Author | There are books that are not rainy and dashing
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The protagonist who appears today has a life script that makes countless people envious.
He was proud, frustrated, saw the prosperity of the world, and finally chose to return to the Buddhist life of his original heart.
Some people say: His life has no regrets, just like a cloud on the Zhongnan Mountain, floating through the Tang Dynasty and opening up brilliantly.
Let's walk into the legendary life of Shifo - Wang Wei together
I have to say that fate is partial to Wang Wei.
In 701 AD, Wang Wei was born with a golden spoon.
He was born in the Taiyuan Wang clan, one of the five most prestigious clans in the world that everyone envies, and his mother is from the Boling Cui clan, another great prestige clan.
Wang Wei's grandfather was the great Tang Dynasty musician Wang Yi , who served as a co-lawyer and was in charge of the imperial court.
Wang Wei inherited his grandfather's musical talent from an early age and mastered various musical instruments since childhood.
His father was Wang Chulian, a popular figure at that time, who was proficient in poetry and served as sima of Fenzhou, and Wang Wei's literary talent was not unrelated to his father's influence.
But the person who had the greatest influence on Wang Wei was his mother, Cui Shi.
Cui Shi is very good at Danqing, and believes in Buddhism, Wang Wei has been educated by her since she was a child, working in calligraphy and painting, knowing Buddhism, "living in vegetables and vegetables, not mushrooms and blood".
In this way, the young Wang Wei has developed morally, intellectually, physically and aesthetically, and has unconsciously become a young poet praised by the villagers.
In order to write good poems, Wang Wei always tried his best to find the most suitable verses, so he often "bitterly chanted".
Wang Wei's hometown of Puzhou, Shanxi, is rich in aged vinegar, and every family has a vinegar jar containing vinegar, and the Wang family is no exception.
Whenever the sun is shining, every household will dry vinegar, and the vinegar tank needs to move continuously to increase the intensity of light.
On this day, the next people were moving the vinegar tank, just when Wang Wei came out of the study, thinking of writing poetry out of god, he accidentally fell into the big vinegar tank.
Later, when someone talked about this matter, Wang Wei said with a smile:
"Poetry is not bitter, believe it? The ancients such as Meng Haoran, the eyebrows hanging down; Pei You sleeved his hands, sleeves to wear; Wang Wei walked into the vinegar urn, all bitter groaners also. ”
Time is like an arrow, time flies, fate seems to test Wang Wei, and before long, Wang Wei's father and grandfather died one after another.
Fortunately, Wang Wei's mother sold her property here and continued to educate and cultivate him strictly.
It was at this time that Wang Wei, who had no worries about food and clothing in his early years, began to gradually realize the difficulty of life, and he was determined to take the meritorious examination and shine on the lintel.
In 715 AD, the 15-year-old Wang Wei carried a piano and a pen on his back and entered Chang'an with his head held high, preparing to take the meritorious title.
Because he can write good poetry, work in calligraphy and painting, and have a musical talent.
Therefore, as soon as the young Wang Wei of the "Beijing Drift" arrived in the capital, he immediately became the darling of the princes and nobles of the capital.
The other two, known as the "Three Talents of Heaven and Earth", Li Bai, a "genius" of the same age as Wang Wei, have just begun to contact celebrities, and Du Fu, the "Earth Talent", is still a cute baby who has just turned three.
I have to say that Wang Wei's starting point is still very high.
Excellent people are excellent everywhere they go, and Wang Wei, who has just entered the capital, has not been immersed in the prosperity of the capital, and he always remembers the dream in his heart.
At this time, Wang Wei was full of spirit, bold and uninhibited, quite a ranger's mind, and casually said "Meet the spirit of the king, tie the horse high-rise building weeping willow edge", and became famous in Kyoto.
This is also the inner portrayal of every dreaming youth in the Tang Dynasty.
Unconsciously, Wang Wei had been in Chang'an for two years.
As a wanderer, he also misses his relatives and friends who are far away.
Coinciding with the Chongyang Festival, Wang Wei thought twice about his relatives and friends, so he ascended to the heights alone and wrote the "September 9th Remembering the Shandong Brothers" that has been circulated through the ages.
