Super academic Song Qi: Wrote a song to win the emperor's wife
"Partridge Sky·Painted Hub and Carved Saddle Meet on a Narrow Road"
Painted Hub and Carved Saddle When we meet on a narrow road, there is a heartbroken sound in the embroidered curtain.
I don’t have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but I have a clear mind.
Gold is the house, jade is the cage. A car is like a horse swimming in flowing water.
Liu Lang already hated that Pengshan was far away, and even more tens of thousands of meters away from Pengshan.
The main idea of ??the lyrics
You met me unexpectedly on a busy street in a float, and suddenly a call came from the embroidered curtain of the carriage. The carriage continued to move forward, and the beautiful woman left. , but this voice echoed in my heart for a long time. Although I don’t have the wings of a colorful phoenix to fly with you, we seem to have a tacit understanding and are connected.
Beauty, no matter how prosperous and wealthy you are in the palace, it is just a house of gold and a cage of jade. What the palace traps is your freedom, and what blocks it is my love for you. You and I parted in a hurry without seeing each other. How I wish I could see you again. Liu Lang already hated that Pengshan was so far away from the fairyland, and there were still thousands of mountains between us!
Partridge Sky can be used as the title of a lyric brand or a music brand. When writing the title of a lyric brand, there are fifty-five characters to smooth out the sound and rhyme. This poem tells the story of Song Qi, a poet from the Song Dynasty, who suddenly encountered a royal carriage coming meanderingly while he was shopping. As he hurriedly avoided it, he suddenly heard someone in the royal carriage calling him "Xiao Song" softly. He looked up and saw a The lovely woman stuck out her tongue playfully at herself, then shrank her head back behind the embroidered curtain. The carriage gradually moved away, but that soft call made Song Qi linger in his dreams. After returning home, he paced back and forth, restless, and wrote. Write this word.
Before analyzing this poem, I couldn’t help but wonder. It was not the Internet era at that time. There was no Weibo or Twitter. Even if the emperor paid a private visit incognito, no one might recognize it. How could you, Song Qi, Was your name accurately called out on the street? To clarify this, let’s first talk about Song Qi and his story about taking the college entrance examination.
In the second year of Tiansheng reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, Song Qi and his brother Song Xiang took the college entrance examination together. Scholars from all over the country gathered in Gongyuan of the capital to participate in the provincial examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites. The two brothers were promoted to Jinshi together. The Ministry of Rites originally planned that Song Qi should be ranked first and his elder brother Song Xiang should be ranked third. Unfortunately, it was the time when the young emperor Song Renzong came to the throne, and Empress Dowager Liu listened to the government behind the curtain. "Empress Dowager Zhang Xian did not want to put her younger brother before her elder brother." [1] (Northern Song Dynasty·Sima Guang's "Song History·Song Qi Biography")
When Empress Zhang Xian looked at the admission list, she said as if no one else was watching: "Since ancient times, there has been an orderly arrangement between young and old. How can the younger brother be ranked in front of the older brother? ?"
This statement seems like nonsense now, but it was obviously very popular at the time. Yan Shu, a scholar at the time, re-examined and changed the ranking. Song Xiang became the first, and Song Qi fell to the tenth. .
Song Qi was originally the number one scholar, but ended up at the bottom, so he was naturally unhappy. Although Song Xiang got the number one scholar in vain, he didn't deserve his name, so he was naturally unhappy.
But in any case, these two brothers immediately caused a stir in the capital. Their hometown even built twin towers for the two brothers as a commemoration of the two brothers. I don’t know if their father will be there in the following days. He is busy touring the country giving lectures on "Everyone's Child Can Be a Number One Scholar—The Parenting Experience of a Number One Scholar Father".
These two brothers are completely famous anyway, and are known as the "Big and Little Song Dynasty". Among them, Song Xiang of the Song Dynasty has a cold appearance and is unsmiling, and everyone respects him. However, Song Xiang of the Song Dynasty is different. He has legendary experience and is very handsome. Naturally, he has accumulated a large group of fans and fans, who squat every day to ask for autographs. In this way, Ci It’s not surprising that the women in the palace recognized Song Qi and called out his name.
