Fang Yun sighed softly.
The memory of the previous Fang Yun was very ordinary. In addition, he only went to the private school in the morning and worked as a waiter in the restaurant in the afternoon. The amount of memorization he learned was very little. If there were no accidents, it would be very difficult for that Fang Yun to pass the exam.
Fang Yun learned a lot of things on Earth, but he didn't learn this at all.
Fang Yun thought about this matter. He hoped that the extra memories could help him. Then he placed the ink, paper, and inkstone on the table.
Everything else was normal. Only the two paperweights used to press the paper were relatively simple. Other people's paperweights were specially carved jade, metal, or wood. But his paperweights were only stones picked up by Yang Yuhuan from the riverside. Then she slowly polished them into two finger-wide, chopstick-long cyan stone tools.
Every time Fang Yun used a paperweight, he would feel embarrassed and embarrassed. But Fang Yun liked this simple paperweight because it was Yang Yuhuan's kind intentions.
Fang Yun laid out the first test paper and pressed it on the top of the page. After looking at the first question, he poured water into the inkstone and slowly ground it with an ink stick.
Fang Yun thought while grinding the ink stick, but he didn't have any clue about the first question.
"In the twenty-seventh year of Zhao Gong, where was Confucius? How would I know! This question is the first question. According to my experience in my previous life, it should be the easiest. "Fang Yun thought to himself. He couldn't think of anything.
After grinding the ink stick, Fang Yun chose a small writing brush and dipped it in thick ink. He put the brush back and put a wool felt under the test paper. With the wool felt absorbing the ink, the ink wouldn't seep down and affect the test paper.
Fang Yun picked up the brush and looked at the first question unwillingly. He was sure that he didn't know the answer. When he was about to look at the second question, the cover of an ancient book suddenly appeared in his mind.
《Records of the Grand Historian》.
Soon after, the Records of the Grand Historian automatically flipped to "Confucius Clan Number 17". Fang Yun was overjoyed, but the entire page suddenly became blurry.
Fang Yun's heart skipped a beat as he felt that something bad was about to happen. Suddenly, some memory fragments appeared in his mind and flew into the Records of the Grand Historian. He saw that 'Confucius Family Seventeenth' quickly changed to 'Confucius Family Fifth'. The content of the Confucius Family Annals was much more than that of the Confucius Family Annals.
Fang Yun was stunned, but he quickly figured it out.
The Records of the Grand Historian had twelve records, eight books, ten tables, thirty aristocratic families, and seventy biographies.
Among them, the "Benji" was at the top. It was the outline of the entire book, recording the most important emperors and dynasties, such as the Xia Benji and the Qin Benji.
On the other hand, the "aristocratic families" recorded the deeds of the nobles and the especially important people. Their status was second only to the current era.
In the "Records of the Grand Historian" on Earth, Confucius was only a member of a noble family.
However, the Confucius of the Saint Origin World was not the same as the Confucius of Earth. His status and actual role were higher than any of the emperors in the "Records of the Grand Historian". Therefore, the "Records of the Grand Historian" did not contain the Confucius Family Annals, only the Confucius Family Annals. According to chronological order, it was ranked between the Zhou Benji and the Qin Benji.
In the Saint Origin World, the author of the "Records of the Grand Historian", Sima Qian, was a Half-saint. He was the representative of the House of Historians, and the words written in his book were also considered holy words.
The words of the fifth book of the Confucius Family Annals became clearer. It was densely packed with black words. In the blink of an eye, some of the words turned from black to gold.
After reading the golden words, Fang Yun heaved a sigh of relief. The golden words were the sentences related to the question.
Fang Yun carefully read the question again. He thought that the person who came up with the question was indeed crafty. The first question had a small trap. The question was to ask where Confucius was in this year. In fact, Confucius was not in the same place when he returned from the Qi Kingdom to the Lu Kingdom.
This was not the end. One book after another appeared in Fang Yun's mind. The first book was the "Zuo Zhuan". It was flipped to the twenty-seventh year of Zhao Gong. The golden words said that a person from the Wu Kingdom named Ji Li was sent to the Jin Kingdom.
The second book was the "Book of Rites". It was flipped to "Under the Sandalwood Bow". It said that when Ji Li was in the Qi Kingdom, his eldest son died. He buried his eldest son in the Wu Kingdom, and Confucius attended the funeral. However, the "Book of Rites" did not mention the time of the funeral.
Fang Yun felt dizzy. Since these two books appeared one after the other, they must be related to this question. However, he could not confirm whether the funeral took place in the twenty-seventh year of Zhao Gong or not. Therefore, he could not confirm whether Confucius went to the Wu Kingdom that year.
Just when Fang Yun was hesitating, the "Hometown Party Encyclopedia", "Su Si Imperial Letters", "Confucius's Return to the Lu Kingdom", "Confucius's Family Sayings" and other books appeared one by one.
Fang Yun read these books carefully. The golden words proved that this person called Ji Li went to the Jin Kingdom and returned. His eldest son died when he passed by the Qi Kingdom on his way back. This confirmed the time of his eldest son's death.
Since Confucius attended the funeral, it meant that during the twenty-seventh year of Zhao Gong, he was not only in the Qi Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom, but also in the Wu Kingdom.
Even though Fang Yun had all kinds of books to refer to, he was still confused. At first, he felt that this question did not have any practical meaning. However, after thinking about it carefully, this question could be considered a comprehensive liberal arts question. It included history, geography, and other classics. Not to mention the average person, even an extremely outstanding scholar would find it difficult to answer correctly.
Fang Yun picked up the brush and wrote down the golden words.
