Author: Lao Tan, Source: Tang Poetry song poetry ancient poems (ID: tsgsc8)
In recent days, the news of Wang Lihong's divorce has caused a storm in the city. His ex-wife wept like an open letter, almost like a sharp dagger, ruthlessly cutting open the dirty heart of the "high-quality idol".
In people's impressions, Wang Lihong is always so sunny and handsome, and his musical talent is equally amazing. The collapse of idols today can only show that only time can test a person's quality.
The Tang Dynasty dates back more than 1300 years. At that time, the poets of that time, the poems written with painstaking efforts, and the feelings expressed by his works, experienced the wind and frost of the years, so they became precious and shining.
There was a poet in the Tang Dynasty who also happened to be surnamed Wang, who loved poetry, music, and his wife.
This person is Wang Wei, and there is reason to believe that such a poet can only pass on his reputation for thousands of years.
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Wang Wei is a talented man, and he is the kind of all-rounder.
When it comes to talents from ancient times to the present, everyone always thinks of Su Shi first. Dongpo is good at poetry, literature, books, and paintings, and is known as the "Four Gems". Compared with Wang Wei, there is one more than one, that is, music.
For Wang Weizhi's paintings, Dongpo has already admired the five bodies thrown to the ground, he once made a long poem, and finally has the following sentence:
The Mahabharata is like a fairy goddess.
The two sons of Wuguan are both gods and handsome, and Yu Wei is also speechless.
"Yu Wei also has no words", the meaning of this sentence is, "For Wang Wei, I Su Shi especially revere, and I can't even say a word that has objections." ”
If Wang Wei's paintings can make Dongpo speechless, his musical attainments are completely crushed.
Wang Wei knew how to write articles at the age of nine and was familiar with musical rhythms. At the age of fifteen, he left his hometown alone and went to Chang'an to pay homage to the magnates of the imperial court.
Tang Ruizong's fourth son was named Li Fan, who was plain and elegant, and was most fond of making friends with literati. Speaking of Li Fan, you may not know, when it comes to his title of "King of Qi", you have some understanding.
Qi Wang is good at learning work books, loves Confucianism, and loves music. Li Guinian, the most outstanding musician in ancient China, was once the guest of King Qi. There are Du Fu's poems as evidence:
It was common in the Qi King's mansion, and Cui Jiutang smelled it several times before.
It is the good scenery of Jiangnan, and the flower fall season is also the king.
Qi Wang, who loves Confucianism and loves music, can be imagined, and wang Wei, who is also very important and talented. Hearing that Wang Wei was preparing to participate in the imperial examination, King Qi planned to help him.
King Qi instructed Wang Weidao: Copy a few of the proud poems you have written, compose a popular pipa song, and then send me to the Ninth Princess's Palace, and so on.
Listening to the suggestion of king Qi, although Wang Wei did not know why, he gladly complied.
When everything was ready, King Qi took Wang Wei to the residence of the Ninth Princess. King Qi asked the princess to listen to the music, and many female servants sat around Wang Wei like stars holding the moon, and Wang Wei played solo with a pipa.
The princess listened mesmerized. At the end of the song, the Ninth Princess noticed at a glance that the young, dressed in splendid robes, and had an extraordinary amount of music.
The Ninth Princess then asked Wang Wei, "What song did you play?" ”
"Let's call it 'Yu Lun Robe.'"
Wang Wei finished answering, and then showed his own poetry scroll. The more the princess looked, the more joyful she became: "These are all poems that I usually recite, and I thought they were written by the ancients, but I really didn't expect that you wrote them." ”
Because of her admiration for her poetic talent, the princess respectfully invited Wang Wei to sit down on the upper seat, and when she heard that he was preparing for the imperial examination, the princess said: "If you can get the first place in this examination, it will be a great honor for us." The princess then strongly recommended Wang Wei to the emperor.
In 721, Wang Wei won the championship in one fell swoop and passed the examination, when he was only twenty-one years old.
In a sense, it was the great glory that music brought him. The first official in Wang Wei's life was Tai Le Cheng ( 太樂丞 ) , or was it related to music.
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In 2004, the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. With the announcement of the list of winners, Wang Lihong, who did not trim the edges, walked up to the stage and choked up to deliver the acceptance speech: "Music is my life, thank you for affirming my life." ”
Wang Lihong's love for music and his musical talent can be seen for all to see. But compared with Wang Wei more than a thousand years ago, he may be slightly inferior.
In the home of a certain nobleman in Chang'an, he collected a picture of the teaching workshop, but unfortunately, he could not understand what was painted in the picture, so the guest gave this "According to the Music Map" to Wang Wei to watch.
Wang Wei took a look at it and said very firmly: "This picture shows the scene of the first beat of the third stack of "Neon Dress Feather Song". ”
The guests did not believe it, holding pictures and comparing them with the performance. This contrast was not tight, and the man was surprised to find that the musician's performance was almost exactly the same as the content in the painting.
In the past, Wang Lihong's acceptance speech may have an exaggerated component. For Wang Wei, music is a real manipulation of his political life.
In that year, Wang Wei could be described as proud of the spring breeze. Sadly, in the same 721 AD, his subordinates danced yellow lions and committed taboos, which were reported by the people, and Wang Wei could not be separated from his involvement and was demoted to Jeju.
Today, we may not understand, what is wrong with the yellow lion dance? Frankly speaking, if Wang Wei had lived a few years earlier and lived in the early years of the Sui Dynasty, he would not have committed such a big crime.
According to historical records, in the early days of the Sui Dynasty, officials and ordinary people at all levels were free to wear yellow robes. Emperor Wen of Sui's imperial dress was no different from that of the people, and he only added thirteen rings to his belt to distinguish himself.
