In the poetry world of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Changling was unique in the poetry world with his seven-character quatrains . Yin Fan of the Tang Dynasty said in "The Collection of Heyue Heroes ": "After the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the style and rhythm began to be prepared." Therefore, later generations often regard the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan as the beginning of the prosperous Tang poetry.
And this year, living in Bashan Shushui Li Bai just planned to carry his luggage for a hike, Du Fu is still "in August before the court, pears and jujubes are ripe, and they grow on the trees in one day" Wang Wei, a jujube-picking boy who can return thousands of times, is sending poems to various places in Chang'an to win the title of Jinshi. At this time, the poet shining brightly in the poetry world is Wang Changling, the "Seven Masters".
Wang Changling has 181 poems in his collection. The genres are mainly , five ancients, , and Qijue, of which 74 are Qijue. Wang Changling was older among the poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and wrote Qijue earlier. He was the earliest poet in the Tang Dynasty who wrote a large number of Qijue and achieved high artistic achievements. He became famous because of Qijue alone.
Wang Changling's seven-character quatrains can be divided into three categories in terms of content, and each of these three categories has its own characteristics. Regardless of the category, Wang Changling faithfully practices the principle of "I write with my own hand". He uses poetry to gain insight into his own glimmer, and he uses poetry to illuminate life.
The first category is the frontier poems that follow the old Yuefu titles. Wang Changling's frontier fortress poems include the aspiration of "If you don't break Loulan, you will never return" and the joy of victory of "capturing Tuyuhun alive", as well as the sorrow of missing your loved ones before the wind in the desert and under the moonlight of the Great Wall. They are all written in a subtle and deep way, blending the scenes, with the soothing and natural style and the smooth and clear syllables, and have become famous works that have been sung forever.
The second category is boudoir poems and palace poems that express the resentment of court ladies who miss their wives. Wang Changling's works such as "Gong Ci" and "Beauty Resentment" show his high artistic ability in depicting the inner emotions of women under the feudal system. The beauty of the writing, the condensation of the language, and the depth of emotion in these works all made it difficult for later authors to compete.
The third category is farewell poems. Wang Changling wrote more than forty farewell poems throughout his life. Wang Changling had a wide range of contacts throughout his life, and had contacts with many literati, officials, hermits and monks. Especially when he was demoted twice and lived in exile all year round, he needed the comfort and warmth of friendship from relatives and friends. He also dedicated his loyal and deep friendship to those upright and close friends.
Wang Changling, courtesy name Shaobo, was born in about the first year of Changshou (692). His county title was Langya (today's Shandong), his native place was Jingzhao (today's Xi'an), and he once lived in Taiyuan. He came from a poor family and said that he had "lived in poverty for a long time". He worked as a farmer in his hometown when he was young, and traveled around the world as a young man. In addition to Shaanxi, he also visited Kaifeng, Taihang Mountains, Handan and other places.
In an era when academic excellence leads to officialdom, Wang Changling chose not to take the ordinary path. He began his pre-official wandering in the seventh year of Kaiyuan (719). The destination of his wandering this time was Henan. However, this trip to Henan was not smooth. After arriving in Daliang, there were various difficulties such as tight travel expenses, which were closely related to his wandering between "birth" and "joining the world" at this time.
In the early spring of the eighth year of Kaiyuan (720), Wang Changling once again chose to take an unusual path: while his peers were busy rushing for exams, he wanted to go to Songshan Mountain to become a Taoist priest. It was not his urgent desire to become a Taoist priest in Songshan Mountain. In the first few months, he studied Taoism seriously. In the next few months, he became uneasy and spent more energy on making friends and improving his reputation. In autumn, he left Songshan and came to Hebei, where he began his first frontier wandering.
Wang Changling roamed the Hebei frontier for a whole year and was deeply proud of the country's active border opening policy. His high heroic spirit and full of patriotic enthusiasm overflowed between the lines of the poem. Wang Changling wrote in "Two Poems on the Military Journey, Part 1": "The general went to war, and the day was dark at Yuguan. Three golden armors, and Shanyu returned with broken courage." This poem has a high-spirited style and praises the image of a heroic figure who fought bloody battles in Yuguan. However, because of the lack of Li Guang's talent, the general ended in a disastrous defeat.
At the turn of summer and autumn in the ninth year of Kaiyuan (721), Wang Changling came to Luzhou Lisuo in Hebei Province from Zhanshang in Weizhou, Hebei Province.At the end of the year, he went north to Bingzhou Taiyuan Prefecture, and did not go further north until the autumn of the eleventh year of Kaiyuan (723). For two full years, he roamed or stayed in Hedong.
