Scholars

At the end of Chenghua in Ming Xianzong, there was a teacher named Zhou Jin in Wenshang County, Yanzhou, Shandong Province. In order to get ahead and win glory for the village, he took part in the imperial examinations many times, but over 60 years old, he didn't even get in as a scholar. One day, he and his brother-in-law came to the provincial capital and walked into Hiram's Hospital. Moved by this scene, he was deeply saddened. He hit the license plate and was unconscious. After being rescued, he rolled on the ground and shouted blood. Several businessmen saw that he was pitiful, so they collected 220 taels of silver and donated a Guo Jian Zi to him. He immediately kowtowed to everyone and said, "I'll be a donkey and a horse!" " "Soon, Zhou Jin was admitted to the Juren with the qualification of Guo Jianzi. In an instant, people who are not relatives also come to recognize relatives, and people who are not friends also come to recognize friends. Even the school where he teaches has a "longevity card" dedicated to "Master Zhou Tai". A few years later, he was elected as a scholar, promoted to the imperial history and assigned to Guangdong to study Taoism. Zhou Jin found Jin Fan in Guangzhou. In order to take care of this 54-year-old boy, he read his paper three times, and finally found it to be the best article in the world, so he turned Fan Enterprising into a scholar. Shortly thereafter, Jin Fan took the exam again and won an award. At that time, Jin Fan was given a cold shoulder at home because his situation was similar to that of Zhou Jin. His wife called him and his father-in-law scolded him in every way. When Jin Fan's family was worried about selling chickens for rice, there was a happy news that Jin Fan had been recovered from the collection. After learning the good news, he was ecstatic. Fortunately, his father-in-law slapped him in the face before waking him up and curing his madness. In the blink of an eye, Jin Fan's luck changed. He not only has money, rice and a house, but also slaves and maids. Jin Fan's mother was breathless with joy and died. Butcher Hu is also uncharacteristic, saying everywhere that he has long known that his son-in-law is satellites, and he will not be as respectful as ordinary people. Later, Jin Fan went to Beijing to visit Zhou Jin, was recommended by Zhou Jin, won the Jinshi, and was appointed as the Shandong Jinshi. Although Jin Fan developed eight-part essay, he only knew four books and five classics. When people mentioned Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, they thought he was a scholar in the Ming Dynasty and made a big joke. The imperial examination system not only trained a group of mediocre talents, but also trained a group of corrupt officials. Xu was appointed as the magistrate of Nanchang. The first thing he did when he took office was not to ask about the local public security, people's livelihood, and the public opinion of the case, but to ask about the local people's feelings, to find out what local specialties there are, and where various cases can be accommodated; Then customized a No.1 library, handed over all six rooms in the yamen, asked about the profits of various errands, and asked everyone to transfer the money back to the government. From then on, the sound of castanets, abacus and boards was heard all day in the yamen. Chiefs and people were beaten out of their wits one by one, shivering in their sleep. And his own creed is "three years clear magistrate, 100 thousand snowflakes silver." "When the imperial court inspected his achievements, it was unanimously considered that he was" the first able person in Jiangxi ". Gaoyao County ordered Tang Feng to strictly enforce the laws and regulations of the imperial court to show incorruptibility. The imperial court explicitly forbids the killing of cattle. Regardless of the reason, Tang Feng flogged the father of the Hui teacher who was engaged in beef business to death, and the masses were filled with indignation, and gongs and drums were loud. After the incident. The inspector didn't punish Tang Feng, but asked the victims of the Hui people on the charge of "raping the government and investigating its responsibility according to law". Such a "clean" magistrate of a county actually found 8,200 pieces of silver in one year. Officials corrupt and pervert the law. Under the stereotyped imperial examination, local tyrants and evil gentry also run amok. Juren Zhang Jingzhai is a bully in the South China Sea. He communicated with the government by surprise. In order to occupy the temple, he instigated seven or eight hooligans and framed the monk for adultery with women, which made the monk inexplicably sued. Yan, the supervisor of Gaoyao County, is a rich man, who regards money as everything and is rich. He is too ill to eat, bedridden and dying. He is still obsessed with harvesting early rice in the fields and sending the servants of Guanzhuang to the countryside. He is not at ease, but he is just impatient. He is stingy by nature, and his family is full of rice, cattle and horses, but he is reluctant to buy a catty of pork at ordinary times. When he died, he refused to give up his life because he lit an extra lamp. His brother Gong Sheng is strict and loyal, and he is a villain who runs amok in the village. He fenced his neighbor Wang Xiaoer's pig, and when others came to beg, he attacked and broke the legs of the Wang Xiaoer brothers. He blackmailed people everywhere, not lending money to others, but forcing them to pay interest; He described the cloud cake as a valuable medicine, threatened the boatman and lost a few dollars. After Yan Jian's death, as a brother, he forced his sister-in-law to adopt his second son as his son, seeking to seize his brother's property, and claimed that this was a birthright of "courtesy and righteousness", but our squire family could not make mistakes in these gifts. "The imperial examination system has