Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 498 Jimao Township Examination (Part [-])
People in the world always say that it is the most difficult to solve the problems. In fact, Gao Yushi thinks that the problem of these people is that they "can get in but not get out".From the perspective of high pragmatism, there are three keys to solving the problem: the height of thinking, the strength of generalization, and the precision of language.

These three, in future generations, are the basic requirements for who?
The official secretary who writes the copy.

It's like the spirit of a central government has been conveyed. As a secretary of official documents, what is needed to uphold these spirits and convert them into local documents?

It is necessary to be able to look at the problem from the overall perspective, which is called the height of thought; to spit out tens of thousands of words, it is for the whole country, and what places he is in can be correspondingly extracted, which is called the strength of generalization; Sentence making and writing habits conform to the trend of the times and current needs. This is called language precision.

Gao Yushi was born in this field.

Therefore, as far as Gao Yushi is concerned, the same is true for Shiwen, which is nothing more than changing to the style of stereotyped essay. What is the difficulty?
He almost didn't think about it, so he picked up a pen and wrote down the problem on the grass scroll:
"The Tao is based on the sky, and it is cultivated and offered by the court."

This first article is written quite casually by Gao Pragmatism, and the highlight of the full text is actually the one sentence that breaks the topic.

As for why this is so, it’s not that high pragmatism doesn’t pay attention to it. This is actually the experience taught to him by many seniors and brothers.

Most of the examiners are people who have been in the examination room. They know that many of the candidates for the rural examination have not woken up when they write the first essay, and since they have to finish seven essays in a day, it is difficult to go back and check carefully and make corrections. Therefore, generally speaking, not only is the literary spirit insufficient, but sometimes the law is not strict, it is difficult to determine the true level of an examinee.

So what to do?When an experienced examiner reads the first article of a candidate, he will only focus on solving the problem and see how well the candidate can solve the problem in this article.If you solve the questions well, you can generally conclude that the examinee's level is not too bad, so you can continue to read his subsequent articles.

If the problem is solved incorrectly or not well, then the examiner will not have much expectation for the next article—generally speaking, unless the second article is excellent in its full text, it will be difficult to select it.

This is why Gao Pragmatism's first article focuses on solving the problem.After breaking the question, you can write freely. After all, the number of examiners is limited, and you have to read so many test papers in two or three days. Do you really know how to examine word by word?

As long as the problem is solved well enough, the latter is usually a "glance" to see if there are any major violations, and if there is no problem, let it go.

But this is limited to the first article, and the second and third articles cannot be operated in this way, because these two articles will be the articles that the examiner will focus on.

Because generally speaking, after the first article has been written in a daze, people should be almost awake, their energy will start to concentrate, and their writing will start to spurt, so the next two articles are the most critical.

Then from the fourth article to the seventh article, it entered the category of "not so important", because usually at this time, the candidates' talent and energy have been exhausted, their thinking has also entered a period of fatigue, and the article will naturally begin to decline. up.

Because Gao Yushi is surrounded by many seniors and seniors with rich experience in exams—in fact, they also have rich experience in proctoring and grading papers—so he knows very well what is the most important thing in today's exam.

The first is the second article, and the second is the third article!The rest is nothing to discuss, as long as there are no major mistakes.

Gao Yushi took a look at the title of the second article, and there were only four words on it:
The way of virtue.

Of course, this sentence is very familiar with high pragmatism. It comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Weizheng II". Courtesy, shame and dignity."

The "Tao" here means guidance, the "government" means the prohibition of the rule of law, and Qi means uniformity, that is, to use the criminal law to unify people's behavior so that they do not break the law.Free from punishment, but not ashamed, although dare not do evil, but never forget the heart of evil.Ritual is the law of etiquette. It is required by moral education. The people are ashamed of doing evil.

Reading the Four Books is not enough to just know the meaning of the text. If you want to do well in the exam, Zhu Zhu must be clear. How does Zhu Zhu answer this passage?

Zhu Xi’s commentary reads: “Government is the tool of governance; punishment is the law of governance. Virtue and etiquette are the foundation of governance, and virtue is the foundation of etiquette. This is always the same. Although it cannot be neglected, political punishment It can only keep the people away from sin. The effect of virtue and etiquette can make the people become better day by day without realizing it. Therefore, those who govern the people should not rely on the bottom line, but should deeply explore the root.”

This question is a deep-seated question. Even in the previous life of Gao Yushi, the legal prohibition and moral education were indispensable. Go beyond what Confucius said.

However, the title only includes the last three sentences. It can be seen that the focus is on the three sentences of "Tao with virtue". ", "Abandoned", "Ashamed", "Barely", and "Natural".

So the focus of this question is not only to break the question to see whether it is good or bad, but to lie in the point of view, that is, "reasonable".

Reasonable ones mainly look at comparisons with hindsight, and the main energy of high pragmatism is also concentrated in these two places.

His comparison is as follows:
Don't be a villain who is forbidden, and a gentleman who is cited together, the meaning is the same, but the thickness is divided.The world is for those who have deep intentions, but they cannot bear to bear the ears.And this unbearable heart is enough to test the goodness of nature in Kusano.

The law makes it avoid, and the body leads to make it obey. Their feelings are the same, but they are superficial and deep.The only person in the world who loves deeply cannot forget his ears.And this view that cannot be forgotten has already been educated in Datong.

The meaning is clear and the argument is clear.But this is not enough, because this is just equivalent to stating the point of view in later generations' argumentative papers, and further explanations are needed, so it depends on the comparison:
But it is still possible to say that the fools are brave to the front, and the fools are turned into the back, thinking that they are responsible for the national code.It is unspeakable to see abandonment to a sage.There are facts that can be discarded, but if a sage does not discard them quickly, he will not be at ease, and his hearts of regret and regret will be mixed.

And it is reluctance to be born from shame and remorse, and reluctance to be natural, thinking that it is a crime to the court, it is still possible to say.It is unspeakable to feel guilty in my heart.There is a clear sense of guilt, but my heart will eventually become more guilty, so I can't be at ease, and the thought of cultivating energy is strong.

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Although the rural examination was much more stringent than the Taoist examination, Gao Yushi was well aware of the many ways in the examination room, so he still passed the examination very quickly. When the first card was released in the afternoon, he was the first to hand in the paper and was released by the door.

He will not know the result of the exam these few days, so Gao Yushi will not miss it when he goes out, and is anxious to go back to have lunch - the lunch for this exam is prepared by the exam room, and you are not allowed to bring it with you. In theory, it is all spent by the court.But the imperial court is used to being stingy, and Henan is not very rich, so lunch is only two pancakes, a few slices of pork belly, and a few pieces of seasonal melons and fruits.In this life, Gao Yushi is richer than his previous life by ten thousand times, and he has long been used to extravagance. Seeing that the pork belly was served as a cold appetizer, there was nowhere to eat it, so he ate a few mouthfuls of pancakes, waiting to return to the inn to make up for the meal.

However, since he was the first to turn in the papers, he was still arranged for "ceremony and music", and was sent back to his residence all the way, wasting some time.The servant who followed him couldn't step forward, so he could only follow all the way back to the small inn that he had booked out.

　I thought about it for a while, the last road test was quite detailed, and this time the rural test will be slightly shortened. I originally planned to "upper, middle and lower", and save it as "upper and lower".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)