In the late Tang Dynasty, the emperor had no real power in economy, politics, and military, and the chaotic situation of the division of feudal towns became more and more serious. In this case, most of us think that the readers of this period should have the ambition of "saving the building from the top". Even if there is no such feeling of home and country, the words in the pen should be mainly based on realistic themes, with sorrow as the main tone, just like Du Fu, who experienced the chaos of Anshi, wrote "three officials" and "three farewells" to reflect the folk suffering and the wandering of the world in the chaotic world.
But surprisingly, in the late Tang Dynasty, the classical poetry genre of "Huajian School" was born. The content of the works of this genre, most of the songs and songs of sorrow and resentment, and the joy and hatred, mostly depict the love between men and women. Such a beautiful style of words can be said to be completely incompatible with that era, but it grew up morbidly, and also had a great influence on the poetry of later generations, which is also strange. Lu You, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, once criticized this genre as "when the world is in a precarious situation, the scholar is flowing here." ”
The many literati of the Huajian Sect are the most well-known to Wen Tingjun and Wei Zhuang, who are also the representative literati of the Huajian Sect. And what we are talking about in this issue is Wei Zhuang in it. Wei Zhuang was the fourth grandson of Wei Yingwu, and it was said that his ancestors had also been prominent. It was only in Wei Zhuang's generation that the family road gradually fell. In his early years, Wei Zhuang also repeatedly failed to participate in the imperial examination, which also made him quite poor in his life.
Perhaps because he was poor and afraid, this also caused Wei Zhuang to have a very "miserly" personality. Although we all say that hardship and simplicity are virtues, but hardship and simplicity cannot be overstated, and Wei Zhuang's hardship and simplicity are excessive. According to historical records, when Wei Zhuang usually cooked, he had to count how many meters were steamed each time, and even the firewood for cooking had to be weighed every time, which was also teased by many literati doctors at that time. If that's all there is to it, it's fair to say, but he's done something even stranger. There is a passage in the "Asano Youzai" that reads:
A son died at the age of eight, and his wife served in time. Zhuang stripped and wrapped the body in the old mat. Funeral, return to the table.
This means that Wei Zhuang's son died at the age of eight, so Wei Zhuang's wife was buried in the clothes that her children usually wear. As a result, Wei Zhuang actually stripped off the child's clothes and wrapped his body in a straw mat. Not only that, but he also took the straw mat back after the burial.
It can be said that Wei Zhuang's "miserliness" is really beyond my imagination. But it is such a Wei Zhuang, for his little daughter but love to the extreme, but also wrote a wonderful poem for the little daughter, the whole poem is not a word of love but full of love, interesting and more level, this poem also made him "the most affectionate father". Let's walk with me into the poems written by Wei Zhuang to his young daughter.
"With the Little Girl"
Seeing people's first explanation of the language is dumb, and they refuse to sleep and love the car.
One night of pampering the bottom of the matter, for the suspect clothes less wisps of Jinhua.
This little poem is very simple and straightforward, and it also describes the trivialities of life. It is said that the little daughter has just been able to understand the adult's speech, and then she begins to learn the language. I don't want to go to sleep because I am greedy for playing with my own car toys. Crying at night and refusing to sleep obediently, why is this? It turned out that there was a gold thread flower embroidered on the clothes.
In fact, many parents should have this experience, that is, children crying at night is really a very "crazy" thing. That sound of distress is really easy to upset people, but in Wei Zhuang's pen, the little daughter's crying is "delicate crying", the poet does not have the slightest annoyance, on the contrary, he also helps his daughter explain that it is because of "less wisps of gold for the suspect clothes", which can be said to be full of love for the little daughter. People have to sigh that Wei Zhuang is a proper "daughter slave" when reading it.
From this poem written by Wei Zhuang to his young daughter, it is not difficult for us to see that Wei Zhuang still attaches great importance to family affection, and his heart is also very fond of children. But it is such a thing that Wei Zhuang did when his son was buried, it is really incomprehensible, many people read Wei Zhuang's small poem, and then think about what he did for his younger son, saying that he "values women over men", which is also a bit embarrassing.
What do you think of what Wei Zhuang did? Feel free to speak up in the comments section.