According to the content of the article, it can be seen that Kong Yiji is poor and pedantic, and at the same time, Kong Yiji is a kind person.

Poor and pedantic: Kong Yiji believed in the dogma that all things are inferior, only those who study well can be educated, but he was not even admitted as a scholar, had no fame or fortune, and lived a very poor life. He has the unique aloof nature of scholars under the influence of the feudal education system. He has no financial resources and is unwilling to engage in labor to earn money. Regarding Kong Yiji's famous saying "Stealing a book is not stealing", we can see the pedantic side of being a poor scholar.

Kindness: Kong Yiji also has shining points of humanity. Kong Yiji’s kind side is reflected in the two details of Kong Yiji teaching children to read and giving fennel beans to children. The children surrounded Kong Yiji, and Kong Yiji "gave them fennel beans to eat." Fennel beans are not a rare thing, but in an era of scarcity, in an era when "if you were willing to spend an extra penny, you could buy a plate of salted boiled bamboo shoots or fennel beans to go with alcohol", in the city where alcohol was sold, In an age when water was scarce, it was indeed very precious to a poor and down-and-out person, but Kong Yiji took one pill each and shared it until there was not much left. Extended information

Creative background:

At the end of the 19th century, the Qing government was corrupt and the people were in dire straits. The imperial examination system since the Sui and Tang Dynasties was still prevalent. A few intellectuals climbed to dominant positions, but most lower-class intellectuals remained impoverished. Kong Yiji, the protagonist of the novel "Kong Yiji", is such a typical example in Mr. Lu Xun's works.

After the Revolution of 1911, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. Restoration forces were rampant and the achievements of the revolution were stolen. Before and after the May 4th Movement, although the imperial examination system was abolished, feudal culture and education were still deeply rooted, feudal education was still implemented in other ways, and the people were still in a state of lethargy and numbness.

The blast of the October Revolution in 1917 brought Marxism-Leninism to China. Chinese revolutionary intellectuals such as Li Dazhao led and instigated the New Culture Movement, which violently attacked feudal culture and education. In order to angrily crusade against the feudal system and feudal culture, and to "depict a kind of life in society and invite readers to take a look" to "draw attention to healing", Mr. Lu Xun wrote the novel in the winter of 1918 after "Diary of a Madman" "Kong Yiji".