Shen Qiongzhi appeared in Chapters 40 and 41 of The Scholars, and was the daughter of Mr. Shen, a Confucian scholar. In the novel, the author Wu gives a positive description of Yu Yide, Zhuang Shangzhi and other characters. Regardless of their deeds, we can get a glimpse of the author's attitude from their names. The word "poor ambition" also reflects the author's profound meaning.
"Poor ambition" has appeared many times in literary works of past dynasties, and its significance can be summarized as follows. One is the legendary Yushu. "Song of Li Chu Sao": "Visit this erotic palace, and I will continue to enjoy it." Hong Xingzu added, "Joan, jade is beautiful.
"Biography" said: There are birds in the south, named Phoenix; Heaven is a tree called Qiongzhi. It's 120 meters high and 30 meters big. It's really dazzling. "Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty's" Yi Lin Fell Mountain, Qiongzhi Sandalwood ":"The Buddhist cloud, Qiongzhi inch by inch is jade, and each piece of sandalwood is fragrant. Compared with sages, you think there is no virtue; Yu's poems can't be done without words. "
The second is Yu Jiashu Hui Mei. Tang Wangya's poem "Looking at the Forbidden Gate and Loose Snow" says: "The broom shines clearly and the branches are bright." Jin Yuanhao asked the second song of "Giving Red Pears with Cao Shi": "Qiongzhi Jade is fragrant, and I know her." Shen Jing's Chivalrous Micro in Ming Dynasty: "Look at the Qiongzhi Yushu, it will open the frozen core." 3. In Cai Xian.
Li Deyu's poem "Visiting the Old" in the Tang Dynasty said: "I am looking for seclusion now, and I hope I can't see Qiongzhi." In the Ming Dynasty, Gao Qi's poem "Happy Autumn Night in the Northland, Sending Xu Youwen to the South Tour" said: "Why does Qiongzhi lose its old color first, and it is tired to swim?" Four metaphors of royal descendants. In the Tang Dynasty, Shi Ying Jr.' s "Prince Li and Prince Li are expressed as Yangzhou Li Changshi": "Qiongzhi is quite beautiful, and jade leaves are gods." Five metaphors of beauty.
Tang Wei Wu Ying's "The Goddess Song of Yuantouzhu": "Snow is very different from beautiful branches, and the peerless disciples of the northern country have gone abroad." Guan Youmei wrote: "Qiongzhi Yushu is in the wind, but far away." Yuan Mei, a Qing Dynasty poet, quoted Zhang Yiting's untitled poem: "I cherish the beautiful pot infinitely, and Wenluan lives beside Qiongzhi." Six metaphors of lights and candles.
Ming Liu Ji's poem "Night Lights on the fifteenth day of the first month" said: "The night is cold and the sound leaks late. Lie down and watch the golden millet in full bloom. " Seven is the alias of kapok tree. Qing Li Quan's Table of Things, Trees and Cotton: "Kapok, a Qiongzhi." "Qiongzhi" has been a symbol of beautiful things and even noble things since ancient times, so the author's attitude towards Shen Qiongzhi is affirmative.