The year 721 AD was a turning point in Wang Wei's life, because this year Wang Wei was the first name of the imperial examination at that time.
There is a proverb in the Quan Tang Poems: "Thirty old Ming Classics, fifty young soldiers."
This sentence is to say that the fifty-year-old can be regarded as a young and promising Junjie, which shows how amazing Wang Wei is at the age of 21.
There is also such a small episode about Wang Weikao Zhongzhuangyuan.
At that time, the Imperial Examination of the Tang Dynasty had a rule called "Scrolling", that is, not only to look at your strength, but also to look at your relationship.
Just when Wang Wei was full of ambition and intended to take the laurels, Princess Yuzhen had already given the title of crown to Zhang Jiugao, the younger brother of zhang Jiuling.
After learning the news, Wang Wei was at a loss, but fortunately, with the help of his friend Li Fan, the King of Qi, he was able to meet Princess Yuzhen and have the opportunity to play a song for her.
On that day, Wang Wei dressed in splendid costumes played a pipa song in the Princess Mansion - "Yulun Robe".
This song should only be heard in heaven, and how many times on earth will it be heard!
As soon as the song stopped, it attracted a lot of emotion, and even Princess Yuzhen fell in love with this sunny and handsome young man at first sight.
At this time, Wang Wei took the opportunity to present his own poems, and the princess was surprised when she saw it:
"These are all my usual reciters, who originally thought that the ancient sages were masterpieces, but they were the children's care?"
When the princess learned that Wang Wei was also a mover who had come to Beijing to take the exam, she immediately said:
"Who would such a talented person not be at the top of the list?"
Having already received the support of Princess Yuzhen, Wang Wei came to the fore.
Because his musical attainment was too high, Wang Wei's first official position was Tai Le Cheng, who was mainly responsible for the rehearsal of royal songs and dances.
For Wang Wei, this work can be said to be the most suitable, but in the same year, Wang Wei was demoted.
The crime was that when he was rehearsing "Five Square Lion Dance", he privately watched the people dancing the yellow lion.
"Yellow" and "Emperor" are consonant, meaning supreme, and yellow lions can only dance if the emperor is present.
But Wang Wei was originally the person in charge of arranging and directing the dance, and the work within his share would also be used by people with hearts, which was inevitably a bit unjust.
In this way, Wang Wei, who had just entered the official field and did not understand the sinister people's hearts, was relegated to the Jeju Sicang army.
From Beijing official to local official, the roller coaster change was like a dream for Wang Wei.
Yesterday was still a hot guest of honor, but now it is a fallen person who has no one to care about.
Ten years of hard reading to get to where it is today, and the loss is only in an instant.
"The micro-official is easy to offend, who goes to Jeju Yin." Even if there is a return day, a sentimental year of sideburns", Wang Wei is worried about the future of speculation: Will there be a day when my road ahead will be dark and bright?
After joining the army from Jeju and leaving office, Wang Weixianshi's chancellor Zhang Jiuling asked for an introduction.
Eventually, with the help of Zhang Jiuling, he returned to Chang'an again as a right picker.
During his time in Chang'an, Wang Wei also became a "year-old friend" with Meng Haoran, who was 12 years older than himself.
At that time, Meng Haoran was not in the middle of the examination, his heart was depressed, and due to fate, the two met in Chang'an, and they saw each other as before.
Wang Wei painted a portrait of Meng Haoran, and Meng Haoran wrote a poem for Wang Wei, and the two became friends of the year, and people called them "Wang Meng".
Later, Wang Wei was promoted to inspector of imperial history, and was ordered to go out to Sai to give condolences and visit the military situation.
In front of Wang Wei's eyes, a long river appeared, the round sunset was so desolate in the desert of Pingsha, and a lone smoke in the distance was like a sharp sword pointing directly at the sky, which was shocking.
Wang Wei couldn't help but "paint" such a scene into the poem: "The desert is lonely and straight, and the long river is full of sunsets." ”
Su Shi once sighed:
"There are paintings in the poems of the Taste of the Maha, and there are poems in the paintings of the Paintings of the Contemplation."
Outside, Wang Wei not only saw a magnificent scene that he had never seen in his life, but also met his old friend Yuan Er.
