宋代实行“考画取士”制度,常见的考试形式是这样的:先由翰林图画院出一诗句,再要求考生根据所出诗句的内容创作出一幅画。在这种决定命运的重要考试中,考生们为了让自己的画作争得画师的青睐,进而夺魁,往往在构思上争奇斗胜,别出心裁。其中,流传着不少有趣的故事——有一年以下面的诗句为题:嫩绿枝头一点红,恼人春色不须多。 In the Song Dynasty, the system of “taking exams and taking credits” was implemented. The common examination forms are as follows: First, a poem is made by Hanlin Art Institute, and candidates are required to create a painting based on the contents of the poem. In this important examination of the fate of the candidates, candidates in order to win their own paintings draw artist’s favor, and then won the first prize, often in the conception of contend for victory, ingenuity. Among them, a lot of interesting stories circulating - one year following the poem for the title: green branches a little red, annoying spring need not be more.