In the fourth year of Yanyou (1317), Zhang Yanghao purchased grain for the Yuan government and stayed at the Xinghe (today's Zhangbei, Hebei) post station twice. He met a man named Tong who was working in the post station. Locked. The following is Zhang Yanghao's story about Tong Suosuo:
In recent years, underage men and women among the residents of the capital are often abducted and hidden by traitors when they leave their homes. The women were forced to be maids, and the men were forced to be slaves. Those who refused to obey were transported to remote areas, such as Liaodong, Mobei and other places, and they were exchanged for sheep, horses, cattle, and camels to make profits. Fortunately, the number of people who were rescued when the matter was exposed was very small; unfortunately, there were people everywhere who were resold to each other, leaving them separated from their parents, brothers, sisters and other family members. Alas! Isn't it strange that the customs are still like this under the eyes of the emperor?
In the spring of the Dingsi year (1317), at the Xinghe Post Station, the postman Tong Suosuo told me his personal experience. He was originally from Taihe County, Jiangxi Province. When he was seven years old, he was playing with a group of children in the streets and was kidnapped by a rider passing nearby. We crossed three large rivers to the north and climbed countless mountains before we arrived at Dexinghe. The rider went to a hotel to drink and asked Tong Suo to stay there to do some odd jobs. The hotel owner was blinded. Only then did Tong Suosuo know that the rider had sold him to the hotel owner. Because he could finally stay here instead of continuing northbound, Tong Suozhuo had no objection.
After the ancient traveler stayed there for a few months, the owner of the store asked him to follow a few people on horseback to the north, saying that he was going to repay a debt with them. After walking for two days, he still got nothing. He just said that the place where he lived was still far away. When he arrived, he asked him to take the money and go back. Tong Suozhuo had guessed that he had been secretly resold again. But he heard that according to the local custom, if a slave escaped, he would be stamped with a hot iron after being captured, so he had to pretend that he was willing to leave the old master and serve the new master. Everywhere we passed were barren mountains with no towns or homes. When the weather is slightly cloudy, there will be strong winds and snow, making it difficult for people to move forward. People here distinguish between rich and poor based on the number of livestock they raise. They wear fur clothes and sweaters. The food only consists of mare's milk and large pieces of boiled meat, and there are no food crops such as bean sprouts and millet. Every household lives in a tent made of felt.
The new owner called Tong Suosu "Chahan" (Mongolian, translated as Bai, often used as a personal name), and gave him a sheepskin coat and more than 2,000 sheep to herd. The owner warned him: "If the sheep is thin, injured, escapes or dies for no reason, I will beat you." The place where he lives is 20 miles away from the pasture. Every time he goes out, he has to carry food for the road. Make an appointment with other pastors to go out, otherwise you will get lost and not be able to return home. There were more than ten thousand sheep in the group, and there were almost as many other livestock. Looking from the heights of the slope, the mountains and plains are all over the place, just like clouds spreading on the ground. Everyone's flocks were confused with each other, unrecognizable, locked up, worried and afraid. Other herders told him: "Don't be nervous. When we go back, they will all return to their own groups." It was not until the evening that it turned out to be the case, and he felt relieved. I talked with more than a dozen people who were shepherding sheep together. They were all sons of good families in the Central Plains. They were transported there by traitors. So Tong Suozhu thought, it turned out that he was not the only one who left his hometown, lost contact with his parents and relatives, lived in a foreign land, and became someone's slave. He felt slightly comforted.
One day, his sheep were wandering at the foot of the hillside. Suddenly, more than a hundred cattle rushed down from the top of the mountain to drink from the stream. The sheep had no time to escape, and more than a dozen of them were trampled to death. Thinking that he would not be able to escape a severe beating, Tong Suosuo took off his leather coat and threw it on the mountain to confuse the pursuers, and decided to escape from that place. He was sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, so he could walk very well. Start by walking 100 miles every day. After a few days, you can walk 200 miles or even 300 miles. Just head all the way south. When I'm hungry, I grab a handful of wild onions and water from the stream and swallow it. At night, I find a tent with lights to stay overnight. When anyone asked, he answered in Mongolian, so no one doubted him. Later, he happened to meet a court envoy on the road, so Tong Suosuo knelt before him and told his experience. The envoy felt sorry for him and gave him a spare horse to ride on. Only then did Tong Suozhao return to Xinghe.
