I previously said a sentence by the Tang Dynasty poet Li He, "If the sky has love, the sky is old."
Although there were countless poets and literati throughout the Sheng Tang Dynasty, no one came out against them, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that someone pointed out that "the moon is like a long circle without hatred".
The two sentences before and after, one sad and one happy, although the artistic conception is different, but they all reflect the yearning for a better life.
It can be said that the Tang and Song dynasties all have a very deep cultural heritage, especially the Song Dynasty, which is simply a paradise for literati.
For this, I have to talk about an important figure who made the culture of the Song Dynasty flourish, Zhao Kuangyin.
Poems by Zhao Kuangyin
As we all know, the cultural prosperity of the Song Dynasty lies in Zhao Kuangyin's emphasis on literature and suppression of martial arts, which improved the status of the literati.
However, it is interesting that he himself is from a martial arts background, and his cultural level is not high, but he has to learn the words of the literati, and from time to time he also has to show his cultural skills.
However, because of his lack of skill, sometimes it is inevitable to make embarrassment.
According to the "History of Song", when Zhao Kuangyin was chasing deer in the Central Plains and was about to become the lord of the world, he happened to encounter the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Zhao Kuangyin, who was happy in his heart, feasted on the Moon with the Wen and Wu courtiers.
During the banquet, Zhao Kuangyin's poetry flourished with the wine, so he pointed to the moon and said to everyone, "Before leaving the seabed, a thousand mountains and black, only to the Middle Heaven and The Ming Dynasty" these two poems.
I have to say that these two poems can be regarded as Zhao Kuangyin's masterpiece, the poem is very meaningful, describing the dark fear when the moon does not appear, and the sense of solidity and peace of mind when the moon shines in the sky, vividly described.
In fact, the words are nothing more than boasting about themselves, alluding to the fact that they are the bright moon in the sky, and they are people who can bring happiness and safety to the world.
Of course, poetry is definitely good poetry, this is not, when the group of courtiers at the bottom listened, they applauded and applauded, and then quietly waited for Zhao Kuangyin to make the last two sentences.
However, the cheers of the crowd interrupted Zhao Kuangyin's train of thought, so that he was stunned for half a day and could not say the last two poems.
Fortunately, someone came forward to round the field, otherwise Zhao Kuangyin would be embarrassed.
The matter does not end here, the poem is basically two or two pairs, requiring four sentences, and Zhao Kuangyin only said two sentences, obviously can not be a poem, then it is necessary to continue the last two sentences.
What is infuriating is that because Zhao Kuangyin's skills are not enough, he has not been able to continue these last two sentences since then.
No one can continue
The emperor can't continue, those literati inkers who are only eight buckets high can always be right, the poetry is their strength, and the poems that Zhao Kuangyin casually composed can't be continued, right?
Don't you say, in the more than 400 years after this, no one can match it, is the level of Zhao Kuangyin's two poems really high enough that no one can match it?
Of course not, the last two sentences of this poem are not difficult to continue, but they cannot be continued. In other words, in addition, in addition to the emperor under the heavens, who is qualified to dare to compete with the emperor?
So for the next 400 years no one could do it.
Someone here said that there were many emperors in the Song Dynasty after Zhao Kuangyin, and they could not continue?
In fact, almost, they can't, because filial piety is involved here, and as for the big truth in it, it doesn't need to be explained too much, and it should be understood as soon as you hear it.
As for the Yuan Dynasty, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were basically not familiar with poetry and song, so naturally they could not come out.
So who continued these last two sentences?
Zhu Yuanzhang's famous sentence
This person is no one else, but the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty 400 years later, Zhu Yuanzhang.
On qualifications, both of them are also founding emperors, on the experience, they are also similar, and even Zhu Yuanzhang's process is more bumpy and tortuous, so he can not only understand the mood of the former, but also more is not easy.
To this end, he produced the last two verses, the original sentence is:
"Perseverance in this ambition to become eternal, a hundred battles to open the peace."
When we look at zhu Yuanzhang's two sentences, he does not imply the content, nor does he compare himself with the moon, the sun, etc., but emphasizes the persistence of ambition and emphasizes the difficulty of taiping.
Although it is not as profound as Zhao Kuangyin's first two sentences, it is slightly better in terms of courage, not only grounded, but also a model of inspirational poetry, so it has become a famous sentence for future generations to learn.
In fact, looking back at the 2 people, one of them is from an aristocratic background, the other is from a humble background, and their state of mind is very different.
Although they were both founding emperors, it can be seen from their poems that Zhao Kuangyin may have regarded the profession of emperor as his own trophy.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he regarded it as his own career, otherwise why would he have sighed such as "a hundred battles and a hundred battles to open up the taiping".
References: History of the Song Dynasty, History of the Ming Dynasty