From: Han Qingbangqing's Biography of Flowers on the Sea
Original text: "And those literati cultivated by feudal old culture put aside state affairs, ate flowers and drank wine all day and wrote colorful poems."
These so-called literate people, who were educated in the old society, either don't ask about their death, or indulge in drinking all day and write poems.
Extended data:
Antonym of literati
1, no ink on the chest: no ink in the stomach, indicating that people have no culture.
From Chapter 22 of Strange Things Seen in Twenty Years, a scholar aged11in Qing Dynasty: "Because booksellers in the market are ignorant, they only know what books sell well and make a lot of money, but they don't know what books are useful and what books are useless."
2, illiteracy: describe not knowing a word.
From "Biography of Zhang Hongjing in the Old Tang Dynasty": "There is nothing today. Your generation is holding two stone bows, so it is better to know a T-shaped one. " It means that the world is at peace now, and you can only bow and arrow, but not. It is better to read a book and recognize a few words.
3. No education level: refers to people with low or no education level.
From Shi Ming Naian's The Water Margin, the fifteenth time: "Xiao Sheng lived there for several years. When I met him, although he was illiterate, I was really loyal to seeing him making friends with others. He is a good man. "
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