Source: People's Daily - Sichuan Channel Original draft
I feel that I have not walked into the Meishan Sansu Temple, but Jiangnan in Hanle Mansion.
"Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaf He Tian Tian", lotus leaves are also called lotus leaves, clear lotus leaves, lotus leaves, lotus leaves, etc. I remember when I was in middle school, I first came into contact with this poem, and I didn't understand its meaning, so I asked the Chinese teacher, how can this clear lotus leaf be described by Tian Tian? The teacher smiled and replied gently, describing the lotus leaves as dense and rich blue. Right in front of you. Walking into the Sansu Temple, there is a lotus on the left, a lotus on the right, and a lotus in front. It can be said that from Qixian Hall, Lai Fengxuan to Cloak Xie, they are all surrounded by a pool of clear lotus, and there is even a pool of water lilies in the middle. Water lilies should also be a kind of lotus, at the moment the water lilies are not sleeping, and they are entangled with a group of free colored carp, which is very enchanting. It's just that it's late autumn, and the lotus leaves in the pond have withered slightly, and they can't be picked, and the lotus has become a world of fish.
The question also arose at this time: Qinghe should be a Jiangnan guest, why come to Su Temple to accompany the poetic soul?
Fortunately, the Ruilian Pavilion of the Sansu Temple is in front of you, and even if the narrator explains it simply, he can carefully observe and seek some answers.
The familiar pavilion will naturally take you to Jiangnan. Starting from Meishan, carrying the quality of Qinghe, following Su Shi's footprints, and then Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, etc., for officials and people, will feel the breath of Qinghe. At this moment, the Ruilian Pavilion is covered with overlapping roofs, cornices are standing, the pavilion is rounded, and the four seats are empty, waiting for people in vain. Wait for whom? Not me anyway. I knew I was just a passerby. Rigid and soft, straight and curved, square and round, light and elegant skillfully blended together, not cynical or kitsch, lotus and pavilion, appropriately highlighting the personality of Jiangnan beauty.
Of course, the pavilion alone is not Jiangnan, and it does not even constitute a complete landscape. In Gangnam, the pavilion is only one part of the garden, an important component element, but not all. It is often combined with other elements, or buildings, or platforms, or pavilions, or pavilions, or mountains, or water, in order to achieve the real Jiangnan. The poems of Hanle House present a way of life.
Accompanying the pavilion here is a lotus lotus, a pool of clear lotus by the Ruilian pavilion.
When I thought about it, my doubts seemed to have an answer.
I decided that not only Jiangnan but also Shudi could pick lotuses. When I learned that in the Northern Song Dynasty, lotus root was a specialty of southern Sichuan, and "Tianchi lotus root powder" was already a hand-picked royal tribute, I had to be a little more in awe of this lotus of southern Sichuan. Therefore, I remembered Su Shi's account of the people's feelings and customs in Meishan in "Notes on the Vista of Meizhou": "His gentlemen and doctors are noble and heavy on the clan, their people respect officials and fear the law, and their farmers join forces to help." According to Su Shi, this is the legacy of Meishan since the third dynasty, Han and Tang dynasties, and it is beyond the reach of other counties. Meishan Su Shiyan Meishan is beyond doubt. This not only shows the simplicity of the people's customs here, but also reflects the good relationship between the government and the people. However, is the Meishan folk style described by Su Shi related to Qinghe? I think there should be, otherwise, how to explain "one side of the water and soil nourishes the other"; How to understand the essence of Su's family style of "reading and doing business, filial piety and benevolence, not taking righteousness, and being clean and honest in government", Su Shi's grandfather Su Xu's humble and generous and anxious people in his life, Mrs. Su's mother Cheng's "no birds and finches, no accommodation", and Su Shi's "not what I have, although I can't take anything" Fu carries the lotus qi.
Linking Kaonan with Gangnam no Ho, I have a greater understanding of Ichiike Kiyoho.
Su Shi loves He, just like he loves bamboo, willow, wine, moon, and poetry. When he was degraded to Hangzhou, he also made a night appointment with his best friend, boated on the West Lake, and wrote the poem "The boundless water is vast, and the lotus blossoms bloom in the night and the wind and dew fragrance". I believe that Su Shi's love for the lotus is not a simple literati Yaxing or hometown complex, but a spiritual fit with the quality of the Qinghe in his bones.
