136 Political Correctness (2 in 1)(2/2)
Chen Yichen naturally doesn’t want to fail the exam because of shit. If you can eat less, try to eat as little as possible. If you can tolerate it, try to endure it!
Before Shen Yichen finished drinking a cup of tea, he heard the sound of the gong ringing at the Shuntian Gongyuan, which means that the Zheng-Yong Ten-Year Entrance Examination was officially launched.
The clerk distributes the encapsulated test papers to the candidates. Just like in the provincial examination, the first examination of the metropolitan examination also has seven questions, namely the four books and the five classics.
There is no clear regulation on when to finish writing. You only need to submit the test paper before the second exam on February 12th.
The old rules are the first exam of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The first exam is focused on the first question, so after Chen Yichen opened the test paper, he immediately focused on the first four-book questions.
In addition to avoiding taboos and not mocking the two conventional requirements of current affairs, there is another point in the question of the subject matter. This means that the underworld interrogation questions of boys will not appear in the subject examination, and it is beneficial to candidates.
The meaning of the first four books: the foundation of establishing the world with sincerity.
This sentence is taken from "The Doctrine of the Mean: Chapter 32". Although it does not separate the classics, it also combines a complete sentence.
The original text says: Only when the world is sincere can we master the great scriptures of the world, establish the great foundation of the world, and know the transformation and cultivation of the world.
The translation means: Only the most sincere people in the world can master the outline of governing the world, establish the moral foundation of the world, and know the principles of the transformation and cultivation of all things.
The test questions are selected in a very righteous and dignified manner, with no possibility of ambiguity and confusion, and fully demonstrate the moral and benevolence and righteous concept of governing the country.
However, Chen Yichen felt a little embarrassed when he saw this kind of question. Because the more "glorious" the test questions, it means that there are not many ways to solve the questions, and all the candidates wrote very well. It is difficult to win by relying on the thinking mode of the future generations.
And you can also understand from the meaning expressed in the test questions that the examiner who gave this question is likely to be an old pedantic official. If you take the wrong path, you will backfire.
It is worth mentioning that in order to prevent the examination questions from being leaked from the examiner, the examination questions were drawn by the examiner and eighteen fellow examiners, and then randomly selected seven of them to become formal examination questions.
Therefore, not only can candidates not get the leaked questions from the examiner, but they can even understand the examiner's literary preferences. They can only answer questions based on their real skills.
After thinking for a long time, Chen Yichen finally finished writing. Since he could not win by surprise, he would like to compete with whose foundation of knowledge is more solid. His hard study has not been a waste of time!
According to the meaning of the translation of the question, the examiner can draw the wish that he wants to express, that is, who is the sincerest person in the world and can establish moral standards?
Let’s think about it again, who has such a big face to admit that he is the most sincere person in the world and can establish moral standards?
The answer is about to come out, of course it is a saint!
Under the policy of governing the country with the solemn Confucianism, you can pick out anyone who is a moral model, but no one dares to say anything about the saint Confucius. This is absolutely political correctness!
Chapter completed!