What exactly does "Sanjiang Talent" mean?

Wang Erlie, also known as Junwu and Yaofeng. Also known as Zhong Fang. During the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns of the Qing Dynasty, he was born in Jiajiabaozi, Liaoyang County (now Fengshuigou Village, Lanjia Township). A native of Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province today. When Wang Erlie was 16 years old, his poetry and calligraphy were already famous. When he was 26 years old, he took part in the Quanzhou Children's Examination and passed the exam as Bagongsheng (Scholar). At the age of 39, he accompanied his friend Chang Ji to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, but failed. At the age of 44, he climbed to the Toad Palace again and confidently participated in the Enke Examination hosted by the Ministry of Etiquette of the Capital. As a result, he passed the Gongshi examination. After passing the palace examination, he passed the second grade and became a Jinshi. At this point, Feng Yuan has tasted it. The Qing government appointed him as editor and attendant of the Hanlin Academy.

It is said that he could have won the first place in the examination that year, but because Qianlong took the examination in private, he ranked fourth. The examiner then exchanged his rankings with Qianlong. Later, Qianlong saw that Wang's manuscripts were very good, so he worshiped the king as his "attendant reader" and stayed in the palace to teach Prince Yu Yeyan, so there is a saying that "the old master is with the young master".

Wang Erlie had a well-known family background. He was known as the "Sanjiang Talent", and his brothers were also famous. It is said that when he was taking the exam in Jiangnan, he once said arrogantly: "There are as many articles in the world as Sanjiang. There are as many articles in Sanjiang as my hometown. There are as many articles in my hometown as my brother. I revised the articles for my brother." It is said that many of his poems are spread throughout the Northeast. to the story.

Three Rivers refers to the Heilongjiang, Songhua River and Wusuli River in the northeast