After the dumb cannon sounded, Gongyuan officially closed its doors.
After waiting for a while, the drums sounded, and then the test papers were distributed.
Wang Sheng opened the paper and checked to see if there were any gaps. After filling in his name, school registration, household registration, hometown, examination room number and other information in the prescribed positions, he sat down in his original position and waited for the signal to start the examination.
Originally, the provincial examination also used only the test number, not the name, to prevent cheating.
However, fraud in the rural examination was serious, and the practice of impersonating one's name and nationality was prevalent.
Everyone is locked in the Gongyuan. Even if there is a chance to obtain the files of the county examination, government examination, and college examination, regardless of the labor and funds involved in escorting them, the handwriting of the candidates will be far apart due to time, and many students will be separated by time. The handwriting of the member is completely different from the previous one.
Moreover, there is a disadvantage of only writing the examination number. The examiner cannot cheat. Otherwise, if he changes his name in three consecutive examinations, he will be able to record the excellent papers when accepting the examination. in someone else's name.
Therefore, the rural examination adopts a combination of anonymous names, red scrolls and ink scrolls to prevent cheating. After the exam, the candidate's test paper has three contents, one is personal resume, two is subject, and three is answer sheet.
In the personal resume section, not only the basic information of the candidate must be written, but also the family lineage, marriage status, and education history. In the subject section, not only the examinee's imperial examination results must be written, but also the examiner, co-examiner, marking officer, imperial examination session, examiner's recommendation, etc.
The answer sheet is the candidate’s ink sheet.
"Dong——"
The drum sounded again, and Wang Sheng just opened the paper with the test questions printed on it.
When I just looked it up, I already knew that the morning test was roughly the same as the previous provincial examination. The test was on three sections of the "Four Books", each with more than 200 words. It seems that the afternoon might be the same as before.
As soon as his thoughts flashed through him, he opened the paper. The first question was "The Analects of Confucius". Looking back, it turned out that the second question was "The Doctrine of the Mean" and the third question was "Mencius".
The first question clearly reads: "The fishing boat does not have the outline, and the sailing boat does not shoot at the constellation."
This sentence is in "The Analects of Confucius·Shuerpian", its general meaning The implication is that Confucius did not use a big net when fishing, but used a fishing rod. Confucius used arrows to shoot birds, not their nests, which is intended to illustrate the relationship between man and ecology.
Wang Sheng thought for a moment and then wrote down his opinions on the piece of paper.
The Provincial Examination is no different than before. If the scratch paper is blank, it will be regarded as cheating. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, even if you have a draft, you must write it down on the scratch paper one by one.
"A sage knows a little bit and knows the end at a glance. I am afraid I can't do it. However, I have been familiar with the scriptures since I was a child and watched my father's journey. I can't see it all."
< p> Wang Sheng smiled and thought of his father Wang Wenqiu's words: Applying too much fertilizer will burn the seedlings, which will most likely lead to no harvest. He wrote this into the answer by the way.He went on to write that things are not about taking more, usingThe more you get, the better the effect will be. This is also true when Confucius wrote this sentence. If we use a big net to catch fish and catch all the fish in the river, we will get huge gains in the short term, but what about the long term?
There are no fish in the river and no birds in the nest.
But we live here, and our children and grandchildren have reproduced here for generations. Where do they need to get food?
It is not what we want to do for a short while and cause our descendants to suffer.
"Therefore, there is a time to catch, and a time to shoot. The saints use things with restraint, but we cannot use things without restraint."
This is what "take things with restraint" The idea expressed in this sentence, but if it only answers how to be temperate, it is actually an inferior work. The most important thing in this sentence is not temperance, but kindness to all things.
Wang Sheng paused and further elaborated, if we can reduce the loss of nature, avoid excessive demands, and ensure that other living things can live and reproduce normally, it will be a good thing for them and our descendants. An act of kindness.
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He thought for a long time before deciding to add the extended words.
If the court can save unnecessary expenses and use these materials to relieve victims and develop construction projects that benefit the people, it would be a great act of kindness and justice.
"Although this statement is small, it can be said to be big."
Wang Sheng put down his pen, checked several key nodes and examples for errors, and transcribed them on the paper.
Although there were only three questions in the morning, the number of questions was much larger than that of the annual exam. Wang Sheng had no time to stop and went directly to the next question.
The title of the second question was very short, with only four characters: "Everyone can understand it."
Wang Sheng's heart sank, and he immediately searched for this sentence in his mind.
"Wherever boats and chariots go, where human power passes, where the sky covers them, where the earth carries them, where the sun and the moon shine... there is no disrespect for relatives."
The general meaning is to praise the saints. Virtues are unknown to everyone, and everyone is close to them wherever they go.
But how to solve this problem?
Wang Sheng tapped his fingers on the table and suddenly thought that the following text emphasized people and things, but the most important thing was the reputation and virtue of the previous text. Therefore, Wang Sheng decided to use "force" to break the topic and use "force" to solve the problem. "Help "pass", and then prove that "human power" is "sacred power".
After he finished solving the problem, he compared the power of "manpower" with the power of "boats and carts" mentioned above, indicating that although boats and carts can travel long distances, they can face some complex road conditions and require manpower to solve them. Because people have wisdom, but boats and cars have no wisdom.
Of course, if he puts down his pen at this point, he will continue to speak and continue writing without even specifying the title.
"The power of a saint is famous. The power of a layman is hidden in the market."
The power of one person is not as good as that of a saint, but a saint uses the power of everyone.Only with strength can great achievements be achieved. From this perspective, "human power" is "sacred power".
He then used two paragraphs to describe the convenience of boats and cars, and then used another paragraph to propose that places that boats and cars cannot reach can be reached by manpower, and roads can also be built. Then it is accessible, so "human power" is far better than "the power of boats and chariots".
When Wang Sheng wrote this, the candidates around him should have gasped when they saw the second question.
The patrol officer quickly rushed to the place where the sound came from and gave a warning.
Wang Sheng shook his head and continued his creation.
He then borrowed allusions to build Dujiangyan to prevent floods, compile an anthology to pass on knowledge, and prevent future generations from being ignorant of the prosperity of their predecessors, etc. None of these things can be done by one person, but are the result of the efforts of everyone, which further proves that "human power" is "sacred power".
Finally, Wang Sheng thought about the scientific examination now and wrote about how "human power" can achieve "sacred power" through familiarity with classics, bathing in holy virtues, being honest and filial, and protecting the people as an official. Loyal to the king and patriotic.
At this point, the article can be concluded.
"The benefits are far-reaching, and the fame is not due to human effort."
It took a lot of effort to write down this eloquently. When Wang Sheng raised his head, he saw that the sun was shining brighter. .
He wanted to stop for a while before copying, but now he could only check it briefly, then transcribed it on the answer sheet, and hurriedly turned the page to look at the third question.