纪昀 / Ji Yun

纪昀 / Ji Yun enters the wiki through 28.聊斋志异：不为君王唱赞歌，偏向苍生说鬼话, where 蜜獾吃书 uses him as a contrast to 蒲松龄. The source says Ji Yun did not much admire 《聊斋志异》 because he thought its mixed style was neither properly “zi” nor properly “shi”.

The page is source-scoped. Ji Yun matters here less as a full Qing biography than as the representative of a more orthodox notebook and scholar-official taste. Through 《阅微草堂笔记》, the episode frames him as interested in strange events, but less willing than Pu Songling to enter fox and ghost psychology, folk desire, and unruly fiction.

Connections

• 《阅微草堂笔记》 - Ji Yun’s strange-tale notebook collection as used by the source.
• 蒲松龄 and 《聊斋志异》 - contrast pair.
• Classic Reading Complexity - broader reading frame for not treating one orthodox taste as the only standard for a classic.
• Strange Tale Social Critique - contrast point around how strange tales can carry social criticism.