Who is the youngest laureate in the history of Vietnamese imperial examinations?

1. Who is the youngest champion in the history of Vietnamese imperial examinations?

• A

  Nguyen Trai

• B

  Le Van Huu

• C

  Mac Dinh Thi

• D

  Nguyen Hien

  According to the National Museum of History, Nguyen Hien was born on July 12, At Mui year (1235), in Vuong Mien village, Thuong Hien district - now Duong A village, Nam Thang commune, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province.
  Nguyen Hien was the youngest mandarin in the Vietnamese imperial examination system. He lost his father at a young age, so his mother sent him to study at the Ha Duong pagoda in Duong A village. Legend has it that when he first started studying at the pagoda, Hien could only write 10 pages of paper, and he immediately read it as if he had been to school before. The monk was surprised. One night, the monk dreamed that Buddha scolded him: "Every time the mandarin comes to the pagoda, he is naughty, why don't you warn and stop him?"
  The monk woke up, lit torches all over the temple and saw the words "punishment by 30 lashes" engraved on the backs of the statues, and the two guardian statues had "punishment by 60 lashes" engraved on them. The monk immediately recognized Hien's handwriting. One day, the monk went to class and took a sentence from the book: "Respect ghosts and gods but stay away" and told Hien: "Students must not mock Buddha or ghosts and gods." Hien immediately admitted his mistake and wiped clean the words he had written. From then on, he studied even harder, remembering everything he learned and reciting it in chapters.

2. At what age did this Trạng Nguyên become famous and be known as a "child prodigy"?

• A

  11

  At the age of 11, Hien became famous and was called a "child prodigy". At that time, there was a man named Dang who claimed to know all the books. Hearing of Hien's reputation, he immediately came to Hien's house to test his talent and gave him the title of a poem:
  "Phoenix nests, unicorns soar" and gave Hien a number of sentences, each sentence must have a word referring to a species of animal. Hien immediately improvised:
  "The Dragon Shines on the Sky"
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  What is the meaning of Huu Hung?
  "The village of Trac Loc is a".
  The Dang family admired Hien very much and praised him as a "genius".

• B

  12

• C

  13

• D

  14

3. To invite this young scholar to the capital, what did the king have to do?

• A

  The king himself came to welcome

• B

  The king wrote a letter inviting him back.

• C

  Gold and silver rewards

• D

  Bring gifts and carriage to pick up

  According to legend, a Chinese envoy brought a fable to test the talents of the Southern country. The poem is as follows:
  "Two days on the same day,
  Four mountains and crazy mountains,
  Two kings fight for one kingdom,
  "Four mouths roam freely".
  The king and the mandarins in the court could not explain what it meant. An official told the king to invite the first-rank scholar Nguyen Hien to come and ask about the meaning.
  The mandarins returned to his hometown and invited Nguyen Hien to play with his friends. Nguyen Hien told the mandarins: "Before, the king said that I did not know etiquette, but now the king himself does not know etiquette. No one invites a top scholar to the capital without etiquette." The mandarins reported to the king, then brought gifts and a carriage to pick him up, and then Nguyen Hien agreed to return to the capital. After returning to the capital to explain the poem, mandarin Hien wrote a letter to the Chinese ambassador, admitting that the Southern country had talented people.

4. After entering the capital to help the king interpret the poem, what position was Nguyen Hien appointed to?

• A

  Minister of Justice

• B

  Grand Historian

• C

  Minister of Public Works

  Nguyen Hien entered the court, the king encouraged him to continue studying the Three Religions, namely Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and appointed him to the position of "Minister of Public Works".
  During his years as a mandarin in the court, Nguyen Hien had many good strategies to help the king and the country. In the year At Hoi, our country was invaded by the Champa invaders again. The king was worried and assigned the top scholar Nguyen Hien to fight the invaders and defend the country. Shortly after, the invaders were defeated. The mandarin Hien gathered his troops back to Vu Minh Son, held a party to reward the troops and reported to the king. The king was extremely happy and granted the mandarin the title of "First-class noble mandarin".

• D

  Minister of Justice

5. How old was Trang Hien when he died?

• A

  20

• B

  21

  According to the National History Museum, on August 14, Binh Ty year, Nguyen Hien became seriously ill and passed away, at the age of 21. The king mourned and posthumously honored him as "Dai Vuong Thanh Hoang" and honored him as a god in 32 places.
  Currently, at the temple of Nguyen Hien, the first-ranked scholar, in Duong A village (Nam Thang, Nam Truc, Nam Dinh), many tablets, royal decrees, parallel sentences, and large characters are still preserved. In particular, the book Ngoc Pha about his career is preserved, including the following sentence praising Nguyen Hien's talent:
  "At the age of twelve, he founded two countries,
  "Three talents established in ten thousand years".
  Although his life was short, the talent, merit and profound knowledge of Nguyen Hien, the first-ranked scholar, made the young generation of Vietnam famous. He is a shining example of self-study ability, patriotism and love for the people... Nguyen Hien deserves to be recognized as an outstanding scholar, diplomat and politician in Vietnamese history.

• C

  22

• D

  23

Khanh Son

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