Gu Chengyu propped up his head, watching the Vice Examiner distribute the examination papers. Once all papers were handed out, the doors would be locked, and three candles were handed out along with the papers.
Actually, Gu Chengyu thought it was better not to write the examination paper at night in such an examination hall. Everyone's quarters were locked; if a fire broke out, there would be no escape.
Once the doors of the quarters were locked, the first provincial examination officially began. Gu Chengyu ground the ink, picked up the paper, and scanned it briefly. There were passages from the Analects, University, and Mencius, each question requiring at least 200 characters, which was essentially transcription.
Then write a five-character eight-tone poem, which requires topic-breaking first. For the four canonical passages, each must be over 300 characters.
