Why is Wu Zhuangyuan not as good as Wen Zhuangyuan?

Speaking of the number one scholar in ancient times, it was the ideal of most scholars in ancient times. They studied hard for ten years in order to one day be the number one scholar in high school, be named on the gold list, and honor their ancestors. How to become the top scholar in high school? What most people may think is that they need to take the scholar examination, and then go through a series of examinations such as the provincial examination, the general examination, and the imperial examination, and then be appointed by the emperor's pen. There is certainly no problem with this statement, but a more accurate statement should be Wen Zhuangyuan, because in addition to Wen Zhuangyuan, there is also Wu Zhuangyuan in Chinese history, but Wu Zhuangyuan is not as good as Wen Zhuangyuan in terms of the scale of the exam and the famous figures. Much worse than that.

They are both number one scholars, but the number one scholar Wu is far less valued than the number one scholar Wen. What is the reason?

In the more than 1,300 years since the establishment of the imperial examination, there have been more than 500 literary champions in Chinese history, but the number of martial arts champions is much smaller, and there are only a handful of famous figures. Countable. The reason why the number of military champions is so small is because the era when the imperial examination can be carried out smoothly is when the world is at peace, and there is definitely no need for so many generals in peacetime. If there are too many generals, the emperor will definitely worry about whether his dominance will be affected. threaten.

Most of China's history was a period of peace without large-scale wars. Therefore, in peacetime, culture was generally emphasized over military affairs. The status and popularity of the number one scholar in martial arts was far less than that of the number one scholar in literature. So how is the number one scholar in martial arts selected? What are the famous number one martial arts scholars in history? Today I will tell you about the number one martial artist in history.

They are both number one scholars, but the number one scholar Wu is far less valued than the number one scholar Wen. What is the reason?

Speaking of Wu Zhuangyuan, most people may first think of Stephen Chow's movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier". The protagonist Su Qier, also known as Su Chaharcan, went to Beijing to take the martial arts exam for a woman. In the end, not only did he fail the exam, he was persecuted and lived in a foreign country.

The Su Qier in the movie is a real person in history. He was a boxer from Guangdong and Guangxi in the late Qing Dynasty and one of the "Ten Tigers of Guangdong". His real name was Su Can, and his nickname Su Qier in the world was not Su Qier. Wu Zhuangyuan has never taken the Wu Zhuangyuan exam. The Wu Zhuangyuan examination is different from the Wen Zhuangyuan examination. As we all know, the examination content of the Wen Zhuangyuan examination is basically the Four Books and Five Classics, classics, historical policy theory, and eight-legged essay writing. So what is the content of the Wu Zhuangyuan examination?