Jin Fan's Translation

Fan Jinzhong returned to his hometown after Jinshi, and his mother and wife were very happy. Is preparing to cook, I saw his father-in-law butcher Hu, holding a pair of large intestine and a bottle of wine, came in. Jin Fan bowed to him and sat down. Butcher nonsense: "I am really unlucky to marry my daughter to you, a shameful guy." I don't know how tired I am for many years. " Now I don't know what virtue I have accumulated, which makes you lucky and a scholar. I will bring wine to congratulate you. "

Jin Fan promised repeatedly that his wife would cook intestines and wine and sit under the thatched shed. Mother and daughter-in-law are cooking in the kitchen. The butcher also ordered, "Since you are a scholar, you should make rules.

For example, in my industry, there are respectable people everywhere, all of whom are your elders. How dare you pretend to be big in front of us If these farmers and dung pickers are just ordinary people in the family, if you bow to them as equals, it will break the rules of the school and make me lose face. You are a rotten, honest and useless person, so I have to teach you these words so as not to make people laugh.

"Jin Fan said," My father-in-law taught me. " Butcher Hu went on to say, "My mother also comes here to sit and eat. It must be very sad for the old man to eat some side dishes every day. My daughters also come to eat some. I've been in your house for more than ten years, and I don't know if I ate lard two or three times! Poor thing! Poor! " Say that finish, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law come and sit for dinner. In the middle of the night, butcher Hu was drunk. Thank you very much, mother and son. The butcher covered his face with clothes and left with a stomach.

The next day, Jin Fan should visit his neighbors. Wei also made an appointment with a group of friends who took the exam together and interacted with them. Because it was the year after the provincial examination, I attended several literary parties. I don't know that by the end of June, all the Jinshi who took the exam asked Fan to go in and take the provincial exam. Because Jin Fan had no travel expenses, he went to consult with his father-in-law. The butcher spat in his face and scolded the dog, "Don't waste any more time! If you think you have won a scholar, you will get up. I heard that when you were a scholar, it was not because your article was well written, but because the scholar thought you were old and had a hard time, so I gave it to you.

Now I want to flatter someone with my own wishful thinking! These are satellites in the sky! Don't you see that the juren of the Zhang family in the city are very rich and big in all aspects? Like you, you should take a piss and look at yourself! No three no four, just want to eat swan meat! Take this heart as soon as possible, and find you a place to teach in my industry next year, and earn a few taels of silver every year to support your old lady and your wife!

If you borrow money from me, I can't make money by killing a pig in one day. I threw all my money into the water and told my family to drink northwest wind! "A delicious, scold fan4 jin4 don't know where to start. My father-in-law came back after leaving and thought, "The teacher said it was time for me to write an article. Since ancient times, I have never been able to take an exam without entering the examination room. How can we be satisfied without exams? "So I discussed with several people who took the exam together and went to the city to take the provincial exam without telling my father-in-law.

Go home immediately after you leave the examination room. My family has been hungry for two or three days. Butcher Hu found out and was scolded again.

On the day the list was released, there was no rice at home. My mother told Jin Fan, "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'm so hungry that I can't see in both eyes. " Fan Jin hurriedly hugged the chicken and walked out the door. I walked less than four hours, only to hear gongs ringing, and three horses broke through 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! " Mom didn't know what it was, so she was scared to hide in the house. Only when I heard that I won did I dare to stick out my head and explain, "Please sit down before the children go out." The person who signed up said, "It turned out to be an old lady."

Everyone gathered around for money. It was this loud noise that several horses arrived in two directions and three directions. A room is crowded and the thatched shed is full. The neighbors are all here, crowding to see. The old lady had no choice but to ask her neighbors to find Jin Fan.

Neighbors went to collect it, but they couldn't find it anywhere; Until I found the east side of the market, I saw Jin Fan wandering step by step with a chicken in his hand and a straw label in his hand, looking around and looking for someone to buy it there. The neighbor said, "Jin Fan, come back quickly! Congratulations on winning the prize and squeezing into a room with good news. "

Fan4 jin4 thought he was coaxing him, so he pretended not to hear him and walked forward with his head down. Neighbors saw that he ignored him and tried to grab the chicken in his hand. Jin Fan said, "Why did you steal my chicken? Don't buy it. " The neighbor said, "You won the lottery and asked you to go home to send those applicants." Jin Fan said, "Gao Lin, you know I have no food today. I want to sell this chicken to save my life. Why did you lie to me with these words? I'm not kidding you. Go home by yourself, and don't delay me selling chicken. "

