Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1250: Eight-part Essay
"You had pork elbow for lunch, right?" After lunch, they returned to the classroom where only the two of them were. Wen Zhong also came back. He looked very rosy, and it seemed that he had just eaten in the cafeteria.

"Yes, I ate it. But Principal... Oh no, Mr. Wen, it's almost the end of the year, don't you need to go back to the cabinet?"

"Today's afternoon agenda is related to me, and I just need to avoid it, so I come here to have some free time. Let's just sit down and chat. Let's talk about how to write a paper. By the way, Shangluo."

Suddenly, he looked into Shangluo's eyes and asked, "You can actually write a paper, right?"

"Yes, I know a little. I learned it a long time ago. But I can't compare to your level."

In the context of the imperial examination system, the most important criterion for measuring someone's prestige in the court was academic ability. After all, everyone was a scholar, and the competition among scholars was of course about who was more "literary". Whether it was the study of benevolence or the study of principles, the premise for gaining wide recognition was to produce a widely recognized paper.

This is very intuitive. Because it is impossible for everyone to go to the cabinet to meet with the cabinet elders, but everyone can see his articles. Literati get to know each other through articles. When 8 million people in the country are all literati, then the articles - especially the masterpieces, become a second face. Revising the article is equivalent to plastic surgery, and taking the entrance exam is a second reincarnation.

This is why Wen Zhong personally tutored Shangluo in writing his thesis. After all, although Shangluo's first face was growing well, the second face still needed to be carefully considered. After all, the second face would not be good-looking just because it became a celestial being. If it can't be done, it can't be done. There's nothing we can do about it.

"Then let's start with the topic."

“Should the main title contain a subtitle, like Theater Nation: Celebration and Political Order in Bali?”

"You can answer this question quickly?"

"Commander Li happened to teach me before."

"It seems that my peer has not abandoned his studies. I thought his brain was frozen in Beiting, after all, he hasn't had any articles published in many years. It seems that no matter what, he still has the basic skills to defraud funding."

"So do I have to write this for my pork elbow?"

"We generally recommend writing like this. Because the mini-thesis is semi-propositional, "Pig's Front and Back Elbows" is a theme, and you can formulate your own direction around this theme - but don't be too nervous, to put it bluntly, this is not a real thesis, but just an assignment, a small preview of the real thesis, just to cultivate the researcher's thinking."

"Then let me see what topic to choose. As expected, when it comes to pork elbows, it's all about the dishes made with the elbows. So I should write about cooking?"

"Then here comes the question." Wen Zhong said, "Speaking of cooking? According to the cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, and Nanyang cuisine all have pork knuckles. Cold dishes are different from hot dishes, cooked food is different from raw food, and eating directly is different from making it into smoked meat. Do you want to investigate all of them?"

"Ah, this... You can't finish writing 2000 words, right?"

"That's why the first essay at the beginning of the semester is limited to 2,000 words." Wen Zhong nodded. "I have no doubt that our students have enough time and energy to write an essay as thick as a small notebook, but then it will be impossible to grade the papers. When writing an essay, sometimes the most important thing is to make choices. There are thousands of facts in this world waiting for you to write, and you have to find the one that suits you best."

"Then I'll choose something that's easier to investigate, no matter how small it is, right?" "It's all right. This is a semi-propositional essay, and I'll leave half of it for everyone to express themselves. But don't make it too small. If it's too small, it won't be universal and it'll be hard to arouse other people's interest. For example, 'the front and back elbows of the old sow in my backyard' is meaningless. Unless you can expand on it."

"Can it be expanded? For example?"

"For example, if you are Her Royal Highness the Princess, you can write a paper titled "The Front Elbow and the Back Axle of the Pig: Taking the Old Sow in the Backyard of Changchun Palace as an Example." Aren't you familiar with her? You can also write it. The subtitle can be 'My Emperor's Brother-in-Law.' That will get a lot of readers."

"Then I can't keep my face anymore."

"Well." Wen Zhong nodded. "Very good, you got the point. You can't publish a paper just for the sake of publishing a paper. Heaven and earth are silent and have no heart. You should use the truth to speak for the silent heaven and earth. This is called establishing a heart for heaven and earth, and it is also the most basic attitude you should have when doing academic research. After that, establishing a mission for the people and bringing eternal peace to the world are things you can talk about after you get your master's and doctoral degrees. When you first enter school, you only need to know how to establish a heart for heaven and earth. Because if you don't speak for heaven and earth, then science doesn't exist."

[The people at the Oracle should really listen carefully to this - what exactly are they doing? ]

"Well." Shangluo thought for a moment, "Then I'll write about the school cafeteria. Is this angle okay?"

"That's a good angle. There is no correct answer here, just choose the appropriate one. But since you chose the surrounding targets as the subjects of your investigation, there will be some requirements for your field investigation later - do you know what field investigation means?"

"Just field research?"

"Yes, that's the same idea. Investigation is the beginning of the empirical process. Everything has to be verified before it counts. How others write about pork elbows is another matter. It's better to go and see for yourself if you can. Because only by investigating can you find evidence, and evidence is the basis for building consensus. If there is no evidence, others will not agree with your paper. However, I still say that." Wen Zhong added:

"There are not many requirements for a short essay. It's OK as long as there are no mistakes in the basic facts. On this basis, there is a smooth context and consistent logic. This is already very good. Of course, the requirements for you are definitely different. You should consider it yourself. So, taking the pork knuckle of the school as the topic, have you thought about how to write it later?"

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“Can I ask about the structure of the article?”

"The structure is very simple, just make an eight-part plan."

"Can the pork elbows in the cafeteria be cooked into eight-part pork?!"

"I can even make eight-part essays for the telephone poles outside your house. Everything can be eight-part essays. You have to write eight-part essays everywhere. There are eight-part essays for benevolence in the study of benevolence, eight-part essays for rationalism in the study of reason, and eight-part essays for being an official and taking the imperial examination. Eight-part essays are a tool. The key is how you use it. If you want to prove a complex proposition, writing an eight-part essay can help you sort out your point of view and make it easier for others to understand you."

"Then how do we write this eight-part essay?"

"It's simple. It's called an eight-part essay, but it actually consists of three parts: introduction, main body, and conclusion. Please memorize it first."

(End of this chapter)