If you had to pick one of the most arrogant poems in history, which one would you think it would be? Some people say that it is Li Bai's song "I am a madman in Chu, Fengge laughs at Kong Qiu", some people say that Du Fu "wants to fill the gully but to be loose, and the laughing maniac is even more crazy"...
However, I think that if you want to say that the ancient people were qualified to be arrogant, the emperor must be qualified, after all, he is the only person in the world. Historically, there are many emperors who are very fond of dancing and ink, for example, the Qianlong Emperor especially loved to write poetry, it is said that he wrote tens of thousands of poems, but Qianlong's poems only have quantity but no quality.
Wu Zetian
In the Tang Dynasty, where poetry shined, it was also common for emperors to write poems, and the wildest poem in history was actually written by a woman in the Tang Dynasty, who was from the hand of the only empress in history, Wu Zetian.
Why is it said that the wildest poem in history is from Wu Zetian? Because, first of all, Wu Zetian did have crazy qualifications, she was an emperor, and she was the only female emperor in history, and then, Wu Zetian was also very good at composing poetry, and the Quan Tang Poems included nearly fifty of her poems.
One of the small poems of only 20 words is hailed as the wildest poem in the Tang Dynasty, and even the wildest poem in history.
It can be said that it is the highest realm of writing "madness" - arrogance is boundless, crazy to the point that even Li Bai is ashamed of himself! This poem is the "La ri Xuan Zhao Xing Shang Yuan" composed in the second year after Wu Zetian ascended the throne.
Saying that the wildest poem in history was written by a woman, no one will believe it, but if it is written by Wu Zetian, then everyone will feel more normal, because Wu Zetian is indeed a big crazy person. Why is it said that "La ri Xuan Zhao Xing Shang Yuan" is the wildest poem in history?
Let's enjoy this poem, then Wu Zetian wrote this poem in the tone of an emperor and in the tone of commanding all the ghosts and gods in the world, a total of four sentences:
The Ming Dynasty traveled to the Garden, and the spring was known quickly. The flowers are hairy overnight, and they don't wait for the wind to blow.
When the Quan Tang Poems include this poem, it is accompanied by a preface to explain the background of the poem's creation, which roughly means that in the second year of Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, someone plotted to overthrow Wu Zetian, so they invited Wu Zetian to attend the flower viewing conference under the pretext of flower appreciation.
At that time, it was a cold winter moon, and there were no flowers blooming at all except for the plum blossoms, and Wu Zetian knew that this was a feast at the Hongmen Gate, so she made a will, saying: I will go to the garden tomorrow to admire the flowers, and you must quickly tell this news to the spring god, and let him order all the flowers to bloom overnight!
As a result, the next day, if it was really a hundred flowers blooming and competing for glory, those who were preparing to rebel saw such a magical scene, thinking that the gods and immortals in the sky had obeyed Wu Zetian's will, so they gave up rebellion, which was the story of Wu Zetian's edict on hundreds of flowers.
These four poems of Wu Zetian's edict to drive the spring god with a hundred flowers are not only full of imperial domineering spirit, but also have super arrogant self-confidence, and when I want to enjoy the flowers, even if it is a cold winter moon, you have to give me all blooms.
Although Wu Zetian's crazy poem has been handed down, this story inevitably makes people suspicious, and the preface to this poem in the Book of Tang is also specially noted: This is all delusional, not enough to believe.
That is to say, ordering a hundred flowers to bloom in the cold winter moon is not scientific at all, it is completely demonous to confuse the public, and it is not enough to believe.
But I think that at that time, there may have been that kind of horse ass spirit, who cultivated flowers in the greenhouse very early in advance, and then no matter when Wu Zetian wanted to go to enjoy the flowers, he could fill the garden all night like a trick, so that Wu Zetian really had the illusion that he could command the spring god and declare a hundred flowers, so he wrote such an arrogant poem.