When a person grows to a stage, he will leave his hometown in order to pursue his dreams, especially many literati and inkers, whose feelings for missing their hometown are often very strong, and will be expressed through their own writing.
For example, when we were learning the language, we began to recite the first poem "Little left home and the old man returned, and the township voice did not change the sideburns", this "Book of Returning To the Hometown Doll" is from He Zhizhang's pen, and every word in the verse resonates between the lines.
01 Missing my hometown has taken root from the moment I left
He Zhizhang was a great poet of the Tang Dynasty and a famous calligrapher in China, born in Yongxing, Yuezhou, and also in the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou today. During the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was not very strict, but there were still many people who repeatedly failed the examination, and He Zhizhang was relatively lucky, he passed five levels and slashed six generals, and finally stood out.
It can be said that the success of the imperial examination has written his new life. Perhaps, He Zhizhang could not have dreamed that this parting would be a lifetime.
After entering Beijing, He Zhizhang was very diligent and studious, and was promoted to the position of attendant of the ceremonial department and secretary supervisor many times. Compared with other poets, He Zhizhang lived a very happy life, he did not experience Meng Haoran's predicament, nor did he understand the pain of Du Fu's loss of the country, let alone Li Bai's frustration in the workplace.
In Beijing, He Zhizhang has lived a very good life, but he has always been concerned about his hometown hangzhou. He even often dreamed that he had returned to his childhood, fishing and shrimp in his hometown Xianghu Lake, picking wild vegetables and other scenes, and every time he missed his hometown, He Zhizhang would chant poems and create many nostalgic works such as "Homecoming Doll Book" and "Liu Yong".
As the saying goes, "Companions are like companions of tigers, so why are they all poets, and He Zhizhang will live so happily and completely?" "Maybe all this is due to He Zhizhang's personality, inheriting the excellent genes of the family and being intelligent."
In the official court of the imperial court, He Zhizhang knew how to meet the source left and right, converged on the sharp edge, full of economy, he had a bold and frank personality, extraordinary temperament, courage, for a long time, Xuanzong regarded him as a minister of the humerus, and he also trusted him in a thousand ways.
02 More than 50 years in and out of the official field, but has never been able to achieve the desire to return to his hometown
Compared with other poets, He Zhizhang is the longest person in the official field, for nearly fifty years, and it can be said that since leaving his hometown of Hangzhou, He Zhizhang has completely taken root in Beijing. Not only does he have a very high feng lu, but he also lives in a mansion, so it is reasonable to say that such a worry-free day should be extremely happy, but in He Zhizhang's view, the capital is not as good as his hometown.
Since becoming a high-ranking official, more and more people have befriended He Zhizhang. In his hometown, He Zhizhang lived in 3 old houses, which had long been dilapidated because no one had lived there for many years.
The local county order in order to tie he Zhizhang, but also specially brought craftsmen to rebuild and repair it, He Zhizhang learned, but he thought that his old house did not matter, and there was no bridge when crossing the river, and the fee for crossing the river by ferry was high, so he said: "Instead of spending money to repair me, it is better to build a bridge for the people in the village." ”
Because the owner of the ship was the younger brother of the county order, when he heard that there was no charge for building a bridge, he began to argue: "The emperor ordered you to build an old house, and now it is changed to building a bridge. The words of the county order made He Zhizhang angry and sick.
He Zhizhang's health was deteriorating, and he had entered the stage of terminal illness when he was over eighty years old, and he specifically told his son to seek the welfare of his hometown and build bridges. In this way, He Zhizhang passed away with regret. Not long after, a scribe came to He Zhizhang's hometown to inquire about the construction of the bridge, and began to insist on repairing the statue.
The scribe told Zeng Xianling: "Elder He had a will before his death, and his wish was not to build the Thousand Autumn Temple, and the funds were used to build a bridge on the river!" Speaking of standing statues, they can stand in an old house.
Finally, the county commander suddenly realized that this scribe was no one else but He Zhizhang's good friend Li Bai, so he began to build a bridge. The whole bridge is 12.6 meters long, 1.68 meters wide and 3.3 meters high, and Li Bai named the bridge "Sijia Bridge".
Today, in order to educate the next generation, Hangzhou Xiaoshan has built the He Zhizhang Art Museum, and this bluestone slab bridge is still lying on the Zhidu River, and the three characters of the Sijia Bridge above are still clearly visible. The inheritance of the bridge may be the inheritance of poetry, and every year tourists come here to visit, which is enough to see that the world has a deep appreciation for the poet He Zhizhang.