In troubled times, he is the most philosophical; In troubled times, he is the most sober.
He is a sober alcoholic and cynical wisdom;
He is a god stick proficient in philosophy and a vicious literary critic;
He is a scholar who treats rules like dirt.
He is a dutiful son, but also a kind father who is rebellious.
He belongs to the most interesting, willful and schizophrenic rare species in China's history and culture!
In the eighteenth year of Qing Shunzhi (A.D. 166 1), he was on death row in Wuxian County, Suzhou.
A group of death row inmates worry and worry all the time.
Only a shriveled old man looked poised.
I saw him holding a crumpled paper in his hand, a broken pen in his mouth, squinting his muddy eyes and staring at the words with wet ink.
The prisoners were all a little vague, and one of them, Shen, had to grab the paper.
You see, this is a poem:
A square room,
There are soldiers, horses and kings.
The biological father and son have different surnames,
Loving couples have never slept together.
"What do you mean?" The prisoners became more dizzy.
The shriveled old man took his time and asked, "Can you guess one thing from these four sentences?"
They looked at each other, guessing.
The shriveled old man smiled, squatted down and wrote two big characters on the ground with a pen-"Stage".
"You see, what's the difference between this cell and the stage? It's all rooms, surrounded by walls and full of people.
If you ask me, there is a "person" in four frames. He is not reading "prison" but "drama".
Life is like a play, and play is like life! "
Hearing this, all the people hid their faces and wept bitterly.
The shriveled old man laughed and laughed his head off. ......
The person who accommodated his cellmates on death row was none other than Jin Shengtan, the first geek in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Speaking of Jin Shengtan's birthplace, Suzhou, where the dragon crouches and the tiger crouches, has always been full of "romantic talents".
Not to mention Zhang Youyu and Liu Ziwei, who love fancy clothes, but Tang Bohu, who is bohemian, is enough to amaze the world.
However, when encountering Jin Shengtan, I can only bow my head and sigh:
"There are many strange people in the world, but no one is more talented than him; There are many talented people in the world, but no one is more maverick than him. "
This "genius" figure is born with a wise source of reading.
When Jin Shengtan was a child, he was what his parents called "someone else's child". He was able to recite Tang poetry and Song poetry at the age of five, and began to tamper with classics at the age of eight.
For example, the first article in the well-known Book of Songs, Guan Ju [jū], originally reads:
Guan Heming's osprey, accompanied by the small continent of the river.
A beautiful and virtuous woman is a good spouse of a gentleman.
Jin Shengtan changed it to:
Guan Guan Luo dove, loach in the lake.
Swim left and right, swish swish.
The teacher looked at it and his nose was crooked.
One day, the teacher found that the child was secretly watching The West Chamber in class. At that time, The West Chamber was recognized as an obscene book.
The teacher asked Jin Shengtan, "Why do you want to read such obscene books?"
Jin Shengtan plausibly:
"Throughout the ages, love between men and women is a matter of course. Although Guan Luo is still singing' My Fair Lady, Gentleman is Good', why are you avoiding a West Chamber alone? "
The teacher was speechless and couldn't find anything to refute this "strange child" at the moment.
In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1623), Jin Shengtan, who was 15 years old, had reached the age of taking part in children's tests.
With Jin Shengtan, there is also a old boys named Yu, who has not taken the exam for decades and is now an old man over half a year old.
15-year-old Jin Shengtan and 50-year-old Yu took the exam together. When they were walking, I saw a divination pavilion and went over to calculate a divination for myself.
In "High School", Master Yu was overjoyed when he saw that it was an auspicious divination, and suddenly fainted to the ground, unconscious.
Jin Shengtan hurriedly pushed the crowd away, and Master Yu woke up slowly, but when he arrived at the examination room, he regretted missing the admission time.
Originally, Jin Shengtan had little interest in this kind of exam, but family life was hard to violate, but Master Yu couldn't stand it.
"Raul" fainted again. When he woke up, he was crying.
Jin Shengtan was helpless and crustily skin of head asked the examiner. Examiners see this old one less, a bony, a fragile, moved compassion, said:
"So, I am a pair, for you to go in. No, I can't help it. "
"My Lord, please go ahead." Jin Shengtan said respectfully.
"Switch (refers to traffic) early and close late to let passengers pass." Overlap, seemingly simple, is actually very subtle.
Jin Shengtan thought for a moment:
"It's easier to do the right thing than to do the right thing. Please do it right first. "
The examiner was startled and the bottom line was neat. The child was really talented, so he let the old one into the examination room.
But this time the exam was very bad. Jin Shengtan won the first place in the children's group.
The following year, Jin Shengtan applied for Bagong.
However, in the next exam, he repeatedly "surprised" and made a big splash, which made the world stunned.
