Although Du was born in a big bureaucratic landlord family with "three-layer family, four generations living under one roof and six ministers", his behavior was somewhat deviant and his thoughts contained some democratic elements. He despised the imperial examination and looked down on fame and fortune. The thirty-second time, he said, "Scholars are not like slaves."
When Zang Liaozhai told him that he could sit in court, spread labels and hit people as long as he made up, he smiled and said, "You rascal, you dirty and shameless guy." Governor Li recommended him to be an official in Beijing. He wrapped his head in a handkerchief and pretended to be ill.
Someone wants to go to see the magistrate with him. He said, "I don't want to worship the Jinshi in the ashes of the Wang family who is my teacher." What will I do to him? " These words and deeds are in sharp contrast with the pursuit of fame and profit in The Scholars.
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Du, written by Mr. Wu, is an ideal writer. In fact, Mr. Wu was so sleepy that he walked dozens of miles around the city in winter nights to warm his feet. Du Shushu has never been in such a predicament. This is the author's own unbearable, but also for the reader's unbearable consideration. At least one sentence of Gao Hanlin is right: "Don't imitate Du Yi"-but it's not the reason he said, but because Du is really a natural person, and non-human beings can imitate him.
Du is a figure who lives in the last days but constantly awakens and reflects. His appearance is undoubtedly a gap in the thick and dark feudal black ink. Although he did not clearly point out what kind of road scholars should take, it clearly showed the infeasibility of the road that scholars had taken before.
Du didn't want to be an official, but unlike Tao Yuanming's seclusion, he actively participated in society; He is dissatisfied with the darkness of officialdom, but different from Ruan Ji Ji Kang's grotesque and Du Fu's concern for the country and the people, he has another interest in life. He is more positive and optimistic than Jia Baoyu in supporting individual freedom and women's liberation.
Compared with traditional Confucian scholars, Du has a wild and unruly character, less pedantic and old-fashioned. Compared with the celebrities of the Six Dynasties, they have traditional moral integrity and fewer decadent birthdays. He is a figure with both traditional moral character and celebrity demeanor, which not only embodies traditional Confucianism, but also shines with the spirit of the times and has the color of personality liberation.
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