Be a master through ancient times

According to the experience of the original owner, Chu Ci knew that the county examination paper contained several types of questions, namely the five items of pasting scriptures, ink meanings, nine chapters, poems and essays, and essays.

According to the current language, posting refers to filling in the blanks, and all of them are dictation sentences without explanation.Mo Yi refers to short-answer questions, that is, you are given a sentence, and then you are asked to answer the question according to the context or the notes in the book.

These two parts test students' memory. The so-called "reading through ten thousand volumes" may be false in modern times, but students in ancient times really had to read those books thoroughly. By heart.

Chapter Nine is naturally a math problem. For ordinary students, Chapter Nine may not be very good at learning, so the topics here will be simpler.

Poetry and fu are poems, which generally limit the rhyme and allow you to make a five-character and eight-rhyme poem.In the Tang Dynasty, poetry was also opened as a separate Jinshi subject to show their importance to poetry.The rulers of the Wei Dynasty still valued articles more than poems.

This article is just essays.Generally, you will be given a passage from the Four Books and Five Classics, and then according to your own understanding, you will break through the topic, accept the topic, start the lecture, enter the topic, start the stock, middle stock, back stock, and tie the stock. There are many restrictions in the middle.But everyone has practiced these things since childhood, so the format is not too difficult.But if you want to write essays well, it depends on the understanding of the students.

Chu Ci flipped through his memory. In the year when the original examiner took the county exam, he was tested on the sentence in the Analects of Confucius, "It is rare to be a good offender." The probability must be very low.

The original owner took the examples of several sages to demonstrate, and just passed the county examination, and was selected as the twelve county examination.Then he passed all the way, took the government examination and the hospital examination, and stood out in the hospital examination, became the fifth in the hospital examination, and became a granary student in Yuanshan County.

Zhang Wenhai went to the examination room several times, but he never passed the county examination. Strictly speaking, he wasn't even a Tongsheng.But now, basically, after passing the boy's test, one can be regarded as a boy student.

According to Zhang Wenhai's learning situation, Chu Ci first helped him formulate a learning plan, from easy to difficult, and gradually deepened.

He asked Zhang Wenhai to read "The Analects of Confucius" first, and sat beside him holding a stack of papers.He also had a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" in his hand, and he read it once or twice from time to time, and kept writing something on the paper.

Every time Zhang Wenhai read a few sentences, he would turn to look at him, feeling uneasy, not knowing what method Chu Ci would use to deal with him.

Chu Ci sensed his inattention, but he didn't say anything to remind him. After all, you have to try everything by yourself, right?Presumably tomorrow, he will not be able to free himself from distractions.

The whole morning passed like this. After lunch, Zhang Wenhai and Chu Ci came to the study again.

When Chu Ci was at home, he would take a nap, but here, it was difficult for him to go to sleep, because "The Analects of Confucius. Gongye Chang" said: Zai Yu naps.The Master said: "Rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be smashed!" He scolded scholars who slept during the day.

No one in the family would spread the word to the outside world, but there are many people here, maybe it will be told by others at any time, and it will hinder his reputation at that time.

Chu Ci brewed a cup of strong tea, and then put the questions that were given in the morning in front of Zhang Wenhai.

"Brother Zhang, please answer all these questions within half an hour. If you make any mistakes, you will be punished."

Zhang Wenhai saw that there was a thick stack of paper with a preface marked on it. There were a total of [-] pasted scriptures, all of which were tested on the Analects.

His eyes darkened, and after a few murmurs, he finally spoke: "Brother Chu, isn't half an hour too short? There are so many topics, I'm afraid—"

"If you go on, I'm afraid it won't even last half an hour." Chu Ci raised the corner of his lips and pointed to the hourglass in the study.

Zhang Wenhai suddenly realized, no wonder he asked servants to move this thing to the study early in the morning!Seeing that a shallow layer of sand had accumulated below, Zhang Wenhai immediately restrained his thoughts and began to answer the questions.

After the hourglass turned over four times, half an hour has passed in a hurry.

Chu Ci knocked on the table, signaling Zhang Wenhai to stop writing.Zhang Wenhai was in a hurry, big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead: "Wait, I haven't—"

Chu Ci remained expressionless, and asked Xiao Chengzi, who was waiting beside Zhang Wenhai, to bring up Zhang Wenhai's test paper.Xiao Chengzi couldn't bear to look at her young master's pitiful look, and moved slowly on purpose.

"Little Chengzi, do you know what your master and wife said?"

After hearing this, Xiao Chengzi shuddered, pulled out the test paper that Zhang Wenhai was holding down, and presented it to Chu Ci with a low eyebrow.

Chu Ci took out a vermilion pen and carefully reviewed the answers.He corrected the test paper very fast, turning a page with a few swipes.

Zhang Wenhai sat across from him, his heart was so tense that he didn't even have the mood to enjoy the refreshments presented by Xiao Chengzi.

After a while, Chu Ci put the pen on the pen mount, and knocked the pen body and the table, making a crisp sound of "pop".At this moment, Zhang Wenhai's heart was pounding, and his breathing became a little short.

Chu Ci glanced at him, and silently added another one after the slow response, with an unsteady temper.

"Let's take a look. There are 78 questions in total. With [-] points, you only get [-] points." There is no point system yet, so Zhang Wenhai didn't take it seriously when he first heard it. When the test paper was blank, Fang Cai blushed and was speechless.

"This...it should be because time is too tight, so I..." Zhang Wenhai couldn't continue.

"Is there so much space?" Chu Ci chuckled: "Then let me ask you, how long does the county test take? How long does it take you to copy the questions? How long does it take to post scriptures? You count nine chapters How long will it take? How long will it take you to write poems? Oh, yes, you still have to transcribe the answers on the test paper, and you have to count this time."

