Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

It turned out that the topic paper was distributed, Su Mu let out a long breath.

I don't know what time it is now, but the room has cooled down, and the majesty walks through the test booths, and it is a bit cold, it is probably between twelve o'clock and one o'clock in the middle of the night.

The test buildings outside were lit up one by one, the whole world was full of hazy light, and the light pollution was severe.

At the same time, there were the sounds of candidates getting up and the sound of grinding ink everywhere.

This second exam was also very narrow, and the exam started in the middle of the night, and the papers were handed in at dawn.

Su Mu got dressed in a daze, and after getting out of bed, he was not in a hurry to read the topic, and took a big mouthful of cold water first.I had sweated too much before and was very thirsty.

After drinking the water, he felt better, so he lit the lamp and sat at the table.

It is not difficult to look at the title. It is a Tang poem "The Sound of Thousands of Households Pounding Clothes", which is endowed with the rhyme of the word "Sheng".

This poem is very famous, and it is the first chapter in Li Bai's "Midnight Wuge", "In Chang'an, there is a moon, and there are thousands of households pounding clothes. The autumn wind blows endlessly, and it is always love."

The so-called test post poems are a kind of essay questions in the imperial examinations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Jinshi subjects require five-character and eight-character rhymes, while children's tests require five-character and six-character rhymes. The official rhyme is limited to one character. Use a flat tone, and the poem is not allowed to repeat words, so it is custom-made.

There are also strict restrictions on the practice of test post poems, which are roughly as follows:

The first is to "set the question", also called pointing the question. The words of the topic must be clicked out in the first two couplets.

The question should not be too slow. The first couplet should be directly written about the topic, or it should be caused by an excuse.The inscription is no longer seen after the triptych, and the structure is consistent with the stereotyped essay.

The first couplet is like breaking the title, the second couplet is like inheriting the title, the third couplet is like the beginning comparison, the fourth and fifth couplets are like the middle comparison, the sixth and seventh couplets are like the last comparison, and the concatenated couplets are like the bundle ratio. For the front, or to analyze the meaning of the question, or to use opening and closing, or to push away from the topic, or to reflect on the topic.

Connect or rein in this question, or let go of one step, or point out the unmarked inscription here.The layout of the whole chapter, from the shallower to the deeper, from the virtual to the real, has the vertical and the capture, has the guest and the host, sets the topic and sets the situation, and can't be messy, all of which are similar to stereotypes.Trial post poems are limited to imperial examinations and applications.The language should be solemn and elegant, the words of the children's personal affairs are frivolous, and the words of the travel situation are sad, and a word cannot be intruded.

As long as you write praises, don't compare them.

Once the topic is in hand, you must first identify the body, secondly examine the topic, and then order the meaning, structure, refine the sentence, refine the spirit, and refine the spirit.

In Li Shouzhai's "Classified Poems", there are eight methods.That is, the eight steps of rhyme, interpreting questions, matching, cutting sentences, calligraphy, poetry, starting and ending, and refining.

Su Mu had studied and understood this set of methods when he was a student of Shaotai, so he naturally knew that this test post poem had nothing to do with the art of poetry.

There is no requirement for poetic interest, as long as it is stable, according to the format, and there is a eulogy at the end.It doesn't matter if it is boring or perfunctory, the key is to let the examiner find no mistakes.

Having figured this out, Su Mu didn't rush to write, but used a very stupid method.

First make a table on the draft, and mark the required rhymes in the required positions.Then show where it breaks the problem, where it inherits the problem, and where it causes it.

In this way, after it is done, the rest is like a crossword puzzle, just find the appropriate words and sentences and fill them in.

It was probably the first game with the golden finger cheating device, and Su Mu was sure that his grades were absolutely excellent.This time I felt relaxed and my state was better. I finished this test post poem in just a moment, and it was no longer as slow as a snail when I was writing a composition before.

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"I can't tell the depths of things, but I can hear the sound outside the sky. I have been pounding for three months, but I don't know the love of thousands of households. The cold clothes are new, and the old ones are sewn together. The distance is shocking. The autumn is early, and the time is fighting at night. The strength is exhausted. The hard work is clear. The coolness produces double pestles, and the city is filled with multiple sounds. The deep boudoir sends it today, and a few people in Juesai will sign it. Lubu often hears victories, and Rao sings to report peace."

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After reading the poem he just wrote, Su Mu couldn't help but spit on the ground: "Shit, shit, is this also a poem? What's not debateable, but it's just nonsense. What else? The coolness produces double pestles, and the sound is full of the city, but it is just a repetition of the scene in Li Bai's poem. This poem, talking nonsense over and over again, is so bad. If Li Taibai has a spirit underground, I'm afraid I will Come alive."

"However, it's no wonder if you don't want to get a high score for such a test post poem. Stereotyped essays in the imperial examination are okay, but this test post poem is really boring to the extreme, but it is a compulsory subject. Such a topic, can be selected What qualified talents."

But after thinking about it, it's really hard to say whether people are talented or not.Whether a person's administrative ability is excellent has to be inspected in a specific position, and it cannot be seen from a mere test paper.

From Su Mu's point of view, the practice test of civil service examinations in later generations is also meaningless.

The civil service examination is actually mainly to look at a person's cultural literacy, and to ensure strict openness, fairness and fairness.

Only the imperial examinations can do this, and the interviews for the civil service examinations of later generations are actually watery.

After writing, I checked it about once, and then transcribed it on the paper.

So far, Su Mu's first official imperial examination has come to a successful conclusion.

Then he went back to the kang and closed his eyes to rest his mind, waiting for the dawn to come.

He roughly calculated, and based on the total score of [-] points, the eight-legged essay in the first two rounds accounted for eighty points, and the extra round was twenty points.Of course, there was no point in ancient times, so let's use an analogy.

The first question, he did it reluctantly, but because it is an old work, it has been revised by Mr. Shao.Although it may not be outstanding, there is nothing wrong with it. It is below the middle level, and it shouldn't be a problem to get [-] points.

The second question is the second place in the exam, full marks.It is safe to score [-] points for poems in the test post, and get [-] points.

The three questions add up to 85 points, which is not particularly outstanding, but it should be no problem to be listed.

This scholar's fame was securely obtained, Su Mu was so happy that he wanted to laugh out loud.At the moment, the body and mind are completely relaxed, and the temperature has finally dropped, and the sleep is very sweet.

Hand in the paper at dawn. Of course, the process of handing in the paper is quite troublesome.

All the candidates had to sit upright and wait for the officials and officials in the examination room to open the door and come in to collect the papers one by one. It was almost noon after one or two thousand candidates got down.

After everything was done, the gate of the Tribute Academy was opened, and candidates were called and released one by one.

Su Mu's stomach was rumbling with hunger, and when he left the palace, he saw many people outside.The other examinees were not in a hurry to eat, instead they greeted their three friends and four friends, discussed the current exam questions, and faced the answers.

After staying in the examination room for a day and a night, I ate only a few pieces of pancakes, and the bird had already faded out of my mouth.Su Mu was about to squeeze out of the crowd, looking for a restaurant to reward himself, but was stopped by someone.