Neighbors saw that he didn't believe it, so they quickly grabbed the chicken, threw it on the ground and pulled Jin Fan back. The recorder saw it and said, "Well, the nouveau riche is back." Just about to hug him and talk, Jin Fan fled into the room in three or two steps, only to see that the reply in the middle had been hung up, which read: "Good news, your master Fan Biao, after having obtained the provincial entrance examination in high school, entered the seventh Asian dollar in Guangdong. The Beijing News Lian Deng Huang Jia. "

Jin Fan just didn't read it. He watched it again and again, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Hey! All right! I won! " As he spoke, he fell back, gritted his teeth and was unconscious. The old lady panicked and quickly poured a few mouthfuls of boiling water into it. He got up, clapped his hands again and laughed loudly: "Hey! All right! I won! "

He laughed and jumped out, scaring reporters and neighbors. I walked out of the gate not far, but I kicked into the pond. When I earned it, my hair was scattered, my hands were yellow, and the rain drenched me. Many people couldn't stop him, patting and laughing, and one of them extended to the collection. Everyone stared at each other and said in unison, "It turns out that the new rich are all happy and crazy."

The old lady cried, "why are you working so hard! If you win the prize, you will get this unlucky disease! This is crazy. When will it be ready? " Mrs. Hu said, "I like to go out in the morning. How did I get such a disease! Then why is it good? " Neighbors advised, "Don't panic, old lady. Now, we have sent two people to follow Master Fan. Here, everyone takes some eggs, wine and rice from home, entertains the old people in the newspaper, and then drinks for business. "

Now the neighbors have brought eggs, white wine, a bucket of rice and two chickens. The lady cried, cleaned up in the kitchen and took it under the hut. The neighbor moved some tables and stools, and asked the reporter to sit down and drink and discuss his madness. What should I do?

There is a truth at the core of the report: "I have an idea, but I don't know if it can be realized." "Many people asked," Like what idea? " The humanitarian said, "Does Master Fan have the most terrible person on weekdays? He was cruel because of joy, and his phlegm rushed up and he lost his mind.

Now all he needs is someone he fears to hit him in the mouth and say, "Everything recorded in this report is a lie to you. You have never won." He was startled and spat, and then he understood. "Many neighbors clapped their hands and said," This idea is tight and wonderful! Master Fan fears nothing more than the meat on the table.

All right! Go and find Hu Dad. " He thought he didn't know the way yet, so he sold meat at the party. "Another humanitarian said," he likes to know about buying meat on the set. He has been greeting pigs in the first set since the fifth watch and hasn't come back yet. Go and see her quickly and find her. "

A man flew over to meet him. On the way, he met Hu the butcher. Behind him, standing on a cooked Han dynasty, carrying seven or eight pounds of meat, four or five thousand dollars, is coming to congratulate. I saw the old lady when I entered the door. The old lady cried and told her something. Hu Butcher said in surprise, "Isn't this a blessing?" People outside are clamoring for Mr. Hu to speak.

Butcher Hu gave meat and money to his daughter and ran out. Everybody does. Discuss with him. Don't butcher Hu Fa: "Although this is my son-in-law, he is now a master and a star in the sky. The stars in the sky can't be beaten!

I heard Zhai Gong say: If you hit the stars in the sky, Yan Xihui will hit a hundred iron harrows with it, it will happen in eighteen layers of hell and you will never turn over. I dare not do such a thing! "A mean neighbor explained," forget it! Dad Hu, "you kill pigs for a living every day, and the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out. The Yan doesn't know that there are thousands of iron bars in your book. What does it matter even if there are one hundred sticks?

I'm afraid I've finished beating the iron bar, and that's not why. Or maybe you saved your son-in-law's illness, and Xu Yan's achievements brought you from hell to the seventeenth floor. I don't know. "The recorder said," don't just tell jokes. Dad Hu, it should be like this. You can't change contingency. " The butcher was overwhelmed by the crowd, so he had to drink two bowls of wine, strengthened his courage, put away his caution, took out his usual ferocious appearance, rolled up a roll of greasy sleeves and took to the set.

Five or six neighbors followed. The old lady rushed out and roared, "in-laws, you can only scare him, you will hurt him again!" " "The neighbors said," this is natural. How can I get rid of the order? "Yes, a person went straight.

