The ninth time, Lou Gongzi donated money to redeem his friend Liu Shoubei and pretended to be a boatman.
Chapter 10 of The Scholars depicts a group of so-called "celebrities" by telling stories such as Lou's two sons met Lu's editor-in-chief and went home on leave, Lou's son and Mi Gongsun, Shaoxing Niu Buyi and Lu's editor-in-chief, and Lu's editor-in-chief betrothed their daughters to Sun.
This is a set of derivatives of the imperial examination system. They either failed in the imperial examination, or failed to get on the official career for various reasons, so they followed the example of the ancients, set up a poetry club, wrote about their fighting style, and acted as celebrities. On the surface, it is unrestrained, but in fact it is an invitation to steal fame and fortune, and the "curve" has both fame and fortune.
A rich boy's fourth son on the third floor of the building, "because of his family background, he was not allowed to be the first scholar in his early years and entered the Hanlin, which made him full of grievances." When he returned to his hometown after living in the capital, he came across a scholar who shared his views, so he took this as his confidant and began the elegant interest of "seeking talents and visiting Taoism".
So a number of "celebrities" appeared (Yang Zhizhong, Quan, Niu Buyi, Chen, Zhang Tiearm, Guo Gongsun, etc. ) gathered around them, forming a gathering place for senior officials in Yinghu Lake. The heart on the second floor is also pure, and there are some habits and manners of real celebrities. He treats people sincerely, modestly and respectfully, and does not use Yang Zhizhong and his power. He is also sincere and polite, asking for nothing in return. He can be described as a "wise son in troubled times".
However, "I believe in promiscuity, don't test my life's merits, suddenly become famous, and then make friends", so I make friends with non-people. Yang Zhizhong's son stole money that he had the right not to use, so they fell out, and the theory that "what is yours is mine, and what is mine is yours" was forgotten.
Later, when he was in power, he was said that "a chain was taken away", and Zhang Tiearm defrauded 520 taels of silver with a "pig head". After he flew away, the two sons could only "be heart breaker for the rest of their lives" and "clean up the housework behind closed doors".
If we say that during the Warring States period, scholars were cultivated for political reasons, and scholars still had the spirit of independent personality and were eager to make contributions, then by the end of feudal society, scholars' independent personality had long since disappeared under the influence of stereotyped imperial examination, and they only wanted to climb the dragon and attach importance to the phoenix and gain fame and fortune.
Therefore, their gesture of being celebrities is nothing more than asking people to steal their names and wait for the price. Through the introduction before and after the party, the work reveals the ugliness of so-called "celebrities" The conclusion that "it was a great event" also formed a wonderful irony in calm.
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Mr. Yang, the housekeeper of the salt shop, was reported by his employer to have lost 720 taels of silver to Deqing County and has been in prison for more than a year. Yu Ting, the third son of Lou Jia, and Se Ting, the fourth son, were very angry when they saw such a scholar being abused by a miser, and decided to rescue him.
Two sons spent seven hundred and fifty-two taels of silver to ask Jin Jue to pay Mr. Yang's debts. He only took twenty taels to the library and let Mr. Yang go. "The seven hundred and twenty pieces of silver were accepted by Jin Jue." Mr. Yang only heard that Jin Jue guaranteed him.
After more than a month, Yang Zhizhong didn't come to thank his two sons and wanted to meet. But I didn't see Yang Zhizhong twice. On the way to the boat, I saw the paper that Yang Zhizhong dropped when he was on the boat from a child selling water chestnuts.
Tenth
On the boat, Lou's two sons met Lu, who was on vacation and returned to the government. When he got home, Lou's son, Guo Gongsun, Shaoxing Niu Buyi and Lu's editor sent toast papers. A few days later, Chen, the editor of Lu, told his two sons that he wanted to dedicate his love to Gongsun Sheng.
Guo Taishou was very happy and asked his two sons to decide whether to marry or recruit, taking Chen Heniu's cloth as the medium. On December 8th, Loufu decorated the boat and four people carried Gongsun Sheng to the sedan chair. Loufu's two sons, Chen Heniu Buyi, each took a sedan chair to see Gongsun Sheng's son-in-law. It was unlucky for Lu to watch a play at the party.
There are many positive images of literati in The Scholars, such as Du, Wang Mian, Zhuang Shangzhi and Yu. Negative ones, such as Kuang Superman, Mei Sanxiang and Yan. There are also a large number of figures, such as Yan Jiansheng, Chi Jun, Lou San Gongzi, Lou Si Gongzi, Quan Bu, Niu Bu Yi, Jin Dongya, Guo Tiebi and Ji Tianyi. There is a list of characters at the back of the book, which is an imperial edict given to folk literati. The characters in it all have names.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Scholars