金圣叹不能说不聪明,早在评点《水浒》时,就曾直截了当地指出:“官是贼,贼是老爷。然则官也,贼也;贼也,老爷也。一而二,二而一者也。”而且对贪官奸佞、“狐群狗党”上下勾结所织成的权势之网,也看得一清二楚。可是当他与一群秀才去“哭庙”、“揭帖”,状告吴县县令任维初时,却把 Jin Sheng Tan can not say that is not smart, early comment on “Water Margin”, it has straightforwardly pointed out: “The officer is a thief, a thief is a master. However, officials are also thieves; thieves also, the Lord also. One and two, one and two Also. ”But also on the corrupt officials,“ fox dog party ”up and down collusion organized by the power of the net, also see clearly. However, when he and a group of scholar to “crying temple”, “exposing the post”, sued Wu County magistrate Ren Wei Chu Shi,