In ancient times, if you want to get a part-time job, you need to pass the imperial examination. At that time, Su Shi was also an idealistic and ambitious literary youth, so he would also take the imperial examination. So what did Su Shi write in his college entrance examination composition? Song Renzong, the then ruler, thought this article was very good.

Su Shi's composition for college entrance examination is "Teaching War and Defending Strategy". In Song Dynasty, scholars were selected by strategy, so examiners should write articles according to propositions, just like our modern propositional composition. At that time, Song Renzong, the ruler, not only held the system examination specially, but also personally went to the examination room to invigilate and mark papers. At that time, Su Shi's articles were very different from others. He is unique. He didn't flatter the emperor like other literati, but spoke frankly and wrote his innermost thoughts, which was very risky in the society at that time. Fortunately, however, Su Shi met the kind Song Renzong. After reading this article, the emperor felt that Su Shi was free in writing and dared to tell the truth. His courage is commendable.

From the beginning, "Teaching War and Defending Strategy" went straight to the point and named the current disadvantages. Then he praised the former emperor for not forgetting the war, so as to satirize the wrong measures of the Song Dynasty in armaments, and at the same time, he also clarified by metaphor that governing the country cannot blindly pursue comfort. Finally, give suggestions to the rulers. It means improving combat effectiveness so that all the people can resist foreign invasion.

This article by Su Shi has more than 1000 words. It satirizes the army and strategy of the Song Dynasty with irony, and also puts forward relevant suggestions, from which Su Shi's ambition of taking the world as his own responsibility can be reflected.