Ji Xiaolan's myopia survey was wrong, and Gan Long called it a "useless pedant".

Speaking of Ji Xiaolan, everyone is familiar with it. The Zhang Guoli version of Ji Xiaolan in the TV series "Ji Xiaolan with iron teeth and copper teeth" left a deep impression on us: charming, humorous, witty and brave, and often fought against big corrupt officials in front of Emperor Qianlong. The notes of contemporary or later Qing people living in Ji Xiaolan tell us that Ji Xiaolan in history is more handsome than Ji Xiaolan in Zhang Guoli's works. So, what is the real image of Ji Xiaolan? What is the relationship between Ji Xiaolan and Emperor Qianlong? Surprisingly, Emperor Qianlong didn't like Ji Xiaolan very much!

There are two kinds of Han ministers who can please Emperor Qianlong: one is handsome and knowledgeable, such as Wang Jie and Gao Dong; The second category is senior officials of the Qing Dynasty, such as Liu Yong. Although ugly and hunchbacked, he meets this second condition! Unfortunately, Ji Xiaolan did not meet the requirements of Emperor Qianlong at all: he was neither handsome nor handsome, and his family did not belong to an official family.

Someone asked: No, isn't Ji Xiaolan a handsome man? What, is there a problem? There are some problems.

Historically, there are two different opinions about what Ji Xiaolan looks like: one is that Ji Xiaolan is charming, handsome and humorous; The second argument is that Ji Xiaolan is ugly, short-sighted and stuttering, which is closer to the historical truth?

The typical historical data that can prove Ji Xiaolan's charming, handsome and humorous is a work by Fan Jiang, a Chinese scholar in Qing Dynasty. The sixth volume records Ji Yun's "outspoken, humorous. But suddenly I heard his words, almost humorous, and after thinking about it, it was a famous saying. " In addition, we also found a poem by Hong. When sinologists in Chinese dynasties inherited it, Hong also praised it as "the pen of a cloud, a thousand words, and no one can talk about it today", which proved its wit.

These two textual researches are in line with the first-hand materials and the principle that "isolated cases cannot be established". So far, can we say that Ji Xiaolan is really charming, good-looking and humorous?

Wait, did you notice that? He Hong has two common characteristics: First, he is thirty years older than his sophomore year; Secondly, they often contacted Ji Xiaolan after taking part in the work, when they were all subordinates of Ji Xiaolan. Then do a detailed analysis, is it possible that they lied to Ji Xiaolan, or that they won Ji Xiaolan's performance? For historians, this is a "celebrity taboo".

Have you noticed that the materials written by these two people only call Ji Xiaolan "charming and humorous", but not Ji Xiaolan "beautiful"!

According to several other historical experts, the real Ji Xiaolan has three major defects:

First of all, Ji Xiaolan is ugly. According to the research of Zhicheng Deng, an expert in Qing history, Ji Xiaolan "looked but didn't sleep". The so-called "ugliness" is ugliness. Some people in unofficial history say that Ji Xiaolan is a black fat man.

Second, Ji Xiaolan is nearsighted. This has to start with the case of Haisheng beating his wife Wu Ya's family recorded in the twelfth poem of Ji Shangshu Yunnian. In the fifty years of Tongzhi, the great scholar A Gui's in-laws killed his wife Wu Yashi and lied that Wu Yashi hanged himself. Emperor Long sent Zuodu suggestion Ji Xiaolan for re-examination, so he hanged himself. Wu's younger brother Guining refused to accept the appeal, and then Emperor Qianlong sent A Gui and He * * * to the punishments for inspection, and found no trace on him. As a result, Agui was fined for five years and removed from his post. As for Ji Xiaolan, Emperor Qianlong said, "Ji Yun is a useless and corrupt scholar, which is not enough. He was unfamiliar with the criminal name incident, his eyes were nearsighted, and he failed to read it in detail during the inspection. " However, although it has been seriously discussed by the Ministry, it is not necessary. Emperor Qianlong said here that Ji Xiaolan was "nearsighted", which is what we call nearsightedness today. This material comes from the imperial edict of the emperor and can be judged to be authentic!

