"So soon?"
Zhao Jun scratched his head and said, "The problem is, I haven't read the Four Books and Five Classics. How can I pass the exam?"
"What are the Four Books?"
Zhao Zhen was confused. He knew the Five Classics, but not the Four Books.
"Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty created this by extracting the "Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" from the "Book of Rites" and adding the "Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" to form the Four Books. Adding the "Book of Songs," "Book of History," "Book of Rites," "Book of Changes," and "Spring and Autumn Annals" makes it the Four Books and Five Classics."
Zhao Jun explained, "No one in New China reads this anymore. At most, they learn a few positive sentences in Chinese language classes. Back then, we emphasized extracting the essence of traditional culture and discarding the dross, refining the old and establishing the new. So, apart from Chinese scholars and university classical Chinese courses, no one studied this stuff. How could you expect me to pass the exam?"
"this"
Zhao Zhen knew that Zhao Jun had a poor foundation, but he didn't expect his Chinese studies foundation to be so poor. He had no choice but to say, "It's okay. You can take the exam when the time comes. If you don't pass, I will recommend you for admission."
"Can you open the back door for me?"
Zhao Jun smiled, then his expression suddenly changed. He asked, "Special nomination?"
"yes."
Zhao Zhen nodded: "It is I who can specially grant you the status of Jinshi."
"Good guy, don't fool me."
Zhao Jun's face darkened as he said, "I remember this special mention was given to those with the same Jinshi degree as him."
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
Zhao Zhen looked surprised.
However, at this time, Zhao Jun's face was already dark and very unfriendly.
When I was in college, I took the elective course "Cultural History". The cultural history in this course not only includes tea culture, poetry culture, and painting culture, but also the imperial examination culture.
The teacher said that this special nomination was a special preferential treatment given by the Song Dynasty emperor to those who failed the imperial examinations many times, and they were ranked fifth on the list of Jinshi.
Fifth Class!
It's equivalent to a class of fifty people, and I ranked in the bottom ten in the exam. I got into the school through connections, which is really embarrassing.
People who pass this exam often have a low status in the officialdom and are easily ostracized and despised by their colleagues.
After all, if the top five universities are Tsinghua University and Peking University, the top two universities are 985 and 211, the top three universities are ordinary first-class universities, and the top four universities are ordinary second-class universities, then the top five universities are at most a college with a technical college degree.
How can you, a specialist, have the face in front of us?
Zhao Jun was furious, raised his middle finger, and said in a defiant voice: "Special nomination? Top five and granted the same Jinshi degree? Not even worthy of being a dog!"
(End of this chapter)
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