Xiangye

Chapter 187 Wang Chuanshan

Regarding this Qiu Wei, it would be a lie for Gao Wen to say that he was not nervous.In fact, when he took part in the imperial examination, he firstly wanted to gain fame and protect himself, and secondly, he felt that the way to become an official through the imperial examination was the right way to survive in this world.If I want to do something, I really have to take a few exams.

Now, with Xu Youzhen backing him up, cleared of his crimes, and with the fame of a scholar, it seems that the matter of becoming an official is not so urgent.However, as soon as he entered the examination room and felt the strict atmosphere, he suddenly felt a little bit awe-inspiring.

As soon as he got the test questions, Gao Wen unfolded them and took a look, he was stunned: this is too simple!

The three topics are "Is it a joy to have friends coming from afar", "Heard the Tao in the morning, and die in the evening", and "I don't want to be myself".

The third question is okay, especially the first two questions, both come from "The Analects of Confucius" or one of the famous sentences. Even middle school students of later generations will recite the opening sentences.It can be said that when any scholar starts to learn to write stereotyped essays, he does not know how many times he has done these topics, so it can be said that he has to pick up a pen.

"This country test is really not difficult!" Gao Wen shook his head, polished his ink, and started to draft.

Not only him, but other candidates thought the same.Otherwise, why did Gao Wen vaguely hear the sound of a long sigh of relief coming from the test room next to him.

According to Gao Wen's plan, after entering the examination room, he took a day to complete the first question while he was still in good spirits.On the second day, we will deal with the third question, and on the last day, we will do the second question.

Because the topic is too simple, it is rare for Gao Wen to retrieve the model essays in his mind and solve the problem directly.The first question, "Is it a joy to have friends coming from afar?" He also did it when he was studying stereotyped essays with Yu Xingyan and Shi Linsheng, and used it to get started.After writing it, he was naturally criticized by the two teachers as a stinky bastard at his level at the time.

Then, it was overthrown and rewritten more than ten times.After a long period of practice, the two teachers let him pass the test until there was nothing to change.

I have to say that this article has been changed to the end, compared with my first draft, it is completely unrecognizable, and the quality is also high.In Gao Wen's opinion, it was considered very good.Compared with those stereotyped essay masters of the same era, there is not much difference.

But... no, no, I always feel that something is wrong...

Gao Wen's heart trembled suddenly, and he thought to himself: "Even a modern person who is new to me, I don't know how many times I have done this topic. If it were someone else, I'm afraid it would be more than me, no less than me, and they would all write what I wrote before. In this way, everyone's articles are well written, and naturally they cannot be distinguished. If this is the case, wouldn't my excellent essay be obliterated by everyone?"

"Besides, because it's so simple, the examiner also felt bored. If your article is written without any novelty, it's hard to say that people will just take a glance at it and throw it into the wastebasket."

"Hehe, this question seems to be a sub-question, but it is actually a trap dug. This old man Li Zhen, Li Changqi, Li, is a mature man with a bad conscience!"

"Well, I don't want to abolish this god, I just choose a transcript of the same topic from the stereotyped essays of the champions of later generations that I remember. Killing a chicken with a sledgehammer is not careless!"

As soon as his belief moved, before he could think about it, his subordinates wrote uncontrollably: "Scholars have what they like, but friends can get it." This is a problem.

Then I continued with the title: "My husband and friend came from afar, and at this time, how happy is it?"

Fair enough, nothing out of the ordinary.

But the next sentence is a strange twist: "It's not for those who are eager to learn and don't know. The master's understanding and kindness return to the beginning. The words: the restoration of the scholar's nature. And the love: one nature, how much to talk about, and how much to enjoy Said, so everything is not lost to oneself; joy, so good energy is not contrary to the world."

This is a high-level strategic plan. To put it crudely, once this sentence comes out, the style of the entire article will go up.

Gao Wen was stunned, and then remembered that this model essay came from "Wang Jiangzhai's Four Books". This book was published in the Guangxu year of the Qing Dynasty, and it was not that his teacher hadn't compiled it into the "Compilation of the Eight-legged Essays of the Number One Scholar".

