A painting for General Cao _2000 words

It is said that during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the country was prosperous, its national strength was strong and its population was prosperous. The great poet Du Fu was born in this era. His family is a knowledgeable rich second generation. His birth shows the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, Du Fu is an ambitious talent. He has always wanted to serve his country and likes to write poems. His poems are widely loved by literati and painters. However, year after year, day after day, the trend of historical development is unstoppable, and the replacement of dynasties makes people's lives more difficult. At this time, the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. The poems he wrote in his early years mainly expressed his ideal ambition and expected life path. On the other hand, it shows his political ideal of "respecting the monarch and following it, and then making the vulgar pure". Many works in this period reflected the sufferings of people's livelihood and political turmoil at that time, and exposed the ugly behavior of the rulers. Since then, he has embarked on a life and creative road of worrying about the country and the people. However, with the increasingly corrupt politics in the later period of Tang Xuanzong, his life was increasingly mired in poverty and disappointment. In a wandering life. Maybe his birth address is wrong, or he gave birth to the wrong baby. Here's his tragic experience. Very pitiful and sympathetic.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, Xuanzong called the "all-rounder" of the world to Chang 'an to take the exam, and Du Fu also took the exam. Because the Minister of Electric Power Li directed a farce of "leaving no legacy", all the students who took the exam lost the election. Because the imperial examination was not feasible, Du Fu had to turn to the powerful door to realize his political ideal, but it ended in vain. He lived in Chang 'an for ten years, rushing around offering gifts, unhappy, frustrated in his official career and living in poverty. "He failed to win the first place and was trapped in Chang 'an. "

Lee always seems to have a problem with him. In the first month of the tenth year of Tianbao, Xuanzong held three ceremonies to worship Taiqing Palace, ancestral temple and heaven and earth. Du Fu then presented three "big gifts" in the winter of the ninth year of Tianbao, which was appreciated by Xuanzong. However, he only got the qualification of "candidate" and waited for the allocation. As the examiner is still Li, he didn't get the official position.

Later, in the fourteenth year of Tianbao, Du Fu was appointed as a small official like Hexi Wei, but Du Fu didn't want to be appointed as the official position of "if it wasn't for Hexi Wei, he would be bent over if he was desolate", so the court changed him to the right guard to command the government soldier Cao (a low-level official position, responsible for guarding the staff of armor and managing the access key). Du Fu stayed in Chang 'an for more than ten years because he was 44 years old. In order to make a living, he accepted this useless job. 1 1 month, something unfortunate happened. Du Fu went to Fengxian to save his family. Just as Du Fu entered the room, he heard crying. It turned out that his youngest son starved to death. Chang 'an's ten years' experience and experiences along the way let him vent and wrote the famous "Singing 500 words from Beijing to Fengxian".

It's not over yet. Don't think that he is the only one who has suffered this kind of hardship, and other people with lofty ideals have also suffered this dilemma. Cao Ba was a famous horse painter in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, he was down and out. In the second year of Tang Daizong Guangde (764), Du Fu met him in Chengdu, and he was very sympathetic to his experience. Let's talk about the birth of another rich second generation Cao Ba. Cao Ba and Wei Wudi praised Cao Ba's ancestors after Cao. Although Cao Cao's feat of dominating the Central Plains is a thing of the past, Cao Ba has also been relegated to the rank of ordinary people. In retrospect, what a hero Cao Cao was, handsome and resourceful, perhaps because his ancestors had good genes and actually inherited his ancestors' literary talent. The era of heroic separatism is gone forever.

Now let's talk about how this rich second generation is behind the times. In order to learn calligraphy, he first learned from Mrs. Wei, but he was only more annoying than General Wang Xizhi's right. Then, although he has the spirit of a craftsman, he devoted his life to painting, but he didn't know he was old. Everyone thinks that the rich second generation likes money very much, but when it comes to Cao Ba, wealth is like a cloud in the sky. During the Kaiyuan period, Cao Ba was often summoned by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Thanks to your kindness, you have boarded Nanxun Hall many times with only one purpose. Because of the fading of the years, General Cao painted a new picture, and it is a professional painter, lifelike. After reading it, it is as prosperous as in reality. The heads of lovers have been crowned with the title of Yang Xian, and the waists of warriors have also been put on. Zannan and Hubei men's hair seems to be shaking, as if they were playing hard. At the beginning of Kaiyuan, the first emperor's Tianma was called Yuhuaqi, and many painters painted it, which was different from its original appearance. On that day, General Cao led the Yuhuaqi to the red steps in the temple, and stood tall at the palace gate, adding to its dignity. It's incredible. The emperor ordered him to unfold silk and prepare for painting. At this time, his intelligence is dim, and he works hard. In a blink of an eye, the dragon horse appeared on the silk in nine days, and Wandai horse was mediocre at once. The picture of jade flower is like a real horse lying on the emperor's couch, and the picture of a real horse standing in front of the steps on the couch is the same. The emperor smiled and urged the left and right sides to reward Cao Ba with gold. All the servants and hostess were confused and confused. Han Gan, the general's favorite pupil, learned painting skills very early. He can also draw horses and has many extraordinary images. Han Gan's paintings only paint the exterior, but not the inner spirit, which often makes Ai Hua's good horse depressed. General Cao's paintings are so exquisite and beautiful that even the emperor praised them again and again. However, corruption in the DPRK seems to have become the style for China people to be an official. Only when I meet a real celebrity, I am willing to write for him, but no one appreciates it. Now wandering in a war-torn society, I usually paint ordinary pedestrians. Cao Ba suffered from secular eyes in his later years, and no one in the world is poorer than you. Just keep looking at those celebrities. Who doesn't haunt them all day? Alas, in such a turbulent society, both of them are rich second generation. It seems that money can't buy social stability and Bole's appreciation. In this way, talented people were jealous, and their talents were buried by the situation, so they went back to Ma Rufei to enjoy flowers. What a pity that Ma Rufei's genius has disappeared! It hurts!

Later, in order to vent his dissatisfaction, Brother Du dedicated this poem to General Cao Ba-"A Song of a Painting for General Cao" to praise the talent of General Cao Ba. The painter who wrote such superb paintings was wandering in the rivers and lakes during the war years, selling paintings for passers-by, which also confirmed the reality that his talent was buried. He couldn't help expressing his apathy and frustration in his later years.

Despite their unfulfilled ambitions and advanced age, they stuck to their hometown. In those turbulent times, they didn't escape their fate.