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In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, a famous Confucian named Yan Shigu wrote a "Commentary on the Book of Han", which was respected by the literati at that time, and the degree of authority was so great that all the readers in the world regarded it as a textbook.
However, not long after, a more cattle thing happened, a nine-year-old child wrote ten volumes of "Hanshu Finger Flaws", and pulled out a lot of mistakes in Yan Shigu's "Notes on the Book of Han", which shocked the literary world at that time. This bullish child was Wang Bo, one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty.
Unlike ordinary prodigies, Wang Bo's talent continued to explode in his youth, and his poetry became famous. Wang Bo wrote an article with a characteristic: first grind the ink well, and then sleep with his head covered like a young man of the second goods, suddenly jump up after half a day, instantly change back to the literary and artistic youth, the text does not add points, a stroke is written, when people call it "belly draft", this is the origin of the allusion to the "belly draft". However, the most brilliant work of his life, "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion", is an improvisation.
At that time, Wang Bo's father was demoted by the imperial court to Jiaozhi County (present-day northern Vietnam) to serve as a county commander. Although there are thousands of miles, Wang Bo, as a filial son, naturally wants to visit. On this day, Wang Bo was passing through Hongzhou (present-day Nanchang, Jiangxi), and happened to hear that the governor of Hongzhou was holding a banquet at the Tengwang Pavilion, so he went there.
When Wang Bo leisurely came to the door of the Tengwang Pavilion, he was stopped by several soldiers: "Lord Yan Boyu, the governor of Hongzhou, is here today to feast on guests, and after the banquet is dispersed, idle people can wait until they can go upstairs." "The concept of hierarchy has always existed, and in the past, officials and masters traveled with gongs and drums to open the way and quietly avoid. But Wang Bo obviously didn't think of himself as an idle person, so he patted his chest and said, "I know Lord Yan very well, and I came here at his invitation." The soldiers were suspicious in their hearts, and for the sake of safety, they rushed upstairs to report.
Wu Zizhang, the beloved son-in-law of Governor Yan Du, was quite literate, scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks in advance, and painstakingly wrote a gift for today's grand event, ready to read it on the spot, so as to earn some fame. Yan Daren, who was in a good mood and had a good mood, heard that there were many friends who came to the scene, although he couldn't remember who it was for a while, but why did he refuse? So he waved his hand heroically: "Let him come up." But he couldn't have dreamed of it, because with this casual wave of his hand, the son-in-law's painstaking article would never see the light of day again.
I saw a young man of literature and art with fresh eyes slowly ascending the stairs and making a graceful stroke. Lord Yan asked doubtfully, "Forgive the old man's clumsiness, who is this prince?" The visitor replied, "Wang Bo of the Late Birth Prefecture." Wang Bo was already famous at that time, and when he heard him report to his family, Yan Daren's heart was also full of joy and worry: the joy was that Wang Bo's fame was enough to add a lot of color to this banquet, and the worry was that the limelight of today's son-in-law was probably going to be covered by Wang Bo. But he did not have time to think about it, busy greeting this uninvited guest to sit down, and then continuing to busy himself with his own business, according to the pre-prepared drama, sincerely asked everyone: "Today is a prosperous event, which senior person is willing to write an article as a souvenir?" ”
The guests were all friends of Yan Daren, and their hearts were naturally like mirrors, and everyone was stuffy and nibbling on chicken legs, accumulating physical strength and brewing emotions, only to wait for the adult's son-in-law's article to be read, and they applauded together to tears. Unexpectedly, Wang Bo looked up and replied in a loud voice: "Since you are bothering the Governor of the Capital for a meal, you should sacrifice yourself as an ugly, and talk about it as retribution." "At this time, Yan Daren was really as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but the words had come to an end, and it was difficult to ride the tiger, so he had to quickly ask someone to arrange paper and pencil."
