History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
China has a history of thousands of years, in ancient times on the mainland, in order to let those children who were born poor have a head start, not because of their identity to bury those who have talent, so the establishment of the imperial examination system, so it also derived the Wenwu Zhuangyuan. Wen Zhuangyuan is the first place in the literary examination, and there is no doubt that Wu Zhuangyuan is the first place in the martial arts competition. The imperial examination system was also overthrown with the fall of the Qing Dynasty, so there was the last Wu Zhuangyuan in Chinese history, and the last Wu Zhuangyuan in Chinese history was named Zhang Sanjia.
Zhang Sanjia, a native of Hezhou, was born into a martial arts family and learned martial arts from his father and elders since childhood. He was very proficient in guns, knives, swords, bows and arrows, and he had a strong arm strength, and he brandished a 180-pound large knife in the last temple examination of the Wuzhuangyuan examination, which left a deep impression on the examiners present at the time.
In an article, there is a passage describing the scene at that time: "Only to see the cold light flashing before and after, only to see the light of the knife, not to see the shadow, the knife dance is fierce, and the cold light is dazzling." One moment the dragon dived, and the human knife fell to the ground, like a terrifying wave rolling; the next moment, the Kunpeng spread its wings and flew in mid-air, as if it had the potential to go straight up to the clouds. It was dizzying, just like this for a long time, I didn't see him have a hint of tiredness, the so-called natural divine power is probably like this", it can be seen that Zhang Sanjia's arm strength is really surprisingly large, not only in terms of arm strength, Zhang Sanjia is invincible in the world when competing with other candidates.
Zhang Sanjia was so excellent that there was no doubt that he won the first place in the Wuke Examination that year, won the Wu Zhuangyuan of that year, and became the last Wu Zhuangyuan in history. Zhang Sanjia's name is very domineering, the third refers to the top three of the ancient imperial examination, in ancient times can enter the top three of the imperial examination is already very powerful, especially the martial arts examination, Zhang Sanjia's parents will give him such a name, it can be seen that he has placed deep hopes on him, hoping that he can enter the top three of the imperial examination, for the glory of the family, Zhang Sanjia did get the first place in the martial arts examination when he grew up, and he was also worthy of the domineering name given to him by his parents.
As the last Wu Zhuangyuan in Chinese history, what is Zhang Sanjia's fate? Zhang Sanjia's outstanding performance in the palace examination satisfied the Guangxu Emperor, and he was appointed as Wu Zhuangyuan on the spot, wanting him to serve the imperial court, but Zhang Sanjia died of illness before he could contribute to the imperial court after accepting the reward of the Guangxu Emperor. Although Zhang Sanjia did not make any contribution to the imperial court, Zhang Sanjia played a large knife so majestically in the temple examination that year, which left a deep impression on the examiner, and his name of defeating the invincible hand in the world left a strong mark in history.