The five elements of feng shui and Qiankun Bagua have always been the knowledge believed by the ancients, and the mysteries of this are still difficult to answer, and the ancients believed in these almost obsessions. This is not only the elegance of the ancients, but also believed in our current society, and the current wedding and funeral is also extremely exquisite in the selection of days, not only the days and hours, but also the weather is also very exquisite.
In this regard, there was once such a recorded story. During the Qing Dynasty, a family of ordinary people suddenly had heavy rainstorms when holding funerals, and it was very inconvenient to handle the funeral, but a gentleman who passed by said that the family would have to produce a high official in the future. The consequences of many years are really as Mr. Li said, what is the story in this?
Generations have participated in the imperial examination, but none of them have won the list
During the Qing Dynasty, there was a family surnamed Zeng, the ancestor of this family was the head of the dynasty at that time, with such an identity blessing, he also held a heavy position in the dynasty, and it was also such an ancestor who set family rules, requiring the children and grandchildren of the Zeng family to study hard and take the meritorious name at their own appropriate age. But unfortunately, since the ancestors of the Zeng family, no one in the family has successfully achieved meritorious fame, and even the corresponding age-appropriate education is difficult to complete.
Until the Qing Dynasty, the owner of the Zeng family passed to Zeng Yuping, who taught his son Zeng Qilin to study hard and work hard towards his own family rules.
Speaking of Zeng Yuping, he is also a victim of the imperial examination, he studied hard since he was a child, his talent is outstanding, he took the imperial examination at the age of nineteen, and his name fell to Sun Shan, but Zeng Yuping, who fell on the list, did not give up on himself and continued to study, this examination, that is, eleven years, until he was thirty years old, he did not win, so he fell this hope to his son.
When his son Zeng Qilin was eighteen years old, he took the first imperial examination with his father. This time the results made the father very surprised, the first reference to Zeng Qilin, the score has surpassed the father, ranked among the best, and the score of the list is almost the same, which makes the father and Zeng Qilin together ignite hope. Since then, his father has been single-mindedly taking care of the family's business and going all out to support Zeng Qilin to study, but the sky is not what anyone wants.
In the next few exams, Zeng Qilin's score was a fraction of a millimeter, and a little more progress could win the list, but each time it was this, so that Zeng Qilin's efforts for a year were wasted. Zeng Qilin has been working hard for many years, every night Zeng Qilin picked a lamp to read at night, and took the imperial examination year after year, but it was still difficult to win the list, which made several people in the Zeng family suffer, and in the blink of an eye, he was also like his father, and he was admitted to the age of thirty.
When Zeng Qilin was thirty years old, he explained his thoughts to his father, indicating that he did not want to take the imperial examination again and did not want to be hit again. The father, who had experienced setbacks, also knew the pain of this, so he no longer encouraged his son, and the son was already thirty years old, and he gave up too much for the exam, and he had long passed the age of marrying a wife and having children and establishing a career. So Zeng Yuping found a matchmaker and helped his son choose a marriage.
When his father died, he met the master, and he would be a great official
After marriage, Zeng Qilin was old, so he had his own son in the second year, which made Zeng Qilin and Zeng Yuping see hope again, and they fell on the mission of obtaining meritorious fame to the youngest grandson Zeng Kuanyi. Looking at the little grandson who was bouncing around, the Zeng family hoped that this child could fight for the Zeng family, shoulder the family rules left by the ancestors, and take the meritorious name.
When Zeng Kuan was one or two years old, his grandfather Zeng Yuping suddenly fell ill and asked many doctors to consult one after another, but they could not be cured, so he could only rely on drugs to maintain his life. Soon after, Zeng Yuping suddenly fell seriously ill, even if no amount of medicine could be sustained, just when he was dying, he pulled Zeng Kuanyi's small hand hard and told his grandson that he must study hard, obtain a meritorious name for the Zeng family, and win glory for the Great Family's ancestors. Zeng Yuping immediately passed away.
In order to deal with his father's funeral, the Zeng family invited Mr. Feng Shui to choose a suitable cemetery. In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the funeral, the weather was very clear, and everyone set off to the cemetery a few miles away when they were ready for the birthday. Just as they were preparing to be buried, the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and when the people saw it, they placed the coffin in a shelter from the rain, ready to rest a little.
Soon it began to rain heavily, and just as everyone was hiding from the rain, an old gentleman appeared from nowhere, wearing a cloak and standing in front of the coffin of Old Master Zeng, and Zeng Qilin immediately went up to inquire. The gentleman told him that this is a treasure land of feng shui, buried here will surely prosper descendants, coupled with today's sudden change in the sky, the sudden heavy rain also adds auspiciousness to this place, it seems that in the future, the Zeng family will be a great official. After saying this, the old man turned and left, and the heavy rain also stopped.
Zeng Qilin, who was busy with the funeral, did not take the old man's words to heart, until after dealing with everything, he remembered the old man's words, which was not far from the time of the imperial examination, so he decided to try it, and in the following period of time, he stepped up his study and prepared for the exam. In the blink of an eye, when it came to the day of the exam, Zeng Qilin brought out all the learning he had learned in his daily life, and soon after, the good news came as promised: Zeng Qilin was lifted.
Both father and son of the Zeng family entered the dynasty as officials
Zeng Qilin, who entered the palace, did not have a smooth career, which also made him begin to doubt the words of the old man, obviously saying that there would be a high official, but he was still hopeless to be promoted at nearly half a hundred years old, but he could only be in a hurry.
In the blink of an eye, his son Zeng Kuanyi also reached the age of eighteen, and under the influence of the family environment, he also took the imperial examination. Who expected that the young Zeng Kuanyi, but in one fell swoop! In this way, the father and son both entered the DPRK and served in the dprk, and also fulfilled the last wish of the ancestors of the Zeng family as desired.
After zeng kuanyi took office for several years, he did not get a great promotion like his father, but fortunately, it was also a great honor to be in the DPRK. Soon after, his father withdrew from the palace due to his age, and then Zeng Kuanyi's promotion path suddenly became smooth and enlightened.
Zeng Kuanyi's emotional intelligence is very high, his personal ability is extremely strong, and his thinking is far beyond everyone, just when he was thirty years old, he met his own nobleman, the Daoguang Emperor, after the promotion of the Daoguang Emperor, Zeng Kuanyi's career path can be described as unusually smooth, and in just a few years, he was promoted to the minister of the DPRK, and the Daoguang Emperor personally gave Zeng Kuanyi the name - Zeng Guofan
Later the story everyone also knows, Zeng Guofan can be called a learned, capable and courageous official, he is the first person on the mainland to build a ship, the emergence of Zeng Guofan, not only promoted the rapid development of the country at that time, but also promoted the industrial development of the mainland for many years, Zeng Guofan is the old gentleman said that the Zeng family official.
summary
The examination system is the selection system in ancient mainland China, and the examination system has always been criticized by posterity, but looking back at history, the examination system is undoubtedly not the best way for ordinary people to strive to get rid of the class at that time. The advantages of the imperial examination system are well known, but the number of victims of this system is also innumerable, such as Fan Jinzhongju, which is the tragic story of the mainland imperial examination system, and there are many people like Fan Jin.
But at the end of the day, the imperial examination was one of the most fair systems of the time. And feng shui is the same, has been handed down by us to this day, until today, there have been many "feng shui" mr. rely on the sky to eat, the reason is difficult to explain. The efforts of three generations of the Zeng family eventually brought two generations into the palace, and the result was excellent, and the existence of officials like Zeng Guofan in history is still an example for us to learn from today.
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