Cultural Anecdote —— The Origin of "Falling into Sun Shan"

? In the Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Sun Mingshan in Suzhou. He is humorous and likes telling jokes, so he was called "a gifted scholar" at that time.

? According to the feudal imperial examination system, if a scholar wants to be an official, he must first pass the provincial examination. Because the first place in the provincial exam is Xie Yuan, and the hometown exam is also called "Xie Jing".

? One year, Sun Shan and a fellow scholar went to participate in the solution test. As a result, Sun Shan was the last to be admitted, and his name was at the bottom of the list, but this fellow villager was not admitted.

? When Sun Shan returned to his hometown, the villagers heard that he had passed the exam. They all came to congratulate him and hoped that he could be put on the list. The father of that fellow countryman also came to inquire about his son's exam. Sun Shan said casually and humorously, "The best place to solve the name is Sun Shan, and Xianlang falls outside Sun Mountain." These two poems mean that the last one on the list is Sun Shan, and your son's name is still behind Sun Shan. From then on, people called those who failed the exam or were not admitted in the selection as "Sun Shan who failed the list".