"Every time you kill a dog, you are a scholar." This is a famous couplet by Cao Xuequan, a poet in Ming Dynasty.
Cao Xuequan (1574-1646) was an official, scholar and bibliophile in Ming Dynasty, and was the first of the ten sons in central Fujian.
"Every time you kill a dog, you are the most ruthless scholar", which means that most people who are loyal to others are ordinary people who are engaged in humble occupations, while knowledgeable people often do things that go against their conscience and betray their friendship.
This antithesis contains two pairs of antonyms, one pair of antonyms is "brave righteousness" and "ungrateful", and the other pair is "dog butcher" and "scholar". This antithesis shows that scholars are often treacherous and ungrateful through people with great differences in birth and status, but they do things with even greater differences; However, the ignorant and ignorant street people are loyal to their feelings and righteousness.
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It is said that there is a delightful story behind Cao Xuequan's famous couplet.
According to legend, in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial clan in Guilin was always arrogant, and liked to raise fighting dogs for court gambling and entertainment. Domestic slaves also relied on themselves as slaves of the imperial family, not only bullying the people, but even ignoring the government. ! Whenever I am bored, I will take out fighting dogs and let them bite passers-by at will for fun. Both the people and the government dare to be angry and dare not speak.
Later, in the second year of the apocalypse (1622), Cao Xuequan, the leader of "Ten Talents in Middle Fujian", was appointed as the right senator of Guangxi. He is upright and upright. Before his arrival, he had heard about the actions of Guilin's imperial relatives. Sure enough, he secretly decided to kill these villains down a peg or two.
One day, the minions of the imperial family were bored, so they used the fighting dog again to bite passers-by at will. A scholar couldn't run as fast as he could, and fell to the ground. The fighting dog rode on the scholar and bit him at will, and the scholar was about to die. At this moment, a pig killer rushed out of the roadside, started to chop off the dog's head and saved the scholar.
When the minions of the imperial family saw it, it was amazing that just a pariah actually killed his master's beloved fighting dog! They tied up the pig killer and sent him to the government together with the dead dog, asking the government to sentence him to death and pay for the dog's life.
Cao Xuequan happened to hear this case. After reading the complaint paper in detail, he was not afraid of the imperial clan, acquitted the butcher, and even ordered the royal family to compensate the scholar for medical expenses.
When the royal family saw it, they decided that they were losing face, but they couldn't beat Cao Xuequan in terms of composition. They had a plan and demanded a retrial. They secretly bribed and threatened the scholar to change his confession, saying that he was friends with the fighting dog. It was the fighting dog who was playing with him that day. It was the butcher who killed the fighting dog out of bravery and asked the butcher to pay for it!
At the retrial, the scholar was greedy for property and afraid of the influence of royalty, so he betrayed the butcher and changed his confession. Cao Xuequan flew into a rage after hearing the scholar's confession. He was angry and scolded, "The witness and the material evidence are all there. Besides, the butcher saved your life, but you didn't think of giving him back, but you wanted to kill him, befriend the dog, which is unnatural! God forbid you, I won't let you! "
After that, the official was asked to strike the scholar with a stick, but the scholar couldn't stand it. Finally, he confessed how the royal family used heavy money and intimidation to make him make a false statement. The truth of the case was revealed to the world.
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