1. Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi
Liu Yuxi, also known as Mengde, had a close relationship with Liu Zongyuan in his early years and was known as "Liu Liu". Later, he had a close friendship with Bai Juyi and was also known as "Liu Bai" .
Bai Juyi was the same age as Liu Yuxi.
In the second year of Baoli, Liu Yuxi, who was the governor of Hezhou, returned to Luoyang, and Bai Juyi also happened to return to Luoyang from Suzhou. The two met in Yangzhou. Bai Juyi composed an impromptu poem as a gift to Liu Yuxi, expressing his regret for Liu Yuxi's unfortunate demotion. Expressing deep sympathy and consolation, Liu Yuxi also gave back the famous "Gift to Reward Lotte at the First Banquet in Yangzhou", in which Bai Juyi called it "Thousands of sails passed by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of spring trees in front of the diseased tree". It's a "wonderful" sentence.
Bai Juyi once wrote "Chun Ci", and Liu Yuxi also wrote the original rhyme and harmonization, and there is a famous line like "a dragonfly flies up to the jade and scratches the head". In the second year of Kaicheng's reign, Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi both worked in Luoyang. The two were close to each other and cherished each other. Bai Juyi's poem "Drinking wine with Meng Degu and making an appointment for the later period" expresses his emotion that the two of them discussed wine and poetry at the age of 67 and looked forward to the Double Ninth Festival. Can be "drunk and intoxicated" again. Bai Juyi also wrote the poem "Giving Dreams": "Drink a cup for me and make three wishes to you: first, a peaceful world, second, a strong body, third, old man, to see you again soon." Liu Yuxi passed away at the age of 71, and Bai Juyi He wrote "Two Poems of Crying and Dreaming of Liu Shangshu", which said, "Bai and Liu are both famous all over the world, and they have been together for a hundred years. They are both poor and sick, and they have retired from leisure, and they are facing death all their lives."
Bai Juyi's answer to Liu Yuxi's poems are highly praised and he is called a "poetry hero". Bai Juyi wrote three poems "Remembering the South of the Yangtze River", and Liu Yuxi also co-wrote two poems. Liu Yuxi praised Bai Juyi's outstanding political achievements in his poem "The Journey of Bai Taishou". When he left office, "one hundred thousand households in Suzhou were all crying like babies."
2. Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng
Li Qingzhao is an outstanding female writer in the history of Chinese literature.
Zhao Mingcheng, courtesy name Defu, is the husband of Li Qingzhao.
There were many like-minded friends in the ancient literary world, but when it comes to like-minded couples, the first people who think of them are Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng. Li Qingzhao's father, Li Gefei, was a scholar, and his mother was also very literary. Li Qingzhao, who grew up in a good artistic atmosphere, had extraordinary literary attainments. Zhao Mingcheng, the son of the prime minister, had no dandy habits and was proficient in archeology and other arts. Li Qingzhao, a world-famous epigrapher, married 21-year-old Zhao Mingcheng when he was 18 years old. They were a couple with similar interests. The pleasure in their daily lives lay in their mutual research in knowledge. Zhao Mingcheng The compiled "Inscriptions on the Stone" was completed by the two of them working together for a long time to collect and organize ancient books and utensils and conduct careful research. Li Qingzhao described the compilation of the book in the postscript, and also described the interesting and elegant life of their couple. They often engage in small competitions to promote each other's skills. For example, pointing to a pile of history books and saying that a certain incident occurs on a certain page or even a certain line of a certain book. Whoever says it wrong must make tea and offer it as a sacrifice. Whoever wins the book betting competition She would often laugh out loud and tip the tea cup over in her arms. This unique and interesting boudoir pleasure has been praised throughout the ages. Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng worked together to compose poems while traveling and admiring each other, and they also strengthened each other in creation. There is no doubt that this kind of living atmosphere was of great help to Li Qingzhao's outstanding achievements in poetry. After Zhao Mingcheng's death, Li Qingzhao left behind many sincere poems, recalling the twenty-nine years of happy and intimate life he spent with Zhao Mingcheng throughout his life. In that era of arranged marriages in feudal society, such congenial lovers were indeed precious.
3. Nalan Xingde and Gu Zhenguan
Nalan Xingde, courtesy name Rongruo, formerly known as Chengde, was the most outstanding poet in Manchuria and the first lyricist in the Qing Dynasty.
Gu Zhenguan, courtesy name Huafeng and nickname Liangfen, was from Jiangsu.