Time came to the Tang Dynasty, and the situation was reversed. Red yellow (i.e. ochre) became the exclusive property of the emperor, and "forbidden soldiers were not allowed to use red and yellow as miscellaneous clothing", as stipulated by the law at that time.
Not to mention the pingtou people, after the Anshi rebellion was settled, when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was welcomed back to Chang'an from Shudi, he also had to "release the yellow robe and wear the purple robe."
For the Emperor Taishang to still have such a rule, Wang Wei was degraded, which was almost a foregone conclusion.
Ancient people, that is, people who performed songs and dances. In other words, it is also closely related to music. I have to say that Wang Wei's political career has become music and defeat music.
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The impact of the "Anshi Rebellion" on datang was not just to change the color of Li Longji's clothes. This catastrophe has greatly damaged the vitality of the entire Chinese land.
The thousands of people living in Datang have also suffered greatly from it. Those great poets who have been famous for thousands of years, such as Du Fu, were even caught by the rebels, and it is really difficult to imagine how sad they are.
Previously, Wang Wei saw through the ups and downs of the officialdom, and he had long lost interest in being an official, and he longed for a life of seclusion. God didn't give him a chance.
In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, when Wang Wei was more than fifty years old, An Lushan's rebels attacked Tongguan and took liangjing. Hearing that the rebels were coming, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled to Sichuan, and Wang Wei did not have time to follow the emperor, but was unfortunately captured by the rebels.
When we talk about the poets of ancient China today, we must first say Li Bai and Du Fu, in fact, Wang Wei, who returned to the poetry circle of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and received official recognition, is undoubtedly the first poet.
An Lushan also cherished Wang Weizhicai, so he forced him to go to Luoyang to serve as an official for the puppet imperial court. Wang Wei took medicine to make himself diarrhea, lying that he was dumb. However, in front of An Lushan, all his efforts were useless. Wang Wei was eventually imprisoned in the Pushi Temple in Luoyang.
An Lushan occupied the emperor's palace, and the rebels felt bored at a feast in Ningbi Pond, so they gathered the musicians of the pear garden and played for them.
The ancient lingren, the status is not high, but the pear garden disciples also have no lack of righteous people, there is a music worker named Lei Haiqing, do not want to submit to the rebels, he picked up the pipa in his hand, aimed at the head of An Lushan and threw it. An Lushan, enraged, actually put Lei Haiqing Lingchi to death.
Wang Wei, who was imprisoned, was extremely sad to hear the news, and he secretly wrote a poem:
Ten thousand households are sad and smoke, and the hundred officials will rise to the sky again.
In the autumn locust leaves falling into the empty palace, the head of the condensed bi pond plays the orchestra.
After eight years, the Anshi Rebellion was finally settled. After the smoke dissipated, the Li family emperor began to discuss the merits and rewards, and also prepared to settle accounts after the autumn.
Wang Wei worked as an official in the "occupied areas" and was supposedly a "speculator" who was liquidated. Because of this poem, Emperor Suzong turned a blind eye and did not punish him. —— Wang Wei's fate, with the people and music, is once again related.
The emperor even gave him a promotion and granted Him the Crown Prince Zhongyun. The older he got, the higher Wang Wei's official position rose, and near the age of Hua Jia, Wang Weiguan worshiped Shangshu Right Cheng .
This was also the highest point of his eunuch career, Wang Wei finally achieved the position of chancellor, but he was not happy.
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Some scholars in later generations believe that "Ningbi Pond" was not written by Wang Wei, because this poem was generally written and did not deserve the talent of the poet.
It is likely that the poem was forged by Wang Wei's younger brother Wang Jin and later presented to Emperor Suzong. At that time, Wang Jin was already a minister of the imperial court, and in order to save his brother, he requested that he be stripped of his official position.
The depth of wang wei brothers' feelings can be seen from this. The time is reversed 30 years, when Wang Wei was still a seventeen-year-old teenager, and he came to Chang'an alone to work hard, without relatives. That year's Chongyang Festival, he specially wrote a poem for his brothers in his hometown to express his longing for him:
Alone in a foreign land for strangers, every festive season to think of relatives.
The Haruka brothers ascended to the heights, and there was one less person planted everywhere.
In addition to having a deep affection for his brothers, Wang Wei is also a filial piety. According to the Old Book of Tang, after the death of his mother, Wang Wei was heartbroken, "Chai destroyed his bones and was overwhelmed by mourning", because the grief was so thin and so weak that he was almost unable to serve the funeral.
In addition, Wang Wei also loves his wife. Even if he was in the position of chancellor, after the death of his wife, Wang Wei did not remarry, and he lived a single life for thirty years. - In this regard alone, it is enough to shame today's stars.
At the age of sixty, Wang Wei's younger brother was working as an official in a foreign country, and Wang Wei realized that his time was running out, so he wrote a letter to the emperor, hoping to exchange his official position for his brother to return to Chang'an. As an older brother, Wang Wei knew his younger brother's political ambitions.
In July of that year, on the verge of dying, Wang Wei suddenly became energetic, he asked for paper and pencil, wrote a letter to Wang Jin, who was far away, threw down the pen wang Wei and died.
Not long ago, the emperor had just approved Wang Wei's request, and Wang Jin was on his way home without stopping. Until the last moment of their lives, the brothers still did not see each other.
Resources:
1, Liu Xun, etc.: Old Book of Tang
2, Xin Wenfang: "Biography of Tang Caizi"
3, poetic culture: "Laughing to death!" Brushed 1400 years of The Circle of Friends of Tang Poets
4, Wu Yugui: A General History of Chinese Customs: Five Dynasties of Sui and Tang Dynasties
5, Li Xiaorun: "No Poetry, No Tang: The Wind Flow and Loneliness Behind Tang Poetry"
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