The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

It was the fifth time for Sheng Yuan to sit in the examination room of the county examination, and his emotions had already changed from agitated to indifferent.

Of course, maybe in the indifference, there is still faint exhaustion and numbness.

"There are still five government exams!" Xia Shuangjun sighed, with anxiety in his eyes.

"Perhaps we should be thankful that after this exam, we have a full month to adjust our minds." Sheng Yuan yawned and comforted this friend, "Thinking about the best, we don't have to go out of Kyoto for the government exam, and there is a ready-made exam room near Shuntian Prefecture , so close to home, you don’t have to get up early like this time.”

"That's right." Mr. Xia Shuang listlessly prepared his pen and ink, ready for the last series.

After the exam started, everything was the same as the previous three re-examinations. Sheng Yuan still answered the questions smoothly, and was the first to be brought up by the magistrate of Luo County.

After answering the first five questions of the interview, the magistrate of Luo County smiled and stroked his beard: "Miss Sheng has a solid knowledge and can cope with changes. This officer values ​​it very much. This time, the last county exam, I will add another question at the discretion of the officer. How about answering one more essay from the official?"

Sheng Yuan smiled and said yes, but in his heart he slandered again and again.

This Grandfather of Los Angeles County is really funny. He is the examiner and has prepared the questions in advance. If she is an examinee, if she agrees, can she still object?
The magistrate of Luo County didn't care whether Sheng Yuan, who was opposite him, was really as obedient as he appeared, so he asked the question slowly: "Miss Sheng, I'm using 'human nature' as the topic, so you should think carefully. To answer the question."

After Sheng Yuan saluted according to the etiquette, she was immersed in thinking without hesitation.

The key point of the examination question "human nature" lies in the word "nature".

Sex, life, temperament, and character.

Sheng Yuan's fingers moved slightly, and his thoughts instantly spun at high speed to form a vortex.

Generally speaking, no matter how magnificent the exam questions are, the answerers should pay attention to specialize in one area.

So what Sheng Yuan had to consider was the direction of his own answer.

Thinking of this, Sheng Yuan had an idea.

If you ask her to say it, she will naturally answer from the most essential and initial point of view of human nature.

And this point of view is none other than the two arguments that have been debated for thousands of years that human beings are inherently good and human beings are inherently evil.

Of course, considering that she doesn't know the true thoughts of the examiner who can decide her grade, Sheng Yuan decided to take a trick, that is, not to judge the right or wrong of the two arguments.

Although the Lord of Los Angeles County showed enough goodwill in these exams, it didn't mean that Sheng Yuan trusted him.

If you encounter an examiner who doesn't like to argue contrary to your own, and this examiner is extremely self-confident, has poor self-control, and basically does not have the virtue of tolerance, then even if her answer is in line with the world, the other party has reason to lower her ranking. After tune.

Even if the other party really can't find a sufficient reason, it is still possible to use "she is still young, if you give her the hope of a small three yuan or six yuan in a row, it will easily make her swell, why don't you press it and let her stabilize" as an excuse. By removing the name of her county chief case.

Thinking of this, Sheng Yuan strengthened her mind and quickly sorted out the direction of her thoughts.

Since he doesn't mention which argument is right and which is wrong, what Sheng Yuan has to do is to give a clear opinion in his answer.

Thinking in this way, the first sentence of the whole answer popped up in Sheng Yuan's mind: "Husband, when a person is first born, he is not born with knowledge. Most of them have animal nature rather than inhumanity. Why? There is no place to learn."

After the beginning of this sentence, Sheng Yuan's thoughts suddenly surged, and he roared forward smoothly.

And the answer she gradually formed came out word by word, and there was no sense of stagnation throughout the text.

After the first sentence, Sheng Yuan pointed out the ignorance of people after birth in a few lines, mentioned "precepts and deeds", and talked about tangible and intangible factors such as growth environment, parents, relatives and friends, teachers and classmates, etc. Evil growth stages pull back and forth.

After summarizing these words, Sheng Yuan began to formally mention his thoughts.

She believes that after birth, before the shaping of character and cognition is completed, most of what people do is instinctive, just like a baby who sucks without being taught.

Such an instinct has the same starting point and destination, which is "selfishness".

And this kind of instinct is no different from the beasts in the mountains and forests in order to survive.

Before the existence of moral consciousness, people and animals have the instinct to do whatever they can to survive, and there is no distinction between right and wrong, or in other words, there is no difference between good and evil.

The selfishness, cunning, cruelty, tenderness, tenderness, kindness, etc. shown by people and animals who perform behaviors are automatically divided into good and evil in the eyes of people with morality, but they are different from people and animals who live by instinct. In other words, it is just a means for him to survive and live better.

After Sheng Yuan spread out his arguments, he began to close.

"Thus, it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people, to be virtuous by being taught, to know shame because of virtuousness, to develop morality by restraining instinct, and the difference between human beings and beasts, so nature comes first, human nature comes second, and education unifies them. Human nature is contrary to nature, and those who turn from human nature to goodness and those who show the quality of virtue and goodness are also the merits of education."

With language in this way, Sheng Yuan began to talk about the influence of education and environment on human growth.Of course, these arguments are just a few words, for starting point and conclusion.

At the end of the speech, Sheng Yuan finally put forward her argument, that is, "human nature begins with education."

"My lord, students are ready!"

Sheng Yuan raised her head and smiled confidently at the magistrate of Luo County. When the other party signaled her to start answering, she read out the prepared manuscript in a leisurely manner.

"Of course!" Hearing the end, the magistrate of Luo County smiled and nodded, the satisfaction in his eyes had already revealed his next words in advance.

"Miss Sheng, I would like to congratulate you in advance that you have to enter the government school."

Hearing this, even though Sheng Yuan knew it well, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

It turns out that there is such a difference between knowing the bottom line and actually hearing the results!

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"Sister Yuan, your reputation as the top case has been confirmed!" Leaving the examination room, Sheng Yuan and the others enjoyed the ceremony room and prepared meals with everyone. On the way back, An Yu looked at Sheng Yuan with beaming eyebrows, feeling a little excited.

The feeling of being his friend at the head of the case is simply not great.

The corner of Sheng Yuan's mouth raised slightly: "It's too early to say this, let's talk about it after the case is revealed!"

The so-called head of the case is that after the results of the last exam came out, the county government arranged the names and surnames of the candidates admitted in the five exams in order of rank.Publishing the results is called a case, and the published transcripts are called the long case because the names of the candidates admitted to the government examination are arranged in a long list.

In this way, the examinee whose transcript is the first is called the head of the case.

In her more than ten years of life experience, not only won the first battle, but also won the first case in her life, which made Sheng Yuan puff her chest proudly.

The reason why I have a few words of humility with An Yu is because she still remembers the rule of "don't be proud when you are proud, and don't be lost when you are frustrated".