In ancient times, I attended primary schools and universities. Everyone in the university may have the impression that primary school is almost like our primary school junior high school.
It is recorded in Li Ji in the Han Dynasty that the ancients left home at the age of eight to learn small skills, take small steps, tie their hair and go to college. It means you can go to primary school at the age of 8. In the early years, when we were in primary school, we were almost six or seven years old. Ancient people went to school as old as us. It is said that Su Dongpo also entered school at the age of 8.
In ancient times, bunching hair generally refers to adulthood, which is about fifteen or sixteen years old. However, when you are about 15 or 16 years old, you can go to college and study as an adult, while we are still children when 15 or 16 years old.
Moreover, in ancient times, the punishment for children who played truant or didn't study was quite severe. Everyone must have seen the picture of Mr. Wang on TV. Facing the students who can't answer the questions below or who don't study, you can swollen your palm by hitting it three or two times with a ring. That's because it was like this in ancient times. Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, beating was a common method in rural primary schools, and even students' families would suffer in severe cases.
Except for these ancient students' academic exams, they are much more frequent than ours. We have exams every few weeks, and the most frequent exam is senior three. They have a quiz and a big exam every day. Japanese exams are called Japanese exams, and there are also monthly exams and quarterly exams. And they are all very strict and difficult to pass.
The master thinks the students' classes are ok, so he will start the imperial examination next time.
After having obtained the provincial examination, the general examination and the first class in palace examination, I have to take the juvenile examination in the Qing Dynasty. After the rural examination, it must be confirmed that only talented people can participate. Usually they take eight-part essays and try to paste poems.
If you don't study hard, you won't get into the exam, and then you will take the exam again and again. Fan Jinzhong cited such a thing. He worked hard all his life, and when he finally passed the exam, he was going crazy because he had been under pressure all his life.
Actually, now is not the time to study hard. Many dynasties in ancient times believed that reading was the noblest, so many people were determined to be admitted, but they failed, always failing. That is to study hard at a cold window all my life.