In "Tao Qing" by Zheng Banqiao, the old scholar, in the white house, talks about Tang and Yu, and the ancient Taoism. . . translation into modern language

The old scholar was in the white room, talking about Tang Yao, Yu Shun, and ancient customs.

Many younger generations of scholars took the imperial examinations in high school and became famous and powerful people. However, the officialdom is dark, intrigues and intrigues, and there are many people who "live up to their dreams once they succeed". It is better to teach a few children in a remote alley of Pengmen. Little Mengtong.

Zheng Banqiao composed ten "Tao Qing" songs, which made Tao Qing songs popular in the south, especially in the Huaiyang area of ??Jiangsu. It adopts two "Huaiyang minors" popular between Yang and Huai, one is the "Gong" mode and the other is the "Yu" mode. In the local area, the "Gong" mode is the most popular.

Introduction to Banqiao Taoism

Zheng Banqiao’s calligraphy and painting art is well known to everyone. However, his literary works are not inferior to his calligraphy and painting. His literary achievements involve poetry, lyrics, Taoist sentiments, articles, etc. "Banqiao poems and essays come from their own ideas, and their principles must be attributed to the sages, and their writing must be based on the Japanese." "

He advocated speaking his mind directly, "talking to the people's pain and itching", reflecting and serving real life, among which his ten "Tao Qing" are the most popular.