and there was no trace of panic.
He was lost in thought.
He had learned from Jiao Na before that the chief examiner this time was the prince of the government, who had commanded thousands of armies and several towns, and never believed in orders.
And this time, the imperial court newly appointed Qin Yu as a sage, but also did not believe in the number of fate, and advocated the way of military merit.
This is obviously contrary to the humane mandate of heaven in this exam.
There is simply no way to seek common ground while reserving differences.
What is the intention of the imperial court to come up with such a topic?
But almost at the same time, Chu Yunting had an epiphany from his contemplation, his eyes moved, and he nodded and said, "Isn't it contradictory, but also contradictory?"
Yin and sunny are contradictory, joy and anger are contradictory.
The splendid son of the capital wants to hunt in the wild, and when it rains heavily, he is naturally not in a good mood.
And the people who are in drought for hundreds of miles, have no livelihood in the fields, and when they drift in heavy rain, they are kowtowing and ecstasy.
Different positions, different moods, facing the same thing, will have different feelings, the difference is only the position.
The solution to the problem of "Qin Yu changed his life against the sky and became a god" and "the theory of humane destiny" can be easily solved from the position of Qin Yu and the position of the people.
Thinking of this, Chu Yunting did not hesitate, and as soon as the tip of the pen was wrong, he wrote: "The talent of heaven and earth is the number of remedial qi, but what is the power of one person?"
The power of one person can change his life against the sky, this is Qin Yu's experience.
But she became a god, it was in accordance with the will of the people and the will of heaven, so that she could become a sage, and she alone could do it.
It is also the theory that heaven and earth are born talents, which he used to shake the mind of Mrs. Taizhen before, but now, it has only become a topic here.
At this moment, his literary aura was released and penetrated into the depths of the Academy, as if it had triggered a certain kind of resonance.
Almost at the same time, the Dean of the Academy of Literature and the Mansion Jun in the distance sensed the change, and with a surprised expression on their faces, they all looked in the direction of Chu Yunting.
Nafu Jun had already blurted out: "This is the resonance of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, there is actually a candidate who can do this, can he comprehend the way of contradiction but not contradiction? What kind of candidate has such wisdom?"
As soon as he was halfway through speaking, his figure had already swept up, and he strode in the direction of Chu Yunting, and he couldn't wait.