Pu Songling's story

The story about Pu Songling 1 Reading poetry under the lamp

There is a Pujiazhuang in the east of Zichuan. The village is surrounded by weeping willows. There is a crystal clear river outside the village, and there are winding mountains not far away. 1640, Pu Songling was born in this beautiful village.

There are five brothers and sisters in Pu Songling's family, and he ranks third. Father Pumou is very learned, but he has not achieved fame. Later, he went into business. Because of poor management, poor business, large family, poor life and no money to hire a teacher, the father personally taught his children to read. Among several children, Pu Songling is the cleverest, the most diligent and the most favored by his father.

Pu Songling not only studied hard, but also used clever methods. One night, he was reading a poem under the lamp, and an ancient poem describing moonlight attracted him, especially the words "snow in the mountains, white on the shore, not a sand". A picture like this came to his mind:

The mountains are covered with moonlight, as if covered with snow; The banks of the river are all white, like a layer of silver sand.

How lifelike and beautiful these two sentences are written! Pu Songling immediately copied the poem in his notebook. He thought: Does this poet have any other poems about moonlight? So, he looked through the collection of poems again, found all the poems about the moon and copied them carefully in his notebook.

Later, Pu Songling copied all the poems about the moon written by other poets, and read and copied many ancient poems about snow in the same way.

In this way, he read a lot of books, copied them in different categories, compared and carefully experienced them, and gradually mastered the method of writing poems. Later, his poems were excellent, which had a lot to do with his efforts as a child.

The story about Pu Songling's tea stall (2)

After Pu Songling returned to his hometown, he became a teacher in a rich family in his hometown in order to make a living. Even he doesn't know that he has been teaching for forty years.

However, his greatest pleasure is writing stories. In order to collect more story materials, he often puts a tea stall beside the intersection outside the village, sits on the mat and greets passers-by:

"Take a break, drink saliva and smoke a pack of cigarettes."

"Thank you. How much is this cup of tea for you? " Asked the guest.

"Drink water casually, smoke casually, and don't charge money."

"oh? Is there such a good thing? "

"But if you have any new stories, please tell me." Pu Songling said sincerely.

The guest curiously ask:

"Do you like stories so much? What do you like to listen to? "

"Say anything." Pu Songling said brightly: "Of course, the weirder the better. More welcome to gods and ghosts. I like anecdotes best. Didn't Su Dongpo in Song Dynasty like to listen to ghost stories? I am the same as him. "

Seeing that he was so interesting, the guests talked about all over the world. Among them are men who go out to work, businessmen who do business, and literati who travel around the world. They are well informed and tell all kinds of stories. No matter what the story is, Pu Songling listened carefully. When he got home, he wrote down what he heard and made up a complete story when he had time.

On one occasion, Pu Songling heard a carpenter tell such a novel story:

There was an emperor who liked to play cricket. Local officials force ordinary people to catch crickets and pay tribute every year. A man was killed by the government because he couldn't hand over crickets, and he was fined a lot of money. Later, the man managed to catch a big and fierce cricket, but was killed by his youngest son. The youngest son was afraid that his father would hit him, so he quietly jumped into the well. The whole family was crying their eyes out when they suddenly saw a big cricket and were busy catching it and giving it to the emperor to save the whole family from disaster. Later, I learned that this cricket was changed by the man's youngest son.

How tragic this story is! Hearing this, Pu Songling shed tears. He thought: I must write this story into a touching story, so that everyone can see how cruel the government is squeezing the people!

Later, he really wrote the immortal masterpiece "Promoting Weaving". For many years, anyone who has read the story "Promoting Weaving" will be filled with emotion.

The story about Pu Songling 3 Pu Songling wrote Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio from an anecdote.

One midsummer in the early years of Kangxi, at the Manjingzhuang intersection in the east of Zichuan, Shandong Province, every day, when the golden rooster sings the dawn and the smoke is everywhere, Pu Songling, who is in his thirties, can often be seen sitting on the reed mat with a big bottle of strong tea beside him. Tea bottles are small and big, with four or five coarse porcelain bowls and a pack of local tobacco beside them.

