The Tang Dynasty was a dynasty where poets were everywhere. To use an easy-to-understand metaphor, if you were walking on the street and kicked someone's butt, that person would most likely be a poet. , but although there are many poets, only a few can leave their names throughout the ages. It is common for some people to become famous with just one poem, so some issues such as copyright disputes will occur. In this dispute, an uncle actually read I was attracted by a line in a poem written by my nephew, and wanted to forcibly change the copyright. When I encountered obstacles, I immediately thought of murder.
Among the 42,832 poems recorded in the Tang Dynasty, there is an ancient poem that is still praised by us today, that is, "The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year." "We are all familiar with this line of poetry, but it actually appears in two poems at the same time, namely Liu Xiyi's "Sorrowful Pulpit" and Song Zhiwen's "Some Thoughts". This must exist. There are elements of plagiarism. What people didn't expect is that the relationship between the two poems' authors is unusual. They are uncle and nephew. What's even more strange is that the copyright of this poem actually led to a tragic incident. of murder.
Song Zhiwen (about 656 AD - about 712 AD), during the period of Wu Zetian, his poetic talent could not be suppressed. He twice won the first place in the royal poetry competition, and was a literati in the imperial court. It can be said that he is the leader in the circle. When he was at his peak, he was summoned to the palace by Wu Zetian and specially asked him to study poetry. But for some reason, as time went by, Song Zhiwen had no new works for a long time. After his death, his talents were silenced, and Song Zhiwen's rights disappeared accordingly. In an era where talented people were waiting to emerge, Song Zhiwen was quickly forgotten.
When Wu Zetian once again recruited celebrities from all over the world to enter the palace to inquire about court affairs, Song Zhiwen searched the entire list but could not find his name. He was extremely frustrated and even wrote down He wrote a poem to express his admiration to Wu Zetian, but Wu Zetian actually rejected him thousands of miles away because of his bad breath. Song Zhiwen realized that his talent was exhausted, and what he got in exchange would be the end of his official career. How desperate he was I hope that I can still compose an admirable poem from time to time as I did before, thus proving my ability as a former Royal Champion.
One day, his nephew came over with a poem for him to appreciate. He saw a sentence in it: "The flowers are the same every year, but the people are different every year." He was amazed on the spot and was so impressed that he He thought that his nephew's reputation was not great and not many people knew him, so he came up with the idea of ??stealing a poem. He believed with full confidence that this poem would definitely bring him back to the top of the royal poetry world. Who knew that Liu Xiyi himself would rarely be like this? Song Zhiwen had no intention of giving up his good works to his uncle. Song Zhiwen became angry and became murderous. He set up a trap and tricked his nephew into a room, filled his mouth and nose with yellow sand, and filled his nephew with a sack. Press on his chest until he suffocates. Song Zhiwen's desire for power and fame turned into his exploration of good poetry, and further turned into his motive for killing.
I didn't expect that there was such a murder behind this familiar poem. , Liu Xiyi's clever words accidentally became the culprit of his murder. The perpetrator was actually his uncle, which made Song Zhiwen's reputation even more bad.