In the Tang Dynasty, the eloquence story was already a favorite theme of painters at that time, and the painter Yan in the Tang Dynasty painted it as a wedge post. Some people think that the Xiao Yi Zhanlan Pavilion of Liaoning Provincial Museum is an imitation of the Northern Song Dynasty, while Taipei is an imitation of the Southern Song Dynasty. There are five people in this painting, with the debater monk in the middle and Xiao Yi opposite. Eloquence flying, little Joey pretends to be insidious, showing a scene in which Xiao Yi deceives the debater monk and gains his trust.
The story of "Xiao Yimou captured Lanting" was first seen in the article "Capture Lanting Map" in Tang Dynasty. It tells the story of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, who sent officials to defraud Chongbao customers in order to get "Lanting map for Xiao Yi".
Li Shimin will never forget the story of Lanting.
After writing, Wang Xizhi loved it very much and decided to pass it on to future generations. Sun Zhiyong, the seventh generation of Wang Xizhi, inherited Wang Xizhi's mantle and practiced calligraphy until he was nearly a hundred years old. When he died, he handed the Preface to Lanting Collection to his disciples for debate. Yuan is the great-grandson of Yuan Ang in Liang Dynasty and a famous debater. He reads widely and is proficient in chess, calligraphy and painting. After he got the Preface to Lanting Collection, he cherished it very much and kept it secret ever since. He dug a dark niche on the beam of his room, which was specially used to store the Preface to Lanting Collection.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin highly praised Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. He also ordered the world to collect a large number of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy treasures. He even praised the original "Preface to Lanting Collection", and offered numerous rewards, but there was no result. Later, Li Shimin learned that the original of Preface to Lanting Collection was in the hands of debaters and monks. Li Shimin immediately invited the debater to Chang 'an, appointed him as an official and gave him warm hospitality, and then took the opportunity to inquire about the whereabouts of Preface to Lanting Collection. However, no matter how kind Li Shimin is, his eloquence is just playing dumb, saying that he did read The Lanting Preface when he was young, but after decades of war, he has long since disappeared.
So repeatedly, eloquence is not to admit that you have a preface to Lanting Collection. Li Shimin had no choice but to bring eloquence back. But Li Shimin didn't give up. He told this to his confidant minister more than once: "It turns out that the preface to Lanting Collection must be in the hands of debaters and monks. You can find a smart and scheming person and try to get it from the debater. " The right servant shot the ministers' room and recommended it.
Xiao Yi, the great-grandson of Emperor Xiao Yi of the Yuan Dynasty, was treacherous and cunning. When Emperor Taizong asked him to receive the Preface to Lanting, he made two demands: first, it was not publicly issued; Second, he asked the emperor to lend him three or four original copies of Wang Xizhi's copybook, so as to play it by ear. Emperor Taizong readily agreed to his request.
Shi Yu plays undercover to cheat the old monk.
Xiao Yi, disguised as a poor Shandong scholar, took a merchant ship to Shaoxing, Zhejiang. At sunset, he went to Yongxin Temple, where the debater monk was located, and specially watched the murals in the gallery in the temple. Only when he saw the poor scholars in Xiao Yi, he felt sorry and took the initiative to say hello.
Xiao Yi said that he was from the north, and this time he brought silkworm eggs to the south to sell. Where is the temple? Please drop in. After the debate, he was invited into the house to talk. The two of them are very speculative, playing chess, playing the piano, talking about poetry and writing. Soon after they met, the debater ordered someone to open the newly brewed wine to entertain the guests. When the wine was hot, they sang poems and drank until dawn. When Xiao Yi left, debater He reluctantly said, "Come and play sometime!"
So, two days later, Xiao Yi "brought his own drinks" and came to Yongxin Temple again, looking for debaters to drink and talk about poetry. In the long run, the two men hung out for several months and gradually became familiar with each other. One day, Xiao Yi took out a picture of "Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" copied by Emperor Liang Yuan. The debater appreciated it very much and talked with Xiao Yi about painting and calligraphy. Xiao Yi took the opportunity to say, "I have been practicing the calligraphy of the two kings with my father since I was a child. Although I am in a foreign country now, I have brought two originals of the two kings. " The debater said, "Bring it here tomorrow."
Later, Xiao Yi really brought the original works of two kings. The debater looked at it for a long time and then said, "The original is true, but it is not the best. I also have an original one, absolutely the best! " The argument only told Xiao Yi that he had $ for Lanting Preface. Hearing this, Xiao Yi pretended not to believe, and said with a smile, "The Preface to Lanting was burned in the war. Where is it now? If there is, it must be fake! " The provocation really worked: the debater invited Xiao Yi to see it tomorrow.
The next day, Xiao Yi set out on time, and the debater personally boarded the wooden ladder and took down the original Gong Gong Tu from the small hole in the roof beam. After reading it, Xiao Yi deliberately pointed out several "doubts" and said, "Really?" The two men argued for a long time, but neither convinced the other. Xiao Yi deliberately put the real post he brought in at the debater's place for the old monk to compare at any time.
From then on, the debater no longer put the Preface to Lanting Collection back on the cassette, but put it on the case together with several Mo Bao of Wang Xizhi brought by Xiao Yi. Turn it out when you have time. At the same time, Xiao Yi has completely gained the trust of the debater and his disciples, and can communicate freely. One day, when Xiao Yi learned that the debater was absent, he took the opportunity to come to the temple and told the disciples of the old monk that there were two books left in the old monk's room. If they wanted to get it back, the disciples told him to get it himself. Xiao Yi took the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, the eloquence on the table, and the Mo Bao fragment he brought.
Out of the temple, Xiao Yi immediately found the local government, identified himself, explained the reasons, and invited a debater. At this time, our debater is still visiting other people's homes. I came as soon as I heard that the suggestion had been summoned. I saw that this proposal was put forward by my good friend Xiao Yi. As soon as I heard the imperial edict, I knew that the preface of the Preface to Lanting Collection had been stolen. I fell to the ground and woke up for a long time.
Xiao Yi got the Preface to Lanting Collection. Emperor Taizong was very happy. He rewarded Fang and many treasures for playing and promoted them to officials. For eloquence, Emperor Taizong did not retaliate, but ordered to give him a large sum of money as compensation. But the debater didn't want to enjoy this huge sum of money, but used it to build a three-story exquisite pagoda.
It is precisely because of this that the debate was so angry that he was deeply ashamed of his former teacher. Later, he slowly couldn't eat anything but porridge. After more than a year, the argument was over.