First, complain about "talent"
The Lou brothers were full of complaints because they failed to get their surnames. Even if they stayed in Beijing, they couldn't help but make some remarks such as "Since Yongle usurped the throne, the Ming Dynasty is no longer the world", which made their buddies listen, afraid of getting into trouble, and advised them to go back to their hometown in Huzhou.
Making tea at Fu Taishou's uncle's house and talking about Wang Ning's rebellion, Lou Sigong became interested again: "According to my nephew, Wang Ning's actions are similar to those of his ancestors. It's just that Cheng Zu is lucky, and now he is called a saint and a god. Wang Ning was unlucky and finally became a thief, which was unfair. "
The extreme complaints of the Lou brothers are due to their strong self-esteem, but they also think that they are unlucky. Comparing Lou San and Lou Si's comments on Cheng Zu and Wang Ning, we will find some interesting places: if we regard them as ancestors, they should say that Wang Ning is also plotting to usurp the throne; If they look at Wang Ning, they should praise Chengzu Yingming.
But these two brothers are not like this. They attacked their ancestors, but they were unfair to Wang Ning. This certainly shows that people are not judged by success or failure, but we can't overestimate the mind of the third floor and the fourth floor. In fact, they are judging people by luck. If Cheng Zu is lucky, they will attack him, but if Wang Ning is unlucky, they will be unfair. This is not much better than judging people by success or failure.
So they attribute everything to "bad luck", and there is a kind of "Ah Q spirit" that can't eat sour grapes and keeps defending themselves. Looking at the discussion at the back of the second floor, it can be proved that this guess is in line with their wishes. Guo Taishou also told the Lushi brothers about his grandson: "Since your cousin left, I feel even more sorry for him. I donated my diploma to him, and I was not very particular about my career.
When I was in the forest recently, I often taught him to write some poems, eulogize his temperament and let him know the truth of Lotte know life. "The Lou brothers appreciated his high opinion, and the result was not without anger:" As the saying goes,' It is better to cultivate an ordinary Confucian scholar than to cultivate a Confucian scholar who cuts his vitality. "
When such a proverb is mentioned on the second floor, it actually contains the meaning that it is better to be an evil scholar than to be a scholar who cuts off his vitality. Further, that is to say, our brothers are not without the talent of scholars, or even people who know Confucianism well, just because we are unlucky.
In this case, if it is on Gao Hanlin and Shi, it is absolutely unreasonable. The so-called moral person should be from a family background. But if we put aside our differences and seek common ground while reserving differences, the second floor actually has one thing in common with them. That is to say, they all attach great importance to Hakka, otherwise, the Lou brothers would not be distressed that they failed to enter imperial academy and the Imperial Academy.
Like the Lou brothers, many people sometimes feel uncomfortable and resentful.
Second, only by being sentimental can we find a bosom friend.
If these losers who are loyal to Hanlin constantly feel that they have no talent, they will have an inexplicable sense of admiration for "talent." I will always be Bole, and I will always be complacent about my knowledge of swift horses.
On the Lou brothers, their surnames vary, and their characteristics are: they have a strong sense of hard to find bosom friends, so that they mistake "kindred spirits".
Like the Lou brothers, few people dare to openly agree with Cheng Zu and Wang Ning's shameless remarks. This is a discussion that may touch the court, not a trivial matter. Mr. Ma Er was scared to death by the county police because Wang fled in a wooden box. The excuse is that his friend Mi Gongsun disobeyed the court and squeezed silver from him as a threat.
In fact, there should be many people who have the view of the Lou brothers, but in that case at that time, few people dared to say it. Therefore, the eldest brother was also afraid of trouble and advised them to go back to their hometown. Uncle Mi Taishou made wild comments on them and criticized state affairs. He solemnly warned: "success or failure is a mediocre opinion, but as courtiers, you and I should be cautious."
No one responded to their own opinions, and the Lou brothers found it hard to find a bosom friend. It happened that your family Zou Jifu told them that there was a Yang Zhizhong in Xincheng. This person said, "The world of this dynasty should be as good as the Zhou Dynasty of Confucius, just because there is a Yongle Lord, it will perish." The Lou brothers can't help but be surprised that there are people who are as dissatisfied with Yongle as they are. What a rare bosom friend.
I don't know, Yang Zhizhong made this statement to express that Yongle was thinner than Hongwu, which led to the decline of his family. In fact, all this is self-inflicted. First, when the boss trusted him and made him the manager, he did nothing. Second, he taught his son badly and raised two stupid sons.
LouGongZi grumble, but sigh ChengZu and Wang Ning's luck. They judge right or wrong by luck, which is also related to their belief that they are not used, not their own talent, but their bad luck.
