Why did Liu Bang, who was born from the grassroots, write better poems than Qianlong? What did Qianlong write in his 40,000 poems
Throughout the ancient emperors, they all liked to write and write, and there were many famous works among them. For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", Li Shimin's "Entering Tongguan" and so on.
But to say that the emperor who liked writing poetry the most was probably Emperor Qianlong.
According to historical records, Emperor Qianlong wrote poems whenever he was doing something. For example, he wrote one while eating, one when he ate well, another when he ate poorly, and even after eating. Continue to write another song.
In short, he writes whenever he has time, no matter how big or small it is, it is a pleasure to write. Because of this, he left more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime.
If Qianlong started writing when he was 8 years old and continued until the day he died, on average, he would write 1.4 poems every day.
It must be said that Qianlong's love for poetry has reached the point of intoxication.
But it is a pity that although he wrote many poems, there were almost no masterpieces. Only a simple poem "Flying Snow" was selected into the primary school textbook. It seems that Qianlong's poetry writing level was at an elementary school level.
Compared with Qianlong, who thought he was very talented, our "illiterate emperor" Liu Bang was much more modest. He only left two poems in his life. One poem is "Song of the Great Wind" and the other is "Song of the Honghu".
However, friends who like ancient poetry know that although Liu Bang’s output is small, the quality is impeccable. How can an "illiterate" write poetry?
It is not unfair to say that Liu Bang was "illiterate". He has not liked labor since he was a child and has a strong personality. He completely ignored his father's accusations against him and behaved like an old fritter since he was a child. Therefore, people around him said that he had no future.
In fact, it is not to blame others for talking about him. Let alone ancient times, even in modern times, according to Liu Bang, who firstly does not know how to do business and secondly does not like labor, you will sneer at him.
In this case, he naturally doesn’t like studying either. Even if he wanted to learn, he had no money to learn, and no one was willing to teach him, a ruffian.
However, although he is "illiterate" in terms of culture, he is a top student in terms of social experience and communication skills.
And this is also the most fundamental reason why he will be able to achieve great things in the future.
And in the process of conquering the world, the emperor gradually discovered that lack of cultural level was a very low price.
As a Liu Bang who said "A true man should do the same" when he saw Qin Shihuang's parade, he could not let others see his joke.
After that, he began to study on his own and asked the people around him if he didn’t understand. Over time, his cultural level gradually improved, and he eventually became a well-spoken cultural person. It doesn’t matter if there are too many poems, just fine ones
Among Liu Bang’s two poems, "Song of the Wind" is the most famous. Although the whole poem is only three sentences short, each sentence is of the highest quality. For example, the first sentence cleverly uses metaphors to compare the chaos in the world to the scene when a strong wind blows, making people feel as if they are immersed in the scene and have a chilling feeling.
The second sentence describes Liu Bang's ambition when he returned to his hometown. The word "wei" is the finishing touch, which fully reflects Liu Bang's mighty and domineering character.
The first two sentences echo each other, which means that although he can dominate the world, he would not have this opportunity if the world were not in chaos.
So he immediately wrote a rather sad third sentence, which completely exposed the pain and pressure in his heart. The little gangster who once lived happily on the streets is now trying his best to protect the country. Who can share the burden for him?
Although this poem is about magnificent things, when I first read this poem, I didn’t actually have much understanding of it. If you want to deeply understand the artistic conception of this poem, you need to understand the background of its creation.
Reading this poem after understanding it will definitely make people feel sad and cherished.
Although the other song "Honghu Song" is not as good in artistic conception as the previous one, it is still a masterpiece, much better than Qianlong's 40,000 daily poems.
It can be said that although Liu Bang only left two poems in his life, they were both excellent works, enough to surpass the total of 40,000 poems written by Qianlong, and the majesty reflected in the poems was even more impressive. An eternal song.
Although both of them are emperors, their understanding of life is different. As the saying goes, "Life is the mother of art." Qianlong had not experienced Liu Bang's grandeur, so naturally he could not write poems with the same grandeur.