There is a story that there was an old man in the Qing Dynasty who passed the examination as a juren, but he went crazy. His name seemed to be Fan or something.

Fan Jin's introduction is from The Scholars, written by Wu Jingzi.

The following original text:

Fan Jin went home from school, and his mother and wife were all happy. Just as he was cooking, his father-in-law Hu Tuhu came in with a pair of large intestine and a bottle of wine in his hand. Fan Jin bowed to him and sat down. Butcher Hu said, "I am unlucky to marry my daughter to a poor man like you. I don't know how much I have been tired over the years." Now I don't know what virtue I have accumulated, so I brought you a "xianggong", so I brought you a wine to congratulate you. " Fan Jinwei repeatedly asked Hunjia to cook the intestines, make hot wine and sit under the thatched shed. Mother and daughter-in-law cook under the kitchen. Butcher Hu also told his son-in-law, "Now that you have won the prize of" xianggong ",you should set up a proper system in everything. For example, in my work, I'm all respectable people and your long-term relatives. How dare you pretend to be big in front of us? If these farm workers and dung pickers at home are just ordinary people, if you bow to him as an equal, it will break the school rules and bring shame on my face. You are a rotten, honest and useless person, so I have to teach you these words so as not to make people laugh. " Fan Jin said, "What my father-in-law has learned is." Butcher Hu added, "My mother also came here to sit and eat. The old man eats small dishes every day, and he is sad to think about it. My girl also eats some. Since I entered your house, I don't know if I have eaten lard two or three times in the past ten years! Poor thing! Poor! " After that, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to sit and eat. By midnight, Hu Butcher was drunk. There are two mothers and sons here. Thank you so much. The butcher put on his clothes and went hungry. The next day, Fan Jin was supposed to worship his neighbors. Wei Haogu also made an appointment with a group of friends in the same case to associate with each other. Because it was the year after having obtained the provincial examination, I made several meetings. Before you know it, at the end of June, these co-defendants asked Fan to go in for the provincial examination. Fan Jin didn't have the fare, so he went to discuss with his father-in-law, and was spat in the face by the butcher Hu, who scolded a dog, saying, "Don't lose your time! You only think that you have won a "xianggong", and then "the frog wants to eat swan meat"! I've heard people say that even when China's prime minister is in harmony, it's not your article, but the master saw that you were old and didn't care, so he gave it up to you. Now I'm infatuated with the master! These Chinese masters are all' literary stars' in the sky! Don't you see that the lords in Zhang's house in the city are all rich in furniture, and they are big in every respect? Like you, you should take a piss and take a look at yourself! No, no, no, no, just like swans! Take this heart early, and find a museum for you in our work next year, and find a few taels of silver every year to support your old lady and your wife. You ask me to borrow money for travelling expenses. I can't make money to kill a pig a day, so I throw all my money with you in the water and call my family a northwest wind! " Fan Jin was caught in the middle of the lecture

, but Fan Jin was puzzled by the scolding. When I came back from my husband's resignation, I thought to myself, "The master said that my time has come. Since ancient times, there has been no juror outside the venue. If I don't go in and test him, how can I be willing?" I went to the city to have an examination after having consulted several co-defendants, without telling my father-in-law. Out of the field, even if you go home. The family has been hungry for two or three days. When Hu Butcher found out, he scolded again. On the day when the list was published, there was no rice for breakfast at home. My mother told Fan Jin, "I have a hen that lays eggs. You should quickly collect it and sell it. Buy a few liters of rice to cook porridge. I am so hungry that I can't see it." Fan Jin hurriedly hugged the chicken and walked out the door. Less than two hours after I went there, I only heard the sound of gongs, and three horses rushed into the future. The