After the routine ceremony, Xu Qing came to his examination room. He opened his scroll bag and took out the examination papers within.
The three questions on the Four Books and the four questions on "The Book of Changes" for the first examination were all inside.
Because one had to register information in advance before signing up for the local preliminary examination and submit one's chosen core classic.
There are a total of seven questions, and seven essays have to be written.