When I came to the party, I saw Jin Fan standing at the door of a temple, with messy hair and mud all over his face. He scraped off a shoe, clapped his hands and shouted, "Bingo! Bingo! " The butcher entered like a demon and said, "Bastard! What did you win? " Just one mouth.

Many people and neighbors couldn't help laughing when they saw this. Unexpectedly, although Butcher Hu got the nerve to fight next time, he was still afraid. His hand was shaking, and he was afraid to hit it again. Jin Fan has only one mouth, but he fainted on the ground because he fainted. All the neighbors came forward together, wiped his chest, put on their vests for a long time, and gradually gasped, their eyes bright and not crazy. Many people got up by themselves and sat on the bench of the surgeon at the gate of the temple.

Butcher Hu stood aside, not feeling the faint pain in his hand rising; Watch for yourself, slap on the back, and you can't pull any more. I was annoyed and said to myself, "The' Wenquxing' in the sky is really invincible, and now the Bodhisattva is in charge." Think about it, more headaches, hurriedly asked the doctor for a plaster.

Jin Fan looked at many people and explained, "Why am I sitting here?" He added, "I have been in a daze for a long time, just like in a dream." The neighbor said, "Sir, congratulations to high school. Just now, some joy caused phlegm, and then I vomited a few mouthfuls. All right. Please hurry home and send the tape recorder. " Jin Fan explained: "That's right. I still remember that I was the seventh of them. " Fan Jin took it off Wan's hair and asked the doctor to borrow a basin of water to wash his face.

A neighbor found this shoe and helped him put it on. Seeing the old man following in front, he dared not scold any more. The butcher Hu stepped forward and said, "Dear husband, I dare not be so bold. That's what your wife meant. I advise you. " The truth of being a neighbor: "Mr. Hu" has this kind mouth. After a while, Master Fan will wash his face and half a basin of lard! Another way: "Dad", you can't kill pigs the next day. "

Butcher Hu said, "I didn't kill the pig! With my good husband, I'm afraid I can't rely on him for the rest of my life. Why? I often say that my son-in-law, with high knowledge and good looks, is not as decent as my son-in-law. You don't know the way, and you feel offended that I look at people with my eyes.

Imagine that my little daughter grew up at home in her thirties, and how many rich and powerful families wanted to unite with me. I feel like my daughter is blessed. After all, she wants to marry an old man. Today, there is nothing wrong! "Say that finish, laughed. They all laughed. After watching Jin Fan wash his face, the doctor brought tea again and went home together.

Fan escaped first, followed by the butcher and neighbors. When the butcher saw his daughter's son-in-law's clothes, his skirt was wrinkled a lot, and he bowed his head and pulled it for him dozens of times.

Arriving at the door of the house, the butcher shouted, "The master has returned to the house!" " "The old lady greeted her and was glad to see that her son was not crazy. Many people asked about the report record, but it was already thousands of dollars at home to send the butcher away. . Jin Fan worships his mother and thanks the old man. The butcher Hu repeatedly said uneasily, "How much do you need? You don't reward people enough. "

Jin Fan thanked his neighbor again. No sooner had I sat down than I saw a decent housekeeper fly in this morning with a red sticker in his hand: "Master Zhang came to visit Master Fan in New China." Say that finish, the sedan chair is already at the door. Butcher Hu quickly hid in his daughter's room and dared not come out. Neighbors parted ways.

Jin Fan greeted him and saw Xiangshen Zhang get out of the sedan chair and come in, wearing a gauze hat, a sunflower round neck, a gold belt around his waist and black boots. He was born as a juren, worked as a magistrate of a county, and took the exam with Jin Fan. He kowtowed in the first room and sat down with both sides. Xiangshen Zhang first talked about: "Mr. World is in his hometown together, a person who has lost contact with him."

Fan Jindao: "The time of birth depends on the old gentleman, but I have no chance." Xiangshen Zhang said, "I saw the champion list just now. Your teacher, Tang Palace in Gaoyao County, is a student of our ancestors. You and I are brothers from generation to generation. " Fan Jin said, "It's a pity to be born lucky. But fortunately, I can escape from the old door happily. " Xiangshen Zhang looked into his eyes and explained, "Mr. World is really poor."

