Ancient imperial examination is the only way for literati to follow the official position. Many talented people will choose to take the imperial examination, but the imperial examination is also one in a million. It's really difficult to take the exam at once. The ancients said that "one life, two fortunes, three feng shui, four products and five studies", it is normal to fail the exam, and it is an accident to pass the exam, which shows that the admission rate is low.
For example, Zheng Banqiao, who was "rarely confused", was a scholar during the Kangxi period, and he was only about 20 years old at this time; When Yongzheng was admitted, he was 40 years old; Gan Longkao was only 44 years old when he entered Jinshi. After being admitted to Jinshi, Brother Zheng, who has been unhappy all the year round, finally looked up and wrote these two bitter poems: Now he has taken off his blue shirt and washed his face with shame.