The image of "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" must be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the success of a TV series, so that this historical figure has become more vivid, in the play he is not only articulate, but also has a strong sense of justice, down to the people of Li, up to Wang Sun Guiguan, as long as there is an unfair matter, he is the first time to come out for him. So, is the real Ji Xiaolan in history really as portrayed in the TV series?
Historians explain it: "Not necessarily, don't be blinded by TV dramas." According to the records of Ye Shi, the historical Ji Xiaolan not only loved to smoke and drink as much as his life, but also had to be "a number of women in the imperial court", and his life was comparable to that of Wang Sun Guiguan. In the TV series, he is upright, although he is often accompanied by women, but they are all confidants with red faces, and eventually they are lonely and old, which is also something that the screenwriter can make up. In addition to his wife, the real Ji Xiaolan also had six concubines, and it is recorded in the wild history that he always had to indulge every day after getting up, before the noon lunch break, and when he went to sleep at night.
In addition to the good female color, Ji Xiaolan is also very particular about "eating", the daily meal must have big fish and meat, never eat rice, smoke and drink more, just like the family meal, but his luck is good, all day indulged in wine, even failed to drag down his body, stunned to live to 82 years old, you know, the average life expectancy of people in the Qing Dynasty is completely incomparable with the present, it is conceivable that he can live to 82 years old, at that time it was really a long life.
So, in addition to being addicted to smoking and drinking, and liking women, what are the differences between Ji Xiaolan in history and Ji Xiaolan in the TV series?
The first is the difference in image. In the TV series, Ji Xiaolan's actor is dignified and tall, but in fact, the real him is not only thin and weak, his appearance is unremarkable, and he even has some myopia.
The second is the difference in personality. Ji Xiaolan in the TV series was born with a righteous heart, not only dared to speak out in front of the emperor, but even confronted the corrupt official and the great corrupt official, but in fact, in history, he was not only cowardly and timid, but also could not be used by the emperor, and the reason why he let him go to repair the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book" was entirely because he was born in Shuxiang Mendi, his ancestors were scholars, plus he had some talents, so he could mix with the position of compiler, but in front of Qianlong, he was not conspicuous, just an ordinary imperial literati.
As for the matter of daring to argue with He yan, it was also completely compiled by later generations, just imagine, he and He yan's positions are very different, one is an inconspicuous literati, the other is holding heavy power, Qianlong knows that he is greedy, but he still has to reuse a product of ministers, Ji Xiaolan who dares to point fingers in front of him!
Of course, Ji Xiaolan was not without ambition, he once longed for him to be able to become a figure like Li Bai, so he asked the Qianlong Emperor about his views on state affairs, who could have predicted that Qianlong did not look at it at all, and even scolded him, saying: "The reason why you went to study books is to value your literary talent, but it is just a sour literati, and you even dare to talk about state affairs in front of me." ”
Qianlong's remarks can be said to have left no face for Ji Xiaolan; in his heart, Ji Xiaolan was nothing more than a poor and acidic literati, and Qianlong was very despised and visible about such corrupt Confucianism, compared with "great greed" and Yan, who, although he regarded wealth as his destiny, could speak four Chinese words and knew how to judge the hour and size up the situation, which was also the reason why Qianlong reused him.
Many netizens said after reading it: It turned out that they had been deceived by the TV series for so many years. The actual Ji Xiaolan was such a terrible person.
Of course, this also does not blame Ji Xiaolan himself, but the posterity has carried out "secondary processing" of his life, re-formulated the human setting for him, and with the popularity of "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" throughout the country, the audience naturally preconceived that the historical Ji Xiaolan is what it looks like in the TV series. Perhaps he himself did not expect that hundreds of years later, the ordinary life would be so wonderfully fabricated.