What was the current situation of society when Shu Jia sold medicines?

Shu Jia sells medicine Shu Jia sells medicine (shǔ gǔ mài yào)

Explanation: Jia is a businessman. Sichuan businessmen sell medicines in their proper places. Refers to the profiteering of businessmen.

Source: Yu Ion: "Shu Jia, three people, all sell medicines in the market."

usage: as an object and attribute; Refers to businessmen's opportunism

Translation:

There are three businessmen in Sichuan, all of whom are selling medicines in the market. One of them specializes in high-quality medicinal materials, determines the selling price according to the purchase price, does not falsely report the price, and does not make much profit. (Among them) everyone buys goods with high quality and low quality, and his price depends only on the buyer's demand (degree), and then deals with them with high-quality products or defective products. (Among them) one person does not buy high-quality products, but only asks for more, and the selling price is also cheap. If you ask for more, you will have more, and you will not care. So (people) rushed to him (to buy medicine), and the threshold of his shop was changed once a month. After a year, I will be very rich. The businessman who takes care of both high-quality products and inferior products went to his place to buy medicine a little less, and became rich after two years. The businessman who specializes in high-quality goods, the shop at noon is just like at night, and there is not enough dinner in the morning.

Yu Li sighed: "The same is true for officials today! Once upon a time, there were three county officials in three remote counties of Chu. One of them is honest but can't be promoted by his boss. When he left office, he didn't have the money to rent a boat. People laughed at him and thought he was stupid. One of them chooses to take the benefits that are convenient to obtain. People don't blame him for taking it, but praise him for his talent. One of them didn't (squeeze) the benefits, and the benefits were given to the superiors (officials). He treated the lower-level officials and foot soldiers as sons and treated the rich as guests. In less than three years, he was promoted to the position of chief executive, and even the people praised his kindness. Isn't this a strange thing! "

Sense:

Once being an official is equivalent to doing business, this social system will be in danger. The first official explained the necessity of high salary and honesty; The second official reminded people to pay attention to the perfection of the supervision mechanism and its laws, and then whether they can really play a role; The third official let us know that the official's acquisition actually depends on who, and the official is not trying to please anyone, but to give the benefits to or for whom!

sentiment: sometimes it depends on the specific situation.

Original text:

Shu Jia, three people, all sold medicines in the market. One of them only takes the good [2], and counts it as a good one, but it also wins [3]. A person is good and bad, and its price is cheap and expensive, only the buyer's desire, and with its good and bad should be [4]. A person who does not take good, only has more [5], sells at a lower price, and benefits if he benefits [6], not as good as [7]. So take advantage of it [8], its door limit, the first day of the month is easy [9], and you are rich when you are over. It takes both [1], tends to be a little slower [11], and it will be rich again [12]. Those who specialize in taking good food are like a night in four days [13], and they are faint after eating [14]. Yu Li sighed when he saw it: A scholar today is also a husband! Yin San [15] of the three counties in Chu. First, it is cheap and not available in Shangguan [16], and its going is also [17], and there is no boat [18]; Everyone laughs and thinks he is stupid. One alternative is to take it [19], and people don't particularly take it and call it capable and virtuous [2]. It takes nothing to hand it over to Shangguan [21], and it doesn't take three years for the son to be a pawn and enrich the people [22]. Although the people also call it good, they will serve as officials of various disciplines [23]. Isn't it strange?

note: [1] Shu Jia: a businessman from Sichuan. [2] Specializing in good: collecting the best medicinal materials. [3] "included" three sentences: it means accounting the cost and selling the medicine, without asking for false price or making more profits. Xu Jia (jià) refers to cutting the book for sale. Jia, the same as "price". Win, surplus, refers to profit. [4] "Buyers only" two sentences: It means to improvise only according to the requirements of customers. Customers who are willing to pay will give good medicine, and those who are unwilling to pay will give bad medicine. [5] only the number: only consider the number of drugs. [6] Please benefit from it: add as much as you want. Benefit: increase. [7] comparison: care. [8] take advantage of: go. [9] The second sentence of "its door": It describes that the business is particularly prosperous, and the thresholds have been worn away and need to be replaced frequently. [1] A businessman who takes both good and bad medicinal materials. [11] Slow down: A little less people go to buy medicine. [12] Re-period (j Ρ base) is also rich: after two years, it is also rich. [13] C: Shops. Day is like night: the day is the same as the night. Describe fewer customers and no business. [14] "Dan Shi" sentence: If you can have breakfast, you can't have dinner. Describe living in poverty [15] Chu Bi: Chu border. Yin: County Yin, county official. [16] Lian: incorruptible. Without Shangguan, the superior was dissatisfied with him. [17] Go: Leave. [18] There is no boat to save: it means that the travel expenses can't be taken out, and it is rented. [19] Choose and take it: make some money as appropriate. [2] especially: resentment, complaining. [21] To hand it over to Shangguan: most of the looted money is used to make friends with powerful people. [22] The sentence of "son-in-law": It means to win over officials and soldiers as children, and to accept the rich as guests. [23] lift: promotion. S: Be an official. Zhu: to. Department of discipline: refers to important positions.

based on the business stories of three drug dealers in Sichuan, this paper, in connection with the actual situation of the officialdom at that time, strongly criticized the dark bureaucracy of the late Yuan Dynasty, which was more greedy, more prosperous, more honest and more miserable, and expressed the author's cynical thoughts and feelings from one side. The metaphor is apt, the contrast is sharp and the pen is sharp.