Zhao Rong glanced at this line of writing for a few times, and then looked at other parts of the scroll.

Blank.

The next few papers are all empty.

This should be the only big question at the end, accounting for more than half of the score on the paper, and it is also where the gap between the students and other students is widened.

Zhao Rong nodded, took a sip of water from the bamboo tube he carried, and began to solve the problem.

This question is very interesting, both in terms of the title and the person who asked it.

It stands to reason that half of the papers for the college entrance examination are printed from templates, and the previous test questions are all in a unified public model font. However, this test question retains the casual scrawling of the original question maker.

Zhao Rong guessed that Mochi Academy had asked a respected old gentleman in the academy to come up with the question.

Zhao Rong had heard Mr. Yan say that in the Confucian Academy, above all the 'gentlemen' and below the mountain chief, there was a special class of beings called the 'Six Gentlemen'.

The only thing he knew was that the current Deputy Chief Yuan was in charge of internal and external affairs, and the old Jijiu from Mochi Academy was two of them.

This question cannot be said to have been written by a certain "Six Gentlemen".

The Academy printed it intact.

However, the old gentleman can ask questions casually, but their students cannot answer them casually.

Within a few breaths, Zhao Rong's mind was spinning very fast, and his hands were not idle. He was spinning pens quickly between his fingers. This was a habit he had when he was a student. The few candidates who occasionally raised their heads and glanced around were stunned.

, my eyes were dazzled, and I was always worried that the pen in Zhao Rong's hand would fly out and hit someone.

They also looked expectantly at the fat gentleman in front of them who was proctoring the exam, hoping that he would take care of it. Unfortunately, the fat old gentleman looked even less reliable than a certain candidate named Zhao. He sat there with his head propped up on the back of his hands.

The white eyebrows are drooped, and he is sleepy.

Zhao Rong did not realize that his casual pen-turning had affected several candidates with some obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The current question made him find it interesting.

The test questions on classics and meanings are generally divided into two categories. This question is obviously a 'self-cultivation question', but it is not any easier to answer than the more professional question on state governance.

Because if Zhao Rong remembers correctly, the phrase "Everyone has more than I have," does not exist in the Thirteen Confucian Classics.

It comes from the "Tao Jing"!

If Zhao Rong remembers correctly, the original text of this sentence in the "Tao Jing" should be:

...Everyone has more than enough, but I am the only one left behind. What a fool I am! I am so chaotic...

Zhao Rong nodded and whispered: "Interesting."

The self-cultivation test in the Confucian Academy turned out to be a test on the words of Taoist saints.

Fortunately, Zhao Rong is different from most students and dare not say that he has read hundreds of schools of thought. However, he has always been very interested in Taoism and Mohism, which are vaguely parallel to Confucianism. He has spent a lot of time studying them in private, and even studied them in

Zhongnan Mountain, you can still win a Taoist gentleman in front of hundreds of thousands of people.

Of course, this does not mean that he is more professional than a Taoist gentleman, but that with the advantage of his past life memory, his understanding of certain Taoist thoughts is very unique and advanced.

In addition, he was also very familiar with the Taoist Scriptures. The two purple qi coming from the east, 'Qingjing' and 'Wuwei', came from the first "Taoist Scriptures" in the Xuanhuang Realm. After Zhao Rong got it, he naturally went there with great interest.

I read through the 3,000-word "Tao Jing" several times, guessing what other interesting words and sentences would turn into the Purple Qi from the East.

So the current question really suits Zhao Rong's taste.

"I don't know which gentleman it is..." His eyes were bright and he was a little curious.

However, this unique way of asking the question certainly reflects the spirit of the unknown old man who asked the question, but it also places very high demands on the vision and knowledge of the candidates who answer the question.

Zhao Rong estimated that most of the students who saw this question like him in the examination room should be confused, maybe still muttering... Does this sentence exist in the Thirteen Confucian Classics? Where did this come from?

What? Are all saints good at talking? They talk so much nonsense all day long?

It is estimated that only a small number of students like Yu Huaijin, who have read the Confucian classics thoroughly, or have dabbled in Taoist classics, can notice that something is wrong.

But it's also possible...many candidates are not bothered by the doubts Zhao Rong thought at all, and simply regard it as the words of saints in the Confucian scriptures that they have not read. Anyway, there are so many words of saints. As long as it is not a curse, what can they say?

It was no surprise at all, and I just started 'learning and answering' directly.

