People who have some understanding of China's five-thousand-year civilization know that Chinese culture is broad and profound, and since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, countless magnificent masterpieces have emerged in this long river of history, like pearls after pearl; the pre-Qin dynasty had poetry, Chu Ci, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing, each with its own different style. Among them, in this huge treasure house, the most brilliant and brilliant is the ancient poetry of the Tang Dynasty. In the five words and seven laws, the wind of a big country is intertwined and outlined.
The Tang Dynasty, especially the Sheng Tang Dynasty, produced countless outstanding poets, which made it difficult for future generations to look back. From the spirited Li Bai, "embroidery mouth spit, is half a sheng Tang", to Du Fu's infinite sorrow of "feeling the flowers splashing tears, hating other birds and frightening hearts", poetry and song have formed the pinnacle treasures of Chinese civilization. Among them, there is a poet who wrote "Moon", he only has two poems circulated in the world, but he sang immortal poems for eternity.
The poet's name is Zhang Ruoxuan, and his works have been selected and compiled in the Second Grade Chinese Textbook of renjiao, which shows his position in Tang poetry. Many people should have heard of his famous work, "Spring River Flower Moon Night". Different from the ordinary five words, seven laws, etc., this is a long poem, and it is also one of Zhang Ruoxuan's only two surviving works, known as "January of the Ages".
This poet in the Tang Dynasty, the era of frequent masterpieces, can be said to be very strange. He lived for more than eighty years, but only two survived works. Born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, Zhang Ruoxuan was a Confucian scholar of the Tang Dynasty in addition to writing poetry. During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Zhang Ruoxuan, He Zhizhang and others were equally famous, and they were famous in the capital under the name of "Wuyue Scribe". For a time, the literati and gentlemen in the streets and alleys all praised their good names.
After the completion of the famous work "Spring River Flower Moon Night", Zhang Ruoxu's status as a poet was recognized, and he was known as the "Four Soldiers of Wuzhong" together with He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, and Bao Rong. At this time, Zhang Ruo was appointed as a soldier in Yanzhou. In addition to the "Spring River Flower Moon Night", the "Quan Tang Poems" also includes his "Dai Answer Girl Dream Also".
It is a pity that in the turbulent war, many poets' works have been lost, and future generations will never have the opportunity to see them again. Zhang Ruoxuan only has these two songs circulating in the world. From "Spring River Flower Moon Night", we can glimpse the poet's writing and deep thinking, and we can see his boundless mood when he looks at the moon.
Although Zhang Ruoxuan lived for more than eighty years, there are only two works that actually survive in the world, both of which are included in the Quan Tang Poems, one of which is "Spring River Flower Moon Night", a popular Wing Yue masterpiece. In our country, the "moon" and the image of the hometown are connected, throughout the ages, Yong Yue's poems have many famous works, whether it is "when I don't know the moon when I am young, I call it a white jade plate", or the attachment of "I hope that people will be long- and thousands of miles together", all of which make the moon under the mysterious veil, adding a friendship.
"Spring River Flower Moon Night" follows the old theme of Sui Lefu and expresses a very sincere parting mood. What is even more valuable is that this poem also contains a very philosophical sense of life. In terms of language, the language of "Spring River Flower Moon Night" is clear and elegant, and it is catchy to read, and the rhythm is gentle and melodious. Unlike the juicy powder that palace poems often carry, although this poem is long, it gives people a clear, empty, beautiful and natural feeling.
This poem occupies a very important position both in the Yongyue poems and in the entire Tang poems, and is known as the "Single Piece Covers the Whole Tang". Unfortunately, we didn't have the opportunity to see more of his work. The earliest collection of "Spring River Flowers and Moonlit Nights" is the Song Dynasty Guo Maoqian's "Lefu Poetry Collection" volume 47. In addition, the books containing Tang poems, from Tang to Qing, have no other works, and only two of the tang poems exist.
It is rumored that there is a very romantic love story behind the creation of the poem "Spring River Flower Moon Night", and it has even been changed into a drama by later generations, which sounds a little wonderful and adds a more mysterious color to this long poem. The protagonist of this love story is naturally the poet Zhang Ruoxuan himself.
According to legend, one night Zhang Ruoxuan met a famous girl by the Side of the Mingyue Bridge. After some talking, I learned that this beautiful lady's name was Xin Yi. Under the moonlit night, by the Mingyue Bridge, the two people fell in love at first sight and made a sincere commitment to each other, and they agreed to spend the rest of their lives together.
However, good love always needs some twists and turns. This day happens to be the first day. In ancient legends, Shangyuan Festival is the Festival of Ghosts, and on this day, the yin and minotaurs of the earth will come to the human world to find the lost ghosts. And they mistakenly regarded Zhang Ruoxuan as a ghost and captured him back to the underground mansion. Zhang Ruoxuan, who had just harvested love, came to the Yin Cao Mansion where thousands of ghosts were weeping in an instant, and the gap in his heart was very large.
There is an old saying, "The king of Yama told you to die in three parts, which can you live to the fifth change", but Zhang Ruoxuan, who was caught in the di mansion by the unknown, how could he be willing to leave like this? In particular, he had just harvested his own happiness, so he stood at the head of the Naihe Bridge and hovered, just refusing to leave. In the end, his behavior touched the priests of the underground government, and he let Zhang Ruoxu return to the human world.
However, one day in the sky and one year in the underground, the flow of time is always different. Zhang Ruoxuan, who saw the light of day again, still maintained his age and appearance at that time, and was still a 27-year-old youth. However, decades have passed in the human world, and when they met Xin Yi again on the Mingyue Bridge, Xin Yi was already white-haired and already married.
Zhang Ruoxuan, 27, and Xin Yi, 66, looked at each other with a lot of worries. A sincere love, there is no reason to miss it. Zhang Ruoxuan, who lost his love, wrote such an ancient famous article as "Spring River Flower Moon Night", as for the truth or falsity of the story, things have passed for so many years, and everyone laughed it off.
However, although this poem was called the Famous Wing Moon at the time, it was not very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Although Zhang Ruoxu of the Tang Dynasty was called a talented man with others, he was not recognized as a poet. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that "Spring River Flower Moon Night" was gradually excavated, and he became another shining pearl in Tang poetry.
Later generations have a very high evaluation of this long poem, and even think that it is "a single piece covering the whole Tang", which is almost comparable to Li Bai. Scholars of different ages and fields also have a very high evaluation of it. Since the Ming dynasty discovered this poem, the scholar Wang Minyun at the end of the Qing Dynasty called it "a lonely piece, but for everyone". The fact that a poem alone can be called the best of the poem shows how highly scholars evaluate the poem.
In modern times, Wen Yiduo, a famous modern poet in China, praised this poem as "this is the poem in the poem, the peak on the peak". The poet who wrote such a masterpiece as "Backwater" made such an evaluation, which laid the foundation for the position of this poem in the poetry of the Whole Tang Dynasty. It is precisely because of this evaluation that people call this poem the lonely Gai Quan Tang.
As the New Year draws to a close, many people not only miss their hometowns more, but the Spring Festival is also the day of family reunion. Looking at a full moon in the sky, the feeling of missing hometown emerged in my heart. At this time, reading Zhang Ruoxuan's "Spring River Flower Moon Night", I can't help but feel the beauty of the situation and the beauty of the imagery, so that people are more and more nostalgic for the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago, and the "strange poet" Zhang Ruoxuan, who only circulated two poems.