"Shanfuer'er" means nothing more than Er'er, that's all. From Chapter 16 of "Phoenix Pond", written by Qing Yanxia Sanren. According to current research, Yanxiasan was Liu Zhang during the Kangyong period.
"Phoenix Pond" writes that Yun Jian was framed by the son of a court official, changed his name and surname to escape and traveled far away, met Wen Ruoxia and entered into an engagement. Soon, the Wen family suffered another disaster due to being framed by powerful ministers. Wen Ruoxia disguised herself as a man and took refuge in the shogunate under the guise of Yunjian. She was recruited by Zhang Taifu as her son-in-law. Later, he came forward to arrange a marriage contract between Miss Zhang and Yun Jian's friend Shui Mei.
During this period, many misunderstandings were caused by impersonation. The machinations of powerful ministers and dignitaries were thwarted again and again. Finally, the truth was revealed, and the two pairs of talented men and beautiful women each formed a beautiful marriage. The description of love in the novel closely revolves around the political struggle, and finally ends with the end of the political struggle, during which a broad picture of social life is shown.
"Phoenix Pond" is a long vernacular novel about talented men and beauties compiled by Liu Zhang in the Qing Dynasty. The full name is "The Book of Four Talented Scholars Continued by Phoenix Pool", also known as "The Romance of Talented Scholars", titled "The Collection of Miscellaneous Scholars", and was written in the middle to late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Introduction to the artistic features of "Phoenix Pool":
Most of "Phoenix Pool" uses exaggeration techniques to emphasize a certain characteristic of the object being satirized, such as the power of powerful officials. , insidious and vicious, the dandy's eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, being uneducated and incompetent, the gangsters' support for abuse, the snobbishness of the monks, the humbleness and servility shown by the autumn people when they tend to flatter the public, etc.
At the same time, the author has been able to adopt different satirical attitudes according to the abominability of the behavior being satirized, either criticizing and reprimanding, ridiculing, or giving sympathy and tolerance in satire, etc., showing the author's realism The creative techniques are becoming increasingly mature.
The characters in "Phoenix Pond" are not all single and flat. When portraying the autumn trend of the teacher, the author wrote out the complex personality of this character. Autumn people tend to pretend to be famous for profit, and have no shame; they cater to the public and are full of servility. But despite all his shortcomings, he has not lost his good nature. When he and Yun Jian met by chance, they were able to help each other enthusiastically; what he did was just to seek a small profit, and he did not do anything that harmed nature or harmed others or benefited himself.
He has the conditions he can take advantage of by pretending to be a famous person. "I can also draw a few orchids, landscapes, etc." He is an old man, but those people think that his activities will bring him generous gifts." His servility is caused by his humble social status. In this way, the author breaks through the pattern of "everything is evil and everything is beautiful" (Chapter 43 of "Zhi Yanzhai Re-evaluation of the Story of Stone"), showing the progress of ancient Chinese novels in depicting characters. .