Fan Chengda was a famous poet in ancient China. His life experience is rich, and he has deep attainments in serving as an official and poetry. He grew up in the turbulent Southern Song Dynasty. Faced with the political situation at that time, he was powerless to recover. He can only do his best to benefit the people, so he is deeply loved by the people. At the same time, his massive poetry creation also left many precious spiritual wealth for later generations.
Portrait of Fan Chengda
Life in Fan Chengda is quite rich. He was clever and studious from the beginning. Later, I studied hard at the Zen Temple for ten years. As soon as he came out of the mountain, he was admitted to Jinshi and became famous in one fell swoop. Later, he served as the company's army, editor of the Privy Council and assistant to the school library. Although he was demoted midway, he was re-employed. In 1 168, Fan Chengda was able to attack and explain his views to Song Xiaozong. He felt that a lot of manpower and material resources of the imperial court were occupied by some unnecessary things.
Later, Song Xiaozong remembered that when he signed a covenant with Xu Jinguo, he forgot the process of agreeing to accept the book. He felt unhappy, so he appointed Fan Chengda as the representative to discuss the return of the Mausoleum of the Northern Song Dynasty, repeating the forgotten etiquette. So Fan Chengda generously went to Xu Jinguo, what's more, Fan Chengda still had fans in Xu Jinguo. At that time, Xu Jinguo's envoy imitated his clothes. After that, under the threat of many ministers and Prince Xu Jinguo, Fan Chengda completed the task with a straight face and escaped.
After coming back, Fan Chengda became more important, but he was also framed by the villains. 1 17 1 year, Fan Chengda left yuhang and began his long journey of "making diplomatic contacts with the south". Later, in his later years, Fan Chengda lived in seclusion for a long time, which provided good conditions for his literary creation. Finally, he died in 1 193 at the age of 68 and was posthumously awarded as the monarch.
Who was Fan Chengda in the Southern Song Dynasty?
Fan Chengda was a famous writer and poet in ancient China. He was born in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the face of the chaotic political affairs at that time, he was able to keep his original heart, unyielding to the powerful, noble in character and outstanding in literary talent, so he enjoyed a high reputation in the literary world at that time and had a great influence on later poetry creation.
Portrait of Fan Chengda
Fan Chengda was born in Song Qinzong. He is young and clever. When he was a teenager, he was able to write his own poems. 1 142 years, Fan Chengda was only 16 years old, and was widely praised as a poet. After that, he studied hard and never went out of the mountain for ten years, so he called himself a layman in this mountain. After coming out of the mountain, Fan Chengda was admitted to Jinshi in one fell swoop. After a period of good performance, he was promoted many times. However, he was framed and demoted when he served as foreign minister in the official department of Shangshu. Later, he was hired as an official. At that time, the price of silk was too high, and the crime of taking stolen goods at the price of silk was very serious. Fan Chengda put forward his own opinions. Thanks to his efforts, the price of silk went up and the fine was reduced.
Later, Song and Jin signed a treaty, and Fan Chengda was ordered to send envoys to the State of Jin to complete the etiquette of receiving books. Facing the oppression of the Jin Dynasty, Fan Chengda did not yield, successfully completed his own character and showed indomitable integrity, thus winning the trust of others. After that, Fan Chengda was used repeatedly, but there were too many villains in the imperial court, which made it difficult to rectify the bureaucracy. Later, with the growth of age, Fan Chengda resigned several times, which was not allowed by the Southern Song Dynasty court. It was not until 1 192 that Fan Chengda was able to retire to his hometown because of his daughter's illness. At this time, Fan Chengda was old and weak. Even though he was ill, he insisted on composing poems and finally died on 1 193.
Fan Chengda's "Chrysanthemum after Double Ninth Festival"
Fan Chengda's life is rich in works, among which poetry is the most outstanding. His poem Two Chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival expresses the impermanence of the world, the feeling of world power, sincerity and nature with the help of chrysanthemums.
* * * are all familiar poems. These two poems were probably written during Fan Chengda's seclusion in 1 186. Before that, Fan Chengda was regarded as a senior official, and his escape from Xu Jinzhi also made him famous. But in the process of returning to China, he also realized what it means to be a person with cool tea and warm feelings. So the feelings in my heart are scattered at the end of my pen, forming the author's two poems.
At the beginning of the first poem, I wrote that chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival were lonely. "Dongli" is the place where Tao Yuanming used the allusion of "picking chrysanthemums under the Dongli" as a metaphor for planting chrysanthemums, while "wet dew" well expressed the scene of chrysanthemums with dewdrops, indicating that chrysanthemums were still fresh and tender at this time. The next sentence says that although the Double Ninth Festival has passed, chrysanthemums are still the same, and golden flakes are everywhere on the sand and mud. However, people in the world don't know how to enjoy flowers, but only know how to enjoy flowers with others on the Double Ninth Festival.
The second song has a similar meaning, but it is more straightforward. Closer to home, the Double Ninth Festival is still fresh and beautiful, but poets and drinkers have gone away and no longer look at this beautiful chrysanthemum. It's like after a person retires from office, relatives and friends of those forces don't come to visit. Fan Chengda's two "Chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival" can be said to be gradual. The first one mainly criticizes the vulgarity of the world, while the second one deepens to lament the insolence of the world.