Author: Dai Ke, Source: Tang Poetry song poetry ancient poems (ID: tsgsc8)
After graduating from junior high school, the girl who had a crush for a long time suddenly had something to send me. I asked in surprise, and she said she wanted to write it down. Therefore, I wrote a paragraph generously with a pen on the back page of my notebook: Do not be happy with things, do not grieve with yourself, and know how to give up, you will have. A seed, there is always a suitable land for it. If it is gold, there will be a time when it will shine.
Honestly, I didn't feel very much at the time. I just think it's a blessing from liking girls. As for how to go in the future, I have fantasized, but I have always been led by fate. By the time I thought about this past again, the girl had already married away and become a human wife.
I don't deny that I had confidence in fantasy, but after the passage of time, the old thing is brought up again, and the protagonist of this story is no longer me, but a famous character. He was the famous Border Poet of the Sheng Tang Dynasty, Gao Shi.
01
Gao Shi was said to have been born in the fourth year of Wu Zetian's Chang'an (704), three years younger than Li Bai, eight years older than Du Fu, and at least twelve years older than Cen Shan. Compared with Li Du in his youth, Gao Shi's life can be said to be the poorest. Cen Shan fourteen lost his father, the family has many children, but there is a big brother who is an official to help, and the family can barely survive by relying on the ancestral property. Gao Shi was already too poor to eat.
It should be known that Gao Shi's grandfather was once a great general, and the Leader of the Turks was captured in the army. After death, he was buried in Qianling, with unlimited scenery. His uncle and father, on the other hand, could only serve as petty officials of eight or nine pins. In the Gaoshi generation, because of the lack of industry, the family property in the hands of the grandfather gradually declined, and eventually fell to this point.
At the age of twenty, this age full of fighting spirit for life, Gao Shi left Songzhou and went to Chang'an to make a living. It was also at this time that he began to pay attention to poetry. It can be said that in the previous life, it has always been a career economy and diligent martial arts, and now I have a strong interest in writing poetry. He wrote in "Bever's Joining the Army":
Twenty sword solutions, westward journey to Chang'an City.
Look up at the Gate of the King, and take the Secretary of State.
The national wind rushed to the third and fifth, and the imperial court was happy.
Bai Bi gave words to his close subjects, and the cloth was not allowed to dry the Lord.
Returning to Luoyang, guo, east of Liang Song Fei Wu Tu.
The rabbit garden is not old for farmers, and the fishing in the goose pond is long suffering.
When the world meets me and all men, only the king is the closest to me.
And happy to see the situation for a hundred years, I have not tasted a day to resign from poverty.
Playing chess to build the day and night, indulging in wine and singing willow spring.
The entertainment was not dispersed, and it made me feel frightened.
The husband does not part with his children, and Linqi weeps and weeps and wipes his clothes.
At the age of twenty, he began to untie the sword and quit his relatives to travel far, just like the later Cen Shan. Cen Shan said that he had "twenty dedications to the book", and went in and out of Erjing, and no one cared about it. Gao Shi, too, has not received attention.
"Bai Bi gives words to his close subjects, and his cloth must not dry the Lord." If you want to meet the emperor, that is not something that ordinary people can do. Gao Shi was at this time a cloth coat. There was no way but to come back and continue farming. He used jiang Taigong's life as a metaphor, saying that although he was in a depressed mood, he would definitely meet King Wen one day. Finally, it is to celebrate the friendship with friends. This view of the friendship between the poor and the lowly is very consistent with Du Fu's concept.
02
When the first expedition failed, Gao Shi realized that today's society cannot do things without background and money. So he simply returned to Songzhou to cultivate Longmu, and this stay lasted for nearly ten years. Perhaps he married a wife during this period. The wife, if nothing else, at least in the face of current affairs, can see more clearly than he does. Gao Shi later received the post of lieutenant of Fengqiu County, and was very upset that he had been greeting the governor and flogging Li Shu all day, so he went back to ask his wife for advice, and as a result, the family laughed at him for not being able to see the world clearly.
Gao Shi's reading is widely involved. In addition to the Confucian classics, it is also good to cross the art and economic strategy. This has led to his ability to think from a higher perspective. Later, at a major political juncture, his choice was much wiser than that of Li Bai Dufu. During the period of cultivation, there is a famous sending poem - "Bitter Rain Sending Room Four Kun Season":
Sitting alone to see the rain, the situation is also soju.