While I took a handful of silver from home, I explained, "I don't think I have prepared a gift of fifty taels. Mr. Dai will accept it for the time being." These flowers can't actually live, and it's not convenient to go later. I have a house, right on Dongmen Street, with three bedrooms. It's not spacious, but it's clean. It's being given to Teacher Shi. Moving in, I like to ask questions sooner or later. "

Jin Fan refused again and again, and Xiangshen Zhang was very anxious. He said: "You and I have been friends for generations, like close relatives; If you want to do this, you can look outside. " Fan Jin just arrested Yin, bowing to thank him. I talked about another party and said goodbye to myself. Hu Butcher got into the sedan chair before he dared to leave the room.

Jin Fan gave the money to the Huns' family to open, and put two ingots in a letter with snow-white filaments. He called Butcher Hu in and handed it to him in another way: "It only took Dad's heart to get 5,000 yuan. This more than six taels of silver, dad "took it. "The butcher held the silver tightly in his hand, smoothed his curly hair and said," Take this first. I congratulated you, but how can I take it back? "

Jin Fan said, "As far as I can see, I still have almost two pieces of silver here. If it's used up, I'll ask dad again. " Please come and use it. "The butcher quickly drew his fist back, estimated it at his waist, and said," Well, now that you have married this master Zhang, why worry about having no money? His family is richer than the emperor's!

His family is my meat customer. Even if there is nothing to do for a year, the meat should be four or five pounds. What a surprise! I turned to look at my daughter and explained, "I already got the money, but your damn brother, a plague victim, still refused." I said,' Uncle, it's not what it used to be. I'm afraid someone at home will send him money.' Today is it!

Now take the money to your house and scold this short-lived slave! "Said, thank you, low head, leave Fan Fan with a smile. Since then, many people have come to flatter him: some have sent farmland; Someone sent a shop; Some have settled down, and the couple are devoted to servants and seek asylum. In two or three months, Jin Fan had servants and maids, not to mention money and rice. Xiangshen Zhang's family urged to move again. Move to a new house, sing opera, set wine and treat for three days.

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Writing background

Wu, the author of The Scholars, was born in a noble family. Great-grandfather and great-grandfather are two generations of "versatile officials" (Biography of Mr. Wenmu by Cheng Jinfang), and * * * has six scholars, one of whom won the second prize and one of whom was Hua Tan. And his father, Wu, was a tribute during the Kangxi period. Wu Yu 1722 (Kangxi 61) was admitted as a scholar, and his father died in the same year. Because he is not good at managing his livelihood, he lives like a prodigal son.

1729 (the seventh year of Yongzheng), when he took the imperial examination, he was dismissed as a "great writer" and was insulted. Later, he left his hometown angrily and made a living by selling articles and helping friends. 1736 (the first year of Qianlong), Wu participated in the pre-test of Bo Ci. Zhao, the governor of Anhui Province, officially recommended him to take the Tingkao in Beijing, but he "insisted on studying with illness" (Gu Yunzhi's Wu Chuan) and never took the imperial examination again.

In his later years, he was often hungry and cold. This personal experience made Wu deeply feel the advantages and disadvantages of the eight-part essay examination and the imperial examination. On the background of the times, in the three generations of Kangxi, Yong Zhengdi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the capitalist relations of production sprouted in China, and the superficial prosperity of society could not conceal the decay of feudal society.

While suppressing the armed uprising, the rulers adopted Daxing Literary Prison, stereotyped writing examination and imperial examination, and advocated Neo-Confucianism to imprison literati with ruling ideology, while Wu opposed stereotyped writing and imperial examination, and hated literati who were obsessed with art and keen on pursuing fame and fortune. He reflected these views in The Scholars and exposed the ugly things in a sarcastic way.

Beom Kim

Jin Fan, the hero of the novel, is clumsy, poor, humble, resigned and sour on the surface. But in my heart, I love fame, pursue wealth, be full of servility and cowardice. From him, we can see the corruption of the imperial examination system and its poison to scholars.

He was poor and sleepy all his life, and sometimes he went hungry. He took the exam for more than twenty times in a row, but he failed to get into school. Being left out and discriminated against, he managed to enter school at the age of 54, which is considered a scholar. His father-in-law, butcher Hu, called him "the treasure of the world". He is also passive to Nuo Nuo, Nuo Nuo, and timidly replied: "My father-in-law is knowledgeable." Sometimes I was scolded so much that I couldn't touch the door, and even vomited my smelly phlegm all over my face, and I had no temper at all.

Poverty has not made him dull and surly. Even when he was in a hurry to sell chickens and buy rice, he was still "walking step by step" and "looking around" and was in no hurry.

