蓝翎《读余遐思》(本刊一九八○年第六期)论及“四人帮”迫害知识分子、把知识分子骂为“臭老九”时,说:“无独有偶,在历史上,知识分子也曾过过‘臭老九’的苦日子,时间不算太古,就在元朝。元朝是蒙古贵族的野蛮黑暗统治。出于民族歧视,元朝按民族把人分为四等:蒙古人、色目人、汉人和南人,其中自然是蒙古人最高贵。不仅如此,又按职业把人分为十等,最后三个等级是:八娼、九儒、十丐。”这段论述有悖史实,本文仅就“九儒”说提出质疑,就教于蓝翎同 Speaking of the persecution of intellectuals by the “Gang of Four,” when they referred to intellectuals as “smelly nine”, Lan Ling's “Reading Yu Yusi” (Issue No. 6, 1980) said: “In history, knowledge The Moons had spent the bitter days of 'smelly old nine', time is not too archaic, in the Yuan Dynasty Yuan Dynasty is the brutal dark rule of the Mongol aristocracy, out of ethnic discrimination, the people of the Yuan Dynasty divided people into four: Mongolia, Color eyes, Han and South, which is naturally the most noble of the Mongols. Not only that, but also by occupation divided into ten, the last three levels are: eight prostitution, nine Confucianism, ten beggars. ”This argument contrary to Historical facts, this article only questioned the “nine Confucianism,” taught in the same blue Ling