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Xuchang West Lake spring color alpine blue / photo
Small talk with a friend. He proudly said that I lived next to the West Lake, and it was a great honor to think that Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, and Su Dongpo had lectured not far away.
Xuchang West Lake has its own rich connotation. But some slogans don't have to be taken seriously. Even if we do not climb the map and examine history in a realistic manner, we will continue to look at the points.
The article "Introduction to Xuchang Xiaoxi Lake" contained in the Journal of Xuchang University in July 1983 and some of the sentences in the entry of Baidu Encyclopedia "Xuchang West Lake Park" are selected for discussion.
"Thirty-six West Lakes in the world, Xuzhou West Lake in it",
Is it the original words of the Yongle Canon?
The Small West Lake in Xuchang West Lake Park has a history of more than 1,800 years, and the Yongle Canon says that "there are thirty-six West Lakes in the world, and the West Lake in Xuzhou (Xuchang) is in it."
——"Xuchang West Lake Park" Baidu entry
Is there a record of Xuchang West Lake in the Yongle Canon? Yes.
In the introduction of the Various West Lakes, there are entries on "Xuzhou West Lake", and the following three notes by Zhang Shunmin and Ye Mengde include 1 poem by Su Shi, 1 poem by Liu Chang, 1 poem by Li Li, and 2 poems by Mei Yaochen.
Fragments of the extant canon, this slogan cannot be found.
In the Qing Dynasty, Lu Yixiang's "Lenglu Miscellaneous Knowledge" said: "There are six out of thirty West Lakes in the world, but Hangzhou is the most authored." "It can be seen that West Lake Thirty-Six is a familiar language at that time."
"Thirty-six West Lakes in the world, Xuzhou West Lake in it." It's just a self-promotion on the Xuchang people.
The Yongle Canon about The West Lake of Xuchang
Was Emperor Xian of Han imprisoned here?
The small West Lake in Xuchang originated in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the city was dug up to form a pothole, and the water was later merged into a lake. According to legend, when Cao Cao "blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the princes", he imprisoned Emperor Xian of Han on the shore of the lake of the West Lake in present-day Xuchang.
According to historical records, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Small West Lake was already as clear as a mirror, with lush trees, colorful boating, and pleasant scenery.
The three West Lake materials collected in the Yongle Canon, together with Hu Su's "Liubei Pavilion Record", are precious historical materials that trace the history of Xuchang West Lake. But it can only be traced back to the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
As for the origin of Xuchang West Lake in the Han Dynasty, the claim that Emperor Xiandi of Han was imprisoned here is just imagination.
Is "Little West Lake" named after Su Dongpo?
Later, when Su Dongpo was guarding Hangzhou, in order to distinguish The West Lake of Xuzhou from the West Lake of Hangzhou, a letter was sent to the Then Xuzhou Taishou and renamed the West Lake of Xuzhou "Little West Lake", which has been used ever since.
——"Introduction to Xuchang Xiaoxi Lake"
Later, Su Shi moved to Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and sent a letter to the governor Zhao Delin, proposing to change the name to Xiaoxi Lake to distinguish it from Hangzhou West Lake.
In Su Shi's poem "Rhymes Again delin new opening the West Lake", there is such a sentence:
"Although the West Lake is small, it is also a westerly child, and the flow is clear and abundant."
It is said that because of this sentence, the west lakes everywhere have changed their names to "Little West Lakes".
In the final Northern Song Dynasty, Xuchang West Lake did not have the humble title of "Little West Lake".
However, Zhao Delin, who was in harmony with Su Shi, was an official in Yingzhou (present-day Fuyang) at that time, and was not "Xuzhou Taishou"; the nature of his dredging was also The West Lake of Yingzhou.
"Introduction to Xuchang Xiaoxi Lake" was published in the "Journal of Xuchang Teachers College" in 1983, and some of the claims have influenced it to this day.
Was the Zizhi Tongjian written in Xuchang West Lake?
Did Sima Guang and others give lectures here?
In the Song Dynasty, it became a place for famous politicians and writers Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang, Su Shi and others to see and lecture. Sima Guang lived in Xiaoxihu for 13 years and wrote the "Zizhi Tongjian" (Zizhi Tongjian). Fan Zhongyan left a poem praising the beauty of the Small West Lake, "West Lake".
—— "Xuchang West Lake Park" Baidu entry
As first-class figures in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu and others have been studied in great detail, and there is no such plot as lecturing in Xuchang. At that time, There was no place for classes in West Lake.
As for Sima Guang's writing of the Zizhi Tongjian, it is well known that he lived in Luoyang and also visited Mount Song.
However, the experiences of the Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi brothers who founded Luoxue in Xuchang and Xihu have a far-reaching influence in the history of Confucianism, but few people mention it.
Have Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi built attractions in Xuchang West Lake?
In addition to chanting poems and writing books here, these literati also built many unique buildings in the lake. Ouyang Xiu built a boat-shaped "Ou Pavilion" in the lake; Su Shi built the "Changxiao Pavilion" to the west of the "Ou Pavilion", and built a "Reading Pavilion" in the lake; Han Yu built the "Zhan Jiang Pavilion" and so on.
Ouyang Xiu built the "Ou Pavilion" here; the brothers Su Shi and Su Rui lived here for a long time, and once built the "Listening Water Pavilion", "Reading Pavilion", "Drum Book Pavilion", "Jinhua Hall"...
It was not Han Yu who built the Zhan Jiang Pavilion, it was Han Wei, which was a typo.
Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi and Xuchang were all inextricably linked, but they did not rule in Xuchang, and they did not make a home in Xuchang, and they could not carry out large-scale construction. What Xuchang West Lake is built, has nothing to do with them.
In his later years, Su Rui lived in Xuchang for more than ten years, basically living in a dumen and not asking about the world. All he started building was his own house.
Listening to the water pavilion is a scene of Xuchang in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is recorded in the collection of Su Zhi's poems, but it was not cultivated by him. Su Ruiyun: "The water flows from the West Lake to listen to the water pavilion, from the north of the city to the east, and Wulu is suitable for its south." ”
Xuchang West Lake lotus alpine green / photo
Is "West Lake Lotus Boat" "Ten Views of Zhongzhou"?
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Xuzhou West Lake was included in the "Ten Views of Zhongzhou", known as "West Lake Lotus Ship".
In the local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty, the "West Lake Lotus Ship" is listed as "Ten Scenic Spots of Xuzhou". However, whether anyone has elected the "Ten Views of Zhongzhou" and whether Xuchang West Lake has been shortlisted is unknown.
The lotus flowers of Xuchang West Lake were indeed famous in Zhongzhou during the Ming and Qing dynasties.