At the same time, he gained fame and fortune, desperately pursued the promotion of people and scholars, and was keen on being an official. He suffered a lot of blows and cynicism, but his enthusiasm for fame did not diminish. At the age of 54, he was still a qualified "lad". He was frozen in rags in the cold wind of the twelfth month and went to take an examination of a scholar. The family is too poor to buy rice, and he has to borrow money everywhere to make up the travel expenses and take exams. He was beside himself with excitement when he suddenly heard the name of Juren. This is pathetic, pathetic and ridiculous.

It's not that he is an idiot. When Jin Fan met landlords and gentry, he showed a flattering look and tried his best to win their support. When I arrived in Xiangshen Zhang, all I could think about was "I've heard so much about this old gentleman". "Fortunately, under the old gentleman's door, I am very fortunate." Try to please, full of servility.

Finally, Jin Fan, an omnipotent and pedantic person, soon became an official, mastering the political power and managing the people. Readers can also see the darkness of feudal officialdom from here.

Xiangshen Zhang

Xiangshen Zhang, another important character in the novel, is a typical representative of the feudal landlord class who is a crafty old scoundrel. He is also "a man of noble birth who once worked as a magistrate" and has "rich furniture". "There is nothing to do in a year, and it is not surprising to spend four or five pounds of meat and silver!" It can be seen that he is a landlord bureaucrat and a local tyrant.

He and Jin Fan have no relatives or friends, or even one-sided understanding, but as soon as he saw Jin Fan winning the lottery, he immediately got into a big sedan chair and came to visit and tried his best to win over. He pays great attention to the pulse of the examination room. As soon as he published the list, he immediately consulted the "title list" in order to find some clues as clues to climb the upstart. It is precisely because Tang Zhi, who has seen Jin Fan's papers, is a protege of his ancestors that he and Jin Fan became "brothers".

Moreover, the more we talk, the closer we get, and even "as close as flesh and blood." Knowing that Jin Fan was poor, he gave him five hundred and twenty pieces of silver first, and then three rooms and three rooms. The reason for this is that Jin Fan has already obtained the qualification of being an official and has great potential in the future. Giving money to send a house is only for profit, and small capital is also for profit.

He also wooed Jin Fan to buy off his associates, expand his power, enhance the prestige of the landlords and gentry, and achieve the goal of killing the villagers and dominating the party. From him, readers see the reactionary, hypocritical, cunning and despicable face of the exploiting class. ?

Hutuhu

Hu, another important character in the novel, is deeply influenced by the exploiting classes and has a strong philistine habit. He learned the bad habit of steering with the wind and watching people cook, and developed a snob who obsesses the rich and hates the poor.

Jin Fan is his son-in-law, but before Jin Fan was promoted, he was despised and abused in all aspects. After Jin Fan was admitted as a scholar, he still called him "poor ghost", "toad", "quick-tongued monkey face" and "corrupt, honest and useless person". I even concluded that "when I was in China, it was not your article, but the master saw that you were old and didn't care, so I gave it to you." I heard that Jin Fan was going to test a juren, which made him even more scolded.

Butcher Hu only recognizes landlords and bureaucrats who are rich and expensive, and despises the working people who farm. When he mentioned Xiangshen Zhang, he was full of praise, saying that he was a "satellite in the sky" and a "big ear".

He even boasted: "His family has more money than the emperor!" On the other hand, he glared at the farmers and taught Jin Fan: "Those who farm and scrape dung at home are ordinary people. If you bow to him as an equal, it will violate the school rules and even bring shame to my face. " This servile and bullying attitude is consistent with Jin Fan's attitude before and after his promotion.

Hutu butcher belongs to the ordinary citizen class and is selfish, desperate for money. Jin Fan borrowed money from him to test the candidates. Not only did he not give a penny, but he also called names. Jin Fan was hungry at home for two or three days, but he ignored it and didn't care.

On hearing that Jin Fan won the prize, he immediately took four or five thousand dollars to congratulate him. Jin Fan gave him the silver. When he saw the snowflake silver, he was all smiles, but he was embarrassed to take it away at once. He had to "hold the silver tightly in his hand and relax his fist" and let it go. As soon as Jin Fan let go, he "quickly retracted his fist and put it on his waist." He also took his son as a cushion and found himself under the steps: "Now I take money to scold this slave who beheaded himself!" "

From the butcher Hu, readers see the ugliness of those Nuo Nuo-worshippers.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Jin Fan Zhong Ju