Yang Yi was a litterateur in the Northern Song Dynasty and a major writer of Xikun style poetry. Next, I collected the classical Chinese translations of Yang Yigaiwen, for your reference only, and hope to help everyone.
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Yang Wengong tried to warn his disciples that the article should avoid common sayings. Then the public servant made a statement and said: "Your Majesty, Fu Wei, Demai Nine Emperors." Zheng Jian, a disciple of the family, suddenly asked Yu Gong and said, "When can I sell lettuce before the trial?" So the public laughed and changed it.
Translation
Yang Wengong (known as Yi, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty) often warned his students that they should avoid using dialects and slang when writing articles. Soon, he drafted a memorial, which contained a sentence: "Your Majesty Fu Wei De Mai Nine Emperors." One student Zheng Jian saw it and felt that the pronunciation of "De Mai Jiu Huang" was very similar to "must sell leeks", so he immediately asked him for advice: "I wonder when we have to sell lettuce?" Yang Yi laughed at this question. , so I changed this sentence.
Introduction to Yang Yi
Yang Yi (974-1020) was a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty and the main writer of "Xikun style" poetry. The courtesy name was Danian, a native of Pucheng, Jianzhou (now part of Pucheng County, Fujian). In the eleventh year of the year, Emperor Taizong heard about his name and ordered him to be sent to Quexia to test his poems and poems, and he was awarded the title of Provincial Zhengzi to his secretary. He was awarded the title of Jinshi in Chunhua. He was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a compiler of the History Museum, and was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of Industry. He is upright and honest, and politically supports Prime Minister Kou Zhun to resist the invasion of Liao soldiers. He also opposed Song Zhenzong's superstitious activities of building large-scale construction projects and praying for immortals and worshiping gods. His posthumous title was Wen, and he was known as Yang Wengong.
Literary Achievements
1. Book editing in the History Museum
Yang Yi has a strong memory of reading and is especially good at rules and regulations. He once participated in the preliminary revision of "Records of Taizong" and majored in "Cefu Yuangui", which was completed in the first year of Xianping (998). In the second year of Jingde (1005), he and Wang Qinruo majored in "Cefu Yuangui".
2. Poems
When he was editing books in the History Museum, he sang harmony with Qian Weiyan, Liu Jun and others. He compiled the singing and poetry into "Xikunhuo Singing Collection". Yang Yi said in the "Preface to the Collection of Xikun Chou Sings" that their purpose of writing poems was to "read and compile the poems, study the previous works, enjoy their fragrance, and express their admiration for each other. They sang harmoniously and learned from each other." Guided by this point of view The subject matter of the poem written below must be relatively narrow. There are 70 poem titles in the whole collection, which mainly fall into three categories: First, nostalgic epics that use the past to describe the present, such as "The First Emperor", "Yi Qu", "Han Wu", "Southern Dynasties", "Minghuang", etc. category; the second is poetry that describes the state of objects, such as "Crane", "Pear", "Catkin", "Firefly", "Tears", etc.; the third is leisure poetry that describes the content of life in lingering scenery, such as "Straight Night", "Night Banquet", "Villa", etc. The poems in the collection emphasize the use of allusions, lay out the words, and pay attention to rhythm. They are called "Xikun style" and had a great influence on the poetry world in the early Song Dynasty. Among the poets of Xikun, Yang Yi is a more prominent one. Zhu Xi commented that "there is still a mixed meaning in the cleverness, and the cleverness comes without realizing it" (Volume 139 of "Zhu Ziyu Lei").
3. , Xikun style
Xikun style, represented by Yang Yi, was the most popular poetry genre in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Its poetry style with Li Shangyin as a model dominated the entire poetry world in the early Song Dynasty. Relatively speaking, the Bai Ti (representative Wang Yu), whose purpose is to learn from Bai Juyi, and the late Tang Ti (representative Lin Bu), whose main purpose is to learn from Jia Dao and Yao He, are two loose groups of poets whose influence Not as good as Xikun style. Although Xikun style poetry was born in the style of singing and singing in pavilions and pavilions in the early Song Dynasty, it cannot be said to be aristocratic literature. Its representative figure Yang Yi has a clear character and a personality independent of imperial power. He shows the typical temperament of a scholar in the Song Dynasty. Xikun style and Bai style are not only opposite, but also penetrate each other and develop in parallel. Therefore, it is actually a mixture of Bai style, Yishan style and Tang Yanqian style. On the one hand, it attaches great importance to knowledge accumulation and cultural literacy, which is in line with the connotation of Song Dynasty culture. On the other hand, the allegorical spirit of Bai poetry and late Tang poetry has been inherited in the specific creative opportunity of pavilion singing; the satirical meaning of Yang Yiyong's epic poems, as well as the personal feelings in his poems about objects and sentiments , can be called the mournful sound of the prosperous times. Therefore, the Xikun style headed by Yang Yi was not only a "simple return" to the poetic style of the late Tang Dynasty, it also made a certain contribution to the establishment of the real "Song tune". Although Xikun style failed to open up a new realm beyond Tang poetry, compared with the plain and shallow poetry style of the Five Dynasties, its polished, elegant, and profound poetic style after all means artistic progress. Against the backdrop of the poetic style of the early Song Dynasty, which was dominated by the white style and the late Tang style that advocated white drawing and used less allusions, the emergence of Xikun style is undoubtedly refreshing.
4. Articles
He is also famous for his parallel prose. Many of his works have been lost, including 20 volumes of "Wuyi New Collection" (five volumes of poems and fifteen volumes of essays), including "Pucheng's Posthumous Notes" and "Pinzaotang Siku Complete Works". There are also 15 volumes of "Yang Wengong Tan Yuan", which records his life experiences. The original book has been lost. There are still more than 100 items left in books such as "Song Dynasty Facts Lei Yuan" and "Shuo Yong"; "Lei Shuo" also quotes more than 60 items, but some of them are abridged. "Tan Yuan" involves anecdotes of literati, folk customs, and trivial matters in alleys, and has literary and historical value.
Anecdotes of Yang Yi
Yang Wengong often warned his students that they should avoid using dialects and slang when writing articles. Soon, he drafted a memorial, which contained a sentence: "Your Majesty Fu Wei De Mai Nine Emperors."
One student Zheng Jian saw it and thought that the pronunciation of "Demai Nine Emperors" was very similar to "the root of leeks is called leeks" (the root of leeks is called leeks), so he immediately asked him for advice: "I don't know when lettuce will be sold?" Yang Yi laughed out loud at this question, so he changed the sentence.
Kou Zhun was in Zhongshu Province. Playing with his colleagues, he said: "The sun under the water is as high as the sky." day. (The sun under the water is the sun in the sky)" No one could answer it. It happened that Yang Yi came to report the matter, so others asked him to answer it. Yang Yi followed up what (the other party) had just stopped and said: "The person in his eyes is The person in front of you. (The person in the eyes is the person in front of you)" Everyone present said this was a good pair.