When the ancients scolded scholars, why did they always scold the poor and sour talents?

We all know that in ancient times, a political system was implemented in order to select **.

That is the imperial examination system. The imperial examination system is a fair selection system, so that students from poor families can have the opportunity to change their destiny. And the imperial examination system.

It's not just an exam, starting from the county exam, it is often necessary to pass layers of selection before you have the opportunity to show your talents in the palace exam. In this way, people who get the top rankings can finally become a ** and achieve their goal of studying hard for many years. Then we all know that students can be called like Xiucai after passing the township examination.

As mentioned above, we can learn that the choice is to study hard and then take the imperial examination.

are often students from poor families. Their family is very poor, and only by studying and gaining fame can they change their fate. And after these students pass the township examination and become Xiucai, the state has no subsidies or rewards for them.

But in some dynasties, there were still rewards for students who became Xiucai. The Ming Dynasty had such a clear regulation, and there was an extremely rich silver subsidy every year for those who were admitted to Xiucai. Although it does not make them rich in one fell swoop, it can also ensure that they have a good diet and life.

Therefore, sometimes the statement of poor talents is not the ridicule of others for the poverty of this scholar's family, but the ridicule of themselves because these talents have not been able to obtain fame. <>

And we all know that when ridiculing people in ancient times, in addition to saying that people are poor, they often say that people have a sour smell of poverty. This describes some scholars because they recognize themselves as high after they have gained some fame, and feel that they have studied and become a showman, and their status is one level higher than that of ordinary people, so they often talk about others. Poor and sour talents are often used to describe people with such a mentality.

Because most of the scholars in ancient times were born poor, their families were poor, and at the same time, reading also cost a lot of money, and some scholars' families could not support this expense, so most of the scholars' families were very poor, so they would scold the scholars for being poor and sour and talented.

Because many people used a lot of money on the way to the examination, and even many scholars reached their own youth, in ancient times, when productivity was relatively low, scholars were particularly poor.

First of all, in ancient times, the word "Xiucai" was the name of the scholars, after the birth of the imperial examination system, the identity and status of the candidates were not restricted, so many poor people with lofty ideals have chosen the imperial examination, because most of them were poor, there was also the saying of "poor and sour Xiucai".

Why did Fan Jinzhongju make him crazy with joy, the squire deliberately greeted him, but before he was promoted, one of the scholars was poor and sour?

In addition to the improvement of political status after the promotion and the possibility of becoming an official, the benefits of the promotion are real, according to the law: Xiucai enjoys the right to exempt about 10 acres of land from paying land tax and 2 ding from forced labor.

The lifter enjoys the right of about 100 to hundreds of acres to be exempted from paying land tax and exempt from dozens of forced labor.

Therefore, once the promotion is made, there will be peasants who cannot bear the oppression of taxes and rush to come to the land to join the slaves, so that the peasants can directly pay rent to the lord of the court, and no longer pay taxes to the imperial court and serve as servants;

Therefore, Xiucai is going to starve only by himself, and he can get money and free labor when he is lying down, so it is normal for Fan Jin to go crazy, it is not that he was dazzled by the imperial examination, but the silver of white flowers...

If the Song Dynasty Rite Department fails to pass the exam, the candidate will be returned to Xiucai, and the next round will be tested in the state for a solution exam, and only after passing can he enter Beijing.

That is, before the Ming and Qing dynasties, lifting people was only a one-time qualification to participate in the national examination.

Therefore, it is unlikely that there will be a poor and sour argument.

In order to encourage the imperial examination, the Ming and Qing dynasties gave scholars the privilege of a few dings of tax exemption, and only relied on this privilege and did not produce, so they lived very reluctantly and poorly, and there was not much difference from ordinary people, so they were poor;

And the benefits brought to him by this privilege are not low in economic status, and he will not be poor and sour.

No matter how talented a child is a scholar, how can there be one who is not sour?

It's just that Xiucai has no money and has a low status, and the common people dare to be sarcastic, do you try to be sarcastic?

