It is also reasonable to say that a person's handwriting is a display of his temperament. Therefore, since ancient times, in the examination room, anyone who writes well is basically pleasing.
In the ancient imperial examination, the champion who stood out in the whole examination was basically not bad at that good hand. In ancient times, it was very difficult to win the imperial examination and become the first place. The whole imperial examination is selected at different levels, from provincial examination to final examination; From the senior high school entrance examination to the palace examination, it is difficult to choose the best among the best. It is no exaggeration to say that it is beyond the current examination.
In the Ming Dynasty, as early as Zhu Yuanzhang's period, relevant regulations were made on the examination papers of imperial examinations. When the paper is in the format of "eight-part essay", it actually feels a bit "routine". When writing, it is boring. It consists of eight parts: breaking the topic, accepting the topic, starting the lecture, entering the topic, dividing it, dividing it, dividing it at the end and dividing it into bundles.
Therefore, it is difficult to find a new way to write an enviable article on this boring basis. If you want to take the exam, it is estimated that many people have already given up the exam. It can be seen that it was not easy to be a top scholar at that time.
What is the examination paper of the scholar Lang of Ming Dynasty? Now there is one, and the only one, which is the paper of Zhao, the champion who stood out from many candidates in Wanli years. Today, this paper has gone through more than 400 years, but we can still clearly see the grand occasion of the imperial examination that year.
Zhao won the first prize in AD 1598. At that time, 25-year-old Zhao Zhong won the first prize in the Palace Examination. Now, this paper which won the first prize is hidden in the museum of Qingzhou City.
As can be seen from the picture, on the whole, Zhao's test paper is quite neat and there are no traces of alteration. It can be seen that Zhao is a person who pays great attention to details; Look carefully again, Zhao's font can be said to be quite beautiful, with great meaning between strokes, dignified font and consistent font size, which will make people feel comfortable at first glance.
This is a kind of visual enjoyment. It's beautiful, but it doesn't lose its personality If it weren't for the man with a gully on his chest, it would be difficult to write this word so well, just like a printed "print", which is really beautiful. It takes a lot of time and energy to write such a good hand. Call it a calligrapher, I'm afraid.
In fact, the examinations of past dynasties have certain requirements for calligraphy. Basically, people whose handwriting is not good will be erased from the beginning. Therefore, the present exam is too simple compared with before, and the skills of the ancients are often unimaginable. The charm of calligraphy is irreplaceable by machines, because the words displayed in calligraphy are emotional and flesh-and-blood. "Books are like learning, like people, like ambition, in short. Just like a person. "
The book "Things of the Ming Dynasty" tells the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years in network language. Among them, there are specific descriptions of historical stories and characters of the Ming Dynasty. This book makes those strange and vague historical figures come alive one by one in the book.