The legend of Deng Zhongyue "GaoXia Caitian"

During the Yongzheng period, Deng Zhuangyuan was appointed as the chief examiner of Jiangnan.

The sons of the South, who regard wealth and pride, look down on northerners. And I heard that the Kangxi Emperor approved that "the article is flat, the word suppresses the world", and from the beginning to the end, he thought that Deng Zhongyue was a good word, and the article was general.

Deng Zhongyue Zhuangyuan, along the way, also sensed this from their eyes and performance.

At the time of the examination, he commanded the servants. In the vegetable table in the courtyard of the examination hall, a fir pen was erected. Deng Zhuangyuan sat down on the Taishi chair and did not make a sound again.

When the chief examiner was raised in public, he did not ask a question for such a long time, nor did he speak, and he knew in his heart that he might have offended the chief examiner.

Therefore, all the students knelt down together and asked the chief examiner to come up with the question.

Deng Zhuangyuan then replied in a loud voice, "You are vain and clever, the question has already come out, why don't you answer?" ”

After the crowd listened, they were also stunned, looking left and right, and did not see the test questions. Zheng was wondering in his heart, but he only saw Deng Zhuangyuan, pointing to the fir in the vegetable table: "This is the title!" ”

When the crowd heard this, they still did not understand, and fell to their knees again, asking the chief examiner to make it clear.

Deng Zhuangyuan said, "Haven't you even read Hundred Family Names?"

...... Isn't this 'Gao Xia Cai Tian'? ("Gaoxia Caitian" is a phrase in the "Hundred Family Names", which is a consonant for "Vegetable Field under the Basket".) ) meaning.

Since then, these proud southern movers no longer dare to underestimate Deng Zhuangyuan and have become respectful and respectful.