Third, stuttering. In fact, Ji Xiaolan stuttered, which is not mentioned in various biographies. Only his good friend, Zhu Zhu's Donghua sequel, and his friends for decades, once served as the master of Emperor Jiaqing, and wrote bluntly twice. Now record a song as follows: "Zongpo River, stuttering, good at writing books. There are more than 10 thousand volumes in the continuation room of poetry anthology of Qianshouzhai. For future generations, this is prudent. Eating meat instead of millet is clear or turbid in the same jar. Not the real Buddha, but your will. "

Therefore, we should believe Zhicheng Deng's judgment. Is Ji Xiaolan really ugly, nearsighted and stuttering?

Wait a minute, this view cannot be fully established!

Because, according to the rules, there are four criteria for selecting officials in feudal society: body, speech, language and judgment.

Among these four standards, "body" ranks first and "speech" ranks second. Since Ji Xiaolan can be selected as an official, he must have four qualities: body, speaking, writing and judgment. You must pass the examination of appearance and speaking ability. In other words, Ji Xiaolan may have some flaws in his appearance, but at least he is not so ugly as to be invisible.

So what should Ji Xiaolan look like? In my opinion, Ji Xiaolan has the following characteristics in appearance and personal daily life:

First of all, Ji Xiaolan looks ordinary. Compared with He, Fu Changan and others, he is not very handsome. Among the ministers around Emperor Qianlong, he should be regarded as less attractive. If we realize that Emperor Qianlong is surrounded by handsome men, we can easily understand why people say that Ji Xiaolan is ugly.

Secondly, Ji Xiaolan does have some stuttering problems, but they are not serious. Otherwise, Liu Tongxun, as an examiner, also dare not admit Ji Xiaolan.

Thirdly, Ji Xiaolan's myopia should be true, which is related to his careless posture when reading and his lack of physical exercise. However, at that time, it was not a big disadvantage for a learned man like Ji Xiaolan to be short-sighted!

Not very handsome, some nearsighted, and some stuttering. Can such a person get the favor of Emperor Qianlong, who has always liked handsome guys around him?

These unobtrusive defects of Ji Xiaolan were artificially magnified in the eyes of Emperor Qianlong. The dragon emperor is used to seeing beautiful women. At the moment, in his eyes, Ji Xiaolan is so ugly! He won't like such a person. Unless he has to use this person, he'd better not be with me!

Because his appearance does not meet the requirements of Emperor Qianlong, he will not be reused, which makes Ji Xiaolan more extreme, mean and sarcastic than humorous. He often tries his best to use every opportunity to be sarcastic and vent his depression and dissatisfaction! In the vernacular, Ji Xiaolan has a bad mouth and often swears without dirty words.

Ji Wenda, one of the top scholars in Qing Dynasty, is a public official who likes humor. Many courtiers were bullied. Qian Yong, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, wrote a book "Rain Window Disappears but Intentionally", saying that "everyone knows xian county's good jokes". The "insults" and "teasing" here are not praising Ji Xiaolan's eloquence. Ji Xiaolan is good at pairing. There are often some sarcastic remarks about his colleagues. For example, Qian Yong recorded the following things in "Lvyuan Conghua Year":

On one occasion, the government of the Ministry of Industry caught fire in Beijing, and Qianlong ordered Da Sikong Jinjian to summon migrant workers to rebuild. Bored, an official in the DPRK asked himself a question based on this incident: "The Ministry of Water caught fire and built a building in Kim." Because this sentence contains the five elements of "water, fire, gold, earth and wood", no one can relate to it for a long time. At that time, there was a burly scholar in the court who always liked to show off that he traveled from south to north. He also likes Paris. However, he has been thinking about it, but he can't come up with the bottom line. So he turned to Ji Xiaolan and asked Ji Xiaolan to help him think about it. Ji Xiaolan said with a smile: "This sentence is not difficult to answer, but I am afraid it will harm the teacher." Zhong said eagerly, "Oh, it's okay, as long as it matches!" " So Ji Xiaolan said to him, "Southerners are northerners, but what is China calligraphy?" Ji Xiaolan used the five directions of "south, north, middle, east and west", which are more appropriate compared with the five elements of "water, fire, gold, earth and wood", but when put together, they became abusive words.

Another example is a well-known joke: One day, when North Korea broke up, a eunuch wanted to hear Ji Xiaolan tell a joke. Ji Xiaolan pretended to meditate for a long time and said, "Once upon a time, there was a eunuch." After half a sentence, he stopped talking. After waiting for a long time, the eunuch asked, "What's going on below?" Ji Xiaolan replied, "There is nothing down there." The smell is overwhelming.

