During the Northern Song Dynasty, a pond was excavated under the Taibai Rock in Wanxian County, Sichuan. There were neither lotus flowers nor duckweeds, and the trickling spring water flowing from the rocks, after entering the pool, flowed slowly along the curved waterway. If you place a cup at the head of the spring, it will drift with the flowing water, which is the famous local cup pool.
After digging the liu cup pool, a new taishou came from the local area named Gao Zhongben. In the autumn of this year, among the white rocks covered with green trees, the golden mandarin oranges hung heavily on the branches, adding another beauty to the liubei pond.
One day, Taishou actually personally led people to clean up the grounds around the pool, and he was very busy. It turned out that his former friend Huang Tingjian wanted to come to this place to play. Huang Tingjian was a first-class calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty, and his font was majestic and tall. Taishou wanted to ask this fellow window to leave the ink treasure and keep it in the local area as a treasure.
Taishou knew that Huang Tingjian was good at drinking, and after being slightly drunk, he was full of poetry and calligraphy. However, the good drinks are rice wine and sweet wine, but the local area does not produce these two kinds of wine. Later, someone came up with an idea, which was rich in mandarin oranges and could be squeezed out of juice to drink.
The juice is delicious, cool and thirst-quenching, and if it is mixed into the wine altar, it becomes a sweet wine. Huang Tingjian can drink more and not get drunk, which is the best of both worlds. The idea had been decided, and Taishou had made proper arrangements. The next day Huang Tingjian came by appointment, and Taishou accompanied him on a tour of Taibai Rock, and the valley praised the victory of Lin Quan here.
After descending the mountain, Taishou set up a sumptuous banquet at the Liubei Pond to entertain Huang Tingjian, accompanied by the senior monk Master Fo Guang. Taishou asked his classmates and the master to sit on either side of the pool, and then floated a large cup full of wine on the head of the spring, and the red jelly in the cup shone brightly. The wine glass turned a few corners, not right or oblique, and just stopped in front of the classmates.
Huang Tingjian raised his wine glass, drank it all, and exclaimed, "Beautiful! Beautiful! Tai Shou smiled and said, "According to the custom, you have to chant a poem, or use the surrounding scenery to make a pair of yanglian." Huang Tingjian looked at the poolside, glanced at the dishes on the table, and blurted out:
The water frog is dressed in green and looks forward to it.
The shrimp in the soup are dressed in red robes and bow as well.
Huang Tingjian drank fine wine, wrote a pair of Yang Lian, blurted out, but it was funny. The author uses the scenery around him as the theme, adopts anthropomorphic techniques, and is full of life interest, which makes people feel immersed.
Taishou and the master nodded their heads, and then everyone raised a glass together. At this time, the large cup full of wine flowed down from the spring, turned east and west, and stopped in front of the master. The master welcomed Brother Huang, and also specially opened the ring, and also tried to make a pair of Yang Lian with the theme of the flowers and trees of the Taibai Shutang throughout the year:
Peach leaf grape leaf, herbaceous woody.
Plum blossom osmanthus roses, spring fragrance autumn fragrance.
The master's pair of yanglian has a unique ingenuity, and the names of the two plants of the upper link, pu and peach, happen to be homophonous with the names of the third plant. Pu is herbaceous, while peach and grape are woody. The plum and osmanthus names of the lower link coincide with the third flower name rose. Plums bloom in early spring, while laurel and roses bloom in summer and autumn. Therefore, this pair of Yang Lian is novel and unique, which is rare and valuable, and Huang Tingjian also appreciates it.
Taishou also proposed that everyone celebrate three cups together, and then the wine cup floated out of the spring, this time did not continue to drift forward, but stayed in front of Taishou. Tai Shou raised his wine glass, drank it all, and improvised his masterpiece:
The Big Dipper is seven stars, and the bottom of the water is fourteen o'clock in the sky.
Lonely geese in the southern sky, with a pair of shadows flying in the middle of the moon.
At this time, night has long fallen, the moon is as bright as water, the water is clear like a mirror, and the pair of Taishou's yanglian is neat and harmonious, which can be called a good structure. Huang Tingjian smiled: "The old classmate is talented, let us celebrate three cups together." ”
The three of them drank heavily while talking about poetry papers. The wine was drunk, the poems were also written wonderfully, and it took a long time to feel slightly drunk. Tai Shou knew in his heart that this was the perfect time to appreciate Huang Tingjian's calligraphy, so he quickly ordered someone to take the four treasures of the study room, light a few large candles, and invite his classmates to wave the inscription.
Huang Tingjian was fluttering at this time, remembering the scene of the Western Mountains during the day, and he didn't feel that his thoughts were full of thoughts, and his pen was coming! Only to see him like flowing water and clouds, the writing is free, and soon created a journey to the West Mountain. The whole text is simple and condensed, vivid image, Taishou and the master are full of praise!