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:Liuxian留仙Literaryname:LiuquanJushi柳泉居士Nationality:Qing(ShandongZibo山东淄博)Profession:writerlitterateur文学家Representativework:Talesfroma

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BackgroundIn1640,hewasborninabankruptlandlord没落地主家庭

.Hewasthethirdsonofhisfamily,buthewasthecleverestboyinhishome.HecaneasilyunderstandtheConfucianclassicsandhistoricalrecords经书史记

thoughhewasveryyoung.Becauseofthat,hewasnotablylovedbyhisfather.In1657,whenhewas18yearsold,hemarriedwithaskilfulwriter’s茂才=秀才

seconddaughter.Ayearlatter,hetookpartintheimperialexaminationstoadmitscholars童试

.Intheexam,hegotthefirstplaceinhiscounty,eveninhiscity.Sohewasdeeplylovedbytheexaminerofhisprovince.BackgroundThreeyearslatter,in1660,whenhewas21yearsold,hetookpartintheimperialexamattheprovinciallevel乡试.Unluckily,hewasfailedintheexam.So,hemissedthefirstchancetoentertheofficialdom.Buthedidn’tgiveup,hethoughtthathecouldpasstheexamandbecameasuccessfulperson,insteadofapoorscholar.BackgroundThreeyearslatter,whenhewas24yearsold,hetooktheexamagain.Again,hewasfailed.Hewasdefinitelyaffectedbyit,buthecouldn’tdonothing.Aftertwoyears,hebecameahanger-onofanaristocrat门客

inhisvillage.Heworkedforthisaristocratabout4years.BackgroundIn1670

,whenhewas30.Withthehelpofthecountymagistrate知县

inJiangsuBaoyingandhiscountyfriend,hetookatraveltothesouthtobeanassistantatagovernor’soffice幕（古代将帅办公处）.Butonlyayearlatter,hecamebacktohishometownbecausehisthirdsonwasborn.BackgroundAsusual,ayearlatter,afterhereturnedfromtheLaoshanMountainwithhiscountygentry,hetooktheimperialexamattheprovinciallevel乡试

atthethirdtime.Hegotthesameresult,failedintheexamandafterayearhebecameahanger-onofanotheraristocrat.Thisistheyearof1673,whenhewas33yearsold.BackgroundTheexamwasholdeverythreeyears,sowhenhisfourthsonwasborn,hetooktheexamagainin1675.Atthattime,hewas35yearsold.Inthefaceofonefailureafteranother,healmostgaveupthisdreamtobeaofficeholder.