You Jiangsu and Zhejiang stayed overnight in Tongjiangyi, and Liu Ji of Yaolin Village visited Mingxian
When Liu Bowen resigned from the government and lived idly, he traveled to eastern Zhejiang. Once, he heard that a famous gentleman lived in seclusion in the nearby mountains. This person is extremely knowledgeable, elegant in conversation, and quite Tao Yuanming's demeanor. Therefore, he visited, the two were very close, and when he left, he got the poems of xu fang, a high man.
In 1349, Liu Bowen resigned from the Zhejiang Provincial Confucianism Deputy Tiju and studied in the southeastern Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. During this time, he traveled in the mountains and visited famous sages. Once he stayed at the Tongjiang Station, he heard that there was a local celebrity, people said that he was very similar to Yan Guang during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the provincial capital, Lord Su Tianjue, recommended it to the imperial court several times for reuse, but he refused.
This person is indifferent in nature, knotted along the Lu River, and chants poems in the clouds and smoke. As soon as Liu Bowen heard about it, he was interested, and when he couldn't let go, he met a celebrity. He asked for his name and residence, and when he learned that this person's surname was Xu Mingfang, the character Ark, and his family lived near Yaolin, he was ready to visit.
Liu Bowen chose a good day with beautiful wind and sunshine, and went to visit Xu Fang. As soon as I entered Yaolin Village, I asked about Mr. Xu, and women and children knew about it. A village boy music as a guide, cross the creek, cross the stone bridge, into a peach forest, deep in the forest there is a square gap, there are several huts, stone benches in front of the house stone table, behind the house a number of poles of bamboo, next to the house a few bushes of yellow chrysanthemum, very ordinary farmhouse. The village boy pointed out: "This is Mr. Xu's house."
Liu Bowen knocked on the door for a long time, and an old woman held a staff to open the door. He hurried forward to give a gift and asked, "Is this house in Mr. Xu's house?" ”
The old woman replied: "The Han House is the Xu family, Xu Fang is my son, the distinguished guest came by accident, and he went out early this morning."
Liu Bowen asked when to return home, Xu Mother said: "Fang'er is free to become sexual, in and out of no time, sometimes one or two days do not return, sometimes three or five days do not return." Today probably will not go far, recently it is unwell, may come back in the afternoon. ”
Therefore, Liu Bowen thanked Xu Mother, asked the village boy to guide him, and first went to you Yaolin Cave. The village boy held a pine torch to lure Liu Bowen into the cave, and when he entered the cave, he first entered a bucket room, and then entered a tunnel cave, and after a few zhang, he suddenly saw a hall, with a dozen square circles, strange rocks, some like Yu Bamboo in the sky, some like ice hanging, some like fairies leaping, some like old men greeting guests, and some with strange images, like demons and ghosts. All of these, under the illumination of torches, are colorful and strange, and they are really a fairy realm.
Back forward, the mountain circuit turns, and there is a bigger hole in front of the eyes, the sound of water is pouring, and the clear stream under the feet is swirling. The village boy said: "Further forward, hall after hall, how deep the competition is, no one knows, very few people venture into it." Liu Bowen rarely saw this scene, and the village boy continued to lead the way. Suddenly, the village boy screamed, and it turned out that a large pile of animal dung was found under his feet, and he did not dare to move forward anymore. Liu Bowen also had to slowly walk out of the hole along the same path. After such a visit, it has been two hours, and it is almost noon when the cave is ready.
Liu Bowen came to the Xu family again, and Xu Fang also happened to come to the door. But see him wearing a bucket hat, wearing a cloak, a square face, slightly black, of medium stature, forty-six or seven years old, an authentic mountain noo. On a sunny day, it is obvious that it is strange. Xu Fang saw that there were guests coming from afar, but he was very enthusiastic.
"The humble house is really simple, so please take a seat here." Xu Fang pointed to the stone bench in front of the house and invited the guests to sit down.
"Today, coincidentally, I caught two big fish. Mo Bujiang God also knows that there are distinguished guests in the contemptible family, and the cold house is not respected? Ha, ha". Xu Fang took out a large black fish and a large carp from the fish basket and said happily.
The two sat at the stone table and talked about tea. Liu Bowen saw the other party's speech and behavior, and it was really extraordinary. The strange thing is that Xu Fang avoids talking about poetry, only talking about some fishing and peasant chores, and the Tian family has a strange story. Liu Bowen was also quite interested in the matter of Nongsang, and the two opened the conversation box and talked endlessly. Liu Bowen has lived in his career for a long time, and at this time, he feels relaxed and happy when talking about idle things.
Soon, Xu Mu invited the guests to dinner. Fresh fish and wild vegetables, home-brewed water wine. Liu Bowen once again tasted the mountain farmhouse. It was not until parting that Xu Fang took out his self-compiled poetry collections "Yaolin" and "Cangjiang" and gave them to Liu Bowen, saying: "It seems that Mr. Liu likes to recite poems and offers humble manuscripts. Not stupid, no poetry, only the taste of the mountains and rivers, bitter chanting into chapters, but the colloquialism, fortunately do not see laughter."
Liu Bowen said: "Where, where, it is an honor to read the masterpiece."
Liu Bowen returned to open "Yaolin" and "Cangjiang", picked up the lamp to appreciate and read, and the poems revealed the unworldly aspirations and the mind of the famous sages. Fang knows that Mr. Xu Fang is indeed a very human being. Since then, the two have maintained correspondence. Until Liu Bowen was an official in the Ming Dynasty, he often mentioned Xu Fang in his personal miscellaneous notes, saying that Xu Fang added a fresh breath of life to his career and cultivated his positive sentiments.