At this time, after an on-the-spot investigation of the border fortress, he sadly discovered that the border had indeed won many battles, but the defeats also resulted in a lot of losses. While he was roaming and living in the frontier fortresses of Hebei and Hedong, defeats happened more frequently. The reason is that the general lacks basic command skills, and there is no correct reward and punishment policy to mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers. If this continues, it will be unthinkable. As a result, the longer he roamed, the more problems he discovered, and his non-war thoughts became more prominent. His poems on the Helong frontier fortress were full of resentment.
On the arduous journey, Wang Changling walked farther and farther, his thoughts gradually became deeper and heavier, and he even sighed: " Pipa dance Changing the sound of the new, always leaving the mountains behind. I can't hear the endless worries while stirring up the confusion. The high autumn moon shines on the Great Wall. " The fate of the border officers and soldiers affected Wang Changling, which made him heartbroken. He was determined to take the road of imperial examination and become an official, and use his virtuous talents to realize the ideal of peace and tranquility for the people.
Wang Changling returned to Beijing in the autumn of the eleventh year of Kaiyuan (723), and took the imperial examination in the spring of the twelfth year of Kaiyuan (724), but failed. Disappointed, he immediately embarked on a more heroic journey to the frontier fortress of Longyou in Hexi Province. After leaving Chang'an, he marched westward along the Weihe Plain, passing through Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, leaving Xiaoguan and Longyou, then up the Yellow River, passing through Huizhou to Lanzhou, then west to Shanzhou, and even north to Liangzhou and Ganzhou, and finally to Suzhou, and even went to the Yumen Army garrison in the west of Suzhou.
Wang Changling's trip to the northwest lasted about one year and ten months, and covered a distance of about 8,000 miles. Moreover, the places they pass through may be mountainous areas, plateaus, or deserts with sparsely populated areas and harsh climates, but conflicts often occur on the borders. Wang Changling deeply felt the hardships of the border soldiers and the cruelty, harm and inhumanity of the border war, so he denied the war more resolutely and comprehensively.
During those days at the frontier fortress, Wang Changling's suppressed nature was suddenly released, and he wrote many very famous frontier fortress poems. For example, this poem "Walking in the Army Part 4": "The snow-capped mountains are dark with long clouds in Qinghai, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass in the distance. The yellow sand wears golden armor in a hundred battles, and the Loulan will never be returned until the Loulan is broken." This poem is not directly lyrical, but integrates emotions into the scenery, showing the strong and brave qualities of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
The trip to the frontier fortresses in Hebei, Hedong, Hexi, Longyou and other places broadened Wang Changling's horizons. This poem "Out of the Fortress Part 1": "The Qin Dynasty bright moon and the Han Dynasty closed the country , and the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned. But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Huma will not be taught to cross the Yin Mountains." It is a poem full of frontier fortress style written by Wang Changling in Hohhot. Because of its grand scene and profound thoughts, this poem has become Wang Changling's representative work, and it is also a famous seven-character quatrain in the poetry circle of the Tang Dynasty.
After his trip to the Helong border fortress, he became more determined in his ideal of tranquilizing the border and peaceful people, and was determined to work hard to realize his ideal and change the current situation of the border fortress. He borrowed the words of the master of Fufeng and said: "Youth and sports meet, what a tragedy. The emperor first enthroned Zen, and the virtuous Yuhan."
After staying at the frontier for several years, the thirty-year-old Wang Changling began to think about his future, so he came to Chang'an to take the imperial examination. By the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan (727), when Wang Changling became a Jinshi, he was already thirty-two years old. It is worth mentioning that in this imperial examination, Wang Changling also gained friendship. Because he met his lifelong friend Meng Haoran in Chang'an. It turned out that this year, Meng Haoran from Xiangyang also took the imperial examination with great ambition. The two met in Chang'an, and there was a feeling that they met too late.
But what is quite regrettable is that Wang Changling is on the list, while Meng Haoran is not on the list. After passing the Jinshi title, the supplementary secretary is the Provincial School Secretary. School Secretary has been filled by literary scholars since ancient times and is highly valued in the world. However, Wang Changling was unwilling to give up. In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734), he was selected into the Erxue Hongci Department and was outstanding among the group, so he was changed to the Sishui County Lieutenant.
This may be the happiest period of the poet's life. During this period, Meng Haoran came to Beijing, and the two had a very happy relationship. They "same pen and inkstone for several years."
In the kingdom of poetry, especially in the palace of Qijue, Wang Changling in the prosperous Tang Dynasty stood tall and walked towards the south. However, in the arena of life, he has experienced the ridicule of reefs and the assassination of dangerous shoals. At that time, Wang Changling's ambition of "following the swans lightly" was not only unable to be carried out, but was also suppressed and run against at every turn. In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan (738), the 43-year-old Wang Changling was demoted to Lingnan for offending the powerful.
