In July of the third year of Yuan You (1088), the court appointed Zhou Zhengru as the magistrate of Zizhou. Zhou Zhengru is from Xinfan County, Sichuan Province. It is a beautiful thing in the world to be an official in Zizhou, a famous county in my hometown. Su Dongpo was very envious after learning the news. He went to bid farewell to his good friends and gave them poems. He wrote in "Send Zhou Zhengru to Know Dongchuan": "Be proud of the scholar in the county and put emphasis on returning home. In Sichuan, thousands of people rode on the mound. " Congratulations to your friend for getting what he wants and returning to his hometown. You can always pay homage to your ancestors. "Thank you first, and regret it." Su Dongpo blamed himself for not having enough courage to resign and return to his hometown, and let Zhou Zhengru take the lead, otherwise he could return to his hometown like him. "Sweep Tang Yin, portraits or photos for you." In the future, people in Zizhou who are virtuous and virtuous will definitely clean up the Tangyin Pavilion and hang your portrait high above the lobby. The "Tangyin" here refers to the "Tangyin Pavilion" in Zizhou.
According to the Southern Song Dynasty's "Ji Sheng Yu Di", Tang Yinge, in Zizhou County Garden, painted 77 pictures. In his poem, Su Dongpo encouraged his good friend Zhou Zhengru to work in Zizhou and strive for success, which will surely be loved by Zizhou people.
Perhaps Su Dongpo was deeply moved by the appointment of Zhou Zhengru as the magistrate of Zizhou, and he thought of his own fate, but he was still wanting more. Then he wrote a song "Send Zhou Zhengru after the Second Rhyme": "Dongchuan Panlang, sit and compete with the West." Zizhou has welcomed a respected official, Zhou Zhengru, whose prestige in political achievements will definitely improve Zizhou's political status, which can be compared with Chengdu. "Bamboo horse meets fine Hou, and a lot of money is sent to Liu Chong. I know that the creek road echoes from afar, and the old and the young embrace each other. " Zizhou people treat each other with bamboo and horses, and Zhou Zhengru, like Liu Chong, an upright official in the later Han Dynasty, made outstanding achievements and did not take the slightest from the people. "Bull's head and pocket rate, cloud dusk tail heap ridge. Drunk hometown chasing old tours, pen array Jia Yuyong. " Niutou Mountain in Zizhou and Doulv Temple in the south of the city are all lush and beautiful. In his spare time, Zizhou Magistrate is accompanied by poetry and wine, and can travel around on a whim, write books and write, and improvise many beautiful paintings and calligraphy works.
In his poems, Su Dongpo imagined his friend Zhou Zhengru as an official in Zizhou in the future. In fact, this is Su Dongpo's imagination of putting himself in his place and revisiting his old place.
Su Dongpo mentioned "Wenzhong", Tangyin Pavilion, Niutou Mountain, Doulv Temple in Nanshan, and Juxi in Tongshan County, Zizhou (there is a Juxi Temple in Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province today) in two poems to bid farewell to Zhou Zhengru. It is not an experience to be able to put these unusual place names at your fingertips and turn them into poems with the scenery. It's really hard to know by imagination alone, and it will "find the north". Although we didn't directly find Su Dongpo's poems describing his visit to Santai, it's a pity, but Su Dongpo must have been to Santai, and his two poems "Seeing Zhou Zhengru and Knowing Dongchuan" are evidence.
Su Dongpo's poem "See Zhou Zhengru Know Dongchuan" also depicts a clear tour route for us, that is, through Chengdu, Dadu (now Jintang Zhao Zhen), Zhongjiang, and then to Santai. This road has existed since ancient times, and it is also a section of the "Ancient Rhyme Road" in Sichuan. The poem also mentions that places of interest such as "Wen Weng Shishi" and "Ancient Congci" are also on this route, which shows that Su Dongpo also visited some scenic spots along the way.
In July of the first year of Xining (1068), Su Dongpo and Su Zhe brothers mourned for their father Su Xun in Meishan, their hometown. In winter, they returned to Beijing via Chengdu-Zizhou-Langzhou-Chang 'an. Langzhou (Langzhong City, Sichuan Province) is the place where two brothers' uncle Su Xun became an official and lived for a long time. From the first year of Li Qing to the seventh year (104 1- 1047), Su Xun served as a general in Langya, and was praised by the masses for his benevolent policies. Although Su Xun was later transferred to an official post, he served as a prison in Ludian, Lizhou (Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province) and died in his post in the seventh year of Jiayou (1062), many of his relatives and descendants stayed in Langzhou. The Su Dongpo brothers have many relatives in Langzhou. The purpose of this trip is to visit relatives and friends.
From Zizhou to Langzhou, Yanting and Yongtai are the only places to pass. In the first year of Xining (1068), the cousin of Su Dongpo, a famous painter and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wen Tong was mourning for his mother in the former residence of Yongtai in Yanting, his hometown. Su Dongpo and Su Zhe pass by Yanting to visit Wentong. Wentong warmly welcomed them and asked them to write poems for the newly-built Mo Juntang.
Su Dongpo, who is quick-thinking, wrote The Story of Mo Juntang, and Su Zhe wrote a five-character poem Wen He Shi Ke Mo Juntang. Su Dongpo's Mo Jun Tangji is full of papers, but his notes are not available. Su Zhe's Mo Jun Tang describes the scenery inside and outside Mo Jun Tang in detail. Su Dongpo's two brothers, a poem and a poem, are brilliant in literary talent and perfectly combined, leaving an immortal chapter in the history of China literature.
Wentong and the Su brothers get together to talk about poetry and prose, which makes them feel happy and exchange creative experience and life experience with each other. Wentong also painted for them on the spot. The Su brothers admired his superb ink painting and bamboo art, and Su Dongpo immediately expressed his eagerness to learn from bamboo painting. Three people get together, although the time is short, but it has become a fascinating story.
The following are three scenic spots.
Of course, this article and this poem of the Su brothers are not necessarily created on the spot, but they may have re-created it at the invitation of Wentong afterwards. So some people questioned that Su Dongpo's description of his hometown Yanting Mo was only based on imagination, and then thought that Su Dongpo and Su Zhe's black and white words could not prove that they had been to Yanting, so naturally they had never been to Zizhou (Santai).
In fact, about this encounter between Wen and Su in Yanting, we can also consider it from Su Dongpo's "Huang Zhou Zai Ji Wen Yu" written in Huangzhou to commemorate Wen Tong. "Huang Zhou Zai Ji Wen Yu" said: "I am an official, and I really started to know you ... Five years later, your reputation is getting louder and louder every day ... Goodbye to the capital, I am silent." In the first year of Zhiping (1064), Su Dongpo served as a book signing judge in Fengxiang House (Fengxiang, Shaanxi). Wentong passed by here and met Su Dongpo. The two had a good talk and became bosom friends from now on. "Farewell for five years", that is to say, they met in Fengxiang and met again five years later. Counting from 1064, it will be 1068 five years later. At that time, Wen Tong had resigned and was mourning for his mother in Yanting, his hometown. In July, Su Dongpo and Su Zhe brothers finished the funeral for their father Su Xun. In winter, they all set off from Meishan for Beijing. At the same time, Wen and he meet in Yanting. Where else can they meet?
In April of the third year of Xining (1070), Wen Tong's mourning period expired and he returned to the capital city of Bianliang. Wen and Su bid farewell to Beijing, which is the seventh year since they first met in Fengxiang Building. Through the analysis of these poems, it can be further proved that Su Dongpo has been to Zizhou (Santai) is an indisputable fact.