《宋史·列传·卷一百八十三》
嘉定十六年，参加廷试，考中进士，有关官署按其对策决定他名列第二位，详定官因其直率压抑他，结果置第十位。
嘉定十六年，廷试进士，有司第其对居二，详定官以其直抑之，犹置第十。
In the 16th year of Jiading, he took part in the imperial examination and passed the jinshi examination, the relevant government office decided that he should be ranked second, the officer in charge of the details suppressed him because of his frankness, and as a result, he was ranked tenth.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 嘉定十六年，廷试进士，有司第其对居二，详定官以其直抑之，犹置第十。 [/INST] In the 16th year of Jiading, he took part in the imperial examination and passed the jinshi examination, the relevant government office decided that he should be ranked second, the officer in charge of the details suppressed him because of his frankness, and as a result, he was ranked tenth.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 嘉定十六年，廷试进士，有司第其对居二，详定官以其直抑之，犹置第十。
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In the 16th year of Jiading, he took part in the imperial examination and passed the jinshi examination, the relevant government office decided that he should be ranked second, the officer in charge of the details suppressed him because of his frankness, and as a result, he was ranked tenth.
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