There have been two pairs of brother champions in the imperial examination culture.

Langzhong, located in the north of Sichuan and the middle reaches of Jialing River, is a national historical and cultural city. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful and the people's culture is successful. Many generations of Wenda, Kejia heyday. There are four top scholars, namely Yin Shu, the top scholars in the Tang Dynasty, Yin Ji, Chen Yaomao and Chen Yaozi. In history, Sichuan * * * (among which there is no dispute 13) was the No.1 scholar 17, Langzhong County only had 4 people, living with Lingui County (now Guilin, Guangxi), and Lingui County also had 4 champions, ranking first among western counties, and was known as the "hometown of No.1 scholars".

The champion is the first scholar, and was called the "champion" in the Tang Dynasty. The tall head of Langzhong civilian Yin Shu is a legend in itself.

Tang Yan recorded the story of Yin Shu "putting his head on himself". In the seventh year of Zhenyuan (79 1), Du made a contribution as the examiner of Libu. There was no palace examination in the Tang Dynasty, so he was admitted to Jinshi after having obtained the provincial examination. At that time, the imperial examination was just established and the system was not perfect. It is popular in society that clients recommend "writing papers", and examiners also combine recommendation and investigation to decide whether to accept the exam. Du was determined to be elected openly, and did not find someone to make a pre-evaluation decision on Jinshi. After the third exam, Duke Du told the audience when he was attending the DPRK: Today, the emperor mistook me for a person with no virtue and no talent, and ordered me to make contributions to the country and select talents. You are all outstanding talents in today's society. Who should be a Jinshi? Who can help me? At that time, more than 500 people took the exam and looked at each other. No one dares to stand up and express their opinions. Yin Shu from Langzhong stepped forward: "I don't want to do anything." Duke Du happily asked him to come up and grade. Yin Shu is generous and supercilious. He writes a volume for each review, listing his surname and comments. From the beginning to the end, the audience was sighing and everyone was praising talent and justice. After the evaluation, I knelt down and presented a list of Jinshi who wanted to be admitted to Duke Du, leaving only the first one empty. Duke Du was very happy and asked whose head he was. Why didn't he write it down? Yin Shu said: "The head must be old!" Du Gongda Qi gladly ordered him to write down his name, and everyone unanimously praised him. As a result, Yin Shu became the first among 30 undergraduate scholars. Yin Shu's article is very good and shows outstanding talent, so it is recognized as his. "Self-explanation" has become an eternal story.

Yin Shu is the only scholar in history who has been recognized and recognized through self-release, and he is also the first scholar in Langzhong. Twenty-two years later, in the eighth year of Xian Zongyuan and (8 13), Yin Shu's younger brother Yin Ji won the first prize again. At that time, people praised him as "the Twin Peaks of Wu Tong". Xuedao Street in Langzhong Ancient City still retains the "No.1 Scholar's Mansion" of the Yin brothers.

When the Yin brothers won the top prize, they were all over the age of 70. They did not take the "general examination" of the official department (also known as "selective examination" and "interpretation examination") and did not hold any official positions. "All Tang Wen" contains Yin Shu's paper "Zhu Huan Hepu Fu". Volume 276 of The Whole Tang Poetry contains the poem "Send Yin Shu, Linghu Chu and Return to Hajj" by Lu Lun, which records the grand occasion of the emperor's banquet for Yin Shu and other new scholars:

Beauty is better than vanilla, and the gentleman is Fang Lan.

Jewelry is heavy in gold, and jade sounds cold.

Gong was chosen and offered two chances to try.

Pommel horse merged with Fendi to compete for Lu and Pan.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Yaozhuo and Chen Yaozi in Langzhong were also the top brothers, and Chen Yaozuo, who was born as a top scholar and a generation of famous soldiers, made the stories of the three brothers a household name in Langzhong.

According to Biography of Chen Yaozuo, Chen Shenghua, a native of Langzhong in the Northern Song Dynasty, was the great-grandson of Xian, the commander of Xinjing County in Houshu, and once served as the commander of Xishui in Langzhou County. After entering the Song Dynasty, he served as the chief book of Longcheng, Liyang Order, Loufan Order and Jiyuan Order. When I was in my hometown of Langzhong, I sent my three sons to Nanyan Grottoes in Xiangshan, southeast of the city, and studied hard under the guidance of Gao Shi 'an, a hermit of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The second son, Chen Yaozuo (963- 1044), was admitted as a scholar in Duan AD (988). He is an official assistant minister and prime minister, and the prince is a teacher. The eldest son, Chen Yaosou (961-17), was the top student in high school in the following year (989, the second year of Duangong), and was the official to the Tang Dynasty, with the same official and left servant (prime minister); The third son, Chen Yaozi (970- 1034), was the champion of the Gengzi in the third year of the reign of Emperor Zhenzong (1000), and went to Wu Xinjun as an official. After the eldest son, Chen Yaosao, won the first prize, Injong summoned his father, Chen Shenghua, to Beijing, granted the crown prince authority, and then went to Zuo to persuade the doctor. Chen's three brothers, Wei Ke, are all important ministers, admired by the world and called "Chen San". Together with their father Chen Shenghua, the four of them lived in the same dynasty, and their names have been passed down through the ages.