Deliver the note to the yamen in minutes, not to mention that the people generally become real power figures in the clan, and half of their lives will be cured by moving the family law.

It's just because the economic base is different.

Xiucai can't be shaded, so he can only exempt a few servants, that is, as a population tax and a labor tax, the majority of the land is inevitable, and individual Xiucai has to farm by himself, of course, most of them rely on private schools to make extra money.

Those with good grades can go to school in the county and receive money and food, which is the so-called Yusheng, and they all have to fight because of two or two sacrifices of meat, depending on how Fan Jinzhong's former father-in-law treated him.

As for lifting people, it's another matter, don't be too easy to shade a hundred acres of land, become a big landlord in the township, these counties are required to collect taxes from them (tax system), some are more comfortable than the poor distribution of the top three Jinshi, the so-called gold and silver Jinshi, which farmer dares to say him?

Therefore, you only see sour talents, and there is no sour lifter, which is considered the champion.

The silver of the white flowers, the right to shine, has long washed away the poor sour gas of the past!

In ancient times, when the scholar did not become famous, in order to gain fame, he studied hard, and his clothes did not have time to wash, and over time, his body would stink, so he was called sour Xiucai!

"Sour Xiucai" originally referred to the fact that the scholar studied hard and diligently, did not change his clothes frequently, and had a sour smell. Later, due to the death of the scholars, many of them did not understand world affairs, especially the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the eight shares of scholars, which were rigid and rigid, so that many scholars did not go through world affairs, so people used the word "sour Xiucai" to ridicule scholars.

Poor scholars refer to those who read books The economic level is not high, but they study diligently and hard, and their clothes will not be changed frequently, so they have a sour taste, so the ancient people have always called poor scholars sour Xiucai.

"Poor scholars" only shows that the economic status of the scholars is not high, and the scholars study hard and diligently, and even do not wash and change their clothes frequently, so there is a sour atmosphere. Later, because the reader died reading, people used the term "sour Xiucai" to ridicule the reader.

Reading was an opportunity to get ahead in ancient times, so most people pinned their hopes on readers, but often the people who read in the society were from poor backgrounds and did not have any capital at home, so they were mostly scolded for being poor talents, but even if they were scolded, it was another recognition of their identity as scholars, and a recognition of their level of knowledge, which also expressed people's respect for readers, but now people in society have more and more opportunities to choose from, and there is no such thing as the previous poor talent.

When we watch costume TV series, we can often hear people in it say that the show is the "poor show", in factThis phenomenon arose in ancient times for these three reasons.

The first reason: show is the basis for entering the major exams. Now we have to accept countless exams from childhood to adulthood, in fact, in ancient times, the ancient scientific examination system was very strict, and it was basically divided into three sessions, namely the township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination.

And Xiucai is the person who passed the exam before the township examination, and only when he becomes Xiucai can he participate in the township examination, so he embarks on the road of soaring, so Xiucai is the stepping stone to his future.

The second reason: from a poor background. In ancient times, in addition to the royal family and nobles, the others were basically commoners, or businessmen, but it is precisely because of this that people want to change their destiny to study, so those who pass the preliminary examination are called Xiucai, and at the same time, because they are from a poor family, they are nicknamed "poor Xiucai".

And in ancient times, it was a time-consuming, laborious and money-consuming thing to get fame, after all, there was no unified teacher in ancient times, and there was no teacher qualification certificate, so you can only rely on the relationship and find a suitable teacher to teach at home, so that your children will have a way out in the future, and it is also very difficult to take the test in ancient times, plus the resources of teachers in ancient times are too small, so this phenomenon will be caused.

