Some people say that he is a Tang prodigy who wrote the well-known "Wing Goose" at the age of 7; Some people say that he is a Geng Zhi boy with a bad temper, a friend and a leader, and finally accidentally becomes a "chaotic thief" who intimidates Wu Zetian; Others say that he is a true warrior, whether facing poverty or decaying officialdom, he will always maintain a noble personality and dare to be himself.
As a man of letters, he is more like a warrior, mighty and unyielding, and his chivalrous bones are eternal.
His name is Luo Binwang.
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Luo Bing Wang, word sightseeing. His name comes from "the light of the kingdom, using the king of binyu." "It probably means that to become the guest of the king, the pillar of the country, it can be seen that his talent is indeed a perfect interpretation of his name."
When he was 7 years old, Luo Binwang wrote a 10W+ explosive article:
Goose, goose, goose, song to heaven.
White hair floats green water, and red palm plucks clear waves.
Since then, his reputation as a "goose prodigy" has gone out of his hometown Yiwu and become popular all over the country. No one expected that this little boy, who was still ignorant at that time, would later shake the entire Tang Dynasty with his legendary life.
If there is anything imperfect in his life, it is the impoverished family situation that he cannot choose. His father was only a small county magistrate, and he died young, which forced King Luo Bing to learn to be independent when he was a minor and support a family on his own.
At the age of 22, Luo Binwang finally made up his mind to go to Beijing to catch up with the exam, hoping to change his fate through the exam.
With the talent of King Luo Bin, it is not difficult to get a good ranking, but there is also an unspoken rule in the scientific expedition of the Tang Dynasty, that is, to dedicate one's proud works to dignitaries and dignitaries, and to get the appreciation of officials by going through the back door.
But how could Geng Zhiboy Luo Bing Wang do such a thing? He said, I Luo Binwang got ahead based on his true ability and would never take a shortcut.
There is no suspense, and as a result, he unfortunately fell off the list!
The good boy is determined to be in all directions, and the young and vigorous King Luo Bing still strides forward, never bowing to the worldly and powerful.
On the way home, he used his talent and fame to get a serious job, becoming the royal secretary of Dao King Li Yuanqing, and his daily work was to be responsible for drafting various official documents.
After a period of getting along, Li Yuanqing appreciated Luo Binwang's talent very much and wanted to promote him, so he specially asked him to write an article stating his talent and let him choose a position that suits him.
King Luo Bin, who was bent on getting ahead, refused this opportunity because he said, "Speak of one's own strengths, and speak of one's own goodness; Shy and rash, greedy and want a king", this kind of self-exaggerated behavior appears to be rash and greedy, and it violates fairness and justice, and violates his principles of being a man.
It is this kind of noble and straightforward character that makes Luo Binwang's career not smooth sailing. When his four-year term expired, he left the Dao King Mansion, and from then on he became a downtrodden commoner.
Since you are not happy to be a civil servant, it is better to go back to Gunzhou to become a farmer, accompany the farmland every day, and when you are interested, you can also send love to the landscape, and pick up a pen to engage in poetry creation, wouldn't it be beautiful! In ten years, Luo Binwang became the one with the largest output of poetry among the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, and also made many like-minded literary friends.
No matter what kind of world he has experienced, King Luo Bin's chivalrous bones have never been lost, and he still likes to fight grievances and is as jealous as hatred. Even when he treats his good friend Lu Zhaolin, he is "merciless" in order to fight grievances.
When he accidentally learned that Lu Zhaolin had failed a woman named Guo and made the family wait for many years, Luo Binwang couldn't hide his anger and immediately wrote a song "Love on behalf of Guo Shi Answer Lu Zhaolin", thinking that he had exposed the true face of Lu Zhaolin, a scumbag, to the world.
But in fact, at that time, Lu Zhaolin was already suffering from a stubborn illness, paralyzed in bed, and could not be with his beloved Guo. But Luo Binwang, who did not know it, broke off relations with Lu Zhaolin because of this matter, and the two have never interacted again.
