Liu Zongyuan was degraded, his mother and daughter died one after another, and he wrote a poem about the loneliness of the world

"Farewell to dreams" Tang Liu Zongyuan

"All things have happened for twenty years, this morning at a crossroads.

If the Emperor is allowed to return to the field, he will be a neighbor in his later years. ”

In 816, Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan were degraded for the second time, one was demoted to Lianzhou and the other was demoted to Liuzhou, and the two left the capital and traveled all the way. When they arrived in Hengzhou, they were about to break up, and the two said goodbye to the wine, recalled the past events, looked at the road ahead, and were full of hurt for a while.

This year, the two of them are 44 years old, one is 45 years old, no one knows, there is no chance of goodbye, the wine into the intestines are more sad, Liu Yuxi is strong as iron, at this time, he can not sit on the side, Liu Zongyuan felt nostalgic, wrote this song "Farewell to dreams".

Mengde is Liu Yuxi's word, and the two have similar interests and have known each other for 20 years. If there is a chance, Liu Zongyuan said, let's be an old man who farms when we are old, as long as we can be close to each other, I will be very satisfied. In the past 20 years, those two people together, talking about the world, pointing out the clean, ambitious and proud days, after all, have been consumed clean. Those days of flowers and flowers, boiling water and pouring oil, as if just yesterday, once thousands of people admired, high-level friends are full of seats, and now only the two brothers sitting on the side of this loess road are left.

In 793 AD, Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan, the same list of high school scholars, that year, Liu Yuxi was 22 years old, Liu Zongyuan was 21 years old, the two first acquaintance, the same talent, like-minded, at that time they formed a "brother" friendship, the two hands of this hand, in the next 27 years, never let go. And their 27 years of brotherhood have supported half of the Poetry of the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Young and ambitious, talented, the two at that time, like "peerless double pride", everywhere like the stars holding the moon, always the center of the topic, the focus of the eyes, as if this picturesque country, booming, is opening in front of them, with its comings and goings, swinging by the heart.

After entering high school, as the two experienced some family accidents of their own, in 803, the two were transferred to the imperial history platform, which was such a coincidence. At that time, there was also a Han Yu who was also in the Imperial History Terrace and was also in charge of the Imperial History. Good guys, the three giants of The Tang Dynasty poetry, got together.

Although Han Yu and Liu Liu have different political views, this does not prevent them from poetry and wine together, discussing the world, and looking at the situation from different angles, and also enriching their respective understandings.

This period of time of about a year or so is probably the most comfortable and happy day in Liu Liuhan's life. However, the cruelty of life lies in the fact that the things you cherish the most are often in your unconcerned daily life, quietly gone, and never looked back.

Han Yu's depreciation, Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan are too late to be sentimental, and they are ushering in the most "highlight" moment of their lives together. Wang Shuwen of the Crown Prince's Mansion, under contact, greatly respected them and introduced them into the inner circle of the prince.

This Wang Shuwen was also a "god man", a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, whose family lineage was "Pinghan", and with his go skills, he was selected as the "Chess To be Commanded" of the Hanlin Academy, and later entered the Prince's Mansion and became the Prince's "Attendant". Relying on his innate sensitivity, he made many suggestions and suggestions to help the prince in the dangerous situation, crossed the danger again and again, and became the "mastermind".

In 805, the crown prince took the throne as Emperor Shunzong of Tang. In the 27 years of his career as a prince, Tang Shunzong Li Shuyin endured for too long and too long, and he ignored his semi-paralyzed state of "stroke" at this time, and could not wait to join forces with Wang Shuwen to push forward the "Yongzhen Innovation". Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan, as the core team, for a while, the power is high, and it seems that this full of pride and ambition is waiting to sail away.

Just as the viciousness of fate often appears in the way you most expect, quietly waiting for your embrace, and then throwing you into the abyss. Without waiting for Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan to taste the taste of success, this "Yongzhen Innovation" that came like a wind, under the various innate deficiencies, went like a shooting star, and ended quickly, lasting 146 days.

Subsequently, Tang Shunzong was forced to abdicate, and all the core cadres involved in the innovation were demoted and released, known in history as "Two Kings and Eight Simas", and added, "Never hired".

Degraded to Yongzhou, in a harsh environment, Liu Zongyuan's mother died of illness in the second year, and then his daughter also fell ill and died, and he was originally in poor health, at this time, "described as withered", almost all thoughts were ashes, and wrote a lonely article for thousands of years, "Jiang Xue",

"A thousand mountain birds flew away, and thousands of people disappeared."

Lonely boat, fishing alone in the snow of the cold river".

Liu Yuxi, who was in Langzhou, learned of the good friendship, stirred up the five internals, pondered for a long time, and wrote "Autumn Words" to comfort and encourage Liu Zongyuan. In the poem, "A crane in the clear sky is lined up on the clouds, and the poetry is introduced to the blue sky", which seems to be frivolous, but in fact has a deep meaning.

