His greatest pleasure is reading, reading everything, which means he reads a lot. However, he didn't study hard or watch the fun. He often puts forward his own views. When he read the Book of the Infernal Mansion, he said, "This book is dedicated to deceit and ingenuity, not the right path."
In reading, Zhao Guangyi left an idiom for later generations-"Open books are beneficial". It was the eighth year of Taiping rejuvenating the country, and he ordered the compilation of a large-scale book. This book has a volume of * * *, which collects and extracts the important contents of more than 1600 kinds of ancient books, and is divided into 55 families. It is a big book. Such a masterpiece, it is estimated that few people can make up their minds to finish it now, but Zhao Guangyi fell in love with it at first sight. Despite his busy government affairs (Zhao Guangyi is very diligent), he still stipulates that he must read three books every day.
These three books are presented to the readers by the History Museum every day. Some ministers were afraid that the emperor would be tired, so they advised him, "It's too much to read three volumes a day. I'm afraid you will be tired." Zhao Guangyi said, "I like reading by nature. I feel refreshed when I read a book. How can I be tired? And as long as you open the book, you will gain something (opening the book is beneficial) and time will not be wasted. " As a result, it took him a year to finish reading this masterpiece.
Originally, the name of this book was General Taiping, but it was changed to Taiping Yulan because your Majesty read it himself.
Zhao Guangyi can write, which he really surpasses his brother Zhao Kuangyin. He played with ministers, recorded a lot in history books, and often gave poems to courtiers. Zhao Pu took Zhao Guangyi's poem and kissed it with tears in her eyes: "I will carve the poem your majesty gave me on a stone and take it with me forever until I enter the coffin." Many people like Zhao Guangyi's poems, including Chen Tuan, an old immortal who lives in seclusion in Huashan.
Most interestingly, he also wrote abstinence poems. Su Yijian is a brilliant scholar, but he drinks too much, so Zhao Guangyi wrote two poems to persuade him to give up drinking, gave them to him and asked him to read them to his mother. Su Yijian never dared to drink when he was on duty in court, but he would drink it privately when he got home. Later, Su Yijian finally died of alcohol. Zhao Guangyi also sighed: "It's a pity that Su Yijian died because of what was in the cup."
However, although there are many poems written by Zhao Guangyi, most of them are lost and have not been handed down. I can't guess how to write it. (will it be comparable to the level of Qianlong? Zhao Kuangyin, who is not good at writing, left a poem "Sunrise": "If you want to shine, Qian Shan will be like fire. I came to the sky for a while, but I drove away the meteor and drove away the moon. " The style of writing is not exquisite, but it is broad, magnificent and widely spread.
Zhao Guangyi, who is bent on surpassing his brother in "literature", would feel this way if he knew it would be like this in a thousand years? I'm afraid I'll be depressed to death
How Zhao Guangyi wrote his poems is unknown, but his calligraphy is really excellent, outstanding not only among emperors, but also compared with other calligraphers. He is proficient in cursive script, flying white, seal script, writing brush and calligraphy, and all ministers are proud to get his works. He once gave the book Jade Hall Department to Su Yijian, who likes drinking. Su Yijian got the emperor's Mo Bao, so he invited his friend Bishayan to watch and share his glory.
When Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong heard about it, he sent an envoy to give a banquet, and all the ministers wrote poems to celebrate. It was very lively at that time (similar to the inscription of the current leader, but the handwriting of the current leader is far less than that of Zhao Guangyi).
Zhao Guangyi's calligraphy is good, and he plays Weiqi well (both are the deeds of literati). Even the then chess masters Jia Xuan, Yang Xizi and Jiang Yuanji were no match for him. It is said that Zhao Guangyi studied Weiqi deeply and created three sets of chess, the names of which are Flying Crane Alone, Facing a Thousand Miles and Picking pearls at Sea. It is not impossible for a master to create a new set. Chen Zude, the first person in China Jiuduan Weiqi, is famous for his original "China Stream". From this point of view, even if the famous chess player at that time was suspected of abandoning chess, Zhao Guangyi's chess power would be quite strong.
Many ministers saw that he was obsessed with Go, but they were afraid that it would affect the well-being of the "dragon body" and kept remonstrating (the emperor was too idle to control the next game of chess).
Zhao Guangyi was very calm and said to the minister who suggested him, "I only play chess to avoid the beautiful temptation of the sixth house. We won't say much about this matter. " It seems that he is not close to womanhood. In fact, it is true that Zhao Guangyi likes playing chess, and it is also true that he likes playing with women. Li Houzhu's wife Zhou Xiao is as beautiful as a flower. After the death of the Southern Tang Dynasty, she lived in Beijing with Li Yu and was repeatedly called "favored" by him. The Song Dynasty painting "Xiling Xing Tu" depicts this point. Poor versatile Li Houzhu had to endure the pain of being insulted by his wife after the country collapsed.
Zhao Guangyi tried to explore and complete the unification of major regions in China in his early years. However, he failed several times when he advanced northward, and was forced to hold his ground in his later years. The internal and external situation is not peaceful, including Wang Xiaobo and the uprising in Sichuan, the Liao invasion in the north and the rebellion of the Tangut tribe in the west, which left an unknown situation for future generations. Fortunately, Zhao Guangyi, knowing people well, left a group of talents such as Kou Zhun, Lv Mengzheng and Lv Duan to his successor, which ensured the smooth transfer of power.
During Zhao Guangyi's reign, a series of measures made important contributions to the smooth passage of the bottleneck period in the Song Dynasty, such as expanding the scale of imperial examinations, strengthening the inspection and selection of officials, further limiting the power of our time, changing the situation in which soldiers were in power, establishing civilian politics, encouraging reclamation, developing agricultural production, and constantly developing national strength.