In the five thousand years of history of our country, there have been many dynasties, and there are many representative figures in these dynasties, such as Dongfang Shuo of the Han Dynasty, Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Bai of the Qing Dynasty. Ji Xiaolan, etc., these are all well-known characters to us, and there are many characters from other dynasties that we are familiar with, such as Tang Bohu of the Ming Dynasty.
Speaking of Tang Bohu, perhaps what impressed us the most was Stephen Chow’s famous movie-"Tang Bohu Lights Up the Fragrance of Autumn". Although the real Tang Bohu in history was one of the four great talents in Jiangnan, and he was He ranks first among the four great talents in Jiangnan, but his real life is not as glamorous as shown in Stephen Chow's movies, and his life is also full of ups and downs.
In reality, Tang Bohu's life can be described as poor, because his family background is not very good, and he can only make a living by selling some calligraphy and paintings he made. Don't look at it. Now that Tang Bohu's paintings and calligraphy are so popular in auction houses, not many people could appreciate his works in the Ming Dynasty, so the income from selling the paintings could barely solve his food and clothing problem.
It’s not like what’s shown in Stephen Chow’s movies: he has seven wives, his family is relatively good, and he knows martial arts. The movies are all created through artistic processing and are very different from the real history. Coupled with the nonsensical style of Stephen Chow's movies, the gap is even greater, so if you want to truly understand history, you still need to read relevant historical materials.
As a scholar, Tang Bohu, like most students who have studied hard for decades, wanted to gain fame and wealth, and spent decades of hard work in exchange for an official position, so At that time, Tang Bohu also took the exam, but unfortunately, although Tang Bohu passed the test of the provincial exam and was preparing to show off his skills in the subsequent exams, things didn't work out as he was implicated, and he lost the qualification for further exams. This also made him completely give up the idea of ??becoming an official.
Compared with his reputation, his experience is obviously one underground and one in the sky. This huge gap can easily make people take an extreme route, but Tang Bohu did not sink here, but chose He spent the rest of his life with a detached attitude.
Tang Bohu, who saw through the secular world, chose a life of poverty and found a place called "Taohuawu" to build a thatched hermitage for himself. Tang Bohu named it Peach Blossom Hermitage, and he was this. The master of Peach Blossom Temple.
Tang Bohu has made great achievements in painting, and he is not bad at poetry either. The familiar phrase "Others laugh at me because I am too crazy, but I laugh at others because they cannot see through it" was written by Tang Bohu. After Tang Bohu lived a life of seclusion in Taohua Temple, he wrote the famous "Poetry of Taohua Temple". This poem is a popular poem now. Why do so many people like this poem? It boils down to one word - vulgarity. It is easy to see the artistic conception that Tang Bohu wants to express in this poem.
The first four sentences of "Poetry of Peach Blossom Temple" are about Tang Bohu's living conditions after he retired to seclusion. The middle sentences are about Tang Bohu's free and easy attitude towards life and his non-kitsch pride. The last four sentences are about Tang Bohu's life. The world laughs at them, everyone is competing for fame and wealth, but I live a clean and carefree life, the world is too vulgar.
This poem not only describes Tang Bohu’s living conditions, but also an attitude of confrontation with the world. Everyone in the world is chasing fame and wealth, but at this time, Tang Bohu sees through everything and lives a leisurely and contented life. Life, which seems like a passive and degenerate life of being drunk all day long, is actually an expression of dissatisfaction with the dark officialdom.
So why do so many people like "Poem of Peach Blossom Temple"?
Because Tang Bohu wrote a completely new state of life. Compared with Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty, "Peach Blossom Spring" is just Tao Yuanming's yearning for this state of life, but Tang Bohu really did it. Although this kind of life is a life that everyone yearns for, in reality few people can actually achieve it.
Although life is relatively poor, it still cannot stop Tang Bohu's love for this kind of life. In contrast, those of us are still sinking in the quagmire of real life, but Tang Bohu has already lived a better life. A truly free life is what we yearn for, which is why many people like this poem.