A Champion Scholar Revered By Sages, And You Call Him A Useless Bookworm?

Summary

The passage describes a heated auction for a rubbing of an inscription poem, where two academy deans, He Wei and He Wan Cheng, compete fiercely, driving the price to 500,000 taels of silver. Lin Yi suggests they each take a copy, which surprisingly calms their dispute. The deans are shocked to learn Lin Yi himself wrote the poems. He Wei purchases one rubbing and gives Lin Yi 25 gold notes worth 10,000 taels each, which Lin Yi plans to use for academy reconstruction. The scene highlights the value of scholarly works and the respect gained by talented writers in this academic setting.

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