Speaking of the story of "Fan Jin Zhongju", everyone should be familiar with it. We all learned this article when we were in middle school.
Although it is a clichéd story, here we still have to tell that it comes from Wu Jingzi's "History of Ru Lin", which is a story in which the author satirizes the decadent and backward system of feudal society through the story of Fan Jin's old age.
The middle school article was limited by the length until Fan Jin went crazy and suddenly stopped, and it is not known whether Fan Jin recovered his consciousness and whether he became a high official.
Today I will solve this doubt for you.
Let's review this story first, so that you can know the ups and downs of Fan Jinzhong's fate before and after
Fan Jinzhong lifted!
To say that the greatest system in ancient China, which system of examination must bear the brunt of it, not only expanded the scope of the emperor's selection and employment of officials to make people with real talents and practical learning as officials, but also consolidated the dynastic rule. As far as the people of the world are concerned, this is a relatively fair system, he broke the monopoly of the door to give the poor people a chance to jump the dragon gate, as long as you are willing to read hard in the cold window and work hard, you may be able to rise to the top one day.
The so-called Asahina Ishiro, Twilight Heavenly Son Hall. Therefore, although it is very tiring to read hard in the cold window, in the face of fame and fortune, many readers can still read only the sages without hearing anything outside the window.
Our Fan Jin is one of them, but he comes from a humble background, has no talent in learning for dozens of years, is still a talent, suffers from the white eyes of the villagers, and the old mother and wife and children are affected.
His own father-in-law, a butcher, did not have the slightest respect for him, often breaking his mouth and scolding, Fan Jin could only swallow his anger, after all, he had to lend him the cost of his own journey to Beijing to catch the examination.
To say that Fan Jin has some good qualities, which is definitely his perseverance spirit, he is a reader with no learning talent, but fortunately, he is very tenacious, repeatedly defeated and does not admit defeat, and finally at the age of 54, he was admitted to the show talent, which is still the result of his more than twenty consecutive examinations, barely admitted, it is really not a "talented" player, and it took four years to take the exam, so he was extremely happy and crazy.
Fan Jinzhong went crazy
We can't help but wonder where the motivation to support Fan Jin for decades is because he loves to read. The reason is simple, he is just keen on his career and wants to change his predicament by reading.
At the time of this article, Chinese teachers have said that this article satirizes the rotten and rigid imperial examination by going crazy with Fan Jinzhong.
Of course, in addition, we can also see the great change in the attitude of the neighbors before and after Fan Jinzhong's move, which vividly shows the face of the city's villains who tend to be inflamed and attached.
Before Fan Jinzhongju, how his neighbors treated him, the article described it like this, in the eyes of the neighbors, Fan Jin is not worth mentioning, is a poor student, does not look down on him at all, and gossips behind his back.
And Fan Jin's father-in-law was even more disgusted with Fan Jin. When Fan Jin went to his house, he couldn't help but scold: "I have the luck to marry a daughter to your current treasure." When Fan Jin took the xiucai exam and wanted to continue to take the examination, it was like this: the toad wanted to eat swan meat, and did not pee to take care of himself. If he was so insulted, he greeted his son-in-law with his head covered.
It can be said that although Fan Jin before the middle lift is a show talent, he has failed to live.
Fan Jin and the old mother
But what about after Fan Jinzhongju? Whether it is the neighbor or the old man's attitude, it directly made a big change, which made Fan Jin flattered.
Fan Jin, who was poor in his family, had already spent all the family's money because he kept testing people, and Fan Jin's family once ran out of grain, which was tragic to say, before Fan Jinzhong lifted people, his old mother and wife had been hungry for two or three days.
Without rice under the pot, I can't borrow money and grain, so I can only be hungry to the point of dizziness. However, as soon as the official who reported the letter came to inform Fan Jinzhongju of the news.
Fan Jin's home immediately became lively, and the neighbors came to congratulate him with eggs and rice, smoothing the threshold.
Among them, the person with the most drastic change in attitude was Fan Jin's old father-in-law, who once looked down on his son-in-law the most.
Now, a mouthful of "I am a virtuous son-in-law, only highly educated, good looking", even the name is not called, to honor Fan Jin a "master", even the silver is very generous.
