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Seventy-two-year-old Scholar —— On Lang, the oldest scholar in ancient times

The imperial examination system for selecting talents in ancient China has been in operation for more than 1000 years since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The first place in the imperial examination, commonly known as the "number one scholar", is also known as the "number one scholar in the world", which is the highest honor in the minds of most scholars in ancient times.

There are different opinions on how many champions have been produced in history. According to statistics, there are 777 top scholars in history.

The general impression is that the so-called champion Lang, champion Lang and champion are generally young and handsome. That was not the case. In the early Ming Dynasty, chūng Guo (reading chōng) lost the championship because of his low face value and old age.

However, in fact, the top scholars are of different ages, ranging from 9 years old to 60 years old or even 70 years old.

In the seventh year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1247), a little old man who had not been admitted to Jinshi for decades was appreciated by Song Lizong and was appointed as the top scholar. Zhang Yuanwei was so excited that he wrote a poem Biography and Writing: "After reading hundreds of poems, the green robe will be changed into the blue one. Chang 'e asked me how old I was, forty-three years ago. "Chuan is the nickname of the first place in the ancient court examination. From this poem, we can know that Zhang Yuanwei was 63 years old when he won the highest prize.

However, Zhang Yuanwei, an old champion who is over sixty, is not the oldest. Yin in the Tang Dynasty was the top scholar at the age of 72, so he was also called the "Ancient and Rare Top Scholar". This is the oldest scholar in ancient times.

Of course, strictly speaking, the first place in the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was called "Xingtou" instead of "No.1 scholar". Moreover, the first place is not designated by the emperor, but can be decided by the examiner. At the same time, in addition to a good reputation, winning the first place is far less than the treatment received by Song and later.

There is also a very interesting story about Yin's number one scholar. That year, the examiner Du, who was also the first examiner, had little experience. After the third exam, he said to the public, "You bachelors are all contemporary talents. Can anyone help me? " A total of more than 500 candidates, everyone looked at each other, did not know what the examiner meant, and dared not come forward to answer. At this time, I saw an old man among the candidates come forward and ask, "I wonder what you ordered?" Du Huangshang said, "No one wrote the list." The old man said, "I am willing to do it." When writing a topic, Du asked, "Who writes better?" The old man replied solemnly, "I'm going to be an old man!" " "Du was startled, but after a moment of silence, he decided that the old man was the first. The old man is 72-year-old Yin Shu. Since then, Yin Shumao volunteered to be the number one scholar and became a much-told story in the imperial examination.

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