The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 36 Exam Paper
After preaching the oracle Guangxun on Shuowang Day, Bai Gui and three classmates also entered Bailu Academy as students.
The White Deer Academy held an exam every ten days, and the exams consisted of scripture questions, ink meaning questions, and most importantly system arts and literature, and the number of exams was almost the same as that of the imperial examinations.

This time, after the exam.

"It's the bottom of the list again, sorry when will I be able to go to the front." Bai Xiaowen looked at his results with a mournful face, No. 40 and three, at the bottom of the list.

White Deer Academy has more than 70 students, but those who have obtained the honor of scholar must go to the prefectural school or county school to study, but generally speaking, only [-]% to [-]% will stay in the academy to continue studying hard.

Those old scholars who have long been hopeless for the imperial examination have already found a way out early, or go to be teachers for others, or go to private schools as private school teachers. The granary food provided by the village or the mansion is six buckets of grain per month and four taels of silver every year. There are also various subsidies in wealthy states and counties.You must know that the grain yield per mu is only five or six buckets a year.

Therefore, the county school is always full of students. Except for some old scholars with no hope of future, and students who are ranked third or above, they do not need to go to school, and all other students who can enroll will enroll.Therefore, Bailu Academy has 31 students.

In addition to the four of them, there were eight other students who learned by doing.

Yushan Academy in Zishui County has practical teachers. I heard that they are students who have returned from Anhui Province Academy and were invited to teach in Yushan Academy.But in addition to studying practical studies, you also need to study some scriptures.

For practical students, Bailu Academy is a bit like a middle school, while the first normal school in Qin Province, which was transformed from Guanzhong Academy, is like a university, where entrance exams are required.Practical students of Bailu Academy often go to Yushan Academy for teaching knowledge.

"There are three mistakes in the scriptures, all of which are Mencius. It can be seen that your Mencius has not learned well."

Zhou Yuan squeezed in and said proudly.

Next to the red list where the rankings are posted, there is another place, which is a wall dedicated to posting test papers, which are pasted in order according to the rankings on the list for people to read.He had just read Bai Xiaowen's exam paper, and he was confident at the moment, so he sneered.

The post scripture questions are the fill-in-the-blank questions for later generations.It originated in the Tang Dynasty. During the examination of Mingjing in the Tang Dynasty, the examiner randomly selected a certain passage of the scriptures, covered it with a note, and asked the examinee to write it silently.

The scripture questions are the easiest in the test paper, and are simpler than the simple Moyi questions (dictionary writing).

"Hmph! You are laughing at me, but your ranking is only higher than mine, one...two...three...seventh place."

"And you have studied Confucian classics for so many years, and your ranking is not as high as your brother's."

Bai Xiaowen curled his lips and said angrily.

Zhou Yuan could not fall into the bottom four on the college list, it was entirely because the other eight practical students did not perform well. They just took the Four Books and Five Classics exams as usual, but this can only be regarded as a subject they study, and it is understandable that they lag behind. of.

And Bai Gui's ranking was closely followed by 31 students, ranking 32nd.

"Brother Bai has an excellent memory and is proficient in Confucian classics. He is also correct in both the scripture questions and the Moyi questions. Moreover, I read his examination papers. Now his calligraphy is quite organized, but it is too rigid and lacks spirituality... "

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

For a "child prodigy" like Bai Gui with a good memory, the scripture questions and the Moyi questions are considered as sub-questions. scribbled.

Although Bai Gui's handwriting is not in everyone's style and has no spirituality, it is neat and neat, and there is no fault.Although this kind of handwriting will not be liked by the chief examiner, it will not lose the test score.

"You and I were not close in the county test this time, but Brother Gui will definitely win."

Lu Zhaopeng came over and said sincerely.

Although the test papers of the No. 30 students Bai Gui and the previous 31 students were far apart, after Mr. Zhu taught him how to make crafts, the gap narrowed visibly with the naked eye.

"As long as the articles in the county test are readable, they will not give up, but when you go to the government test, the hospital test is difficult."

He added a sentence.

Zishui County's literary style is not strong, so it is not too difficult to pass the county examination.But it is difficult to get a higher ranking.To put it simply, the general level of Confucian students in Zishui County is not high, but there are still some Confucian students who have received high-level education since childhood, and their level is very high...

It's like a few Tsinghua University and Peking University may come out every year in a remote place, but the students who lose a few can't even get into a [-] school. [-] is enough.

They can also be regarded as high-level Xu Xiucai teaching, naturally a lot ahead of other Confucian scholars, and Mr. Zhu, the early Qin Province Xie Yuan, taught the art of making, it is easy to surpass most of the Confucian scholars in a short time, but It will take a lot of hard work to get to the top few.

Bai Gui ignored the noise outside, he was buried in his book.

He has long passed the age at which he can study shoulder to shoulder with his peers. In the past, after the university test results came out, he would only look at them a few days later.Moreover, it is too time-consuming to go to see the crowded crowds, and it will be a while later to go to see it again, and you can get something.

But soon, his classmates helped him pick up the test paper.

"The Master said to Yan Yuan, if you use it, you will do it, and if you discard it, you will hide it. I am the only one with you!"

On the examination paper, which is full of comments made with ink pens, there are art-making questions first.

This sentence means: Confucius said to Yan Hui: "If you are appointed, you will display your ambitions. If you are not appointed, you will hide yourself. Only you and I can do this."

"Brother Bai, you are so good at breaking the point, 'It is advisable for a sage to practice and hide, and he will show it to those who are able.'"

Holding the examination paper, Zhou Yuan said in admiration.

"Sage" refers to Confucius, "Neng" refers to Yan Hui, and "Xingzang Zhiyi" refers to proper Xingzang. "Wei Shi" refers to the relationship between Confucius and Yan Hui, and also highlights Yan Hui's understanding. The drum does not need to be heavy.

On the test paper, Mr. Zhu also drew a circle with a Chinese ink brush, which means that this sentence is a good answer.It's just that the following seven parts, including the title, start, start, start, middle, back, and bundle, are no longer circled, but are replaced by sharp, dot, and straight symbols, but fortunately there are no mistakes. No.

In order to prevent cheating, in the imperial examination, the examiners judge the quality of the papers, and cannot directly evaluate them in words.Instead, it is represented by a certain symbol.For example, the palace examination in the Qing Dynasty was represented by five symbols: "circle" (○), "point" (△), "dot" (,), "straight" (I), and "cross" (×).

The wrong number means that the semantics are not clear, or a taboo has been made.The other symbols are just pros and cons.

(End of this chapter)