Hard to be confused, hard to be confused, hard to be confused.
According to historical records, Zheng Banqiao was still the magistrate of Wei County in his later years. On an outing, he went to a secluded hut. He was greeted by a handsome old man, and they chatted happily. Zheng Banqiao asked his name and replied, "Stupid old man". After a brief encounter, Zheng Banqiao regarded him as a confidant and immediately wrote four words as a gift: "It's hard to be confused". I think the old man is clear-headed, clear-headed and not confused. When he stamped the rather proud "Kangxi scholar, Yongzheng juren, Qianlong Jinshi", the confused old man immediately fell on the seal of "after having obtained the provincial examination first, scientific research second, palace examination third". Zheng Banqiao was in awe. It turned out that the confused old man was not confused, so he gave up "flower exploration" and lived in seclusion here. Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy is "hard to be confused", which doesn't suit him.
The admiration for sober political views obsessed with official career economy means that thousands of dollars are hard to buy, which is a sincere compliment, so it is really hard to get "rare and confused".
In fact, Zheng Banqiao and the "confused old man" appreciate each other, and they have similar feelings. Zheng Banqiao's career track fully proves that what he calls "rare confusion" is his own official situation and life path. In the early years of Qianlong, he went to Shandong to be a magistrate after he was admitted to Jinshi. In the first three years, he was in charge of a "small" county government with only a few dozen families. Farmers in this county work at sunrise and rest at sunset. County grandpa Zheng Banqiao has nothing to do except drink and draw every day. Three years later, Zheng Banqiao was promoted and transferred to Wei County (now Wei County) as a magistrate. Shortly after taking office, he did a great thing for the people at the risk of being beheaded-at that time, there was a drought in Shandong, and Wei County was even more naked and hungry. Zheng Banqiao clearly knows that the only thing that can save people from danger is to open warehouses and release food. However, the state treasury released grain, and the seven-product sesame official did not have this authority. If we reported it and waited for approval, the people would have starved to death. Zheng Banqiao knowingly and foolishly decided to open a warehouse to release food, which was celebrated by the people. County annals only use three words to evaluate this matter: "Live 10,000 people". Zheng Banqiao's "confused" behavior, although not beheaded by the emperor, was given a serious demerit. Zheng Banqiao knew the actual effect of "living 10,000 people", which made the emperor Lao Zi dare not kill his head against the will of the people. It can also be seen that Zheng Banqiao's confusion is "rare" (occasionally) but actually false confusion, which is the real sobriety.
There is a poem to prove it: "Yazhai lies listening to Little Zhu Xiao, and it is suspected that it is the voice of the people's suffering; Some small officials in Caozhou County always care about their feelings. " This poem, entitled "Listening to Bamboo Pictures in Yazhai", is well known to the world and has become a cautionary work to fight corruption and promote honesty in past dynasties. It is also a true portrayal of Zheng Banqiao's serving the officials and the people. People say, "Three years to clear the magistrate, 100 thousand snowflakes and silver." Zheng Banqiao worked as a magistrate of a county in Shandong for more than three years. When he resigned and returned to his hometown, all his possessions were only three donkeys: one carrying him, the other carrying a book, and the other carrying a book. Zheng Banqiao is a clever man. When he was a "small official in Caozhou County", he could read "the voice of the people's sufferings" from "lying and listening to the rustling of bamboo". The tall and straight bamboo poles and swaying bamboo leaves in Yazhai Listening to Bamboo Pictures are full of color and understatement, and always pay attention to people's livelihood, people's feelings, people's hearts and public opinions. He used bamboo paintings to convey his feelings and "six and a half books" to express his ambition. He plays dumb and is as smart as a fool. The poem "Bamboo Stone Map" reads: "Adhere to the green hills and never relax, and the roots are broken rocks; A thousand blows are still strong, and the wind is east, west, north and south. " It is also frank and frank, poetic and ambitious, and never confused. It can be seen that Zheng Banqiao's sobriety is consistent, and his confusion is "rare" (occasional); Understanding is always, confusion is pretending. That's all. Is there him?
Walking out of Zheng Banqiao Memorial Hall, I also thought of his plain price tag for his paintings and calligraphy works: "Six taels for the big one, four taels for the middle one, one tael for the banner and five yuan for the fan". Is this a stupid move? Understand? Always? Rare (occasionally)? Or do you want to reject the demands made by powerful people to Mo Bao? ..... think twice, I want to cover everything? Zheng Banqiao, one of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou, is really strange:
It's hard to confuse. A thousand dollars is hard to buy.
Confusion is hard to fake, but everything is easy.
Give books to the public and share the happiness of "rare confusion".