Chapter 663

"This year happened to be a great drought, the two characters 'Chunlin' contain the meaning of a general rain, and besides, he was born in Suning, which has the meaning of peace and tranquility, it is a sign of good luck, so the other party didn't have any hesitation and directly designated the second place at that time as the top of the list."

"In a sense, if it weren't for the relationship with Cixi, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been the top scholar."

Not far away, the museum curator had actually been secretly listening to what Xiang Fangyang was saying, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

That small story told later really sounded like it was the case, but was it really the case?

They had never heard of such a thing before.

It was simply outrageous to the extreme.

Clearly, in their hearts, they felt that this matter was simply outrageous to the extreme, but they couldn't help but want to believe what Xiang Fangyang said.

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--【In ancient times, let alone a top scholar, even those who passed the provincial examination to be admitted as a Juren didn't have poor handwriting. Don't talk about poor handwriting, as long as there were corrections in the paper, it was basically a one-vote veto.】

--【Ancient times were really too strict.】

--【It's not strict, this is called being responsible.】

--【The ancient imperial examination was also a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge; as long as you achieved fame, you were an official, and even if you didn't have a position, you were a person of status in the countryside.】

--【The provincial examination was already a provincial-level civil service exam, held only once every three years; once you became a Juren, you could be an official.】

--【I hope all candidates can make the golden list!】

--【Those who could participate in the ancient imperial examination definitely didn't have poor handwriting, but to prevent cheating, the imperial examination papers were written by special people; this is obviously a transcript.】

--【After all, they didn't need to take English, chemistry, or physics, so they had plenty of time to practice calligraphy.】

--【The ancients learned ancient culture, while modern people learn world culture.】

--【The ancients had the Six Arts, Five Virtues, Four Cultivations, and Eight Elegances of a gentleman.】

--【The Qing Dynasty didn't have that; as long as you did well in the exam, you were a top scholar, Juren, or Xiucai.】

--【Objectively speaking, the second place was the top scholar; he was just second place.】

--【The top scholar is the first place, right.】

--【The written test score was just high; the ranking depends on the comprehensive score after the interview!】

--【This just goes to show that background and luck are also very important.】

--【More than very important; being born as Ma Baba's son can directly make you a god on the spot.】

--【Cixi didn't have the power, nor would she look at the imperial examination papers; this story of Xiang Fangyang cannot stand up to scrutiny, it's a bit fake.】

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--【In the imperial examination, writing good calligraphy is the basic skill of a scholar; let alone a Jinshi, even a Xiucai or Juren had good calligraphy. Most scholars were beaten with boards since childhood because of poor handwriting or reciting books; if you can't even write well, why take the imperial examination.】

--【Good handwriting is useless; my handwriting is okay, but I only got 200 points in the college entrance exam.】

--【Liu Chunlin, this traditional Chinese character is really good-looking.】

--【The following year (1905), the imperial examination was abolished, and Liu Chunlin thus became the last top scholar in the history of the country of Huaxia.】

--【So, the so-called "grading standard" is that there is no standard.】

--【Subjective judgment accounts for a large proportion of liberal arts subjects.】

--【It's boring, let's value science and technology.】

--【I have to say that our writing ability has seriously regressed.】

--【This handwriting throws modern calligraphers several streets away.】

--【This is not an exam, this is a test of luck.】

--【If the story is true, then the original first place was too unlucky. I don't know what his situation was afterwards; after all, Empress Dowager Cixi disliked his name so much, the result must not have been good, right?】

--【The person above, I am the same as you, I am also very curious about this.】

Speaking of Zhu Ruzhen, who should have been the last top scholar of the country of Huaxia, everyone's eyes were all on Xiang Fangyang, and at the same time, a bit of curiosity emerged.

The people in the live broadcast room were curious about what happened to Zhu Ruzhen later, whether it was because of Empress Dowager Cixi's dislike that the result was not good, or if there were subsequent developments?

Everyone was really too curious about this.

The live broadcast room was all scrolling.