On the way to the demoted office, Wang Changling passed through Jingzhou . He was deeply resentful of Zhang Jiuling, his old boss, and went to visit him specially. While passing through Xiangyang, he went to meet his friend Meng Haoran and expressed their feelings to each other. Meng Haoran was seriously ill. Seeing that his old friend was about to go to Lingnan, where he was demoted, he comforted him with a song "Farewell to Wang Changling in Lingnan".
Wang Changling also wrote a gift poem to Meng Haoran "Seeing the Punishment to Yishui". In the poem, Wang Changling said that "offense is caused by oneself, but one's nature remains true." Wang Changling has a deep personality, and these two poems can be said to be the embodiment of his magnanimous and upright mind throughout his life.
Wang Changling's personality is as he said, "It is your own fault, and your nature is easy to accept." He dared to expose the social reality of "the world was full of soldiers and spread poison all over the world" at that time, and he also dared to use poetry to criticize the current ills. The reason is that it was when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was in a state of depression, too lazy to take care of the affairs of the state, and focused on enjoying himself, so he began to re-employ Li Linfu, and his power was transferred downwards.
When Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty went on a military expedition against the frontier fortress, Wang Changling earnestly hoped to be summoned and state his strategies for controlling the border in person. However, Li Linfu blocked it, and even if Wang Changling had the ambition to help, he could not carry it out. Previously, Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling spoke out and dared to remonstrate whenever he encountered problems. Tang Xuanzong was very dissatisfied with him. Later, Li Linfu took the opportunity to exclude him, dismissed the prime minister, and became the chief executive of Jingzhou.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Jiuling, Wang Changling took a boat down the Hanshui , crossed the Yangtze River, entered Dongting , followed the Xiangjiang River, passed through Changsha, went to Hengyang, went up to Chenzhou , and went to Lingnan. Regarding his being demoted to Lingnan this time, Wang Changling compared himself to "Ji Hong" and said he would be "far away from the world forever", but "why worry about the present"? It can be seen that he is broad-minded and high-spirited, and he is not depressed because he was demoted to Lingnan.
In the spring of the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan (739), after Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty issued an amnesty order, Wang Changling's worries about being demoted were completely relieved, and he felt particularly relaxed on the way back to Chang'an.
In the autumn of that year, he arrived in Baling and met the great poet Li Bai, who was four years younger than him. This was the first time they met. Baling is the strategic point between the north and the south. Zhang Zhongshu, who was relegated to Yuezhou in the Tang Dynasty, said that after he built the Yueyang Tower here, it became even more famous. The unexpected encounter and the feeling that "we are both lost in the world" made them feel like old friends at the first sight, so they traveled to Baling together hand in hand. They had endless sadness about separation, but also the joy of drinking and singing.
Passionate sentiments have been saddened by parting since ancient times. One dusk evening, two poets said goodbye in a hurry at the head of Baling City and the shore of Dongting Lake. Li Bai took a boat to the north, and Wang Changling presented him with "Baling Farewell to Li Twelve":
As Balingzhou moved to Zhufen, rumors spread across the Qingjiang River.
The mountains are long but the autumn color of the city cannot be seen, and the sky is full of water and clouds at dusk.
Standing under the starry sky of history, looking at the long river of history, the filter of time traces back to the time when Wang Changling and Li Bai met and parted. I saw the oar swaying and a solitary sail drifting to the distance of Zhouzhu, while the voices of Li Bai and Wang Changling calling each other to take care were still floating in the wind from the water waves. The boat was far away. Li Bai looked from the bow of the boat and saw only the water surrounding the mountains, but the city of Baling in the autumn could no longer be seen. Where is Wang Changling? In the vast twilight, I can see a patch of green grass and clear clouds and clear water.
In the bleak and cold winter, Wang Changling came to Xiangyang again because he wanted to revisit his close friend Meng Haoran who lived in seclusion here.Meng Haoran stayed with him for a while longer. Wang Changling had no official duties at this time and no worries about being demoted, so he happily spent a pleasant time with his old friend. But they never expected that this would be their last reunion.
Because Meng Haoran had just recovered from the rash at that time, he was so happy after meeting Wang Changling that he ate and drank as much as he wanted at the banquet, which actually led to his death. A banquet where friends reunited ended the friendship that started thirteen years ago. Historical records record: "Shi Haoran was ill with a rash on his back and recovered. He was very happy with each other, had a romantic banquet, and ate fresh food. Finally, he was in the south garden of the city at the age of fifty-two."
Perhaps because they were not able to get the glory of the prosperous age, they could only pour wine over each other, and Meng Haoran could be said to have sacrificed his life to accompany a gentleman. From the emotional to the sexual nature of Meng Haoran, one can well imagine Wang Changling's character.
