The story about Ji Xiaolan and Gan Long.

The story of Ji Xiaolan and Gan Long I

In the 19th year of Qianlong (Wu Geng, 1754), Ji Xiaolan, aged 3 1 year, entered imperial academy, started his career, and had the opportunity to get in touch with Emperor Qianlong. However, Ji Xiaolan is plain, short-sighted and stuttering, while Gan Long likes handsome men and beautiful women. At first, Ji Xiaolan didn't have many opportunities to fully display himself in front of Emperor Qianlong. It really takes a lot of effort to let the emperor know his literary talent.

The first thing that caught Qianlong's attention was a lantern riddle written by Ji Xiaolan in the following year's Lantern Festival (1755). During the Spring Festival this year, Qianlong ordered ministers and workers to enter a lantern riddle and hang it in the Forbidden City during the Lantern Festival. Ji Xiaolan's riddles are a pair of couplets, which are hung at the gate of the Lantern Festival by dredging various relationships, and the guessing characters on the upper and lower couplets are marked as horizontal batch:

The first part: black is not, white is not, and red and yellow are not; Foxes, wolves, cats and dogs seem to be neither domestic animals nor wild animals.

Bottom line: there are poems, words and Analects of Confucius; Blurred to the east, west, north and south, although it is a short product, it is also a wonderful article.

This couplet has the same number of words, the same sentence breaks, the same form, consistent cohesion from top to bottom, rigorous wording, neat antithesis, balance and harmony with notes, concise and concise, and echoes from top to bottom, which can be described as a treasure of Chinese culture.

On the Lantern Festival, other riddles were uncovered one by one. Only Ji Xiaolan's couplets were not guessed, and Emperor Qianlong was no exception. When the emperor found out that this riddle was written by Ji Xiaolan, he asked him to answer it. As a result, he learned the answer and praised it specially. Ji Xiaolan architect Liu Tongxun and others also took this opportunity to praise Ji Xiaolan in front of Qianlong. From then on, Ji Xiaolan became famous and gradually received the attention of Emperor Qianlong.

The Story of Ji Xiaolan and Gan Long II

In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong had a splendid calendar, and his title was Qianlong. He is a romantic genius. There are many legends about his love affair with Liu Yong, Ji Xiaolan and other Han officials, many of which are related to lantern riddles.

On this day, the eunuch ordered Ji Xiaolan to wait for driving in Dongnuange. Ji Xiaolan was ordered to come to Dongnuange to wait for the driver. After Qianlong changed his official robes and came out of the pavilion, Ji Xiaolan also attended. Gan Long said: "The early dynasty has passed, and you and I are still more casual and don't give big gifts."

After taking a seat, the cadre asked, "JiAiQing.

Recently, I heard that you learned a lot from studying Lantern Tiger at home? "

Ji Xiaolan quickly reported: "The lamp tiger is really a small skill. Why bother the emperor?"

"Today, you and I are just having fun. What do you think?"

"I'm just a scholar. I'm afraid it's hard for the emperor to enjoy himself."

"Ji Aiqing, today you give me a riddle to guess."

"Please give me a question and I'll do it myself." "good

Ok, let's take mine as the topic. After that, Qianlong pointed to his own feet and said, "Take my feet as the topic!" " Ji Xiaolan a listen to, the in the mind try so hard, have to be careful today, maybe attract him.

I couldn't afford it, so I replied, "Your Majesty, Deng Hu is just joking, I'm afraid it's impolite. Long live the Lord. "

Gan Long shook his hand. "Today we're having fun. We're all free. Why talk about sin? "

Ji Xiaolan pondered for a while and said, "Just type the word' emperor's foot'.

Your majesty, please guess. "

After listening to this, Gan Long pondered for a while: "Ji Xiaolan, I can't guess the riddle, but you still published it. What kind of words should I type on my feet? "

Ji Xiaolan said, "I want to borrow your imperial pen." Then he picked up a pen on the case, licked the ink and wrote a word on his left hand.

Turning to Qianlong, he said, "Imperial Foot, that's the word." Put your hand on the valve stem.

When Qianlong saw it, he was greatly annoyed.

"Good Ji Xiaolan, how dare you blaspheme me? What should you do! "

Ji Xiaolan hurried forward: "Your Majesty, you can say that everything is free. You are the emperor, and you must keep your word. " Hearing this, the dry dragon, "too loyal, which have the emperor of bad faith. Ji Xiaolan, then, you have made this word clear, which makes sense, and I will be rewarded. "

Ji Xiaolan covered the right part of his left hand with his right hand: "Your Majesty!

What's this word? How to say it! Gan Long pouted: "It's all a foot word. Do you still need to talk?" It's' feet'! "

Ji Xiaofeng blocked the words with his right hand and said, "Your Majesty!

But in this Great Qing Dynasty, who dares to call this word! Isn't that you? Your foot, just type this word. That's right! "

When Qianlong saw this word, he was tongue-tied and said angrily, "Ji Xiaolan! Say riddles in the future, and no one is allowed to say this word! Do you know? "

Ji Xiaolan quickly replied, "I obey orders."

The story of Ji Xiaolan and Gan Long III

Ji Xiaolan is knowledgeable and humorous, and his anecdotes are widely circulated among the people. According to historical records, he loves couplets and is good at being right. He is a wizard of couplets. The fifty years of Qianlong (1785) witnessed the "Thousand Banquets", during which an old man 14 1 year old. When Emperor Qianlong learned about this, he wrote a couplet, ordered everyone to answer correctly, and said, "Flowers meet again, add another 37 years."

60 years old is called "Hua Jia", "Reunion" is equal to 120 years old, and "Sanqi" is 2 1 year old, which adds up to exactly 14 1 year old. After a little thought, Ji Xiaolan immediately said to him: "Celebrate the ancient and rare, and add a spring and autumn period." 70 years old is called "Gu Xi", "Shuangqing" is equal to 140 years old, and "adding a spring and autumn" is also 14 1 year old.

It's the New Year's Eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and it's snowing. Plum blossoms are proudly blooming, with silver in red. Ji Xiaolan accompanied Emperor Qianlong to enjoy the scenery outdoors. Unexpectedly, Emperor Qianlong sighed, "Old people support plum appreciation, alas! Youth has passed. " Ji Xiaolan realized that this was the first part of the problem and blurted out, "Children listen to firecrackers, yo! Another year. "

Ji Xiaolan's birthday couplet for Emperor Qianlong's 50th birthday is also a beautiful couplet:

"The forty thousand li of the empire has never been unified since ancient times; Fifty years of sacred life, from now on, there are still 9,950 years. "

The All-China Federation has 36 words, each full of praise and flattery. Especially after Emperor Qianlong's 50th birthday, he will live for 9,950 years, which happens to be "Long live", which is wonderful.