Born in the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty and died in the tenth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, he was a native of Cui Erzhuang, an outstanding writer, compiler, critic and poet who was active in the prosperous era of Qianlong Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, and was known as a generation of Wenzong for his extraordinary literary talent, knowledge and achievements.

Ji Xiaolan is famous in the government and the opposition for his outstanding knowledge and extraordinary talent, and among the people, he is even more famous for his honest government and love for the people, and his outstanding learning, especially because he likes to be witty and witty, so many legends and interesting anecdotes about him have been circulated.

One day when she was going to school, Ji Xiaolan quickly finished the homework assigned by the teacher, so she wanted to sneak out of the classroom and wander outside. A few days ago, he got a yellow finch from somewhere, this little guy screamed tactfully, Ji Xiaolan liked it very much, he deliberately took down a brick from the wall in the backyard of the school, hollowed out the inside, and let the little yellow finch live in it.

This time, after Ji Xiaolan finished his homework, he thought of the little yellow finch again, and felt that his palms were itchy, he lay on the table, his two black eyes were rolling around, and he sneaked out of the classroom and came to the back of the school while Mr. was not paying attention. Unexpectedly, his actions were discovered by Mr. Shi, and he quietly followed him to the backyard.

Ji Xiaolan was about to take out the yellow finch from behind the bricks, but found that Teacher Shi was already standing in front of her. He hurriedly hid the yellow finch behind the bricks, but it was too late, and Mr. Shi saw all this. The teacher's gaze was pressing, and the ring ruler in his hand was shining. Ji Xiaolan was so frightened that she was at a loss and retreated step by step.

Teacher Shi didn't speak, came to the brick wall, pressed his hand on the movable brick, pushed hard, only to hear a squeak, and the yellow finch whimpered. Seeing that the bird that he had been carefully feeding for several days was squeezed to death by Teacher Shi, Ji Xiaolan seemed to have received a heavy blow, and he really wanted to pounce on it immediately and beat Teacher Shi hard to eliminate the hatred in his heart. But Ji Xiaolan thought about it again, she ran out to play in class and violated the rules, so she had to suppress her anger and wait for it to fall.

Teacher Shi will be very calm, he said slowly and sternly: "I won't beat you or scold you today, I'll be right, if you are right, it will be fine, if you are wrong, I will be punished heavily." ”

Ji Xiaolan nodded silently, and Teacher Shi groaned: "The fine feather is good and the bird dies after the brick." ”

Ji Xiaolan suddenly lit up after hearing this, but he quickly pretended to be thinking again, and deliberately asked Teacher Shi, "Is fine feather okay with coarse hair?"

"Okay!"

"What about the good birds against the beasts?"

"Yes!"

"Brick to stone?"

"That's fine!"

"What about the dead husband?"

"That's okay!" Mr. Shi replied as he nodded.

At this time, Ji Xiaolan smiled and said, "Then, teacher, I'm done." ”

"Done?"

"Yes, in the last word I asked. ”

It turns out that this link is: "Mr. Rough Beast Stone." Ji Xiaolan is sarcastic about the teacher.

When Ji Xiaolan was young, one day when she was walking on the street, she saw two people arguing, and one of the older gentlemen said, "This basket is mine!"

Another young man said fiercely, "You are talking nonsense! This basket is obviously mine!"

The two of them didn't let anyone, and at this time, there were more and more passers-by watching. Ji Xiaolan said: "Don't make noise! Don't make noise! Let's ask the basket to tell everyone who is its real owner!"

The onlookers laughed: "How can the basket tell everyone who is its real owner?"

So Ji Xiaolan walked over, shook the basket, then attached her ear to the basket, and said after a while: "Just now the basket told me that the old gentleman is its real owner." ”

The young man was not convinced: "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense! ”

Ji Xiaolan said: "You see that what I shook near the basket is the sesame crumbs, your family sells flour, the old gentleman's family sells sesame seeds, the basket can't be yours at all." ”

The young man was speechless and hurried away in shame. The old gentleman thanked Ji Xiaolan very happily, and the onlookers admired Ji Xiaolan's young age very much, and he actually helped the old gentleman so wisely, everyone invariably gave a thumbs up and praised Ji Xiaolan for being a great judge.

In terms of couplets, Ji Xiaolan can be said to be unparalleled in the world. Once Ji Xiaolan made a lantern riddle: "Black is not, white is not, red and yellow are not; There are poems, words, and analects, and the ambiguity of the east, west, north and south, although it is a short piece, it is also a wonderful text. ”

Emperor Qianlong saw it and couldn't guess the answer, but later knew that the answer was the word riddle, and praised Ji Xiaolan.

Ji Xiaolan was a big official in the Qing Dynasty, he liked to joke very much, and it was very interesting and interesting to speak and write. There is a family of four sons, all of whom are big officials. One day, the old lady's 80th birthday celebration, Ji Xiaolan also went.

He said to his master, "I want to send the old lady four sentences, and I will write them in the Shoutang." ”

The host said, "Thank you, thank you!"