Let’s come back and take a closer look at this poem. Do you feel that it is very familiar? Yes, because of the resting sentences of Shang Xia Qiu, “There is no colorful phoenix flying wings in the body, but there is a clear understanding in the heart” and “Liu Lang has already "I hate Pengshan, and I am even more separated by tens of thousands of weights from Pengshan" all come from Li Shangyin's poems. In this piece of freestyle written by Song Qi on a whim, 27 of the 55 words are borrowed from others. The duplication check rate is as high as 49%. Up to now It didn't work, but somehow, this song became popular. Everyone sang it in the streets and alleys, similar to "You are my little apple", and it topped the hot search list.
Even if it is popular among the people, it has also spread to the ears of the top leaders deep in the palace. After all, Renzong is the emperor, and his cultural level is still good, not to mention that this word is not a serious word at first glance. It's "painted hub", "carved saddle", and "embroidered curtain". Thinking that the palace had a collective spring outing not long ago, Renzong thought it couldn't be such a coincidence.
Renzong felt green on his head, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. After thinking about it, how could the majestic emperor endure spiritual infidelity? Of course I don't choose to forgive her. He ran to the harem, summoned everyone, and started a series of meetings on who stuck his head out to flirt with Song Qi on that day's trip. At this time, something interesting happened. A palace maid took the initiative to come out and said: "Attend the royal banquet." When I saw Xuan Hanlin, a bachelor, the ministers on the left and right called him Xiao Song. He happened to see him in the car and called out. "[2] (Huang Sheng's "Selected Poems of Hua'an" in the Southern Song Dynasty): "Renzong knew about it and asked his wife who he was. The car, who calls Xiao Song, a concubine told me, and while attending the imperial banquet, I saw Xuan Hanlin, a bachelor, and the ministers on the left and right called him Xiao Song. I saw him in the car by chance, and called him.
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The palace maid said, "Your Majesty, this slave has served at the imperial banquet before. Once, His Majesty called Hanlin Bachelor, and the eunuch said that it was Xiao Song. Later, when he saw it suddenly in the car, I couldn't help it. , stuck his head out and shouted. "
It turns out she is not my concubine, just a palace maid, Sodas pinched! Renzong was relieved and very happy. It seemed that he was not cheated, so he immediately let Song Qi into the palace. Song Qi was very happy when he heard the news Confused, why did you call me into the palace on weekends?
I have to say that this Renzong was very naughty. He called Song Qi, but he neither talked about it nor criticized him, but let the band play. The words he wrote. Imagine this scene. Song Qi entered the palace for no reason, but the emperor did not talk about business, and instead persuaded Song Qi to drink wine. After one glass of wine, Song Qi felt that something was wrong. Suddenly, the background music sounded, which was the lyrics I had just written. The content of the lyrics was "The palace is like a cage made of gold, locking up my lover." If it were you, how would you feel?
Anyway, Song Qi? He was so frightened that he was "fearful and without a place" [3] (Song Dynasty Ye Mengde's "Stone Forest Poetry"). It's a coincidence that Song Qi's ancestor Song Shen was once convicted of improper speech. Is it possible that I, Song Qi, today Is this the case? But obviously Song Renzong didn't mean this. He asked Song Qi to get up, gave the palace maid to Song Qi, and told him with a smile, "Actually, Pengshan is not far away! ”, made a good story.
Wait a minute, don’t worry, the story is not over yet, let us review this matter carefully.
First of all, I think it is impossible for them to be The first time they met by chance, if it was the first time they met on a narrow road, Song Qi would feel "heartbroken", which would be too pretentious. Furthermore, at that time, the hierarchy was orderly, and the palace maid and the concubine were in the car together. Do you really have the qualifications to lift up the embroidered curtain and call other people's names? In other words, Song Qi is a person who has seen the world. You, a palace maid, can understand others and write poems for you and do the impossible for you. What happened? I speculated that it was a beautiful concubine who took the initiative to say hello, but when the emperor asked, the palace maid took the blame for the concubine.
