With the popularity of the TV series "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", the image and name of Ji Xiaolan, a historical figure, quickly became popular and became a well-known figure, and Ji Xiaolan, played by Zhang Guoguo, was upright and kind, funny and humorous.
Fighting with the great corrupt officials and fighting with wisdom and courage, loving and killing each other, and staging a wonderful and interesting drama, Ji Xiaolan's image has also penetrated the hearts of the people, so is the same true for the real Ji Xiaolan in history?
Ji Xiaolan's real name was Ji Yun (紀昀), Zi Xiaolan (字晓岚), Yizi Chunfan (一字春帆), Late Shiyun (石云), Dao number Guanyi Daoren (道号觀易道人), a native of Xiancheng (present-day Xiancheng, Hebei), born in June of the second year of Qing Yongzheng (1724), died in the tenth year of Jiaqing (1805)
In February, he was 82 years old. Ji Xiaolan's ancestral home was Shangyuan County, Yingtian Province, and later moved to Jingcheng, XianXian County, and by the time Ji Xiaolan arrived, he had already lived in Xianxian County for the fourteenth generation, and the current Cuierzhuang in Cangxian County is Ji Xiaolan's former residence.
Ji Xiaolan was born in Shuxiangmendi, his ancestors were all readers, he was talented since childhood, he read at the age of 4, had the ability to never forget, and had the reputation of "prodigy" at that time. At the age of 12, he entered Beijing, studied at shengyun jingshe, 21-year-old Zhongxiucai, 24-year-old Zhongjuren, 31-year-old zhongjinshi, entered the Hanlin Academy, until his death to become a co-founding university scholar, plus prince Shaobao and Guozi supervisor, the high position of the official to Yipin, and because he was "sensitive and studious, he was awarded the title of Wenda", and after his death, he was given the title of Wenda.
Ji Xiaolan is one of the few representative figures of the Qing Dynasty, he once mentioned a league of "sinking and floating in the eunuch sea like a gull bird, and the book of life and death from like a silverfish", and his life's focus and achievements are also in the eunuch sea floating and sinking and the book mountain ink sea. In his eunuch career, he was famous for his talents, successively held important posts, served as the chief examiner of the township examination and the meeting examination many times, and selected a large number of talents for the country; he was honest and honest as an official, and he cared for the people; according to the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty," a certain year of natural disasters was serious, and Ji Xiaolan repeatedly went up and down, asking for exemption from the people's taxes, and opening warehouses to release grain and relieve the people.
In addition to his official achievements, Ji Xiaolan also made achievements in culture, the most well-known is that he organized and compiled a huge book under the order of the Qianlong Emperor - "Four Libraries of Complete Books", which is the largest series of books in Chinese history, according to statistics, the book contains a total of 3461 kinds of books, 79309 volumes, 6793 kinds of books, 93551 volumes, a total of 10254 species, 172860 volumes, this book almost includes the main classics in Chinese history before the previous Qianlong Dynasty. It can be called a collection of traditional culture, and this huge production took more than ten years to complete. However, the political purpose of the book was also obvious, and the Qianlong Emperor ordered it to be compiled, but the intention was to imprison the anti-Manchu ideas of the people and attract talents, so Mr. Wen Huaisha evaluated it as a collection of emasculated ancient Chinese culture.
In addition to the "Four Libraries of Quanshu", Ji Xiaolan in his later years ""tracked down old stories", and also wrote an essay miscellaneous "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", "'Entertaining the Years'", although this note has 24 volumes, 1208 pieces, and a contract of 400,000 words, but as his pastime work, there is a very obvious "Liaozhai Zhiyi" style, in addition to the smooth writing, the literary style is remarkable, there is not much novelty in content and ideology, or the old routine of "karma". Ji Xiaolan, as a talented man with great literary style and superior intelligence at that time, should have made greater contributions to culture, but based on the high-pressure political environment of the literary prison at that time, Ji Xiaolan did not write more valuable things.
Although his achievements in culture were not great, Ji Xiaolan was erudite and versatile, and he was good at empowering texts, especially good at couplets, and after entering the army, he often accompanied the Qianlong Emperor around, singing and responding between kings and courtiers, leaving a lot of interesting anecdotes. Among them, there is such a record: One day, Ji Xiaolan and his colleagues were sorting out the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book" in the Hanlin Courtyard, it was the height of summer, the weather was hot, the house was full of books, it was airtight, Ji Xiaolan had always been afraid of heat, and he took off his clothes to cool off under the sweat, but unexpectedly the Qianlong Emperor suddenly arrived, Ji Xiaolan was too late to get dressed, and could only hide behind the bookcase, but the Qianlong Emperor had already seen it, but just pretended not to know, and then Ji Xiaolan heard no sound, thinking that the Qianlong Emperor had left, so he probed and asked: ''The old man is gone?'' Ji Xiaolan was also taken aback when he found the Qianlong Emperor beside him, and immediately calmly said: "The word 'old' is the position of longevity without boundaries, the head of all the people is called 'head', and the son of Haotian is called 'son'. The name 'old man' is actually a sign of respect. As soon as the Qianlong Emperor heard this, he immediately turned from anger to joy, and Ji Xiaolan's wit and quick thinking were thus evident.
On February 24, 1805, the 82-year-old Ji Xiaolan died of illness in Beijing. A year later, the bones were transported back to their hometown of Cuierzhuang North Village for burial.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the tomb of Ji Xiaolan in Cuierzhuang was excavated, and later archaeologists investigated the burial chamber and found that there were 7 female qing dynasty women's histories, but there were no male bones, it can be seen that Ji Xiaolan's tomb was elsewhere, and was not buried with his wife and concubines, but from the notes of the qing dynasty's wild history, Ji Xiaolan in addition to his outstanding literary ability, he was beyond ordinary people's "'appetite'" and ''sexual desire'" is also amazing.