Pei Du
Pei Du, also known as Zhongli, is a famous figure in the Tang Dynasty. He once served as Tongping Zhangshi, Shizhong, Zhongshuling, etc., and was awarded the title of Duke of Jin Dynasty. He is quite respected by people. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of Taifu and Taishi, and was given the posthumous title Wenzhong. Emperor Wenzong of Tang Dynasty was deeply saddened.
Why is Pei Du’s tomb in Xinzheng?
After his death, Pei Du was buried in Xinzheng Township (now Longhu Town, Xinzheng, Henan Province), 0.5 kilometers north of Dongzhangzhai Village and 400 meters southeast of Linjindian Village at. The original tomb covers an area of ??8 acres, with a height of 8 meters and a base circumference of 200 meters. The mound of sealed earth has been basically destroyed, and the Shinto, statues, tablets and other furnishings such as the "Nanny's Tomb" located 100 meters east of the tomb have also disappeared. Nowadays, the surrounding area has been relocated and developed into China South City. Pei Du's tomb is now located in the Zhengzhou China South City Park. It is a cultural relic protection unit of Zhengzhou City (announced on June 3, 2009, and the monument was erected on January 1, 2011). Pei Du Park is built , Peidu Cultural Plaza, and named a road Peidu Road.
Pei Du’s poems
He believes that “the difference in writing lies in the quality of the style, the shallowness and depth of the thoughts, not the cracks in the chapters and sentences, "The sound and rhyme of the poem should be eliminated", advocating that "the words should not be strange but the words should be beautiful, and the principles should be new but not different". This has the significance of making up for the tendency of pursuing weirdness in ancient Chinese writing at that time. He appreciated Han Yu's talents, but he did not approve of Han Yu's "using literature as drama" and writing those satirical essays. "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" contains one volume of his poems. There is one of his poems in the fragmentary edition of "Divided Compilation of Tang Poems" (category of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers), but "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" has not been included.
His poems include: "Taiyuan Inscription on the Hall Wall", "Living in the Brook", "Happy Meeting with Liu Twenty-eight", "Farewell Liu", "Send Off Again", "Song of Suburban Temple·Enjoy the Movement of Huizhao Taizi Temple·Yaxian Final Presentation", "Summer" "To the Rain" "Bai Twenty-two Ministers have two cranes left in Luoxia in the Western Garden where many wild water pines can rest, so they invite them with poems" "Dou Qizhongcheng saw that he first came to Xiakou to present Yuan Rong poems, and often played with them ” “Zhongshu Jishi” “Zhonghe Festival Edicts Give Gongqing a Ruler” “On Solstice I Visit the Garden” “As a Reward to Zhongshu Xianggong, I Came to Riyuanqiu to Take Photos and Together I Stayed in the Back Pavilion of Zhongshu and Moved to Jixian Yuan to Express My Views "Send the Works" "Sleeping in the Liangfeng Pavilion" "Surprised that the Lords Didn't Visit Each Other in the Snow" "Long Walking by the Water" "Rewarding Secretary Zhang with Poems for Sending Horses" "Zhenhui Temple"