A brief introduction to Wu Jingzi, the greatest satirical novelist of the Qing Dynasty. How did Wu Jingzi die?

Wu Jingzi, also known as Minxuan and Wenmu, was born in Quanjiao, Anhui Province. Because his family had a "Wenmu Shanfang", he called himself "Old Man Wenmu" in his later years. In addition, because he later moved from his ancestral home in Quanjiao, Anhui to the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, he was also known as the "Qinhuai Guest".

Wu Jingzi was born in 1701 AD and died in 1754 AD. He was a famous novelist in the Qing Dynasty. Not only that, later generations will also regard him as the greatest satirical novelist in the Qing Dynasty.

Wu Jingzi was born in his hometown of Anhui in the 40th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign. This later to be the greatest novelist of the Qing Dynasty has shown his extraordinary intelligence since his childhood. He is best at memorizing, and is especially accomplished in writing and writing. It can be said that he is very successful. When he got a little older, he became an official and became a disciple.

Wu Jingzi was born into a wealthy family with numerous properties. Even if he did not become an official, he could still live a wealthy and stable life. But it is a pity that Wu Jingzi has a heroic nature and spends money lavishly. Compared with his ability to spend money, he is particularly bad at managing money and managing his life. So within a few years, due to his lavish spending, he squandered all the family's assets. What's more serious is that they even ran out of ammunition and food, and food shortages often occurred.

In the 13th year of Yongzheng's reign, the governor Zhao Guogong held an imperial examination in response to the "erudite Hongci". Such a good job, I would have taken it a long time ago, but Wu Jingzi did not finish the exam because of illness, and ultimately missed the opportunity. Later, he moved to Nanjing, the Qinhuai area, and gathered a group of literati in Nanjing. He himself became the leader of the literary world.

In addition, Wu Jingzi, who moved to Jinling, also raised funds with like-minded people to build the Pantheon at the foot of Yuhua Mountain to worship 230 people under Taibo. It was precisely because of the construction of the Pantheon that Wu Jingzi's life became increasingly poor. Due to lack of funds, Wu Jingzi later sold the house where he lived, making his life even more difficult.

Wu Jingzi’s life can be divided into various stages in the coming year, with moving to Nanjing as the dividing line. Before moving to Nanjing, Wu Jingzi lived a sensual life, often spending a lot of money, and he was very unrestrained and romantic. There were even many opportunities to enter the imperial court, but Wu Jingzi himself missed them intentionally or unintentionally. "When I was young, I painted boats with nine curves in Qingxi. I once wrote about my travels... morning and night, I spent money on Shu brocade and Wu Ling, but it was a pity to pay the price." He is known as Qu Bu Zhi."

After Wu Jingzi moved to the Qinhuai River, he became the "joke" of various aristocratic families. He believed that he was extremely mediocre and did not want to make progress, and ultimately completely ruined his ancestor's family business. But he himself lived an extremely relaxed and comfortable life. He was even able to gather literati and was elected as the leader of the literary world. Later, he even built the Pantheon with like-minded people.

Precisely because of what Wu Jingzi did after moving to Nanjing, many people believe that Wu Jingzi’s previous actions were intentional, just to break free from the shackles of his family. In addition, in his famous novel "The Scholars", he satirizes the current eight-part imperial examination system and the undercurrent of contempt among scholars, it can be seen that this man had no intention of taking the imperial examination. So it seems that it can really explain Wu Jingzi's absurdity in the early stage.

Wu Jingzi himself wrote the most in his life, and his poems are the ones with the richest inheritance. His poems include twelve volumes of "Collected Poems of Wenmu Shanfang" and seven volumes of "Wenmushanfang Poems". However, it is his long chapter-length satirical novel "The Scholars" that really made him famous and well-known to future generations. 》.

Wu Jingzi lived a dissolute life, which made him live in embarrassment in his later years and found it difficult to make ends meet. In his later years, he called himself Old Man Wenmu and visited Yangzhou, where he indulged in drinking and drinking. Finally, he died in the guest house in the 19th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign at the age of fifty-four. ?