Dong Fangshuo's witty personality made Emperor Wu laugh.

Dong Fangshuo was a strange man in the Western Han Dynasty, and he was famous for his humor and antics in history. Because he knew everything before his death, he shot a hundred shots, which made people feel that he was quite immortal. After his death, his deeds spread more and more widely, and many miracles were attached to him. Many fairy tales feature him, among which "Dong Fangshuo steals peaches" is the most popular.

Dong Fangshuo often makes Emperor Wu laugh.

In ancient China, many folk gods were real people, and Dong Fangshuo was one of them. He was a courtier of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and worked as an assistant minister and doctor in Taizhong. He is humorous, witty and clever, and often makes the unsmiling Emperor Wu laugh. He is also good at playing riddles and solve riddles on the lanterns. Every time he guessed right, he was already a legend before he died. After his death, his deeds became more and more legendary. Many folk fairy tales take him as the protagonist, and even call him a star in the sky, while Taoism conforms to public opinion and regards him as a fairy.

The real Dong Fangshuo in history is Dong Fangshuo recorded in Historical Records and Hanshu. Historical records listed him as a funny biography, and Hanshu made a biography for him. Dong Fangshuo described by Sima Qian and Ban Gu is burly, handsome, knowledgeable, eloquent, witty and humorous, and informal. At the same time, his character has two sides. Although he is good at reading minds and making people like him, he is neither supercilious nor flattering his superiors, nor will he plot against others. He often called a spade a spade in front of Emperor Wu, corrected some faults of the Emperor, and warned Emperor Wu's extravagance by offering speeches. Before he died, he also advised Emperor Wu that he was "far from wise and could not retreat into slanderous remarks", which surprised Emperor Wu. He said to the left and right, I didn't expect Dong Fangshuo to say such serious things.

Dong Fangshuo made an excuse to threaten the dwarf to see the Emperor Wu.

How tall is the burly Dong Fangshuo? When he first wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he introduced himself: "Chen Shuo is twenty-two years old, nine feet three inches long, with eyes like pearls and teeth like scallops." What is the concept of nine feet three inches? In the Western Han Dynasty, one foot was equivalent to 0.23 1 meter now. If what Dong Fangshuo said is true, his height is 2.148m. This height not only stood out from the crowd in ancient times, but also few people are taller than him now. "Eyes hanging like beads" means eyes are bright, like bright beads. "Tooth shell" means that teeth are white, like neatly arranged shells. Dong Fangshuo, tall and handsome, is a giant in men's eyes and a goddess in women's eyes.

Dong Fangshuo is not only outstanding in appearance, but also knowledgeable. It is said that he is famous for reading ancient books and mastering classics. He also said that he "read a lot of foreign languages" and likes to read books with a hundred schools of thought contending. He said in his self-introduction: "Thirteen years of study and three winters of literature and history are enough. 15 studied fencing, historical records, 16 studied poetry and recited 220,000 words. Learn Sun Wu's art of war, war tools, the teaching of drumming, and recite 220,000 words. " Dong Fangshuo claimed that he could recite 440,000 words of classic and art books at the age of 19, which shows that his memory is extraordinary. When he first wrote this book, he wrote more than 3,000 pieces of bamboo slips. The bus order told two people to carry it to see Emperor Wu, which was just enough. Liang Wudi spent two months reading his books in the palace.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was thirsty for talents. Although Dong Fangshuo's recommendation letter is "irrelevant, please take a look at it", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still thinks that he is a useful talent, so he ordered him to be employed by the public transport companies and other imperial courts. Dong Fangshuo held his breath because of the meager salary paid by the bus company, the equal treatment given to the short drivers by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and the delay in being summoned by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In order to see the emperor as soon as possible, Dong Fangshuo had a plan. He deliberately frightened the dwarf: "If Cao Cao is not good to the county magistrate, he can't farm as hard as the officials in the inner government."

Emperor Wu asked, "Why are you afraid of dwarfs?" Dong Fangshuo came prepared and answered unhurriedly: "Chen Shuo will talk all his life, and even when he dies. The short man is more than three feet long, and his salary is 240 yuan. I am more than nine feet long, and I also received a bag of millet, which cost 240 yuan. The dwarf is starving, and so is the priest. I can use my words, but I'm glad to see that they are different. Not available, stop, but no order to ask Chang' an secret. Emperor Wu laughed and ordered him to wait for the imperial edict in Jinmen. Later, he was appointed as Guan to assist the emperor. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still young, loved hunting and wanted to build a forest garden. Dong Fangshuo wrote a letter of advice. Although Liang Wudi didn't accept his suggestion, he felt that he was loyal to his country, so he named him Doctor Taizhong, added the title of things, and gave him hundreds of pounds of gold.

Quick reaction, but bohemian.

