After hearing this, Guo Xuexiu was silent for a moment, and then said: "Your senior brother... I taught him to read the Analects at the age of five, so that one day he could pass the Nine Classics."

Then Guo Xuexue said to Zhang Yue: "But the Nine Classics subject is the most rare among all subjects, so you don't have to force it."

As Guo Xuexiu said, the most difficult among all subjects is the Nine Classics subject.

Candidates who study Nine Classics should read "Book of Changes", "Shang Shu", "Mao Shi", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Rites", "Rituals", "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan", "Gong Yang Zhuan", "Gu"

"Liang Zhuan" Nine Classics.

The exam also contains the most content, with 120 answer books and 60 answers.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Five Classics subjects, which were the most difficult after the Jinshi subjects, also covered the nine classics.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan" were listed as the Great Classics, "Mao Shi", "Zhou Rites", and "Yili" were listed as the Central Classics, "Book of Changes", "Shang Shu", and "Gongyang Zhuan" were included.

"Gu Liang Zhuan" is a small classic.

During the exam, the two major classics must be tested, and then three classics can be selected from the medium classics and the minor classics to make up the five classics.

But in the Song Dynasty, all the Nine Classics subjects were required to be tested!

Guo Xuexuan looked at Zhang Yue deeply, the implication being: Do you really want to take the Nine Classics exam?

"I heard that one's background in the Nine Classics disciplines must be higher than those in other disciplines?" Zhang Yue asked.

After hearing this, Guo Xuexiu thought, "This guy is too utilitarian. He doesn't ask if he wants to learn, but where he comes from. Let's correct it slowly in the future!"

Guo Xuexiu sighed: "That's right, the background of Jiujing is indeed higher than that of other subjects. In the ranking of Jinshi officials, the top five in Jinshi Jiake, No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 are the first."

"Those below the sixth person in the Jia family and those in the Nine Classics and above are the second class. The other subjects are from the same background as the fifth Jia Jinshi, and must be selected."

Zhang Yue had some concerns in his heart, and the Jinshi subjects were divided into five levels.

The top five in the first class of the Jinshi Department are from first-class backgrounds.

Those who have passed the ninth class and the sixth place in the first class are from second class background.

Next are the second and third grades of the Jinshi Department and so on.

The so-called retention of the election means that you cannot be awarded an official immediately. You must run for the election as a candidate three years later, and you have to take another exam. The background of other subjects is the same as the fifth grade of Jinshi.

It can be seen from this that how difficult it is to pass the Nine Classics subject, and Zhang Yue could not have imagined that the humble Guo Lin would have such determination.

"Could it be that you want to study the Nine Classics?" Guo Xuexiu asked.

ps1: Thank you Shuyou Jiuqiu for becoming the third leader of this book!
Chapter completed!