In the previous lecture, we talked about why the word "huajian" appeared in the five dynasties of the late Tang Dynasty, and also talked about the reasons why the word "huajian" appeared in the Western Shu concentration. Today, we are going to talk about a heavyweight big man in the Huajian faction, Sun Guangxian.
Compared with the other seventeen poets of the Huajian School, Sun Guangxian is a more special one. Saying that he is special is mainly reflected in the following points.
First, most of the Huajian poets lived or became officials in Western Shu, while Sun Guangxian realized his ideal of life in Nanping, another divided regime. Sun Guangxian is a Shu person, considered a native of Sichuan, in the early years of western Shu travel to study, it is said that as a petty official, and later the former Shu fell, simply dragged the family to Nanping to divide the regime, the result was good luck to burst, was recommended to become the first generation of Nanping ruler Gao Jixing's "palm secretary", since then has been assisting the Gao family, can be described as a good life of official luck and prosperity.
Second, Sun Guangxian was born into a poor peasant family. Most of the Hanama poets are prominent, either their ancestors are high-gate nobles, or their families have a rich life in mines. For example, the huajian poet Niu Yu and Niu Xiji's uncles and nephews, the father and grandfather of the Tang Dynasty were the Tang Dynasty prime minister Niu monks and children; the famous lyricist Huang Fusong was the son of the Tang Dynasty ancient Wen everyone Huang Fu Xiang, and was the cousin nephew of the cow monks and children, which is a high-level circle. The Sun Guangxian family has been farming for generations, fortunately, Sun Guangxian has a great ambition to study diligently from an early age, and finally jumped out of the farm by relying on his own talent, becoming a famous lyricist and historian, and becoming a pillar of the Southern Ping Kingdom.
Third, Sun Guangxian's words are unique among the Huajian school. Although half of Sun Guangxian's works are also beautiful words, what is valuable is that Sun Guangxian's words have a wide range of themes, some lyrically expressing their own embrace; some are nostalgic for the ancient yong shi fa si gu yue; some describe the life of Zhengfu Si women; and there are more words with the local customs with the fragrance of earth. In short, Sun Guangxian's words are well written, and words on other themes are better written, opening up a broad world for huajian words. Therefore, Sun Guangxian was one of the five poets of the late Tang Dynasty, who could stand on the three legs of Wen Tingjun and Wei Zhuang.
Sun Guangxian was an authentic Shu man, whose hometown was Guiping in Lingzhou, which is now the city of Meishan in Sichuan Province, not far from the hometown of Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that Sichuan, the country of Heavenly Palace, is indeed a place where literati are born. For example, the Han masters Sima Xiangru and Yang Xiong; for example, the Tang Dynasty Wenzong Chen Ziang and the poet Li Bai.
Sun Guangxian character Mengwen, the number BaoGuangzi, which also contains university questions. We may wish to popularize the problem of ranking in the ancient characters. The ancients did not implement family planning, and brothers and sisters grew vigorously. So when naming names, how to reflect the difference between old and young? Parents can't always use Li Lao's elder Li to express it very perfunctorily. The ancients generally used "Meng Zhongshu Ji" to distinguish the relationship between brothers, "Meng" is the boss, can also be used "Bo" to represent. That is to say, those who have "Meng" or "Bo" in the word are generally the bosses of the ranks. The rest are arranged according to the "Zhongshu Season". If there are many cousins in a family, it can't be done, and this is easy to do, according to the numbers. For example, Li Bai is called Li Twelve, Wang Wei is called Wang Thirteen, and Liu Yuxi is more powerful, called Liu Twenty-Eight.
After the ancients grew up, they often gave themselves a number, which pinned their personal feelings and hobbies, which was the label of a person's three views. In addition to embodying its own values, it is also susceptible to the tide of the times. During the Tang and Song dynasties, Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, was popular, and most people believed in Buddhism, so the literati liked to use the title of layman. Bai Juyi was called "Xiangshan Jushi"; Li Qingzhao was called "Yi'an Jushi"; the great artist Tang Bohu was called "Liu Ru Jushi", "Liu Ru" was actually a Buddhist saying, that is, life was like an illusion, like a dream, like a bubble, like a shadow, like a dew, like electricity; Su Shi was called "Dongpo Jushi", but Su Dongpo had been a Confucian And Buddhist cultivator all his life, and he was also very interested in Taoism, so he also had a name called "Tieguan Daoist". In the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, Taoism was popular, and the literati liked to use The Taoist as a trumpet. For example, feng Zizhen, a famous song artist in the Yuan Dynasty, called a "strange" Daoist; another sanqu master, Qiao Ji, was called "Shu Yi Daoren"; Fu Shan, a scholar in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, was called "Zhu Yi Daoren", and Zhu Yi alluded to the Ming Dynasty, implying his deep affection for the Ming Dynasty. The number generally pins on personal emotions and value orientations. The great poet Lu You was cynical and considered by others to be an angry youth, and he simply called himself "Fang Weng", which means that he was debauched and loved freedom, and loved Toi Di Di; and Ouyang Xiu's self-proclaimed "Liu Yi LayMan" actually wanted to show his elegant taste, this "June 1" is ten thousand books, a thousand volumes of ancient texts of gold and stone, a piano, a game of chess, a pot of wine, an old man who enjoys himself.
So the question is, Sun Guangxian gave himself a name called "BaoGuangzi", what is the meaning? This "BaoGuangzi" number, that has a great origin. "Baoguang" comes from Zhuangzi's "Theory of Qi Things". Zhuangzi said that there is a natural way, "Pay attention to the dissatisfaction, deliberate and not exhaustive, and do not know its origin, this is called Baoguang." This means that no matter how much you inject, it will not be full, no matter how much you take out, it will not dry up, do not know where this thing comes from, this is called hidden light. Therefore, "Baoguang" is the meaning of hidden sharpness that is not exposed. The ancients said, "Praise the light to live happily, the heart is wide and live", hide your wisdom, you can avoid disasters; life is often in happiness, the heart is wide and open, life will be open and transparent. Sun Guangxian gave himself the name of "BaoGuangzi", obviously reminding himself that in the chaotic world, he should hide and not be exposed to the light and dust. As he said in "Northern Dream Trivia", "When the time of decline, it is necessary to be timely", that is to say, to be a sober and rational person, with the change of the situation and tilt and float. This kind of life value guides Sun Guangxian's life, which allows him to always make the most correct choice at the most important juncture in his life.