Exposing Old Zhu's Thoughts of "Choosing a Scholar by Eight-Legged Writing", Old Zhu's Defense Was Broken on the Spot!
"We were wrong about this kid. I thought he was changing the questions randomly.”
"I didn't expect this question to be so knowledgeable.”
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look up at Tidas. Then, he thought to himself,
This kid was quick-witted.
Outstanding talent.
Being a mere fifth grade doctor of the Board of Rites had buried this kid's talent.
On the other side.
Zhu Biao felt ashamed of his own misthinking.
He had thought that 'Madam Jun's sexual desire' was an improper question.
However, after Tidas explained.
It wasn't a serious question.
It was just that he was not serious.
Zhu Biao was ashamed.
"Doctor Ye is really knowledgeable. I'm far inferior to doctor Ye. I thought before..."
"Thought?"
Tidas looked at Zhu Biao with clear and harmless eyes.
His heart was very clear.
If he hadn't read a lot of books and read a lot of messy things on the Internet, he would have thought that this question was not serious if he had seen Madam Jun.
The eight-part essay required the topic to be solved first.
'Madam Jun's sexual desire' was a question that many examinees would probably think of wrongly.
Their thoughts on solving the questions would probably be crooked as well.
The content of the topic, the beginning of the lecture, etc.
It would probably be crooked.
He could already predict that the examinee's paper would be filled with Mencius 'words on this question. Food and sex were human nature, and it was a great desire of humans.
If the examinees were to "break the question" and become so crooked…
Then I'm sorry.
Tidas could only announce that they had failed.
Zhu Biao was embarrassed by Tidas's clear and innocent eyes.
Such an elegant figure like Sir.
How could he possibly ask a question that was off the mark?
My thoughts are too dirty!
While feeling extremely guilty, Zhu Biao admired Tidas endlessly.
"To be able to think of such a question, you are indeed a genius of the present age.”
"I'm afraid the Zhuge of the present age is Mister.”
"BenGong deeply admires Mister's talent.”
His address of Tidas had also changed from his official name to "Sir".
However, Tidas curled his lips and said bluntly,
"This kind of question is pure nonsense. I don't dare to treat it as a great talent.”
Zhu Biao was stunned.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the corner, was also stunned.
Such self-poaching and self-deprecating.
This was the first time he had seen it.
"Sir, why do you belittle yourself like this?”
Zhu Biao was puzzled.
"I'm not belittling myself. I'm belittling the eight-part essay.”
Tidas said.
These two strange questions came from the Qing Dynasty.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, eight-part essays were popular.
In the eight-part essay, the four parts of the beginning, middle, back and beam are required to use parallel antithesis sentences.
The format was rigid.
Not a single word more or less.
Most of the candidates who did not get the gist would randomly make up words to match the number of words.
It looked neat, but in fact, it was full of nonsense.
Not only did the examinees have a headache, but the question setter was also worried.
The person who set the questions often had to come up with questions from the Four Books and Five Classics to stump the examinees.
Hence, there were the two strange questions from before.
Cut the head and cut the tail.
Only the words in the middle of the paragraph were left as the test.
He even created a new "intercept" question.
He pieced together the sentences from different chapters in the Four Books and Five Classics to come up with a question.
There was no coherent logic.
For example,"Madam Jun's sexual desire" was a rather perverted eight-part essay.
It was written by Yu Yue, an official of the Qing Dynasty.
This official also came up with other strange "intercept" questions.
For example," Why should the second and third sons worry about not having a king?"," Wang Su orders rebellion ", etc.
In the end, this official's fate was extremely bad.
He was reported by the censor Cao Ze.
Emperor Xianfeng sent someone to investigate.
After confirming that it was true.
Emperor Xianfeng was furious.
The emperor issued an edict to never use it.
In order to take the imperial examination, the poor students spent half of their lives studying the Four Books and Five Classics. They studied this kind of writing technique, and their entire thoughts were imprisoned.
Therefore, Tidas had always scoffed at the eight-part essay selection system and the imperial examination system.
The origin of the eight-part essay came from the Hongwu period.
In order to control the thoughts of scholars, Zhu Yuanzhang limited the scope of the examination to the Four Books and Five Classics.
It was recorded in the History of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen discussed the selection of scholars in the imperial examination.
There was a paragraph of content:
"The text is slightly imitated from the Song Dynasty, but it is written in the tone of the ancients. The body is used in a row, which is called eight-part composition."
When Zhu Yuanzhang formulated the imperial examination system, he stipulated that "the books of Confucius and Mencius should not be read, and the studies of Lian, Luo, Guan and Min should not be taught."
Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's intentional guidance, the Ming Dynasty began to select scholars with eight-part writing.
It was also used in later generations.
In the late Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the selection of scholars by eight-part essay became even more abnormal.
That was why there were two questions like the previous one.
Zhu Biao was surprised.
"Sir, why do you say that? Is there a problem with the eight-part essay?”
"Of course there's a problem, and it's a big problem.”
"I'm not only talking about the eight-part essay, but also the current imperial examination system.”
"Although the eight-part essay guarantees the fairness of the examination and protects the unity of the country and the imperial power, it also allows a large number of talented people to stand out and improve the learning ability of scholars.”
"As for the imperial examination system?"
"Let the poor scholars and commoners have a chance to enter the court."
"It has promoted the development of education.”
"It makes reading popular."
"Let the Jinshi section pay attention to poetry and Fu, which is conducive to the reproduction of poetry and songs.”
"The imperial examination system even gave birth to a bunch of great poets, such as Bai Juyi, Zhang Jiuling, Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi and Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty.”
Tidas boasted.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was listening in the dark, nodded in satisfaction.
It was because of the various benefits of the imperial examination system and the eight-part essay.
That was why he chose to follow the previous imperial examination system and use the eight-part essay to select scholars.
"This kid really knows a lot.”
"Not bad, not bad."
"We can let this kid be Biao 'er's study partner. However, it's too unfair for this kid to be full of ink.”
"Why don't we let him be the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor and teach the Crown Prince how to read?”
"Crown Prince's Grand Tutor!"
"Let's secretly observe this kid for a while and see what his character is like.”
"If his character isn't good, we can't let him be the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor. Otherwise, he'll teach Biao 'er badly.”
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered.
Those who could become the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor were generally great scholars or people with the ability to govern the world.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very cautious about this and did not make a decision easily.
"But…"
At this moment, Tidas's tone changed.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows.
An ominous premonition rose in his heart.
This kid didn't play by the rules.
Could he be up to something?
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the inner hall.
Very good.
There weren't many people.
There was only him, Mao Xiang, Zhu Biao, and Tidas.
One of them was his confidant, and the other was his son.
It wasn't a problem.
Even if Tidas said something treasonous, it could not be spread.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued to listen.
Tidas continued,
"The imperial examination system uses eight-part essay to select scholars, making Confucianism a tool for the ruler to enslave his subjects and control the thoughts of the students!”
Just this sentence.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing in the corner of the inner hall, had a drastic change in expression. His hand that was stroking his beard paused.
Her gaze as she looked at Tidas began to become unfriendly.
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