At this time, he went to the government to sue the hotel owner. The boss was convicted of human trafficking, and Tong Suosu was placed as a slave in a local inn. When I met him there, he had been working as a postman in Xinghe for more than a year.
After hearing Tong Suoshu’s life experience, I sympathize with him very much. So I asked him: "How about I let you go back to your hometown and meet your parents and brothers?" Tong Suo kowtowed and said with tears, "Of course I am very willing." I ordered the relevant departments to An official document was sent along the way, providing Tong Suo with food and clothing and escorting him back to his hometown. Yu Xi! There are so many people like Tong Suozhuo in the world! How could he meet me like he did and be able to return to his hometown?
Guan Yunshi Hague (1286~1324), a native of Weiwuer, was the grandson of Ali Hague, a famous general in the early Yuan Dynasty. His father was the second son of Ali Hague, and his name was Guan Zhige, so he took Guan as his surname. Legend has it that his mother had a dream at night that a god picked a star from the sky and turned it into a pearl to give to her. She swallowed it and was pregnant with it.
In his youth, Guanyunshi seemed to be the son of a general who was "good at riding and shooting, and working with horses and spears". When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he once ordered a strong man to drive an evil horse into a gallop. Guan Yunshi stands with a spear facing the galloping horse.
When the horse galloped in front of him, he turned over and jumped on the horse, dancing with his spear, and the wind blew around him. The first time he attacked his father, he was Dalu Huachi, the Mansion of Ten Thousand Households in Lianghuai, and was stationed in Yongcheng (in today's Henan). He began to have a strong interest in Chinese culture, probably during the few years when he was serving in the army. One day, he suddenly said to his younger brother Hudu Haiya: "I was born with little ambition to be an official. At that time, I did not dare not to inherit the title of my grandfather. Now that it has been several years, you should be allowed to do it." He wrote a letter that day. He informed his father of his decision and formally submitted a document to the government explaining the situation. He took off his tiger talisman and gave it to his younger brother to hold. After that, Guanyunshi spent the whole day traveling around the mountains and rivers with the literati he had made friends with, singing to each other.
Perhaps it was during the period (1301-1304) when Yao Sui was serving as an envoy to Jiangdong and recovering from his illness in Taiping (now Dangtu, Anhui) (1301-1304) that Guanyunshi went to learn from this famous scholar. His articles, lyrics and music all left a deep impression on Yao Sui. After Yao Sui was called to Renzong's residence as a courtier, he repeatedly recommended Guanyun Stone to Renzong. Renzong had already heard about Guanyunshi giving up a third-rank official to his younger brother, so he called him to be the "storyteller scholar" of his son Shuode Baci (later Yingzong). After Renzong ascended the throne, Guan Yunshi served as a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy and participated in the formulation of the imperial examination regulations. At this time, he had some ambitions to rely on his talents to serve the world. He once wrote a letter to Renzong stating "Six Matters", suggesting that the imperial court should release border garrison to cultivate literary virtue, teach the prince to uphold the country's foundation, and establish admonishment officials to supplement saintliness and express his surname. Honor the princes with banners, fix the clothes and colors to change customs, and promote talents to restore the Tao. These six suggestions show that Guanyunshi's political opinions are basically formed with traditional Confucianism as a resource.
But for unknown reasons, in the second half of the 1310s, Guan Yunshi suddenly gave up his political ambitions. It is said that he announced to people: "In the past, I resigned from high-ranking officials to show my nobility and settled in a humble position. Now I accept the position of imperial attendant, which is higher than the military position I resigned. People will criticize me for fishing for good reputation and coveting high-ranking officials." You should leave now!" So he immediately resigned from his official post and returned to Jiangnan.
