Anonymous [Han Dynasty]
A scholar is a scholar, but he doesn't understand books.
Cha Xiaolian, father separated.
Cold elements are pure as mud,
Private first class is as timid as a mouse. (such as a chicken: such as a cockroach)
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The person chosen as a scholar can't read. People who are recommended as filial piety do not support their parents. The elected people are as cold as ice, as innocent as mud, and those who are called good officials are as timid as chickens.
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Scholar: The Han Dynasty was a subject for cultivating scholars, and only those with outstanding literary talents could be elected. Check: Choose. Filial piety: Originally, it was two subjects of electing palace officials in Han Dynasty. "Filial piety" refers to a dutiful son, and "honesty" refers to an honest man, which was later collectively referred to as "filial piety". Cold element: the subject name of Han and Jin scholars. Say you are poor. Innocence: it is also the subject name of Han Dynasty's scholars. I mean honest and clean. Gaudi: the name of the subject of selecting scholars in Han Dynasty. When it comes to pointing out giants.
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"Raising a scholar doesn't know books." Anyone who is a scholar should be knowledgeable, but in fact he can't even read, so there is a great contrast between name and reality. Exaggeration does not make people feel empty.
"Cha Xiaolian, my father is separated." Filial piety and honesty were originally two subjects, but later they merged into one. You should choose people who are filial and honest. The compound words here are biased and emphasize "filial piety". The most basic of filial piety is to support parents. But this recommended person actually separated from his father, which is undoubtedly unfilial in terms of China's ancient family concept.
"Cold element is innocent and turbid as mud", and cold element and innocence may be two subjects with similar nature. The main body of tea ceremony in Han dynasty only depends on the pleasure and needs of the emperor, so it is not fixed. Li Chongchuan, the Book of Jin, said that the promotion of cold elements should meet the conditions of "cold weather and lack of resources", and the electoral system should not change much from the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty. Fan Wei said in the biography of Yang Xiongchuan: "After ZTE, simplicity ... innocence and honesty were restored." It can be seen that both are election subjects. The name of a general subject should be commensurate with its required quality. Therefore, a naive and cold-blooded person should be a poor and honest person, but in fact, the working people's evaluation is "muddy", which shows that they can't stand those four words.
"Gao Diliang will be as timid as a mouse." In the Han Dynasty, not only civil servants were recommended by ministers, but also military commanders. "Hanshu Zhao Jiji": "In the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, there was one Chinese in Zhaoxian County and one in high school." Andy Ji in the Later Han Dynasty: "In July of the fifth year of Yongzheng, Tejin, Jiuqing and a captain were called and listed as generals of Ming and Xiao wars." Probably everything a military commander does requires "listing the descendants of generals", which is why this subject is named "Gaodi". Gaudi and literature are opposites, where they are combined with excellent generals. It can be seen that they are two similar subjects, just like the "cold element is innocent" above. The recommended person should be "resolute, brave and resourceful" ("Shun Di Ji"), but in fact he is as timid as a mouse, which really slips the world.
This ballad, with one or two typical details, juxtaposes the phenomenon of undeserved recommendation through image metaphor and exaggeration, exposes the hypocrisy, decay and absurdity of selecting talents in feudal times to the fullest, and shows the superb fighting and satirical art of working people.