On Xiang Yu, Napoleon, and Xiang Yu's coming to get the broken wheel is overqualified.

The most well-known system for selecting talents and officials in ancient China was the imperial examination system, which was founded in the Sui Dynasty. As a supplement, the Tang Dynasty formally established the selection system adopted by previous dynasties.

On the one hand, in order to consolidate their rule, ancient emperors ruled out social instability.

Secondly, it is also to select real talents in a wide range of territories for the use of the country.

From the Sui Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination has a history of more than 1000 years. The imperial examination, which lasted for more than 1000 years, not only selected many talents for the country, but also many interesting things happened.

Since it is an exam, it will also involve the identification of talents who come to take the exam. However, in ancient China, convenient and quick photography technology was not used. If the workload of drawing is changed, it will be too complicated, so we have to record the candidates' looks in words, but the description of words is probably not 100% accurate, and a person's looks can't be static, so many interesting things will happen in the strict investigation of candidates' identities.

In the Qing Dynasty, there was an invigilator named Hu, who was serious and rigorous. He is responsible for the identity examination of candidates. In the initial registration of candidates, generally speaking, beards that appear but are not thick are directly described as "micro-whiskers". When candidates came to take the exam, inspector Hu described the people on the roster as "moustaches", while those with real beards would be disqualified from the exam. He thought the candidate didn't match the appearance described on the roster, so he didn't come to the exam in person. He has a good reason. He quoted the great scholar Zhu as saying that "micro" means nothing, so "micro-beard" means nothing, and those candidates who have long beards are naturally substitute candidates. This caused great dissatisfaction among the candidates. One candidate argued that there was an ancient saying of traveling incognito. If "micro" doesn't mean anything, doesn't it mean that the emperor is visiting without clothes?

Due to more and more contacts with the West in the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial examinations in the late Qing Dynasty sometimes involved the history and culture of the West, which made the candidates not only need to be familiar with and understand the Four Books and Five Classics, but also dabble in the history and culture of the West. So in an imperial examination, the examiner gave a topic: on Xiang Yu and Napoleon.

This is what the examiner wants the candidates to analyze and compare two famous historical figures in China and the West and draw their own views. However, most of the candidates at that time "read only sage books" and never heard of who Napoleon was and what he was. So there appeared such an interesting examinee, who directly regarded Napoleon as the descriptor of the action. When the article broke the news, it was said that Xiang Yu's hero was too powerful to lift a broken wheel.

Then argue that the wheel is actually not heavy, and the result is still broken, so the wheel is lighter. Even a citizen can pick up this broken wheel, let alone a big shot like Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu is overqualified. Taking a broken wheel is a sign. The examinee didn't know the character of Napoleon. When answering the question, he made such an interesting thing, which digressed from Wan Li and didn't know what to say.

In the imperial examination, many interesting things will happen not only to ordinary candidates, but also to famous poets and talents in ancient times.

Li He, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was disqualified from the imperial examination because of his past taboos. In ancient times, the concept of "home" was attached great importance, and the younger generation must respect the elders, which led to many "family taboos". At that time, Li He was only 2 1 year old. In order to become famous and serve the country, he took the imperial examination at that time. If he passed the exam, he would become a scholar, but before he started the exam, Li He was told that he was disqualified from the exam. The reason is that Li He's father's name is Li Jinsu, and Li He wants to take the Jinshi exam, because the pronunciation of "Jin" and "Jin" is the same, which is a "taboo". As the son of the younger generation, how can he have the same name as his father except his surname? Isn't that a mess of seniority, so Li was not only disqualified from this exam. Even Li He is not qualified to take the imperial examinations in the future.

Li He was shot while lying down. His father's name was decided long before he was born, but because of this name, he couldn't attend at all. If he doesn't study enough, he won't pass the imperial examination. He can overcome it through his own efforts, but how can he change his father's name? That is unfilial! Li He, who is full of ambition and talent, can only remain full of depression.

It can also be seen that the ancient imperial examination system is rigid and rigid.