First, let's take a look at the ten-year cold window. Ten years of cold window does not mean ten years, but many years of hard study. Moreover, the ancient imperial examination has been tested since it failed. Where can it be said clearly in 1 years?
In ancient times, schooling was divided into primary schools and universities. Everyone in the university may have an impression, and the primary school is almost what our primary school and junior high school look like.
In the Han Dynasty, it was recorded in The Great Dai Li Ji that the ancient people left home at the age of eight, learned small arts, followed small details, tied their hair and went to college. It means that you can go to primary school when you are 8 years old. In the early years, when we went to primary school, we were almost six or seven years old. The ancient people went to school at the same age as us. It is said that Su Dongpo also entered school at the age of 8.
In ancient times, hair bunching generally refers to the period of adulthood, which is about 15 or 16 years old. When we are 15 or 16 years old, we can go to college and learn as adults, while we are still children when we are 15 or 16 years old.
And in ancient times, the punishment for children playing truant or not learning was quite severe. Everyone must have seen the picture of Mr. Wang on TV, facing the students who can't answer the questions below or the students who don't study, holding a ring and hitting their palms three or two times can make their palms swollen. That's because it was like this in ancient times. Moreover, in Ming Dynasty, playing was a common method in rural primary schools, and even students' families would suffer in severe cases.
Besides these ancient students' academic examinations, they are much more frequent than ours. We take exams every few weeks, and the most frequent exam is the third year of high school. They have quizzes every day, and the big exams are 369. The daily exam is called the daily exam, and there are also monthly exams and quarterly exams. And they are all strict and difficult to pass.
When the master thinks that students' classes are ok, he will begin to take the imperial examination next time.
I'll be admitted from the provincial examination, the general examination and the first-class examination in palace examination, and I'll also take the juvenile examination in the Qing Dynasty. After the township examination, it must be confirmed that only talented people can take part in it. Usually, they take the eight-part essay and try to post poems.
If you don't study hard, you won't get into the exam, and then you will take the exam again and again. Fan Jinzhongju is talking about such a thing. He has tried for a lifetime, and he almost went crazy when he finally got in, because he was under pressure for a lifetime.
In fact, it's not the time to study. In ancient times, many dynasties thought that reading was the noblest, so many people were determined to get into the exam, but they failed and always failed. That's studying hard all their lives.