In the ancient imperial examination in China, a total of 17 people won three yuan in a row, that is, three yuan and one yuan. They are divided into two categories: liberal arts and martial arts.

15 liberal arts students are: Zhang and Cui in the Tang Dynasty; Sun He, Wang Zeng, Song Yao, Yang Zhi, Wang Ruocuo and Feng Jing in the Song Dynasty; Meng Songxian of Jin Dynasty; Wang Zongzhe of the Yuan Dynasty; Huang Guan and Shang Lu in Ming Dynasty; Qian Ming, Chen Jichang and Dai Quheng in Qing Dynasty.

In addition, there have been three schools in history.

The first one was Yin Feng during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, and Sanyuanli was an academician of Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, and he was a general, supplemented by Lu Da who made many meritorious deeds in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, a coastal city in Fujian and Zhejiang. Today, Sanyuan Lane in Nanjing is dedicated to his memory.

The second person was from Yongjia, Zhejiang Province during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The king named more than a thousand people in the Royal Guards.

The third place is Wang Yubi, a native of Zhejiang during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and even an academician of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this man took Wu Xiucai's exam. He was the first archer and was called a sharpshooter, so people praised him as Wu Siyuan.

Ternary interpretation

Sanyuan, imperial examination terminology. In the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty, students who took exams in counties, prefectures and academies were called the first case. A man won three cases in a row, and the first case was a small three yuan. It was Da Sanyuan who won the provincial examination, the senior high school entrance examination and the first place in palace examination, and the third prize in succession was the highest honor of scholars in ancient Chinese imperial examination system. Sanyuan Ji is the highest honor that ancient scholars longed for under the imperial examination system, and few ancient scholars in China won this honor.

Sanyuanjiji: It means that in the imperial examination, the provincial examination, the general examination and palace examination all won the first place. The imperial examination system in ancient China was actually reformed, and the most formal imperial examination procedure was formed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Taking the Qing Dynasty as an example, the official imperial examination was divided into three levels: after the township examination, after the general examination, and after the palace examination.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sanyuan