Chen Shenghua is strict with family education. "The History of Song Dynasty" said: "When a guest arrives, the Yaosou brothers set up a provincial border, but the guest is uncomfortable and leads away." When an official went to Chen Jia, he saw that his three sons were all important officials, waiting by their parents. He was afraid to sit down. Huasheng said, "It is always the students who stand by and watch." . Everyone admires Chen Guren even more. The Chen family has a rotten horse that nobody cares about, and it hurts people many times. After learning that the horse was sold to a businessman by Chen Yaozi, Shenghua reprimanded: "As an important official, how can you pass the disaster on to others!" He ordered people to recover the returned money quickly, and everyone praised his kindness. Feng, the wife of provincial Chinese, also educates her children well, taking frugality as the foundation, cooking with her daughter-in-law herself, and does not allow other scholars to be extravagant and wasteful. Yao, who is already a senior official, is back. If there is anything wrong, he will also be beaten with a stick. Under the influence of such a family style, Chen's descendants successively included Yao Zuizi, Yao Zuozi, a scholar of ancient times, Yao Zuozi and Bo Gu, who tried to interpret the Yuan Dynasty for Kaifeng Prefecture, and also sought, taught, repaired, followed, toured, imitated, learned and attacked the ancient times. Their grandchildren were literate, stamped and great-grandchildren, all of whom entered the DPRK as officials. Sima Guang praised Chen, "children and grandchildren are rich, and they can communicate with American officials, so people who wear clothes are old."

Chen San and his son are both officials with outstanding achievements, especially known as "water conservancy families". When Chen Shenghua was appointed as Li Yang's order, he was not afraid to offend the bully forces, and ordered to dredge the ditches deliberately blocked by powerful people as soon as possible, so that the production and life of the downstream people could be guaranteed by water conservancy, and everyone could rely on it. When he was the magistrate of Suzhou, the flood flooded and the victims were displaced. He organized manpower, buried the dead, helped the victims and resettled thousands of refugees. Taizong "praised by letters."

When Chen Yaosou was appointed as the traffic ambassador of Guangnan West Road, he saw that Guangxi was bitter, hot and waterless, and diseases were prevalent. He organized tree planting, taught people to dig wells and built pavilions on the roadside. In summer, nearby villagers take turns to provide tea to passers-by. It also collects prescriptions and carved tablets on major roads for people to copy and treat diseases. In this way, the environment has been greatly improved and diseases have been reduced. He also organized a variety of ramie according to local conditions and asked the court to allow ramie cloth to offset the tribute of mulberry dates that could not be paid because of low output, so that both the people and the court benefited. Chen Yaomao was praised for his integrity and honesty. At that time, Jiaotoe (now northeast Vietnam) was ruled by Lê Hoàn, the founding monarch of the former Li Dynasty in Vietnam. He wanted to confer the title of Song Dynasty and make friends with Song Dynasty. The former chief executive of Guangnan West Road took the opportunity to blackmail Lê Hoàn when dealing with related affairs, while Lê Hoàn turned to look for people who had crossed their toes. When Chen Yao was in power, the court wanted to add Lê Hoàn as the new ambassador. After completing the relevant conferring procedures, Chen Yaomao declined all personal gifts from Lê ho à n. At that time, pirates often appeared at the junction of Jiaotoe and Guangxi, and pirates invaded Guangxi based on Jiaotoe. And those fugitives who stood on tiptoe came to hide in the wide * * *. Sister Chen captured them and sent them back to their toes. In return for Song Ting, Lê Hoàn also killed pirates. This has promoted border peace and protected people's lives and property.

Chen Yaozuo was once a transshipment ambassador in ten big states. No matter how old or young he is, he will hear everything. He saved water and benefited the people, helped the world and made great achievements, and was called a wise man. When he knew Shouzhou, when he was hungry, he went out to buy rice and porridge to help hungry people. All the officials followed his example and provided rice to save thousands of people. When he was appointed as Deputy Communications Envoy of Guangdong and Zhejiang, Qiantang River was made of rocks, which could not withstand the impact of waves and was repeatedly damaged. Yao Zuo invented the method of "low-paid soil consolidation", which was consolidated for a long time after implementation. When the Yellow River burst its banks in Zhihua County, it was flooded. Yao Zuo created the method of "wooden dragon killing water", successfully blocked the breach and built the second protective levee, which was honored as "Chen Gong Dike". After it was transferred to Bingzhou, Shanxi, the water diversion soared and the disaster was serious. Yao Zuo made a practical survey, built a dike along the river, and planted willows along the dike to form a Liuxi, which eliminated the flood and benefited the people.

Chen Yaozi also has the power to control water and benefit the people. When I knew the Yongxing Army, Chang 'an under its jurisdiction was too saline-alkali, the well water was bitter, and there was no spring. Yao Zi mobilized manpower to reopen the Longshou Canal and introduce the river into the city for the benefit of the people. When Ren An's military envoy learned of Yunzhou, Yunzhou was seriously waterlogged. He built a new river from Yushan to Xiaba, which led the accumulated water to the Yellow River and alleviated the flood disaster. During the period of military service, Chen Yaozi strengthened the border walls, trimmed the equipment, enriched the military supplies, and strengthened its military strength against foreign enemies. Yao Zi is good at archery. When the oil seller saw that he would be proud, he put the oil gourd on the ground, covered the gourd mouth with copper coins, and poured the oil into the gourd through the money hole with a ladle. There is not a drop of oil on the copper coin. Then he said, "No one else is familiar with it." Yao Zi was deeply inspired and said goodbye to the old man with conviction. Ouyang Xiu recorded this story in the Record of Returning to the Field, which is still included in middle school Chinese textbooks.

In the famous city of Langzhong, there are still relics such as Chen Sanyue Rock (also known as the Champion Cave), Chen San Academy, Wei Ziting, the imperial pen of Song Zhenzong, the Xiangjiang Pavilion of Su Shi and Peng Yanting of Sima Guang, as well as Zhongyuan Square, Chen San Street, Yiyuan Street, Eryuan Street, Sanyuan Street and Siyuan Street in the ancient city. At the southern end of Ma Xiaoxi Bridge in Jialing River, there is a champion square with bronze statues of four champions in Langzhong.

Langzhong (3) Champion (8) Jinshi (4)