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Quote: "There is about to spend the night and a half, idle knocking on the chess pieces and falling lights." This poem is from the Song Dynasty Zhao Shixiu's famous work "Playing Chess". It can be seen that the life of the ancient literati was very comfortable. Drinking tea, playing the piano, playing chess, and poetry, this is what we remember the life of the ancients. So did the ancient officials, who were also born as literati, also have such a comfortable life?
I believe that many friends have watched the classic TV series "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan". In the TV series, we see that Ji Xiaolan, as a university scholar, seems to have done nothing else except go to the morning dynasty every day. Either he was fighting with Hezhen or he was accompanying the emperor around.
The other protagonist, He Yan, is much busier than Ji Xiaolan, but he is busy in order to make money for himself, and rarely sees him and Ji Xiaolan working hard at work.
It's even a case that if the emperor doesn't send a mission, they don't have to do anything. Therefore, when we enjoy TV dramas, we can't help but think of the fatigue of running for life in our daily lives, which makes us envious of their lives.
In fact, according to the records of the history books, the work of officials in the capital is indeed easy and not tiring. As long as they attend the morning pilgrimage on time, they can go home from work and do not have to deal with very heavy official duties. Of course, if the emperor had specifically assigned a task, it would be a different matter.
However, the history books are history books after all, and the contents of some general directions are also recorded, and the specific situation is of course known only to the officials themselves.
For example, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, a general director of the National History Museum named Yun Yuding usually loved to write a diary, and most of the contents of the diary were some things he usually lived and worked. But it is also these records that allow us to study the lives of ancient officials very well.
The diary records that during the early dynasty, all officials had to arrive at the court room at 4 a.m. on time to wait, and wait until seven o'clock to participate in the early dynasty. Because his home is far away, in order not to be late, he has to get up at two o'clock, then wash and eat. At three o'clock, we will leave for the palace on time. If you encounter bad weather, this time should be advanced.
However, this is not the worst, every time when the emperor goes to the court, the emperor is in a good mood, and if they encounter the emperor in a bad mood, they will inevitably be criticized. The fear of "accompanying the king like a companion tiger" is always shrouded. Therefore, his attitude towards this is, "Do not seek merit, but seek no fault."
However, according to the historical records, after the end of the early dynasty, officials could go home to rest, and did not have to either go to work or go out on business like people today. So will he be much more relaxed when he comes home?
In fact, it is not easy, but it is more tiring than going to work. Why, let's continue to see what Yun Yuding said in his diary.
According to Yun Yuding, there are two kinds of people who serve as officials in the capital. One is a person who speaks on strength, while the other may not be capable, but is very good at handling interpersonal relationships.
For example, the famous Di Renjie, Bao Zheng and other people in history rely on their skills to eat, so they do not have to look at the eyes of others, nor do they care to be with some officials who only sneak around on weekdays, even if the other party's official position is higher than their own.
But the other kind of people are different, they are very sociable, it can be said that they must go to the appointment, and they must eat when they have food. Especially at the end of the year, various invitations and socializations continue. Even the period from the end of the morning to the time of going to bed at night is almost always socializing and socializing.
If this situation is OK for a day or two, if it is long-term, it is really more tiring than going to work. In particular, the situation seems endless, as if it were a task that will never be completed.
So what happens if you don't participate in these interactions?
According to Yun Yuding's words:
"Almost all the careful work that has been done for more than ten years has been put down, and if it is not urgently cleaned up, it will be the return of the villain."
This sentence means that he has been an official in the capital for more than ten years, and almost all of his time is spent on socializing. If you don't want to participate, you will be ostracized by everyone.
Yun Yuding was very disgusted by this, and he knew that many people were also very disgusted, but this was a habit, a kind of atmosphere, not that you were disgusted, you hated it and you could get rid of it.
To this end, Yun Yuding helplessly wrote in his diary:
"Since last winter, there will be senseless guests, going to senseless situations, marching all day long, physically and mentally exhausted."
Although these short 23 words are simple, they can make people feel empathetic after reading them. Because although this sentence was written by the ancients, it has many similarities with people's lives today and can resonate with people.
I believe that many people have had such an experience, after a hard week, I wanted to relax on the weekend, watch TV at home, or simply sleep. But the reality is that it is disturbed by various socializing, invitations and other things, and finally it is more tiring than going to work.
If you are a family with children, you are even more tired. Usually to pick up and drop off children, but also to try their best to train children on weekends, such as sending children to learn dance, songs, taekwondo and so on.
Although time is fair to everyone, it seems that time does not belong to oneself. Sometimes I even feel that the rest time is not as easy as when I go to work, at least I can concentrate on doing one thing, and I can get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction from the results of my work.
Therefore, whether it is ancient or modern, people cannot escape the word "life". And we should not envy the comfortable life of the ancients in the TV series, after all, those are the results of artistic processing, and there is a big difference between them and the real history.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty
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