What kind of joke did the poet Ding Peng play because of myopia?

It is no exaggeration to say that "it is men who turn on the lights at five in the middle of the night to study". In ancient China, many students studied hard in the cold window for ten years in order to gain fame, just to stand out in the imperial examinations in the future and change their destiny.

However, if you spend more time reading at night, your eyesight will gradually decline. At that time, when the technical level was low, there was no way to treat myopia as it is now. So at that time, many people made many jokes because of myopia.

Today, we are going to know Ding Peng, a famous poet in Qing Dynasty. He once made a big joke because of myopia, but on his wedding night, because he couldn't see clearly, he went into the bridal chamber with the maid.

I have studied hard at the cold window for decades, and my literary talent is extraordinary

Ding Peng was a famous Hui poet in the early Qing Dynasty. His name is Fei Tao and he is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. His grandfather Ding Henian was once a famous poet in Ming Dynasty. Like most people at that time, Ding Peng also hoped to change his destiny through the imperial examination. The so-called "ten years of cold window, no one cares, once famous in the world", in ancient times, the imperial examination was a good opportunity for poor students to change their destiny.

Ding Peng also hoped that one day he would become a trusted minister of the Emperor of Heaven and be a good official for the country and the people. So since childhood, Ding Peng has been studying very hard. After that, he was finally admitted to Jinshi and worked in the DPRK. And because he is a Hui nationality, he can better strengthen ties with ethnic minorities and promote national cultural exchanges.

During his tenure, Ding Peng served as the director of the Guangdong and Guangxi Departments of the Ministry of Punishment, and was later transferred to the Department of Guest Affairs of the Ministry of Rites. During this period, he strengthened his ties with Islamic countries by virtue of his own advantages and gained a full understanding of Islamic countries.

In addition to his political contributions, Ding Peng also contributed to literature. Ding Peng and his two younger brothers are both learned men of letters, and they were called "Three Ding" by people at that time. He and several fellow villagers are "ten sons of the West Bank".

At that time, the poem "Bai Yan Lou Shi" written by him was circulated in the Wu Dynasty, and people copied it one after another, which was quite expensive in Luoyang. At that time, someone wrote a poem "I wish I could have fifteen pairs of girls and teach you to sing Bai Yan Lou" to describe people's pursuit of this poem at that time.

At the same time, during his tenure in the Ministry of Rites, Ding Peng had a relatively full understanding of the Islamic region, and then compiled two books, Preface to Arabian Shintoism and Inscription on the Temple of True Religion. He believes that the teachings of Islam are actually integrated with Confucianism, which is conducive to cultural exchange and dissemination and to maintaining relations with countries that believe in Islam.

Being demoted to frontier fortress, although life is hard, he is still positive and optimistic

In officialdom, "being with a gentleman is like being with a tiger." In all kinds of political games, if you are not careful, you will lose everything, from being demoted to being demoted to being executed. In the 14th year of Shunzhi, Ding Peng was ordered to be the deputy examiner of Henan Imperial Examination, but a famous case happened this year, namely the Imperial Examination Case, in which Ding Peng was also involved, and was later impeached and demoted to Taoan County, Jilin Province.

In the history of China, there are not a few officials who have been demoted. Some of them are unhappy and complain about others; Some people are unwilling and hope to make a comeback one day; Some people are optimistic about all kinds of hardships, and their hearts are "rain or shine".

Ding Peng is one of the optimists. Although he was unfortunately involved in the lawsuit, he was luckier than those who lost their lives. At that time, Jilin was far less remote and desolate than it is today, and most of them were exiled and relegated.

When Ding Peng first came to Jilin, his life was very hard. The frontier is bitter and cold, and their families are often short of food and clothing, and sometimes they can't eat for days. However, the optimistic Ding Peng did not feel depressed. Instead, he took pleasure in suffering, quickly adapted to the harsh environment here and made friends with local residents.

Sometimes wild animals come out to hunt locally. One night, Ding Peng met a big tiger knocking at the door. At first, Ding Peng thought it was his friend who came to visit him at the border. He went to open the door with great joy. However, when he found a tiger knocking at the door there, Ding Peng was awakened. Then he quietly closed the door and locked it. Fortunately, the tiger saw that the door was delayed and left.

Although the frontier is cold, the folk customs here are simple and the people's hearts are stable. Here, Ding Peng felt the atmosphere not found in officialdom. It was also during the period of relegation that Ding Peng wrote many poems, which are valuable materials for our study today.

High myopia makes jokes.

Even today, those short-sighted friends think that without glasses, there is a situation that "there is no sex within five meters and no people and animals within fifty meters", not to mention that there were no glasses in the early Qing Dynasty.

Ding Peng's eyesight has seriously declined because he often stayed up reading when he was young. Later, because of high myopia, many jokes were made. The most famous thing is that Ding Peng entered the bridal chamber on her wedding night because she couldn't see clearly with the maid. As the ancients said, people have four joys: a long drought meets rain, an old friend meets in another country, to beno. 1, and a wedding night. Ding Peng was able to admit his mistake when he was in the bridal chamber. This myopia is also very serious.

It turns out that Ding Peng married a new concubine. That night, drunk as a fiddler with his friends, he stumbled back to his room, lifted the veil and found that his concubine was not bad, so he happily entered the bridal chamber with her. I woke up the next day and found that it was not my new aunt, but the maid at home.