Wang Bo took the brush and immediately wrote the dragon and snake. Yan Dudu was depressed in his heart, and said coldly: "Wang Caizi, you write slowly, Ben Dudu is old and has little energy, go to the next door for a nap." After saying that, he got up and brushed his sleeves away. When he went to the next door, he lay down on a chair and instructed his staff to recite the article to him when Wang Bo finished writing.
After a while, the staff came to report, and Wang Bo wrote the first two sentences: "Yuzhang Old County, Hongdu New Province." Yan Dudu closed his eyes on the bed and smiled calmly after listening: "It's just a cliché." The second sentence was then reported: "The stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to henglu." Yan Du listened and was silent.
The staff continued to report, followed by: "Three rivers and five lakes, control the barbarians and lead Ouyue." Wuhua Tianbao, The Ruins of the Dragon Light Shooting Bull Fighting; RenJie Di Ling, Xu Wei under chen Fan's bed. Xiongzhou fog column, handsome star chi. Yan Dudu couldn't help but open his eyes slightly: "The use of the code is skillful and appropriate, and the prince's name is not worthy." The word 'Xingchi' is a very good name. ”
When the staff reported: "The sunset and the lone bird fly together, and the autumn water is long and colorful." At that moment, Yan Dudu listened, his eyes were full of light, and he slapped the arm of the chair: This person is really a genius! This article should be immortal! Immediately jumped up and rushed back to the banquet to read Wang Bo's article below.
At this time, Yan Boyu's heart was very clear that in the history of the Tang Dynasty, no, one of the most brilliant and dazzling articles in Chinese history was being born, and being able to personally spawn and witness the birth of this article would be the greatest glory of his life.
The "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion" was completed in one go, and Wang Bo then wrote the main body of the "Tengwangge Poem" that this preface will lead to:
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Tengwang Ge poems
Don Wang Bo
King Teng's high pavilion is linjiangzhu, and Pei Yumingluan is singing and dancing.
The painting is facing the South Pu cloud, and the bead curtain is rolling in the rain of the western mountains.
The shadow of the idle cloud pond is leisurely, and the things change stars to move several degrees in autumn.
Where is the Emperor of the Cabinet? The Yangtze River flows empty of its own streams outside the sills.
Wang Bo presented the preface and poem to Yan Dudu, and after expressing his gratitude for the hospitality, he resigned and went out. Yan Dudu was full of praise while looking at this masterpiece in front of him, and suddenly, he found that something was wrong, and in the last sentence, there was one word missing between the words "Jiang" and "Self". The literati and scholars who were watching were tongue-tied and expressed their opinions, and this one nodded and said, "It should be a 'water' word," and the one who shook his head and said, "Eighty percent is a 'unique' word." Yan Du thought about going and thinking about it, and felt that they were all a little bit of charm, so he ordered someone to immediately go out to chase Wang Bo and ask him to make up for the fallen words.
The messenger quickly rode up and sweated profusely to catch up with Wang Bo. Unexpectedly, Wang Caizi replied with great personality: "A word is worth a thousand gold, and I still hope that Yan Daren Haihan will be." "The Messenger had to return the favor. Yan Dudu meditated for a moment, thinking that since it was a good story, he would simply do enough, so he ordered people to prepare a silver thousand and two, and personally led the literati to Wang Bo's residence. Wang Bo pretended to be surprised at this time: "Lord He Lao asked, how dare he empty words in the late life?" Empty, empty also. Where is the Emperor of the Cabinet? The Yangtze River flows empty of its own streams outside the sills. Everyone listened, they all slapped their heads, and the word "empty" was indeed the most charming!
Originally, "Tengwangge Poems" was the main body, and in order to write this poem, it was necessary to write this preface, but the "Tengwangge Preface" was too radiant, so that many people ignored the poems. After the "Tengwangge Poems and Preface" was circulated, everyone copied it one after another, and for a while Luoyang paper was expensive, and even Emperor Gaozong of Tang could not help but cover up and sigh "True World Wizards".