short series

From Fake Scholar to Triple Champion

share time: 2025-11-07 06:00:29

Lin Dazhu, a county yamen clerk, pulled strings to get his son Xiaoman a scholar title just to fulfill his study dream, never expecting Xiaoman to secretly study hard behind his back. When Xiaoman sneaked into the provincial exam and won first place (jieyuan), Lin Dazhu panicked—afraid the "backdoor" secret would ruin Xiaoman's future. But Xiaoman kept surprising everyone: he won first place in the metropolitan exam (huiyuan) and then the palace exam (zhuangyuan), becoming a rare "triple champion." Just as someone accused him of "fake scholar status," Xiaoman recited *Commentaries on the Four Books* from memory and answered the emperor's governance questions flawlessly. Lin Dazhu finally realized: his son's "luck" wasn't from backdoors—it was from the sweat and talent hidden in his secret studies.

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