bookcurios Chapter 431 Qianlong’s Reputation…
Chapter 431 Qianlong’s Reputation…
[Emperor Qianlong called himself "the man of ten perfections". He was good at martial arts and also liked writing. He wrote more than 41,800 poems in his lifetime, which is the number that can be found in the Complete Tang Poems.
Ji Yun was a favorite official of the emperor and one of the literati who polished the poems written for the emperor. At first, Ji Yun had no status in Qianlong's eyes and his ambitions could not be realized at all.
I think as a scholar, Ji Yun must have been very depressed, because in the eyes of Emperor Qianlong, he was just a "prostitute" who wrote poems to praise him, and this was not his ideal life.
The relationship between the court officials in the Qing Dynasty was a master-servant relationship, with the emperor being the master and the rest being his servants. They also called themselves slaves. In such an oppressive environment, as an ambitious official who still had fantasies about being an official, facing the majesty and ruthlessness of the imperial power, they could only be submissive.
Most of the stories in "Yuehui Thatched Cottage" are about karma. The promotion of filial piety and the discussion of women's chastity can also be seen as another form of self-brainwashing.
＜“Piece by piece
Two pieces, three pieces, four pieces, five pieces
Six pieces, seven pieces, eight pieces, nine pieces
Flying into the reeds and disappearing"＞
＜Wow, this is the poem written by Emperor Qianlong~ It’s quite childish, the first part is simple and easy to understand, and the last sentence completely sublimates the theme! Superb! [狗头]＞
＜Hahahaha, I’ve made a fortune from laughing [covering my face]＞
＜What is a "Renbi"? It's just writing for the emperor. If the emperor can't finish writing, you have to help him finish it, and you have to praise the emperor for his brilliant writing skills.＞
＜After reading Ji Yun's experience, I want to ask if Li Bai was recruited into the palace by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty to do the same thing? Writing poems for the emperor, praising his merits and virtues, etc.＞
＜Yes, in addition to Li Bai, there was also Sima Xiangru during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che. Their work content was basically the same.＞
＜Li Bai was such a proud man, he wanted to be an official, and in order to realize his ideals and ambitions, he finally came to the emperor's side. However, the emperor was annoyed by his constant nagging about state affairs... so Li Bai left Chang'an on his own.＞
＜The Qing Dynasty was indeed oppressive, with a dead air from top to bottom.＞
＜That’s because feudal society is dying and a new world is being built!＞
＜“Dog slave.” “Yes.” “Slave, slave.”＞
＜Why do I feel a little sorry for Ji Yun after reading this? I remember him living a good life [covering face], a very favored person……＞
＜As a high-ranking bureaucrat in feudal society, Ji Yun’s status and position, as well as the vision of most people at that time, could not see beyond the problems of their own class. They could only one-sidedly believe that all these contradictions were due to corruption and embezzlement…＞
＜The purpose of Ji Yun's creation of "Yuehui Thatched Cottage" may be to use his own efforts to change the bad atmosphere in society.＞
＜In many unofficial histories and folk tales, there are many stories about Ji Yunzhi trying to persuade Qianlong to change his mind, but in fact, many of them are false. Who could stop Qianlong from doing what he wanted to do? !＞
[Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han: This poem...]
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: Very childlike.]
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: I did not ask anyone to write for me. They all wrote poems for me voluntarily.]
[Tang Xuanzong Li Longji: Excuse me for being blunt, just be a good emperor and stop writing poetry.]
[Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang: Qingzhen is becoming more and more feudal! ]
[Song Renzong Zhao Zhen: I agree. Only the Qing Dynasty added and used many of the rules. The Qing Dynasty was the true feudal society.]
[Tang Kaiyuan 25th Year Zhang Jiuling: Can't we look beyond our own class to see the problem?]
[Zhuge Liang, the second year of Zhangwu in the Later Han Dynasty: Well, it is really difficult to jump out of the position you are in when looking at a problem.]
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Emperor Qianlong frowned, "Why are there so many folk rumors and unofficial histories?!"
Staring at the six words "Ji Yunzhi versus Qianlong" on the screen, Emperor Qianlong was puzzled.
It seems that there is no one in the world who is so brave as to dare to talk behind his back.
Emperor Qianlong became even more puzzled when he saw the emperor of the previous dynasty on the screen mocking his poems.
"I have written many poems in my life, why is that the most popular one among later generations..."