He knew that he had to be separated because of the emperor's order, and Wang Wei, who was sending farewell, reluctantly wrote down the good sentence of farewell for thousands of years:
Persuade the jun to drink a glass of wine, and go out of the west to yang guan without a reason.
Wang Wei's life also became much broader after seeing the vastness of the border plug, and when he returned to Chang'an, he moved his family to Lantian Andichuan to build another business.
Since then, he has been creating in Liaochuan, living in Liaochuan, and was buried in Liaochuan after his death.
In Yuanchuan, he began a "Buddhist life", meditating and meditating, sometimes wandering aimlessly between the Zhongnan Mountains - "walking to the end of the water, sitting and watching the clouds rise".
Occasionally, I would meet an old man who was collecting firewood in the mountains and forests, so I would chat casually, but the conversation turned out to be speculative, and I even forgot to go home.
Just when Wang Wei thought that his life had ended in peace, the whole society underwent great turmoil.
In 755 AD, the "Anshi Rebellion" broke out.
The An Lushan rebels invaded Chang'an, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled to Sichuan, and Wang Wei was unfortunately taken prisoner by the rebels.
After being captured, Wang Wei once took medicine and pretended to be stupid in order to escape trouble, but because of his great poetic name, An Lushan sent people to welcome him to Luoyang, detain him at bodhi temple, and force him to give him a false post.
Later, when the Tang army recaptured Chang'an, Wang Wei, as a thief official, was taken to Chang'an and executed according to the law.
However, Wang Wei survived because of a poem.
At that time, he was imprisoned in the Bodhi Temple, and his friend Pei Di came to visit, and Pei Di said this:
The rebels held a banquet on the Ningbi Pond and called the captive court musicians to play music to help them, but the musicians missed their homeland, and their hearts were sad and full of tears.
A musician named Lei Haiqing actually threw the instrument on the ground and cried in the direction of Tang Xuanzong's entry into Shu, and later the rebels were furious and killed Lei Haiqing on the spot.
Hearing this, Wang Wei sighed and wrote a poem on the spot:
Ten thousand households are sad and have wild smoke, and when the hundred officers will rise to the sky again.
In the autumn locust leaves falling into the empty palace, the head of the condensed bi pond plays the orchestra.
By implication, the common people who are deeply involved in the rebellion are very pitiful, and they are just as eager as I am to see the Son of Heaven again.
Miraculously, this poem reached Tang Suzong's ears as early as when Wang Wei was still deeply trapped in the rebel camp, and Tang Suzong was deeply satisfied with Wang Wei's actions of being trapped in the enemy camp and still not forgetting the Son of Heaven.
Therefore, during the liquidation, Wang Wei not only escaped the disaster, but also became the crown prince Zhongyun.
Moreover, in the last few years of Wang Wei's life, he was officially prosperous, and soon he was the right hand of Shangshu of Zheng sipin.
However, this was no longer important to Wang Wei.
In 761, Wang Wei died.
He had no regrets in his life, and before his death, he calmly wrote a letter to say goodbye to his friends, and finally "stopped writing".
Romain Rolland said:
"There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is when you see through the essence of life, you still love life."
Wang Wei was proud and frustrated, he saw the prosperity of the world, and then chose the Buddhist life of "luxury and truth".
In fact, if there is any real "Buddha-lineage", it is just a great enlightenment after experiencing vicissitudes.
The world is so ruthless towards Wang Wei, and resentment is not seen in his poems.
He was in the floating world, but his heart was full of joy.
Leaning on the cane outside the firewood door, the wind listens to the twilight cicadas.
Wang Wei was like a cloud on the Zhongnan Mountain, floating through the Tang Dynasty and opening up a brilliant bloom.
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Column Director | Cheng zi
Typography | Zheng to the north
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Reference content | 1. "The Collected Works of Wang Youcheng", 2. "Supplement to the History of the Kingdom of Tang", "Ji Yi Ji", "Poetry of Er'an", 3. "Old Book of Tang , Volume 190 , Liechuan No. 140 "New Book of Tang , Volume 22 of Liechuan " , 4. " Biography of Tang Caizi • Volume II " Yunxian Miscellaneous Records • Bitter Yin "