If you want to choose the most tragic poet in the Tang Dynasty, I think Meng Haoran should be on the list.
This big brother, known for his poetry, he is the bearer of the Tang Dynasty landscape pastoral school, and Wang Wei is called "Wang Meng", he is the idol of the poetry immortal Li Bai, Li Bai composed many poems for him, and also directly confessed with poetry: I love Mengfuzi, and I am known all over the world.
However, such a great poet is difficult to say in his career, and he has to ask why, in today's terms, it is emotional intelligence offline, which offends the boss.
A poem of a lifetime of frustration
At that time, Meng Haoran experienced the first time to enter Beijing to catch the examination, which ended in failure, and in addition to grief and indignation, there was also a stomach complaint, so he wrote a poem:
"Twilight returns to Nanshan"
The Northern Que Hugh wrote the book, and the Southern Mountain returned to the Lulu.
It is not only the Lord who abandons, and many sicknesses and neglect.
The white hair urges old age, and the qingyang forces the age to be removed.
Never sleep, the pine moon night window is empty.
This is Meng Haoran's famous passage, and some people commented that this is Meng Haoran's "lifelong frustrated poem, a work of triumph through the ages." Why?
According to the "Biography of Tang Caizi", it is roughly said that Wang Wei, who had already entered the dynasty as an official, invited Meng Haoran to the office to chat, and it happened that Emperor Xuanzong inspected, and you could not rush into Long Yan with a cloth coat, so Meng Haoran hid under the bed. But Wang Wei was also worried in his heart, if this is not to tell the truth, if the emperor knows, is it not the crime of deceiving the king?
So he honestly explained meng Haoran's matter under the bed.
Xuanzong said: What a big deal, I have heard Meng Haoran's name, you come out and give me two poems, if it is really as good as rumored, I will arrange your work.
So Meng Haoran chanted this song "Twilight Returns to Nanshan".
When the emperor heard "no talent, the lord abandoned" was anxious at that time, saying hello fellow, you can't pass the exam yourself, and you don't find a way, and now you can't be an official, but complain that I abandoned you. I ask you: Is Shuo the kind of dimwitted gentleman who doesn't know good people?
The more he talked, the more angry he became, Xuanzong also arrogantly pampered, pointing at Meng Haoran's nose: Don't you want to "return Nanshan to our Lu", OK, then you go back to our Lu, as for being an official, hey hey, when you are the first person board!
Wang Wei listened to the sweat on his forehead and thought: Give you the opportunity you are not useful!
Oh well.
The most important interview in his life, Meng Haoran played with it.
Ancient readers talked about a self-cultivation qi family ruling the country and the world, talking about a scholar and excellent Zeshi, Meng Haoran was good, the self-cultivation Qi family did it, the learning and excellence did it, and the road of governing the country and the world and entering the world was considered to have come to an end.
Therefore, this is Meng Haoran's "poem of a lifetime of frustration".
A triumph of the ages
Naturally, it is said that this is a famous poem throughout the ages, and it is true, and now more than 1,000 years have passed, we can still read this poem, and regard it as one of Meng Haoran's masterpieces, and the goodness of the poem need not be said.
The Northern Que Xiu wrote to the Book, and the Southern Mountains returned to the Imperial Court: the Northern Que refers to the imperial court. The first time Meng Haoran went to Chang'an to take the exam, didn't he fall behind? It is understandable to complain in frustration, but Meng Haoran swore that this was simply a gamble: I Meng Haoran swore that even if I died, I would not participate in the imperial examination again, and I would go to the mountains today to become a hermit.
Of course, who can escape such a thing as the "Law of True Fragrance"? This time he offended the emperor, it was the second time he went to Chang'an to prepare for the exam.
I may not have really no talent, so the wise emperor can't look up to me, maybe because I'm weak and sick, and my friends are also alienated from me.
This union is a bit too much to tell the truth, and I don't blame the emperor for being angry. And if I am Wang Wei, an official of my court, regardless of the gossip of others, let you come to my office for tea in a cloth, and have the opportunity to introduce you to the emperor, you yourself can't grasp the opportunity, and in turn say that I have alienated you. Doesn't your conscience hurt?
A series of poems offended two people, one of his own bosses, one who is willing to help his friend, let's say that Meng Haoran's emotional intelligence may really be a little off-line.
Of course, this is just a joke, Meng Haoran wrote this poem, it is a kind of self-deprecation, but it is a little out of place.
The last two couplets are pure complaints, I am old, I can't feel the warmth of spring, every night alone in bed, I see the relaxed moon through the window, oh no, I see the emptiness and loneliness.
If you taste it carefully, this is a grumbling poem, and if you happen to be frustrated in the workplace, reading this poem may give rise to some feelings of pity for the same disease. But to say how good this poem is, it is not entirely true. (Personal experience, not leverage)
Whether the poem is good or not depends on the times and on who to compare with.
Meng Haoran lived at the turning point from the early Tang Dynasty to the Sheng Tang Dynasty, and although Ge Lushi had experienced the preparation of Sijie and others, Li Bai Dufu had not yet appeared, and the development of Ge Lushi still needed some time. At this time, Meng Haoran's five-word poem "Returning to Nanshan in the Twilight of the Years" can already be regarded as the leader of the times.
Therefore, this is Meng Haoran's "proud work through the ages", compared with Wang Wei of the same era, he can fight back and forth, but if you want to compare Du Fu's bug together, it is a bad breath.