Hoping that Xiang Fangyang could give them the right to know about this matter.

Xiang Fangyang glanced at this museum, which was not small but not big either, and then looked at the museum curator who had been staring at this side not far away.

"Curator, I want to ask if you have Zhu Ruzhen's brush and ink here."

When talking about this matter, Xiang Fangyang was actually smiling.

The curator had long been shocked by what Xiang Fangyang had just said.

Hearing that Xiang Fangyang wanted to know about this matter, he immediately nodded: "Of course, Zhu Ruzhen's brush and ink are right here, you can come over and take a look."

Hearing the curator's words, Xiang Fangyang and the cameraman took the group of people in the live broadcast room to the place where Zhu Ruzhen's brush and ink were to take a look.

This was a congratulatory message.

Red background with black characters, the characters looked very grand.

"The calligraphy is elegant and beautiful, sparse, light, and peaceful; it's very good."

Xiang Fangyang nodded affirmatively after looking at the other person's handwriting.

Seeing others curiously asking about Zhu Ruzhen's result, he gave a very simple response.

"It seems that everyone is really very curious about Zhu Ruzhen's final result."

"His result can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad."

"For Zhu Ruzhen, he missed the position of top scholar, and even because of his name, Empress Dowager Cixi disliked him very much, which had a great impact on his subsequent development."

"But compared to many people, he wasn't too bad, because although he didn't get the position of top scholar, he later got the position of second place."

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--【My view is similar to Xiang Fangyang's; Zhu Ruzhen's handwriting shows a solemn and steady state, without the spirit of being sharp and exposed.】

--【By modern calligraphy standards, such handwriting might not necessarily be exhibited.】

--【Why don't you just say that the Cold Food Observance, the Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew, and the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion are all garbage.】

--【Didn't you notice that Zhu Ruzhen's handwriting has corrections?】

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--【Zhu Ruzhen wrote in the official script style.】

--【Zhu Ruzhen was from Qingyuan, Guangdong; in the late Qing Dynasty, his calligraphy attainments were extremely high; although it was the official script style, it still had the legacy of the Jin and Tang dynasties.】

--【If he was disliked by others just because of his name, I think Zhu Ruzhen was really quite wronged.】

--【Not wronged; it wasn't just his name, even his place of origin was jumping wildly on Empress Dowager Cixi's minefield; that he could get the position of second place can be considered Empress Dowager Cixi being relatively merciful.】

--【Contemporary calligraphers say that calligraphy is not writing, so does that count as calligraphy?】

--【Uh, what the hell.】

--【This is truly good handwriting, upright and peaceful.】

--【Things are used to their full potential, but people are not.】

--【Liu Chunlin's handwriting is also very good; you clearly praised it before, why are you all praising Zhu Ruzhen now, as if you have forgotten Liu Chunlin?】

--【Both are very good, I won't comment on this aspect.】

--【Zhu Ruzhen's handwriting is good handwriting; although he didn't become a top scholar, he also had the talent of a top scholar.】

--【Actually, it's really very ordinary, because the ancient scholars at that time could all write very well, so there's nothing special about it.】

--【This handwriting is not sharp, it doesn't have the color of a man.】

--【The person above, what are you talking about? What do you mean it doesn't have the color of a man? This handwriting clearly looks very good.】

--【Yes, this time it looks very comfortable.】

--【It can't be considered high quality.】

--【The person above, what are you writing? You only know how to write the two words "high quality", right?】

--【Calligraphy in the Qing Dynasty began to deteriorate after the Ming official script style.】

--【It's the same name as my grandma, haha.】

--【What does this count as? Compared to Su Shi, I think Su Shi was even unluckier.】

--【Name and appearance are both very important; compared to Liu Chunlin, he is still a bit worse.】

--【Zhu Ruzhen looks very good, very distinctive, especially like a very famous star nowadays.】

--【About the same as Liu Chunlin, nothing special.】

--【Not being identified by Empress Dowager Cixi as a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang is already a blessing.】