Wang Jiangzhai, that is, Wang Fuzhi, was a philosopher in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and a learned scholar.

The reason why Gao Wen remembered these articles was because Wang Fuzhi's reputation was too great.Moreover, this person was the first to systematically examine and judge the stereotyped essays of the Ming Dynasty.His views on stereotyped essays were summed up by later generations to form a whole set of theories, which directly influenced the later scholars who studied stereotyped essays.It can be said that the research results of later generations are all based on Wang Fuzhi's theory.

When the teacher compiled the book, he did not include a single piece of stereotyped essay by Wang Fuzhi.

Gao Wen felt strange and asked why.The teacher replied that Mr. Chuanshan did not win a Jinshi, and he was just a Juren when he died, so it is not easy to include it.

Only then did Gao Wen suddenly realize that Wang Fuzhi was taught by his father when he was ten years old and devoted himself to writing stereotyped essays.With his excellent Shiwen, he was selected as a scholar at the age of 21, and he even won the No.24 examination at the age of 5.I wanted to win the title of Jinshi in one go.But at this time, Li Zicheng captured Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty perished.Even if he wanted to take the imperial examination, he had nowhere to go.

Like him, because of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Zongxi, a great scholar and philosopher, was unable to take the imperial examination.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi recruited volunteers in his hometown and defected to the Osmanthus King of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Later, he resigned for some reason and lived in seclusion in Hengyang.

Needless to say, Mr. Chuanshan's cultural achievements, but as far as stereotyped essays are concerned, in his later years, he is even more superb.There are several features.One is that he has a precise grasp of the subject matter, showing superb Confucian classics skills; the other is that the reasoning is thorough and innovative from time to time;

Among them, the word "innovation from time to time" is the most important, and it happens to be used here.

As far as the title of "Friends Come from afar" is concerned, it can be said that scholars have written it badly, but in Wang Chuanshan's pen, it is so interesting and interesting that people can't help but "ah" after reading it: "So it can still be like this. Write, interesting, interesting!"

In this subject, Grandmaster Li gave all simple questions, which tested the scholars' grasp of the basics of the classics and their ability to wit, and this kind of thing is what Wang Fuzhi is best at.

By the way, Mr. Wang Chuanshan's "Wang Jiangzhai Four Books" collection is full of such common topics. The reason why people choose this kind of article is to let readers know the practice of stereotyped essay, which can be regarded as a kind of enlightenment .It's not about the Olympiad questions, just pick the most difficult ones.

The other two questions of this township examination, "Heard the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening" and "Wuwu" happen to have model essays in that book.

Haha, I just copied it together.

Gao Wen couldn't help laughing, and murmured: "Mr. Chuanshan, I'm sorry, but I'll just stick to you and squeeze the wool!"

If even Wang Fuzhi, one of the three great thinkers, great philosophers, and scholars of the early Qing Dynasty, could not pass the Shaanxi Provincial Examination, that would be a strange thing!
Gao Wen had strong confidence in obtaining the title of Juren.

Of course, he didn't dare to be careless.First, I honestly wrote the first article on the draft paper from memory, and checked it for a long time.When he found that there were no loopholes, he rubbed his hands in satisfaction.

By this time, it was already noon, and it was time to eat.

Gao Wen was not in a hurry, and took a few bites of the dry food that Shi Youyi had prepared for him.After taking a nap, I began to transcribe word by word with the neat inscription.

After the first question is answered, the whole day passes.

"That's it for today!" Gao Wen did push-ups and pull-ups on the kang as usual, exercising his body: "One question a day, don't rush!"

After doing [-] push-ups and pull-ups each, Gao Wen was so hot that he was drenched all over, and only then did he realize that today's weather is so sweltering.

The sky outside is full of dark clouds, and a heavy rain is coming.

After looking at the small test room, Gao Wen hurriedly put away the papers and question papers and put them in the innermost room.

The air is humid, and the sweat can't stop once it breaks out.The weather of this year's rural examination is really bad, and I don't know how Mr. Yu and the prospective father-in-law are doing.

Suddenly, Gao Wen felt a little uneasy.He couldn't tell where this anxiety came from.

(End of this chapter)