Don't bully the young and the poor.

Don't bully the poor young man. I don't believe that my pants will wear holes all my life.

This sentence "Don't bully the young and poor" comes from Chapter 46 of Wu's Scholars in Qing Dynasty.

Bullying a white beard is better than bullying a poor teenager. One day, the dragon will wear a phoenix. I don't believe my pants will wear holes.

Interpretation: I would rather look down on the elderly who have no money than the poor young people, because the future of young people is limitless. If young people work hard, they will make a fortune sooner or later, so they don't believe that they will wear pants with holes all their lives.

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Creation background

Under this background, the capitalist relations of production have sprouted in the three generations of Kangxi, Yong Zhengdi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. The superficial prosperity of society can't cover up the decay of feudal society. While suppressing the armed uprising, the rulers used Daxing literary inquisition, took stereotyped writing examination, opened imperial examinations and advocated Neo-Confucianism to rule the scholars.

Wu opposes stereotyped writing and the imperial examination system, and hates literati who are 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.

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). * * * has six scholars, including one second prize and one flower detective. And his father, Wu, was a tribute during the Kangxi period.

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