Yes, I would like to refer to Mr. Lu Xun's short story "Old Master Gao" as a "mirror".
To tell the truth, "Old Master Gao" really plays the role of a "mirror", the novel writes a typical pseudo-Taoist image, although he does not learn and has no skills, but he always likes to put onions in the pig's nose, and loves to swagger and deceive everywhere.
In fact, Mr.'s "Old Master Gao" has revived in today's society, perhaps, they are also like Ah Q, and they do not have no children and grandchildren.
These people don't feel at ease to live their lives in a down-to-earth manner on weekdays, they are forever idle and don't do their jobs.
It is precisely because they are unusually empty in spirit that they want to get something for nothing, and they need to be respected by others for no reason.
"'Erji' Old Master Gao'?
But Old Master Gao only smiled arrogantly, he did change 3 in the new knowledge, new art. How could he, since he had a great Russian writer, Gorky, make sense of the far-reaching significance of this name change? (See pages 96~97 of the December 1976 edition of "Wandering" (single book) of the People's Literature Publishing House))
This passage proves the origin of the nickname "Old Master Gao", it seems that this person still loves to catch up with fashion.
No matter how they dress themselves up in a high-sounding and decent way, they still can't fill their empty spiritual world.