created a number of social moths and poisoned the whole society. There is a farmer's son named Kuang Renchao in Yueqing County, Wenzhou. He is simple and honest. In order to support his parents, he went out to do small business and lived in Hangzhou. Later, I met Mr. Ma Er who chose to print eight-part essay. Mr. Ma Er gave him twelve taels of silver and advised him to study hard. After returning home, Kuang Chaoren studied eight-part essay while doing small business. Soon, he was appreciated by Li, the magistrate, and was promoted to Jinshi. In order to pursue higher fame and fortune, he worked harder to write eight-part essay. Unexpectedly, something happened to the magistrate of a county. In order to avoid being tied up, he fled to Hangzhou. Here, he met Jing Lanjiang, the owner of the headscarf shop posing as a celebrity, and Pan, the clerk in the yamen, and learned the "skill" of taking the exam and taking all the lawsuits for others. Because of Mr. Ma Er, he became a "writer" of eight-part essay, boasting that 95 copies of eight-part essay were printed, and everyone rushed to buy it. Scholars and families in the five provinces have presented "the sacred status of Confucianism and Kuang Zi" on the case. Soon, Li Ping, the magistrate who had promoted him, was promoted to Beijing official, and Superman Kuang followed him to Beijing. In order to please the powerful, he abandoned his wife and children and became the teacher's nephew and son-in-law. His wife died in poverty in her hometown. At this time, Pan, who had helped him, went to prison. For fear of affecting his reputation and future, Kuang Chaoren broke off his relationship with Pan and refused to even look at it. As for Mr. Ma Er, who once helped him, instead of repaying his kindness, he slandered and laughed at him and completely degenerated into the devil who sold his soul. The imperial examination system not only deprived people, but also was an accomplice of feudal ethics. Wang Yuhui is a poor scholar in Huizhou government. He is over 60 years old. He takes the imperial examination every year, but he still insists on moral standards. His third son-in-law died, and his daughter wanted to be martyred, but his in-laws refused. Instead, he advised his in-laws to let his daughter die. He said to his daughter, "Son, since you are like this, this is a matter of going down in history. Should I stop you? "Just do it." Eight days later, his daughter, dressed in white mourning, died of hunger strike. He smiled and said, "Good death! It' s so dead! " But after the incident, when his daughter's spirit tablet was sent to the martyr's shrine for public sacrifice, he suddenly felt sad. When he came home to see his wife's grief, he really couldn't bear to go out for fun. Along the way, he observed a moment of silence for his daughter. When he arrived in Huqiu, Suzhou, he saw a young woman in white on board, but suddenly he remembered his daughter who was martyred in mourning. His heart choked and tears rolled down. These ethos formed during the Ming Chenghua period intensified during the Wanli period. The examination room stands out from the crowd and is considered outstanding; Anyone who is frustrated in the examination room, such as Li Bai, Du Fu's literary talent, Yan Yuan and Zeng Shen, is considered to be stupid and incompetent. Large families talk about promoting to a higher position and making a fortune, while poor Confucian scholars learn to flatter. Confucian scholars degenerate and society is more corrupt. It seems that if you want to find a "strange man" who is not affected by stereotyped writing in the imperial examination, you can only put aside the scholars and look at ordinary people. There are really some strange people in the middle of that street. One can write. This man's surname is Ji, which is a distant year. He has been homeless and unemployed since he was a child, and has been living in these monasteries. His calligraphy is the best, but he refuses to learn ancient calligraphy. He just created his own style and wrote with a pen. He has a perverse personality, but mortals want him to write. He wants to fast for a day and grind ink for himself. If he doesn't want to, he will be unhappy. If he doesn't want to, let your princes and ministers give him a lot of money, and he won't even look at it. He was unkempt again, wearing a thin straight pleat and looking at a pair of worn-out sandals. I write every day, take other people's money, eat at home, give him the rest, and give it to the poor I don't know. One snowy day, his rotten shoes trampled mud all over his friend's house, and his friend asked him to change his shoes. He said I can't sit in your house in these shoes? I sat in your house, I flattered you once, and he saw a box of fine fragrant ink in the monk's room. Whether people want to write or not, they use it to write. When a powerful squire asked him to write, he vowed, "I don't want your money, I don't admire your power, and I don't borrow your light." How dare you let me write! " Another company sells tin foil spools. This man's surname is Wang and his name is Tai. He likes playing Go best since he was a child. He has no livelihood, and sells fire paper tubes around Hujufu every day. On that day, Miao Yi Temple will do something. Mrs. Wang will come in and meet three or four senior officials around two people playing chess there. Everyone looked down on him at first, but just after half a game with Mrs. Wang, they were about to throw in the towel. Everyone was frightened and would take Mrs. Wang to drink. Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "This is as happy as killing chess! I have killed chess, and I am very happy. I cannot eat or drink there! " Say that finish, he smiled and left without looking back. There are many hermits who are indifferent to fame and fortune like them in the market, but in the eyes of those dignitaries, the pursuit of fame and fortune is the right way.