If this is true, this matter is very interesting. Just imagine, When Renzong gave the palace maid to Song Qi, Song Qi looked at the palace maid's appearance and was very confused: "Did this guy use a filter in the car that day? Why do they look completely different? "But he will definitely not show anything other than thanking the Lord for his kindness, and the palace maid flew up to the branch and became an imperial gift. The concubine who was the culprit was hiding behind the scenes. Renzong felt that he had done a good thing, and everyone was happy and happy.
Actually, Song Qi’s best poem is not this poem. On the contrary, because this poem uses too many original sentences of his ancestors, it falls behind in the choice of words and sentences. However, there is such a good saying, Every time I talk about Song Qi, I will mention it. The best poem written by Song Qi is actually "Jade House Spring·The East City gradually feels the scenery is good":
The East City gradually feels the scenery is good,? wrinkles. Welcome guests. The green poplar smoke is cold outside, and the red apricot branches are full of spring.
The floating growth hates the lack of joy, and I am willing to hold the wine for you to persuade the setting sun, and look towards the flowers.
We all know that truly good words "fit the music, work well with the artistic conception, and achieve the emotion", and this poem got almost all the points and caused a sensation in the literary world at that time. , has become a famous line that has been chanted through the ages.
As a proud disciple of the Xikun poet Yan Shu, Song Qi inherited almost all the advantages of the Xikun School. Chanting about scenery is a theme that the Xikun School often touches on. This poem In the poem, we can see that he repeatedly describes specific objects and depicts the shape and style of things in detail, such as the two sentences "Wrinkles and ripples welcome guests" and "The spring on the red apricot branches", among which "The spring on the red apricot branches" The sentence "Noisy" can be said to be the finishing touch, and the use of scenes to express emotions is quite unique. Song Qi was also named "Hongxing Shangshu" for this reason, and "I hate happiness but have little pleasure, and I am willing to love a daughter with a light smile" This is simply a portrayal of Song Qi's life.
Song Qi made almost no achievements in the political arena. He and his teacher Yan Shu were both hedonists. He was poor in his early years and rich in his youth. He was addicted to the elegant life of poetry and wine. He had the aesthetics of a typical scholar-bureaucrat in the Song Dynasty. It is said that Song Qi had more than ten wives. One day when he was playing outside, he suddenly felt a little cold, so he asked his family to send him a vest. As a result, his wife and concubines each sent one, and they sent more than a dozen. Song Qi was at a loss for a long time. He didn't even know which one to wear best - "Zijing looked at it blankly, fearing that he was too thick, so he didn't dare to accept it and returned home in the cold" [4] ("Dongxuan Notes" by Wei Tai in the Northern Song Dynasty)
Song Qi and the well-known Ouyang Xiu were both disciples of Yan Shu at the time. Song Qi was a few years older and worked with Ouyang Xiu to compile the "New Book of Tang", focusing on the biographies.
Ouyang Xiu was a complete reformer. At that time, parallel prose was popular in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and young people who wanted to enter the official career must write parallel prose. Ouyang Xiu advocated reform and advocated not writing parallel prose in the exam, but writing policy essays. Policy essays are political essays, criticizing current shortcomings and analyzing politics, similar to the essays used in today's civil servant examinations. , In fact, this statement is correct. Of course, political experts are needed to govern the country. Why do you recruit some people with gorgeous writing style? But Yan Shu and Song Qi are both old pedants, whose words are arrogant, and their content is erudite and elegant. Using obscure and difficult words is similar to how people today mix English to show their knowledge, which is contrary to Ouyang Xiu's ideas.
So when Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi edited "New Book of Tang" together, Ouyang Xiu also satirized Song Qi and wrote eight big characters on the wall: "Late sleep is not Zhen, Zha Da Hong Xiu".
Song Qi read it and knew that Ouyang Xiu was satirizing himself, and later silently got rid of this problem. From then on, Zhajia Hongxiu was used to mock people for pretending to be profound.
