Fan Jinzhong went crazy, and later became a big weapon, a forgotten historical hero
Wow! I got it! "A scholar with disheveled hair and only one foot in his shoes cheered as he ran, and clapped his hands to himself, showing his funny appearance at a glance.
He ran all the way to the market, and there were more and more onlookers on the roadside, but everyone no longer dared to despise this crazy scholar. This crazy scholar is the well-known Fan Jin, a character in Wu Jingzi's "The Outer History of Confucianism".
As soon as he heard the news of the exam, Fan Jin was so excited that he went crazy, but if you think that Fan Jin has worked hard for half his life but has no chance of career, then you are very wrong! Although everyone knows that the story of Fan Jin's madness in the 34th year of rushing to pass the exam is ironic, few people pay attention to his later ending.
Do you know how powerful Fan Jin was later?
Fan Jin, a poor scholar, was born as a farmer and longed to change his fate. In his eyes, the imperial examination was the only way to realize his dream. At the age of 20, he embarked on the imperial examination for the first time with hope and determination.
However, he didn't know that the road was full of hardships. Defeat after defeat did not weaken his determination to be named on the gold list, and he did not have the idea of giving up because of failure.
However, what he didn't expect was that after 34 years of imperial examinations, he was still just a child, and he didn't even get into Xiucai. But once he chooses to give up, then his thirty years of hard work and dedication will be in vain, which is unacceptable to him.
In a Guangzhou college examination, Fan Jin's destined nobleman, examiner Zhou Xuedao, appeared. Zhou Xuedao, also known as Zhou Jin, his experience is very similar to Fan Jin, he has been tested for most of his life, and he is still an old boy in his sixties.
And his students have already successfully become talents and soar. Although "the blue is better than the blue", Zhou Jin is more than sixty years old and still has not become a showman, which is really incomprehensible.
His experience made the people around him ridicule and despise, and even the rookie talent Mei Jiu laughed at him with his identity and status. Mei Jiu's attitude was arrogant and rude, and at a banquet, he even composed a pagoda poem to mock Zhou Jin.
Every word of this pagoda poem satirizes Zhou Jin's humble status.
When Zhou Jin faced the contempt of young talents, although his status was inferior to his, he still maintained his dignity and endured the ridicule of others. However, this unfair treatment made Mei Jiu even more arrogant.
One day, Zhou Jin inadvertently came to the Tribute Courtyard, he saw everything in the Tribute Courtyard, remembered the fame he had dreamed of, and his emotions instantly became excited, and he even hit the Tianzi board in the Tribute Courtyard, tears rippled, and he was in pain.
At this moment, a group of merchants in the Gongyuan heard the movement, they ran over, and after learning about Zhou Jin's experience, they were deeply sympathetic, and immediately decided to sponsor him, donating him a prison qualification.
Zhou Jin's life ushered in a turning point, he became a prisoner by chance, was exempted from the college examination and obtained the qualification for the lifting examination. At this moment, he felt that "time is running", and the hardships of the past have finally paid off.
In the township examination, Zhou Jin successfully passed the examination, and then his career soared, and his life was smooth sailing. Later, he presided over the Guangzhou Academy Examination, and it was in this exam that Fan Jin's fate changed.
Zhou Jin, as the chief examiner, was attracted by Fan Jin's thin body and tattered clothes at a glance. It was the cold winter of December, and Fan Jin was wearing a broken felt hat, and his hands were shaking from the cold.
Zhou Jin looked at this old man who had not yet been admitted to Xiucai, and his heart was full of pity.
I can understand Fan Jin's feelings because I have had the same experience. So, I decided to give him a hand. I remembered that I had been in the rain, so I was willing to hold up an umbrella for others.
I have also met noble people to help me get to where I am today. After years of exams, Fan Jin has accumulated rich experience, and he is already familiar with writing articles, and he completed it early.
So, I started to review his articles and read them carefully. However, I saw that his writing was disorganized and his writing was really worrying. I wanted to give him a hand, but I couldn't help but worry about his own incompetence.
So, I put this article aside. However, after a long time, the other candidates still did not complete the answers.
Zhou Jin studied Fan Jin's article in detail, and it took him three times to fully comprehend its subtlety, believing that it was "the most important text between heaven and earth, and it is really a word and a pearl".
This made Fan Jin smoothly become a Xiucai, although at that time, Xiucai's status was not high, but Fan Jin was still very pleased with this achievement. The next day, Fan Jin was stopped by Zhou Jin on the way home, and Zhou Jin told Fan Jin that his article had reached the level of perfection and would definitely be able to develop in the future.
After Fan Jin heard this, he immediately knelt down to express his gratitude to Zhou Jin, secretly rejoicing in his heart, and remembered Zhou Jin's words deeply.
It was late at night, and Fan Jincai returned home with the news of entering school, and his family was rejoicing and ready to celebrate him. At this time, Hu Butcher returned from outside, holding a large intestine and a bottle of wine in his hand, and congratulated Fan Jin.
