As soon as this test paper came out, a few knowledgeable people -- Feng Can and Li Liang -- couldn't help but change color, and they couldn't help but cry bitterly in their hearts, looking up at the prison and the "three capitals", and frequently making glances, but they didn't get a single response at all, so they had to look at the test paper again with a bitter face. Zhuang Huai also glanced at everyone in the hall, and then his expression was solemn, and he closed his eyes and thought hard. As for Cheng An, he didn't understand it anyway, he grabbed the pen with his right hand, drew circles in the void on the test paper, and didn't know what he wanted to do.

If it were Zhao Ran three days ago, if he wanted to finish the test paper under normal circumstances, he would not be able to do it. He has only been reading the Bible for two months, and it is not easy for him to memorize the "Tao Te Ching" in a clumsy manner, not to mention that he has to comment on it according to the "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Commentary"? On the question of the righteousness of the Tao, perhaps he can still talk about the righteousness of the Tao, but more than half of the first ten questions must be on the street.

But now...... After reading all the topics, Zhao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, secretly raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Gaogong, and then at Zhu Dujiao, who was sitting on the futon with his eyes closed, and his heart was settled.

"The Tao rushes to use it, or it does not make a profit. The abyss is like the sect of all things. Solve its disputes, and its light, with its dust, like or exist. I don't know whose son is the first of the emperors. Zhao Ran picked up the pen, first wrote out the first question silently, and then continued to write hard according to the "standard" explanation of "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note": "The Tao is noble and neutralized, and the will cannot be overflowing and violates the Taoist commandments......"

This is Zhang Tianshi's explanation of the first sentence, that is, the importance of doing the Tao is to be neutral, not to be arrogant, and to abide by the precepts of the Daomen. This is to forcibly pull the philosophical description of the "Tao" in the original text to the rules of conduct that Taoist priests should respect, the intention is to condense the Daomen, but the righteousness is a rigid drag, which is "disdainful" by Zhao Ran, but "disdain" is "disdain", when answering the question, this is the standard answer.

"The Tao is also, the pavement is not violated, and the abyss is as deep as the Tao...... The temperament is not moving, the mood is not happy, the five Tibets are all born in contract, and the same light and dust as the Tao is also ......" here is about how to cultivate the Tao without violating the precepts and how to conform to the Tao.

After Zhao Ran finished answering the ten tacit questions, and the incense had just been extinguished, he straightened his thoughts and began to do the last righteous question.

"Nothingness gives birth to nature, and nature gives birth to Tao. Therefore, the Tao is based on nothingness, nature-based, and Tao-based. However, these three are all invisible. Searching for its reasoning is a vacuum. There is a real essence, but there is no name. The saint will establish the teachings, and he must not be without a sect, so he will be the ancestor of the Tao. In fact, the three-body body will be one truth, there is no form, and it can be wonderful, so there is no ancestor on the cloud. Farewell to the Buddha, and no other ancestor ......"

Zhao Ran's exposition of the root of the Tao is nothingness, and there is no relationship between nothingness, nature, and Tao in the order of the upper and lower levels and the order of generation. But the restoration of ancestors is also different, because the "ancestor" mentioned by the Tao is not actually an ancestor - because there is no precedence, this falls into the sophistry of chickens laying eggs or eggs laying chickens. Of course, Zhao Ran certainly cannot say that this is a "sophistry", and his explanation of this must be quoted from the original text - "Xuan Zhi Xuan, the door of all wonders".

After answering the question, there was still the last half of the incense, Zhao Ran turned around and examined it carefully, then got up to hand in the papers, and waited out of the scripture hall.

Cheng An had already handed in the test paper - he couldn't answer a single question, and when he saw Zhao Ran coming out, he stepped forward to greet him with a smile. Zhao Ran was perfunctory with Cheng An, thinking about today's assessment. There is certainly no problem with the exam paper that has just been completed, but the point is that this is not the point, the focus is still on the results of the negotiation between the prison and the "three capitals", so he is still uneasy.

Soon, Feng Can, Li Liang and Zhuang Huai all walked out of the scripture hall, Zhuang Huai was thoughtful, and Feng Can and Li Liang were not in their hearts.

In the scripture hall, the five test papers were presented to the prison and the "three capitals", and they were casually glanced at and judged.

There is no need for the prison and the "three capitals" to say more, Jiang Gaogong, who is in charge of the scripture hall, directly put out the priority order of the evaluation, Cheng An white paper, directly ignored it, Zhuang Huai and Zhao Ran's test papers were placed in the first class, Li Liang answered six questions correctly and was rated as second class, and Feng Can only answered four questions correctly and was rated as third class.