He immediately took a large piece of red silk and put it on the table. Ji Xiaolan took the pen and wrote, and the first sentence was: "The old lady is not a person at eighty." ”

At this time, there were many relatives and friends, and everyone was surprised to see it. The second verse reads: "Our Lady of Heaven descends to earth." ”

When everyone saw it, they all said, "It's so good, it's good!"

The third verse reads, "All four sons were thieves." ”

He put down his pen and looked around, and saw that the four brothers had white faces. He smiled, took a pen and wrote the fourth sentence: "Stealing Xiantaoxiao's mother." Everyone applauded.

At a banquet in Fuzhou, someone asked Ji Xiaolan: "Lord Ji Xiaolan is so knowledgeable, in addition to being talented, what know-how should he have to do knowledge?"

Ji Xiaolan said: "Don't dare, I just don't slack off." ”

Some people in the audience nodded yes, and some people shook their heads in disbelief, Ji Xiaolan thought about it and said, "If you want to say that there is a secret, I will write it to you." ”

So he asked for the four treasures of the study room and wrote on the paper: "Sleeping in the grass hut is closed to perform words, lying on the woods and making flute books." ”

Lianzhong is like a detached scholar image, even if he sleeps in a grass hut and lies on a couch, he still plays the flute and learns calligraphy, is diligent and tireless, there are many people on the seat, competing to pass it on, and it is just passed to a Chang adult, Ji Xiaolan said: "Please Chang Daren read aloud for you." ”

Chang Daren read it aloud, as soon as the words fell, everyone in the audience burst into laughter, it turned out that the accent of the south was different from that of the northerners, Ji Xiaolan wrote this couplet to make a joke, Chang Daren read it with a thick accent, and this couplet became in everyone's ears: "Whoever fucks my ass and eyes, I told him to make the floor comfortable." ”

Seeing everyone laughing so out of shape, Master Chang was still wondering, and when he recalled his voice, he understood that Ji Xiaolan was deliberately ridiculed, but unfortunately he was bumped into by himself, and his face couldn't help but turn red, and he was very embarrassed. Turning his face to look at Ji Xiaolan, he was sitting there, frowning at himself, looking at his serious appearance, Lord Chang's resentment was inconvenient, so he had to smile bitterly.

One day, Ji Xiaolan entered the palace to face the saint, but was stopped by a eunuch. The eunuch knew that Ji Xiaolan was full of wit and genius, so he begged him to tell a story or not let him pass. Ji Xiaolan had no choice but to say: "Once upon a time, there was a eunuch ......", and paused at this point but didn't say anything.

The eunuch waited for a long time and couldn't help asking, "What about below?"

At this time, Ji Xiaolan smiled and said, "There is no more below." The eunuch blushed and asked Ji Xiaolan to leave.

It is said that when Ji Xiaolan was a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, one day Shangshu and Yushi came to visit. While chatting, suddenly a dog came running outside. Shang Shu suddenly had a plan in his heart to make fun of Ji Xiaolan, so he said, "Hey, do you think it's a wolf or a dog?"

Ji Xiaolan knew that Shangshu was playing tricks on him, and said quietly: "There are two ways to distinguish a dog or a wolf. One is to look at its tail, which is a wolf with a drooping tail and a dog at the top. (Shangshu is a dog)

Yushi on the side laughed and said: "Haha, I thought it was a wolf or a dog, but it turned out that the upper shaft was a dog, hahaha." ”

At this time, Ji Xiaolan continued unhurriedly: "Another way to tell the difference is to see what it eats. Wolves don't eat meat, while dogs eat meat and eat feces when they encounter feces. "(Yushi eats) Now even Yushi is silent.

A pretentious young literati took his work to Mr. Ji for review. Ji Gong picked up the pen and commented at the end of the article: "This article has the sound of double hammers beating drums. The young writer was so proud that he told everyone with these words.

Someone asked Ji Gong: "Why do you add such a good comment to an article that doesn't understand?"

Ji Gong laughed and said: "You don't understand the meaning of this comment at all, a hammer drum, the sound it makes is, pass, pass, pass! When the double hammer hits the drum, the drum sound is not clear!

Ji Xiaolan has a sense of humor, and there are many anecdotes between him and Emperor Qianlong's monarchs and ministers, such as he privately called Emperor Qianlong an old man, and after being heard by Emperor Qianlong, he explained unhurriedly: "Always means longevity, the leader of all things in the world is called the head, and the son is the honorific title of the sages, such as Confucius and Mencius, so the three together are called the old man." ”

Once Qianlong asked Ji Xiaolan to jump into the river, Ji Xiaolan said: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die." ”

So he stepped over the railing, but after a while he climbed up again. Qianlong asked him why he didn't jump, and Ji Xiaolan said that he ran into Qu Yuan: "Qu Yuan told me that he jumped into the river back then because my monarch was not famous and buried talents, so he jumped, and he asked me if I was in the same situation? I thought about it and climbed up." ”