Jiangnan people Gu Hongzhong is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of the Southern Tang Dynasty figure painter, serving in the painting academy to be commanded, once painted the portrait of the lord Li Yu, when we were in middle school, we will learn Li Yu's famous passage "Meet and Rejoice, Wordless alone on the West Building" in the Language textbook, the most famous is "cutting continuously, rationalizing and chaos, is away from sorrow." Don't be the general taste in your heart. ”
Li Yu was a poet and the last emperor, he indulged in love for the emperor, believed in Buddhism, and did not care about political affairs, and when he ascended the throne in 961, the Northern Song Dynasty was in the early stages of the founding of the dynasty, busy dealing with all aspects of affairs, so he could not spare his hands to deal with the Southern Tang Dynasty, which had already made peace.
However, Li Yu was by no means useless, and when his brother Li Hongji was crown prince, Li Yu did not ask about political affairs, and clearly told the world that his ambition was in the landscape, so he dispelled Li Hongji's suspicions, and later Li Hongji and Li Jing (Li Yu's father) died one after another, and Li Yu ascended the throne from the crown prince.
In the eyes of many people, Li Yu was not suitable for being an emperor and did not have much ability, but in the Republic of China period, Zhang Daqian exchanged a royal palace for a painting, which made the world have some different views on Li Yu, and this painting was actually an "intelligence map" and was ready to prohibit the exhibition of national treasures.
The specific name of the "Intelligence Map" is "Han Xizai's Night Feast Map", which was created by the painter Gu Hongzhong assigned by Li Yu based on Han Xizai's night life, why did Li Yu let Gu Hongzhong spy on what Kind of things Han Xizai did on the big night?
This matter is naturally related to the Southern Tang regime, Han Xizai is a very talented person, but his career is very bumpy, the former lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the middle lord did not reuse Han Xizai, and when Li Yu ascended the throne, he discovered Han Xizai's cleverness and ability.
However, the Southern Tang Dynasty was already trembling, and Li Yu thought that Han Xizai's existence was very unfavorable to him, and Han Xizai's father Han Guangsi was also considered by the Later Tang Emperor to be a "thorn in the eye", so Li Yu was very wary of Han Xizai, so he asked Gu Hongzhong to paint Han Xizai's night life.
Han Xizai is a smart person, and although Gu Hongzhong is a good painter, he is not an excellent lurker, so Han Xizai has long discovered Gu Hongzhong and performed a play, drunk and dreaming of death at home every day.
After li yu saw the painting, he thought that Han Xizai did not want to make progress, indulged in fun, and could not threaten himself, so he let Han Xizai go, and Han Xizai was able to save his life, but the Southern Tang Dynasty had to perish sooner or later.
Later, in the Qing Dynasty, "Han Xizai's Night Feast" was still collected in the palace, until the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi, was driven out of the palace, brought out, and exiled to the people during World War II, and Zhang Daqian was also a famous painter, who understood at a glance that this was an extremely precious painting, so he took out a palace for a painting, and then sold it to the state at a low price.