Speaking of Ji Xiaolan, everyone is familiar with it. Zhang Guoli's version of Ji Xiaolan in the TV series Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan left a deep impression on us: charming, humorous, witty, brave, and often fought against corrupt officials in front of Emperor Qianlong. The notes of people from the Qing Dynasty who lived at the same time as Ji Xiaolan or later tell us that Ji Xiaolan in history was even more handsome than the Ji Xiaolan written by Zhang Guoli. So, what is Ji Xiaolan’s true image? What is the relationship between Ji Xiaolan and Emperor Qianlong? Surprisingly, Emperor Qianlong didn't like Ji Xiaolan very much!

There are two types of Han officials who can please Emperor Qianlong: one is handsome and knowledgeable, such as Wang Jie and Gao Dong; the second type is senior officials of the Qing Dynasty, such as Liu Yong. Although he is not good-looking and has a hunchback, he meets the second condition! It is a pity that Ji Xiaolan does not meet the requirements of Emperor Qianlong at all: he is neither handsome nor handsome, and his family does not belong to an official family for generations.

Someone asked: No, isn’t Ji Xiaolan a handsome man? What, is there a problem? There are some problems.

Historically, there have been two different opinions about what Ji Xiaolan looks like: one is that Ji Xiaolan is charming, handsome, and humorous; the second is that Ji Xiaolan is ugly, short-sighted, and stutters. Which one is closer to history? the truth?

The typical historical data that can prove that Ji Xiaolan was suave, handsome, and humorous is Fan Jiang's book "Inheritance of Sinology Teachers in the Qing Dynasty" written by Fan Jiang in the Qing Dynasty. The sixth volume records that Ji Yun was "outspoken and humorous. But when I suddenly heard his words, it was almost humorous. After thinking about it, it was a famous quote." Additionally, we discovered a poem by Hong. In the year when the Sinology teacher was admitted to the imperial dynasty, Hong Hui praised him as "Zi Yun's pen and tongue are so eloquent that no one can comment on him at present", which proved that his speech was witty.

These two researches are consistent with first-hand materials and the principle of "isolated cases cannot be established". So far, can we say that Ji Xiaolan is really charming, good-looking and humorous?

Wait, did you notice? He and Hong have two characteristics in common: first, they are twenty or thirty years older than him; secondly, they often contacted Ji Xiaolan after they joined the work, and they were both Ji Xiaolan's subordinates at the time. So let's analyze it in detail. Is it possible that they lied while respecting Ji Xiaolan very much, or that they won Ji Xiaolan's performance. To historians, this is a "celebrity no-no."

Have you noticed that the materials written by these two people only said that Ji Xiaolan was "charming and humorous", not that Ji Xiaolan was "good-looking"!

According to the research of several other historical research experts, the real Ji Xiaolan has three major flaws:

First of all, Ji Xiaolan is ugly. According to research by Deng Zhicheng, an expert on Qing history, Ji Xiaolan "went to sleep". The so-called "ugly" means ugly appearance. Some people in unofficial history say that Ji Xiaolan is a fat black man.

Second, Ji Xiaolan is short-sighted. This begins with the case of Hai Sheng beating his wife Wu Ya and his family, recorded in the Book of Records in the 12th Anniversary of the Continuing Huairen Poems. In the fiftieth year of Tongzhi, Hai Sheng, the in-law of Agui, a great scholar, beat his wife Wu Yashi to death and falsely claimed that Wu Yashi had committed suicide. Emperor Long sent Ji Xiaolan, the imperial censor of Zuodu, to conduct a re-examination, and it turned out that he had hanged himself. Wu's younger brother Guining refused to accept the decision and appealed. Later, Emperor Qianlong sent Agui and He Xingtong to the Ministry of Punishment for inspection and found that there were no marks of constriction on the body. As a result, Agui was fined for five years and removed from his post. As for Ji Xiaolan, Emperor Qianlong said: "Ji Yun is a useless and corrupt scholar, not enough. He is not familiar with the criminal events, his eyes are short-sighted, and he failed to read in detail during the examination." However, despite being seriously discussed by the ministry, he still No need. Emperor Qianlong here said that Ji Xiaolan was "myopic", and "myopia" is what we call myopia today. This material comes from the emperor’s imperial edict and can be judged to be authentic!

