连中三元后其实后世也没有多少人记得他
《明朝那些事儿》（十九）
一、每个读书人朝思暮想的称号就是连中三元，具体说来就是身兼解元、会元、状元三个称号于一身。
1. The title every scholar dreamed of day and night was "winning three firsts in a row"—specifically, holding the three titles of Provincial First, National First, and Palace First simultaneously.
二、这是真正的高难度动作，必须保证全省考第一，然后在会试中全国考第一，最后殿试里在皇帝心目中也是第一。
2. This was a truly high-difficulty feat: one had to rank first in the provincial examination, then first in the national examination, and finally be considered first by the emperor himself in the palace examination.
三、这就要求考生光是学问好还不够，必须反应快，长得比较帅，才有可能获得这一称号。这种人在明朝二百七十六年的历史中只出现过一个，此人就是正统年间的商辂，非常厉害。
3. This meant that academic excellence alone was insufficient; candidates also needed quick wit and reasonably handsome looks to potentially earn this title. In the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, only one person achieved this: Shang Lu during the Zhengtong era—truly remarkable.
四、自隋唐开始科举后，获得三元这一荣誉的只有十三个人，分别是唐朝二人，宋朝六人，金一人，元一人，明二人，清二人。
4. Since the imperial examination system began in the Sui and Tang dynasties, only thirteen individuals earned the honor of "three firsts": two in Tang, six in Song, one in Jin, one in Yuan, two in Ming, and two in Qing.
五、随着老百姓做官的人越来越多，世俗的名门望族势力慢慢消退，科举进士们形成了所谓的科举势力，也就是后来的文官群体。这一群体给明朝的政治带来了十分巨大的影响，他们形成了类似黑社会的组织结构，上可威胁皇帝，下可统治百姓，十分之可怕。
5. As more commoners became officials, the influence of traditional aristocratic families gradually declined. The examination graduates formed what was known as the "examination clique," which later became the civil official class. This group had a tremendous impact on Ming politics; they developed a quasi-gangster structure that could intimidate the emperor above and control the populace below—truly formidable.
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