Despite this, Hu Butcher still did not forget to ridicule Fan Jin, saying that he was unlucky to marry his daughter to him, and now it is he who has accumulated virtue to make Fan Jin a talent.
Fan Jin just listened silently, why was he so humble in front of Hu Butcher? In addition to Xiucai's low status, there is also the fact that he has been focusing on exams all these years and has no income.
Fan Jin, a big man, did not take on the responsibility of supporting his family, but also needed his father-in-law to help him.
Fan Jin suffered repeated setbacks on the way to the exam, and even needed to bow his head to his father-in-law to borrow money, which made him dare not resist Hu Butcher. Seeing that the township exam was coming, Fan Jin's friend came to him to discuss taking the exam together.
Although he has become a talent, being admitted to the Juren is the key to entering the ruling class. Fan Jin was looking forward to this, but he didn't have enough money. So, he went to Hu Butcher again to borrow money, but Hu Butcher resolutely refused, and began to insult him, thinking that he had even taken the Xiucai exam for more than 30 years, and he still wanted to take the exam, and the money would definitely be wasted.
In order to realize his dream, Fan Jin decided to challenge Hu Tuhu's ban. He borrowed money from a friend and secretly left home to go to the city. Although he returned home two or three days later, his family's financial situation was already poor, but he still persevered.
On the day of the release, Fan Jin took a hen to the market to sell, and as soon as he went out, he saw three horses followed by many people beating gongs and drums, attracting crowds of onlookers.
Fan Jin's mother was so hungry that she heard the word "hit", so she got up to check and quickly called a neighbor to call Fan Jin back. Although he encountered many difficulties, Fan Jin's determination and courage allowed him to finally realize his dream.
The neighbor was anxious to inform Fan Jin of the news of the middle move and desperately snatched his hen, although Fan Jin was puzzled, he was still moved by the neighbor's insistence and followed him home.
As soon as he entered the house, Fan Jin was shocked when he saw the good news in the house, fainted due to excessive excitement, and couldn't wait to rush out of the house after waking up. All this happened, and people can't help but wonder if he is really crazy.
But what is the truth?
After Fan Jinzhong moved, everyone scolded him; Crazy, everyone discussed the law. Someone suggested that Fan Jin's most feared Hu butcher should wake him up, saying that everything was a dream and that he might be able to wake up. One person told Hu Butcher that he was passing by, and Hu Butcher was dumbfounded, afraid that the cooked duck would fly, so he went home and wanted to cure Fan Jin.
Seeing that Fan Jin was unkempt, he was so angry that he didn't know what to do, but he didn't dare to do it when he thought that Fan Jin was a lifter. borrowed the courage to beat Fan Jin, and didn't dare to fight again. Fan Jin was beaten and woke up in a trance, unable to remember what had just happened.
Fan Jin went through many changes and finally succeeded in the imperial examination, but this success was not easy to come by, even Fan Jin's mother was crazy because of his good news, although Fan Jin regained his senses, but his mother did not wake up again.
Fan Jin mourned his mother for three years, and only retook the imperial examination after three years. Although fate seems to favor him, his success will not be easy, and he must change his fate by reading.
However, the shackles of the imperial examination system and the ** of fame and fortune have put ordinary people in a difficult situation.
Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi", Fan Jin's life trajectory has undergone earth-shattering changes. After entering high school, he was like a rising tide and was hand-picked as a scholar in Shandong.
At this moment, he successfully reversed his fate and became an admired **, which is in stark contrast to the image of a child who was ridiculed and despised in the past. Feng Shui takes turns, and Mei Jiu, a talented talent who once laughed at Zhou Jin, is still studying hard for the exam, but she didn't expect to be met by Fan Jin, a scholar.
On the day the list was released, Mei Jiu only took the "fourth class", which was the worst result at that time.
Mei Jiu realized that Zhou Jin was Fan Jin's benefactor, so she pretended to be Zhou Jin's student and brazenly asked for help, hoping that Fan Jin would open the net and save him from punishment.
In the end, Fan Jin let Mei Jiu go out of respect for his teacher, but he never expected that the high-spirited little talent in the past would now fall into such a predicament. And Zhou Jin, who had been ridiculed and suppressed by him, had already achieved fame and was promoted to the director of the Guozijian Division.
Fan Jin took this opportunity to soar into the sky, successfully rewrote his fate through his own efforts, and finally got a happy ending.
Fan Jin went crazy after the move, but his achievements are little known. Who could have foreseen that in the end he would enjoy a life of prosperity and dignity? I'm afraid even he can't believe it.
Fan Jin actually represents the general experience of scholars at that time, and his madness is not because he was finally able to achieve his ambitions, but because years of humiliation and poverty finally came to an end.
This ** seems to be ridiculing Fan Jin, but in fact it is satirizing the ancient imperial examination system, which makes the hearts of readers numb and their minds poisoned.
An in-depth analysis of Fan Jinzhongju's satirical techniques, characters, and soul fall will reveal the influence of the imperial examination system on Chinese literati and gain a deeper understanding of its pedagogical value.