Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about Mr. Huang An, and I won't talk about Huang An today.
I'm talking about a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. Let's remember his name-Song Wenzhi.
You might say: Song Wenzhi? Who is this? He is a nobody. I've never heard of it.
This is not a nobody. When I list three awesome things about him, you will understand:
First, poetry is great. To this day, some scholars still call China's eighth century "the century of God and Song", and this "Song" is Song Wenzhi.
Everyone in China can read his poem:
"Now, near my village, I dare not ask a question when I meet people."
Secondly, Mr. Song can not only write poems, but also is said to have many stunts: newspaper reporting, tearing *, plagiarism and palace fighting ... If he plays the story of the crown princess's promotion, he will be invincible.
You know, among the great poets of the Tang Dynasty, some people were very bad at fighting, such as Li Bai, who was knocked down by his opponent within a few days of entering the palace. The emperor disliked him in various ways and finally got rid of him.
However, Mr. Song is a kung fu master, and he even surpasses Li Bai.
Third, and the most powerful point: many of his fights are aimed at hitting on a girl.
It is said that there were many romantic poets in the Tang Dynasty. Du Mu, Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin are all very romantic and have their own specialties: Du Mu loves visiting brothels, Yuan Zhen loves picking up girls, and Li Shangyin secretly loves other people's maids.
But Mr. Song is different. He is going to pick up the most difficult girl in the Tang Dynasty.
who is it? Princess Taiping? Princess Yu Zhen? Neither, his goal is-Wu Zetian.
You probably think he's crazy: can this girl do it?
But our Mr. Song bravely stepped in.
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The story begins with my father, Mr. Song.
His father was a Jianghu man in the early Tang Dynasty and a martial arts master, also known as Song (nonsense).
On this day, Song Daxia called his three sons and asked them seriously:
"You have grown up, it's time to learn something. Dad has three skills in this life: one is martial arts, the other is calligraphy, and the third is literary talent. Every one of you learns the same! "
The children have made their choice. Song Zhixun, the second son, chose calligraphy and later became a famous Cao Li. Zhi Zhi, the third son of Song Dynasty, chose martial arts and later became a warrior with outstanding achievements.
Finally, my father turned his eager eyes to the boss-Song. This son is tall and handsome. He looks like a star.
"What do you choose? Children? "
"I want to study literature." Song said firmly.
I'm not interested in martial arts and calligraphy. I must learn literature well, become a great poet and write my life!
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After setting a goal, Song studied hard, reading and writing poems every day, and was too busy to even brush his teeth.
His father advised him: son, it is good for you to study poetry well, but you still have to brush your teeth, or you will suffer a big loss sooner or later.
Song disagreed: "It takes at least five minutes to brush your teeth. What a waste of time. How can you lose if you brush your teeth less? " After that, he buried himself in his book again.
Gradually, Song became famous. He wrote a lot of poems and published them in the media. His reading volume was good, exceeding 20,000 to 30,000. Xiao Song is also very proud.
One day, he suddenly received a poem on his mobile phone, which was sent by his nephew Liu Xiyi.
"Brother, what do you think of my two poems? Can they be published? " The nephew asked excitedly.
Song point on a look, can not help but be surprised. These two poems are: "Flowers are similar year after year, but people are different year after year."
This poem is great. If it is published, it will definitely cost hundreds of thousands!
"Did you write this special?" He asked incredulously.
"Yes, what's the problem? Is it bad? " Liu Xiyi looks innocent.
Song said quietly, "My nephew, these two poems are of average level, and the effect will not be too good if they are sent out. Otherwise, these two poems will be signed by me. How about my brother send it to you? "
Liu Xiyi is not stupid, so he quickly reacted: "What? Are you copying? I don't do it ... "
Song was angry: boy, I will kill you if you don't eat the hard way.
How to kill it? It is said that the Water Margin recorded a method called "soil bag". A bag was filled with earth, pressed on a person, and died in a short time.
Song made such a topped bag and put it on his body.
Liu Xiyi died like this. Song Wenzhi got this new song "Yuanyang Butterfly" by plagiarism ... No, it is "similar flowers every year". After publication, it won the first "100000 Canadian dollars" in its life.
