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597:(施公奇案), a 1997 Taiwanese TV series. Segment 11, "Odd Happenings in Examination Halls" (考場怪譚) was written by Kuo Cheng and stars Hou Kuan-chun (侯冠群) as Shi Yukun, a scholar who despite finishing first in the district civil service examination, went to great lengths to expose cheating by other examinees and corrupt officials. In his escape from their persecution, he was helped by 5 chivalrous beggars named Lu Fang, Han Zhang, Xu Qing, Jiang Ping and Bai Yutang. (Historically, Shi Yukun could not have been a contemporary of Lord Shi or
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