The annual college entrance examination is a hot spot for everyone, which is the moment when students harvest results, and it is also a period when various topics frequently appear.
In the 2009 college entrance examination, there was a candidate who attracted widespread attention because of his special performance.
The candidate's name is Huang Yan and he is from Sichuan.
He scored only 6 points in the college entrance examination essay, but in the end he received an admission letter from a prestigious university.
However, just two years after he entered the school, the professor preferred to quit his job rather than teach him.
What's really going on behind the scenes? What happened to this candidate?
On June 17, 2009, a post appeared on a well-known website in China.
The poster claimed that he had read an essay written in oracle bone script while reviewing the college entrance examination papers.
Most of this essay is written in oracle bone inscriptions, mixed with bronze inscriptions, large seals and other ancient characters, which shocked all the teachers who read the papers.
For the sake of prudence, the teachers organized a team of experts to translate the essay into modern Chinese, and finally gave the essay a score of 6.
At first, most people suspected it was just a gimmick.
Because in such an important exam, using such an obscure text is tantamount to "killing yourself".
But soon, the truth of the matter was revealed by a netizen who claimed to be a college entrance examination student that year.
This student is Huang Jie.
He looks ordinary, but his interests are very special.
In 1989, he was born in Yanting County, Mianyang, Sichuan, because his parents were working abroad, he developed a maverick personality since he was a child, he likes Buddhism, poetry, and often practices meditation in the classroom.
In the eyes of his classmates, he is a "strange and unique" existence.
Although Huang Jie's school grades were not outstanding, he developed a strong interest in Oracle from his sophomore year of high school.
After failing the first college entrance examination, he chose to repeat his studies, and his goal was still Fudan University.
During the repetition, he met his Chinese teacher, Pu Tichao.
When the teacher explained classical Chinese, he often talked about the form of the oracle bone inscription, and Huang Zhi was deeply inspired and fascinated by the oracle bone inscription.
The two became friends because of their shared interests.
Huang found that whenever he felt tired from studying, looking at the oracle bones calmed his mind.
At first he wrote only a few short sentences, but gradually he wrote complete sentences.
By the second semester of his junior year of high school, he was able to take notes in history class in oracle bones.
This "specialty" made him famous in the class, and his oracle bone composition sparked heated discussions in the society.
Some people believe that the college entrance examination should be serious and standardized, and there should be no "Martian script" such as oracle bones;
Some people criticized him for grandstanding, thinking that he should show his talents in independent admissions, instead of making a gimmick in the college entrance examination;
Some people admired his courage and paleographic skills, saying that he was the inheritor of Chinese culture......
Huang said that his use of oracle bone script to write his college entrance examination essay was not a spoof, but the result of careful consideration.
After repeating his studies for a year, his grades were still not satisfactory, but he wanted to attract attention in a maverick way.
Huang Yan has always wanted to pass the college entrance examination to enter Fudan University, especially after learning that Fudan University had admitted a tricycle driver who studied oracle bones, he saw some hope.
A week before the college entrance examination, Huang Yan carefully studied the rules of the college entrance examination essay and found that there was no explicit prohibition on the use of ancient characters, which made him decide to write in oracle bone script in the composition.
What seems to be a big gamble is actually a big gamble.
Eventually, one of his oracle essays made him stand out.
In the beginning, he only scored 6 points for his essay, because the essay, although unique, deviated from the requirements of the topic.
Huang Yan was not discouraged by this, but used the online platform to widely disseminate his compositions, which became the focus of attention from all walks of life for a while.
Under the pressure of public opinion, the education department decided to conduct a second test on him.
Before the second test, Huang made a special trip to Shanghai to visit Professor Liu Zhao of Fudan University, whom he greatly admired.
He re-copied the oracle bone inscription composition from his college entrance examination and asked Professor Liu to comment on it.
Huang Zhi was a little apprehensive and behaved very reservedly, but Professor Liu praised him a lot.
Professor Liu Zhao said:
"As a high school student, you are different and have such interests and talents, which is very commendable. There are too few experts in the mainland to study oracle bone inscriptions, and young people like you are urgently needed to inherit and develop the ancient culture. ”
At the same time, Professor Liu also pointed out the shortcomings of Huang Fly's studies and suggested that he lay a good foundation in college. Huang accepted these suggestions with an open mind.
However, Huang Yan is most concerned about whether he can be admitted exceptionally.
In this regard, Professor Liu made it clear:
"It's very difficult to get you admitted to a key university, at least not Fudan University."
However, Professor Liu still gave him some comfort, saying that if he was admitted to graduate school in the future, he could consider recommending him.
In August 2009, the Ministry of Education organized a group of experts in ancient literature to conduct a second test on sandflies at Sichuan University.
The test results showed that Huang Fly's college entrance examination essay could score at least 48 points.
The previous low score was mainly due to the fact that the college entrance examination essay scoring standard required that it was closely related to the topic, and Huang Fly's oracle bone essay was considered off-topic.
In the second test, the experts believed that Huang Fly's essay was not off-topic.
They also translated the composition into modern Chinese and reported it on television, allowing the public to see the true level of the sandfly.
Subsequently, many colleges and universities began to throw olive branches to sandflies.
Jincheng College of Sichuan University noticed this extraordinary student, decided to admit him exceptionally, and customized a special study plan for him, hoping to cultivate a real expert in the field of paleography research.
Huang Yan finally chose Jincheng College of Sichuan University and began his university life.
After two years of hard work, he was promoted from three books to one and entered the main department of Sichuan University.
The school attaches great importance to this talented student, and even invited Professor He Kun, who has retired, to give one-on-one guidance to Huang Wei.
The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.
At first, Professor He had high expectations for Huang Fly, but after a semester of contact, Professor He discovered that Huang Yan was not a real academic wizard.
In the course of teaching, Professor He found that although Huang Zhi had a strong interest in ancient characters, he was extremely impetuous in his academic attitude and in-depth learning.
Professor He believes that Huang Yan's attitude towards learning is exaggerated and unrealistic, and he lacks substantial academic progress.
He provided Huang Fly with a lot of pre-Qin documents and ancient texts, and Huang Fly was not only not grateful, but also bluntly said that he would read "Wenxin Carving Dragon".
Actually?
Outside of the gold, it is just ruined.
Sandflies seem to be immersed more in their own fame than in real academic research.
Professor Ho was deeply disappointed in teaching such a student by being obsessed with knowledge and advocating academic rigor.
In his eyes, such a student is simply hopeless.
So he resigned angrily, saying that he was unwilling to teach Huang Fly anymore.
"I'd rather quit than teach you!"
With the exposure of the incident, Huang Yan also realized his problem.
Later, the name Sandfly slowly disappeared from the media, and there was no more news.
Such an ending can't help but make people sigh.
He obviously had a good hand, but he naively thought that he would be able to sit back and relax when he went to college.
As everyone knows, this is his starting point.
The Exceptional Admissions Policy is meant to provide opportunities for people with unique talents, but these people also need to have the corresponding strengths.
The inclusiveness of education gave Huang Shan a chance, but he didn't take it.
Talent is important, but hard work is essential.
Huang Zhi refused to insist, and also lost himself.