Zhuang Huai and Zhao Ran answered all the first ten questions correctly, the key difference is the last explanation question, if it is not very different, it will not be judged, this is the benevolent opinion, the wise man sees the wisdom.

The people in the hall, the prison court, Luo Duguan, Yuan Duchu and even Zhang Dianzao didn't think anything of it, but Zhu Dushu and Jiang Gaogong were secretly surprised, and they said in their hearts that this Zhuang Huai really came prepared, and let him answer all of them correctly. Looking at the explanation of righteousness again, Zhuang Huai's explanation is better than Zhao Ran in terms of solid foundation, one board and one glance, without falsification, on the other hand, Zhao Ran's answer, some key points are brushed aside, obviously the homework is not enough.

But since it has reached this point, Zhu Dujiao and Jiang Gaogong will definitely not break it, as for the other people, although they also feel this from the analysis of the article, they are not as familiar with the Taoist scriptures as the two, and they can fully understand the differences.

Feng Can and Li Liang, who were favored by the prison and Yuan Duchu, were directly dismissed, and they didn't have any desire to fight, just let everyone watch it, and the prison court asked: "In this way, in the opinion of the senior brothers, should Zhuang Huai or Zhao Ran be recommended today?"

Yuan Duchu said a little unwillingly: "Zhuang Huai seems to have more solid homework. ”

Luo Duguan immediately replied: "Zhao Ran's analysis is brilliant, and he really studied in school." ”

Zhu Dujiao nodded to show his agreement, but he still didn't make it clear who was appropriate, which means that you can watch the prison do it.

The prison didn't want to take responsibility for either of Zhao Ran and Zhuang Huai, so he said expressionlessly: "Go and ask the abbot to show me again." Holding two rolls, he headed out to the backyard.

The abbot was pacing in the courtyard, slowly enjoying the plum blossoms in the snow, and when he saw the prison entering the courtyard, he smiled faintly: "What's the matter?

The prison said respectfully: "Abbot, the exam has been completed, among the five people, Zhuang Huai and Zhao Ran have the best answers, but it seems that there is no distinction between them, and several senior brothers can't tell the difference, so please ask the abbot to take a look." ”

The abbot coughed lightly and shook his head: "You guys, it's not that you can't tell the difference, but you just want to sell it well and don't want to be responsible." ”

The prison bowed its head and was silent, its face full of shame.

The abbot played with a plum, and after a while, he said, "Since the test paper is not good, let's take a look at the ...... next to it Like, who writes well?"

The prison was stunned for a moment, puzzled.

The abbot said leisurely: "A few days ago, Huayun Pavilion Lin Dao Chief Tuoxi Zhenwu Palace transferred a letter, saying that he wanted Zhao Ran's handwriting to take a look, I haven't figured it out yet, it seems that it should be today, hehe......"

The prison was stunned, and immediately suddenly, and before I knew it, my forehead was full of cold sweat.

The abbot said again: "You go and tell Zhao Ran to ask him to write a good letter, and I will present it to Lin Daochang." ”

The prison bowed: "Yes." Then he withdrew from Jiaziju. The abbot didn't say exactly who was punished, but his attitude was already very clear, if he didn't understand, then the post of prison for more than ten years would be in vain. On the way back to the Jingtang, stepping on the snow all over the ground, the prison couldn't help but be secretly frightened, this Zhao Ran was not only involved in the Jade Emperor Pavilion, but also seemed to have something to do with the Huayun Pavilion. Fortunately, his homework was quite solid, otherwise, if he chose someone else, wouldn't he have offended the cultivators of hidden places such as the Jade Emperor Pavilion and Huayun Pavilion?

I thought again, but why didn't the abbot say it to himself before? Could it be that he was too deeply involved with the high-ranking officials of Sichuan Province, and the abbot wanted to beat himself?

It's not a taste to think about it, and the prison returned to the scripture hall with a heavy heart, and hurriedly announced the result.

Zhao Ran, a Taoist priest of the squatter fire house, because of his outstanding homework and diligence, will be reported to the West Zhenwu Palace, and will be admitted in the first month of next year, and will be recorded as a Taoist child in the Wuji Yuan Sutra Hall. This news quickly spread in the Wuji Courtyard, leaving countless people stunned.

Who is Zhao Ran? He was born as a poor farmer in Zhaozhuang, Shiquan County, and entered the Wuji Courtyard in April of the 12th year of Jiajing.

When Zhao Ran heard this result, he was stunned for a long time, and all kinds of tastes were entangled, most of them were excited, mixed with a lot of surprise and disbelief.

With the letter from the Jade Emperor Pavilion handed over by the prison, Zhao Ran hurried back to his residence, twisted the fire paint, and saw only two fist-sized ink characters written on a piece of paper - nonsense!

Zhao Ran couldn't help laughing.

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