Fan Jinzhongju is a satirical essay in "The History of Rulin", the main content is about:
Fan Jin is a poor scholar with a low status, and he hopes to change his fate through reading and one day become an official in the dynasty.
Embarrassingly, he took the exam dozens of times, but he did not pass the exam, and the people around him began to laugh at him and despise him,
Fan Jin did not give up, he still read poetry at home every day, fantasizing about one day dreaming of getting ahead,
When Fan Jin was forty years old, he still failed to try repeatedly, his family was so poor that he couldn't open the pot, and the weather in winter and December only had a single coat for the winter,
He later married Butcher Hu's daughter in her thirties,
In ancient times, women were generally married off at the age of sixteen.
And the daughter of the Hu butcher did not marry out in her thirties, either she was too ugly or had a bad temper, and no one dared to marry,
But Fan Jin did not dislike her, and felt that he had climbed the Hu Butcher family,
It can be seen that Fan Jin is of course very down,
When Fan Jin was in his fifties, he was still a child, and he hadn't even been admitted to the Xiucai,
Butcher Hu looked down on this poor son-in-law even more in his heart, often pointed at his nose and scolded him, lamented that he had lost his temper, upside down his daughter, and posted a lot of money,
The surrounding neighbors also looked down on Fan Jin, who was surrounded by disciples, and relatives and friends did not welcome him.
The family's elderly mother was starved and dizzy, and none of the neighbors' relatives lent them food.
At this time, Fan Jin was actually embarrassed to continue the exam, but he didn't know anything at his age, he could only read.
So he can only avoid the white eyes of his neighbors and father-in-law, and bite the bullet and pass the exam year after year.
Later, when Fan Jin was 54 years old, he finally won a showmanship,
The old mother and wife of the family were happy, and the butcher Hu came to celebrate with the pig intestines that could not be sold,
But in his mouth he said mockingly: I married my daughter to you, this treasure of the world, so many people came, I don't know how much I am tired,
Now I don't know what virtue I have accumulated to make you a fair, so I brought wine to congratulate you.
After Fan Jin and the old mother listened, they could only nod their heads in frustration.
Fan Jin is not yet qualified to be an official because he won Xiucai, and he must continue to participate in the township examination.
Before rushing for the exam, he went to ask his father-in-law Butcher Hu to borrow a coil, and Butcher Hu spat on his face with a mouthful of phlegm,
He also scolded him: The master pities you for your hard work, let you get a showman, you toad wants to eat swan meat, vainly wants to become a lifter, you know, those who are lifted are all literary stars in the sky...
Butcher Hu also cursed and said: My daughter has been in your house for decades, I don't know if lard has been eaten two or three times! Wretched! Wretched!
Fan Jin may have been exposed by his father-in-law's humiliation, he sold some of his belongings, went to a friend to borrow some silver, and went to the exam,
When Fan Jin returned home after the exam, there was not even a grain of rice at home, and the old mother and wife had been hungry for three days and three nights,
His old mother said that there was still the last old hen at home to lay eggs,
You take it and sell it, buy some grain and come back, make porridge and drink it for a few days.
Fan Jin took the chicken and walked to the market,
Not long after he went out, the official came to report the good news, saying that Old Master Fan was in high school,
The old mother panicked when she heard this, and the clever neighbor hurried to the market to find Fan Jin to report the good news,
Fan Jin was still looking around at the market, waiting hard for the chicken buyer, but the neighbor said that he had won the prize,
Fan Jin didn't believe it, and the neighbor pulled him into the house,
Fan Jin looked at the happy news, couldn't help but dance his hands, and there were words in his mouth: Hit! Hit! Hit!
Then he leaned back, closed his mouth, and fell to the ground, unconscious,
His old mother was frightened and stupid, and his wife hurriedly fed her a few mouthfuls of water, and Fan Jin woke up,
But he was still immersed in joy.
He ran out of the house happily, he couldn't even see the road, and he fell into the pond and became a soup chicken,
But he still shouted excitedly: "Hit!" Hit!
The surrounding villagers all felt that Fan Jin was too stimulated and had gone crazy.
At this time, someone came up with the idea to let Butcher Hu slap Fan Jin,
Butcher Hu used to scold Fan Jin like a cattle, but now his heart trembles, and all kinds of shirking,
Fan Jin's husband-in-law began to call Fan Jin "the virtuous son-in-law".
He said that Fan Jin had already won the prize and was a Wenqu star in the sky, and he did not dare to fight.
Everyone persuaded him for a long time, and only then did Butcher Hu get up his courage and slap Fan Jin.
After Fan Jin woke up, Butcher Hu hurriedly explained to him and asked him not to blame,
After Fan Jin regained consciousness, more and more people came to say congratulations,
In the past, those relatives and neighbors who looked down on him took liquor, eggs, and meat to celebrate him.
Even the usually unattainable squire Zhang not only sent silver to Fan Jin, but also sent him a set of "three into three" houses,
The neighbors and young men around him knew that there was a shortage of people in his family and were willing to be his servants.
Even the old father-in-law, who looked down on him the most, directly brought seven or eight pounds of meat and a lot of silver, begging to send it to Fan Jin.
In this way, Fan Jin just won the lift, and the family property, real estate and servants were put together.
After Fan Jinzhongju, he immediately seemed to have changed a person,
He is no longer obedient and demented.
Overnight, he learned to be human, and learned to play official and posturing.
After Fan Jin was promoted, he achieved a class leap, lived in a new house, and lived a life of brocade clothes and jade food,
His mother was overly surprised and ate and drank all day, and soon fell ill and died.
Fan Jin continued to study for three years as a filial son, and three years later, he went to Beijing to take the exam,
On the day of departure, all the figures with heads and faces in the county arrived to bid farewell to Fan Jin.
Fan Jin also lived up to his expectations and won the Jin Shi exam as he wished.
At this time, Fan Jin was 57 years old, and he was low-key and steady, and he was appreciated by the imperial court,
In just five years, he was promoted to Shandong Xuedao, equivalent to the director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Education.
After Fan Jin became an official, he worked conscientiously and conscientiously during his tenure.
He neither oppressed the people nor abandoned his wives who were scum.
During his tenure as an official, he made outstanding achievements and did a lot of practical things for the students in Shandong.
After Fan Jin served as an official in Shandong for several years, he was ordered to enter Beijing as an official and became an important member of the imperial court, which can also be regarded as Guangzong Yaozu.
Fan Jin suffered humiliation in the first half of his life, but he still persistently pursued his dreams and eventually became a winner in life,
His perseverance is still worth learning from.