A pommel horse that helps carve. I don't know
Original text:
If you get these two poems, then five thousand golden flowers are worth it!
Source:
Liang Shaoren's Views on Two Kinds of Autumn Rain Temples in Qing Dynasty
The story behind
In China, regardless of ancient or modern times, the rich second generation and the official second generation are ignored. They go whoring and pick up girls, are ignorant and spend money like water. People have a bad impression of this group. However, Liang Shaoren, a Qing man, described a story of the second generation of officials "prodigal son returning" in his essays on two autumn rains. The story originated from an exam.
A son of your family in Jiangnan, whose father is a retired official of the imperial court. After this son entered the Jinshi in high school, his father hoped that he would make persistent efforts and go to Beijing to test candidates. Knowing his son's character, he was afraid of spending all his travel expenses on the road, so he gave his son five thousand two hundred pieces of silver at one time. I think no amount of profligacy is enough. But he still underestimated his son's spending power.
Childe went to Beijing with this huge sum of money. He ate, drank and had fun all the way. Whoring and having fun, wasting money. When I arrived in Beijing, I spent all my money and my pockets were empty, as if I had washed them. It really "never rains but it pours". My son who has no money is ill at this time and can't enter the examination room.
Money is gone, people are still alive, and to make matters worse, they can't pass the exam. This is really a big blow to an official second generation. In this huge contrast, people tend to see through life easily. Poor and sick, my son leaned against the window and sighed, wrote two poems, read them himself, smiled bitterly and put them in the suitcase. He couldn't stay in Beijing any longer, so he had to lend some money to his acquaintances as a way back to his hometown.
At home, the son's father knew the situation and was speechless with anger. He was very angry and wanted to reprimand his unworthy son. However, when he rummaged through his son's suitcase and found two poems written by his son when he was poor and ill, his anger suddenly disappeared by half. See white rice paper wrote:
It's lighter than disease,
A pommel horse that helps carve. I don't know
He read his son's two poems describing his illness, and his heart was filled with pity. I think these two poems are wonderful, which shows that my son is still talented. So, he gave up the idea of reprimanding his son and enlightened him and said, "If you get these two poems, there will be five thousand golden flowers!" " "After listening to his father's words, my son knows that he can't squander any more. He should work hard and not waste his talents in vain.
Since then, he quietly prepared for the exam and finally got a scholarship, and his talent has also been recognized by the literary world. This incident was told by the local people as a much-told story.
Five thousand two hundred pieces of silver were exchanged for two poems and The Return of the Prodigal Son. Well, it's really worth it. Even earned it!