Fan Jinzhong's neighborhood attitude changed after he lifted it
After Fan Jinzhong lifted, he changed from a sparrow to a phoenix on the branch of the village, no wonder Fan Jin had to take the exam for so many years, there is really a magical power in this book.
We know that Fan Jin was a showman before Zhongju, and no matter how he could be regarded as a reader, how could he not be welcomed by the people in the townships, and the root cause of this problem lay in the imperial examination system.
Obstructed and long Keju Road
Fan Jinzhong's era was in the Qing Dynasty, so let's take the Qing Dynasty's imperial examination system as an example to see what checkpoints the Qing Dynasty's readers had to go through on the road of the imperial examination system in order to enter the career path and change their destiny.
Since the sui dynasty emperor founded the imperial examination system, it has been improved by successive dynasties. The Qing Dynasty was undoubtedly the most complete and prosperous period of all dynasties.
As long as the Qing Dynasty entered the academy, it could be called only a reader. There are also differences in the number of readers, and the names are different according to the names of the people on the body, for example, among the readers, there are tongsheng, xiucai, juren, gongshi and jinshi.
In order to obtain the above titles, you must pass the five levels of examinations, namely the child examination, the hospital examination, the township examination, the meeting examination, and the temple examination.
Tong Sheng is generally regarded as the first threshold for readers, and only by passing the child test can it be regarded as officially stepping into the ranks of readers. Tong Sheng is an entry ticket for readers, and to become a child student, you do not have any substantive "rights", but you have an identity qualification to obtain a show talent.
Hospital test
As long as you pass the last level of the boy's test, the college test, the reader will have the title of show talent. Xiu has some powers that ordinary people don't have, but these powers are very chicken.
Xiu was able to enjoy the "privilege" of being exempted from servitude, not having to kneel in Michi Prefecture, and so on. In addition, there is no difference between Xiucai and ordinary people. Is it the bottom of the reader, at this time you are still an ordinary person, far from changing your destiny? Even the illiterate people don't have much respect for Xiucai, after all, everyone is almost the same.
The biggest role of Xiucai is to have the qualification to take the examination. The people's examination is also known as the township examination, because the general township examination is held in the autumn of August, so the township examination is also called "autumn".
Township test
If you stand out in the township test, you can be called a lifter, and after the lift, you have the opportunity to grasp the power. This right is much more practical than the right of xiucai. At this time, you have broken away from the peasant class and become a bureaucrat, and there is an essential difference between you and ordinary people, and the common people will be afraid that you will ask for you again, and they will naturally be respectful and flattering to you.
The door number after the middle lift
Of course, if you want to be a high official, the title of raising a person is far from enough, and lifting a person is only the minimum standard for conferring officials, so generally people are local officials.
The next thing we have to enter is a higher level of exams, and by passing these exams, you have pushed open the door to the superior.
Above the township test is the meeting test, because the test is held in the spring of March, the meeting test is also called "spring min", and the people who participate in the "spring test" are all people. Through the "Spring Dragon" lifting people, also known as gongshi.
After that, there is also the temple test, generally speaking, the pass rate of the temple test is 100%, but after the temple test, the gongshi arranges the ranking of the results into the first, second and third divisions, of which one of the first jinshi should be the most well-known, and there are only three first jinshi, that is, we are familiar with the yuan, the list of eyes and the tanhua.
Temple test
This is the general process of the examination system, and now you will understand that the higher the level of the examination, the greater the official position and power you will be granted.
Ancient imperial examination system process
Meritorious name is the "mirror of human nature"
For readers, the middle lift is the first threshold to distinguish from ordinary people. Therefore, fan jin did not cause a qualitative change after winning Xiucai, but in the end it was not much different from ordinary people, he was still looked down upon, or he could not change his poor fate.
Of course, Fan Jin knew this truth, so he had to continue to test people upwards. Fan Jin wants to pass the exam to become an official with power. Therefore, even if he is 54 years old, even if he has failed countless times, even if his family is already in debt, and his old mother is hungry and dizzy, he still has to fight to the death. Otherwise, the previous failure is a real failure.
