Allusions to Zhong Kui's death

During the reign of Dezong in the Tang Dynasty, there was a son named Zhong Kui, a man with a leopard head, a tiger forehead, an iron face, round eyes and a full face of whiskers. Although this Zhong Kui is ugly, he is outstanding in talent and martial arts. This year coincided with the autumn imperial examination, and Zhong Kui bid farewell to his relatives and friends in Beijing to catch the exam.

Zhong Kui travel-stained came to Chang 'an and was very happy to see many towers and bustling scenes in Beijing, so he wandered in the street. When he saw a divination pavilion in front of him, he went to the pavilion and said, "Sir, I am a candidate, so you can predict my future." Say and write a word "ugly". Mr. Juzi looked at the word "embarrassed" carefully, pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "Xianggong's scientific research articles will be the best." But your luck is bad. I'll be lucky then. "Mr. Juzi paused for a moment and said," If you want to split it, it's nine and a half words. It's September, so you must be among the best when you come to take the exam. However, this first word has been thrown aside, and I am afraid that there will be a catastrophe in ten days. I hope Xianggong will be careful. Hearing this, Zhong Kui thought, "A gentleman is alive, so long as he does it right, how can there be a catastrophe? So he didn't take it to heart, paid the money and left.

A few days later, Zhong Kui entered the examination room. Zhong Kui read the exam questions, immediately "brushed" the article again and handed it in at one go. On that day, the examiner was Han Yu, assistant minister of the official department, and the deputy examiner was Lu Zhi, a university student. When they read Zhong Kui's paper, they couldn't help but shine at the moment and say with one voice, "Wizards! Wizards this article is written well after Li Taibai and Du Zimei! " So Zhong Kui ordered it first.

De Zong listened to Han Yu's recitation and said that Zhong Kui, the top scholar of the new department, was outstanding in talent, so he summoned Zhong Kui in Jindian.

When Dezong saw Zhong Kui's ugly face, he suddenly became unhappy. "I told all my knowledge, how can I evaluate such an ugly person as a top gold medal winner?" "Han Yu hurriedly knelt down and said," the pros and cons of people are ugly. The Lord doesn't smell that Yan should be three feet, and he is harmonious but different. He stutters and helps Han, and Confucius judges a person by his appearance and loses his feathers. I hope your majesty will think twice. Dezong thought for a moment and said, "Han's words are reasonable, but when I was in Emperor Taizong, eighteen bachelors went to Yingzhou for beautiful talks. This man is afraid that the world will laugh at me for not knowing talents. Prime Minister Qilu is narrow-minded and jealous of talents. After listening to the emperor, he knelt down and said, "The champion of Jinke must study both inside and outside. There are 300 candidates in this subject, so how many? Why not choose another one? " When Zhong Kui saw that this person was so confused, he couldn't help but be furious. He pointed to Qilu and cursed: "Will such a faint official not let go of the country in the DPRK?" Said the fist to Qilu. When Dezong saw this, he was furious and said, "How dare you make a scene and seize the Golden Temple quickly? In a rage, Zhong Kui conveniently pulled out the sword inserted in the waist of the general standing in the temple and sighed loudly: "A frustrated cat can't learn from a tiger, and a defeated parrot is not as good as a chicken." Said he committed suicide.

Dezong was surprised to see Zhong Kui commit suicide in a rage. In order to win people's hearts, he ordered Zhong Kui to be buried as the top scholar, and named Zhong Kui as the exorcist to exorcise evil spirits on earth.