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Pu Songling was obsessed with the imperial examination all his life. Why did he lose many battles?

The ancient imperial examination was an important way for the dynasty to select talents. Even in the Qing dynasty, although there was a saying of hereditary or donating officials, the imperial examination was still the only way for scholars all over the world to achieve themselves. The imperial examination system in the Qing Dynasty continued to the Ming Dynasty, which was further standardized on the basis of the Song Dynasty. At this time, the eight-part essay in the imperial examination is a compulsory content. Don't underestimate stereotyped writing, even China's major can write high-level stereotyped writing in ancient times. Therefore, the ancient imperial examination was difficult and not as simple as imagined.

Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a famous novel by China in Qing Dynasty, which enjoys a high reputation not only in China, but also in the world. Many countries translated and published this ancient ghost novel in China, all of which were moved by the author's talent. We all know that the author of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is Pu Songling, who wrote many works in his life. In addition to novels, there are 13 volumes of anthology, 6 volumes of poetry, 1 volume of poetry, 5 kinds of essays, 3 plays and 14 kinds of songs. His talent was later called "reading like the moon and writing like the wind". However, Pu Songling is outstanding in talent, but he has been trying to enter the examination room since he was 19 years old. In the past 44 years, he has failed to pass the exams again and again. Until 7 1 year-old, the court still gave him a "year-old tribute" as usual, and Pu Songling died four years later. Later generations don't understand why Pu Songling, a talented writer, has been on the "Golden List" all his life, but he has never been admitted. What is the reason?

Objective factors?

Being able to write such a high-level book as Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is enough to show that Pu Songling has a profound literary foundation. Pu Songling has been eager to learn since childhood. /kloc-when he was 0/9 years old, he won the first place in the county, government and Taoism, and his reputation spread far and wide. However, after that, Pu Songling went up to take the imperial examination, but failed one after another.

According to historical records, there are many objective factors for Pu Songling's failure in the imperial examination, because the examination methods in the Qing Dynasty often changed. But how to change them? Pu Songling, who wants to be famous, should learn the methods of imperial examinations. Why did he violate the measures formulated by the court?

When Pu Songling was 48 years old, he decided to fight to the end and vowed to be admitted. However, during the exam, Pu Songling only wanted to write, but the number of words he accidentally wrote exceeded the prescribed number, which made him regret it. He decided to prepare for the next round of imperial examinations again.

Let's briefly talk about the requirements of the ancient imperial examination papers. When the ancients took part in the imperial examination, they had to write articles on the prescribed examination paper, and they could not copy them, write fewer words, or write them outside the examination paper. You can't write it down, and you can't write it on the side. And the test paper can't be stained, otherwise it is invalid. It's a trivial matter to invalidate the test paper. You can take it again next time. But if you make such a mistake in the imperial examination, you may be punished for being suspected of cheating.

Pu Songling studied the scriptures again at home. When he finally waited for the imperial examination, the first game went well, but in the second game, he suddenly fell ill in the examination room and couldn't even hold the brush. He lost another chance to take the imperial examination.

It was not until he was 63 that Pu Songling saw that some of his contemporaries had become officials. He was very unhappy and determined to attack the imperial examination again. But by this time, he had entered the old age and had no energy to study. Later, he also gave up the imperial examination.

Human factors? For what Pu Songling failed in the exam, future generations will definitely think of the darkness of ancient officialdom. Some people think that Pu Songling wrote Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, which made the ghost fox vivid. He must have angered these ghosts, so he was disturbed by these monsters in the examination room, which led to the failure of the examination room. In fact, this is just a joke, or a feudal superstition.

Others think that examiners are uneducated fools, and even articles are not good or bad. With Pu Songling's literary talent, his papers must be well written. Although the ancient examiners were capable, they were also very powerful in the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty experienced several cases of cheating in scientific research, and the emperor killed many examiners. When Pu Songling came, the examination room was basically very formal.

In ancient imperial examinations, villagers did bribe examiners, so later generations speculated that Pu Songling did not bribe examiners or enter through the back door, so no one read his articles no matter how wonderful they were. Pu Songling is really not a person who "loses money by rolling his sleeves". He doesn't want to do such shady business activities.

Moreover, Pu Songling is not rich and doesn't have much money. It is said that after Pu Songling got married, he only had twenty acres of thin land and three shabby houses. He has four sons and a daughter, and his life is very tight. Pu Songling worked as a teacher and a headmaster, but these jobs didn't have much money. Later generations imagined the examination room in the Qing Dynasty to be very dark. In fact, Pu Songling's examiners are not all people who love money. Even if they take the money, there is nothing they can do if they fail the exam.

Stereotyped factor? However, some scholars believe that Pu Songling's eight-part essay in the exam was not well written and could not meet the requirements of the imperial court. Eight-part essay is a difficult article to write. Don't think that just because Pu Songling can write novels, he can write a good eight-part essay. I wrote an eight-part essay in the imperial examination yesterday. According to the provisions of the ancient imperial examination, the answer sheet must be written in eight parts, and the whole article should be composed of eight parts: breaking the question, receiving the question, manpower, starting point, middle point, back point and binding. The last four parts are the center of stereotyped writing and discussion, each with two sets of dual words, so it is stereotyped writing.

Eight-part essay writing in ancient imperial examinations was not allowed to play freely, and the number of words was strictly regulated, which could not exceed 550 words. If you exceed it, it will be invalid and you can't be admitted. Some scholars say that Pu Songling may not have mastered the writing skills of the eight-part essay, or the words written on the examination paper do not meet the requirements of the imperial court, or even satirize the current politics, which is far from the real eight-part essay. So, I failed in the exam.

However, Pu Songling's examination papers were not preserved. If you can stay, maybe you can study the imperial examinations in the Qing Dynasty.

Energy factor? Pu Songling wrote many novels and collections in his life. Especially strange stories from strange studios. Some people think that Pu Songling may devote his life to the writing of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, which also distracted him from taking the imperial examination. These are two directions. Pu Songling's good friend once said: "As far as talent is concerned, learning is easy, and he can become a first-rate figure. The key is that he didn't try his best to treat the imperial examination. " Perhaps this is a key factor in failing the exam.

From Pu Songling's own point of view, he thinks that life is bad and odd. I feel depressed and complain every time I land. In Pu Songling's former residence, there is a couplet: "I have never been attached to horses in my life, but fortunately I am in Sun Shan". This is the best summary of Pu Songling's life.

Although Pu Songling was not admitted, he left a legendary work for our country. People can't realize the value of life through exams all their lives. Pu Songling, for example, was a failure in the imperial examination all his life, but his position in the history of our country was higher than those who became famous through the imperial examination.