01, Yan Shu was kind enough to persuade him to learn, and Miao Zhen was slightly unsuccessful
Miao Zhen was admitted to the jinshi in the fourth place, and was later called to participate in the examination for the selection of museum staff. One day, Miao Zhen went to visit Yan Shu, and Yan Shu kindly cared: "You have been busy with official affairs, and you must be relatively rusty about writing poetry and writing, now you have to take the exam, or review it a little." ”
Miao Zhen replied proudly: "Who has been a thirty-year-old woman, but has dressed her child upside down?" ”
Yan Shu smiled slightly, and did not say anything.
Soon, Miao Zhen took the exam, which was titled "Zegong Xuanshifu", which stipulated that there was a "king" in the rhyming character, and Miao Zhen randomly wrote the sentence "The King of the Coast of the Land", and the result was not elected to the library.
After Yan Shu heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said softly: "Miao Zhen's thirty-year-old wife still put on the child's clothes!" (This article is excerpted from Dongxuan Records, vol. 7)
02, indiscriminately called the champion, and secretly said to sign the judgment
When Han Wei knew the capital of Yingchang (颍昌, in modern Xuzhou, Henan), Shi Yan was admitted to the imperial court and was sent to Yingchang as a signing judge. After arriving at his post, he met Han Wei and called himself "Zhuangyuan" when he was informed.
Han Wei was very angry at this kind of behavior of boasting about "Zhuangyuan", and said coldly: "Doesn't Zhuangyuan have an official position?" From then on, he only asked Shi Yan to "sign the judgment" and never mentioned "Yuan". Shi Yan held a grudge all his life.
After Ma Juan was admitted to the Title, he was appointed as the Qin Prefecture Judge, and initially called himself the Champion. Lü Dazhong, as the marshal of Qin Prefecture, said to him: "The so-called Title refers to the title of an official after being admitted to the examination, and now that he has become a judge who has signed a book, he should no longer call himself a Title." ”
Ma Juan listened, was very ashamed, and thanked Lu Dazhong for his teachings. Later, Ma Juan became an official in the dynasty and was quite famous. (This article is excerpted from Book 14 of Shaw's Records of Hearing and Seeing)
03, yesterday's secret path from the scholar, today's full way is a protégé
Wang Anshi has extensive knowledge and profound knowledge, and is an influential grand master in the academic community. At that time, the people who engaged in learning were proud to be able to come from his disciples. As long as he is praised by Wang Anshi, he will often be famous all over the world.
Wang Anshi studied the classics, especially advocating word interpretation, and formed a fashion for a while. The last stream of this school of thought is dedicated to the novelty of the ability, and gradually the flow is the theory of chiseling. The imperial court was very worried about this situation, and issued an edict that the new scriptures should not be monopolized, that the old commentaries should be appropriately used, and that the quotation of the "Character Commentary" should be prohibited.
As soon as the situation changed, all the people who engaged in learning abandoned the previous methods of learning, and even denigrated Wang Anshi for not learning any techniques, and were afraid to admit that they had been Wang Anshi's protégés. At that time, the situation of the academic community was: "Today, from scholars, everyone secretly says that they are protégés." ”
Later, the imperial court ordered Wang Anshi to enjoy the temple and posthumously awarded him an official position and a title. Unconsciously, those who used to be called Wang Anshi's protégés studied the New Scriptures, quoted the "Character Interpretation", and scrambled to praise themselves as Wang Anshi's protégés.
Some people also sarcastically said: "Today, from scholars, everyone is a protégé." (This article is excerpted from volume 10 of the "Taming of the Swallow of The Water" ( )
04, there is a word error, can still be the head is the Tao
Shangshu Yao You of the Ministry of Works was a professor of Hangzhou Prefecture Studies. Once, quoting a sentence from the I Ching, I wrote an essay question and mistakenly wrote "Kun for Kettle" as "Kun for Gold". One student knew that mr. Wang had written wrongly, but pretended not to know, hiding a copy of the I Ching, and asked Yao You for advice on the meaning of the essay title.
Yao You played a big role in this wrong topic, and even said that the head was the Tao. After the gentleman had finished speaking, the student took the I Ching out of his arms and said slowly, "Teacher, I am afraid that the I Ching you are reading is a facsimile of low quality, but according to the reliable quality of the manuscript in my hand, it is the word 'kettle'. ”
Yao Tuo's face was yellow and white, and he was speechless to respond. (This article is excerpted from the volume of the "Po House Compilation")