It is said that the Ruilian Pavilion of the Sansu Temple was built during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and the modern expansion and repair were all based on the Qing Dynasty. Over time, a complete Qing Dynasty complex was formed. The Southern Song Dynasty lyricist Fan Chengda's "Wu Chuanlu" written after returning to Jiangsu from Chengdu that year specifically talked about the lotus lotus in Meishan, "The lotus flowers in the city are very prosperous, and there are ponds everywhere, and all the lotus growers in other counties buy and plant them in Meishan." It shows how impressed Mr. Shihu was at that time. On July 28, the first year of the Jingguo reign (1101) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shike died in Changzhou. Perhaps he already had some kind of premonition of life, and two months before his death, he summarized his life with "Self-titled Portrait of Jinshan": "The heart is like a gray wood, and the body is like an untied boat." Ask Ruping's life achievements, Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou. ”
Why is it always Gangnam, why is it always Lotus.
I focused my gaze on He, the holy relic that accompanied Su Shi's life.
The impression always stays in Zhou Dunyi's "Ai Lian Said", "Out of the mud and not clean, pure, clear and not demon." Zhongtong is straight outside, not vines and branches, fragrant and clear, pavilion pure planting", without taking into account the overflowing ingredients born of love. Two brightly colored lotus flowers, next to which there are seeding lotus roots, straight stems, field leaves, roots deep in the water. There is no silt, which is drawn by the inertia of the mind, just under the straight stem, in the company of the roots. It is not simply habitual thinking, but born of water, completed by experience and imagination. It is only the lotus, not the water. The water in the pool is also a little blackened, completely turbid water. How can there be mud under turbid water? I even suspect that this is a deliberate attempt by the temple to both believe in the lotus, prove the lotus, and manifest the lotus.
I have not been to Huangzhou, nor have I seen Huangzhou Lianhe, but I know Su Shi's life in Huangzhou Qinghe. "Meritorious work is wasted in greed, and deeds are achieved in honesty" is his criterion for serving as an official.
Undoubtedly, the mood is depressed. A spurious "Wutai poetry case" caused Su Shi to encounter the first disparage in his life. It was also lucky not to be killed, Su Shi did not hate. The officer is very small, and the deputy envoy of regiment training is equivalent to the current deputy head of the county armed forces department, deputy section level; They must also work and live under the supervision of local officials, similar to the current probation supervision, and dare not make mistakes and talk nonsense.
Huangzhou accepted Su Shi with the simplicity and sincerity of "connecting the middle to the outside and straight, not branching and branching"; Su Shi integrated into Huangzhou, with the personality posture of "fragrant yuan and clear and pavilion pure planting". There is no mercy, but fortunately there is still a wasteland on the eastern slope that can be reclaimed and self-reliant. Being away from the hustle and bustle is not necessarily a bad thing. Su Shi ploughed the eastern slope, carefully pondered and tasted carefully in the work, and summed up the famous "Flesh-eating Sutra" - "Clean and wash, less water, firewood can not be smoked... When the fire is full, he is beautiful." Later, he went to Hangzhou to do the same again, and created a new gourmet scripture - "Dongpo meat" that is "simmered to make crispy and fragrant", fat but not greasy, which has been passed down to this day and has become a treasure of Sichuan cuisine. He also built a hut with his own hands, named "Xuetang", and often invited friends to drink and chant poetry, fill in lyrics and paint, and study medicine, cooking, water conservancy, etc.
A pool of clear lotus does not rely on the pool, nor on the water, but on the load itself.
After recognizing the darkness of officialdom and tired of the dusty habit of fighting for power, Su Shi gained unprecedented detachment and indifference, and he spent a muddy and unclean load. "My peace of mind is my hometown", the bitterness, loneliness and boredom when I first arrived, was soon replaced by tranquility, pleasantness, and openness. "Bamboo cane mango shoes light victory over horses, who is afraid, a fine smoke and rain in life, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine." A poem "Fixing the Wind and Waves" is Su Shi's new understanding of the world and the poet's wind bone. In "Night Tour of Jichengtian Temple", this transcendent realm is overflowing: "There is no moon in the night, and there is no bamboo and cypress anywhere, but there are few idlers like the ears of the two of us." "Su Shi's outlook on life, world view, and values have changed in Huangzhou and become reborn. This also made Su Shi an official and a person.
Away from the temple and in the rivers and lakes, poetry is the best confidant. "Nian Nu Jiao. Chibi Huaigu", "Former Chibi Fu", "Chibi Fu"... In just 4 years and 2 months, Su Shi wrote more than 220 poems and 66 words, creating the peak of a lifetime of literature at the trough of his life. What's more, they can also do their best to do something practical for the people and benefit Sangzi.
I went to Huizhou to attract investment, at the end of the last century. But the enthusiastic owner knew that we were from Meishan, so he enthusiastically took the initiative to introduce Su Dongpo, who made the world dare not underestimate Huizhou, and took us to see the tomb of Sanchaoyun. In Huizhou, I once again felt a pool of clear lotus.
I believe that this is Su Shi's lotus.