Above the examination room, Jin Shengtan opened the examination paper and looked at it. The topic is: Is this exciting?
Other candidates began to frown and think hard, but Jin Shengtan didn't even give himself time to think.
Start writing,
Sick books,
It's done,
Hand in the papers!
The examiner is picking up a lighter to light a cigarette. "hand in the papers?" He almost dropped the cigarette from his mouth,
Grabbed the paper, I was silly, I saw a pale white paper that read:
"In the empty mountains and valleys, there are two thousand gold; Dew is white [jiā] light (dew frost), but there is a kind of beauty. Is the master tempted?
Say, go, go, go ... "
In short, the gold and wild beauty that nobody cares about are just around the corner. Excuse me, Mr. Mencius, are you ready to move? Mencius said, move, move, move. ......
The examiner counted, no more, no less, just 39 words "move", I will take you.
It turns out that Jin Shengtan wrote these thirty-nine words "move" for a reason, because Mencius once said, "I am forty and not tempted."
Thirty-nine words "move" mean that you are not yet "forty" years old, so it means that you are tempted by the golden beauty, which is very tempting.
"bold! Actually mocking the saint! " Zhu Bi, the examiner in a rage, circled, "Zero egg, get out!"
After a year, Jin Shengtan came again. When the examiner saw him, he felt his head swell.
The topic this time is: Mencius will be king.
After the exam, the examiner picked up the lighter again and prepared to light a cigarette to relax. I thought this guy wouldn't do anything, did he?
"hand in the papers!"
Oh, my God! The examiner almost didn't eat the cigarette He rushed to grab the test paper. He couldn't help gaping.
I saw only one word "Xu" written on each corner of the pale white test paper.
It turns out that in Mencius, one of the four books, the word "Mencius" appears too frequently, and the chapter "Mencius Liang Wang Hui" only appears 40 times, so the word "Mencius" is redundant.
As for "King Chao", King Hui of Liang, King Xiang of Liang, King Wang and King 7788 are all kings, and there is no difference. What else can you express?
In this way, the five words "Meng Huiwang" leave only one word "Jiang" to make a fuss about.
When the king will (will) go to court, there are always four guards holding small flags to come out first, standing in the four corners of the lobby and shouting "Xu" with one voice, with a strong momentum.
So I wrote a word "Xu" in the four corners of the test paper.
After listening to the explanation, the examiner was not angry this time, but slowly circled the test paper with a brush. "Zero egg, you go!" "
Looking at Jin Shengtan's fading back, the examiner sighed and began to doubt life. ......
The answer sheet was bizarre, and Jin Shengtan became famous from then on. Really a boy who can't teach.
In fact, Jin Shengtan is not ignorant of etiquette, but intentional.
On the one hand, he was born with a rebellious constitution and never bowed to tradition and authority all his life. His talent can't compromise with the system, and he has to test his "true temperament".
On the other hand, Jin Shengtan once regarded "wedding night" and "being the first time" as the happiest life.
Although "wedding night" may only be experienced once in a lifetime, "being the first time" can be experienced again and again.
Therefore, he has repeatedly joked that serious scientific research may not be able to let go of this bliss!
Unfortunately, his "willfulness" will soon not be tolerated by the strict ethical society, and his "scholar" education will also be deprived.
However, Jin Shengtan may have had enough fun. He is neither anxious nor angry. He actually carved a "sixth-class scholar" seal and stamped it everywhere.
In the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1645), the Eight Banners marched south, and the stormy Ming Dynasty finally collapsed.
Looking up at the sky, it is clear, but the mood of those who look at the sky has changed.
If Jin Shengtan used to regard scientific research as a game, now, in the face of the Qing Dynasty, whether to continue scientific research has become a question of integrity.
But Jin Shengtan is just a scholar after all. He has neither the courage nor the ability to do such a thing.
What he can do is never to be an official for the Qing Dynasty.
However, this decision made this child prodigy, and his "Six Talented Books" came out.
Speaking of Zhuangzi, Li Sao, Historical Records, Du Fu's poems, Water Margin, The West Chamber,
Few people in China don't know the title, even if they haven't read it.
However, Jin Shengtan not only reads, but also reads hierarchically, interestingly and with essence. On a whim, he began to delete comments, and the series of "Golden Skin" was collectively called "Six Talented Books".
In particular, once his "Water Margin" was published, it caused a sensation-"At one time, the literati loved reading holy sigh books, and they made a series at home ..."
Use the present words to explain:
At that time, The Water Margin was a well-deserved annual bestseller, a five-year bestseller and a ten-year bestseller.
There were no Cao Xueqin and A Dream of Red Mansions in Jin Shengtan's era, so there were only three famous works in people's mouths at that time: The Water Margin, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Journey to the West.
Regarding the title of the book, Jin Shengtan praised Water Margin as the best.
