Back In Time For Imperial Examination Chapter 195

Liu Jian was the runner-up in the Xie Qian list in the 11th year of Chenghua. He was known for his integrity, but his fame was not as good as the top scorer Xie Qian and the third place Wang Ao, who were tied together in the list. However, his qualifications and talents were not inferior to others, and he was even better at commenting on articles. If he could praise a "Chinese article", it must be a good article with a flourishing and elegant style.

The four examiners in the same room couldn't help but put down the red papers and blue pens in their hands and came over to take a look.

"The sacred learning was taught in the past... The emperors had learning so that they could maintain this mind and govern. It was the way." Liu Jian pushed the paper out and recited the best sentences in the paper quietly: "How many people can only write about 'respecting heaven and following ancestors' when writing about sacred learning, and how many can write that sacred learning is the way for emperors to govern?"

Zeng Yan, the editor, read one of the articles carefully and praised it: "Today, many students don't even study the classics in depth. They only read Hu's commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, Zhu's annotations on the Book of Poetry and the Book of Changes, Cai's annotations on the Book of Rites... They are too lazy to even touch the classics other than the Four Books and the Five Classics. Those who can recite the Imperial Instructions are considered diligent students. This candidate can actually remember the Records of the Sacred Government of Hongwu by heart. Just based on this diligence, he is worth recommending."

After all, the policy questions were not the most important part of the selection process. He curiously flipped through the paper, wanting to see how the questions on the classics were answered.