Zhu Maichen was a scholar in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but it was very difficult to become an official through reading at that time, and at least three conditions needed to be met. The first condition is to read a lot of poetry books and learn to enrich knowledge. The second condition is the need for a referee. The third condition is also the most difficult to achieve, and that is to get the personal approval of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. These three conditions are more difficult to achieve than one, which makes many people give up the idea of being an official, but Zhu Maichen didn't give up.
At that time, if men studied, they basically belonged to idle people at home, and the money needed for food and clothing at home was basically earned by their wives. Zhu Maichen is such a man, and his family expenses are basically earned by his wife's publicity. Zhu Maichen's wife left Zhu Maichen in her forties, which shows that Zhu Maichen's wife still loves Zhu Maichen very much, otherwise it would be impossible to be with him for so many years.
Zhu Maichen's wife left Zhu Maichen not because Zhu Maichen was poor, but because Zhu Maichen never gave up her dream of becoming an official. Zhu Maichen's wife doesn't want Zhu Maichen to be an official, but she wants him to share his books and live in peace. Finally, Zhu Maichen's wife asked Zhu Maichen to write a book and divorced herself because of their differences.
When Zhu Maichen was in his fifties, he developed unexpectedly and became their local county magistrate. After returning to the local area, he flaunted and even took his ex-wife and her husband to the county government to humiliate his ex-wife. Zhu Maichen's ex-wife is also a strong-willed person. After living in the county government for more than a month, she hanged herself.