Third, stuttering. In fact, Ji Xiaolan stuttered, which was not mentioned in various biographies. Only his good friend, Zhu Zhu's Donghua Xulu, who had been friends with him for decades and was once the master of Emperor Jiaqing, wrote frankly about this matter twice. One of the recorded poems is as follows: "Zongbo Hejian, stammering, good at writing books. Zhizhizhai's collection of poems has more than 40,000 copies in four libraries. For future generations, it is prudent to eat meat and not eat it." Millet, both pure and muddy in the same jar are not the real Buddha, but your will.

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So, should we believe Deng Zhicheng’s judgment that Ji Xiaolan is really ugly, short-sighted, and stuttering?

Wait a minute, this view is not completely valid!

Because, according to the rules, there are four criteria for selecting officials in feudal society: body, speech, writing, and judgement.

Among these four criteria, "body" ranks first and "words" ranks second. . Since Ji Xiaolan can be selected as an official, he must have four qualities: physical appearance, conversation, writing, and judgment. In other words, Ji Xiaolan's appearance may have some flaws, but at least. Not too ugly to be invisible.

So, what should Ji Xiaolan look like? In my opinion, Ji Xiaolan has the following characteristics in terms of appearance and personal life:

First of all, Ji Xiaolan has an average appearance. Compared with He, Fu Changan and others, he is not very handsome. Among the ministers around Emperor Qianlong, he should be considered relatively unattractive. It is easy to understand why people say Ji Xiaolan is ugly.

Secondly, Ji Xiaolan does have some stuttering problems, but they are not serious. Otherwise, Liu Tongxun, as an examiner, would not dare to admit Ji Xiaolan.

Thirdly, Ji Xiaolan's myopia should be true. This is related to his lack of attention to posture when reading and lack of physical exercise. However, at that time, short-sightedness for a knowledgeable person like Ji Xiaolan was not a big shortcoming!

Not very handsome, a little short-sighted, and stuttering. Can such a person be favored by Emperor Qianlong, who always likes handsome guys around him?

These unobtrusive flaws of Ji Xiaolan made Qianlong uncomfortable. The emperor's eyes were artificially magnified. Emperor Long was used to seeing beautiful women. In his eyes, Ji Xiaolan was simply too ugly! Unless he insisted on using this person, it was best not to be there. By my side!

Because his appearance did not meet the requirements of Emperor Qianlong, he would not be reused. This caused Ji Xiaolan to be more extreme, mean and sarcastic in his dealings with others, rather than humorous. Ji Xiaolan often tries to use every opportunity to be sarcastic and vent his frustration and dissatisfaction! In vernacular, Ji Xiaolan has a bad mouth and often curses without using curse words.

The secret summary of Niu Ying, the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty, contains Ji Wenda. He is a public official who likes humor, and many court officials were deceived; Qian Yong, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in the book Yuchuangxiaoyilu: "Xianxian County is good at joking, and everyone knows it." The "insult" and "mockery" here. "This is not to praise Ji Xiaolan's eloquence. Ji Xiaolan is good at matching. He often makes some sarcastic remarks about his colleagues. For example, Qian Yong recorded the following things in Lu Yuan Cong Huanian:

Once, in Beijing There was a fire in the Ministry of Works office, and Qianlong ordered Chief Sikong Jinjian to summon migrant workers to rebuild it. An official in the court was bored and asked himself a question based on this incident: "The Ministry of Water Resources was on fire, and Jin built a building. "Because this sentence contains the five elements of "water, fire, metal, earth, and wood", no one could relate to it for a long time. At that time, there was a burly scholar in the court who always liked to show off that he was a southerner. From the north. He also liked Paris. However, he kept thinking about it, but couldn't figure out the bottom line, so he turned to Ji Xiaolan and asked Ji Xiaolan to help him think about this question. "This sentence is not difficult to answer, but. I'm afraid I'll hurt the teacher. Zhong Shuke said eagerly: "Ah, it's okay, as long as it matches!" So Ji Xiaolan said to him: "Southerners are northerners, but what is Chinese calligraphy?" "Ji Xiaolan used the five directions of "south, north, middle, east, and west". It was originally quite appropriate to compare with the five elements of "water, fire, metal, earth, and wood," but when put together, it became a curse word.

Another example is a joke we all know: one day when North Korea was broken up, a eunuch wanted to hear Ji Xiaolan tell a joke. Ji Xiaolan pretended to think deeply for a long time and said: "A long time ago, there was a eunuch". After half a sentence, he stopped talking. After waiting for a long time, the eunuch asked: "How about down there?" "Ji Xiaolan replied: "There is nothing underneath. "The smell is overwhelming.