Vast October, poor and gloomy.
Hope is unprovoked, and the north wind hits Lin Zhen.
The day is hard to see, and the yellow clouds are fighting for comfort.
Ande created the work, and swept away.
Dripping eaves are sad, and there is little talk and laughter.
Mud covers the city, and the water is scrawled with hills and ruins.
Feeling pity for the farmers, Pei returned to the wound.
It used to be a force well tax, and it was a no bucket reserve.
Everything is in the heart, ten years of thinking about the book.
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I would rather visit the poor alleys and meet the vegetables of the garden.
Farmers rely on the sky to eat. It was hard work to turn the soil and sow seeds, but the heavy rain for several days ruthlessly destroyed the crops. At home, there is no longer a bucket of rice to store grain. Thinking that he had been having a strategy in his mind for the past ten years, but no one cared about it, Gao Shi could no longer bear it. Since the peasants could not do it, they could only embark on the journey again.
In the autumn of the nineteenth year of the new century (731), Gao Shi set out from SongZhou and traveled north to the land of Yan Zhao. The approximate location is in the area of today's Shanxi, Hebei. Gao Shi came with the aura of his grandfather, just to join the staff of the border marshal and show his ambitions from then on. He wrote a poem as a stepping stone:
East out of Luronce, Haoran Kesi lonely.
The pavilions are full of miles, and the Han soldiers are still prepared.
The side dust rises to the north, and the horse rides south.
Turn the bucket is a long strategy, and pro non-distant map.
General Li of the past, according to the festival out of the imperial capital.
The general sweeps the desert and wins a single battle.
Always be grateful and willing to do the same.
Leaning on the sword to want who speaks, the Guan River is empty and depressed.
"Plugged In"
Gao Shi's poem seems to express his desire to serve the dogs and horses, but it also sets off the incompetence of the border general. Because he misses General Li, Li Guang's courage and spirit can be compared with these wine bags and rice bags now? Therefore, Gao Shi was destined to only rely on the sword and sigh to himself.
In addition, he also wrote the "Five Songs of the Thistle Gate", showing the resentment in the hearts of soldiers and the fierceness of the war. Quite famous, or his "Yingzhou Song":
Yingzhou teenagers are tired of the wilderness, and foxes are hunting under the city.
The wine is not drunk, and Hu'er can ride a horse at the age of ten.
This poem, like many of Cen Shan's works, how could it have been written if he had not personally visited the border plug? Cen San, who had been staying on the side for a long time, learned to draw a bow and shoot arrows, and gao shi had learned a good martial art since childhood. Unfortunately, it has not come in handy.
Gao Shi was scrappy on this trip, but he touched a nose of ash again. According to historical records, Gao Shibei wanted to join Zhang Shoujue's shogunate. However, since Zhang Shoujue had already favored a general like An Lushan, how could he pay more attention to Gao Shi? Therefore, he could only sigh again: "Whoever pities him, the sword alone returns!" ”
After returning from Yan Zhao, Gao Shi lived in seclusion on Qi and composed "Farewell to Qi":
Under the mountain of Yixi, don't be on the edge of the mulberry forest.
The ducks in the court like to be rainy, and the neighboring chickens know the twilight sky.
Wild people grow autumn vegetables, and the ancient open field.
And far from the world, I talk about nature today.
The worst time of Gao Shi's life was probably the days of seclusion in the countryside. He is not a poet who specializes in observing the countryside, and the first two sentences have the taste of Tao Yuanming's "ambiguous distant village, relying on the smoke in the ruins". However, "and far from the world, I am talking about nature" in the end, and finally lost to "long in the cage, back to nature." ”
Throughout Gao Shi's life, he probably did not think of living a "peaceful and stable" life. He's always looking for opportunities, for a chance to soar!
Among the works written to friends, the more famous ones are "Crying Single Father Liang Jiu Shaofu" and "Don Dong Da Second Song".
As soon as the weeping Liang Shaofu mourning poem opened, it was: "Open the tears and dip your eyes, see the Book of the Day before the King." The night platform is lonely today, just like Zi Yunju..." And Wang Zhizhuo and others participated in the painting wall of the flag pavilion, and eventually became a good story for thousands of years. And "Don't Dong Da Two Songs" has become a classic that cannot be recited by future generations on the occasion of farewell. "Don't worry about the road ahead and don't know yourself, who in the world doesn't know the king"! This seems to be a relief to Dong Tinglan, but it is actually self-encouragement.
