In Chinese history, the famous drinkers and drinkers are complicated, what is a wine person?
"History" "Although Jing Ke swims in the wine people, but he is a deep and good book" for the first time mentions "wine people", that is, people who drink well, drink well into habits, often drink into habits, take pleasure in wine, do not have wine to become their people, and say that their people must say wine. It can be seen that "wine people" is a collective name for those who love alcohol and alcohol in history. However, in the history of China, there are many alcoholics, and the generations of alcoholics are various, and it is difficult to simply taste and evaluate. Therefore, according to the principles of wine morality, drinking line, and wind algae evaluation, it is roughly divided into three grades and nine products. Superior "elegant" and "clean", that is, alcoholism is elegant, drinking and clear-mindedness. Medium "vulgar" and "turbid", that is, lingering on wine and vulgar flow, temperament is flat and mediocre. Inferior "evil" and "filthy", that is, drunkenness, immorality, and indulgence in evil.
Looking at the history of Chinese wine culture for thousands of years, according to this standard to taste and classify, the names of wine people in history are roughly as follows:
Top quality
This grade can be called "wine saint". They return to their roots with the power of wine, fully realize themselves, and achieve great causes; they drink without being obsessed, drunk without violating morality, but more to see the greatness of sentiment and the purity of character. Just like Li Bai, a poet who left a pearlescent and brilliant great poem for the Chinese nation, or Tao Yuanming, China's first pastoral poet known as the "Sect of Ancient and Modern Reclusive Poets".
Poetry Immortal Li Bai
Top-of-the-line product
The generation of "wine immortals" and "wine yi" in historical documents. Although they drink a lot, they do not lose their courtesy, they do not lose their nature, and they are dashing and handsome drinkers. They drink with elegance, style and elegance, and informality. Among them, Bai Juyi is the most typical representative. Bai Juyi once called himself "Mr. Drunken Yin", he painstakingly wrote and diligently performed political affairs, while on the other hand, his life was a life of wine entertainment, singing and singing, and most of his life's poems were flowing with wine. Such wine people as well as Du Fu's "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking" such as He Zhizhang, Li Zhen, Li Shizhi, Cui Zongzhi, Su Jin, Li Bai, Zhang Xu, and Jiao Sui.
Top and bottom
Confucius Ziyun "only wine is immeasurable, not chaotic", which is the generation of "wine sages" and "wine dong" in the history books. Drinking is moderate, even if it is even drunk, it is not excessive, and it is in line with the middle of the conversation and behavior, just like a gentleman and a gentleman, humble and gentlemanly. Tao Kan can be called the representative of the rational wine people in Chinese history, and others such as the public security Yuan Zhonglang generation, although "invincible and prosperous for a long night", are also close to this kind.
Medium to high quality
There is a kind of person in the literature called "drunken idiot", who indulges in wine and loses his spirit, sinks into self-destruction, and reaches the point of obsession. The famous scholar Cai Yong at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty counted this generation, the Jin dynasty Zhang Han was also a representative of the "drunkard", and the Tang Dynasty Wang Ji "did not do anything with alcoholism" also belonged to this list.
Jinren Zhang Han
Medium quality
This is the genus of "wine bump" and "wine maniac", represented by "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" Ruan Zhi and Liu Lingkan. Nguyễn Nguyễn Đồng Đại Đạng Đồng Đồng The Jin Shu Liechuan also says that he was "drunk and desolate, outcropping, and naked". Liu Ling is also "only wine is a business, and the rest is known". There are also Tang Jinshi Zheng Yu, Liu Shan, Guo Baoheng, Wang Chong, and Zhang Daoyin, who choose three or five prostitutes every spring, ride in calves, laugh and laugh in the naked garden, and boast of "drinking upside down" for fun.
Medium and low quality
The "wine famine" generation. Such people indulge in alcohol, abandon their jobs, and occasionally act against morality. For example, Dongfang Shuo, who served as a changshilang and a taizhong doctor. He had a witty personality, quick speech, funny and intelligent, often talked and laughed in front of Emperor Wu, and wrote a lot of works in his life. However, he "tasted drunkenness into the temple, and the small relics on the temple." Impeachment is disrespectful, and there are edicts to absolve the common man." The Jin generals Wang Chen, The Jin generals Hu Wufuzhi, Xie Kun, and Guang Mengzu all belonged to this category.
Bottom and top product
The "drunkards". Whoever drinks will pass, sink into the matter of wine, have few acts of kindness, and belong to the inferiority of the drinker. This kind of "drunkard" first recommended Ruan Xian, the nephew of Ruan Nationality and the same as the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", "drunken and vain", and left an allusion to "drinking" in history because of drinking with pigs.
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest Nguyen Ham
Under the middle product
This is the generation of "drunkards", "wine heads", "wine devil heads" and "lees heads" mentioned in the history books, and can also be collectively referred to as "drunkards". They are drunk, drunk, drunk, drunk. The term "drunkard" is originally a term used by people to despise the greed for alcohol, not only without any alcohol morality, but even for a class of indecent drinkers who have lost their lives. King Youwang of Zhou, who drank excessively and caused the destruction of the country, is a typical example. The bushmans who left the "doufu scolding" scandal in history also belong to this list.
Next product
The last of the wine people, the number "wine thief", the lowest product. Such people have low moral character, not only because of their own morality and inability to do anything because of alcohol, but even because of alcohol, the big one is wrong for the country, and the small one is involved in public and private affairs. Moreover, most of these people use unbless and improper means to loot the people's fat and people's anointing, and their behavior is like stealing, so they are called "thieves". However, in history, such wine thieves were mostly in high positions, such as The King of Xia, the King of Shang, the Former Qin Li King, and the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, and so on, and they were drunk and murderous and brutal to the extreme.
Nowadays, among the three grades and nine products divided in ancient times, it is extremely difficult to find high-grade drinkers, but it is still possible to drink alcohol without alcoholism and clean yourself. And a bottle of good wine, really should not be drunk without knowing its taste, slowly taste, in order to taste its precious.