This article is about a brilliant man, who can only be immortal by his own talent, but he has to die and lose his life.
Xie Chen's family background has always been very famous, including Xie An, who has an extraordinary degree, Xie Kun, who has mountains and valleys, Xie Shang, who is versatile, Xie Shi and Xie Xuan, who have made great contributions in the water splashing war, Xie Lang, who is poor in salt and gas, and Xie Daowen, who is smooth and smooth, and so on. There are many literati generals and even Zaifu Taiwei in Xie's family. It is the only big family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that can be compared with Wang Langya, and Xie Lingyun was born in such a well-deserved scholarly family.
Xie Lingyun is a member of the Xie family. He is lucky, but at the same time he is unfortunate. Xie An and Xie Xuan are the pinnacle of Xie. Xie at this time was the mainstay of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If Xie Lingyun was born at this time, his career would be much smoother.
But he was not born at this time.
Xie Lingyun was born in 385 AD, the grandson of Xie Xuan and Wang Xizhi. He was brilliant when he was young. "The beauty of the article should not enter the river." It can be said that Xie Lingyun inherited the excellent genes in the family perfectly and was a child prodigy as soon as he appeared.
As a well-known son of Xie, Xie Lingyun's official career is quite lucky, and the starting point is much higher than the average person, but Xie Lingyun is not satisfied. From the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to Liu Song Dynasty, Xie Lingyun took all the positions of joining the army, assistant minister and secretary Cheng, but he had no real power. Moreover, after the establishment of Liu Song regime, Emperor Wu of Song reduced the Duke of Le Kang, who was attacked by Xie Lingyun, to a marquis. "The court only looked at it literally, not in a real sense."
Emperor Wu of Song Wudi and Liu Yilong of Song Wendi are both gifted scholars of Xie Lingyun, not officials.
Xie Lingyun once commented on his talent: "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight fights for one person. I want to fight, and I have been divided into World War I since ancient times. " Xie Lingyun is a very arrogant person, and everyone refuses except Cao Zhi. Therefore, seeing that he was not reused, and that his literary talent and Wang Tanshou were not as confidential as his participation in politics, he became the hub of the court, and his mentality began to be unbalanced and he was very angry with the court.
Xie Lingyun got angry and began to commit suicide, which was mainly reflected in his work attitude. After the death of Emperor Wu of Song, Liu Yifu acceded to the throne, and Xie Lingyun dictated government affairs. The minister was very dissatisfied with him and transferred him to Yongjia County. As a satrap, Xie Lingyun's main job every day is to run around. To this end, he also specially invented the "Xie Gongyi" for mountaineering, which means "listening to people's complaints and getting carried away".
Xie Lingyun stayed in Yongjia County for a year, but he quit if he didn't want to. The reason for his resignation was poor health and illness, but according to Xie Hui and others, he wrote to persuade him not to die. This resignation is just an impulse of Xie Lingyun, who thinks he is incompetent and resents the court.
After Song Wendi acceded to the throne, he planned to use Xie Lingyun again, but he didn't go there twice. Xie Lingyun didn't come out as an official until Dr. Fan Tai, the doctor of Guanglu, invited him with a letter of commendation from the emperor.
Thanks to Xie Lingyun, he met the emperor Liu Yilong who loved literature. Otherwise, Xie Lingyun's ability to die may offend the emperor. But Liu Yilong is only interested in his talent. Usually, he is only allowed to write poems, and he is not given real power.
So Xie Lingyun began to die again. This time, the death method was AWOL. Xie Lingyun likes traveling. Sometimes I go sightseeing with a group of friends without asking for leave, or even "don't come back for ten days" Faced with Xie Lingyun's arrogance and wanton indulgence, Wendi had to resign himself.
Xie Lingyun resigned for the second time and returned to his hometown.
Living at home is not idle. Xie Lingyun took hundreds of servants to build mountains and lakes all day and play around. At home, he offended the satrap Meng E. Xie Lingyun took a fancy to a lake and wanted to buy it for farming. The satrap Meng E refused to give it to him. The two are at odds and the contradiction is getting bigger and bigger. Finally, Meng E simply wrote to report that Xie Lingyun wanted to rebel.
Xie Lingyun hurried to Jiankang to defend himself. Liu Yilong and Song Wendi knew that he was just a scholar, and they had no conditions for rebellion, nor did they cure him. But Xie Lingyun is in trouble when he is idle at home, so don't be idle, come out as an official and give him a position in Linchuan literature and history.
In Linchuan County, Xie Lingyun was still traveling. At that time, it was "with Yongjia". Xie Lingyun was not so lucky this time. He was reported and the court wanted him to hunt down. Xie Lingyun is very angry. Since the emperor doesn't value me, what about my sightseeing? Is it necessary to arrest him?
In a rage, Xie Lingyun wrote a poem, which made Wu Hanzi fragrant and Qin Lian ashamed. Xie Lingyun compared himself to Sean and Lv Zhonglian, and compared Liu Song to the Qin Dynasty. This is a serious case. If the emperor investigates, he can put Xie Lingyun in prison and kill him.
Whether out of love for Liu Yilong or for family, in short, Liu Yilong chose to forgive him and move him to Guangzhou at the suggestion of Liu Yikang and others to kill Xie Lingyun.
At this point, Xie Lingyun is 49 years old and has just escaped from danger. He should have held his ground and restrained himself, but Xie Lingyun died again.
On the way to Guangzhou, Xie Lingyun secretly instructed his friends to rob the prison car and save themselves. But when the man who robbed the prison car was caught, the truth came out. Xie Lingyun has a rebellious heart, but he is only a scholar after all, and even if he rebelled, he would only die worse.
Xie Lingyun's bad behavior finally angered the Song Emperor, who ordered Xie Lingyun to abandon the city in Guangzhou.
As a scholar, Xie Lingyun is quite successful. Like he said, he could have had a fight. Xie Lingyun is proficient in all kinds of poems and songs, especially in poetry characters. "Every article is written in calligraphy, and Emperor Wen calls it two treasures"; At the meeting, "every poem goes to Beijing, and nobles contend for writing, and scholars are everywhere, and their names move everywhere"; Xie Lingyun's landscape poems have a great influence on later generations such as Li Bai and Meng Haoran, and can be called the originator of landscape poets.
As a politician, Xie Lingyun is quite a failure. Xie Lingyun is bohemian and arbitrary. When I was in Shaping County, I "cut down trees and went offshore" and took hundreds of servants to fuck around in the mountains. The coastal satrap was startled and thought it was a mountain thief.
Until his death, Xie Lingyun stubbornly wrote: "Gong Sheng has no end, and Ye Li has an end. Justice is forced and life is dying. This poem compares himself to a noble man who can't stand the oppression of powerful people and is persecuted by those in power.
Perhaps, as Chairman Mao said, Xie Lingyun is a contradiction, talented, but unable to be a big official. The final disobedience is the intensification of contradictions, reaching the extreme.
As the originator of landscape poets, Xie Lingyun has immortal works, but he has moral defects. Xie Lingyun once personally killed his master. Fortunately, he was born in the Southern Dynasties, where the legal system was relatively loose. I have to say that Liu Yilong is kind. Liu Yilong spared the two men several times until he committed an unforgivable crime.
He has no other advantages except talent. No wonder Wang Yangming said that "Xie Lingyun is the ear of an insect carving".