"The most useless person is a scholar" means: the most useless person is a scholar.

"A hundred useless people are scholars" comes from the seven-character poem "Miscellaneous Feelings" written by the Qing Dynasty poet Huang Jingren. The whole poem is as follows:

Immortals and Buddhas have not yet come together, and they only know how to be alone at night. Bu Ping Ming. The wind is full of sad songs, and the mud is stained with bad luck.

Nine out of ten people are worth looking down upon, and one is useless as a scholar. Don't worry about the poems and turn them into prophecies. The spring birds and autumn insects make their own noises.

Vernacular translation:

The road to becoming an immortal or a Buddha is slim, and he cannot succeed. He can only write poems alone late at night to express his injustice. The wandering and abject life has drained away the impassioned spirit in the poet's poems. A man who is completely silent and has no frivolous thoughts about women gets the reputation of a heartless man.

Nine out of ten people can roll their eyes at each other, and the most useless ones are scholars. Don't worry that the sad poems you write will become prophecies of good or bad luck. The birds in spring and the insects in autumn will all make their voices heard.

Extended information

1. Creation background

"Miscellaneous Feelings" was written by the poet around the thirty-third year of Qianlong (1768 AD). At that time, the poet II At the age of ten, he liked to write sad language in his poems. His friends advised him that "sad poems are not good prophecies." Shao Qitao, the poet's master, couldn't bear to see his disciples chanting in pain, causing illness and fatigue, and repeatedly warned him. The poet I deeply felt the kindness of my teacher, but could not give up the pursuit of poetic art. Looking back on my twenty years, I felt resentful and resentful, so I wrote this poem.

2. Introduction to the author

Huang Jingren (February 20, 1749 - May 25, 1783), a descendant of Huang Tingjian, a poet of the Song Dynasty, and a poet of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Jingren was orphaned at the age of four and came from a poor family. He was famous for his poems when he was a boy. In the 31st year of Qianlong's reign (1766), he began to travel around the world in order to make a living and remained in poverty all his life. He was appointed county magistrate in the forty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign (1781), and died of illness in the forty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign (1783).

Huang Jingren is famous for his poetry. He is also known as "Er Zhong" together with Wang Tan, and "Er Jun" with Hong Liangji. He is one of the Seven Sons of Piling. He studied poetry like Li Bai. Many of his works express the sorrow of poverty and loneliness. There are also chapters of melancholy and cynicism, and the seven-character poems are very distinctive and can also be used in poetry. He is the author of "Liangdangxuan Collection" and "Xili Seal Manuscript".

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