The ancients can also be very humorous, ancient jokes and stories

The word humor is used to describe interesting people, or to refer to something that is ridiculous and meaningful. More humor cells and more ability to perceive humor can make the relationship between people better, even in ancient societies where everyone abides by feudal etiquette. So today’s ancient stories will sort out some ancient jokes and stories for you, let us experience the humor of the ancients together.

1. He likes to get rich.

There is a scholar who likes to get rich (meaning to use various relationships to ask for money from others). It is said that this gentleman has a close friend who is a patrol officer in a certain place. The patrol boss estimated that he must come to beat Feng, so he secretly asked his subordinates to forge 200 taels of silver into a pair of handcuffs and a chain, and soak them in potion to boil. It looks like an iron tool.

A few days later, the scholar came to the patrolman. The patrolman said angrily: "Is it possible to beat Feng in my yamen? Get the handcuffs and chains and take him back to his place of origin." The scholar was very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it. It was not until he was approaching the border of his place of origin that the escorting officer explained: "These handcuffs and chains are made of silver. My master has a deep affection for you and deliberately gave them to you in order to hide them from others."

The scholar was overjoyed, but said resentfully: "He is still mean to me. If we really have deep feelings, I would just wear another 200 taels of silver shackles."

< p>　2. A group of slippery officials

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a Hanlin named Fengfang, who was very talented. Once, the Ningbo County Magistrate sent his men to ask him for a prescription. He immediately wrote on the prescription: "Da Fengzi has gone to benevolence (people), and half of the ground flowers and fruits are used, and three pills of ground bones and bark are used, so that the gentleman (historian) adds one." The county magistrate read the prescription and smiled: "Feng Hanlin is laughing at you!"

When the officer asked the reason, the county magistrate explained this: the big character is "一" (一), and the character "GU" (the traditional Chinese character for "GU") is half of the character. In the Chinese writing style), three bones are used for the character "Hua", and one stone added for the history is the character "Li". These four medicines are connected into four characters, which is "a group of slippery officials" (i.e., a group of slippery officials).

3. The Stingy Master

It is said that a stingy person wanted to become more stingy, so he worshiped a person called the "Stingy Master" as his master. When he asked to see him, He brought two gifts: a paper-cut fish and a bottle of fresh water, considered wine. But the teacher was not at home, and the teacher's wife came out to meet him.

The master’s wife knew that the man was here to learn skills, so she asked the maid to hand over an empty cup and said, “Please have some tea.” Then she put her hands together to make a circle and said, “Please have some cake. "When this man saw it, he was filled with admiration. Unexpectedly, the teacher came back later. After hearing how his wife entertained the students, he stamped his feet anxiously and said, "You are spending too much money!" Then he closed half a small circle with his hands and said, "Half a cake is enough!"

IV. Sentence for rat crime

During the Jiajing period, there was a censor who was from Sichuan and was very eloquent. A very powerful eunuch wanted to make things difficult for him, so he caught a mouse and brought it to him, saying, "This thing has bitten a lot of my clothes. Please judge the case." The censor thought for a moment and then said: "This If the punishment for a rat is flogging (beating the person's back or buttocks with a bamboo board or wooden stick) or exile, which is too light, and if the punishment is Lingchi (breaking off the limbs first and then cutting the throat), or strangulation is too severe, it seems that it is better to sentence it Corruption is the most suitable method." When the eunuch heard this, he knew that the censor was subtly sarcastic about him, but since he was the one who initiated the incident, he could only suffer the loss and was very angry.