He was born in a declining landlord family, and he failed in four consecutive examinations. Until he was 72 years old, he went to Qingzhou to pay tribute.
Mr. Guo Moruo wrote an inscription for Pu Songling's former residence, praising Pu Songling's work "writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, stabbing greed and stabbing abuse to the bone", and Lao She also commented on Pu Songling's "ghost fox has character and has become a laughing article". Spend a lot of time, constantly collect information from the public, and then edit it into a book, which becomes a collection of short stories in classical Chinese, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. The portrait of Pu Songling in the picture was painted by Zhu Xianglin in Qing Dynasty and collected in the former residence of Pu Songling in Zibo.
The life of the character
Pu Songling (1640-1765438+February 25th, 2005), also known as Chen Jian, was a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty and wrote a collection of classical Chinese short stories, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. Now he is from Pujiazhuang, hongshan town, Zichuan District, Zibo.
Pu is a Zichuan family and was keen on fame in his early years. By the time his father Pu Pan was born, his family wealth had gradually declined. He married Sun Shi, Dong Shi and Li, and Pu Songling was Dong Shi's son. When I was young, Zhang and Li Zicheng revolted, and then the Qing army entered the customs, and the society was in turmoil. When Pu Songling 19 years old, he took the county government exam, and the county, government and road exams were the first. He won a scholar and was praised as a "celebrity among students" by Shandong scholar history. In the first year of Kangxi (1662), the eldest son Pu Ruo was born. However, he was extremely frustrated in the imperial examination. Although he is full of practical knowledge, he has repeatedly failed in rural examinations. At the age of 46, he became a catering student and at the age of 72, he became a tribute student. On weekdays, in addition to the meager land, teachers and staff make a living.
In the fourteenth year of Shunzhi (1657), she married her daughter Liu.
In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), he was a male student at first, and entered the school with the first place in county, government and road, which was called history.
In the seventeenth year of Shunzhi (1660), he lost the rural examination.
In the second year of Kangxi (1663), he lost the provincial examination.
In the third year of Kangxi (1664), he was invited to study in Li Yaochen's home. Zhang has two poems, Harmony with Fairy Rhyme, which satirize Pu Songling's useless miraculous story narration.
In the ninth year of Kangxi (1670), in August, he was hired by Sun Hui, a good friend in Baoying County, Jiangsu Province, and made a southern tour.
Ten years of Kangxi (167 1), in Baoying and Gaoyou in spring and summer. Autumn curtain returns.
In April of the 11th year of Kangxi (1672), I visited Laoshan with local gentry Gao Feng and Tang Meng. Qiu Ying didn't pass the rural exam.
In the 14th year of Kangxi (1675), he lost after having obtained the provincial examination.
In the eighteenth year of Kangxi (1679), he made a preliminary collection of fox and ghost novels, named Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. The peak prefaces it. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is Pu Songling's masterpiece, which was basically completed when he was about 40 years old, and has been supplemented and revised since then. "Liaozhai" is the name of his bookstore, "Zhi" means narrative, and "Alien" means strange stories from Liaozhai. There are 49/kloc-0 short stories in the book. The subject matter is very extensive and the content is extremely rich. Most of the works strongly criticized the corruption and darkness of the society at that time by talking about foxes and ghosts, exposed social contradictions to a certain extent and expressed people's wishes.
In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), he wrote a marriage letter.
In the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), he wrote Quotations of Salvation.
In the 24th year of Kangxi (1685), he was ill in bed from spring to autumn.
In the 26th year of Kangxi (1687), Qiu and Pu Songling were arrested for "overstepping" after having obtained the provincial examination.
In the 27th year of Kangxi (1688), he wrote a preface to Zhang Ying's "Shu Shu Cun Cao".
In the 29th year of Kangxi (1690), Qiu Ying was arrested for another foul in the provincial examination.
In the spring of the thirty-second year of Kangxi (1693), Yu Chenglong, the provincial judge of Shandong Province, was invited to visit Jinan for several days. When the owner of the museum died of illness, Pu Songling wrote eight poems of "Crying to eternity".
In the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi (1695), Gao Feng died of illness and wrote "Mourning Mr. Gao Dong".
In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (1696), he wrote the Record of Pregnancy Punishment. In autumn, he led Bi's disciples to the provincial capital to take the provincial examination.
In June of the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi (1698), Tang Menglian died of illness. On behalf of local gentry, Pu Songling wrote a book "Sacrifice to Tang Taizhi".
In the forty-first year of Kangxi (1702), he went to Jinan in late spring, stayed for several months, and failed after having obtained the provincial examination.
In the 43rd year of Kangxi (1704), there was a severe drought in Zichuan area, and Pu Songling wrote twenty-four rhymes of Rethinking Mr. Ruanting.
In the forty-fourth year of Kangxi (1705), he wrote Nong Sang Jing.
In forty-five years of Kangxi (1706), he wrote Medical Books.
In the forty-sixth year of Kangxi (1707), Zhu Kun died of illness, and Pu Songling wrote about Zhu Ziqing.
In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (1709), Daimin exposed that Cao Liang in Zichuan had been inflated by Kang Lizhen. At the end of the year, I retired and went home, ending my 30-year career in Xibin.
In the fiftieth year of Kangxi (17 1 1), in May, Wang Shizhen died of illness, and Pu Songling wrote four poems, "Mr. Yu Yang's dream in May was wasted day and night, and I don't know how many days he donated customers." In October, he went to Qingzhou to take an examination of tribute, aged as a tribute student, and was called Huang, the champion of Shandong Province. Make a folk song "The Story of the Wall".
In the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (17 15), Pu Songling died at the age of 76.