It is still derogatory, the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty. There is no reason, not even the matter of chasing the wind when Huangzhou is degraded. Simply because he and a group of degraded officials are "Yuanyu old ministers". Su Shi, who was still serving as Zhizhou in Dingzhou, Hebei, was inexplicably suppressed and was successively demoted to Yingzhou in Guangdong, Ningyuanjun in Guangxi, and Huizhou in Guangdong.
Once in the sea, degrading seems to be the norm for Su Shi, degraded again and again, spoiled and not shocked, on the way to Huizhou, the boat entered the Gan River, passing through the panic beach in Wan'an County, Jiangxi, he actually poetically wrote a famous poem "Entering Gan on August 7 and Passing the Panic Beach". The poem cleverly uses the image of "panic beach", integrating the strong contrast of a series of numbers into the background of the times and personal destiny, and the "ermao people" (themselves) who are "black and white hair" from "seven thousand miles away", such as a small boat (one leaf body), float on the sinister "eighteen beachheads", alluding to the sinister nature of the world and the danger of personal situation.
What I didn't expect was that there was West Lake again, accompanied by Qinghe.
In the Dynasty Cloud Tomb at the eastern foot of the Solitary Mountain, facing the West Lake of Huizhou, which is "Rami Xizi" and "Lingnan Pearl". When there was a lake of clear lotus, at least at that time. Because even now, Huizhou is still full of lotuses, from Huicheng, Huidong, Huiyang to Boluo, Longmen and other places, everywhere you see lotus flowers. Not to mention Huizhou, which is as famous as Hangzhou in the "Thirty-Six West Lakes of Great China"? Every year from the middle of June in the lunar calendar, the lotus here should open the mode of blooming flowers, and the large and small lotus ponds are all surrounded by lively and beautiful colors. It should make Su Shi overjoyed, with a feeling of "returning home at night". He may even faintly feel that this is an auspicious omen, just like when he and his brother were inscribed on the gold list at the same time, and a pool of clear lotus in front of the Meizhou house opened and Tilian. Of course, there are more Qinghe in Huizhou now, Fengqing Garden, Jinshan Lake Park, Lujiang Park, Huiyang Zhoutian Village, Boluo Shiba Town, Gongzhuang Town Pitoushen Village, Longmen Yaotian Hongshi Village, etc., are all Qinghe everywhere, but Su Shi has no chance to appreciate it, and can only chat with his soul to express his gratification.
But the Qinghe wind bone has long been integrated into Su Shi's bloodline.
Many poems written by Su Shi during his time in Huizhou, such as "Plum Blossoms Bloom Under the Pine Wind Pavilion on November 26", "Reuse the Front Rhyme", "The East Miscellaneous Flowers of the Dinghui Courtyard Are Full of Begonias, and the Native People Don't Know the Guiye", "Huizhou is a Must", "You Huishan (Narrative)", "Gift of Huishan Monks and Favors", "Jiao Qianzhi Seeking Favor Mountain Spring Poems", etc., are strongly intrusive, which are not only a portrayal of the times, but also a portrayal of his Qinghe life, and a picture of Qinghe's life.
Of course, Su Shi's life in Huizhou is mainly reflected in his politics. At that time, when talking about this, the owner of Huizhou began with the sentence "From the eastern slope to the South China Sea, the world does not dare to small Huizhou", which seems to summarize everything; Then count Su Shi's pool of clear lotus.
I don't know how Su Shi, who is a young man, has experienced so many setbacks to achieve "no hatred" and still devote himself to the benefit of the people with full passion. The officials are not big, but they manage and do a lot of things. From visiting Boluo County Ling to spread rice planting techniques for the people under the scorching sun, to building a water mill for the villagers near Luofu Xiangji Temple, solving the difficulties of the people in scooping rice and grinding noodles; From guiding the people to research sandalwood, camphor wood and other incense powder and sell it to Guangzhou and other places, turning Luoyang River into a "fragrant stream", to administering medical dispersion medicine to the local people to save lives and help the wounded; From sending two letters to Cheng Zhengfu, then Guangdong to raise the sentence, petitioning with relevant officials to solve the problem with relevant officials that the price of rice plummeted after the bumper agricultural harvest, the government only collected money but not grain, and the peasants had to sell grain at a low price for money to pay taxes, to mobilizing the people to raise funds to build the "Dongxin Bridge" and "Xixin Bridge", and later the "Sugong Dike", and even mobilizing his brother and wife to donate ten pieces of gold to build the bridge, thus ending the sinister history of Huizhou Prefecture and the county worrying about water, looking at each other across the river, floods coming, and mourning everywhere...