three men got off the horse, tied the horse to the thatched shed and shouted, "Please ask Master Fan to come out quickly. Congratulations on high school!" Mother didn't know what it was, and she was scared to hide in the house; When I heard it, I dared to stick my head out and say, "Please sit down, children have just gone out." Those who reported humanity: "It turned out to be an old lady." Everyone crowded around for money. It was noisy, and several horses reported on the second and third, and the people crowded a room, and the thatched shed was full underground. The neighbors are all here, crowded to see. The old lady was helpless, so she had to go to her son with a neighbor. The neighbor ran to the collection and couldn't find it in a field; I went straight to the east end of Jidong, where I saw Fan Jin holding a chicken and putting a straw label in his hand, looking around and looking for someone to buy it. The neighbor said, "Fan Xianggong, hurry back! Congratulations on winning the prize, and the bearer of good news crowded a room. " Fan4 jin4 just pretended not to hear him and walked on with his head down. Neighbors see him ignore, come up, and will take the chicken from his hand. Fan Jin said, "Why did you take my chicken? You don't buy it. " The neighbor said, "You won the lottery. Tell your family to send the newspaper." Fan Jin said, "Gao Lin, you know I don't have rice today, and I want to sell this chicken to save my life. Why do you confuse me with this? I'm not stubborn with you. Go home yourself, and don't miss me selling chickens. " When the neighbor saw that he didn't believe him, he made a sudden snatch and took the chicken, slapped it in the ground and pulled it back. The recorder saw it and said, "Well, the upstart is back." Just as he was about to hug him to talk, Fan Jin came into the room in three or two steps, and saw that the newspaper post in the middle had been hung up, which read: "Good news for your master, Fan Jin High School, who won the seventh Asian regional exam in Guangdong. Beijing News Lian Deng Huangjia. " Fan Jin didn't read it. He read it once and read it again. He clapped his hands and smiled. "Hey! All right! I won! " As he spoke, he fell back, clenched his teeth and was unconscious. The old lady panicked and poured a few mouthfuls of boiling water. He climbed to his feet, clapped his hands and laughed. "Hey! Ok! I won! " Laughing, he threw himself away and flew out of the door, which startled the reporter and neighbors. I walked out of the gate a short way, but I kicked in the pond. When I earned it, my hair fell loose, and my hands were yellow and dripping with water. They couldn't stop pulling him, patting and laughing until they went to the collection. Everyone stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes. "So the new rich people are crazy with joy." The old lady cried, "How did this happen to bad karma! If you win a prize, you will get this stupid disease! This is crazy, when will it get better? " Lady Hu said, "Go out well in the morning, how did you get such a disease! But what should I do? " The neighbors advised, "Don't be flustered, old lady. Let's send two people to follow Master Fan now. Everyone here takes some eggs, wine and rice at home, and treats the old men in the newspaper before making a business decision. " At present, some neighbors brought eggs, some brought white wine, some carried a bucket of rice, and some caught two chickens. The lady was crying, so she tidied up under the kitchen and took it under the hut. The neighbor moved some tables and stools, so please ask the reporter to sit down and have a drink and discuss what to do if he is crazy. One of the people in the newspaper said, "I have an idea. I wonder if it can be done?" They asked, "What's the idea?" The humanitarian said, "Does Master Fan have anyone he fears most on weekdays? Because he was so happy, his phlegm rushed up and he lost his mind. Now all he needs is the man he was afraid of to hit him in the mouth and say,' All this recording is a lie, but you didn't win.' He was shocked and spat out his phlegm, and he understood. "All the neighbors clapped their hands and said," What a wonderful idea! Master Fan is afraid of nothing more than Grandpa Hu in the meat case. All right! Get old Hu quickly. I don't think he knows yet. He sells meat at the collection. " Another humanitarian said, "It's better for him to know about selling meat at