However, in the test, if you misunderstand the origin of the question, you will inevitably ignore the questioner's intention and deviate from the correct direction of answering the question.

In just ten breaths, I finished reviewing the questions.

Zhao Rong, who was lying at his desk, leaned back and stretched his muscles.

What does it mean to be a top student and solve the problem?

The corner of Zhao Rong's mouth raised a confident arc, and at the same time he raised his head and looked around, wanting to see other people's reactions to this question, but found that... he seemed to be writing too fast, and most of the students seemed to be still there

When writing the first side of the Tie Jing, carefully consider the words and sentences.

This... I am a little lonely.

However, Zhao Rong soon discovered that his pen-twisting seemed to have accidentally affected several students next to him.

The latter cast a look that was either resentful or dissatisfied.

Zhao Rong silently stopped turning the pen between his fingers, smiled slightly apologetically, continued to lower his head, and answered the question quietly.

After understanding the origin and meaning of the question, the first step now is to solve the question.

It doesn't mean that the title is "Everyone has more than me, but I am the only one left behind." Just use it as the title and reread its meaning throughout the film.

This kind of direct and mindless behavior is a bad move. The gentlemen who correct the paper will give points based on their mood.

So what Zhao Rong has to do now is to think about the proposition given by the examiner, combine it with his own thinking, and write two or three concise and condensed sentences, which will serve as the first two sentences of the article and also serve as the central outline of the entire article.

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This point is also known as a problem in the trial and error of classics and meanings.

Confucian scholars of different levels have different depths and angles in solving problems.

According to Zhao Rong’s past observation experience, the most important thing is to hit the preferences and tendencies of the person behind the question.

Therefore, the test questions on Jingyi are just like some of Zhao Rong's previous essays. To a certain extent, they are meant to flatter Mr. Juan.

But just shooting the right horse is only an average strategy at best.

The real best strategy is to have the right direction, add some novel ideas that will make the question writer's eyes shine, and then supplement it with wonderful writing, and finally have neat and beautiful handwriting, then you can make a good essay.

This is a well-deserved full-score test strategy essay that will be circulated throughout the academy as is customary.

After clarifying these, Zhao Rong began to solve the problem.

Everyone has more than enough, but I alone have more.

On the surface, it seems to say that "I" am not as good as others, and "I" look like a fool, which is a self-pity statement.

But don’t be fooled into believing it.

I don’t even know I was scolded.

If you think about it with your toes, you will know that Taoist saints are being humble.

To make it simple, you just need to listen to what he says in reverse.

In fact, what he wants to say is that you are the real fools and you are not as good as him.

It's like 'when everyone is drunk alone, he is awake alone'.

Think about it, if a saint is compared with a group of worldly people, he will certainly appear out of place and look like a fool.

Don't believe what he says next, "I have a fool's heart." And pay attention, he said "a fool's heart," not "a fool's deeds." A saint does not do stupid things, but has a heart that connects with everyone.

A heart that looks foolish in comparison.

Duoduo secretly praises himself for being high-minded and mediocre, which makes him look stupid in this muddy world.

If you understand this, you understand half of it.

The key thing that remains to be studied in detail is what is "more than" and what is "ruoyi".

The saint's "ruoyi" must be good, and everyone's "more than enough" must be denied by him.

What is the difference between the common man and the saint that makes the former appear "more than enough" and the latter "as if nothing is left behind"?

What exactly these two refer to is not clearly stated in these short nine words.

But Zhao Rong came up with the answer easily.

In Taoism, of course, what the saints possess is the ‘Tao’, but everyone lacks the ‘Tao’.

Zhao Rong thought again of Tao Yuanran, a Taoist gentleman he knew. He had a noble status, but he lived in plain clothes and straw sandals all day long. He lived a meager life with only basic necessities.

Therefore, this "Tao" also causes a superficial phenomenon, that is, the saints who have the Tao are lonely and poor, while the people who do not have the "Tao" are rich and rich.

Therefore, the meaning of the sage's words in the "Tao Jing" is roughly: Everyone is rich and abundant, but I am alone and poor. My heart is really ignorant and lacking, and it seems chaotic compared with everyone else.

After thinking about this, looking back at this proposition, Zhao Rong suddenly became enlightened and full of ideas.

It’s not that he agrees that to achieve Tao and become a saint, one must live a simple life without desires or pursuits, but he sees through these appearances the essential ‘Tao’ contained in them.

The reason why people have plenty is because they have many desires, so they pursue much and get much.

However, these are all superfluous things!
To be continued...