What Are These Questions? The examinees cried!
Examination Hall.
The test booths were very simple and crude. They were built with wooden boards and reed mats. There was no door open to the south, and they were arranged vertically and horizontally, leaving only a passage in the lane.
There was a light and a water tank at the door of the room.
The candidates can take it themselves.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the examiner began to set the questions.
The grids were divided into 'Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow'.
In the Heaven-tier grid.
"Everyone, enter your rooms to listen to the questions."
The examiner shouted.
The exam was about to begin. The "Heaven" examinee entered the room and sat upright.
Some of the examinees looked excited.
"I've already made preparations for this imperial examination. I'll definitely be ranked!”
They already knew the questions.
Even if he didn't listen to the questions, he knew the contents of the questions.
Li Zhong was one of the cheating candidates.
After he received the test questions in advance, he flipped through the Four Books and Five Classics to find the answer.
After spending some time, he found the answer.
He memorized the answer.
He had been waiting for this day.
Li Zhong clenched his fists tightly, his face flushed with excitement.
"This day has finally come!"
"I have memorized the answers to the questions.”
"These questions are not difficult for me at all.”
"I will definitely be on the rankings."
"Maybe I can even enter the top three!"
Li Zhong took out a brush, ink, and paper and began to write rapidly.
He had failed several times.
This time, he could finally hold his head high and be on the rankings.
"It wasn't in vain that I spent a lot of money to get the exam questions!”
Li Zhong thought.
The examiner began to read out the questions.
Can't a man be better than a bird? The Book of Songs says: King Mu Mu Wen.
Li Zhong's hand that was writing quickly paused.
He was stunned.
Did he hear wrongly?
The first question, it couldn't be right, right?
Why was it different from the questions he had received before?
Not a single word was the same.
This was ridiculous.
"Why are the questions different? Could it be that the questions I received before were fake?”
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!”
"There must be a problem somewhere!"
Li Zhong frowned.
The examiner repeated the question a few more times.
Li Zhong listened to it several times and even personally confirmed the questions on the board.
"Why is it different?"
Li Zhong fell into confusion.
The candidates in the sky-ranked cubicle were also stunned when they heard the question.
Was the examiner serious about the questions?
What the hell was this question?
The examinees could not help but think hard.
When the examinees in the other cubicles heard the examiner's question, they were also stunned.
Zhang You was an ordinary examinee. He was especially unlucky. Although he was in the Heaven Grade cubicle, his booth was especially dilapidated. It was full of dust and cobwebs.
After all, the exams were held once every three years.
After the exam, they were sealed.
Therefore, it was understandable that the test shed was dirty and full of dust.
He could only clean up the test shed and place the blanket properly.
The examination was about to begin as soon as he finished cleaning the examination shed. He quickly took out his pen, ink, and other items and sat upright with a serious expression.
The examiner's voice echoed throughout the entire Heaven Tier cubicle.
"Can't a human be inferior to a bird? The poem says: King Mu Mu Wen."
Zhang You was speechless.
Zhang You had read poetry books for decades and had seen past examination questions. He had also seen countless strange examination questions, but he had never seen such a strange examination question.
He rubbed his ears.
He was prepared to listen carefully again.
After the examiners finished speaking several times, an official held a board with the examination questions written on it and walked back and forth in the passageway between the examination booths, showing the examinees the contents of the examination questions.
Zhang You stared blankly at the questions on the board.
He wanted to smash his pen.
What was going on with this year's exam?
Why was it so strange?
"Phew!"
"Calm down. If we panic now, then this triennial exam will be over.”
"I have studied hard for many years."
"How can I be flustered on the spot? I'll definitely be able to figure it out!”
Zhang You calmed down and pondered the question.
The first half of the sentence: "Can a man not be inferior to a bird?”
The original text should have been from 'The Great Learning.'”
The second half of the sentence was "King Muwen".
"The Book of Songs" original text: "Mu Mu Wen Wang, Yu Ji Xi Jing Zhi.”
"Very good!"
"Since I've already figured out the original text, I only need to use the content of the original text to guess the examiner's intention for setting this question!”
Zhang You spent most of the day figuring it out and was overjoyed.
He continued to try to understand.
The content of these two poems was about the virtues of people. It was said that good virtues could make society stable and harmonious, and things like that.
He advocated for everyone to be good and have good virtue.
Zhang You used his understanding of classics, history, current politics, and articles to include his own opinions and discussions.
After boasting in the article, he picked up the answer sheet that was still wet with ink, his face full of pride.
This essay was quite well written.
It even exceeded the usual standard.
He should be able to gain the appreciation of the examiners.
After Zhang You finished writing, his stomach grumbled. It turned out that it was already dark.
The general exams required three tests.
Nine days and six nights.
It was not easy.
After each exam, they could leave the venue. Other than that, they had to eat, drink, and pee in the examination hall.
Zhang You rubbed his belly and estimated the time.
"It's almost time for dinner, right?"
"Then let's cook first."
Zhang You took out the ingredients and kitchenware and started cooking.
The fragrance of food quickly spread throughout the examination hall.
The other examinees also smelled the fragrance of the food.
They were salivating.
Some people also stopped writing and started cooking. Some people even took out their rations to eat.
Li Zhong looked at the exam questions and was upset.
He had no idea what the question meant.
Li Zhong was already cursing in his heart.
Who was the one who came up with this question?
Was this something a human could do?
While he was distracted, the fragrance of food spread out, which made Li Zhong even more upset.
He might as well give up on this question.
"As long as I answer the other questions well, I still have a chance to get on the rankings. There's no hurry.”
He comforted himself and then enjoyed the food with a clear conscience.
The second question came out very quickly.
Mrs. Jun openly desires goods.
The examinees instantly wanted to cry.
What kind of questions were these?
Li Zhong was completely dumbfounded.
There was something wrong with the script.
It was fine if one question was not accurate, but if the second question was not accurate, what about the next question?
Thinking about it carefully, I'm very afraid.
Li Zhong's heart trembled.
The exam is held once every three years.
If he missed this opportunity, he would have to wait for another three years.
However, how many three years were there in life?
He had spent a lot of money to buy the test questions. He had originally wanted to be on the high school rankings, but who knew that he would not be able to answer two questions in a row?
The confident Zhang You was also stunned.
He barely managed to answer the first question. He thought that the first question was strange enough, but he did not expect the second question to be even stranger!
"Madam."
"Yang goods."
Zhang You covered his face.
Was this examiner serious?
It was obvious that this question was not set by a decent person.
In fact, this question was also a cut-off question."Madam Jun" came from the Analects of Confucius.
"The wife of the ruler, the ruler calls her Madam."
And "Yang goods" came from the Analects of Confucius.
"Yang Huo wanted to see Confucius, but Confucius didn't.”
Of these two sentences, the first meant that the monarch's wife, whom the monarch addressed as " Madam ", and the second meant that a person called Yang Huo wanted to see Confucius, but Confucius did not want to see him.
Zhang You racked his brains, but he couldn't understand.
The other examinees did the same.
This question was really too strange.
It was even more outrageous than the previous one.
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