As soon as they heard Yang Zhizhong speak ill of Yongle, they naturally listed Yang Zhizhong as their "bosom friend" and redeemed him from the government at a high price.
Third, I can't get rid of my "blind" (distant) thoughts.
Lou Gongzi visited Yang Zhizhong three times and was very pious to him. Take it for granted that "blind" (distant) thinking-he is a fragile person, imagine him as Master Yue, and you can rank with Yan Zi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Imagine him as an extraordinary person, and naturally he will become a polite and honorable person. So what they think, they all think that Yang Zhizhong is unusual.
In fact, Yang Zhizhong simply can't afford this respect and should be ashamed. But Yang Zhizhong will not be ashamed. He didn't take the initiative to trace who saved himself. Xiang Lou San and Lou Si Gongzi originally wanted to be diners. They just wanted to eat for free.
Editor Lu reminded Lou San: "There are many people stealing empty voices, but few real scholars. Honestly, if he is learned, why didn't he win? What should I do to write these two poems? Just like Lao Shixiong condescended to be a good scholar, it was also the first time in Yang Xiong's life that he dared not meet each other twice, so it is conceivable.
In my humble opinion, such a person doesn't have to deal with him very much. "Lu Gongzi, or take it for granted that' blind' (distant), don't listen. It is because Yang Zhizhong, like himself, is not top-notch, and his family is so humble and elegant. Just like "My Humble Room"
Later, Yang Zhizhong recommended the right to the Lou brothers. Don't call him a learned man, call him a learned man. Lou's family once again took it for granted that he was "blind" (far away)-he sent Jin Jue's son Huan Cheng to Xiaoshan to beg him not to use it, and left him a "secluded retreat". On the way, the anecdote about the non-use of the right to use has hinted that this "bosom friend" is empty again. He is weirder and more shameless than Yang Zhizhong.
Then there is Zhang Tiejun, an old acquaintance who doesn't have to use power ... These "intimate friends" are like a food chain, biting the Lou brothers and becoming their close friends. What is even more ridiculous is that after all the "intimate friends" got together, a party of eight people and Yang Zhizhong's silly son, a * * * nine people, provoked Wu to be furious-"this is a big deal."
Later, don't be taken away by police officers for crimes. Zhang Tiearm cheated 500 taels of silver with a "head" (pig head) and ended up breaking up. The farce of the Lushi brothers, which began because it did not meet the talents, came to an end. Just like his family's name "Jin Jue"-"Guancheng" (fantasy), all the pursuits are, after all, a dream that they indulge in!
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Creation background
Under this background, capitalist relations of production have sprouted in the three generations of Kangxi, Yong Zhengdi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. The superficial prosperity of society can't cover up the decay of feudal society. While suppressing the armed uprising, the rulers used Daxing literary inquisition, took stereotyped writing examination, opened imperial examinations and advocated Neo-Confucianism to rule the scholars.
Wu opposes stereotyped writing and the imperial examination system, and hates literati who are obsessed with art and keen on pursuing fame and fortune. He reflected these views in The Scholars and exposed the ugly things in a sarcastic way.
Wu, the author of The Scholars, was born in a noble family. Great-grandfather and great-grandfather are two generations of "versatile officials" (Biography of Mr. Wenmu by Cheng Jinfang). * * * has six scholars, including one second prize and one flower detective. And his father, Wu, was a tribute during the Kangxi period. In sixty-one (1722), Wu Kangxi was admitted as a scholar, and his father died in the same year.
Because he is not good at managing his livelihood, he lives like a prodigal son. In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), when he took part in the imperial examination, he was dismissed as a "variant" and was insulted. Later, he left his hometown angrily and made a living by selling articles and helping friends. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), Wu participated in the pre-test of Bo Ci.
Zhao, the governor of Anhui Province, officially recommended him to take the Tingkao in Beijing, but he "insisted on studying with illness" (Gu Yunzhi's Wu Chuan) and never took the imperial examination again. In his later years, he was often hungry and cold. This personal experience made him feel particularly deeply about the advantages and disadvantages of stereotyped writing and imperial examination.
In the title of the book, the word "Confucian scholars" comes from Historical Records and Biography of Confucian Scholars. It is "the scholars", which refers to the academic circles and so on. Biographies of national history are naturally "official history", and the author takes "foreign history" as the title, just to make a difference, as Cheng Jinfang, the author's best friend, revealed in "Poems of Huairen": "Foreign historical books are like scholars, so what to describe; I feel sad for the people of Sri Lanka. I actually passed on history. "
It is a biography of Confucian scholars outside the orthodox record. The author deliberately described the story in the book as "official history", but actually described the extensive social life of the Qing Dynasty, reflecting the bad luck of his contemporaries under the poison of the imperial examination system.