The third reason: I can't meet my own food and clothing. In fact, in different dynasties, Xiucai can receive subsidies from the state, but the annual silver taels are basically eighteen taels, which may be enough at the beginning, but when it comes to the Ming Dynasty, because the price is too fast, their own silver taels are no longer enough, and the scholars in Kyoto basically spend fifty taels per year to provide for their own lives, and in ancient times, most people wanted to study hard to get out of the road, so they often did not have enough food and clothing, and the place where they lived may not be very good, so people will call them "poor Xiucai." ”。

It's a bit abusive, but it's also true, because Xiucai is just an empty title, so the people who are admitted to Xiucai are very poor, and after a long time, people call Xiucai poor Xiucai.

Scolding scholars for being poor Xiucai is a respectful scolding, because Xiucai is very knowledgeable, just because he doesn't eat the court's money, so he is scolded for being poor Xiucai.

In ancient times, if many scholars could not get fame, it was very difficult to rely on the thin fields left by their ancestors, and most of them would be destitute if they lived, because they could neither farm nor trade except for studying, and this kind of scolding was actually not respected.

After the May Fourth Movement, people's ideology emerged and the need for cultural criticism intensified people's ugliness of the image of XiucaiIn short, Xiucai is really an embarrassing existence in ancient history, although it is out of the ranks of the people, it has always been linked to poverty, and it is an insurmountable gap from officialdom, in a situation in the wind. The forbearance in it can only be experienced by Xiucai himself.

Because most of the people who are admitted to Xiucai will be poor, and even their families will be ruined.

Because Xiucai refers to the reader who has passed the children's examination before the township examination. And above Xiucai, there are also lifters, and then there are tributes and jinshi. Xiucai is at the bottom, and there is no monetary subsidy.

It's very simple to become a showman, you just need to bury your head in hard work, but you need a lot of money to go further, so most poor people are just poor showmen.

There is a reason why ancient scholars were said to be "poor and talented", after all, there would not be so many rich people in any era, and if the children of the poor families in ancient times wanted to enter the upper class, the imperial examination was a relatively direct method.

So many children from poor families went to take the imperial examination, but it was not so easy to take the exam, soMany children from poor families are Xiucai, because Xiucai wants to study abroad, and at the same time there is almost no ** subsidy, so people from relatively poor families are admitted to Xiucai, and they are still poor, so there is a saying of "poor Xiucai".

In ancient China, the imperial examination was not achieved overnight, and it was necessary to take three examinations, the first was the township examination, the second was the general examination, and the third was the palace examination. Only those who pass the first township examination can become Xiucai, and then they must continue to study in school, and then pass the examination. Only after becoming a lifter can you enter the examination.

As for those who can participate in the temple examination, they are the top three in the examination.

Although compared to the army of the imperial examination, there are also a few people who are admitted to Xiucai, but Xiucai has to continue to study, and there is almost no subsidy from **, so if the family is relatively poor, after such a person is admitted to Xiucai, the family situation may not improve much.

Because Xiucai wants to enter the court as an official, he needs to continue to study, so he needs tuition. Xiucai, who comes from a relatively poor family, may be even poorer if he has to raise tuition fees while studying. After all, in ancient China, there were still a few people who were relatively wealthy.

Therefore, in ancient times, most of the talents were poor children, so there was a saying of "poor talents".

Although Xiucai does not have any state subsidies, butXiucai can see officials without kneeling, which is also a great courtesy in ancient times, is a symbol of status, so in ancient times, it was also a relatively glorious thing to be admitted to Xiucai.

In ancient times, if you want to get ahead, you can only achieve it through the imperial examination, so the scholar can only bury his head in hard study, and the productivity is low at that time, and the family can only give everything he has.

In ancient times, ordinary families often had to raise the strength of the whole family to support a scholar, and the scholar had no ability to make money before he passed the exam, so everyone called him a poor Xiucai, because he was really poor.

Because Xiu is a kind of person with a relatively low status among readers. On the one hand, in addition to venting their dissatisfaction, scolding them is not afraid of receiving retaliation.

Although Xiucai has entered the noble class of "scholars", Xiucai is the bottom of the "scholar" class. Xiucai can not kneel when he sees officials, but in general, only particularly good people will receive state subsidies. In general, the benefits that Xiucai can get from ** are very small.