There's a term in Chinese to describe this, it's called 八股文 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-legged_essay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-legged_essay Th

There's a term in Chinese to describe this, it's called 八股文 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-legged_essay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-legged_essay The funny part is, it's invented about the same time as English language :)