In my opinion, Ji Xiaolan's extremely mean attitude towards people is also one of the reasons why Emperor Qianlong disliked him.

Most successful people who are not very handsome are somewhat narcissistic. The reason is that these people do not easily attract the attention of others. If they don't encourage themselves regularly, it will be difficult for them to succeed. Ji Xiaolan is a bit narcissistic, loves to show off herself, looks down on others, and is extremely mean to others.

Once, when Ji Xiaolan walked into the south study room, an old eunuch who had heard of Ji Xiaolan for a long time came to have a look at him. He saw Ji Xiaolan wearing a leather robe and holding a folding fan, which was the habit of literati at that time. The old eunuch asked: "Little Hanlin, wearing winter clothes and holding a summer fan, have you read the Spring and Autumn Book?" This couplet cleverly embedded the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and satirized Ji Xiaolan's dress, which is difficult to do. of. Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaolan responded easily: "Old manager, I was born in the south and came to the north. Are those things still there?" This incident was quickly spread as a joke. Here Ji Xiaolan openly mocks the physical defects of the eunuchs and the lack of mercy on the part of some of them.

Another time, when Ji Xiaolan was still the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he was visited by the minister and censor one day. Several people were chatting when suddenly a dog ran out. This dog has a name, Si'er. Seeing the dog, Shangshu suddenly had the intention of making fun of Ji Xiaolan and asked: "Hey, do you think it is a wolf or a dog?" Ji Xiaolan knew that Shangshu was teasing him, so he calmly said: "There are two ways to identify it. Is it a dog or a wolf? One is to look at its tail. The tail is drooping, and the upper axis is a dog." The censor laughed and said, "Haha, I said it was a wolf or a dog. It’s a dog, haha, haha.”

Ji Xiaolan added calmly, “Another way to distinguish is to see what it eats. Wolves don’t eat meat. Dogs eat meat when they encounter it. Eat shit when it comes to shit.”

Now even the censors are silent.

Those who were ridiculed by Ji Xiaolan must be dissatisfied with Ji Xiaolan in their hearts. Once given the opportunity, they would stumble in front of the emperor and speak ill of Ji Xiaolan. For a long time, the emperor naturally did not have a good impression of Ji Xiaolan and would unconsciously alienate him.

Some people will wonder: Will there be harmony among these people who are annoyed by Ji Xiaolan? In the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign, Ji Xiaolan offended his ministers and was sent to Xinjiang by Emperor Qianlong. He is only 18 years old and has not yet become an official. He has not joined the work yet. He was born in the fifteenth year of Qianlong's reign, 26 years younger than Ji Xiaolan. Ji Xiaolan was only four years old when she passed the Jinshi examination in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign. There would have been no conflict between them at that time.

Ji Xiaolan has been a smart person since he was a child. He is called a "child prodigy". Ji Xiaolan's grandfather, Ji Runsheng, was a minor official in the Qing Dynasty. He reached Jiangsu Province and was a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment; his father, Ji Rongshu, was elected in the fifty-second year of Kangxi's reign, but he did not become a high official. He once served as the prefect of Yao'an, Yunnan, and was also a literary celebrity who wrote some books. It can be seen that Ji Xiaolan's family has no special background, and he has a humble background among the officials who joined him. To a certain extent, it can also be said that Ji Xiaolan is a child from an ordinary family. However, Ji Xiaolan grew up in such a family and was influenced by some literature. He showed his talent as a teenager.

There are many folk stories about Ji Xiaolan’s talent as a boy. It is said that one day, Ji Xiaolan and his companions were playing ball on the street. The county magistrate of Hejian happened to be passing by and accidentally threw the ball into the magistrate's official car. The other children had already fled in all directions, but Ji Xiaolan had already stepped forward to stop the car tether ball. Seeing his innocence, the county magistrate said: "I have a couplet. If you can match it, I will return the ball to you, otherwise the ball is mine." Ji Xiaolan agreed. The county magistrate sent a couplet: "There are six or seven boys, but you are cunning." Without thinking, Ji Xiaolan replied, "The prefect has two thousand stones, just the Marquis." Ji Xiaolan swallowed the last sentence and did not speak out for a long time. The county magistrate asked: "Why didn't you say the last sentence?" Ji Xiaolan replied: "If the referee returns the ball to me, it is 'continuous'; if he does not return the ball, it is 'greedy'." The referee couldn't help laughing when he heard this. , so he naturally returned the ball to Ji Xiaolan.