How Fan Jinzhongju uses contrast to satirize

The first is the contrast between the various ugliness of the characters and the "noble" identity. In the hierarchical feudal society, people are considered to be the heavenly Wenqu stars, which are extremely noble; But the image of Fan Jin in front of him is poor, crazy, absurd, and full of ugliness; The contrast is stark. Naturally, this made the crowd and neighbors "laugh uncontrollably".

The second is to achieve the purpose of irony through the comparison of the same character to the same character and the same event due to different situations. Hu Butcher's performance on two congratulatory greetings, in the same place and with the same object, the evaluation is completely different. Before Fan Jinzhong raised his head, Hu Butcher scolded him:

Like you, a sharp-beaked monkey gills, you should also pee and take care of yourself! If you don't want to eat swan fart! After Fan Jinzhongju, Hu Butcher said:

I, a virtuous son-in-law, is highly educated and has a good character, but even the masters of Zhangfu and Zhoufu in the city do not have such a decent appearance as my son-in-law. Through this comparison, the typical philistine character of Hu Butcher, who is condescending, bullying the poor and loving the rich, tending to be inflammatory, greedy for money, and vulgar and selfish, has come to life.

The third is to reveal the ugly soul of the characters through the contrast between the words of the characters and the diametrically opposed facts. Before Fan Jinzhong, "the family was hungry for two or three days", "holding chickens" and "looking for someone to buy", and no one paid attention to his life and death. After Fan Jinzhong, Squire Zhang came, saying "Mr. Shi", "Kind Brother Shi", "You and I are friendly in the world, just like flesh and blood", and sent silver and houses.

In this comparison, the ugly soul and the despicable image are clearly revealed.

It's the attitude of his father-in-law towards him before and after he is lifted.

The work depicts Fan Jin's participation in the township examination and the use of exaggerated rhetorical techniques to portray the image of him who is crazy for the imperial examination.

The extremely distinct body movements and verbal expressions of Laqiao Yuezhang before and after Fan Jin's middle lift, as well as the neighbors' hugs for him after the middle lift and the squire's gift of a house, etc., focus on portraying a shameful social atmosphere that tends to be inflammatory, enthusiastic about official careers, good officials, fame and fortune, and the world is hot and cold, and makes a spicy satire on the society and its dark characteristics at that time.

**The protagonist Fan Jin is stupid on the surface, poor and stupid, obedient and sour; In his heart, he is passionate about fame, pursues profit, is full of servility, and is cowardly. From him, we can see the corruption of the imperial examination system and the poisoning of scholars.

He was poor and destitute for half of his life, and sometimes went hungry. He took the exam more than 20 times in a row and failed to enter the school. was treated coldly and discriminated against, and finally reluctantly entered school at the age of 54, which is considered a showman.

His father-in-law, Hu Butcher, scolded him as a "treasure of the world". He was also only submissive and cowardly: "What my father-in-law saw was taught."

Sometimes he was scolded so much that he "couldn't touch the bureau and regret it", and even spit out stinky phlegm in his face, and he didn't have the slightest temper.

Poverty did not diminish his sluggishness and sourness, and even when he was anxious to sell chickens and buy rice, he still "paced one step at a time" and "looked around" without being in a hurry.

Before Fan Jinzhongju, he called him a "treasure of the world" and "a useless person", and scolded him, "Like you, a sharp-beaked monkey cheek, you should also pee and take care of yourself." If you don't have oranges and oranges, you just want to eat swan farts! ”

After Fan Jinzhong was raised, he immediately changed his title, calling him "virtuous son-in-law", "old man", "virtuous son-in-law", and "stars in the sky".

Fan Jinzhongju is a satirical article created by Wu Jingzi, a master of the Qing Dynasty, excerpted from "The History of Confucianism".

By describing Fan Jin's participation in the township examination and winning the promotion, the work uses exaggerated rhetorical techniques to portray the image of him who is crazy for the joy of the imperial examination, and uses the extremely distinct body movements and verbal expressions of his father-in-law before and after Fan Jin's round celery finch to be lifted, as well as the neighbors' front and back hugging him after the middle examination and the squire's gift of a house, etc., to focus on portraying a shameful social atmosphere with a trend of being keen on official careers, good officials and fame and fortune, and the world is hot and cold, and it makes a spicy satire on the society and its dark characteristics at that time.