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Chapter 53 "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"! "Compendium of Materia Medica"!
  [Fifth place, Pu Songling.

Pu Songling was born in the Qing Dynasty to a small landowner family with a poor family. When he was 19 years old, he became famous by being admitted as a scholar by ranking first in the county examination, government examination, and college examination.

Pu Songling's father thought that his talented son could revive the family, but he did not expect that after that, Pu Songling never passed the exam again. He failed the exam many times and did not become a Gongsheng student until he was 71 years old.

During this period, in order to make a living and support his family, he had to sit out and teach apprentices all year round.

In addition, he also worked as a clerk in Baoying, Gaoyou and other places for a period of time.

Pu Songling, who was depressed and frustrated, chose to use the story of monsters and ghosts to satirize the darkness and injustice of the society at that time. In 1679, he also wrote the masterpiece "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" on ghosts in Chinese history, creating valuable spiritual wealth for China and the world. . 】

"Writing about ghosts and demons is superior to others, and stabs at greed and cruelty to the bone."

"The purpose of taking exams throughout my life is not for fame and fortune, but because I don't want to let my wife down."

"Just reading his ghost stories makes me still timid now"

"Pu Songling is seriously underestimated, the king of short stories in the world"

"Watching Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio alone at night, I felt a chill in my back, which shows the depth of Mr. Pu Songling's writing skills."

"It's a ghost story, but it's actually the other side of the world."

Qing.

Pu Songling: The "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" I wrote is just a story about monsters and monsters. It is not a satire on social darkness and injustice. There is absolutely no such thing. Please do not over-interpret it.

He looked at the ghost story "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" that he had just completed, and then looked at the comments of future generations on the screen.

At this moment, he was very confused, thinking about whether to publish "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".

On the surface, this ghost novel tells the story of monsters and ghosts, but on a deeper level, it talks about the darkness and injustice of society.

But you know it, but you can’t tell it!
  Now everyone in the world knows that Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio satirizes the darkness and injustice of society, but how can he publish it?

Once "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" spreads to the market, the government will not cause trouble for him!
  Is it possible that this masterpiece of ghosts will never see the light of day?
  But he was unwilling to do so!
  He now knows that he failed the imperial examination many times and did not become a Gongsheng student until he was 71 years old, so he is not ready to continue the imperial examination.

Since he knew that future generations would like his novels, and that he would be famous for his ghost novels, he might as well write novels with peace of mind, so that his reputation would last forever.

However, he was afraid that he could not publish his ghost novels that satirized the darkness of society and were loved by later generations, lest the government would come to him.

In order not to be troubled by the government and to be famous forever, he thought of a good way.

That is, the ghost novels he wrote during his lifetime were published after his death, so that his masterpieces of novels could be passed down to future generations, and he would also be recorded in history and leave his name throughout the ages.

Kangxi: Satirize the darkness and injustice of society? It’s nonsense. My Qing Dynasty has a peaceful world and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Where does the darkness and injustice come from?
  He was about to send someone to arrest Pu Songling and punish him, but when he thought that "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" was written in 1679, he gave up.

According to the time conversion of later generations, it is now 1678.

In other words, "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" will only be compiled and published on the market next year, and there is no excuse to punish Pu Songling at this time.

Then he ordered the eunuch to arrest Pu Songling as soon as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" appeared on the market.

[Sixth place, Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen was known as a child prodigy when he was young. He was admitted as a scholar when he was only 14 years old. However, he suffered repeated setbacks in the provincial examination. Li Shizhen also worked very hard. After failing to pass the first imperial examination, he continued to take part in the second one.

When he took part in the imperial examination for the second time, he thought he was overworked and contracted bone steaming disease. He had a high fever and almost died.

However, he still failed the second time, but he continued to work hard and put his hope in the third exam, but he still failed.

Being on the list three times has cost him nearly nine years.

The 23-year-old Li Shizhen was completely discouraged by the imperial examination. He decided to give up the eight-part essay and the imperial examination, and instead concentrated on studying medicine with his father.

More than ten years later, he was recommended to the Tai Hospital because of his superb medical skills.

Li Shizhen traveled all over the country, consulted more than 800 medical books, and spent 29 years completing the compilation of "Compendium of Materia Medica".

This masterpiece has a total of 52 volumes and nearly 200 million words. It records 1892 kinds of medicines, collects 11096 unique prescriptions, and draws 1160 detailed illustrations. It has made a huge contribution to the cause of Chinese medicine. 】

"Unfortunately, the current version of Compendium of Materia Medica is no longer the Compendium of Materia Medica hundreds of years ago."

"Concentrate on one thing that you love all your life, and it is something that benefits the country and the people. You can imagine the hard work involved, but the success will last for a long time, and it will be admired by the world."

"Thanks to Li Shizhen for spending his whole life leaving such a precious compendium of Materia Medica for our future generations."

"I wish that no one in the world is sick, I would rather put medicine on the shelf to make people fall into the dust. Li Shizhen has the common people in mind and great love in mind"

"Li Shizhen lost his father in middle age when he was writing Compendium of Materia Medica. He was as strong as a boat against the current and had a heart as strong as a rock. After writing Compendium of Materia Medica, he also spent a lot of time on printing and publishing. Until his death, he did not see the published Materia Medica. Outline

Ming dynasty.

Li Shizhen: Didn’t you get the honor in the end? Well, it seems that I have no destiny to be an official, so I will study medical skills and strive to complete the "Compendium of Materia Medica" as soon as possible.

Seeing that he still failed to reach high school in his third imperial examination, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Now it seems that maybe he was not born with a good life as an official!
  However, as the saying goes, there is no way out of the mountains and rivers, but there is a bright future in the village.

Although he failed to make any achievements in his official career, he was famous for his compilation of "Compendium of Materia Medica" and left his name in the history books.

He was still very satisfied with this.

If one path doesn't work, try another path.

Since he was born to study medicine, he didn't plan to take the imperial examination for the third time and just started studying medicine with his father!
  Emperor Wanli: Come here, find Li Shizhen and let him study in Taiyuan Hospital. I am waiting for his "Compendium of Materia Medica" to be published.

Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty is famous throughout the ages and is respected by countless future generations. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he also has a lot of face.

And from the respect that later generations have for Li Shizhen, we can see how important this medical masterpiece "Compendium of Materia Medica" is.

He recruited Li Shizhen to study at Taiyuan Hospital, hoping that under the guidance of the imperial doctor of Taiyuan Hospital, Li Shizhen would make greater achievements in medicine, and maybe the "Compendium of Materia Medica" compiled by him would be better than the original historical one.

He looked forward to Li Shizhen compiling the "Compendium of Materia Medica" as soon as possible to benefit the people of the world.

(End of this chapter)