Talking about Song Qi, we have to talk about his mentor, that is, Yan Shu. Although Yan Shu personally revised the admission list for the college entrance examination, Song Qi still regarded Yan Shu as himself in his later career as an official. Among the few people who admired him, "I must hand-copy the article and send it to the public to ask for engraving" [5] (Song Dynasty Cai Sui's "Western Qing Poetry"), and Yan Shu and him can be said to be like-minded, both teachers and friends. Both of them are good at enjoying life. They usually drink wine, compose poems, and sing in harmony, which is very romantic.
Yan Shu valued Song Qi very much, and Song Qi published a book, "Yan Yuan was in charge of the country, and Zijing was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Yan loved the talents of the Song Dynasty and wanted to see each other day and night. So he paid the first rank to the side and extended his residence. "It's so intimate." This paragraph in "Dongxuan Notes" means that Yan Shu liked Song Qi so much that he bought a house next to his house in order to compete with him in reciting poems every day. You must know that every inch of land in Bianliang City is precious, so such a generous move is enough to show Yan Shu's love for him.
But the interesting thing is that "Western Qing Poetry" records: "On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan Gong held a banquet, summoned Song Gong, went out to prostitutes, drank wine and composed poems, and then stopped. The next day, he dismissed the Prime Minister and Song Dynasty. It was quite slanderous, and even when Fang Zijing was uttering the words of "expanding property to cultivate crops, and serving more soldiers," the words "Yu" from yesterday evening were still there, and everyone watching on the left and right sighed. "The general idea of ??this passage is that Song Qi joined Yan Shu. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Yan Shu repaid kindness with hatred and wrote an article to report, which made Yan Shu extremely miserable and was eventually demoted.
Although Song Qi is a romantic person, he is not so nasty. No one knows the reason, and Song Qi himself does not explain it.
There are different opinions on this matter. When Su Zhe arrived, Su Che said that the Eight Wise Kings (yes, the one in Young Bao Qingtian) were seriously ill. Renzong went to visit. The Eight Wise Kings greeted him and asked what time it was now. Who should be the prime minister? This question is a bit forced to cut into the topic, but Renzong still answered truthfully, "It's Yan Shu."
The Eight Sage King immediately said that Yan Shu's "name is for prophecies and cannot be reused." This acting was exaggerated enough, and the accusation had the meaning of "there is no need to accuse Yan Shu", but Renzong remained silent. Prophecy has always been a taboo, as it can easily lead to losing your head if you are not careful. After Song Qi heard about it, he immediately wrote a letter of complaint to save his mentor and asked Yan Shu to step down. The content of the letter only talked about his faults and not his achievements. Renzong himself read it. Feeling sorry, he was demoted to the county magistrate in the end and was not executed. It was considered good luck for Yan Shu.
After Yan Shu stepped down, no one was willing to accept Yan Shu. Song Qi took the initiative to take him to his home for dinner and held a farewell banquet for Yan Shu when he left.
Oh, you are my teacher. On weekdays, we recite poetry, drink and dance, and we are both teachers and friends. I miss those times very much, but if I don’t report you, you may die. , if I report you, I might be tempted to retaliate, but why should I be afraid of other people's eyes and words? We say goodbye now, and I don’t know when we will see each other again, but once I am a teacher, I will always be a father. I hope you will be stable and happy in the rest of your life.
On the 28th of the first month of the second year of Zhihe, Yan Shu died of illness.
"Yan Xiangguo is a poet in this world. In his last years, he compiled more than 10,000 poems, unprecedented since the Tang Dynasty." - Song Qi's "Notes".
Song Qi once wrote an epitaph for himself, saying that he was "not a famous scholar, and his writings are only as good as those of ordinary people." This was too modest. Song Qi's literary attainments were considered top-notch in the entire Song Dynasty, worthy of his reputation. The woman who was known as the maker of popular hits in the Song Dynasty and won the emperor with a poem could be considered to have lived her life in vain.
This article is included in "The Voice of Song Dynasty"