Ten years of cold window reading ten thousand volumes, it is better to enjoy the flowers and fishing feast

Song Taizong picture taken from the Internet

Li Zongjian was born in The Li clan of the Raoyang (Hengshui, Hebei) reading family in Shenzhou, "a seven-door scholar, ancestors and grandchildren to explore flowers".

He was "seven years old and could belong to the literary family, shamed to be the official of his father, alone from the township, the first jinshi, and the school secretary." Next year, he will volunteer to introduce himself, and move secretary Lang, Jixian School Manager, and Fellow Practitioners. First, houyuan accompanied the banquet, the school magistrate did not cooperate, and the Beijing official was not allowed to enter the forbidden door on horseback. In the end, it was all because of the request of the patriarch to reply, so it became a story. ”

What is this "houyuan accompanying the banquet, the school administrator does not cooperate, and the Beijing official is not allowed to enter the forbidden door on horseback"?

In order to win over the ministers, Zhao Guangyi of song "summoned the chancellor, counselors and governors, privy councillors, three envoys, Hanlin, privy counsellors, shangshu province four pins, two provinces five pins above, three pavilion bachelors, feast in the back garden, enjoy flowers and fishing, Zhang Le gave drinks, ordered the group of ministers to give poetry to learn shooting, self-righteousness, every age is the same"

Although flower viewing and fishing feasts are often held, they must be attended by qualified senior officials. Officials of the Three Pavilions (Shōbunkan, Jixian-in, And Shikan) are only qualified to give poems and fish at the flower-viewing and fishing banquets, and officials below the school are eligible to give poems and fish to eat and drink at flower viewing and fishing banquets; and officials below the school manager, when they encounter such occasions, only give poems and do not participate in the banquet, and hand over the poems they have made in advance must leave, and the emperor does not care about the meal.

Although Li Zongchen was intelligent and backbone, did not stick to the guang'er of the prime minister's father, and won the jinshi examination by virtue of his true talent, he became a small official who was a school of merit after several promotions, and he was not even qualified to participate in the annual routine flower viewing and fishing banquet, and he was very dissatisfied, so he left a poem:

Wearing palace flowers and giving poetry, it is not allowed to see the ochre yellow clothes again.

Wu Yu went out of the Golden Gate alone, just like when he was in the first place.

Who knew that this poem was sent to Song Taizong, and the emperor not only did not get angry, but also sent someone to immediately find Li Zongchen back, "Special edict pre-feast, change the official on the same day."

Li Zongchen is not empty-handedly complaining, he has real talent and practical learning. He was familiar with the canonical system, tried to formulate etiquette for the imperial court, and after surviving until Emperor Zhenzong ascended the throne, he worshiped the residents and participated in the compilation of the "Records of Taizu Shilu", and became a Hanlin scholar and a right counselor. The strangest thing is: his sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons are all tandem flowers!

The flower viewing and fishing banquet directly serves the emperor, as long as the idea makes the emperor happy, the promotion is much faster than the imperial examination. Many great scholars of the Song Dynasty, such as Yang Yi, Yao Xuan, Wang Yuwei, etc., were promoted and reused, all of which won the favor of the emperor during the flower viewing and fishing feast.

"Yang Wengong was originally Guanglu Cheng , and Emperor Taizong loved him a lot. One day, the Houyuan Flower Appreciation Feast, the public can not predict, with the poetry of the Pavilion of the Pavilion:

Smell the palace flowers full of red sideburns, on the lin silk pipe to serve heavy pupils.

Penglai was within reach for no reason, and the original faith was very different.

The princes did not dare to hide, and presented them with poetry. The superior has a division so it is not called, left and right to not be posted, the case can not be predicted. Immediately ordered to go straight to the Xianyuan, no thanks, order to pre-dinner. Proud of the times. ”

(See "The Talk of the Swallow of Shuishui. Volume VII. Song Song"

Ten years of cold window, reading ten thousand volumes, getting it well, but the examination is a soldier, as an eight-pin petty official. However, accompanying the emperor to catch fish and give a few poems, you can rise several levels in a row and ascend to the heavens one step at a time, which is really a wanli. Officials saw the doorway and flocked to it. They all hope to be appreciated and reused in the poems of fishing and drinking with the emperor.

It is also an honor to participate in a flower viewing fishing feast. Officials who had accompanied the emperor to fish and written poems were all proud of it and preached it everywhere. Kou Zhun, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang, etc., all lamented in their letters and poems that such an experience was full of pride and overflowing with words. Record a few poems of "should be made to enjoy the flowers and fish", "should be made" is to respond to the emperor's proposition, these poems are notified, for the regular flower viewing and fishing banquets in advance prepared in advance, take the scene, to please the emperor.

The dragon is forbidden to contain good qi, and Luan Yu has built a chapter. The blue waves are slightly rippling, and the red calyx is fragrant.

The jade is full of spring mash, and the golden branches are long and leaky. When time and space are stealing, Wan Yu is rejoicing.

---- Kou Zhun

Wanhui Jia Heng Day, Imperial Heart Yu Feast. Hualin New Maundy Rain, Lingnuma is HanChun.

The emperor is full of fairy flowers, and the sky hook throws brocade scales. Yang Yang sang wisely, and praised the gentry.

---- Fan Zhongyun

Rili hibiscus que, chunnong too liquid waves. Yuanmen Mingyu set, Yuanlu Cuihua this.

Fang shu zhou ami, Jia yu in Nagisa. Floating into the bottle, the first out of the lotus.

Ren Le Xi Xi De, Chen Geng Dan Dan Song. All lives are encouraged and drunk.

--Sima Guang

Emperors mostly like to pat themselves on the back, and patting on the back of a horse has its benefits.

Before them, Ding Zhi (966-1037), who was known as the "Five Ghosts" of the Northern Song Dynasty along with Wang Qinruo and others, was favored for many years because he was good at meeting and greeting. How good is Ding Zhi? And look at his performance at the flower viewing fishing feast:

A certain time to enjoy the flower fishing, Zhenzong Zhao Heng fished in front of the concubine for half a day, not a single fish was caught, and the brow was locked quite unhappy. The ministers who accompanied the attendants were also at a loss. Seeing the situation, Ding Yu immediately smiled and went forward to present the poem:

"The warbler frightens the phoenix and wears the flowers, and the fish are afraid of the dragon's face and fish late."

Coaxing the emperor's concubines to feel comfortable in their hearts, Emperor Zhenzong praised it again and again, and he was very happy, while the ministers each sighed to themselves.

This incident is also recorded in the GuitianLu:

"Emperor Zhenzong enjoyed flowers and fished for many years, and the group of courtiers should be controlled." One year old in the pond, long time royal fishing can not be found. Shi Ding said that the poem should be made:

"The warbler frightens the phoenix and wears flowers to go fishing late on the face of the dragon" The courtiers all thought it was too late.