Zhu Hong Cao Wenqin: Life Epic Su Dongpo (VII)

The Enlightenment of Lushan Mountain: I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because I am in this mountain

Lushan is waiting for the arrival of the great poet Su Dongpo.

Prior to this, Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, and others had already written immortal poems for Lushan, "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the South Mountain", giving Lushan agility; "day and night cover the sun and the moon, winter and summer frost and snow", giving Lushan a tranquility; "flying down three thousand feet, it is suspected that the Milky Way fell for nine days", giving Lushan a majestic qi; "April in the world is exhausted, and the peach blossoms of the mountain temple begin to bloom", giving Lushan a flowing atmosphere.

Lushan, looking forward to the encounter with Su Dongpo, but also look forward to Su Dongpo to give it a new connotation.

Before leaving Huangzhou and going north to Ruzhou, Su Dongpo took a detour to Jiangxi. Implicated by him, his younger brother Su Rui had been serving as a salt and liquor tax collector for five years in Yun prefecture (筠州, in modern Gao'an, Jiangxi). After the political storm, the brothers finally met again, and the two had mixed feelings and could not be calm for a long time.

It was this time into Gansu that Gave Su Dongpo the opportunity to go up Lushan Mountain.

At this time, Su Dongpo was close to the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but he still liked to immerse himself in nature and indulge in the mountains and rivers, which could bring him the joy of the soul and the revelation of life. He always carries a pair of eyes that find beauty, and a heart that feels beauty. Jiangxi landscape is beautiful and beautiful, and Jiangxi style is rich and simple, how like the materialized Su Dongpo. As soon as he came to Jiangxi, he deeply liked it. He traveled all the way, discovered all the way, and wrote poetry all the way, and the first gift he gave to Jiangxi was "Jiangxi" with the name of Jiangxi Province.

Jiangxi landscape Zhenwu State, Baisha Cuizhu Stone Bottom River.

The boat travels ten miles and grinds nine taki, and the sound of the boat is indeed colliding.

Drunk and lying down, I want to wake up and smell the water, and I really want to suck on lao Pang.

Whoever has to look at the fish is handsome, and the fork is called the ruler carp double.

--Song Sushi, "Jiangxi"

In the spring of 1084, the 48-year-old Su Dongpo ascended Lushan Mountain.

He stayed in Lushan for more than a month. At this time, it is April, the mountain flowers are brilliant, the green waves are surging, the strange stones are deep valleys, and the waterfalls and springs are such a beautiful scenery that deeply attracts Su Dongpo. From the love of the bottom of his heart, Su Dongpo left more than 50 poems for Lushan. These poems have never seemed to be searching for a long time, painstakingly managing, as if they were like the mountain springs of Lushan Mountain, flowing naturally, sweet and cool.

Following Su Dongpo's article "Remembering the Tour of Lushan Mountain", we can join him in recalling the wonderful time of that thousand years ago.

"When the servant first entered the Lushan Mountains, the valley was strange and beautiful, and he had never seen it in his life, and he was overwhelmed, so he did not want to write poetry."

Su Dongpo came to Lushan for the first time and found that Lushan had beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery, so he decided not to write poetry, but to enjoy the beautiful scenery. However, "I have seen the monks and laymen in the mountains, and all the clouds: 'Su Zizhan has come!'" When the monks and tourists in the mountains saw me, they all shouted, "Oh, Su Zizhan is here!" Under the warm greeting of everyone, Su Dongpo also realized that he should leave something for Lushan, so he began to write poems for Lushan.

Mango shoes green bamboo stick, self-hanging hundred dollars tour.

But it is strange that in the mountains, everyone knows the old prince.

——Song Sushi, "One of the Three Songs of the First Entry into Lushan"

Su Dongpo was still dressed as a pair of manshoes and bamboo sticks, and he had a hundred dollars hanging from his waist, which was enough for him to eat three meals a day, and he was at ease and at ease. He did not expect that in the depths of this mountain forest, there were still people who recognized him, which surprised and delighted him.

If there is no element in the green mountains, yan jian is not close.

To know the surface of Lushan Mountain, he was a deceased person in his old age.