Some people say it's not reliable. Older than Song, then how could he kill him?
However, I didn't make up this gossip story, but Liu Yuxi, another great poet in the Tang Dynasty. What's more, the Song family is a martial arts family and they know martial arts. Maybe they can beat Liu Xiyi.
In any case, the first tear in Song's life was a great victory.
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Time flies, and our Mr. Song is becoming more and more popular.
With his handsome appearance and outstanding talent, he was admitted to Jinshi, and later became a very bookish person in Korea, code 9527.
In the office, a colleague warmly greeted him and shook hands with him: "Hello, I am 9528, and we will be colleagues from now on!" " My name is Yang Jiong! "
You think the name of this colleague is familiar, don't you? Yes, this man later became famous in the Jianghu and joined a famous men's team in the Tang Dynasty, called "Four Outstanding Men in the Early Tang Dynasty"!
But at that time, he was just Xiao Yang, an office clerk.
You may start to worry: Is it unsafe for Yang Jiong An and Xiao Song to be colleagues? Will he also write a good poem, be stared at by Song, and then crush it with a cloth bag?
Don't worry, it's not true. It's not that easy to secretly love a colleague.
Besides, Yang Jiong has a personality problem and is aloof. His popularity in the unit is not very good, and his official career has not improved, which basically does not pose a threat to Song Wenzhi.
Later, Song became a celebrity until he accompanied Wu Hou, who had a beautiful scenery. But Yang Jiong still worked as a clerk, and later became the biggest official, that is, a county magistrate.
Song doesn't have to tear Yang Jiong. They have maintained a pure friendship all their lives.
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To make a long story short. With the passage of time, our Xiao Song rose step by step, and finally sat in a great position-Wu Zetian's senior companion!
The big tear is here. This time, the opponent is very strong, called Dongfang Qiu.
In martial arts novels, those who have multiple surnames are often masters, such as Hu Ling, Simon and Murong. Especially those whose surnames are Dongfang are among the best. Think about the dead shemale.
Dong Fangshuo's post at that time was called "Zuo Shi". Please note that this official is not big, and don't misunderstand that he is Zoroastrianism's "Ming Taizu's left envoy" and the second-in-command of the leader. Just a pen to record the emperor's words and deeds.
But this position is not light, because it is close to the son of heaven. Besides, the poetry of Oriental Autumn is very high, even higher than this fool, and it is a flag of the early Tang Dynasty. For example, a "Chun Xue":
"Chun Xue is full of air and feels like a flower. I don't know if the trees in the garden are really plums. "
But our little song is not afraid: tear it if you want!
The battle took place in Luoyang. On this day, Wu Zetian led a team to travel and saw beautiful mountains and rivers, green willows and fragrant flowers. She was in a good mood and ordered her men to write poems for entertainment.
Oriental autumn came out with a wave of his hand, full of literary talent. Wu Zetian was very happy and awarded him the highest prize on the spot: a luxury fashion.
Oriental high gloat, looking at the song:
"I left Qinglong, right white tiger, waist is an old cow, chest is a faucet. You little boy, dare to hit me! "
But before his new clothes were warm, he heard Wu Zetian shouting, "Good! This is better! "
Wu Zetian has Song's paper in her hand.
This poem handed in by the Song Dynasty is called "The Hero of Longmen", also called "A Chinese Odyssey". The poem is very long, so it won't be reproduced. Its main idea is:
"At the beginning of the spring rain, the flowers are red and green.
Sister Yu's trip is magnificent.
Yue Xian is ringing, riding a thousand times.
This is not a tour,
But people who care about farming. "
Its rhetoric is gorgeous, its sentences are exquisite and its politics is completely correct. The more Wu Zetian watched, the happier she became.
She ordered on the spot: someone, take off the fashion of Oriental Autumn and put it on my ditty!
It is conceivable that Oriental Autumn must have been very sad and angry at that time. Yes, it's so cruel to convince people with words.
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After the success of World War I, Song consolidated his position in the Jianghu and won a nickname-Poet Archer!
