When the county examination begins.

Pei clan studies.

Pei Jian carried his school box and staggered to class.

Wu Qinglan was explaining a problem to students in the corridor. He saw Pei Jian from afar and felt something was not right.

But for a moment I couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

Pei Jian now had a calm and crazy feeling, like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, just waiting for the storm to come, so he smiled and greeted Wu Qinglan: "Oh, Master Wu, what a coincidence."

Then he walked into the classroom.

As expected, I received the "shocked and admiring" looks from all my classmates in the class.

As we all know, today is the county examination, and Pei Jian has applied for the county examination.

But now...he appeared in the ethnic studies class.

Zhuang Jin stared at Pei Jian blankly, and after a moment he said with emotion: "It's you, Pei Jian."

Li Heyu thought about it, took out a box of ointment from the bookcase in advance, and said with sympathy: "Brother, I can only help you up to this point."

Gao Qi gave a thumbs up and said, "Good brother, I have always admired you the most. I hope you can still be alive tomorrow."

Pei Jian sat down next to them and was about to take over the conversation.

The next moment.

Furious, Wu Qinglan rushed into the classroom, his face trembling with anger: "Pei Jian! You even dared to skip the county exam? Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

After saying that.

Amid the students' exclamations, he raised the ruler in his hand and hit Pei Jian hard.

And the other side.

County examination hall.

The exam began amid the gasps of the candidates.

Even if you curse Ye Huaifeng in your heart, you still have to take the test!

Looking at the candidates below with pale faces and trembling faces, Ye Huaifeng laughed strangely in his heart.

It is true that the county magistrate is responsible for setting the questions for the county examination.

But in the future, these topics will have to be reported.

As a county official, if the questions you ask are too perfunctory and unsophisticated, you will definitely be held accountable by your superiors.

And it was obvious that County Magistrate Ye was very satisfied with the two county examination questions he had set.

But... this is a bit of a trap for my little brother.

Ye Huaifeng looked in the direction of Cui Xian, feeling a little guilty.

He really didn't expect that Cui Xian would come to take part in the imperial examination.

Maybe it was Mr. Donglai's intention to let his disciples adapt to the examination atmosphere in advance and pave the way for their future career.

Thinking of this, Ye Huaifeng felt a little more at ease.

Cui Xian sat in the examination room, ignoring the various noises around him, and fell into deep thought.

Both of these questions come from The Doctrine of the Mean.

Among them, the title "King Wu continued the legacy of King Tai, King Ji, and King Wen" is originally as follows:

King Wu continued the tradition of King Tai, King Ji and King Wen. He wore a military uniform and ruled the world. He never lost his reputation throughout the people. He was honored as the Son of Heaven. He was wealthy throughout the world. The ancestral temples honored him, and his descendants protected his wealth.

The original source of '今夫天' is:

Now the sky is so bright and vast, and it is infinite. The sun, moon, and stars are connected to it, and all things are covered by it. Now the earth is so vast and thick, that it can hold up Mount Hua without being heavy, and can shake up the rivers and seas without leaking, and all things are supported by it.

The first question roughly means that King Wu of Zhou inherited the unfinished achievements of the previous three kings, pacified the world in military uniform, and was honored as the Son of Heaven.

This question seems simple, but it is actually a big pitfall.

On the contrary, the second question, although seemingly a very abstract question, is actually relatively simple.

The second question means: The sky, from a small piece of light, covers everything. The earth, from a small handful of soil, supports the mountains and rivers.

When others are still frowning.

Cui Xian took out a piece of draft paper and wrote down the original sources of the two questions on it.

This is also something you cannot be careless about. It looks like a draft paper, but it is actually the "problem-solving ideas" and is evidence that you did not plagiarize.

At that time, both the test paper and the draft paper must be submitted.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that this kind of imperial examination question does not give a paragraph of the original text. At most, it will give a sentence, or even half a sentence, or a few words.

If your basic skills are not solid enough and you don’t even know what the original text of this sentence is, then you’re doomed.

Don’t test your child, just go home.

For example, a candidate standing next to Cui Xian had always been fantasizing that there was a little prodigy to support him.

After getting the questions, his head was full of question marks and he was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously.

When I looked up, I saw the little prodigy writing furiously!

The candidate panicked.

No, do you really know how to answer this kind of damn question? You must be writing it nonsense!

If you write nonsense, then I will start writing nonsense too!

It is impossible for Cui Xian to write nonsense.

He was already well-educated, and over the past six months he had studied hard through a large collection of books to enrich himself.

There is also a Mr. Dong Lai who writes eight-part essays every day and gives on-the-spot lectures on how to solve them.

The fusion of modern thought and ancient knowledge is an invaluable treasure.

Therefore, Cui Xian saw the hidden pit in the first question at a glance.

Of course, it is possible that Ye Huaifeng, who set the question, did not realize that this was a trap.

King Wu continued the legacy of King Tai, King Ji and King Wen - many people interpret this topic without much thought as meaning that the three kings failed to complete the legacy, and it was not until King Wu of Zhou that the ambitions of the three kings were fulfilled, which is worthy of praise and respected by all people.

Therefore, the candidates who felt they had solved the topic began to write with the core of praising the Zhou family's ancestors and grandchildren.

At first glance it seems like nothing.

But if you think about it carefully, wow!

So, your Zhou family, fathers, sons, grandfathers and grandchildren, have done nothing but seize the world and become the emperor for generations?

A whole family of traitors, right?

This is completely contrary to the intention of sages!

Therefore, we need to reinterpret the word "缵叙":

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