Whenever a pedestrian passes by, Pu Songling will stand up and warmly invite the other person to sit down and have a tea rest. Pu Songling has a rule that drinking tea is free, and people who drink tea only need to tell what they have seen and heard. So passers-by like to stop and chat in this tea stall, talking about all kinds of anecdotes, and talking about it. Pu Songling immediately offered a bowl of tea to moisten his throat and continued to finish the story.

There is an old man with white hair and a hunchback, who is well informed. Pu Songling was polite to him and respectfully asked the old man to tell anecdotes he knew. The old man smoked while drinking tea and told the story of "Kei Ma drifting to Luo Cha". Fascinated, Pu Songling went back to write "Luo Cha City", full of flowers, like ghosts on earth. In this way, he collected an article and wrote another. After a long time, he finally wrote Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio that accommodated all rivers.

One day, a middle-aged man with a heavy bag came to the tea stall. Pu Songling asked him to sit down, poured strong tea and said with a smile, "You have to tell me a story." The middle-aged man took a sip of tea from the bowl and said, "Let me tell you a story about tea." So middle-aged people began to speak vividly.

It is said that there is a monk in Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou who is famous for making tea. His tea set is exquisite, and there are many famous teas in his collection, which are divided into several grades. What grade of tea to make depends on the identity of the visitors. He would never take it out if he was not a distinguished guest or a confidant who was good at tea tasting.

One day, a big official came to the temple, and the monk greeted him respectfully and saluted him. Then he took out good tea and offered it to the official personally, expecting to be praised by the official. Who knows, the official only took a sip of tea without saying a word. Confused, the monk took out the best famous tea at home and gave it to the officials. The tea was almost finished, but the official still didn't say a word of praise. The monk couldn't wait any longer. He bowed and asked, "What do you think of this tea?" The official picked up the teacup and bowed his head and said, "It's very hot!" "

Hearing this, Pu Songling laughed and said, "A guest told a story about a pigeon just now. A pigeon fan named Zhang Youliang collected all kinds of famous pigeons and fed them like a mother feeding a baby. A senior official wants pigeons. Seeing that they were his father's good friends, Zhang You chose two of the most precious white pigeons to send. A few days later, Zhang Youliang met the official and couldn't help asking about the pigeon. The official said,' it's quite fat. It's cooked and eaten.' Zhang Youliang is remorseful. The story I heard from you and Zhang Youliang sending pigeons to senior officials are a joke of a nature. "

In the evening, Pu Songling sat under the lamp, savoring the story he heard during the day, and then processed it into an article, which was written as Pigeon Alien. Pu Songling set up a tea stall beside the village road for pedestrians to stop and chat. In the process of chatting while drinking tea, Pu Songling is "curious" and often captures the material for writing books.

Read the story and get to know the truth.

Pu Songling was unhappy all his life and never realized his long-cherished wish of winning the championship, becoming famous and mending the sky. However, in the end, he made extraordinary achievements in literature with tenacious will and unyielding personality in an infinitely lonely and desolate situation.

The story about Pu Songling 4 Pu Songling's downfall.

Pu Songling was a writer in Qing Dynasty. He was smart and studious since he was a child, but he failed many exams when he grew up. Pu Songling was not discouraged by this, but continued to pursue success. Ashamed of recommending himself, he wrote to Huang Kunpu, a respected master at that time, hoping for help, but he didn't get it.

From then on, he had to continue preparing for the exam while teaching in the countryside.

At that moment, his beloved wife Chen Shuqing passed away, which made him sad and made his life more painful. But the hardships of life and the death of his beloved wife did not shake his will to pursue success. He turned grief into strength and made a couplet to inspire himself. The first couplet reads: "Where there is a will, there is a way, burn your bridges, and 120 Qin Pass will eventually lead to Chu", and the second couplet reads: "Those who work hard to strengthen themselves will be irresponsible and rest on their laurels, and 3,000 Yues can swallow Wu".

