As a famous poet and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, what kind of existence is He Zhizhang? Perhaps, we can get some insight into the truth from the number he gave himself, the Four Ming Fanatics.
Like most literati, He Zhizhang loved to drink, was open-minded, and had the reputation of "talking about the flow of the wind", and reached its peak in his later years.
Most literati's lives were relatively bumpy, especially in their careers, but He Zhizhang was obviously an exception, his life was very successful, and he was known for his poetry in his youth, and he won the title in the first year of the Shengsheng Dynasty. Subsequently, He Zhizhang was awarded the Title of Guozi Simen Doctor, then promoted to Dr. Taichang, and during the Kaiyuan period, he became Taichang Shaoqing again; then served as a ceremonial attendant, a scholar of Jixian Academy, a prince's right son, a waiter, a waiter, a prince guest, a yinqing Guanglu doctor and a secretary supervisor. Therefore, He Zhizhang also has a number, which is "Secretary Foreign Supervisor". At the age of eighty-six, He Zhizhang died of his life and was posthumously awarded the title of Rebbe Shangshu.
Such a smooth life did not drown He Zhizhang's talent, he occupied a very important position in the literary history of the Tang Dynasty, and wrote many popular works, among which the "Book of Returning to the Hometown" was known to women and children, and everyone could recite it. "The voice of the countryside has not changed and the sideburns have declined", which tells the situation faced by countless wanderers when they returned to their hometowns in their twilight years.
So, where is He Zhizhang, who calls himself "Siming Crazy"? Perhaps, we can seek answers from the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu.
To the sake of the second head of the hehe supervisor Li Bai
Siming has crazy guests, and the wind and flow are he Jizhen. When Chang'an saw each other, he called me an immortal. Once a good cup of contents, turn into pine dust. The golden turtle changed the wine, but remembered the tears.
In this poem by Li Bai, a famous allusion about He Zhizhang is told--the golden turtle for wine.
At that time, Li Bai had just come to the capital from Shudi and met He Zhizhang as he had been. When He Zhizhang read Li Bai's "Shu Dao Difficulty", he was not only greatly moved, but also directly gave Li Bai the title of "Who Immortal". Since then, "who immortals" has become synonymous with Li Bai. However, the two people drank in the hotel, and even forgot to bring wine money, so He Zhizhang took off the "golden turtle" he was wearing to offset the wine money.
The golden turtle is not an ordinary ornament, in the Tang Dynasty, only officials with more than three pins could wear a status symbol. Such a precious item could not withstand He Zhizhang's affection for Li Bai, and it was not comparable to the two of them drinking freely.
People who are not very crazy personalities can never do such a thing. He Zhizhang's "madness" has also been passed down through the ages through this poem by Li Bai.
Of course, li bai's poem alone is not enough to explain He Zhizhang's "madness". Du Fu, another great poet of the Tang Dynasty, also wrote He Zhizhang's "madness" in his "Eight Immortals in Drinking Song", "Zhizhang rode like a boat, and his eyes fell into the well and slept under the water".
Because of his indulgent nature, he Zhizhang, after being drunk, rode on a horse and swayed, as if he were on a bumpy boat, and if he accidentally fell into the well, he simply slept in the well.
Of course, in this poem, Du Fu used exaggerated handwriting, but this just right exaggeration portrayed He Zhizhang's "madness" after drinking into three points, vivid and profound.
He Zhizhang, who is so wild and uninhibited, is no wonder that he is called "poetry maniac".