Interpreting the meaning of classical Chinese

Qingcheng Shi Jue's "Laughter in the Woods" recorded such a joke: learning makes you feel comfortable. I put cicadas in Confucian towels when I entered the venue as a freshman. Cicada chirped in the towel, and everyone sitting together laughed when they heard its voice coming from the Confucian towel. The master punished the foul and investigated the reason why he laughed. They all said, "A student laughs because his Confucian scarf has sound." The master called his men to the front to blame him. The student shouted, "Today, when the student entered the stadium, his father stopped him and put the cicada in the towel. Climbing up and down is very uncomfortable. Students dare not throw it under his father's orders. " The host was very angry and asked him why he put the cicada in the towel. He replied, "it means' head singer'."

The joke means that an official in charge of the imperial examination went to visit an examination room. When one of the candidates entered school, he wore a cicada in a Confucian towel on his head. Cicada cried (during the exam), and the candidates in the audience couldn't help laughing. The invigilator called the laughing candidates a foul and asked them why they laughed. They all said, "There is a sound in the examinee's Confucian towel, which makes them laugh." The examiner called the examinee again and prepared to punish him. The examinee shouted, "When I came to take the exam today, my father stopped me and put a cicada in my Confucian towel. It is very uncomfortable to climb around inside. " Because my father's orders cannot be disobeyed, I can't throw them away. "The examiner was very angry and asked why the cicada was put in the headscarf. Candidates answer: "Take the first name" (the first place). "