the collection; He has been welcoming pigs at Dongtouji since the fifth watch, and has not come back yet. Hurry up and meet him. " A man flew to meet him, and when he was halfway there, he met Hu Butcher, followed by an Han who cooked soup, carrying seven or eight pounds of meat and four or five thousand dollars, who was coming to congratulate him. I met the old lady when I entered the door, and the old lady cried and told her. Hu Butcher wondered, "Isn't this a blessing?" Outsiders are clamoring for Mr. Hu to speak. Hu Butcher gave the meat and money to his daughter and came out. So they consulted with him. Hu Tu-hu said, "Although he is my son-in-law, he is now a master, a star in the sky. The stars in the sky cannot be beaten! I heard Zhai Gong say: If you hit the stars in the sky, the king of Yan will use them to hit a hundred iron bars and send them to eighteen levels of hell, and they will never turn over. I dare not do such a thing! " A bitter neighbor said, "Stop it! Dad Hu, you kill pigs every day for a living. White knives go in and red knives come out, and the king of Yan doesn't know how to ask the judge to write down thousands of iron bars on your books. Even with this hundred sticks, what does it matter? I'm afraid I'll finish beating the iron bars, and I won't be able to calculate this account. Maybe you have saved your son-in-law's illness, and the king of Yan has made a contribution and lifted you up to the seventeenth floor from hell. " The humanity of the newspaper: "Don't just tell jokes. Dad Hu, this has to be like this. There's nothing you can do. You have to change your mind. " The butcher was overwhelmed by the crowd, so he had to drink two bowls of wine, be brave, put away these things carefully, take out his usual ferocious appearance, roll up his oily sleeves and go to the collection. Five or six of the neighbors followed. The old lady rushed out and shouted, "in-laws, you can only scare him, but don't hurt him!" " The neighbors said, "naturally, there is no need to give orders." Said, and went all the time. When I came to the gathering, I saw Fan Jin standing at the gate of a temple, his hair was loose, his face was covered with mud, and one of his shoes ran away. He clapped his hands and shouted, "Bingo! Bingo! " Hu butcher came up to him like a demon and said, "Damn beast! What did you win? " A mouth will go. People and neighbors couldn't help laughing when they saw this. I don't want Hu Butcher to be afraid after all, even though he got the nerve to hit him. His hand trembled early and he didn't dare to hit the second time. Fan4 jin4 was stunned by this mouth and fainted to the ground. All the neighbors came forward together, wiped his chest, beat his vest, danced for half a day, and gradually gasped, his eyes bright and he was not crazy. They helped themselves up and sat on the bench of a surgical doctor at the entrance of the temple. Hu Butcher stood aside, unaware that his hand would ache faintly; When you look at it yourself, put a slap on your back and you can't bend it anymore. I was annoyed in my heart and said, "Sure enough, the' Wenquxing' in the sky can't be beaten, but now the Bodhisattva cares." Think about it, the pain is even worse, and I quickly asked the doctor for a plaster. Fan Jin looked at the crowd and said, "Why am I sitting here?" He added, "I've been in a daze for half a day, as if I were in a dream." The neighbors said, "Sir, congratulations on high school. Just then, some of the joy aroused the phlegm, and just spit out a few mouthfuls of phlegm. It's all right. Please go home and send the recorder. " Fan Jin said, "Yes. I also remember being the seventh in the class. " Fan Jin, while wiping his hair, asked the doctor to borrow a basin of water to wash his face. A neighbor had found the shoe and put it on for him. Seeing my father-in-law in front of me, I'm afraid I'll come to scold again. Butcher Hu stepped forward and said, "My dear husband, I didn't dare to be bold just now. It was your old lady's idea. I came to persuade you." A neighbor said, "Mr. Hu just made a friendly mouth. Later, Mr. Fan will wash his face and wash half a basin of lard!" Another way: "Dad, you can't kill pigs tomorrow." Butcher Hu said, "I still kill pigs there! With my good husband, I'm afraid I can't be trusted in the second half of my life. Every time I often say that my good husband is highly educated and good-looking, even the masters like Zhang Fu