If Jin Yong had written the legend of the condor hero, the protagonist would have been our teacher Song.
At this time, Song has made a five-year plan for the next stage: continue to attack Wu Zetian and further please the royal sister.
It is not enough for him to write poems for Wu Zetian. He is determined to be a duck for Wu Zetian.
You may think it's a little ridiculous, and I think it's a little ridiculous, but I didn't say it. Please read on.
At this time, Song was not young, but he still had an extraordinary temperament and was personable. He has great confidence in being a duck.
He soon found an opportunity. At that time, Wu Zetian made several little boyfriends, the most famous of which were two brothers named Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong. Have you ever seen Da Gong Ming Ci? There is a coquettish little white face who plays the flute, and that is Zhang Yizhi.
Wu Zetian often hangs out with two brothers and makes excuses for them to "compile books". In fact, they are two standard imbeciles. People nicknamed them Wenhua Huawu, so they couldn't make up any books.
As a senior companion, Song tried his best to curry favor with the two brothers and wait on their horses. According to legend, the two brothers wanted to relieve themselves and Song gave them chamber pot.
However, no matter how gaining the Song Dynasty, Wu Zetian's attitude towards him was always like this:
Song, if you have any difficulties in life, just say so.
Song, your poems are really good.
Song, you are a good man.
……
My hero got a lot of cards, but I just couldn't climb the queen's sofa.
Song was fed up and decided to fight. He mustered all his strength and wrote a love letter to Wu Zetian, named Ming River.
What does it say? For example, "Yuanyang's face is dull, and a wild goose flies over Wuqie Bridge." "Minghe is not friendly, so I would like to take advantage of it."
What do you mean by "riding"? Is to take a raft. What do you mean, "He Ming may not be very friendly, I want to have a look"? The translation is as follows:
"Can I still board your passenger ship with this old ticket?"
After the love letter was sent up, it took a long time to finally hear Wu Zetian's reply. This is an answer that has been circulated as a joke for more than 1000 years in the history of China's poetry:
"It's not that I don't know that Song has talent and feelings. But ... Hold his breath ... "
The original words are: "I am not ignorant of the problem, but I have a mouth."
The ancients did not record Xiao Song's expression after hearing this sentence, but only wrote four words: "shame and anger for life."
It seems that brushing your teeth is really important.
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In 705, Wu Zetian was overthrown. As a senior companion, Xiao Song was also demoted to Guangdong.
Guangdong at that time was not as hot and bitter as it is now. Song didn't give up: my life is not over yet! I can still fight! He sneaked back to Luoyang and went to a friend named Zhang Zhongzhi, waiting for an opportunity.
Soon, his chance came
That night, it was dark and windy, and Song overheard an earth-shattering event:
Zhang Zhongzhi took in his good friend, conspired with others to launch a coup, and killed Wu Sansi, the prime minister of the dynasty.
Hearing this feat of my friend Song, I was moved to tears.
He realized that his chance to make a comeback had come. So, Song wiped her tears and resolutely made a decision:
Notice!
He sent someone to send a Weibo to Wu Sansi overnight: My landlord Zhang Zhongzhi is a bad element! He's plotting something! Ask people who love Tang to burn him together!
As a result, it is conceivable that Zhang Zhongzhi's family killed them all, while Song reported meritorious service and was promoted.
In the literati circle at that time, when it came to this matter, everyone secretly pointed the finger at Song. But what about this? History is written by winners, and our Xiao Song knows how to fight in the palace!
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However, Xiao Song's palace fight is not over yet, and the strongest opponent in his life has appeared.
As mentioned earlier, the two great kings of poetry at that time were also called "Song Shen". Among them, "Song" is Song's, and "Shen" is another person-Shen Quanqi.
A pk broke out between them, which is one of the famous decisive battles in the history of Tang poetry-"The Battle of Colorful Buildings".
This year, Emperor Zhongzong visited Kunming Pool and ordered a colorful building for his subordinates to compete in poetry.
The judge is a well-known woman-Shangguan Waner.
Above the color building, Shangguan Waner commented casually, and the eliminated papers were thrown down directly. At that time, the colorful buildings were like snowflakes, and all the papers were A4.