A series of questions made Zhang Wenhai helpless. When he thought of the time when he took the county examination before, he was always in a hurry, and his tears kept pouring out.Could it be that he is really not a material for reading?That's why I made so many mistakes in such a simple test today.

"Do you know why your speed is so slow?" Chu Ci touched his nose a little embarrassedly, and actually made people cry. Compared with those thick-skinned people in later generations, the cheeks of today's scholars are simply paper.

"Brother Chu, don't hesitate to enlighten me." Zhang Wenhai said in a low voice.

"You are too persistent, um, and a little unconfident."

"what?"

"When you were writing just now, I observed the order in which you did the questions, all from top to bottom, right?"

"That's right, Master taught us the same way." Zhang Wenhai was at a loss.

"It's true from top to bottom, but you are too obsessed with solving difficult problems, so you don't have time to do the following simple questions. I put a passage of "Book of Changes" in the Analects just now. You haven't memorized this book. I took it for granted that you didn’t pay attention when memorizing the book. So you recalled the entire "Analects of Confucius" in the rest of the time, right?"

"How do you know?" Zhang Wenhai was horrified. When he saw the title just now, he was panicked and fell into self-doubt instantly.Then he forced himself to calm down and recited "The Analects of Confucius" silently again, but he still had no clue. Just when he didn't know what to do, the time came.

Chu Ci laughed out loud, this stupid boy, he was too nervous just now, he recited it aloud without realizing it, both he and Xiao Chengzi heard it.

"Don't worry about how I know it. You can take a good look at the rest of the questions and give you a quarter of an hour to write them out. If you make so many mistakes this time, I will really punish you."

After Zhang Wenhai took it, he didn't dare to stop for a moment, and he wrote all the topics in less than a quarter of an hour.

After Chu Ci helped him to review, he found that he had written everything correctly, "Look at it yourself, if you skipped that question just now and did the next one, you would only make one mistake, but if you cling to that question, you will lose as much as you can." There are more than a dozen questions. It can be said that a small loss makes a big loss. Sometimes, giving in does not mean admitting defeat, and you must know that taking a step back will open up the sea and the sky."

These words were like enlightenment, and hit Zhang Wenhai's heart heavily.That's right, when he failed in previous years, the master thought that he was not good at learning, and only asked him to work harder.But is hard work useful?His diligence is not inferior to any student, but others are making progress, only he is still at the same place, unable to move an inch.

There is no one else who is as persuasive as Chu Ci, who can help him find problems other than studies.

"Brother Chu, sir, please be respected by Wenhai!" At this moment, Zhang Wenhai seemed to understand what is meant by "one-character teacher". He bent down and saluted his teacher sincerely.

"Don't dare to do this, how dare I be your master?" Chu Ci hurried to help.

Zhang Wenhai got up but said: "The sage said that there is a sequence in hearing the truth, and there is a specialization in art. The master has always been the teacher, so why stick to age or other things? Anyway, Brother Chu, you are a gentleman, I recognize it."

"Don't!" Chu Ci hurriedly stopped his dangerous thoughts, "Although you are sincere, I am shameless in the eyes of others. There are three teachers in people, namely the enlightened teacher, the professional teacher and the human teacher. I have neither How can you call me a teacher if you have not passed on the scriptures to teach you how to behave in the world, and you have not taught you the way to conduct yourself? It is unavoidable, so I ask Brother Zhang to take back what he just said."

Apprenticeship in ancient times is not a joke, and when the fame really comes down, won't he offend all the gentlemen of Qishan Academy?

"Yes, thanks to Brother Chu's deep understanding of righteousness, otherwise I will fall into your injustice. How about this, I won't say that on my lips, but in my heart, I will still regard Brother Chu as my benefactor."

"Hehe." It's up to you, Chu Ci was helpless.

"What Brother Chu said just now, I seem to have a feeling in my heart, and I hope Brother Chu can say a few more words to help me clear up my confusion."

Seeing his sincerity, Chu Ci taught him the answering skills he had learned over the years.Zhang Wenhai nodded repeatedly after hearing this, his eyes sparkled, and the excitement on his face could not be concealed.

After listening to it, he understood it in his heart, and then concentrated on reading the book again.

Seeing this, Chu Ci quietly left the door without disturbing him.

It was still early in the day, and he wanted to go to the calligraphy and ink bookstore to see how the shopkeeper Lu's seal was engraved.

Unexpectedly, there was a Hanmo Bookstore, but the shopkeeper Lu was not there.Chuci asked Huzi, only to find out that shopkeeper Lu went to the county to buy goods again.

It seems that the business is really good. Chu Ci is also very happy about this. A good business means that he can earn more.

Chu Ci read a book in the book shop for a while, and after saying hello to Huzi, he wanted to leave.Hu Zi stopped him suddenly, and said, "Chu Xiucai, don't be offended. I was so busy just now that I completely forgot what the shopkeeper asked me to do."

"It's okay, don't you think of it now? What's the matter, just tell me."

"Is such that……"

When Hu Zi said this, Chu Ci understood that it was the fault of the illustration.Someone paid a lot of money, and asked shopkeeper Lu to invite the illustrator to talk about it.

"Chu thanked shopkeeper Lu for this matter first, but I don't want to show this identity to others, so I would like to ask the shopkeeper to politely decline, I am very grateful." After thinking for a while, Chu Ci decided not to go.

Too ostentatious in the illustrations, it is easy to be regarded as a person who specializes in strange and obscene skills, and the name of a painter will not be beneficial in the future.Why lose the big because of the small?