In order to realize his long-cherished wish, he devoted himself to reading and asked time for knowledge and wealth. He said, "It's a pity to waste energy crying and time dreaming!"

He also persistently acquired knowledge from the masses; He laid a reed mat under a big tree near the road in his hometown and set up tea and cigarettes. Anyone passing by here is given free tea and cigarettes, and asked to tell one or two folk stories. In this way, year after year, day after day, he collected materials extensively and wrote diligently.

Twenty years later, he finally wrote a famous collection of short stories, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. This book criticizes the dark side of society by talking about ghosts and foxes, "combining rewards and punishments with laughter" and has the artistic charm of never getting tired of reading. At the same time, he also completed four volumes of Liaozhai Anthology, six volumes of Liaozhai Poetry and fourteen kinds of Liaozhai Folk Songs.

Xiao Pu Songling deftly fought against the gas stone squire.

Pu Songling is a famous writer in Qing Dynasty. His collection of short stories "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio": "Writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, stabbing greed and stabbing abuse to the bone" has an important position in the history of literature.

Pu Songling had a literary name in his early years and was praised by the villagers. A local squire surnamed Shi was very jealous and wanted to find a chance to show his "talent".

On this day, he found Pu Songling playing with his friends, pointed to a chicken that was crushed to death by a collapsed brick wall not far away, and casually said, "The fine feather bird brick is dead." After reading it, he proudly invited Pu Songling to come.

Knowing this gentleman, Pu Songling made a plan and pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I can't compare with Mr. Shi's quip." Since Mr. Wang insists that I learn correctly. I'll try one word at a time, yes! "

Squire Stone believed it and nodded in agreement. (inspirational quotations)

Pu Songling added: "However, I still have to ask Mr. Wang to help me remember, otherwise, I will forget everything behind."

Shi Taigong was even more proud, thinking that he would like this little guy's joke this time. So, he replied without hesitation: "OK, OK, you said I remembered!" " "

Pu Songling pulled his finger and opened it word by word: "thick can be fine, hairy can be fine, and there must be wild animals and birds at home." Stones and bricks are paired, and they can be connected first, and then life and death are relative. Needless to say. They all ended up together. How about connecting them, please? "

Shi Taigong read Pu Songling's statement and turned purple as pig blood. It turns out that these seven words are connected together: "Mr. Rough beast stone".

Pu Songling and his friends shouted this antithesis with one voice and ran away. The stone squire who won the title of "coarse-haired beast" had to admit that he was unlucky.

Pu Songling responded to the Prime Minister's "Please eat half of Lu"

Pu Songling responded to the Prime Minister's "Please eat half of Shandong";

Pu Songling failed the exam many times. Back in his hometown of Pujiazhuang, he devoted all his worries and indignation to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, and never kept in touch with officialdom again.

One day, I suddenly received an invitation from the Prime Minister, which read "Please eat half of Shandong". Pu Songling hates such an invitation. Ordinary people can't even eat, and officials only care about eating, drinking and having fun. So, he said to the person who sent the invitation, "I'm in poor health and I can't go." Please reply to the Prime Minister for understanding. " His wife heard from the side that her husband didn't go to the party and thought it inappropriate. She said to Pu Songling, "This is not good. As a prime minister, he never forgets his old friends when he is an official; Second, you and the Prime Minister are classmates, so you have to go wherever you go. " Pu Songling pondered for a long time and finally decided to eat.

When I arrived at the Prime Minister's House, the banquet began and I saw two maids carrying a pot of fish soup on the table. The Prime Minister said, "Please forgive me. Since I became an official, my brother has been silent and honest, not involved in smoke and dust. This is not a banquet, but I want to ask your brother to try how to fish in troubled waters. Only by understanding this mystery can I step into this world. " Pu Songling was very unhappy when he heard this, and thought that life should never touch mud. So I thought of a way to repay the Prime Minister in the future.