10 years later, with the change of the situation, the increase in the "Second King and Eight Sima" that was never hired at that time was gradually loosened. In 815, Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan were simultaneously transferred back to Beijing. Is it bittersweet, it seems.

Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan, who returned to the capital, met and talked happily, and they were busy circling between their former friends. They didn't want to rest for a moment, and were busy telling this familiar and unfamiliar Chang'an that they had returned. Poetry of the national hand, intersecting Mo Rebellion, "Liu Liu" and the name, a moment resounded throughout the capital, high-ranking officials and nobles rushed to make friends, the door is like a city, as if the past 10 years, did not exist, has always been so.

"Bamboo Branch Words Part I" Tang Liu Yuxi

"Yang Liu Qing Qing Jiang level, smell the Lang River singing.

The sun rises in the east and it rains in the west, and the road is clear but sunny."

This is a "bamboo branch word" written later in the period when Liu Yuxi was degraded to the prefecture, combined with local folk songs, which is used here, which is suitable for the scene and is particularly appropriate. Fate, like the feelings of a young girl, is uncertain and unpredictable. Less than two months after returning to the capital, the struggle between the dprk and the situation resumed, and under the pretext of Liu Yuxi's witty and witty ridiculous poem, the "Eight Simas" were once again demoted from Beijing.

After receiving the news, under shock, learning that Liu Yuxi was demoted to the extremely desolate Bozhou at that time, Liu Zongyuan was anxious, hurriedly wrote a letter, asking for his own Liuzhou to exchange with him, "The road in Bozhou is dangerously biased, Liu Yuxi's mother has a high life expectancy of 80, how can he go?" ”。 Knowing that he is also a degrader, such a petition request is "out of line", Liu Zongyuan said, "I only hope to be able to change the degraded land, even if I add guilt to it, I will not hate it!" ”。 After several rounds of tossing and turning, he finally won it for Liu Yuxi and changed to Lianzhou.

Under Hengyang City, on the banks of the Xiang River, no matter how long the difference has an end. Liu Yuxi was weak since he was a child, and he thought that he would not be able to return to the capital alive this time, so he rode on his horse and took two steps, smiled and turned back, and said, In the future, my tombstone, you can write it, and after talking about the horse, you will go away. After running for a while, Liu Yuxi turned back to the horse again, looked at Liu Zongyuan's sails, and slowly disappeared into the shadow of the mountain.

In 820, Liu Yuxi's mother died of illness, and he went north from Lianzhou Fu coffin, passing through Hengyang, when suddenly someone asked to see him. At first sight, Liu Yuxi was shocked, and Liu Zongyuan died of illness. Didn't you say that the old man came to plough the field as a companion, didn't he say that it was up to you to write my tombstone, and how, you went? "Woohoo! What is this all about? ”

Zi Hou is the character of Liu Zongyuan. In the "Foreign Language of the Sacrifice of The Willows", Liu Yuxi wrote, "Neglecting the obituary, crying with horror, as if he were madly ill." After a long time of questioning, a hundred mourning attacks. The snot bursts down, and the soul trembles." Liu Zongyuan's death made him unable to let go for a long time, "Woohoo! Qing is really dead! For the rest of my life, I will never see each other. Who doesn't reach it? Let the king finally no. Who isn't old? Let the king die. Emperor Tianhou Soil, Hu Ning endured this! ”

"Zi Hou, you really went, Under Hengyang City, it was really Yong Ti." Those many people have a smooth life, why do you prefer to teach you half a life of ups and downs? Those many people enjoy the end of their lives, why do you teach you to die of illness in middle age? Why is the heavens and the earth so ruthless? ”。

Grief and sorrow are inevitable, however, Liu Yuxi must cheer up, and he must bear the things left behind by Liu Zongyuan. Fortunately, Liu Yuxi's strength, which is also a rare tang, not only single-handedly undertook the heavy responsibility of raising Liu Zongyuan's orphans, but also in his days to come, he worked hard to collect and publish 30 volumes of "Liu Hedong Anthology". The road of two people, even if only he is left, Liu Yuxi will have to grit his teeth and walk through.

There is the Tang Dynasty, poets are like the sky full of stars, among which those who are known as confidants, there are many, there are "Li Du" in the front, "Yuan Bai" in the back, and can be like "Liu Liu", the heart, the feelings are so close, and the real honor and disgrace, the intersection of life and death between suffering and common, Mo said that the Tang Dynasty, placed in the entire history of Chinese literature, I am afraid it is also rare.

Chinese history and culture, since ancient times, the great emphasis on friendship, what is a friend? As the old saying goes, "Heartfelt feelings, righteousness and profit, urgency can be shared, life and death can be trusted." On the side of Hengyang Road, "Everything has been the same for twenty years...", as in front of you.