Finally, there were only two people left in Shangguan Waner's hands: Shen Quanqi and Song.
All eyes were on her hand. She compares two poems, and it is always difficult to choose between them. After a long time, a piece of paper finally floated down, and everyone scrambled to read it. It belongs to Shen Quanqi.
This means that Song Wenzhi won.
Shen Quanqi refused to accept: "Why am I not as good as that bad breath ghost!"
Shangguan Waner said, "Your poems are hard to compete with each other. But your ending was worse than his, so you lost. "
It turned out that Shen Quanqi's ending was: "I have no face to see Yu Zhang Cai." I am so incompetent. I am really embarrassed to see everyone so talented-very modest, but also very discouraged.
What about the end of the song "Wen Zhi"? There are two completely different words in the gas field: "Never mind the bright moon, there are night beads."
It not only uses an allusion from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to save the fish and get the pearl, but also contains positive energy, showing full road confidence:
"I'm not worried that the moon will be dim today, because there must be a pearl to illuminate my night sky in Datang!"
Shen Quanqi was defeated.
Some people say that Shen Quanqi died because he was good at seven words, but he had to compare five words with Song.
It is also said that Shen Quanqi's poems are more than those of Song Dynasty, and finally his pulse can't keep up and he is drained.
Anyway, Song won again.
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As a result, Xiao Song, who won the "Battle of Colorful Buildings", soared from then on?
No, it's only temporary. He won every palace fight, but his strategy was completely lost.
Song have it both ways was so hard-at first he tried to curry favor with the two brothers; After the fall of Zhang Er, he tried to curry favor with Wu Sansi; When Wu San-si fell down, he fawned on Princess Taiping. Later, Wei Ruyun and Princess Anle became powerful, so he left Princess Taiping to please Princess Anle.
You can look through Xiao Song's poems. Every time a boss changes, he writes a lot of kneels.
In fact, among the great poets in the Tang Dynasty, it is not shameful for anyone who does not curry favor with others and write a few flattering poems, even Li Bai and Du Fu. But have it both ways's Song, even a friend can betray, is also a wonderful work.
After 709, the Tang Dynasty witnessed dramatic changes in the imperial court, and the eldest of the Song Dynasty was killed after losing power.
Xiao Song was suspected everywhere, and was severely relegated all the way, first in Yuezhou, then in Yuzhou, and finally in Guizhou.
All the glory of the past has gone with the wind, leaving only the desolate border and distant hometown.
Song seems to finally understand something.
I preached for the boss all my life, wrote articles on kneeling, carried the toilet and betrayed my friends, just for today's end. What is this for?
Along the way, he was full of sadness and wrote many emotional poems, which were completely different from the poems that held high the great banner in the past.
In fact, the poems during Song's two relegations were the best in his life. For example, as mentioned above:
"Beyond the ridge, the sound is broken, and the winter is revived. Now, when I meet people near my village, I dare not ask a question. "
A poet, when he is not qualified to whitewash the peace and cut off the opportunity to kiss the horse and kneel down, can often look at the desolate world and write his inner voice.
Unfortunately, Song's poetic soul has just sublimated, and the body must be destroyed. The imperial court had no patience to let this man live in the world and ordered him to die.
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Song Wenzhi died miserably. After receiving the death order, he sweated on his forehead and circled back and forth, dragging and dragging.
Finally, under the reprimand of others, he paused a little, took a bath, ate something and ended his life.
In fact, looking back on Xiao Song's life, those gossip stories about potted plants, begging for food as ducks and dying nephews, although very vivid in the Tang Dynasty, are not necessarily true. Some may have been deliberately arranged because of his bad reputation.
But there must be something wrong with Song's character.
On one occasion, his good friend Yang Jiong died, and he wrote a eulogy, which is still a famous article, with the first eight words:
"Since ancient times, people have died, and the gods have written!"
Now that Xiao Song has understood this truth, why do so many useless things?
Finally, copy a few lyrics to Song Wenzhi, whose works are flawed but whose poems are still immortal:
In this world, it has been very bumpy,
Why go to the sky,
Let's sleep gently.
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