The overall story is as follows:
One rainy day, a scholar was writing poetry in a hotel. He looked at the sky and said: "It snows in the sky but does not rain. When the rain reaches the ground, it turns into water." It would be troublesome to turn into water. It would be better to let it rain in the first place." The scholar thought he was very powerful. Suddenly a shepherd boy came over on a cow and said, "Oh, I can write such a simple poem." The scholar said. : "Okay, try it." The shepherd boy wrote a poem: "Sir, if you don't eat dung (feces) when you eat, the food will turn into dung (feces) in your stomach. It will be a lot of trouble to turn into dung (feces), it is better to just do it in the first place Eating feces (feces).
There are also stories related to scholars:
A scholar was drinking in a hotel, looking at the snow falling outside, feeling the whiteness and beauty of the snow scene outside. , and began to write poems. He said: "The heavy snow is falling to the ground, and it is full of jewels. Why not let it fall for three years?" "Just when he said this, before he could make the last sentence, an old farmer came outside and said, "Fuck your mother," and the whole tavern burst into laughter.
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Xiucai, also known as Maocai, originally refers to a talented person. It first appeared in "Guanzi·Xiaokuang" and has been one of the subjects for recommending talents since the Han Dynasty. It was also used as a special name for school students. In modern times, it also refers to people with rich knowledge.
Xiucai was also a subject for selecting officials in ancient China, and was also used as a special name for school students.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reformed the official selection system. The local government inspected and recommended talents, which was called Chaju. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng (107 BC), officials and states were ordered to recommend a scholar each year, which meant outstanding talents. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the name was changed to Maocai to avoid the taboo of Emperor Wu. .
In the Cao and Wei Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, the imperial examination was renamed Xiucai. , those who passed the exam were called Xiucai. Later, the Xiucai department was abolished, and Xiucai was used as a general term for ordinary scholars.
In the Song Dynasty, it was a general term for scholars and candidates. In the Ming Dynasty, the method of recommendation was also adopted.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, scholars were also used exclusively to refer to student members of prefectures, prefectures, and counties.
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