In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, Sun Chengen took the exam again. On the first night of roll call in the main hall, the emperor shunzhi looked at Sun Chengen's memorial and said admiringly, "Forgive without forgiveness, but only filial piety." However, when he opened the examination paper and saw the examinee's native place, he couldn't help wondering if he was with Sun Zan's family. So he quickly sent Wang Xi, a bachelor, to question Sun Chengen face to face.
Knowing that Wang Xi and Sun Chengen were good friends, he told Sun Chengen in advance and asked, "Now your future depends on my words. How should I play when I go back? "
Sun Chengen immediately replied: "Is it a curse or a blessing? This is destiny takes a hand. I can't bully you or deny my brother. I hope you can go back and tell the truth. " Wang Xi sighed, got on the horse and turned to him and said, "Don't you regret it?"
Sun Chengen said: "I have no regrets when I die."
Wang Xi had to report it to the emperor. I didn't expect the emperor shunzhi to appreciate Sun Chengen's integrity very much, so he listed Sun Chengen as the top scholar.
The above is a story written by Chen Kangqi in Qing Dynasty, which is recorded in Langwen and other documents. Historical facts need to be verified. However, there is indeed a champion named Sun Chengen in history.
Sun Chengen, the word Fusang. Today, people from fenghuang town, Zhangjiagang. Qing Shunzhi fifteen years, the top scholar, he went to imperial academy to write. His father, Sun Sen, served as the magistrate of Yiyang County, with remarkable achievements, and his official position was known to Gaozhou.
Sun Chengen, who was eager to learn from childhood, became a famous genius in his hometown when he was a teenager. 1654, Sun Chengen took a rural exam in Shuntianfu. Because the article is fresh and euphemistic, it won the appreciation of the examiner and won the first place. The next year, he took the exam again and was admitted to the vice list.
Go home, close the door and concentrate on reading. In the fourteenth year of Shunzhi, his younger brother Sun Zan was sent to the frontier. During the exam, Sun Chengen tried to give up the opportunity to take the exam in order to save his brother. However, under the dissuasion of his friends, he still took the exam. I didn't expect to win the first prize at once and was appointed as the academician courtyard for revision. Because of its excellent poetry and calligraphy, it is known as "Six Dynasties literature and art, gentle poetry and Ouyang calligraphy".
In the early summer of the 16th year of Shunzhi, Sun Chengen went to Nanhaizi with the emperor shunzhi, only to be scared and cold, and took tonic by mistake. He died soon, at the age of forty. _ Stream thatched cottage draft ***58 volumes.