The statue of Zhong Kui created by Shiqiao Zhongcun, Xilian Township, Tongling County
The text at the end of the stele in Shiqiao Zhongcun: According to the Zhong family genealogy: Zhong Kui belongs to the thirty-fifth generation of the Zhong family. Yisun, June 2014; the poem in front of the inscription: In the Tang Dynasty, he failed to win the first place in the imperial examination. He traveled alone and was very angry. He held the Longquan three-foot sword in his hand and traveled all over the world to kill demons.
Acrostic Poetry Carrier believes that the "number one scholar" in it is direct evidence of forgery, because there is no such thing as "number one scholar" in history. In the ancient Chinese imperial examination system, those who passed the final level of the central government imperial examination were called Jinshi, which was the title of those who passed the ancient imperial examination. The Jinshi are divided into the top three, and the first among the top three is called the top scholar. The top scholar is the first place in every ancient Chinese palace examination, which is equivalent to the top place in the current college entrance examination. Obviously, the forger did not possess this knowledge, so such misstatements appeared. In addition, Zhao Ji’s statement that Zhong Kui’s hometown is in Lingbi County is also wrong. Tongling County and Lingbi County are nearly 400 kilometers away. Both belong to Anhui Province and claim to be Zhong Kui’s hometown, but they have nothing to do with each other. Obviously None of them can be justified.