A few days later, sure enough, Pu Songling entertained the Prime Minister in the same way. After receiving the invitation of "Please eat half of Shandong", the Prime Minister went with pleasure. When I saw the broken hut, I couldn't help feeling sympathy. Back in those days, when my classmates were studying in * * *, my friend's knowledge far exceeded mine by several times. It is only because of his integrity, dissatisfaction with the world and lack of money to run examiners at all levels that he has fallen to this point. Pu Songling resolutely refused to accept silver aid. I'll catch up with the prime minister, but I won't mention the dinner.

Feeling hungry, the prime minister looked out at the sun from time to time, but until the sun set, there was still no movement at the dinner table. The Prime Minister was so hungry that he asked Pu Songling, "When will your brother give a banquet?" Pu Songling casually replied, "You have eaten three meals a day, and you have eaten half of Lu. Why do you want to have a banquet? " The prime minister suddenly realized that the word "day" was clearly under Lu, but I told him to eat his head, but he told me to eat his head. This means something different. This head is not full. Isn't it obvious to advise me to be a bright official with the sun in my arms? Although the prime minister was hungry all day, he realized the truth of being an official.

The story about Pu Songling 5 Pu Songling went to eat.

Pu Songling was very happy when he came back from Gong Sheng. Although he has not been selected, he is also an "alternate juror". When all the relatives came to congratulate her, Pu Songling received an invitation from the new Zizhou county official, asking him to attend the new official's wedding banquet tomorrow.

For decades, Pu Songling never entertained new officials. I was very happy when I saw the invitation letter today. And promised to deliver the meal to the postmaster on time tomorrow.

The new county magistrate was born in two lists of Jinshi, and it took decades to be admitted to Jinshi and become a county magistrate. Early fifties, 20 years younger than Pu Songling.

The next day, Pu Songling went to the banquet hall to have a look: all the people present were rich people and scholars in the county, and there were several rare juren, totaling about 30 people. At the beginning of the banquet, officials first carried two altars "Zhuangyuanhong". As soon as he saw the wine, he knew that it was not local, but bought from other places. This is a precious wine. "Class Three" and "Room Six" were filled with wine and served with food. The magistrate stood up and said, "Gentlemen, it is more convenient for you to come here. I specially prepared a glass of water and wine today, which is not a tribute. Come on, * * * cheers? " The scholars also got up, picked up the "Zhuangyuanhong" and gulped it down. They all smacked their mouths and said, "Thanks to your grace, good wine? Good wine? " The county magistrate was very happy to see everyone drink it off. You can see Pu Songling there, only to see him suck up a sip, then put down his glass, without thanking him, just bowed his head thoughtfully.

The magistrate looked at it and thought, there must be some truth in this statement. He poured himself another glass, took it to Pu Songling and said, "Brother Pu, how is this wine?" "Bitter." "This kind of Zhuangyuanhong is a world famous wine. Everyone said yes. How bitter is it? " "This wine is bitter. Is it a rich boy? " "Yes, the new officer took office, and the rich people in this county congratulated him and sent two altars of wine. Please come and enjoy it together. " "Adults should know that reactive power is not rewarded. Accepting a worthless reward is a bribe. If the briber wants nothing from adults, why pay bribes? Eating someone's mouth is soft on weekdays, which makes people's hands short. In the future, if you go to court and pay bribes for personal gain, what makes adults justified? It's illegal to let it go. In this way, people's grievances can't be delayed, and the reason can't be straight. How can the people rule the world? Won't adults become corrupt officials? For the official, not for the people, learning is always zero. So, I say this wine is bitter? " Hearing this, the county magistrate couldn't say anything at the moment. At this time, an official came over and pulled his sleeve and said, "My Lord, the wine is gone, but the wine is strong.". What do you think? " The magistrate immediately took out a silver ingot from his pocket and said, "This is my salary when I worked in Lin Jing. Why don't you go to the street and order some white wine to entertain the guests? " It didn't take much time, and three more white wines came. Take a sip when you open the lid, and it won't taste like Zhuangyuanhong. In order not to lose face, all the guests sipped their mouths and only touched their lips, which was no different from the previous scene and did not surrender.