He also wrote a lot of good poems!
One piece, two pieces, three pieces, four pieces... I just did it as I pleased at the time...
"Announce Ji Yun to come and see me."
"I want to know what he thinks in his heart. Does he think that society is unfair? Or that the government is unstable?"
Ji Yun, who had been trembling with fear at home, finally saw the person who asked him to enter the palace, and he could only sigh: "Finally, he has come."
Based on his many years of experience as a servant to His Majesty, this was clearly a huge hurdle, and it depended on whether he could get through it safely.
On the way into the palace, I composed my true thoughts.
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【After talking about Ji Yun, let's turn our attention to the book "Siku Quanshu" again. Let's talk about its status in the history of our country.
“A great work”
First of all, we know that this book is a summary of my country's feudal culture and also preserves many cultural ancient books.
"There are very few surviving books from the Han and Tang dynasties, but many book collectors still have collections of commentaries on classics from the Liao, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, but there are no printed editions, so they are becoming less and less circulated. The other nine schools of thought and hundreds of schools of thought, miscellaneous histories, often only have one or two volumes."
Secondly, the Sikuquanshu made an important contribution to the classification of ancient books in my country. The stable four-part classification method has been the basis of the classification of books in feudal society for many years, and is the prototype of the classification of modern library collections.
Finally, the Siku Quanshu inherited and carried forward the feudal culture.
Objectively, although the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did not have this idea, the compilation of the Siku Quanshu objectively played a role in integrating national culture and inheriting and promoting our country's traditional culture.
But... it is a pity that the Sikuquanshu was compiled according to the will of Emperor Qianlong. In the process, a large number of books were deleted, modified and destroyed, and Chinese culture suffered a catastrophe.
"The compilation of the Sikuquanshu by the Qing dynasty was one of the 'three great disasters' of ancient books."
Because Qianlong once said to the officials who compiled it: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, many unofficial histories were created. Among them, there are arbitrary praises and criticisms, rumors and strange words. There must be words that offend the current dynasty... All of them should be destroyed..."
He also ordered the establishment of "Book Collection Bureaus" across the country to conduct strict inspections. A large number of confiscated books were destroyed, and many ancient books involving the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty and those that damaged the image of the Qing emperor were changed...】
＜Hmmmm, it became a "great work", but what about the other books that were ruined because of it?＞
＜What bad luck! The emperor is so petty.＞
＜The funniest thing I remember is the rewriting of the names of "Liao" and "Jin" in some ancient books of the Song Dynasty. Anyway, all the bad ones were changed! Yi and the like sounded too bad! Change them to Yi!＞
＜It seems that those officials deliberately left a few obvious mistakes for Emperor Qianlong to find [covering face]＞
＜Speechless, I have mixed feelings about this book. However, from today’s perspective, I still accept the praise for the Siku Quanshu.＞
＜Lu Xun said that the ancient books were lost when the Qing people compiled the Siku Quanshu because they changed the old style and deleted the original text.＞
＜Lu Xinyuan of the Qing Dynasty also said something similar, "The Ming people loved to carve ancient books, but the ancient books were lost" because they made reckless revisions.＞
[Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang: You are too narrow-minded. You are already an emperor, why do you still care about other people's opinions? You even destroyed so many books...]
[Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che: I must say that any act of destroying books is unacceptable.]
[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin: Liao and Jin are barbarians! They are barbarians!]
[Song Renzong Zhao Zhen: Liao and Jin are barbarians! They are barbarians!]
[Song Shenzong Zhao Xu: Liao and Jin are barbarians! They are barbarians!]
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The people of the Song Dynasty complained that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was too cunning and advised him to broaden his horizons, not just focus on the previous dynasty, but open his eyes to the world.
"If I say you are barbarians, then you are barbarians. There is nothing to argue about."
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Zhu Yuanzhang reminded Zhu Di, "Take it easy, don't lose yourself in the praise on the screen."
"If you want both civil and military achievements, you can't be impatient."
Zhu Di: "I understand."
"What do you understand?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry. The screen said "Ming people liked to carve ancient books and ancient books were lost". How could this not make people angry!
"Ancient books are meant to be treasured. How can you make a copy of them so that other people can't use them and destroy all the books?"
"This behavior is extremely abominable! He must have learned it from you!"
Zhu Di, who was inexplicably blamed, said: "..."
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