Liu Yong, the talented son of Jiangnan, whose original name was Liu Sanchang, was a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty and a representative of the Gentle Sect. His ancestors had always been officials, and when he was young, he liked to chant poems and give words, and under the influence of his family, he also had the ambition to benefit the party for the sake of the official.
When he was a teenager, Liu Yong was quite literate, and when he was 10 years old, he went to Yangzhou with his father, and during his study in Yangzhou, he wrote the "Persuasion Text" that has been passed down through the ages.
"Parents who raise their sons without teaching them do not love their sons." Although the teaching is not strict, it is also not loving his son. Parents teach but do not learn, is the son does not love his body also. Although he learns but is not diligent, he does not love his body. That is why the adopted son must be taught, and the teaching must be strict; if it is strict, it must be diligent, and if it is diligent, it will be successful. To this day, this exhortation essay is still worth learning from those who study.
When he was young, Liu Yong was even more talented, and when he was 19 years old, he played in Hangzhou and wrote the famous "Wanghai Tide • Southeast Shape Victory": Southeast Shape Victory, Three Wu Metropolis, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. Smoke willow painting bridge, wind curtain green curtain, jagged 100,000 homes. Clouds and trees around the sand, angry waves roll frost and snow, the sky is endless. City column Pearl, Huying Luoqi, competitive luxury.
Heavy lakes stacked on top of Qingjia, there are three autumn guizi, ten lotus flowers. Qiangguan makes it clear, Lingge pans the night, and plays fishing for Lotus Baba. A thousand horses embrace high teeth, ride drunk to listen to the drums, and chant and admire the smoke. The other-day map will be a good scene, return to Fengchiqua.
Since Liu Yong was in his 20s, he began a long road to participate in the imperial examination. By the time he was 40 years old, he had taken 4 exams, but in the end, he was all named Sun Shan. Until 1034, that is, when Liu Yong was 50 years old, Song Renzong Kaien, who had just taken the throne, lowered the standards and relaxed the standards for the candidates who had fallen behind in the past years, and Liu Yong immediately rushed to take the exam and passed the jinshi.
After that, Liu Yong became an official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his political performance was good, but he was also a petty official at the county order level, and he was not promoted for 10 years. Why?
For Liu Yong, success is also gentle, and defeat is also gentle. When he was young, Liu Yong coveted the lake light and water color and bustling bustle of Suhang, the paradise on earth, and had a special love for the women of the Qinglou. As a representative lyricist of the gentle school, Liu Yong wrote about the romantic affair of fireworks and willow lanes, which was naturally handy, but the debauchery of his youth made a big mistake.
At that time, the emperors Song Zhenzong and Song Renzong naturally did not entrust this drunken and drunken poet with heavy responsibilities, and Liu Yong's official road was doomed to be bumpy. Liu Yong, who cannot be reused, is even more intoxicated between Liu Lanes, his heart is full of loneliness and sorrow, the misery and sentimentality of the singers and prostitutes ignites his romance, and when sympathy and appreciation blend, it bursts out of love.
Liu Yong's masterpiece: "The cold cicadas are miserable, the long pavilion is late, and the rain is the first rest." Dumen tent drinking nowhere, nostalgic, Lan Zhou urged. Holding hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes, they were speechless and choked. Thoughts go, thousands of miles of smoke, twilight and mist.
Amorous parting since ancient wounds, more that kan, snubbed the Autumn Festival! Where is the wine awake tonight? Willow shore, dawn wind and moon. This past year should be a good day and a good scene. Even if there are a thousand styles, who to say? ”
This rain bell is written in the love of Liu Yong and his lover, poems and words can not listen to the appreciation of others, everyone reading poetry will have different feelings, only by reading it yourself, you can appreciate that mood.
Liu Yongliu changed three times, did not become the expectation of his parents, nor did he become the emperor's favorite, he became a lyricist of a prostitute. Poor and destitute, Liu Yong had to rely on the help of singers and prostitutes to survive. Even after his death, he still relied on these red confidants of the Qinglou to raise funds and hold funerals for him.
The Qing Dynasty had a novel "Traces of the Flower Moon", which contained a few poems: "Amorous since ancient times, empty hatred, good dreams are the easiest to wake up." It is difficult to get rid of the flowers, and the poor flying feathers are too floating. "The love between Liu Yong and the prostitute is so similar to what is written in this poem, some love looks vigorous, but it can't help but be consumed by time; the bland feelings of husband and wife may be more able to withstand the baptism of wind and rain.
When he was a teenager, Liu Yong followed his father to his post, wandered the world in his youth, traveled to the scientific expedition in middle age, and changed officials everywhere in his old age, which can be said to have traveled all over Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. Maybe some people will look down on him, maybe some people will belittle him, but everyone has their own choices, have a different life, we should not blame others for their way of life, and they are not qualified to judge the right and wrong of a generation of lyricists Liu Yong.
Between the small bridges and flowing waters, on the willow bank Ofsu Causeway, in the mouths of the literati and scholars, the song "Butterfly Love Flower" is still sung today: "The belt is gradually widening and there is no regret, and the people of Yi are haggard." ”