and Zhou Fu at the head of the city don't have such a decent appearance as my son-in-law. You don't know, and you are offended that I know people with my eyes. Thinking about the year before last, my little girl grew up in her thirties at home, and how many rich rich people wanted to marry me. I feel that my daughter is a little lucky. After all, she wants to marry an old man. Today is really good! " Say and laugh. They all laughed. Watching Fan Jin wash his face, the doctor brought tea to eat again and went home together. Fan Juren went first, followed by the butcher and neighbors. When the butcher saw that the back of his son-in-law's clothes was wrinkled a lot, he bowed his head and pulled it for him dozens of times. Arriving at the door, the butcher shouted, "Master has returned to the house!" " When the old lady came out to meet her, she was glad that her son was not crazy. The people asked for the record, but the family sent them thousands of dollars from the butcher. Fan Jin paid homage to his mother and thanked his father-in-law. The butcher repeatedly said uneasily, "It costs a few dollars, which is not enough for you to reward others." Fan Jin thanked his neighbor again. Just as he was sitting down, he saw a decent housekeeper flying in with a big red sticker in his hand: "Master Zhang has come to worship Master Fan in Xinzhong." Say that finish, the sedan chair is at the door. Hutu hurriedly hid in his daughter's room, afraid to come out. The neighbors parted ways. Fan Jin greeted him and saw that Xiangshen Zhang got out of the sedan chair and came in, wearing a gauze hat, a sunflower round neck, a gold belt and soap boots. He was born as a juren and worked as a magistrate of a county. His nickname was Jing Zhai, and he was admitted with Fan Jin. He kowtowed in the main room and sat down with the two sides. Xiangshen Zhang first talked: "Mr. Shi is in Sangzi, and he has never been close." Fan Jin said, "I've heard a lot about the old gentleman, but I didn't have a chance to meet him." Xiangshen Zhang said, "I just saw the title list. Your house teacher, Tang Gong of Gaoyao County, is a protege of my ancestors. You and I are kind brothers." Fan Jin said, "It's really a shame to be lucky to be born late. But I'm glad to be out of the old gentleman's house. " Xiangshen Zhang looked around at his eyes and said, "Mr. Shi is really poor." He took a piece of silver from his family and said, "I have no respect, but I have a gift of 52 taels, and Mr. Shi can keep it." In fact, I can't live in this Chinese residence, so it's not convenient for me to visit it in the future. My brother has a vacant room, just on Dongmen Street, three rooms, although not spacious and clean, I will give it to Mr. Shi; If you move there, you'll have to ask for advice sooner or later. " Fan Jin repeatedly refused, and Xiangshen Zhang was anxious. He said, "You and I are happy in the world, just like our closest relatives; If so, it is a stranger. " Fan Jin just took the money, and bowed down and thanked him. After a while, I bowed and said goodbye. Hu Butcher didn't dare to come out of the room until he got on the sedan chair. Fan Jin gave the money to Hunjia and opened it. Even though two spindles were wrapped, he called Butcher Hu in and handed it to him, saying, "Just now, it took my father's heart to get five thousand dollars. This is more than six taels of silver, and Dad took it. " The butcher held the silver tightly in his hand, stretched out his fist and said, "Take this. I used to congratulate you, but how can I take it back? " Fan Jin said, "I can see that I still have these two pieces of silver here. If I run out, I'll ask my father for it again." The butcher quickly drew back his fist, put it in his waist and said, "Well, now that you're married to this master Zhang, why should you worry about having no money?" His family has more money than the emperor's! His family is my customer who sells meat. If there is nothing to do in a year, the meat will cost four or five kilos. What's so surprising about silver! " He turned to look at his daughter and said, "I brought the money this morning, but your damn brother who is a plague victim still refused. I said,' Uncle, it's not what it used to be. Some people will send money to him, but I'm afraid he's not rare.' Sure enough, today! Now I've taken the silver home and scolded this dead and short-lived slave! "said for a while, thanks, low head, smile Mimi.