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

Summary

The passage describes a chaotic scene at Ping Zhou Academy where two deans, He Wei Jun and He Wan Cheng, are fighting over an inscription poem written by Lin Yi. They nearly destroy the main hall in their confrontation, with both eager to obtain a rubbing of the poem. He Wei Jun eventually offers Lin Yi 500,000 taels of silver for the poem's imprint and asks Lin Yi to sign it. The scene highlights scholarly competition, potential secrets about Lin Yi's background, and the perceived value of his literary work, revealing complex interpersonal dynamics among academic figures.

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