Everyone probably has a different answer to this question. In my heart, there were two most talented people in ancient times. One was Li Yu, the late leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the other was Zhao Ji, Huizong of the Song Dynasty. Li Yu's talent is mainly in poetry, and Zhao Ji's talent is mainly in calligraphy and painting.
Li Yu
He is the most talented emperor in Chinese history. His works are very popular. In the end, he lost his life because of one of his most famous lyrics. Yes, he is Li Yu, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who "asks you how much sorrow you can have, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward." Regardless of whether you have literary accomplishments or not, I think that as long as you read Li Yu's "Poppy", you will probably be moved by it. There are few poems that can bring the author so vividly into the minds of readers like Poppy Poppies, creating a feeling of déjà vu that is so real. Li Yu is a complete weakling, and his political mind is almost equivalent to that of a three-year-old naughty boy. When the Song Dynasty army came to the city, he still imagined that Taizu would be kind and give him a place to rest. Later, he became a prisoner, and his beloved Xiaohou was repeatedly forced to stay in the palace by Taizong. He neither dared to get angry nor speak out, but he just wanted to cry without tears. You are not even allowed to miss your hometown. How miserable is the melancholy in your heart? In this way, readers read the poem about the joy of meeting again, "Speechless, I went up to the west building alone, the moon was like a hook, and the lonely sycamore tree locked the autumn in the deep courtyard. It kept cutting, and the order was still messy. It was the sorrow of separation, and there was a different feeling in my heart." Is there any emotion in my heart?
Another song from "Lang Tao Sha Ling": "The rain is gurgling outside the curtain, and the spring is fading. The quilt cannot bear the cold at midnight. In the dream, I don't know that I am a guest, and I am greedy for pleasure. Don't lean on the railing alone. , Infinite mountains and rivers, it is easy to see when they are gone, and it is difficult to see when they are gone."
Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty
I am afraid that Zhao Kuangyin never imagined that he would fight in the army all his life. The foundation they had inherited was finally lost by "a few stones (Hua Shi Gang), a few bandits (peasant uprising), and a single poaching (Jin destroyed Liao and then took advantage of the situation to move south)". Like Empress Chen, Zhao Ji also enjoyed all the enjoyments available to the emperor. The difference is that Zhao Ji has been smart since he was a child and has a kind heart. He knows the sufferings of the people and has some thoughts about his family, country and country. In the end, he was captured by the Jin Kingdom, but he did not forget about his homeland.
Huizong of Song Dynasty had been emperor for twenty-five years. It was when the Song Dynasty reached the peak of poverty and weakness, social conflicts intensified, and civil commotions occurred from time to time. The Celestial Dynasty has run out of energy and was already on its last legs. After the troubles caused by "Hua Shi Gang" and the villain in power, the speed of its demise has been aggravated. "Water Margin" says that he "does everything that a prodigal son of a family is familiar with, doesn't know how to do, and doesn't love. It's like playing music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. He knows everything, plays football, plays bamboo, and tunes silk." "It goes without saying that he played, played, sang and danced"; in governing the country, he was mediocre and decadent, and used treacherous people a lot; in diplomacy, he was weak and incompetent, humiliating and forbearing, and finally became a prisoner; in life, he was extravagant, Extremely extravagant and lustful, he believed deeply in the gods and repeatedly asked Zhang Jiguang, the 30th generation of heavenly masters, for the secret of immortality. He also called himself the "Taojun Emperor".
Zhao Ji was indeed mediocre and mediocre in politics, but his literary achievements were amazing. The earliest prototype of the Academy of Fine Arts in Chinese history was the Painting Academy established under the leadership of Zhao Ji. He also invented the "thin gold style" calligraphy, which made him unique and occupy a small position in the calligraphy world. As for calligraphy and painting works, it has set a record for Chinese works in auction houses in Hong Kong and Europe.