In the eighth year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was the third person to become a Jinshi in Huang Gongdu's list of Wuwu Branch. The ancients studied hard for ten years in the cold window, just to achieve fame and shine. But with so many people work

Chen Xiu, unknown font size. Fuzhou people. In the eighth year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty (1138), he was the third person to become a Jinshi in Wuwu Ke and Huang Gongdu. The ancients studied hard for ten years in the cold window, just to achieve fame and shine. But with so many people working hard, there are really very few people who pass the exam, and they can only become poor talents. And today's protagonist has been taking exams all his life, and he didn't get admitted to the top three universities until he was over 70 years old.

Chen Xiu was already over seventy years old at this time, but his talent and learning should not be underestimated. Chen Xiu explained "The Beautiful Fu of Four Seas Thinking of Zhongxing". Gaozong admired it after reading it. When he saw it in the main hall, the emperor asked him who he was. It was not Chen Xiu who valued him so much that he specially wrote two sentences of his into a couplet and posted them on the main hall. The emperor saw that he was old and asked him how many children he had. Chen Xiu was very embarrassed, and then carefully answered, I have not married yet. When the emperor heard this, he felt compassion in his heart, and rewarded him with a young girl as his wife, along with a generous dowry. When Chen Xiu heard this, he was grateful and thanked the holy grace.

Chen Xiu not only passed the examination for the third-level flower, but also brought back a beautiful lady. The emperor also gave him a large dowry. It was really three blessings, and the third-level examination was truly worthwhile. At that time, people regarded it as a joke and wrote a limerick saying: "If a newlywed asks how old he is? Twenty-three fifty years ago."