Xiu Xian: I can reincarnate in the heavens

Chapter 23 County Examination II (for further reading)
With a good background.

Basically, it is equivalent to a small half of success.

At this moment, Xu Xing is also glad that he is enrolled in Weijing Academy, not in other small private schools.

The invisible benefits of the college alone are enough to make ordinary people envious.

The little official warned Xu Xing about some rules of the examination room, then turned and left.

"Xuan-Gengchou."

A small wooden board three fingers wide and long was nailed to the door beam of the examination room, and the examination number was written on it.

Xu Xing took a few glances and immediately understood the distribution pattern of the examination room.

The test rooms in the test shed should be divided into several large areas according to "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang".The large area he is in at this time is the Xuanzi area, and there are also ranks and ranks in the same large area.

The relationship between ranks and columns is represented by the heavenly stems and earthly branches.

He is currently located in the Geng Xing Chou column in the Xuanzi District.

The examination room is cramped, about two feet wide and seven feet long, with thick board walls on the left and right.

The furnishings inside are simple, except for the two braziers near the door, there is only a detachable desk.

After laying the table horizontally and setting up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Xu Xing picked up the food basket he had prepared, took out a pancake from it, and began to chew on it carefully.

After he was [-]% full, the officials knocked on the door and distributed test papers and draft papers to him.

The test paper is specially made by the county government, with a red line on the top of the test paper, a total of more than ten sheets, each page has twelve lines, and each line has twenty characters.

There is nothing special about the draft paper, but you need to pay attention to that when writing on the draft paper, the answer cannot be written outside the sealing line, and the handwriting must be in italics except for the title and lettering.

Otherwise, it is treated as zero.

After washing the oil stains on his hands with the bamboo tubes he had laid in advance, and drying his hands, Xu Xing began to pick up his pen and wait.

After a while, a scribe came over holding a sign lamp.

The first question and the four book questions are written on the sign lamp, "If a gentleman is not serious, he will not be powerful. If he learns but is not firm, he will be loyal to the Lord. If he has no friends and does not know himself, he will not be afraid to correct his mistakes."

This sentence comes from the "Xue Er Pian" of "The Analects of Confucius".

It is a sentence said by Confucius.

The general idea is: a gentleman, if he is not dignified, has no majesty, even if he reads books, what he learns will not be solid.Acting should be based on the two virtues of loyalty and trust.Do not make friends with unfaithful or unbelieving people.If you make a mistake, don't be afraid to correct it.

Seeing this sentence, Xu Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it is not a cut-and-answer question.

Among the four book questions, the interception question is the most difficult.

The difficulty is that both sentences are righteousness of saints.

And to do stereotyped writing, you must not violate the teachings of sages and Zhu Xi's annotations on it.

The interception question sews the meanings of the two paragraphs together... To break the question, it is necessary to explain the meaning of the test question, but not to violate the teaching of the sage...

But there is absolutely no such worry about the Four Books of the Eight Classics.

The county examination is more basic.

After Xu Xing thought for a while, he came up with a solution.

He wrote: "A gentleman is good at learning, he has his quality and he must do his best."

This answer, balanced and stable, is an answer to the exam question.

A gentleman should pay more attention to "quality" in learning and practice the morals he enshrines.

And the "noble quality" echoes the "prestige" mentioned by the sages.

Don't stand out, don't rush forward....

After so many days of meditation in Weijing Academy, coupled with the blessing of the white fate [wide knowledge and strong knowledge], he reads books for one day, which is better than ordinary people for ten days.Therefore, it is not difficult for him to write an appropriate solution to the problem.

Next.

Xu Xing rummaged through the imperial examination model essays, and explained the problems in the tone of a saint.

Thousands of words are eloquent.

But in about an hour, it was already finished by Xu Xing.

As for the second Five Classics question later, he chose the "Spring and Autumn" question to answer it.

There are five questions in total, which are divided into Shangshu, Yijing, Shijing, Liji, and Chunqiu.Exam candidates can choose their own scriptures to answer, and they don't have to answer all of them.Equivalent to professional courses.

The third way is to test post poems.

The test post poems originated in the Tang Dynasty, and the most famous one is Bai Juyi's "Farewell to the Ancient Grass".It's just that after Wang Anshi Xining founded the school, the test post poem was abolished in the imperial examination, and it was not restored in the imperial examination until Qianlong.

However, the Ming and Qing Dynasties did not emphasize poetry and fu.

As long as the rhyme and feet of the test post poems are not wrong, there are no repeated words, and taboos are avoided.

This question is basically a formal question, not difficult.

Speaking of taboo.

Xu Xing checked the stereotypes he made again.

Seeing that there were no mistakes or omissions in the stereotyped essays, I began to prepare to transcribe the test paper.

He rested his mind for a while.

In this short period of time, some candidates have already gone to the court to hand in the papers, and asked County Magistrate Wu to review the papers, which was much earlier than the end of the exam.

Xu Xing was not flustered, he was still calm and relaxed.

Submitting the papers in advance will not increase the points, for the sake of a momentary glory, it is not necessary.

Time passed slowly.

The sky gradually darkened, and candles were lit in some examination rooms.

Candles were lit.

"call!"

When the pen fell, Xu Xing carefully dried the handwriting on the test paper to prevent the ink from staining the test paper.If it is a dirty test, it will directly fail the ranking and reject the test. No matter how beautiful the article is, there is no chance at all.

When the time was approaching, the servants lightly knocked on the gong to remind them.

Seeing this, Xu Xing is not waiting, the county examination is the end of Shenshi drumming.

He got up, walked to the courtroom with the test paper, and presented it to the clerk who had been standing aside.

Although he also handed in the paper early this time.

But there is an advantage to handing in the papers at this time. You don't have to queue up when you go out.Because if he waited for the clerk to collect the papers, there would be at least 500 people who would leave the examination room with him later.

Not everyone is a quick-witted person. Even if you take the exam for one day, for most people, this time is not enough.Sometimes, a sentence or a paragraph requires hours of hard thinking and meditation.

After handing in the test papers, Xu Xing did not leave in a hurry, and saluted County Magistrate Wu according to the etiquette.

After the county test this time, if he wins the list, County Magistrate Wu can also be regarded as his mentor.

It can also be regarded as a link in the network of relationships.

"Bring me his article."

Surprisingly, Wu County Magistrate, who was dozing off in the courtroom, became a little interested when he saw Xu Xing handing in the test paper, and waved to the clerk, asking him to present the test paper.

Hearing this, the scribe was stunned for a moment.

It stands to reason that the county magistrate is only interested in the test papers of the candidates who hand in the papers first.

Because these people are all people with excellent writing and quick thinking.

but--

Xu Xing counted down and handed in the paper...

But he didn't hesitate, he took the test paper with both hands and handed it to County Magistrate Wu.

"This stereotype seems to be flat, but if you look carefully, there are merits."

"Come here, get the vermilion pen."

Magistrate Wu smiled and drew a red O on the test paper.

In order to prevent cheating, in the imperial examination, the examiners cannot use words to directly evaluate the quality of the papers, but express them with certain symbols.

The usual symbols are five.

They are represented by the five symbols of "circle" (O), "tip" (△), dot (,), "straight" (|), and "fork" (X).

The red circle means that the test paper was accepted.

relationship!

background!

Xu Xing was shocked again.

Although he was sure to pass the county examination, he witnessed such malpractice for personal gain...

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　PS: This book will not focus on rewriting the imperial examinations, the previous book has written enough.

　　
　
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