Dong Fangshuo, who was witty by nature, quickly handled the situation in front of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and he laughed at himself. "People always say", which is very promising. Unfortunately, he was informal and occasionally made some small mistakes, so he failed to become a big official. On one occasion, he was drunk, urinated in the palace, was impeached and dismissed from office, was banished to Shu Ren, and waited in his office. After returning to his official position, he was bohemian and spent all the money given to him by Emperor Wu on women. He found a beautiful young woman in Chang 'an and married her, changing almost every year. Colleagues around him don't like his style and call him "crazy". Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said to them: If Dong Fangshuo became an official, there would be no such problem, and none of you could compare with him.

In addition to being funny, clever and pleasing to the emperor, Dong Fangshuo has another specialty, that is, winning every shot. Once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hid the Gong Wei in a jar, which made people guess what it was, but no one guessed it. Dong Fangshuo was there. He said to Emperor Wu, "Thank you for filming it." Emperor Wu invited him to attend. I saw Dong Fangshuo divining with yarrow and observing its divination statue. He said, "I thought dragons had no horns, so they were called snakes with feet." It walks on all fours and has no pulse. The pulse is better than the wall, so it is called a lizard. " Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty clapped his hands and gave ten silks on the spot. Dong Fangshuo guessed other things that were covered up. As a result, Dong Fangshuo got it right every time. Solve riddles on the lanterns is Dong Fangshuo's specialty. At that time, Liang Wudi's favorite advocate, Mr. Guo Sheren, was unconvinced and asked Liang Wudi to compete. The result was a crushing defeat, and he was fined 100 whip and was beaten to pieces.

For Dong Fangshuo's actions, the book thinks that "it is superficial and easy to understand, children graze and dazzle, while later generations of good people take whimsy and attach stories". Actually, it's the same. Later, more and more folklore about Dong Fangshuo gradually deified him.

The new moon was born in the East.

Legend has it that Zhang's wife Tian was born. Zhang lived to be 200 years old. Three days after Dong Fangshuo was born, his mother Shi Tian also died. That was the third year of Emperor Han Jingdi. A neighbor woman adopted him. When she was three years old, she could read Yi and recite. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled to Meng Hong, he suddenly saw the Queen Mother of the West picking mulberry on the shore of the White Sea. After a while, he saw an old man named Huang Weng. He told Dong Fangshuo that you were the incarnation of the white Venus.

He also said, "As the saying goes, a white star, when the Yellow Emperor is the wind, when Yao is the servant, when Zhou is the servant, when Yue is the servant, and when Qi is the pi, it is fickle to say that its holiness can promote the cause." That is to say, after the wind of the Yellow Emperor, the service of Emperor Yao became a son. Laozi, Fan Li in the Spring and Autumn Period and Dong Fangshuo in the Han Dynasty, are descendants of Taibai Venus and prosperous Wang Ba.

Another legend is that Dong Fangshuo is the incarnation of Jupiter. After Zhang's death, Tian was widowed for many years. One night, I suddenly dreamed that a person fell from the sky, pressed on Tian's abdomen and became pregnant. She was worried that being pregnant without a husband would be looked down upon, so she moved to the east. She gave birth to a son on May 1st. She was born in the East, so she named her son Dong Fangshuo. And the man with his stomach in his dream, legend is the essence of the old star. Dong Fangshuo said to his colleagues before he died, "Everyone in the world is incapable of knowing the new moon. Only those who know the new moon will know the new moon. " After Dong Fangshuo's death, Liang Wudi called the great Liang Wudi and asked who Dong Fangshuo was. The great Emperor Wu said he didn't know. Then Emperor Wu asked, "What can you do?" Dawu said, "Very good ephemeris." Emperor Wu asked again, "Do stars exist?" The great swordsman replied, "There are many stars. I haven't seen the old star for forty years, but now I can see it again. " Emperor Wu of song sighed. "Dong Fangshuo followed me 18 years, but I didn't know he was an old star."

The most popular folklore is the story of Dong Fangshuo stealing a flat peach from the Queen Mother of the West. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was superstitious about immortals and pursued immortality. He often sends alchemists overseas to look for elixirs. According to folklore, the Queen Mother of the West once descended to earth and presented Xiantao to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Said, "The Queen Mother of the West descended to Jiuhua Mountain on Tanabata, Wu Tao and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. A glimpse of Zhu Wufu in the East Hall of Dong Fangshuo Hall. Wang Mu said, "This is a glimpse of my child. I stole peaches three times. ".Three-year-old son, this son is not good, he stole it three times. ""The flat peach of the Queen Mother of the West only bears fruit once every three thousand years, and Dong Fangshuo stole it three times, which shows its long life. Because of this legend, many stories of later generations regard Dong Fangshuo as the courtiers of the Queen Mother of the West. Although Dong Fangshuo never became a monk, he was called a Taoist in the Han Dynasty. Later, Taoism regarded Dong Fangshuo as the successor of Zhuangzi, calling him "Dong Fangshuo, the true monarch of Qiushui in South China".