Pu Songling was very excited when he saw it. He shouted to the chief, "Bring me a big bowl." The chief served his job. I saw Pu Songling suddenly grow bones after drinking three bowls. A man in his seventies touched his beard after drinking and said with a smile, "It's really good wine, the best wine in the world." He bowed to the scholars and said, "Do you know the name of this wine?" No one spoke loudly for a long time. "This is called Qingming wine. Is our county's grandfather, with wages to buy wine to entertain guests. Not the kind of bribe wine you just drank-Zhuang Yuanhong. " Just then, I saw the rich people in robes and hats sneaking away one by one. The scholar and the scholar did not leave, but drank three jars of wine happily.

After the banquet, the county magistrate closed the door for three days and couldn't ask. He just walked around the room, wondering the truth in Pu Songling's words.

It is said that this county magistrate is as clear as water. Pu Songling died before leaving office. He went out of the city gate in tears, and people sent him away in tears, saying, "Your Excellency is an official and an upright man. Today's promotion is a good thing. Why are you crying? " The county magistrate wiped his tears and said as he walked, "the size of the official position is a trivial matter, but it is sad to lose the teacher's teaching." "Who is the teacher?" "Pu Shengren of this county, Mr. Song Ling." What's the name of this county magistrate? Not handed down.

The story about Pu Songling won the first prize three times.

At the age of nineteen, Pu Songling took an exam. This exam is very important to decide whether he can become a "scholar". He is confident that he can do well in the exam, because he was the first in the first two county government exams.

At that time, the imperial examination was mainly eight-part essay. Each article consists of eight parts: title, title, beginning, beginning, beginning, middle, back and beam. From the beginning to the end of the four paragraphs, each paragraph has two parallel double-line words, * * * stereotyped writing, so it is called "stereotyped writing". Eight-part essay mainly talks about four books and five classics. The format of the article is rigid, and even the number of words is stipulated. Therefore, this kind of examination system, it is difficult to see a person's real talent and practical learning.

Pu Songling took part in the exam, and the examiner was the famous poet Shi. He doesn't like stereotyped writing, so the topic of the composition is different from that of the general confused examiner, which is a bit literary.

That day, just before dawn, the candidates lined up to enter the examination room. The examination room is guarded by soldiers, and candidates pay close attention to it. The atmosphere is really tense.

Pu Songling calmly walked into the examination room, took the paper and sat down according to the seat number printed on the paper. At this time, the door of the examination room was locked, and a knocking sound sounded. The venue was silent, except for officers walking up and down the aisle with title cards.

The topic of the composition is getting up early. After reading the topic, Pu Songling could not help but hesitate. If he writes in full accordance with the requirements of the eight-part essay, he can only write the article in a rigid and boring way. I'm sorry for this good question. After much deliberation, he decided to write a good article according to his own ideas. He thought that the big officials got up early and greedy for black, and went to the court to fight for power and profit; Those despicable people, too, got up early and went to rich families to kiss up and flatter. Thought of here, he couldn't help laughing, and immediately began to write. An article satirizing the ugliness of society has been written.

How about the exam results? Pu Songling won the first place again and became a scholar. Because Shi appreciates his articles very much. Shi wrote this comment: He seemed to smell a strange smell in the air, and concentrated the ugly behavior of people chasing wealth at that time on the word "getting up early". Reading such relaxed and lively words makes people enjoy the fun of waving their arms and playing.

Later, Shi met Pu Songling and liked this talented young man very much, so he accepted him as his student. Pu Songling is also full of hope for his future.