Chapter 21 21Plagiarism
The next day, Wei Guangde stayed in the private school for a whole day and did not see Taoist Lin. He seemed to have left Master Sun's house.
Thinking of the result of yesterday's final discussion, with his arms unable to twist his thighs, Mr. Wei still planned to sell the land.
Of course, the price still needs to be discussed.
Father Wei did not agree to Taoist Lin, he just said that he would think about it and made an appointment to give a reply in three days.
Father Wei got a carriage this morning and took the Wei Wu family to Qianhusuo. He still walked with Wei Guangde when he went out, but when he arrived in the town, Wei Guangde went directly to the private school, while his parents continued on their way.
Naturally, Wei Guangde would not ask Master Sun about the whereabouts of the old Taoist priest, and certainly did not think that it was Master Sun who had recruited the old Taoist priest.
Obviously, they came here for his family's land, and Master Sun was just stopping by for a visit.
Obviously, Master Sun was disappointed with today's homework, or the homework handed in was very disappointing and completely nonsense.
Although Master Sun had told the students to do as they pleased, in the afternoon they were still called together to give them a severe scolding.
Of course, by the way, the writing method of eight-legged essay is also explained again.
I took special care of Wei Guangde because of his handwriting.
According to Master Sun, the emphasis in these eight-part essays is to write more and do more. Only by discovering problems in writing can you make the most of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.
"If you have time to go to the city, you might as well go to a bookstore and buy some contemporary articles to read. These are outstanding articles that have been published in the imperial examinations in recent years.
Read more, think more and write more. This is actually the so-called secret of doing eight-legged writing. God rewards hard work. "
After Master Sun finished scolding the students, he still stroked his beard and said to several students.
Wei Guangde still had reservations about this. After all, Master Sun had been taking the imperial examinations all his life, and his reputation was only limited to being a scholar. This shows that Master Sun's composition level was probably only average.
Of course, this is not a reason to ignore Master Sun.
The road to the imperial examination may not necessarily be about talent above all else.
In fact, there are many so-called talented people who failed in the imperial examination battlefield. Luck is also very important. Unless you are really amazing and talented, the mud and sand cannot suppress your dazzling light.
Of course Wei Guangde did not think that he was a talented person, so he made up his mind that in order to go further on the road to the imperial examination, he must pray devoutly before the examination.
Don't tell me why young people in the 21st century still believe this, it's just for self-comfort.
Besides, people have come here wearing clothes, so what else can’t be believed?
After returning home from school, Wei Guangde went back to his room in the backyard after talking to his brother for a few words in the front yard.
Today, the master did not let them continue to write essays casually, but asked them to copy a few so-called model essays, which were said to be papers from several government examinations.
Of course, the questions in these papers all have a common feature, and they come from the "University" they have already studied.
As a person with later generations' thinking, Wei Guangde naturally chose the things he could best understand among these model essays to write.
Master Sun asked them to choose a model essay and copy it, and then imitate one by themselves.
After all, in the current imperial examination, the questions are in those books. No matter what the examiner thinks, the questions still have to be found in the books.
So for candidates, as long as you write more articles, and then use teachers, students and classmates to provide guidance to each other to make the articles more refined, you may be lucky and this will be the topic of your exam.
Therefore, Master Sun also knows that most of the things written by children like Wei Guangde now are nonsense, but they still need to be allowed to write, write more, and develop this habit early.
The more you write, the more likely you are to catch the examiner's gun.
In fact, this is what teachers often do in this era. They put themselves in the position of examiners, set questions for their students, let them do it, and then guide them to revise.
When you go to the examination room in the future, if the examiner really asks this question, congratulations, just take out the essays you contacted before, and the probability of passing the test will naturally be higher.
Of course, it’s a different matter if the examiner’s questions are biased, especially if there are so-called cut-and-match questions.
In fact, this method generally has no problem in dealing with county examinations and government examinations, but it may be a problem when it comes to college examinations and township examinations.
In fact, this has something to do with the circle that Master Sun belongs to. If the friends in the circle are only talented scholars, naturally they will not be able to write articles about promoting people, even if they are tinkering.
Of course, if these schoolchildren really reach that level, they will seek guidance from famous teachers. Master Sun does not think that he can really teach anyone.
However, for these schoolchildren who have not yet crossed that door, they only need to solve the county and prefecture examinations first, at least not to damage their own reputation.
The students that Master Sun is now guiding are the ones he thinks have the best chance of passing the college entrance examination. As for the others, take your time and don't rush.
The two sample essays selected by Wei Guangde have the same title, "There is a way to make money. Many people can make money, and few can eat it. Those who use it can be sick, and those who use it can feel comfortable. Then there will be enough money." This is from "The Great Learning", Chapter 2 Ten articles.
Of course the Master also said what the article meant, that this is the way to make money, which is actually the traditional values of the Chinese people.
As for the so-called Tao, there must be more people producing, there cannot be those who are just soy sauce and not working, and there are few people consuming, things must be done quickly and timely, and they must be used slowly. In fact, in connection with the previous article, there is also the meaning of living within one's means, so that wealth Only then can we maintain sufficient, that is, accumulate.
However, as a later generation, Wei Guangde certainly knew that what was talked about at that time was to stimulate consumption and use demand to drive productivity. This was Western economics, which was completely different from this.
But these words cannot be said. In the eyes of people of this era, it would be treason and contrary to the words of the saints.
Since you can't have your own thoughts, just copy them.
With the template, Wei Guangde felt that it seemed to be very simple.
Just kidding, in later generations, when Wei Guangde was in elementary school, who didn’t copy compositions?
Just translate what others have written into your own words, which is the so-called Chinese-to-Chinese translation on the Internet.
The title has not changed. Wei Guangde looked at the two articles he selected, understood their meaning, and started writing after a brief synthesis.
The two model essays are actually not long, both are less than 300 words. Wei Guangde's comprehensive essay is obviously too long. As soon as the article of more than 300 words is completed, it is checked and revised, and then copied on a piece of paper. superior.
I feel that the whole procedure is almost the same as the exam introduced by Master Sun. I first make a draft, revise and polish it, and then copy it onto the paper.
You should write better and receive less criticism.
While copying, Wei Guangde kept saying in his mind that he was still very thin-skinned and did not like to be criticized or beaten often.
It was getting dark, and when it was time to have dinner, my parents' carriage arrived belatedly and drove into the gate of Baihu Army Fort.