1584年冬天,屠隆灰头土脸被逐出京城时,汤显祖正在南京过着清冷而又优裕的闲曹生活。礼部观政结束后,他被分发留都,担任太常寺博士这一闲职,职衔正七品,七月动身,八月十日已经到任。对那个时代的青年官员来说,最理想的晋身之道是经由馆选,进入翰林院,再分发到中央六部历练,一步步熬到进入内阁中枢,像汤这样一入官场就被打发去坐冷板凳,算是比较少见,比分发到州县的同年要差劲得多。 In the winter of 1584, when Tu Long was disgraced from the capital, Tang Xianzu was living a cool and well-to-do life in Nanjing. After the ceremony, he was distributed to stay as a freelance doctor at Taichang Temple. His job title was positive. He started his career in July and has arrived on August 10. For the young officials of that era, the best way to go is through the museum election, into the Imperial College, and then distributed to the Central Six Learning Experience, a step by step into the cabinet center, such as soup into the officialdom was sent to go Sitting on the cold bench, considered relatively rare, much worse than the same year sent to the state.