The immortal poem Ode to a Wanderer, which is called the mother of mankind, was born in Liyang. It was written by the bitter poet Meng Jiao when he was the chief of Liyang. The original author of this poem pointed out that "Mu Ying Li Shang Tower" is "Liyang" in the north of Lishui.
Liyang (now liyang city, Jiangsu Province) is an ancient county in the south of the Yangtze River with a long history and profound cultural heritage.
In 22 1 year BC, after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he founded the county system. During the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was renamed yong ping, Yongshi and Pingling counties. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been extended to Liyang. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Liyang was promoted to Lizhou, Liyang House, Liyang Road and Liyang State.
Meng Jiao was a famous poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, and also a frustrated and humble poet. He had a rough life and a bad career.
In the seventh year of Tang Zhenyuan (79 1) and at the age of 4 1, Meng Jiao, encouraged by his mother's Pei family, took the rural tribute examination and won the Gong Shi. The following year, he went to Chang 'an to take the exam, and Zhenyuan failed again in nine years. In the twelfth year of Zhenyuan, he went to the exam for the third time and was a scholar at the beginning. Meng Jiao was ecstatic and wrote a poem: After Graduation.
In the spring breeze, this proud horse runs at the speed of two beats. I visited all the sights of Chang 'an gracefully in one day.
"He is full of ambition, ready to do things for the people and work for the court. However, after waiting for four years, 50-year-old Meng Jiao was elected as Liyang County Commandant by the official department (equivalent to the public security bureau chief).
Meng Jiao was surprised and hard to accept the fact that the Jinshi was not commensurate with the nine-level junior official: "I don't want to be with you in the Qing Dynasty. Only Whitehead can choose books.
"After persuasion by Han Yu, he took office.
Meng Jiao worked in Liyang for five years. Although politically frustrated, I fell in love with the mountains and rivers of Liyang. He read a lot of poems here and recited a lot of poems, which he can't live without.
According to Liyang County Records, the county seat at that time was in the old county town village of Du Nan Town, liyang city. Meng Jiao often goes to Tangxing Temple outside the city to see Bai Yutang, sing poems and compose songs, or go to the former site of the ancient city of Ping Ling in the Jin Dynasty in the southeast of the city, beside the water pool under the shade of trees, and lament to the setting sun.
Because Meng Jiao often goes out to play, shoots ducks, drinks and recites poems, even to the point of "neglecting government affairs and doing nothing", Ji Cao, the county magistrate, was greatly dissatisfied, reported what he had done to his superiors, and hired someone to represent Meng Jiao's official duties, giving him half of his annual salary. In a fit of pique, Meng Jiao resigned at home.
Han Yu also sent Meng Dongye a preface to comfort and encourage him.
During her long wandering life, Meng Jiao deeply realized the hardships of wandering and the greatness of maternal love.
Although he took his mother to Liyang after taking office, he felt that in his present situation, he could never repay the kindness of the old man for a lifetime.
In this contradictory and complicated state of mind, he wrote A Wandering Son.
Meng Jiao "wrote a famous poem, expressing the love between mother and child in the world", and Su Dongpo praised him for "poetry comes from the heart and is moving".
When he was frustrated in officialdom and life, he wrote the most proud poem in his life, which also added classics to China's literary treasure house.
In order to commemorate the poet Meng Jiao, an honest official, since the Song Dynasty, the people of Liyang have built temples, statues, monuments and pavilions for him.
Liyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Party Committee * * * built a large sculpture of "Wandering Son" at the turntable of Taojiacun, National Highway 104, built a giant relief sculpture of "Wandering Son" on the south side of the gate of Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort, the first batch of 4A-level scenic tourist areas in China, and erected a marble sculpture column of "Wandering Son's Mother" in People's Square, which artistically reproduced the greatness of maternal love and won praise and praise from the general public and tourists.