In the imperial examinations in ancient China, there were 17 people in the imperial examination who passed three yuan in a row. They were the 15th in liberal arts:
Zhang Youxin and Cui Yuanhan of the Tang Dynasty;
Sun He, Wang Zeng, Song Xiang, Yang Chi, Wang Ruosou, and Feng Jing of the Song Dynasty;
Meng Songxian of the Jin Dynasty;
Wang Chongzhe of the Yuan Dynasty;
Huang Guan and Shang Ren in the Ming Dynasty;
Qian Biao, Chen Jichang and Dai Quheng in the Qing Dynasty.
In addition, there have been two "Wu Sanyuan" in history.
The first one is that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Mingshi, a native of Yongjia, Zhejiang Province, was awarded three yuan in martial arts in Lianzhong, and was awarded the imperial title of guarding thousands of households. He was well versed in classics and history, and was good at poetry and calligraphy. People at the time called his martial arts, poetry, and calligraphy the "Three Wonders." What is particularly commendable is that he has a strong character, does not flatter the powerful, and is quite a straightforward gentleman.
The second is Wang Yubi, also from Zhejiang during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, who won three yuan in the martial arts department. This person took part in the Wu Xiucai examination in the late Ming Dynasty and ranked first in archery. He was known as the "Master Archer", so people praised him as "Wu Siyuan". Although he was born as a warrior, he never let go of the scrolls, his writing was excellent, and he was known as a versatile scholar in both civil and military affairs.
Controversy added: In the forty-third year of Qianlong's reign (1778), Dai Quheng, the number one scholar in the Wuxu Branch, was disputed in some books.
There are data records that Bai Minzhong (cousin of Bai Juyi), the prime minister of the late Tang Dynasty, also won three yuan in a row. Although Bai Minzhong passed the number one scholar, he was not the first in the provincial examination.
Some people believe that Chen Yaosou and Peng Ruli, two number one scholars in the Song Dynasty, also won three prizes in a row.
Wang Tang of the Liao Dynasty won three consecutive titles, and became the number one scholar in Bingxu in the 15th year of Chongxi reign of Emperor Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty (1046). The official worshiped the prime minister of Nanfu, and later died of illness in office.
In the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Guan won the first place six times in the county examination, government examination, college examination, township examination, joint examination and palace examination. " came to praise him for creating a miracle in the history of imperial examinations, but his name was not included in the imperial examination records of the Ming Dynasty. Because during the "Jingnan Incident", Huang Guan maintained his reputation as a loyal minister and sacrificed himself for the traditional concept of "the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers". As early as the beginning of Zhu Di's army, Huang Guan, in the crusade he drafted, denounced Zhu Di's actions and exposed Zhu Di's ambition to usurp the throne. In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di's army moved south and the capital was in crisis. Huang Guan was ordered to leave Nanjing and go to Anqing to recruit troops. As a result, on his way back to Beijing, Zhu Di's army captured Nanjing. Huang Guan died tragically for Emperor Jianwen, but Zhu Di still refused to let him go. Out of anger, he ordered someone to make a straw man, put on Huang Guan's hat, and put him on the street to behead him in public. What is even more cruel is that Zhu Di ordered the massacre of all the men in the Huang family. According to historical records, only Huang Guan's younger brother Huang Gou left a son, who luckily escaped the disaster. Zhu Di, who was still angry, ordered people to delete the admission record and cross out Huang Guan's name in an attempt to erase his glorious history.