Fan Jin, who was bullied by the old man before zhongju
But what no one expected was to hear the news of their own lifting. Fan Jinle, who was overexcited and overwhelmed by the blood to attack his brain, was "crazy", he clapped his hands and laughed, and he directly and suddenly fell backwards, unconscious. It is not easy to be woken up, and it will only be silly to shout "I am hit, I am hit!" ”
Crazy Fan Jin
It seems absurd in our eyes, but if we are Fan Jin, we may understand, Fan Jin is under great pressure, for his family, if he does not win this time, he may never turn over. Fan Jin's "madness" is a release of pressure, and it is impossible to control his emotions. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
In the end, Fan Jin's madness was cured under the slap of the old man, and the old man who was arrogant in front of Fan Jin before, in the face of the son-in-law after the middle lift, did not dare to beat him, after all, the son-in-law is now a powerful official, how dare he fight with a flat head, he can only bite an old man not to blame the trembling and trembling.
The old man woke up the mad Fan Jin with a mouthful
And the neighbors around them saw the sober Fan Jin, who used to look down on the person who took jokes the most, with a humble attitude and respectful shouting at Old Master Fan, we must also understand that in ancient times, officials were no different from gods in front of the people.
These are just changes in attitude, and after Fan Jinzhong lifted, he immediately had a lot of tangible benefits and benefits.
Before the official position was granted, the money came to visit first. On the day of the list, the local squires successively took money to flatter Fan Jin. Sending money to send money, sending land to send land, and sending houses, this seems to be really a fantasy, this poor Fan Jin who has been poor for most of his life only took a few days to achieve a class leap, the accumulation of wealth, and overnight wealth. Fan Jin seemed to have suddenly become the male protagonist of Shuangwen. And all this is only given by the name of the person, and the person is only the threshold of the right to be examined.
Under the farce of Fan Jin's examination to obtain a meritorious name, the human nature of the people to the squire is illuminated at a glance.
All these changes were all seen by Fan Jin, and Fan Jin, who had tasted the sweetness, how could he stop here?
How big did Fan Jin really do?
After the middle lift, perhaps it was Leji who was sad, but Fan Jin's old mother failed to enjoy the blessings with her son who came out on top, and regretted to die. I can only blame Fan Jin for being too late.
If Fan Jin saw the popular "Don't let your success slow down with the speed of your parents' aging" that was very popular in previous years, would he beat his chest and feet.
Bai Shan filial piety is the first, and before he became an official, Fan Jin first "kept filial piety" for three years.
In the past three years, Fan Jin has been studying at home while keeping filial piety, and Fan Jin, who has become an official, has lived a life of gold clothes and jade food, which is very happy. It is still very inspiring to continue to learn and pursue higher goals.
Three years later, Fan Jin participated in the examination, and what he did not expect was that he actually passed the jinshi again, and the bad luck of the previous decades was exchanged for the good luck of the present.
After this, Fan Jin was all the way to the official luck and prosperity. After the end of the examination, Fan Jin was first awarded the post of "Imperial History of Examination", and a few years later, he was transferred to the "Shandong Xuedao", which can be described as an enviable step.
Many people may not understand what kind of official position "Shandong Xuedao" is. In ancient times, the "Xuedao" mainly managed the study aspects, and was responsible for the education work of a province such as "rectifying the literary style", "selecting talents by examination", and "lecturing".
The "Shandong Xuedao" means that Fan Jin is responsible for the education affairs of Shandong Province. This is equivalent to the current "director of the Department of Education" in Shandong Province, which can be said to be a big official.
There is indeed one person in history, Fan Jin
It was surprising enough that Fan Jin could climb all the way from a poor man who had passed the age of flower armor to this position.
As for whether Fan Jin is really talented and practical in the end and competent to be a "Shandong Xuedao"? It didn't really matter, he could succeed from the imperial election system, and changing his fate was enough for him.
Not only Fan Jin, but from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination, the rulers turned the imperial examination system into a tool for controlling the minds of officials, and this system selected puppets who obeyed the monarch's words, which was even more serious in the Qing Dynasty. How can we expect to be able to elect officials with real talent and practical learning under this rigid and rigid system?
Eight shares to take the taxi
Perhaps this is the most ironic point of Fan Jinzhongju, who has worked hard all his life to pass five levels and cut six generals to obtain meritorious fame and achieve personal worldly success, but these days the proud sons of the Qing officials cannot save the crumbling dynasty.