The author left Chang'an at the age of twenty and has been in existence for more than ten years. How many decades does life have? It's false to say no rush. However, although he was unsuccessful, his poetic achievements became more and more enormous with time. As soon as the "Yan Song and Sequence" came out, who in the world did not know the King?
03
In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), on the recommendation of Zhang Jiugao, the younger brother of Zhang Jiuling, Gao Shi went to Chang'an to have a Daoke, Zhongdi. Subsequently, he was awarded the post of Lieutenant of Fengqiu County. At this time he was a forty-six-year-old man. At this age of age, what can we do in the next ten years?
Gao Shi's mood was not like that of Mengjiao later - "see all the Chang'an flowers in one day". On the contrary, he was somewhat dismissive and helpless. This feeling, Cen Shan can fully understand.
When Gao Shi came to Fengqiu, he had a classic dialogue with his wife. He asked his wife, "How is this the case in today's society?" The wife laughed and said, "Only you don't know that's it." "Since you can't get used to it, it's better to abandon the seal and go away." Gao Shi is born to be a person all the time. Whether it's being a person or writing poetry, it's always been.
After returning to Chang'an, he spent some time with Cen Shan, Du Fu and others. For twelve years, Tianbao went to Serve as a staff member under Geshuhan. Goshuhan was very appreciative of Gao Shi. Gao Shi said in the poem "Denglong":
Longtou is a long-distance traveler, and longshang is divided into flowing water.
The flow of water is endless, and the pedestrians have not yet clouded.
Shallow talent through one life, lone sword suitable for thousands of miles.
Don't you miss your hometown? Never perceive yourself.
A soldier dies for a confidant. Since someone understands me, I will follow him. I thought this was the end of my life. Who would have thought that a big change would completely change his life. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out. Gao Shi remained in the barracks until Tongguan fell and Geshuhan was captured. He then went to Chengdu to report the reasons for the defeat to Emperor Xuanzong and ask the emperor to come up with money to recruit troops. Tang Xuanzong lamented that "suffering sees loyal subjects" and promotes Gao Shi to the position of Counselor. Since then, he has had the right to speak.
After having the right to speak, Gao Shi often expressed some different views. Gradually, the talents of the twenties were on display. In November, the Yong King Li Xuan rebelled, and Emperor Suzong consulted Gao Shi on countermeasures. He was then appointed as the envoy of Huainan Jiedu and the governor of Yangzhou, And went on a crusade with Wei Zhi and Lai Yao. Gao Shi wrote to Li Xuan's generals, instigating them to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and each of them to seek freedom. As a result, before the official attack could be launched, Li Xuan's army collapsed and scattered. Li Xuan was also killed on the way to escape.
In the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty (758), Li Fuguo spread rumors and slander, and Gao Shi was demoted to the position of prince and remained in Luoyang. The following year, he was appointed as the Assassin of Pengzhou. In the first year of Emperor Daizong's reign (763), Gao Shi was appointed as an envoy to Jiannan Jiedushi. The following year, the imperial court also sent Yan Wu to replace Gao Shi, and transferred Gao Shi back to Beijing to serve as a squire of the Punishment Department and a regular attendant of the Scattered Horse. Yan Wu later received Du Fu's aid in Shuzhong, breaking tubo several times and making great achievements. The court's move shows that Gao Shi's ability and seniority have reached the level of old ministers. But this was not the end of it, and then he was named the Marquis of Bohai County, becoming the only poet of the Tang Dynasty to be crowned a marquis. The following year, Gao Died of Illness at the age of sixty-two.
Duyun "makes heroes in the times", but not everyone can seize the opportunity. Even Li Bai, who "has long winds and waves, sometimes hangs directly on the clouds and sails to the sea", will also be desolate in the evening because of his poor "eyesight".
Gao Shi is not only a very tenacious helmsman, but also a pair of wise eyes, he can go to the fork to hide the truth, choose a correct path, so as to realize the ideal ambition of life. Therefore, the silence of teenagers is not terrible, and it is admired as late as the great instrument. If it's gold, there will be a time when it will shine!
-Author-
Kong Yao. Pen name Daiko. Love life, love literature, love poetry. A pure and simple literary and artistic youth; a red fan who is difficult to extricate himself; an ethereal ancient poetry writer!