——Song Sushi, "Two of the Three Songs of the First Entry into Lushan"

In Su Dongpo's heart, he could not say that he was kind to Lushan, if he and Lushan had never known each other, it would definitely reject people with cold arrogance, they were already deceased people before. Every mountain and water, every grass and one tree here is so familiar.

Since the past, I have been appreciative and wandering.

Now it is not a dream, it is really in Lushan.

——Song Sushi, "Three Songs of the First Entry into Lushan"

This poem is more like Su Dongpo's uncontrollable exclamation: how many times have I wandered here in my dreams, today is not a dream, I am finally in Lushan. In Lushan, he not only wandered in the landscape every day, he also picked up books and admired the poems written by the literati and inkers for Lushan. He felt in the landscape, meditated in front of the scrolls, and finally, another ancient poem came out, Su Dongpo finally did not live up to Lushan, this time, he gave Lushan a philosophical beauty.

Horizontally, it is a peak on the side of the ridge, and the height of the distance is different.

I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am only in this mountain.

——Song SuShi, "Title Xi Lin Bi"

Shakespeare said, "There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people." "Different mountains, in the rapidly changing yin and yang creation, also present different styles, or magnificent, or majestic, thousands of weather to bring all kinds of shocks to the soul, in the mountains and waters, the poet completed the search for the truth of life."

What is the nature of things? Where is the truth? After experiencing the ups and downs of the officialdom and the baptism of nature, after experiencing most of his life experience, Su Dongpo had the answer in his heart. He uses the metaphor of being in Lushan mountain to illustrate a very profound truth: a lot of human suffering comes from one's own limitations, and when you are deeply immersed in the details of things, or in a fragment of the environment, it is difficult for you to get rid of, you think that this is what things are all about, you think there is no way to go, there is no turning point. However, when you step out of your horizons and thinking, you will find that things are not like this. For example, if you look at this Lushan Mountain, when you look at it from afar, the mountains are full of mountains and lush greenery, which is so beautiful and beautiful. As you get closer, you'll find its ruggedness. Did the mountains change? No, it's always there. And your understanding is always changing, this is due to the change of your own position and spatial angle. Inside and outside the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, will give you a completely different feeling. Therefore, it is required to be close to the essence of things, to realize the perception of truth, you must constantly observe and think from different angles and positions, and you even have to jump out of the "small self", stand in the universe, stand on the top of the earth to examine. If you are limited to a narrow perspective, you will never be able to pursue the essence of things. This poem fully shows Su Dongpo's wisdom, pattern, heart and vision.

The smoke and rain of Lushan Mountain are hazy and varied, and they have been in Su Dongpo's heart all their lives.

In 1101 AD, Su Dongpo, who returned from Danzhou, Hainan, was 64 years old, already in a broken age, and his life was weak, when he heard that his son Su Guo was about to be appointed as the general judge of Zhongshan Province, he wrote a poem and handed it to Su Guo:

Lushan smoke and rain Zhejiang tide, not to a thousand hate can not disappear.

There is nothing else to do, Lushan smoke and rain Zhejiang tide.

——Song Sushi, "Lushan Smoke and Rain"

This song is full of Zen machines. Everyone yearns for the magical smoke and rain of Lushan Mountain and the spectacular tides of the Qiantang River, which are recognized as the two most beautiful landscapes at that time. For the rest of your life, you want to experience it yourself and see such a grand scene on earth for yourself. If you can't go, it will definitely make you regret it for the rest of your life. However, when you have gone through thousands of mountains and rivers, to Lushan And Qiantang River, you may have some small disappointments in your heart, this misty smoke and rain, surging tide, this beautiful scenery in the world is not so, Lushan smoke and rain is not so, Zhejiang tide is not so. Everything in the world, when you don't get it, you feel a lot of pain. So you draw the camp and pursue it with all your might. When you have it, the mystery disappears, nothing more than that, and you fall into new pain. Su Dongpo borrowed the metaphor of Lushan and Zhejiang Chao to warn his son that things under the world, power and wealth, but so, do not be too obsessed, do not be too attached, do not desperately pursue, obsession will make you miserable. It doesn't matter what the result is in one lifetime, what matters is where the heart is!

Lushan Mountain, because of Su Dongpo, has become more magical and magnificent.

(Author: Zhu Hong, Cao Wenqin)

Source: Open the book Jiangxi