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A talented person like Luo Binwang is still poor at the age of more than half a hundred, which is closely related to his own persistent and stubborn personality. But even when he was so poor that he could only eat soil, he did not become a drifter, and he was not even willing to accept funding from friends.
On the contrary, he still cares about national affairs, cares about the people of the dawn, and still stands up and does not hesitate to turn back when the country is facing danger.
In 670 AD, urgent news came from the border that Tubo had invaded the Tang border pass on a large scale. Although King Luo Bing was old at this time, he still decided without hesitation to join the army and join the army.
While following Xue Rengui on his expedition to the Western Regions, King Luo Bing wrote a large number of Biansai poems. It is worth mentioning that King Luo Bing was also the first poet in the Tang Dynasty to join the Western Regions and leave his works, which can be called "Biansai Shizu". Especially the song "From the Army": "The bowstring holds Hanyue, and the horse's foot tramples the dust." If you don't seek to survive, you should only die to repay the king", which fully reflects his ideal and desire to make meritorious contributions to serve the country.
Although Xue Rengui, the god of war, later folded his halberd in the desert, causing King Luo Bing to suffer defeat and destroy his ideal of making meritorious contributions to the army, he added a huge fortune to the literary treasury of the mainland.
Thankfully, 10 years later, King Luo Bing was able to return to Chang'an unharmed. Because of a lot of military merits, he was promoted to the imperial court attendant, the official residence of the sixth grade, equivalent to our Supreme People's Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption General Bureau today, as long as it is an official he does not look good on, then it is a favor, this may be the most suitable official position for him.
Luo Binwang, who is over 60 years old, could have successfully entered the retirement stage after spending his final official career, but with his unafraid personality, he still has no change in his strength and integrity, and offended a high-ranking official in order to control corruption, and was falsely accused and imprisoned.
However, even when he was in prison, he was full of vigor, and immediately wrote a famous song "Cicada in Prison" - "The West Continent Cicada sings, the South Crown is thoughtful, and he can't bear the shadow of Xuan Sideburn, to chant to the white head." It is difficult to fly dew, the wind is loud and easy to sink, no one believes in high cleanliness, who gives the heart for the expression."
King Luo Bing thought that he would die in prison, but he did not expect that the time would come, and he would encounter the imperial court to change the yuan and grant amnesty to the world.
Not long after he was released from prison, he caught up with the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Empress Wu came to power, and a traitor took over. With extreme grief and indignation, King Luo Bing wrote: "Don't Yandan here, the strong man rushes to the crown." In the past, there were no people, but today the water is cold." At this moment, even if he became an old man with white sideburns, he also had the same blood and justice as Jing Ke, and he thought that one day, he must avenge those who suffered injustices and let the Empress Wu, who had brought calamity to the country and the people, fall.
Therefore, he chose to follow Xu Jingye to unveil the uprising, rebelled against Wu Hou, and wrote the famous article "Wooing Wu Shu for Li Jingye", denouncing Wu Zetian's crimes.
It was this article, which was called "peerless double wall" together with the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", that made Wu Zetian sigh from the bottom of his heart: There is such a talent, but let him become a thief, and the prime minister is also wrong!
Even the scolded people couldn't help but praise this article for being well written, which is enough to show that Luo Binwang is really talented.
Unfortunately, even a god-like figure like Luo Binwang, when he encounters a pig-like teammate, he still can't escape the end of being annihilated in one fell swoop. This time, King Luo Bin's luck was also exhausted, and his life was finally brilliant at the last moment, but suddenly disappeared and disappeared.
But King Luo Bin's life is also complete, he wrote the most famous poems, and he became a heroic warrior, until the end of his life, he also carried integrity, perseverance, and that strong vigor.
As Mr. Wen Yiduo commented on him, he is a chivalrous by nature, likes to fight grievances, and helps infatuated women beat down. In the eyes of others, he is dead-brained and low emotional intelligence, but he has always insisted on being himself, but unfortunately, his whole life has been spent in the absence of talent.
Even if he did not become a successful person when he was alive, even if he did not realize the ideal of meritorious service to the country in the end, he was a true warrior and a hero of the times. His noble chivalry and indomitable life will surely become a legend through the ages, just like the poems he wrote.