我常常想,若是苏东坡活在今天,或是他那个时代有互联网,他还能不能成为一代文豪不敢说,但一定会成为一个了不起的段子手。其实在宋代人眼里,东坡就是个“善谑”之人。什么叫“善谑”?就是爱开玩笑,爱讲段子。宋人张邦基的笔记《墨庄漫录》中记载的这则故事,就是一个典型的“东坡式”段子。这个段子妙处有三。一曰含蓄委婉。人家过来求我办事,想帮忙吧,没法帮;直接拒 I often think that if Su Dong-po lived today, or if he had an Internet in his era, he could not say that he would not be a generation of literary people, but he would surely become a great trumpeter. In fact, in the eyes of the Song Dynasty, Dongpo is a “charity” person. What is “joking ”? Is a joke, love to tell. Zhang Bangji’s notes “Mo Zhuang Man Lu” recorded in the story, is a typical “Dongpo” paragraph. There are three wonderful things in this section. A subtle euphemism. People come to me for work, want to help it, can not help; directly refused