Guanyunshi went south to The Hague in his prime and soon became a famous literary figure. He visited places of interest. Wherever he went, masters, young scholars, and strangers were all willing to communicate with him, "getting his poems and pieces of writing, just like getting a jade stone." Guanyunshi is a little tired of socializing. So he changed his surname and name, and hid in Hangzhou to live in seclusion. When he was traveling to Liangshan (in present-day Liangshan, Shandong), he saw fishermen weaving reed catkins for quilts. He liked it so much that he wanted to exchange it for his own silk quilt. The fisherman saw that he was trading high and low, and knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he said to him: "If you want to get this quilt, you have to write a poem and leave it to me." Later, the widely circulated "Reed Flower Quilt" said: "I found that the reed flowers are not dusty, and the green cogongrass has borrowed bacteria. The west wind blows, dreaming of endless autumn, and the night moon has no fragrance and the snow is all over my body. The hair and bones have grown old with the world, and the reputation will not be lost in ancient and modern times. Poverty. Qing Ling should not be jealous of mandarin ducks, scars are full of spring." After living in seclusion in Hangzhou, he called himself "Luhua Taoist". He once went to Tianmu Mountain to meet Zhongfeng Mingben, a famous Zen master at that time. Since then, he has been meditating in Baoshan on the outskirts of Hangzhou every summer, and only entered the city after the summer.
After learning Zen, the articles he wrote gradually became more profound, and his poems became more simple and simple than before. Cursive script, official script, etc. changed from those of the ancients and became a genre of their own. In his later years, Guanyunshi achieved extremely high attainments in poetry, music, calligraphy and writing. Of course, his greatest achievement in literature is Yuanqu (also known as Yuefu). The compositions and suites produced are fresh and smooth, and are "the best in the field of elegance and elegance". He used to be known as "Suuzhai". At the same time, there was another person called "Tian Zhai" named Xu, who was also good at composing music, so it was called "Sour and Sweet Yuefu". He had a little poem: "When the new autumn comes, people are leaving each other. The moon flows along the Yangtze River, and the boat sails eastward. This thinking begins all night long." With only more than 20 words, he vividly describes the first farewell to his lover. The lingering feelings of the night. There is also "[Shuang Tiao] Qingjiang Yin": "Competing for fame is like a car going downhill. Who will stop the danger? Yesterday, I was a noble minister, today I suffered a disaster. Fighting is like me avoiding the storm and walking in my comfort zone!"
< p>As his temperament became more and more indifferent and noble, Guanyunshi's whereabouts also became "increasingly out of touch with the world." It was past noon in the day, and he was still "lying on his back", and there were so many guests that he could not see him. Under his influence, the boy servants also turned day into night. In this way, he died in his Qiantang apartment at the age of 39 while "the Taoism was getting stronger". Guan Yunshi sees life and death as day and night, without any worries. Shortly before his death, he wrote a poem: "Donghua Youcao (probably the names of his two concubines) got married, and I kept it from him for forty years. Today there is no sign of life and death, the sea and sky are as round as the autumn moon. . ”During the last ten years of his stay in Hangzhou, Guanyunshi left many anecdotes that made fun of life. It is said that he once "sold medicine in a shop" in Hangzhou, but another anecdote said that what he erected there was a monument selling "the first selling pill in the world." When someone actually came to buy this "happy pill", Guanyunshi stretched out his hands to the buyer and laughed. Those who understood what he meant also laughed and left. One day, a group of well-dressed scholars from Hangzhou went to Hupao Spring to drink and visit. During the dinner, he composed a poem with the word "spring" as the rhyme. When it's one of them's turn, he can only moan "quan", "quan", "quan", but he can't compose a poem. At this time, an old man came over dragging his cane and responded casually: "Quanquanquan, pearls are pouring in all over the place. The jade ax split open the stubborn stone marrow, and the golden hook pulled out the old ambergris." The group of people were shocked and asked. He said, "Are you Suzhaiguan?" He replied, "Yes, yes, yes." Everyone then invited him to drink with him, and then left after being drunk.