During the Tang Dynasty, poetry flourished, and countless immortal masterpieces were circulated. Reading it today is still amazing. When it comes to Tang poetry, it is natural to talk about the poetry of Li Bai, the poet Saint Du Fu and others. furthermore
In the Tang Dynasty, there was also the "Ten Friends of Xianzong", which was used to refer to people who had extremely high talents in poetry talent.
These people included "Li Bai, Chen Ziang, Wang Wei, He Zhizhang, Song Zhiqing, etc."
Some are well-known great poets of later generations, and some are little known. Today's introduction to you is the not-so-famous Song Zhiqing.
He once wanted to become Wu Zetian's male favorite, but was rejected because of a physical defect. What's going on here?
Song Zhiqing, zi Yanqing, Fenzhou Yucheng people. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Song Zhiqing's fame was still quite large, and he was called "Shen Song" during the same period as Shen Qi.
In the New Book of Tang, there is such a record:
Great appearance, no product
”。 This means that he looks good-looking and has a talent, but in fact his moral character cannot keep up with his looks.
The poem "The flowers are similar from year to year, and the years are different" is believed to be familiar to everyone, but his provenance is doubtful. This sentence appears in Liu Xiyi's poetry collection, and it also has this sentence in Song Zhiqing's poetry collection.
A nephew and an uncle, it is really difficult to say who wrote this poem. Why? According to folk rumors, this poem was originally written by Liu Xiyi. Song Zhiqing felt that the writing was very good after reading it, so he consulted with Liu Xiyi and hoped that the "first launch" could be given to him.
As a nephew, Liu Xiyi also agreed. But not long after, Liu Xiyi felt remorse. At this time, Liu Xiyi returned to his uncle's house and put out his thoughts and thoughts. This caused Song Zhiqing to be angry.
Because Song Zhiqing has already added this sentence to his poem and published it by signature. If you come out now and declare that the poem was not written by yourself, wouldn't the reputation be swept away?
However, Liu Xiyi was not happy, and the two sides could not negotiate peace. Enraged, Song Zhiqing asked his subordinates to suffocate Liu Xiyi with an earthen bag. As a human being, how can we be worthy of talking about virtue? In addition, Song Zhiqing also did something even more shocking.
Image: Song Zhiqing adds this sentence to his poem stills
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Song Zhiwen's father Song Lingwen was quite prestigious in the dynasty, and successively served as a general of Zuo Xiao Wei Lang and a scholar of Dongtai Xiangzheng. Emperor Gaozong of Tang was very appreciative of him. However, Song Lingwen's greatest pride is not his own ability, but his three sons, all of whom are very good.
Among them, the eldest son Song Zhiwen inherited his father's literary talent, while the second son Song Zhiti inherited his father's divine power, and the younger son Song Zhixun inherited his father's excellent calligraphy. The eldest son, Song Zhiwen, was highly accomplished in his youth and was very talented in poetry.
Coupled with being born with great appearance and being favored by women, most women will be moved by it. However, Song Zhiqing was not an ordinary man, and his vision was very high. The other half of his ideal is a woman like Wu Zetian, and in order to achieve this goal, Song Zhiwen began a difficult journey.
Picture: Stills favored by women
If you want to become the closest person to Wu Zetian, the first step is to get close to each other
。 So in what way?
The most righteous way is to participate in the imperial examination, and then be summoned by Wu Zetian with his talent. By 675, Song Zhiwen was twenty years old and had taken the imperial examination that year. Song Zhiwen was highly talented and made it effortless to enter high school.
The subsequent Interview and Written Examination were easily passed. In this way, Song Zhiqian's political career began. At that time, when Wu Zetian was in power, after Li Zhi's death, Wu Zetian finally did not have to suppress his own nature.
And Song Zhiqing was not only talented, but also good-looking, and naturally quickly gained the favor of Wu Zetian. In this way, Song Zhiqing's career path was also very smooth, all the way up.
Photo: Song Zhiqing Examination Stills
By the age of twenty-six, Song Zhiwen was appreciated by Wu Zetian, promoted to "bachelor", and joined the ChongwenGuan along with Yang Jiong, one of the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty". This platform can be described as a tiger for Song Zhiwen, and he can display his talents on this platform.
In addition to his work, Song Zhiwen also began to show his admiration for Wu Zetian. Even the female emperor was fascinated by his words. Later, Song Zhiwen directly wrote a self-recommendation poem to Wu Zetian, and then submitted it to Wu Zetian through Cui Rong.
The content of this self-nomination poem goes something like this:
“
In August, the cool breeze is crystalline, and there is no cloud in the river Hamming
。
More will weaver girl branch stone, but also visit Chengdu to sell people
”。
Image: Stills of the female emperor Wu Zetian
In this self-nomination poem, Song Zhiqing expresses his dissatisfaction with the official position he is in, of course, in a euphemistic manner. In addition, Song Zhiqing also implicitly expressed his hope to do practical things for Wu Zetian.
But to Song Zhiqing's surprise, Wu Zetian not only did not continue to promote Song Zhiqing after reading this poem, but also complained and said this:
I don't know that the question has talent, but it has a mouth.
”
The translation is "I know that Song Zhiqing has real talent and practical learning, but he has a physical defect, that is, he has bad breath."
This problem cannot be changed by Song Zhiwen, because he has a problem with his teeth, which causes the problem of bad breath.
Imagine if you were to get in touch with someone with bad breath, would you be willing? I believe most people are reluctant to do so. And as a female emperor, how could Wu Zetian wronged herself to fulfill Song Zhi's question? Therefore, Wu Zetian directly refused Song Zhiqing's request.
Picture: Wu Zetian complained about the stills after watching it
Although Wu Zetian rejected Song Zhiqing's intentions in a positive way, Song Zhiqing was not discouraged, and he believed that there was still room for maneuver, as long as he cured the problem of bad breath, there might be hope. However, Song Zhiqing asked for medical treatment everywhere, but the results were minimal.
Looking at the dragon bed of Wu Zetian, Song Zhiqing was always unwilling. So he changed his mind, that is, to please the Zhang brothers. At that time, the Zhang brothers were the red people in front of Wu Zetian's eyes.
In order to please these two people, Song Zhiqing even disregarded his dignity to give them a urinal pot. Later, this matter was passed out and reduced to laughter in the literati circle, and Song Zhiqing could be said to have lost his reputation and ruined the faces of the literati.
Image: Stills of Wu Zetian and the Zhang brothers
If the ancient medical technology is more developed, it is not difficult to cure Song Zhiqing's bad breath. In this way, he and Wu Zetian may also have a spark. For Song Zhiqing, it was a pity that he could not get on Wu Zetian's dragon bed.
In order to make friends with the female emperor, Song Zhiqing can be said to have worked hard. If he spends all these thoughts on poetry, perhaps he can become a generation of highly respected poets and respected by future generations.
But the road was chosen by himself, and Song Zhiqing chose such a path, which can only be said that his desire is too heavy.
I don't know if Song Zhi asked if he ever regretted it in this life?
Article author: Dahui
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