Cross-talk "Crooked Criticism of Tang Poems"

[This is a cross-talk segment I wrote in October 2019.] 】

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Crooked criticism of Tang poems

Li Xiaofeng

A: Our Chinese civilization is a civilization with a long history and the only civilization in the history of the world that has not been interrupted. This is also the foundation of cultural self-confidence in our "four self-confidences".

B: So, we must have cultural self-confidence.

A: Speaking of culture, I would like to test you what representative literary styles were in various periods of ancient China.

B: This is easy, pre-Qin prose, Han Fu, Tang poetry, Song poetry, Ming and Qing novels.

A: Right. Among them, in my opinion, Tang Poetry has the highest achievements.

B: Why?

A: As the saying goes, if you read three hundred Tang poems well, you can't compose poems and you can also chant.

B: There is such a statement.

A: Have you heard of that? Familiar with three hundred novels, can not write novels, but also chanted.

B: Yes, Sir Storyteller.

A: I read you only talk about books! Just the four famous books, which is not hundreds of times, so thick, millions of words, you read three hundred to try?

B: You better let me change the way I die.

A: Therefore, the pre-Qin prose, Han Fu, Tang poetry, Song poetry, Yuanqu, Ming and Qing novels, the highest achievement is still Tang poetry.

B: If you're right, you're ugly, and I don't argue with you.

A: Don't be convinced, Tang Shi, I know a lot more than you. There are many unsolved cases, and the average person knows it.

B: Then tell us about it.

A: Well, first of all, let's talk about the Tang poems related to yangzhou. For example, fireworks descend on Yangzhou in March.

B: Tang poem "Send Meng Haoran to guangling", author, Li Bai, the late Man Xi ci Yellow Crane Tower, fireworks in Yangzhou in March.

A: In these two poems, there is a mystery of eternity hidden.

B: Are there any homicides in this? Who died?

A: You're dead!

B: You swear!

A: Don't think of murder when you mention the mystery case, are you a third-rate screenwriter of a TV series?

B: So you say, what mystery?

A: I ask you, what is written in this poem?

B: Li Bai sent Meng Haoran to Yangzhou at the Yellow Crane Tower.

A: Yellow Crane Tower, why is it called Yellow Crane Tower?

B: This, this, as if to say because of a yellow crane.

A: Oh, no culture, it's terrible, nonsense.

B: I'm not talking nonsense, there is history to prove it.

A: What poem?

B: Cui Hao's Yellow Crane Tower poem, the deceased has taken the Yellow Crane to go, this place is empty of the Yellow Crane Tower, the Yellow Crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for a thousand years.

A: Mm-hmm, I see that you are still a bit of a literary accomplishment, I will give you an answer, about the yellow crane tower mystery case, ordinary people do not tell him.

B: You say.

A: The deceased has gone by yellow crane, who is this deceased person?

B: The old man is an old friend. Cui Hao's poem, that is Cui Hao's old friend.

A: Everyone knows what you are talking about, and what I want to talk about is that I generally don't know.

B: Then you say, who is the old man?

A: This old man is a woman.

B: How do you know?

A: Also, the woman has an older sister.

B: Really?

A: It is written very clearly in the poem, so the old man has taken the yellow crane!

B: Just this one verse?

A: Yes, that's what you see in this verse.

B: That's interesting, but why?

A: This, ah, has to start with a ghost animal song from a few years ago.

B: Ghost animal songs?

A: Yes!

B: That's it, "Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Wenzhou, Jiangnan Tannery closed!" ”

A: "The largest leather factory in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Jiangnan Leather Factory, has closed down!" ”

B: Come on, the ghost animal songs of the previous years, and Tang poetry?

A: Don't worry, it is this song "Zhejiang Wenzhou, Zhejiang Wenzhou, Jiangnan Leather Factory..." let me know, the deceased has taken the yellow crane, who is this deceased woman.

B: Who is it?

A: Huang He's sister-in-law!

B: Who?

A: Well, let's sing the ghost animal song just now, and the answer will be there.

B: (Ghost animal) Zhejiang Wenzhou, Zhejiang Wenzhou, Jiangnan Leather Factory closed, Zhejiang Wenzhou's largest leather factory, Jiangnan Leather Factory closed, Wang Eight Eggs King Eight Eggs, Yellow Crane Boss, eating and drinking gambling, eating and drinking gambling, eating and drinking, gambling, owing 350 million, and ran away with his sister-in-law!

A: Stop! The answer is out!

B: What is the answer?

A: Huang He ran away with his sister-in-law! In other words, the sister-in-law ran away with The Yellow Crane. Right?

B: Yes, too.

A: That's right, the little sister-in-law ran away with the Yellow Crane, the old man has taken the Yellow Crane, and the old sister-in-law ran away with the Yellow Crane!

B: Such a "deceased man has gone by the Yellow Crane"!

A: (Ghost animal) The owner of the Yellow Crane, he ran away with his sister-in-law, we had no way, built the Yellow Crane Tower...

B: You're done, such a Yellow Crane Tower!

A: This is an age-old mystery case, which I have solved! No, it's not over yet!

B: Don't be scolded!

A: So, Li Bai sent Meng Haoran to Yangzhou to chase after Huang He.

B: Meng Haoran chasing the Yellow Crane? Tang Dynasty poets chasing contemporary bosses?

A: Yes, Huang He was in arrears in his wages, and Meng Haoran, as the representative of the migrant workers, went to collect debts. You can't owe the wages of migrant workers!

B: Where are you doing this!

A: There is also. You should know that Li Bai is known as a poetry immortal, also called who is an immortal, which means that he was once a celestial immortal. Do you know which immortal he is?

B: There are so many gods and immortals in the heavens, how do I know?

A: I know.

B: So you say.

A: This immortal is in "Journey to the West".

B: Who is it?

A: I sell a guanzi, I ask you, what is Li Bai's surname, what is his name?

B: Li Bai, surname Li, name White, word too white!

A: Too white, too white, too white Venus, the first time in the Journey to the West, too platinum Venus went down to the mortals, and deceived Sun Wukong into the sky.

B: This is the Journey to the West again!

A: Later, Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, and Taibai Venus was also implicated, expelled from the party and public office, and reincarnated in the human world, becoming Li Bai. Li Bai's character is too white, just to commemorate himself as a too white Venus under the mortal. However, Li Bai still wanted to go to heaven!

B: You can make up so blindly, why don't you go to heaven?

A: Li Bai's "Shu Dao Difficulty" is written very clearly, Shu Dao is difficult, it is difficult to go to Qingtian. It shows that he has thought about going to heaven, but ah, Shu Dao is difficult, even more difficult than heaven!

B: This Li Bai can be regarded as being played dead by you!

A: It's okay to die, you can still reincarnate, you can still cross!

B: Can you still cross?

A: Yes, and a celebrity?

A: If you watch variety shows and pay attention to the entertainment industry, you should know.

A: There is a talk show whose host is called Venus.

B: There is such a celebrity.

A: As I have just proved, Li Bai is too platinum under venus.

B: Proof? You made it up!

A: Li Bai, who traveled to modern times, changed his name to Venus. Therefore, Li Bai was called Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty, the word is too white, and after crossing, it is called Venus. This proves even more that he was too platinum in his previous life!

B: Such a platinum star!

【Curtain Closing】