八股生

Chinese

		eight-legged essay; stereotyped writing	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (八股生)		八股	生
simp. #(八股生)		八股	生

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bah⁶ gou³ seng¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bah⁶ gou³ seng¹ [Phonetic: bah⁷ gou⁵ leng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ kɔu⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bah⁶ gou³ seng¹ [Phonetic: bah⁷ gou⁵ leng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʔ²⁻²⁴ kɔu³³²⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³/

Noun

八股生

1. (Puxian Min, historical) student who studied in a traditional Chinese private school
   • 2007, 刘福铸 [Fuzhu Liu], editor, 莆仙方言熟语歌谣 [Idioms and Folk Songs in Puxian Dialect], Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 259:

     八股生，用油煎。
     煎烏烏，扔地下。
     野狗喫，豬哥咬。 [Puxian Min, trad.]
     八股生，用油煎。
     煎乌乌，扔地下。
     野狗吃，猪哥咬。 [Puxian Min, simp.]

     bah⁶ gou³ seng¹, oeng⁵ iu² zeng¹.
     zeng¹ ou¹ ou¹, long¹ de⁵ lor⁵.
     ia³ gao³ ke⁴, dy¹ go¹ gor⁵. [Pouseng Ping'ing]

     Traditional school student, in oil he must be fried.
     Burnt until pitch black he turns, thrown upon the ground outside.
     Wild dogs will gnaw at him, boars will tear him far and wide.

2. (Puxian Min, figurative) someone who is familiar with ancient culture but somewhat rigidly adheres to old methods or styles

See also

• 學堂生／学堂生

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “八股生”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 23.