During the Tang Dynasty, there were many legendary poets, and everyone was familiar with the poet Li Bai, who had fought with a sword to go to the end of the world, and the poet Du Fu, who was poor and sick but still did not forget to think of repaying the country, and the poet I want to talk about today is a legendary figure who has turned from a tyrannical bully who has deceived his wife and daughter, and has gorgeously turned into a legendary figure of the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, and he is Wei Yingwu.
Wei Yingwu, born in 737 in Jingzhao Duling (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), his family lineage can be described as extremely prominent, his great-grandfather Wei Beibao was the prime minister of the Wu Zetian Dynasty, and his grandfather and father were famous officials of the dynasty.
When Wei Yingwu was young, he was also a well-known local cunning man, and even a domineering scoundrel, who was idle during the day, eating, drinking and playing around with a group of fox friends, and sneaking into the homes of nearby people at night to deceive their wives and daughters. Not only that, but he also harbored murderers in his house.
Regarding what he did when he was young, he himself wrote in a poem "Feng Yang Kai Fu" written by himself: "Emperor Wu of Shaoshi, a rogue and a selfish person. In the middle of the body, the family hides the outlaws. Asagiri Pu Bureau, Twilight steals the Eastern Neighbor Ji. Si Li did not dare to catch it, and stood on the white jade mound..."
If this person were to be convicted of terrorists in modern times, but no one could do anything with him, who didn't know about "Seongnam Webster" at that time? Not only did he control the world in the court, but he was also a red man in front of the emperor, and Wei Yingwu was selected to serve as Tang Xuanzong's close bodyguard at the age of 15. Who can afford it?
But Wei Yingwu's good days soon came to an end, because even Tang Xuanzong's good days came to an end. The outbreak of the An Shi Rebellion caused an uproar inside and outside the dynasty, and soon An Lushan's army swept through Guanzhong and approached Chang'an City. Tang Xuanzong fled, and eventually exchanged the life of the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Wei Yingwu also suffered a life of many hardships during this time, writing in his "Feng Yang Kai Fu": "Emperor Wu ascended to immortality, and was emaciated and deceived. Wei Yingwu woke up like a dream, he wanted to be strong, he wanted datang to never have the anshi chaos again, and the only way to make himself strong was to read.
Wei Yingwu played very crazy, but once he got serious, he was very desperate, and he tirelessly invaded the sea of books day and night, and from then on, it was like a changed person. After the Anshi Rebellion ended, Wei Yingwu came to Luoyang and appointed Luoyang Cheng. Although the official position is not large, it can be well exercised at the grass-roots level.
In the following ten years, Wei Yingwu worked as a small official, until 779 AD, after the death of his wife Yuan Ping, Wei Yingwu was sad, resigned his official position and lived idly in Chang'an, writing a lot of good poems, including this famous poem "Chuzhou Xijian", which has been passed down through the ages.
"There is a lone pity for the grass and the deep trees on it. The spring tide brings rain to the evening, and the wild ferry has no one to cross itself. - "Chuzhou Xijian" Wei Yingwu
I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar with this poem, this poem has become a poem that must be taught in middle school textbooks, it is difficult to imagine that this poem that has reached the "realm of no self" in the mouth of Wang Guowei was actually written by a tyrannical hell. Now, of course, he has transformed into a politician and a great poet. The phrase "the prodigal son does not change his head" was really best used on Wei Yingwu's body