The imperial court is still a sword and shadow, the dark tide is turbulent, and Su Shi's Huizhou political affairs are already a pool of clear lotus.
I first arrived in Danzhou, Hainan, a full 922 years later than Su Shi. However, the dust and smoke of the years did not drown the enlightened rule that Su Shi left here, and the sunshine of virtue and politics everywhere he went, he felt this clear lotus breath. At this moment, the sea breeze was blowing, the sky and the earth were far away, and I seemed to hear the sound of books and the toast and singing of the "Zaijiu Hall" in Danzhou Dongpo Academy again.
There is no hardest, only harder, or there is no most wrong, only more wrong.
After thinking about it, I still used this popular phrase to describe the "last debasement" of Su Shishi on the way to Danzhou.
After receiving another degraded imperial order, Su Shi, who was 62 years old, had to hurriedly pack his bags, take his young son, leave the original degraded place of Huizhou, and step towards the smoke-and-rain Qiongzhou Strait. Where is the shore? This is the norm in Su Shi's life as an official, either being degraded or on the way to being degraded. The only thing that accompanies it is a pool of clear lotus, which is forever hidden in the heart, infiltrating the marrow, and everywhere it goes, it is externalized in form for the people to witness. Return comes, departure is arrival. He knew very well his fate: "The first is used as a coffin, and the second is a tomb." He left his hands with his sons, and when he died, he was buried overseas. "Not pessimistic, calm.
Danzhou's Qinghe bloomed earlier. When April is over, there are 100 acres of yellow skin and 100 acres of lotus here. I don't know if it was originally there, or the descendants were well versed in Dongpo, and to fulfill its "original intention and never change", a lotus field was specially arranged in front of Danzhou Dongpo Academy.
The clear lotus is there, the home is there, the root is there, and the soul is there.
The two women who depended on each other in their lives left one after another, Wang Fu and Wang Runzhi. "Ten years of life and death, do not think, self-forgetting", no matter how sad and broken the poem, can not recall a warm look back of the deceased wife; The empathetic confidant Chaoyun in his later years also left, walking so reluctantly and resolutely. Perhaps because she valued this time with Su Shi too much, she left her 27-year-old Fangling and her deep love for Su Shi in Lingnan forever, obsessively guarding the proud Huizhou achievements created by Su Shi, and of course, a lake of Qinghe here.
All the way to the derogation, all the way to the poetry, all the way to the good government.
Danzhou, located at the end of the world, certainly cannot be imagined with today's "international tourism island". The way to survive should be agriculture-based, but at that time, Hainan was still in the barbaric wilderness of slash and burn, drinking water from ditches and ponds, eating mountain fruits and wild vegetables, wearing cloth and coarse linen, and not asking for doctors when sick, but believing in wizards. Su Shi wants to teach Nongsang another Meishan dialect, how to persuade the Li people? He thought of poetry, and on the one hand, he set up the "Zaijiu Hall" and "Dongpo Academy", and met his friends with literature, "asking for benefits and promoting culture and education"; On the one hand, he teaches skills with poetry and enlightenment. Thus, with the "Six Songs of Helping Nongs with Tao", with "Listen to my bitter words, its blessings will be eternal", survey water veins, dig soil and dig wells; With the "rural sound" of Meishan and the "eye-opening of this place, who can match Meishan" of Dongpo Academy".
Without the opportunity to meet Su Shi in Hainan, it is not difficult to gain insight into another peak of Su Shi's literature from the "Zhuan" built by the Danzhou people for three years in Hainan, and from the three scriptural works he continued to write, "Yi Chuan", "Book Biography" and "Analects of Language", it is not difficult to gain insight into another peak of Su Shi's literature, and his open-minded, lofty and ambitious feelings of worrying about the country and the people.
The floral dictionary says that Qinghe, orchid, the main petal is closed and angled, the secondary petal is wide and narrow in the front, and the petals are held together like mussels; The flowers are soft white, silky bluish green, and the petals are beautiful with light red spots. I believe that this is only the form of a lotus, not a soul. Qinghe's soul is known only to Su Shi, and together with his wandering footprints, it merges into the water and soil of Huangzhou, Huizhou, Danzhou and other places.
Qinghe in Jiangnan, you have accompanied Su Shi all your life, and you should also go home with Su Shi's soul to see!
About the author:
Zhou Zhongming, pen name Zhou Wendao, from Qingshen County, Sichuan, born on August 15, 1956, member of the China Writers Association, director of the Chinese Prose Literature Association, has published 16 literary monographs with 4.2 million words; 3 economic monographs, 1 million words. He has won the China Reportage Award, China New Prose Award, Sun Li Prose Award, Liu Xie Prose Award, Sichuan Literature Award (once for essay and one for reportage), etc.