Because, the so-called "Water Margin" is a place far away from the "land of kings" and a utopian ideal, in the abstract:
Freedom is not bound by tradition and class.
Jin Shengtan also said that Water Margin is the highest level article in the world. Even the historical records and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West can't compare with it.
He thinks that the uniqueness of Water Margin lies in that 108 people write 108 things, and each character is a biography.
108, Jin Shengtan worships Li Kui jy the most and hates Song Jiang the most. He said:
"Li Kui jy suddenly has a fake, and Song Jiang is not true." Scold sung river looks gentle, but it is hypocritical.
At the end of the water margin, Jin Shengtan got angry, and with a stroke of a pen, he directly deleted the last 30 chapters of Luo Guanzhong's sequel, leaving only the first 70 chapters written by Shi Naian.
He thinks that the last 30 chapters are "the dog's tail continues the mink", and this paragraph is written for woo. He is most opposed to wooing, which he thinks is harmful to the national legal system.
In the late Ming dynasty, it was the indecision in the strategy of encirclement and appeasement of the rebel army that led to the demise of the country.
Jin Shengtan "halved" the Water Margin, ending with Lu Junyi's dream, to show his desire for world peace, with his unique thoughts and temperament.
How to look at it, how to write it, whether it is good or bad, the most rare thing is to open a trend.
Before Jin Shengtan, no one read, read or commented on such books.
After Jin Shengtan, everyone learned from him. Although there are many laughing and cursing works, no one can write freely with him.
Today, only Jin Shengtan authorized the Water Margin to be genuine, while others were pirated.
Refuse piracy, read "gifted scholars' books", and offenders will be prosecuted!
For Jin Shengtan, the "golden batch series" is not a kind of knowledge, but a kind of wanton temperament, full of interesting banter and a kind of Zen pleasure.
But Jin Shengtan's "happiness" is not only here, but also a number of "happiness", which are called "33 pieces of happiness"
Nine times out of ten unpleasant things in life are inconclusive.
If you are in the state of "blue thin mushrooms" at this time, read Jin Shengtan's "33 happy things" and you will definitely smile.
Then, feel ashamed:
Jin Shengtan, who was born in troubled times, had no talent and was lonely all his life, and he still is. We are living so well now, what reason are we unhappy?
Here are some for you, me and Mr. Jin Shengtan to enjoy together:
1 & gt；
An old friend whom I haven't seen for ten years suddenly visited. Without asking about his itinerary or asking him to sit down, he rushed to the back room and humbly asked his wife:
"Can you give us a bucket of wine to drink?"
Madam happily took out the gold hairpin and gave it to me. This golden hairpin is enough for us to drink for three days. How fast!
2 & gt
I got half drunk with my friends in the middle of the night. At this time, a child sent a string of firecrackers. Let's go out and set off firecrackers together. The smell of sulfur smells good and makes me feel comfortable all over!
3 & gt
After dinner, I rummaged through everything and found dozens of old and new IOUs. The signer is either dead or missing. In short, they cannot be returned.
Burn them all with a fire. Looking up at the blue sky, there are no clouds in bleak Wan Li. What a nice day!
4 & gt
Cold winter, shivering, bedridden. Suddenly, I heard the birds singing together and reached out to open the curtains and windows. The sun is shining, the trees are washed, and my mood is good at once!
5 & gt
For a house, I have been trying my best to raise money and things all my life, but I have never been allowed to live in a house. I have resigned safely.
Suddenly one day I had spare money, the new house was completed, the walls were painted and the floor was swept, and my friends came to congratulate me and lamented that life was so good!
6 & gt
It is human nature to make mistakes. Masturbate yourself at night and wake up ashamed in the morning.
People who have done something wrong can repent as long as they don't hide it.
So I told you this openly, and I immediately lost my burden, hehe!
7 & gt
It's quite my style to listen to my sons and nephews recite this book by heart. Very good!
In summer, I draw my sword and cut green watermelons to eat, and I will eat them in chunks. Cool!
Private minister sore, close the door and soak in hot water. That's so cool!
I'm so happy to see people write big characters!
Watching people fly kites, suddenly the thread is broken, and I laughed in my heart!
Imagine yourself as a county magistrate and close your doors every day. Interesting!
The happiness of life is different, and only in the ordinary can there be real happiness.
Not tired of worldly troubles, but enjoying worldly happiness,
Putting wine in the wind, the true color is terrible, and life is just like this.
In the seventeenth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1660), Jin Shengtan's hometown was transferred to the new county magistrate.
This guy is domineering and arrogant. Every time I go to my colleague's house, I am carried in a sedan chair.
I was scolded by my colleagues, and when I came back, I took it out on the bearers, and even hit the bearers with a stick in the lobby on the spot.
