Friends, we all know that if the children of a family can be admitted to a top university like Tsinghua University and Peking University, it can be called an "unprecedented" feat, which means "coming out", representing a new height and new breakthrough in family education.
Similarly, this is true in ancient times, and the ancient book "Kindergarten Qionglin" has such a description: his junior high school is said to be unprecedented; Scholars are exalted, and they are called the place to get ahead.
How do you understand this? If you are interested, you must insist on reading my articles.
"Unprecedented"
"His family's junior high school is called unprecedented", and the "his family junior high school" refers to the first time someone in a certain family has passed the imperial examination or other selection methods, and the first time someone has passed the Jinshi examination, as if breaking some long-term "barrenness" or "blank", so it is called "unprecedented".
Regarding "unprecedented", there is another allusion, let me tell you about it.
In the Tang Dynasty, Jingzhou was a gathering place for famous families, and a group of talented people were selected to enter Beijing every year to take the exam. It's a pity that over the years, Jingzhou's talented people have tried and failed repeatedly, and they have been nicknamed "Heavenly Solution".
But in the fourth year of Tang Xuanzong's junior high school, Liu Yi in the south of Jingzhou was admitted to the Jinshi in one fell swoop, and finally broke the curse of "heavenly wilderness" and became a legendary figure of "heavenly wilderness"!
Cui Xian, the Duke of Wei, was guarding the southern part of Jingzhou at the time, and when he heard that Liu Yuzhong was a jinshi, he was so excited that he immediately wrote a letter of congratulations and gave him 700,000 "unprecedented" money.
But Liu Yu politely declined this generous gift, and wrote back to Cui Xian and said: "In this place of Jingzhou, there have been no talents for many years, so we don't blame the wilderness, only blame ourselves for not working hard." Now that I have won the Jinshi, it means that as long as I work hard, the sky can become a treasure! This sentence not only expresses the hearts of Jingzhou talents, but also shows Liu Yu's mind and pattern.
"Getting ahead"
In ancient China, the "scholars" in "scholars are superb, called to stand out" refers to scholars, scholars, or intellectuals.
"Excess" means to surpass others and stand out.
"Coming to the fore" means attaining a prominent position or achievement that is no longer obscure.
Thus, this phrase describes that when a scholar achieves excellent results in the imperial examination or other competitions through his own efforts and talents, and thus obtains a high official rank or fame, he is considered to be "prominent".
The allusion to the idiom "getting ahead" originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, when Ouyang Xiu, a leader in the literary world, presided over the imperial examination and discovered Su Shi's talent. Su Shi's talent is outstanding, and his literary attainments and insights make Ouyang Xiu very appreciative.
Once, Ouyang Xiu mentioned Su Shi when talking to Mei Yaochen, and he said: "I should avoid this person from going out of the way." "It means that I should make this person a head taller and show that I will be surpassed because of Su Shi's talent.
This allusion was later widely sung and became the source of the idiom "getting ahead". The meaning of this idiom has also gradually expanded, not only to refer to literary transcendence, but also to describe remarkable achievements or progress in a certain field or aspect, surpassing others.
epilogue
Friends, whether it is the 'groundbreaking' in the family or the 'upstart' among the scholars, it is the return of ten years of hard study for the students, and embodies the students' desire and pursuit of honor, achievement and excellence.
This spirit has not only inspired generations to move forward, but has also become an indispensable part of Chinese culture.