Today is the third round, referred to as the reassessment. The main focus this time is on strategy questions.
This session is particularly important as it relates to the final rankings; it's time to showcase true ability. Those who have made it this far all have very solid foundations.
The first part of the entire test paper consists of the examination of classics and calligraphy, but the proportion has been greatly reduced, leaving the rest to strategy questions.
Gu Chengyu was not eager to look at the strategy questions. He first copied the classics and calligraphy questions onto scratch paper and wrote down the answers. Only after finishing these did he turn his attention to the strategy questions below.