The examples cited in the funny biographies are all "nonsense" ways of exhortation in the eyes of people at that time. "Preface to Taishi Gong" said: "Not secular, not snobbish, not stagnant, not harmful, use Tao. Shoot "Funny Biography".
It means not worldly, disappointing, there are no obstacles up and down (if you want to go up, you want to go down), and no one can hurt them, because (they) make good use of their way (living method).
Sima Qian wrote biographies for funny people and spoke highly of them. Praise them for their profanity, disappointment and extraordinary satirical ability.
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The story of Jing Ke stabbing the king of Qin in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio.
In 227 BC, Jing Ke was ordered by Prince Dan of Yan State to go to Qin State with the map of Yan Du Kang and Fan's head to assassinate the king of Qin. Before he left, many people saw Jing Ke off at the Yishui River. The scene is very tragic. "The wind blows and the water cools, and the strong men are gone forever", which is a poem sung by Jing Ke when he left.
After Jing Ke came to Qin, the king of Qin summoned him in Xianyang Palace. When Jing Ke presented the map of Yan Du Kang, he was caught in the dark and stabbed the king of Qin. Ying Zheng walked around the pillar, and Jing Ke followed. Ying Zheng drew his sword to fight Jing Ke. Jing Ke held a dagger to meet them, and the two of them came and went, and you cut me and blocked me. At the place where the two men fought for twenty rounds, Ying Zheng let out a cry and slashed his sword at Jing Ke. Jing Ke caught off guard and was cut to the ground.
Ying Zheng recovered, put one foot on Jing Ke's chest and said, "Do you know my sword? Jing Ke quickly shouted: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Ying Zheng sword cut off his head, sighed, "it's a pity that you are not the people of daqin, otherwise you will be a good swordsman around me! "
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