Shen An, a history graduate student, stays up all night writing his thesis and dies suddenly. When he wakes, he has become a poor seven-year-old boy in a Ming Dynasty mountain village. His family has nothing, his mother is frail, and a bully has come to demand repayment of a debt. But he just smiles. The imperial examinations? No problem! He can recite Tang poetry and Song lyrics at will, and his mastery of essay writing leaves the competition hopelessly outclassed. From topping the county-level exam to becoming the top scorer in the palace examination, he goes from being dismissed as a “little brat” to becoming a student of the emperor. See how a modern top student tears through the ancient imperial examination system, breezing through every test like a cheat and proving himself a peerless child prodigy!
