The word "Yuan" originated from the ancient imperial examination, which was the only way for most ancient readers to enter the official ranks. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there have been 592 people with names to examine, starting from Sun Fujia in the fifth year of Tang Gaozu Wude to Liu Chunlin in the thirtieth year of qing Guangxu. Among these 592 elements, there are also advantages and disadvantages. In China's history, the imperial examination system, which has lasted for a thousand years, has produced hundreds of titles. Among them are the wrestling champions, the horses, the crown princes, and the short-lived champions who have only been the champions for twenty days. The list goes on and on. Today we take stock of the greatest of China's historical figures, each with an untold story.
First, the only horse in Chinese history that can be examined is Zheng Hao
Since ancient times, folk have often associated the two words of the horse with the title, as if the middle of the horse can be made into a horse. In fact, there is only one Horse Champion in Chinese history. Zheng Hao was the head of Tang Huichang for three years. Originally, he had already had a marriage contract, and After Zhongzhuangyuan, he planned to marry qianjin of the Lu family. However, this young and handsome leader was favored by the emperor and had to give his beloved daughter Princess Wanshou to him, but Zheng Hao did not love the princess and did not marry Miss Lu Jia, who was green with him. Tang Xuanzong then let the chancellor Bai Minzhong convince him, Bai Minzhong exhausted his tongue, and many threats and inducements, and finally forced him to marry Princess Wanshou, after marriage the two did not live happily, and later Zheng Hao repeatedly impeached Bai Minzhong, fortunately Tang Xuanzong knew that he was wrong, and suppressed the impeachment for Bai Minzhong.
Second, the thickest-skinned champion - Pei Siqian
During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang, the eunuch Qiu Shiliang was in power, and the life and death of the courtiers were in his hands. Pei Siqian was only a show talent at that time, but his kung fu of seducing the powerful was very good, and he soon fought with Qiu Shiliang. This year, Pei Siqian wanted to become a jinshi on a whim, so he asked Qiu for a post and went to find gao Kai, the chief examiner of the year. Gao Kai, as the official Qingzheng, blasted him out. Pei Siqian was angry and claimed that next year non-Yuanyuan would not want it. The next year, Pei Siqian came to the chief examiner Gao Kai with Qiu Shiliang's post and said to him: "Lord Qiu has a letter and recommends Pei Siqian as a champion." Gao Kai had already forgotten About Pei Siqian and said to him, "There are already people in Zhuangyuan, and those other than Zhuangyuan can do as Qiu Daren wants." Pei Siqian said cheekily, "Pei Xiucai is not a leader!" Gao Kai knew that if he offended Qiu Shiliang again this time, he would not have good fruit to eat, so he said, "Since this is the case, I want to see Pei Xiucai." Pei said, "The lowly official is." "I had no choice but to let him become a leader." He went to ask for merit, and he did not want a title, and the thickness of this king's face was unmatched among the champions.
Third, the most confident champion - Hu Dan
In the first year of Emperor Taizong of Song, a scholar went to a certain county in Shandong To visit. When Lord Zhixian learned that the scholar was quite literate, he set up a banquet to entertain him. The prince of Zhixian despised the scholar and asked him what his strengths were, and the scholar said gongshi. Gongzi then asked him to recite a poem, and the scholar recited one, and the last sentence was: "The dream of picking out the cold lamp is not successful." When the prince heard this, he laughed and said, "This is a sleepy man." The student was very angry. This student was Lü Mengzheng, and the next year, Lü Mengzheng won the championship in one fell swoop. He wrote to the man: "The sleepy man is now in the middle of the title. Gongzi read his letter and sneered: "Wait for me next year's second person and the first, lose to you." The next year, the new branch was none other than this prince, Hu Dan. Looking at the history of the imperial examination, there are such self-confidence, Hu Dan is the first.
Fourth, the highest status of the leader - Zhao Kai
Zhao Kai, the third son of Emperor Huizong of Song, secretly participated in the imperial examination in the first year of Chonghe, and because his literary ability was indeed extraordinary, he was invincible all the way and entered the temple examination. He played even better in the temple examination and won the first place. After the list was issued, Zhao Kai told Huizong the truth. When Emperor Huizong was happy, he was afraid that the disciples of the world would gossip, so he made Wang Ang, the second place of the year( Wang Ang, the champion of the year. It is rumored that the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty also secretly participated in the imperial examination and won the third place (Tanhua), but after all, he was not a champion. Therefore, Zhao Kai became the highest-ranking leader in Chinese history.
