19 17, a candidate took the entrance examination at Peking University. When reading the newspaper, Hu Shi said excitedly, "I read an article and got full marks." I hope the school can admit this talented candidate. "However, the school board can check the candidates' transcripts, but the math score is zero and other subjects are mediocre. When abandoned, President Cai Yuanpei pushed his way through the crowd and accepted him as an exception. 1 1 years later, he took charge of Tsinghua at 3 1 years old. He is Jia.

Coincidentally, in the college entrance examination for President Luo Jialun Ren Qinghua next year, one candidate was good at Chinese and English, but failed in math. He personally called the candidate to the principal's office to talk, and then admitted him. This candidate is Qian Zhongshu.

In the national college entrance examination of 1930, Wen Yi, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, put forward two essay questions: First, "Why did you apply for Qingdao University?" One is mixed feelings. Choose one of the two questions, and one candidate has done both. The second article has only three sentences. Wen Yiduo recited repeatedly, making an exception and giving him a high score of 98 points. That year, he scored zero in mathematics and was admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences of Qingdao University. He is the famous poet Cang Kejia.

1930 When I entered Peking University, I got full marks in Chinese and English, and zero marks in mathematics, which was not accepted by Peking University. Reluctantly, he moved to Tsinghua. As a result, both Chinese and English got 100, but math got zero. After careful consideration, Tsinghua University decided to make an exception. He lived up to expectations and later became a famous historian and historian in China in the Ming Dynasty. He is still here.

When the professor wrote about my teacher Ji Xianlin's schooldays, he knew that Ji Xianlin loved studying when he was a child. First, I asked Ji Lao how many points he scored in the college entrance examination for mathematics. Ji Lao only said "very low" and said nothing else. Qian Wenzhong checked Tsinghua University's file and found that Ji Lao's math score was only 4 points, but his first choice turned out to be the math department. It's really hard to imagine