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In the meeting room of the Imperial Academy, seven old men reclined in grand armchairs—three on the left, three on the right, with Chief Grand Secretary Gu Yixin seated in the center at the head position, holding a small ceramic cup in his hand.
"With 'books' as the topic, most examinees will likely write about the sages' books."
"That would show they haven't truly absorbed the sages' teachings at all," someone said. "Though the sages said that human life has limits while the sea of books is boundless, they also said that reading ten thousand volumes without understanding a single matter is a scholar's shame."
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