Fifth, the most tragic leader - Chen An
During the reign of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen An, a native of Minxian County, Fujian Province, topped the list of Hongwu's thirty-year high school and became the sixth title of The Ming Dynasty. Coincidentally, this time, the middle soldiers were all southerners. Even more coincidentally, the three examiners were also southerners. The first list was announced, and the northern scholars were not convinced. One after another, they complained that the examiner was biased in favor of his fellow villagers and belittled the northern scholars. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and ordered Zhang Xin, Chen An, and 12 others to review them. At this time, some people reported that Zhang Xin and Chen An intended to submit the examination papers with the low level of the northern examinees to the emperor for review, which was a nonsense, but Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and removed Chen An from his meritorious name, and the car cracked and died. Chen An only did less than 20 days of doing the yuan, and then he died of death, and the end was extremely tragic.
Sixth, can eat the yuan - Li Pan
Li Pan was a member of the Ding ugly family during the Kangxi Dynasty. He is tall, especially able to eat, plus his thinking and writing are very slow. So I took 36 steamed buns during the temple test. This means that no matter what today, Lai also has to finish the article in the examination room, afraid of starvation, so he must bring enough dry food. Sure enough, it was dark, the candidates had all handed in their papers, Li Pan had just started, and the invigilator came to urge him to hand in the papers. He sweated profusely and tearfully begged the examiner; "The student's life's work is here." Please don't push, let me write slowly. The invigilator saw that he was pitiful and gave him a few candles. At this time, the 36 steamed buns he brought with him had long been eaten, and he cheekily asked for a few steamed buns and picked up the lights to fight at night. I wrote until late at night before turning in the papers. When the Kangxi Emperor learned of this, he not only did not blame him, but thought that he was a rare ascetic, and even made an exception to make him the first name. Tanhua, who was on the same list as him, made a poem to tease Li Pan: "Looking forward to Pengcheng County, the name is high into the soil." The appearance is good, and the knife and pen are like Xiao He. Kinoshita still has children, and the worm side is also out. Generally difficult to learn, thirty-six rao" since then, "rao" Li Pan spread throughout Shilin.
Seventh, the most fluke - Bi Yuan
Bi Yuanzhong was a minor officer in the Military Aircraft Department, and on the night of April 25 of that year, he and his colleagues Chu Chongguang and Tong Feng were on duty at the Military Aircraft Department. All three successfully passed the exam and prepared to take the temple exam to be held on April 26. Chu and Tong wanted to go back to the apartment to prepare for tomorrow's temple examination, so they said to the honest Bi Yuan: "We are good at calligraphy and hope to win the championship." If you can't do calligraphy, don't think about it, do it for both of us. "The Qing Dynasty palace test did have the phenomenon of emphasizing calligraphy, and Bi Yuan's calligraphy was indeed not good, so he agreed." That night, the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu's recital on the tuntian affairs in Xinjiang was transferred to the Military Aircraft Department, and Bi Yuan studied it in detail. Unexpectedly, the next day, the temple tested for the current affairs policy, and the topic was about the tuntian matter in Xinjiang. Bi Yuan's chest was confident and his pen was immediate. As a result of the opening list, Bi Yuan high school champion. Chu Zhongguang hit the list, and Tong Feng ranked sixth in the second division. When Chu and Tong learned about that night, they all sighed.
Eighth, the legendary champion - Shi Dacheng
Shi Dacheng was the first emperor of Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty, and before his middle title, there was a saying in Zhejiang folklore that the title of Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty was "starting from history and ending with the clock." During the temple examination, his examination paper was proposed by the chief examiner as the third, and when the emperor was in the imperial palace, he greatly admired his calligraphy, saying: "This person is neatly written, and must be a righteous gentleman" So he was appointed as a champion. Coincidentally, the last title produced by Zhejiang is called Zhong Junsheng, which surprisingly verifies the statement that "it began with history and ended with the bell".