In the fifteenth year of Kangxi, Gu Zhenguan was forty years old, and Rongruo was twenty-two years old. The talented people were sincere and equal, and they had the same interests as Gu Zhenguan. They met late, and generously wrote the ever-recited "Golden Thread Song·Gift to Liang Fen", "Virtue is also crazy. Occasionally, In the capital of Zhenchen, the family of Wu Yi is still young. He wipes away the tears of the hero in front of the bottle. "The words frankly reveal the cold contempt for wealth and wealth." He has a clear understanding of the dark reality and a persistent pursuit of noble sentiments. At the same time, he boldly expresses his sincere friendship to his friends throughout life and death. They admire each other's talent and character, and they are very consistent in their literary opinions and creations. Their "temperament theory" was an important literary proposition in the early Qing Dynasty. Their works are also similar in style, pure, fresh, and beautiful. Ruo's "Drinking Water Ci" and Gu Zhenguan's "Bandzhi Ci" were regarded as the two masterpieces in the world of poetry at that time and became famous at home and abroad. In the decadent officialdom, Rongruo even ignored his own safety to protect his close friends. Zhenguan's good friend, the poet Wu Zhaoqian, was implicated in an unjust case in the early Qing Dynasty and was exiled outside the Great Wall for more than 20 years. After Rongruo learned about this, he stepped forward resolutely and used his wisdom and Zhenzhen rescued Wu Zhaoqian and returned to Beijing through hardships, not only safeguarding justice, but also fulfilling the wish of his best friend Zhenguan that he tried hard to realize but was unable to realize, and it became a good story for a while.
During his lifetime, Rong Ruo confirmed his deep friendship with Gu Zhenguan with his nobility of life and purity of heart. Gu Zhenguan also devoted all his sincerity to cherishing this friendship and became Rong Ruo's first confidant in his life. Rong Ruo died young. Zhenguan wrote that touching memorial essay, which revealed endless grief and the deepest understanding of Rong Ruo's value.
4. Li Bai and Du Fu
Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, is known as the immortal poet in the world.
Du Fu, eleven years younger than Li Bai, died eight years later. He was a great poet of the Tang Dynasty and was known as the Saint of Poetry.
Li Du's poems have been passed down by thousands of mouths. Li Bai and Du Fu are equally famous, known as Li Du, representing the highest achievement of Tang poetry. Li Bai and Du Fu also had a particularly deep friendship. The two met in Luoyang when they were middle-aged and became close friends. After a long separation, there was almost no chance to reunite, but the friendship between the two became everlasting. Among Du Fu's poems in memory of relatives and friends, Li Bai was the most prominent. From the time he broke up with Li Bai until his later years, he wrote many remembrances or talks about it. Li Bai's poems express his admiration and friendship for Li Bai. The lines are full of his deepest understanding and knowledge of Li Bai as a confidant. Du Fu said in the poem that "Bai Ye's poetry is invincible, and his thoughts are unparalleled." There are also words such as "In the past, There is a mad visitor, and he is called "The Immortal". His pen fell in the storm, and his poems became weeping ghosts and gods." This kind of critical evaluation has become the final conclusion of Li Bai's poetic style in the history of literature. During the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was exiled to Yelang. Du Fu was obsessed with Li Bai's life and death and wrote two poems "Dream of Li Bai", which have been passed down through the ages. This poem is completely composed of deep longing and tacit friendship. It is known as "the magic of pen and pen". It has extremely high literary value. It also deeply imprinted Li and Du's friendship in the hearts of later generations of literati and won the Received the name "Long Live the Qianqiu".
5. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian
Su Shi was the first literary figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was good at poetry and prose and was also a famous calligrapher.
Huang Tingjian, whose courtesy name was Valley Valley, was eight years younger than Su Shi. He came from Su Dongpo's family in his early years and was one of the four bachelors of the Su family.
When they were officials in the capital, they often sang poems, drank wine, and had a great time. Su Shi wrote the poem "Farewell to Yang Mengrong" and claimed to imitate Huang Tingjian. Huang Tingjian used the original rhyme and the poem. At the end of the poem, he humorously joked that his talent was not as good as Su Shi's. If his youngest son could become the son-in-law of the Su family, What a blessing. Huang Tingjian's hometown is rich in the famous Shuangjing tea. After he got it, he immediately gave it to Su Dongpo and wrote a poem as a gift. Su Dongpo painted and Huang Tingjian also had paintings and poems as gifts. After Su Shi passed away, Huang Tingjian missed Su Shi very much and wrote a poem in memory of Su Shi. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian were both among the four masters of calligraphy in the Song Dynasty. They were both free-spirited and informal, and their mutual banter became a legend in the literary world. Su Shi's calligraphy fonts were fat and full, and Huang Tingjian made fun of him as a "toad crushed by stone." After hearing this, Su Shi retorted and jokingly called Huang Tingjian In calligraphy, the long stroke of the font is "a dead snake hanging from a tree". Su Shi's "Han Shi Tie" is ranked third in running script in the world, and the preface to "Han Shi Tie" was written by Huang Tingjian.