In my opinion, Ji Xiaolan's extremely mean attitude towards people is also one of the reasons why Emperor Qianlong didn't like him.

Most successful people who are not very handsome are narcissistic. The reason is that these people are not easy to attract the attention of others. If they don't encourage themselves often, it will be difficult to succeed. Ji Xiaolan is narcissistic, likes to show off himself, looks down on others and is extremely mean to others.

On one occasion, when Ji Xiaolan entered the south study, an old eunuch heard about Ji Xiaolan's name for a long time and came to see his elegant demeanor. He saw Ji Xiaolan wearing a fur robe and holding a folding fan, which was the habit of literati at that time. The old eunuch asked, "Little Hanlin, wearing winter clothes and holding a summer fan, have you read Spring and Autumn Annals?" This couplet is cleverly embedded in the seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, satirizing Ji Xiaolan's dress, which is difficult to do. Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaolan easily responded: "The old manager was born in the south and came to the north. Is that thing still there? " It was soon spread as a joke. Ji Xiaolan openly laughed at the physical defects of eunuchs here, some of whom lacked kindness.

On another occasion, when Ji Xiaolan was an assistant minister of does, Shang Shu and Shi Yu visited him one day. Several people were chatting when suddenly a dog ran out. This dog has a name, Si Er. Seeing this dog, Shangshu suddenly had a plan to make fun of Ji Xiaolan and asked, "Hey, do you think it is a wolf or a dog?" Knowing that Shangshu was playing a trick on himself, Ji Xiaolan said quietly, "There are two ways to tell whether it is a dog or a wolf. One is to look at its tail. There is a wolf with a drooping tail and a dog on the upper shaft. "

The suggestion smiled and said, "Haha, I said it was a wolf or a dog, but it turned out to be a dog, haha, haha."

Ji Xiaolan added unhurriedly, "Another way to tell is to see what it eats. Wolves don't eat meat, dogs eat meat when they meet meat, and they eat shit when they meet shit. "

Now even the examiner is silent.

People who are satirized by Ji Xiaolan must be dissatisfied with Ji Xiaolan. Once given the chance, they would stumble in front of the emperor and speak ill of Ji Xiaolan. For a long time, the emperor naturally had no good impression on Ji Xiaolan and would unconsciously alienate him.

Some people will think: Will there be harmony between these people who are annoyed by Ji Xiaolan? In the thirty-third year of Qianlong, Ji Xiaolan offended his ministers and was sent to Xinjiang by Emperor Qianlong. He is only 18 years old and has never been an official. He hasn't taken part in the work yet. He was born in Qianlong fifteen years, 26 years younger than Ji Xiaolan. In the 19th year of Qianlong, Ji Xiaolan was admitted to the Jinshi Examination at the age of four. At this time, there will be no conflict between them.

Ji Xiaolan has been a clever man since he was a child. He is called a "child prodigy". Ji Xiaolan's grandfather, Ji Runsheng, was a small official in the Qing Dynasty. He went to Jiangsu and was a doctor of punishments. His father Ji Rongshu was a juren in the fifty-second year of Kangxi, but he didn't become a big official. He used to be a magistrate in Yao 'an, Yunnan, a literary celebrity and wrote some books. It can be seen that Ji Xiaolan's family has no special background, and he came from a humble background among the officials who joined him. To some extent, it can also be said that Ji Xiaolan is a child of an ordinary family. However, Ji Xiaolan grew up in such a family and was influenced by some literature. He showed his talent when he was a teenager.

There are many folk stories about Ji Xiaolan's talent as a teenager. It is said that one day, Ji Xiaolan and his companions were playing ball in the street, just as the county magistrate in Hejian passed by and accidentally threw the ball into the county magistrate's official car. Other children have fled everywhere, and Ji Xiaolan has come forward to stop the rope ball. Seeing his innocence, the magistrate said, "I have a pair of couplets. If you can match, I'll give you the ball back, otherwise it's mine. " Ji Xiaolan agreed. The county magistrate sent a couplet: "There are six or seven boys, but you are cunning." Without thinking, Ji Xiaolan replied, "The prefect has two thousand stones, only the duke." Ji Xiaolan swallowed the last sentence and didn't say it. The magistrate asked, "Why didn't you say the last sentence?" Ji Xiaolan replied: "If the referee returns the ball to me, it will be the company"; Not returning the ball is' greed'. " The referee couldn't help laughing when he heard this, so he naturally returned the ball to Ji Xiaolan.