"Lu Luo, Confucius Qi. In the twenty-seventh year of Zhao Gong, Doctor Qi wanted to harm Confucius. Confucius took action and killed Lu Luo. His eldest son died and was buried in the Ying Kingdom. Confucius said, 'Yanling, Ji Zi, Wu Kingdom is a person of etiquette.' Looking forward to his burial. "
Qi, Lu, and Wu San were all present.
After answering the first question, Fang Yun looked at the messy handwriting and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"This Tong Sheng Examination is too difficult!"
After complaining in his heart, Fang Yun realized that the books in his mind had disappeared. He could not help but guess the origin of these books.
"I vaguely remember that when I jumped off the building in the library, the dragon-shaped jade pendant I was wearing broke. After that, I could not remember anything. These books could not have appeared in my mind out of thin air. They should be from the Dong Jiang Library. Mother said that this jade pendant was left behind by my father and that I had to wear it. She said that it would protect me. Could it be that my rebirth was really due to the jade pendant? "
Fang Yun thought for a moment and immediately collected his thoughts to answer the second question carefully.
The second question asked when King Xuan of Qi had said the words "I am ashamed to be compared to Mencius". This time, a book appeared immediately. Fang Yun quickly wrote: King Xuan of Zhou 3.
Fang Yun's pen flew as he answered a few questions in a row. He realized that other than the first question, the rest of the questions were not difficult and was relieved.
Fang Yun adjusted his state of mind and slowed down. He began to write stroke by stroke. He knew that this was also a "test". If his handwriting was too bad, even if he answered correctly, he would be demoted.
Fang Yun's calligraphy was not that good, but it was too late to practice. He could only think about it after passing the Tong Sheng Examination.
When he reached the fourteenth question, Fang Yun looked at the paper and did not immediately write. The thing he was most worried about had happened!
After all, this was the Saint Origin World and not Earth.
Here, other than the Saints who had the same name as Earth, there was also the Half-saint, who had never appeared in China. The Dong Jiang Library would not have the works of these people.
There was an unwritten rule between the Tong Sheng Examination and the Elementary Scholar Examination.
The Elementary Scholar Examination had a large number of papers to ensure that the works of every Saint would be included. However, the Tong Sheng Examination was different.
Although there were thirty papers in the Tong Sheng Examination, the calligraphy was larger and the actual content was less than expected. It could only take a limited number of questions, but there were many Saints.
Confucius and the six Secondary Saints had a high status and took up at least half of the questions. The works of the Half-saint who led the Hundred Schools of Thought were also required. Otherwise, it would not reflect the Hundred Schools of Thought. In Earth's terms, it would be "United Front" or "Political Correctness".
The works of the Half-saint who had a high status in history were also required. For example, Dong Zhongshu's Great Unification, Zhuge Liang's Dedication, Tao Yuanming's Poetry, etc.
There were very few pages left, and the rest of the Half-saint's works were not enough.
Thus, a rule was formed. The Tong Sheng Examination was divided into three parts.
The first part was the famous Saints who were required to be tested every year.
The second part was the famous works of the three examiners.
The third part was to choose three to five works from the remaining Half-saint's works and take turns to be tested.
Fang Yun was lucky because other than the three Half-saint examiners, the works of other Saints who were tested in this year's Tong Sheng Examination had appeared on Earth and were collected by the Dongjiang Library.
Before the Tong Sheng Examination, once the names of the Half-saint examiners were confirmed, the examinees would spend a lot of time memorizing the examiners' famous works.
The questions of other Saints were both difficult and easy, but the questions of the Half-saint examiners were especially easy.
Because the living Half-saint were all New Saints, their foundation was not stable and they urgently needed the Literary Name. They would definitely want the world to know their proud works.
"In the words of my previous life, this is a freebie question. The scholars and scholars would be grateful, and the Literary Name of the New Saint would be spread. It's the best of both worlds."
Fang Yun thought carefully and felt relieved because he had started to memorize the famous works of the three Half-saint examiners last month.
The fourteenth question was very simple. It was about the time and place of a Half-saint named Mi Fengdian. Although Fang Yun could not remember it, he was sure that he would.
Mi Fengdian was one of the three Half-saint examiners in this year's Tong Sheng Examination. His name had been spread all over the world before the examination began.
Fang Yun thought for a moment and wrote down: Autumn of the 145th year of the New Calendar, Shu Kingdom, Shu Kingdom.
After Fang Yun finished his answer, he suddenly felt a blue-gray blank ancient book appear in his mind. Then, a small piece of memory flew into it.
The blank ancient book immediately became Annotations to the Five Classics of Fengdian (Volume 1). The author was Mi Fengdian, Half-saint, Year 56.
Then, new blank ancient books appeared one after another. They extracted Fang Yun's memory fragments and formed a collection of Mi Fengdian's poems. There were a total of five books, and none of them were complete. Some only had one volume, and some were incomplete.
Fang Yun's face lit up. He did not expect it to be like this.
"I don't know what it is. Since there are so many books and I can absorb new ones, let's call it Wondrous Book World."
The next question was also about the Half-saint of Shu, Zhuge Liang. However, he had already passed away.
Zhuge Liang of different worlds had different experiences. Fang Yun took some time to think so that he could avoid answering wrong.
When Liu Bei founded his country, he called it Han. He considered himself to be the rightful ruler of the Han Dynasty. There had never been a Shu Kingdom. However, other people did not recognize it and only called it Shu Kingdom.
In the Saint Origin World, Liu Bei also founded his country as Han. He wanted to inherit the Han Dynasty and unify the Saint Origin World. However, he was opposed by the Kingdom of Wu and Wei. In the end, he had to change the name of his country to Shu. In the end, it was supported by the Half-saint Zhuge Liang.
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