Not only that, but he also searched for people's wealth and cream everywhere, and people who didn't pay taxes often died under his hands.
Ren's evil deeds spread to Jin Shengtan, so he closed the book and wrote a couplet on the county government:
"This is called evil."
The leader gave the couplet to Ren, who was confused.
Or touts understand the meaning, will complete the couplet:
Part I: This is called people's parents;
Bottom line: the evil lies in the parents;
Hearing this, Ren secretly scolded "your grandmother is a mouth", so far he has made a fuss about Jin Shengtan.
A year later, the emperor shunzhi, a Qing dynasty who didn't like beauty, died of smallpox.
Ren's evil deeds have made the people of Wuxian unbearable. When the emperor shunzhi died, officials from all over Suzhou visited the local "Crying Temple".
Students from Wuxian discussed taking this opportunity to report their appointment, and Jin Shengtan was among them.
Officials protect each other, and Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Jiangnan, is his immediate boss, wearing a pair of trousers with him.
The two played along, hyped up "Crying Temple to make trouble" and branded Jin Shengtan and other students as "gathering people to make trouble and shocking the spirit of the first emperor".
After the fall, behead me and let these ignorant literati "shut up forever."
Imagine that Emperor Shunzhi read Jin Shengtan's article and praised it:
"This is a master of ancient prose. Don't look at him with his current prose."
It's a great irony to take this ancient prose master away now because of his own death.
On the altar, Jin Shengtan's son came to propose a toast.
I can't help crying at the thought of my father's injustice and being beheaded for life and death.
However, Jin Shengtan kindly looked at his son and encouraged him:
"Don't cry, son. I'll make couplets. You're right." He sang the first part:
"Lotus seeds are bitter."
But the son is crying, where there is the mood to be a couple, Jin Sheng sighed and sang the second paragraph:
"Pears are sour in the abdomen."
"Lotus" and "pity" are homophonic, meaning deeply sorry for his son's sadness;
"Pear" and "Li" are homophonic, meaning to say goodbye to my son, and my heart is very sour.
Alas! Throughout the ages, there is so much love for the father in the world.
Say and drink off a big bowl of white wine. "Cut off your head, pain, drink, be happy, cut off your head, drink first, be happy!" Happy! "
At this time, the judge has begun to read the verdict, but Jin Shengtan, kneeling there, turned his head and said to the executioner with a ghost knife:
"Little fat brother, cut me first?" That smirk again.
What? The executioner is a little broken. He has killed so many people that he has never seen such a request. He must be crazy.
"People will die, its words are very good. Xiaopang elder brother, you cut me first, "Jin Shengtan lowered his voice. "I have a treasure. Cut me first, it's all yours! "
Hearing this, the executioner's eyes lit up, so I'll help you. Don't blame Lao Tzu when I get there.
I saw a flash of cold light, a knife falling, and Jin Shengtan's head fell to the ground and rolled away. At the same time, two paper balls rolled out of the two ears of the head.
The executioner rushed over and opened it. One of them says "good" and the other says "pain".
Read it together, "It hurts!"
God, I am really the best geek in the world. I will never forget my humor!
......
Regarding the death of Jin Shengtan, Liang Qichao, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, lamented: "I was born without you, but I was born with you." The feeling of regret is beyond words.
This amazing and bizarre Jin Shengtan has been called a "madman" for hundreds of years. Today, it still attracts people's attention in our generation:
He is popular all over the world, and hangs the classics regarded as supreme by the world under the beams for a large number of special approvals.
Li Sao, Zhuangzi, Historical Records, Du Fu's Poems, The Water Margin and The West Chamber were all evaluated by him, and even altered and castrated beyond recognition.
Arrogance and boldness are unprecedented.
He lived in troubled times, witnessed the decadence, desolation, decline and corruption of the Ming Dynasty, and witnessed the destruction of life and people's livelihood when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
However, he used the body of the king to plead for the people. Although he is very young, he is very big. Although he speaks lightly, he is honest.
He couldn't bear to see his fellow villagers die first and had a brainwave. Before he died, he took human greed to the extreme.
His "pain" is not grandstanding and unconventional, but a final demonstration to the authorities and the cannibal society with his unique "golden" humor.
He was lonely all his life, and he lived in a loneliness of contempt and pride for the world.
But he laughed and cursed, ran amok, disdained fame, locked himself in a golden room with pen and ink, and enjoyed himself.
If we ask Jin Shengtan, "Do you have anything else to say?"
He might say:
"Goodbye you! What about ordinary people? Where are the sages and emperors? I don't play with you, and I'm too lazy to dispute with you.
I've never been here before. I'm going back. I'm alone in Qingshan, so don't send me away! "
It's really "Mo Wen, the king of Qi's life and death, does not live up to the Tathagata or the Qing Dynasty". Jin Shengtan is a wise man.