清光绪十九年,恰逢慈禧太后六十大寿,朝廷开设恩科乡试,以示普天同庆。浙江绍兴有个秀才叫周用吉,连考了几次都未中举,屡试不第,这可愁坏了父亲周福清。周福清是同治十年的进士,这年因为母亲去世,他已辞官在家,为母守孝。 Emperor Guangxu nineteen years, coincides with Empress Dowager Cixi sixty birthday, the court set up Enke Township test, to celebrate the celebration. Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, there is a show called weeks with Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, even a few times have not cited in the test, repeated tests not, it can be unpleasant his father Zhou Fuqing. Zhou Fuqing, a ten-year jin shih who died in the same year of the Tongzhi rule, resigned from office at this time because of his mother’s death.