Xu Wenchang was very clever since he was a child. By the time he was a teenager, he was quite knowledgeable.
One autumn exam, the emperor sent an old teacher named Dou Guangnai to Shaoxing to take the main exam. He came to Shaoxing in advance to prepare for the exam.
Every time Master Dou travels through the city, there is always a gold medal given by the emperor, "There is no book in the world that can't be read". He sounded gongs and shouted, boasted, and articles were overwhelming, supercilious and arrogant.
This day, it is midsummer season, and the weather is very hot. When Xu Wenchang heard that Dou Guangnai was coming, he thought: Take off his gold medal and give him a duel. Having made up his mind, he slept shirtless on the official road in Dongguo Gate.
"Xian xian ....." Gong drinking voice is getting closer and closer. The supreme deacon saw a child sleeping in the middle of the official road and told the old teacher, "There is a child blocking the official road!" " "DouGuangNai heard that a child is in the way. Able to shrug off, he ordered him to stop the car and come out to have a look. I saw the child in the traffic jam sleeping soundly, so I quickly woke him up. Xu Wenchang pretended to stand respectfully, waiting for pity. Dou said, "What are you doing sleeping on the slate? Not afraid of burning your skin? " Xu Wenchang generously replied, "Nothing, just basking in thousands of books's stomach". Master Dou listened to his tone and said, "Since you like reading, you will definitely give lessons to others. It is right for me to give you a lesson, but if not, let Tao avoid it. Xu Wenchang immediately asked: "If it is right, what should I do?" Master Dou thought; What's so great about a child? He casually said, "If you are right, park all the deacons here and the old lady will walk into the academy!"! " "
Reverend Dou remembered that there were three old terraces in Shaoxing South Street, so he casually asked, "Three Bachelor's degrees in South Street". Xu Wenchang replied without thinking: "Two military gates in Dongguo". When Master Dou heard this, he felt that South Street was against Dongguo, and civil servants were against military commanders. The five platforms were all famous in Shaoxing. He couldn't help nodding his head in praise: "Wizards!" At this time, Xu Wenchang deliberately asked Master Dou: "What do the six big characters on your gold medal mean?" Master Dou heard him ask about the gold medal and immediately said proudly, "The emperor knows that there is no book in the world that I don't read, so he gave me this gold medal!" " Xu Wenchang then asked, "So, Grandpa, you should be familiar with the book Constitution, right?" Master Dou was dumbfounded when asked, thinking: Don't say familiar, even the title of the book has never been heard. When Xu Wenchang saw that the time had come, he took out the book Poet Immortal, which he had already prepared, and handed it to Mr. Dou, saying, "The teacher hasn't read it, so students can recite it." He recited fluently and skillfully as he spoke.
A man named Dou is so clever that he never forgets anything. He really enjoys his reputation. Xu Wenchang can recite it, Xu Wenchang can recite it backwards, but a man named Dou can't. Xu Wenchang asked confidently, "The grandmaster hasn't read this book, so what will this gold medal do?" Master Dou said awkwardly, "Of course it doesn't apply to me!"
Dou Guangnai had to keep his promise. Just as he was about to walk to Gong Xue, Xu Wenchang stopped him: "Report to your master, since ancient times, China people have been regarded as Zhejiang and Zhejiang people as Shaoxing. Shaoxing is full of talents, so be careful! " Dou a surname sneer at 1, angrily left.
At the beginning of the exam, everyone wrote a good article and collected Bi Wenjuan. Master Dou ordered not to leave the examination room for the time being, while reading the examination paper. There are many good papers, especially papers, but after they are written, they are painted with the spirit of Xu's ancestors. Master Dou took this opportunity to criticize: "Although my father is good, it is too early to worship his ancestors."
In order to test the talent of Shaoxing, Master Dou read a lesson: "The pagoda is round, hexagonal and square." Ask everyone to come together. The audience was silent, and everyone couldn't think of a good sentence. Mr. Dou repeatedly urged the audience to raise their hands and shake them. A surname dou met, and no one did not waver, including him.
At this time, Master Dou was so proud that he couldn't help sneering: "Shaoxing really has a lot of talents, and it will become stupid as soon as the class starts!" Master Dou was about to return to the arena when Xu Wenchang suddenly shouted, "Master Dou, you are mistaken. We are all right, we are right. " Dou Taishi froze! Xu Wenchang went on to say, "Every one of us will be correct in this class from childhood, because the rules of the examination room are strict, we can't talk to each other, we can't make a scene, we can only use a hand shake as a code word, and that's right:' Jade hands are sharp, fingers are three long and two short.' Isn't that great? "Dou a surname after hearing what he said, stupefied with surprise.
Since then, Dou Guangnai has only heard the sound of gongs and drinking, and he has never seen the imperial gold medal of "no books, no books and no books".