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The second time, Wang Xiaolian's knowledge in the village was the same as that of Teacher Zhou Meng, and he boarded the third time in his later years. Zhou Xuedao's school teacher gave a real talent and knowledge, and Hu was killed, which made a good news. The fourth time, he recommended the monk to die. Taigong was attacked by Wang Xiucai for the fifth time in a sudden misfortune, and Yan Jian died. The sixth time, the squire fell ill and the boatman's widow was accused of injustice. For the seventh time, Fan Xuedao regarded the teacher Xue Ji as a member of the school, and for the eighth time, Wang observed the end of life. Mr. Hao Lou's hometown met with poverty. The ninth time Lou Gongzi donated money to redeem his friends. Liu Shoubei pretended to be a boatman. Lu Hanlin pitied him for the tenth time. He chose a husband. For the eleventh time, Miss Lu made it difficult for the groom Yang Sixun to do justice. The twelfth celebrity banquet was held. The knight-errant will be held in vain. The thirteenth time he asked for help. The fourteenth time he sent his good friend Ma to Gongsun Bookstore. The fifteenth time the immortal buried the immortal Ma Xiucai to send his parents condolences. Kuang is very filial. The 16th time is the dutiful son of Liu Zhuang. He is close to Yueqing County. The seventeenth time Kuang Xiucai revisited his old haunt. Dr. Zhao has a high position in the field of poetry. The eighteenth time he invited a poet to a friend's bookstore. Pan San's 19th time, Kuang Superman was lucky to have a good friend. Pan Yezi suffered a disaster. The twentieth time, Kuang Superman was happy. Chang' an road, Niu Buyi died. Wuhu is second. Eleven times, I followed the surname of the teenager to seek a name and miss my loved ones. The old man is ill. On the 22nd time, he recognized his grandparents and grandchildren. Yupulian Zong Ai made friends with Xue Zhai. Back to the twenty-third, send a private poet to be sighed. The 24th time, Niu Pulang was involved in many lawsuits. Bao tidied up his previous career. On the 25th trip, Bao met Lao Nitingxi in Nanjing and married his wife. On the 26th time, he watched the promotion and cried. Bao Tingxi lost his father and married for the 27th time. The wife and husband turned against each other. Ni Tingzhu and his brothers have met 28 times. Vicky's little Yangzhou was adopted by her son-in-law. Jin Xuan Jr. chose books on a white background for 29 times. Zhuge You and his good friend Du met 30 times in General Naji. He likes to visit his friends in Shao Jun. God is optimistic and romantic. Mochou Lake 3 1 Hui. Tianchang county visited heroes and sent drunken friends to the bookstore 32 times. Du Shao Qing lived in peace and dignity. Lou Huan Wen left his last words. Du and his wife visited these mountainous areas 33 times. Chihengshan Youli talked back to 34 times about celebrities visiting friends, preparing bows for righteousness, 35 times about seeking righteousness, Zhuang Ci returned to his hometown, 36 times to Changshu County, the hometown of Confucian scholars, where famous monks offered sacrifices to the sages of Taibo Hall, 37 times to Nanjing, where the dutiful son was sent to Xi Shu to find his relatives, and 38 times to Guo Xiaozi's mountain, where he met a tiger and a manna monk, and met the enemy in a Qingfeng City for the 40th time. The 4th1time in Zhuozhuang River, talking about the old Qinhuai River, Shen Qiongzhi was escorted to Jiangdu County, the 42nd time in Gongzi Brothel, the information in Miaojiang Daily, the 43rd time in Yeyangtang, when General fought with the Tusi in the Song and Dance Department, the 44th time in the town, and the 45th time in Dun, when he learned of the funeral. Kiss the sage of Sanshanmen and bid farewell to the snobbery of Wuhe County. Back to the Yuan Wu Pavilion rebuilt by Yu Xiucai, the salt merchants made a scene and made a fuss about the Filial Piety Temple. Back to Huizhou mansion, martyr, martyr, Taibo Hall, old sage. Back to the Hanlin, talk about the dragon and tiger list, and the book is on behalf of Fengchi. The 50th time, the fake official made a fool of himself in the street and was loyal to his friends. 5 1 back, the young woman deceives others, and the handsome guy is willing to try the official punishment. More than fifty-two times the martial arts childe was injured and destroyed, and the master was collecting debts. The fifty-third time, on a snowy night, I stayed in the guest house of the Lord protector. Snuff had a dream. The fifty-fourth time, I was sick, beautiful, a brothel, a fortune teller, a fool, and a famous prostitute gave a poem. The fifty-fifth time, the story of four guests was added, and a stream of water between mountains and rivers was released. The fifty-sixth time, Emperor Zongdi summoned Jingxian and Liu Shangshu to offer sacrifices to Jinshi, but there were only fifty-five times. According to Cheng Jinfang's Poems of Love for the People, it can be proved that Wu had cancelled his manuscript when he was forty-nine years old (Spring Sail Collection collected more than ten poems of Love for the People, among which there was a note: "Wu Zi of Quanjiao." The last four sentences of the whole poem say: "A scholar is a scholar, so what is the description?"! I feel sad for the people of Sri Lanka, and I have actually passed it on. " ), but it was not until more than ten years after the author's death that Jin carved it for him. This print has been lost today. At present, there are 56 engravings, and the last one was forged by later generations.