Chapter 434 "Che Che Si Si Yi Yi"
When he returned to the cell, it was still dark. Sun Shan sat alone inside, looking at the darkness outside. Thinking that there was a toilet next door, he felt annoyed.
I thought that instead of thinking too much, I might as well fall asleep and prepare for the exam when I wake up.
Sun Shan did whatever he thought. He put down the wooden board, casually covered himself with a thin blanket, and fell asleep.
Sun Shan has countless advantages, and his biggest advantage in the dormitory is that he is short and thin.
This small and sturdy cell seemed to be created for a short and thin man like Sun Shan, and he could move freely in it.
As for those fat and big guys, they will suffer.
When Sun Shan thought of this, he couldn't help but smile. When others were suffering, he was happy, which allowed him to ignore the painful fact that there was a toilet next door.
Sun Shan woke up in a daze. In fact, it was really uncomfortable to sleep like this. He was not sleeping well in a state of being half asleep and half awake.
I opened my eyes and drew aside the door curtain. It was already bright outside.
The room was quiet. Sun Shan stuck his head out and saw officials patrolling outside.
He got up in a hurry and ran to the toilet. He was the first to go to the toilet because he was close to the water.
He thought that in the future, countless people would pass by here and then urinate and defecate next to him.
Sun Shan was in so much pain that he wished he was dead.
He came out, rinsed his mouth with salt and washed his face with water, and then someone came to use the toilet.
Sun Shan's eyes were dull as he made eye contact with the student who had just finished going to the toilet.
After going to the toilet, the candidate felt extremely guilty and ran away in a hurry as if there was a ghost chasing him.
After going to the toilet, the students returned to their dormitories and waited for a long time before they calmed down.
The candidate with the bad number just now was so scary. His triangular eyes were drooping and full of resentment. It was scary just thinking about it.
Oh, I know the pain of the bad-numbered candidate, but he has to go to the toilet.
If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. There is no reason to hold it in.
I'm sorry to all the candidates with bad toilet numbers. No matter how much you resent it, you still have to go to the toilet.
Sun Shan pulled the door curtain closed with an expressionless face, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
Room No. is his private space. It needs to be open to the public during exams, and he can use it freely at other times.
Sun Shan stayed inside quietly and waited for a while, then the sound of cannon fire rang out again.
Sun Shan didn't know how many gunshots had been fired. Then he saw someone coming to bring him breakfast. After eating, he rested for a while.
There was another cannon shot, and finally someone shouted, "Lock it down!"
Sun Shan knew that the provincial examination was about to officially begin.
The provincial examination was divided into three sessions, and the test questions were listed according to the three sessions. Since it was a provincial examination, the test questions in each province were different.
The test questions on the meaning of the classics are usually drafted by co-examiners and then confirmed by the chief examiner.
The topics for the Four Books and policy papers are drafted by the chief examiner.
The other topics will be discussed by everyone and finally determined by the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner.
The first test is on the Four Books and Five Classics.
The provincial examinations no longer test questions such as Mo Yi and Tie Jing, which do not require any thinking and only require rote memorization.
Sun Shan looked at the test questions.
There are three explanations on the meaning of the Four Books, three explanations on the meaning of the Five Classics, and one explanation on the meaning of the original classics.
Sun Shan’s original book is the "Book of Changes", so he did the corresponding questions on the "Book of Changes".
Completing seven questions within three days is not too much, but not too little either. It mainly depends on how well you write.
This section mainly tests candidates' basic grasp of the Four Books, Five Classics and various annotations and commentaries. It is similar to a basic knowledge test and the answers are also unified.
At the same time, students are also tested on their proficiency and application of eight-legged essays.
Sun Shan looked at the question carefully and quickly found the source of the question. As long as he read the question correctly in the first step, he would get some points no matter how he wrote the rest.
Sun Shan put the questions aside and first filled in his name, age, place of origin, and information about his ancestors for three generations. These are basic and must be filled in clearly.
No matter how well you do in the exam, if you forget to fill in these information, your score will be invalidated.
County Examination Questions
Sun Shan put away the filled-in information and could now start working on the questions.
The first day is usually the day when people are most energetic, and Sun Shan wanted to take advantage of this energy to do his best on the questions.
Especially now the toilet doesn't smell very bad. As time goes by, the stench from the toilet will make him more frustrated. Sun Shan needs to think through all the questions as clearly as possible and solve them as well as possible.
Sun Shan first did the questions from the Four Books. He saw that two of them had been done before in Yuelu Academy. His confidence increased instantly.
Moreover, these two questions had been corrected by Mr. Zhou. At this moment, Sun Shan felt that all his bad luck had gone away and he instantly became a lucky man.
The chief examiner Yang Xun was indeed the legendary conventional person, and the questions he asked were also conventional, without any of the legendary extremely abnormal questions.
The questions asked by Lord Yang can be said to be quite balanced.
However, it is difficult to get a high score on such questions. As long as you are familiar with the Four Books, you will know where the questions come from.
If you know where it is, you are almost there when it comes to answering the question.
The advantage Sun Shan had over those people was that his essay had been reviewed by Mr. Zhou.
Hehe, he is a third-rank minister, and a double-listed Jinshi, he passed the exam based on his own ability, so his knowledge is naturally not bad.
Sun Shan looked at the question and confirmed that he had done it before, so he wrote down the article he had written before.
Hahaha, and he even did two of them. Sun Shan was instantly overjoyed.
Feeling that the hands of the "Jie Yuan" were waving towards him, Sun Shan stretched out his hand and almost grasped the tail of the "Jie Yuan"'s fingers.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang from next door, waking Sun Shan from his sweet dream. He was so scared that the brush he was holding paused and the ink on the draft paper became smudged.
Sun Shan was so angry that he really wanted to jump out and beat up the student next door.
Sun Shan endured it again and again.
I thought that if I still had energy on the last day after the exam, I decided to go out and get a sack, put it over the head of the Teochew guy next door and beat him up. Even if he worshipped the master, there was no way he could be blessed.
What's more, he hasn't even bowed before leaving.
After thinking about it for a while, Sun Shan continued to concentrate on doing the questions.
First, do two questions from the Four Books that you have done before, and then hide them carefully after finishing them.
Then do the following questions.
One of the four book questions:
"Cheer and be happy."
Sun Shan thought about it and decided that although it seemed difficult, someone who was very familiar with the Four Books could also find it out.
This principle comes from "The Analects of Confucius, Volume 7, Zilu Chapter 13".
The original text is:
Zilu asked, "How can one be called a scholar?"
Confucius said: "He who is sincere and attentive, and who is cheerful and happy, can be called a gentleman. He is sincere and attentive to his friends, and cheerful and happy to his brothers."
This question is a combination of the previous and the next. You need to connect the previous and the next to understand what it means.
Sun Shan was quite familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, so he knew the source quickly.
But knowing the source is only the first step, you also need to know what the sentence actually means.
What is meant here is the so-called "annotation".
At Yuelu Academy, Sun Shan's greatest gain was reading many famous annotations on the Four Books and Five Classics.
This is one of the reasons why students with resources are more likely to do well in exams than those without resources.
Sun Shan thought about it and began to write the article.