There is such a story in "Ru Lin Shi Wai", "Fan Jin Zhongju", which tells the story of Fan Jin, a poor talent who has repeatedly failed to pass the test and is nearly a year old, who lifts people up in the examination and is extremely happy and crazy. Modern people may not understand this very well, how can they still be crazy after passing the exam? In fact, this has a lot to do with the social environment at that time.
The ancients often said that "there is a golden house in the book, and there is a yan ruyu in the book", the ancient class concept is very strong, the children of the cold door want to soar to the sky, and the imperial examination is the biggest opportunity. In the middle of the examination, you can transform yourself into a rising class and get rid of the identity of a commoner. It is said that "one person will get the ascension of the chicken and dog to heaven", and in ancient times, it was a great joy for the family to read a book, and it was the glory of the whole family. This is inseparable from the ancient scientific expedition system.
"Ten years of cold window bitterness", a person who wants to successfully stand out must pay a lot of effort. The ancient Chinese imperial examination originated from the Sui Dynasty, and the imperial examination was named after the division of disciplines. The Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui system, and the temple examination and martial arts that were added during the reign of Wu Zetian further improved the imperial examination system.
The Song Dynasty basically followed the system of the Tang Dynasty, but there were many deletions in subjects and relaxed the scope of admission. It was also from the Song Dynasty that the scientific examination determined the standard of once every three years, and gradually established a three-level examination system of state examination, provincial examination and temple examination. And after passing the examination, they are all Tianzi protégés, and they do not need to go through the review of the officials, and can be directly awarded official positions.
In addition, in order to prevent fraud, the Song Dynasty began to implement the practice of pasting names and honors.
The imperial examination system in the Ming and Qing dynasties was basically the same, but because of the ethnic discrimination policy, the Manchus had privileges and could become officials without going through the imperial examination. Wu Jingzi, the author of "Ru Lin Shi Wai", was a Qing Dynasty person, so the examination system experienced by Fan Jin was basically modeled on the Qing Dynasty's imperial examination system.
The examinations of the Qing Dynasty were divided into four stages, namely the Tongsheng Examination, the Township Examination, the Hui Examination and the Temple Examination. The child student examination includes three stages: the county examination, the prefectural examination and the hospital examination, and only after passing the hospital examination can he become a talent and have the qualification to participate in the examination. Then, in August of the autumn of each year, the talents can take the township examination in the provinces and cities, and after passing, they can become lifters.
We all know that Xiucai can see officials without kneeling, but they can't be officials. How many people have been stuck in the show for a lifetime, and it is difficult to make progress. To become a person, you have the qualifications to be an official, and you no longer have to worry about life, because the state has a corresponding policy that can make them worry about food and clothing.
Fan Jinzhong was nearly old when he was raised, and because his family was poor, he relied on his father-in-law for help, so he suffered a lot of white eyes. There are many rumors among the neighbors, whether it is his parents, his wife, and his relatives and friends in his hometown look down on him. You can imagine how humble his life was. Until after the middle lift, you can finally raise your eyebrows and breathe, you can straighten your waist, so you have such a crazy move.
However, Fan Jin in the book did not become an official after zhongju. Because his mother died of illness and ruled the world with filial piety in ancient times, Fan Jin needed to keep filial piety for three years. Three years later, Fan Jin finally went as usual, and was admitted to the Jinshi in one fell swoop, and then he was appointed as a subordinate, selected the imperial history, and within a few years, he was promoted to Shandong Xuedao, a local high-ranking official of Zhengsanpin, equivalent to the director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Education. It can be seen that his position is not low, and by modern standards, it will make people crazy.
"Ten years of cold window no one asks, once the world knows", this is the true portrayal of the ancient imperial examination, the cold door disciples want to jump the dragon gate, reading to participate in the imperial examination is the most convenient way. And Fan Jin from the age of twenty to fifty years old, all his youth is used to walk this road, his idea of wanting to get ahead and soar to the sky has always supported him to go down, and because of this, he will be confused for a while after hearing that he has risen.
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