In the second year after Meng Haoran was separated forever, Wang Changling, who was about fifty years old, was appointed as the county magistrate of Jiangning . After being frustrated, one becomes arrogant and dissolute. In the winter of the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan (740), Wang Changling received a letter of appointment to serve as county magistrate in Jiangning, and then left Beijing and went south. Later generations also called him Wang Jiangning .
Wang Changling was not satisfied with the position of Jiang Ning Cheng, and often expressed his dissatisfaction. For example, he complained in the poem "Farewell to the Twelve Soldiers of Wei": "The county office is like a long tassel, checking my body all day long. I go to the county government in the ordinary days, and I am not allowed to show my old friends." He hoped that he would not stay in Jiangning for a long time. However, due to Wang Changling's nature, he was not familiar with the world, did not understand the ways of the world, and did not stick to trivial matters. Therefore, during his tenure in Jiang Ning, he was listed with two major crimes: being a drunkard and not abiding by his duties.
As the saying goes, "the country is unfortunate but the poet is lucky". Within a few years in Jiangning, Wang Changling became a dominant figure in the poetry circle there. He met with the poet Chang Jian who served in Xuyi, the famous monk Fashen of Longxing Temple in Yangzhou, and the visiting Li Bai, Cen Can, Gao Shi, etc. to discuss writing and poetry. According to legend, he often held gatherings and chants in the Liuli Hall in the backyard of his office.
During the Five Dynasties Southern Tang Zhou Wenju's "Pictures of Figures in Liuli Hall " specifically recorded this incident. This painting is divided into two scenes. In the first half, Wang Changling is chatting indoors with two literati and a monk named Fa Shen, with two servants waiting nearby; in the second half, four literati are standing or sitting in the yard, seeming to be composing a poem draft, and a book boy is polishing ink.
The second half of Zhou Wenju's original painting is hidden in the Palace Museum , and was mistakenly titled " Han Huan " Wen Yuan Tu " by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. The handed down "Liu Li Tang Figures" is a copy and is stored in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States. Some scholars speculate that in the second half of "Liu Li Tang Figure", the person leaning forward and leaning against the tree is Li Bai, and the person on the far right of the painting leaning slightly and thinking thoughtfully is Wang Changling. Because of his official experience in Jiangning, Wang Changling was called "Wang Jiangning" by later generations.
He served as Jiangning Cheng for six or seven years. Unexpectedly, in the Tianbao7th year (748), while on the way to Guangling, Wang Changling received a new transfer order - to serve as a county captain in Longbiao (Qianyang County, Hunan Province). The reason was that he was impeached for "not protecting the fine line". His wife, who had been bedridden for a long time, died of anger after hearing this.
Longbiao is a remote place, surrounded by mountains and blocked by traffic. Historically, it was known as the "Land of Five Streams" (Chenxi, Youxi, Wuxi, Wuxi, and Yuanxi). When Wang Changling received the news that he had been demoted to Longbiao, thinking of his ideal of peace and tranquility for the people, his mood became high and he went to Longbiao leisurely.
Around September of the seventh year of Tianbao (748), Wang Changling took a hibiscus that he and his wife had planted on a boat, followed the Yangtze River to Dongting, and went up the Yuan River to take up his post. From autumn to the next spring, it is said that when was crossing the Huangshi Cave dangerous shoal in the Yuanjiang River, his official boat was overturned and he almost died. Fortunately, he hugged two wooden boxes containing books tightly and floated in the cold water for an unknown length of time before being rescued by several fishermen.
When Wang Changling was in Jiangning, although he only served as county magistrate, compared with serving as county captain in Longbiao, the difference was not the slightest. The main reason was that Longbiao was becoming more and more remote from Chang'an. Wang Changling returned to Chang'an once when he was in Jiangning, and shook hands with Li Bai who was recruited to Beijing to worship the Imperial Academy for the second time. When Wang Changling was demoted again, Li Bai had already been exiled from the court and roamed the south of the Yangtze River.
When Li Bai heard the news in Yangzhou , it was already the late spring of the second year, so he wrote this popular poem "I heard that Wang Changling moved to the left and Long Biaoyuan had this message." ": "When the poplar flowers have fallen, they are crowing, and I hear the dragon marking the road crossing the five streams. I send my sorrowful heart to the bright moon, and follow the wind to the west of the night."
Wang Changling kept walking throughout his life and made many friends, so he made many like-minded friends. But among his circle of friends, he and Li Bai had a deeper friendship, and their interactions attracted the most attention. It turned out that Wang Changling had met Li Bai when he was living in seclusion in front of Shimen, and invited Li Bai to live in seclusion with him - "I met a friend on the way and asked me where I was going." However, Li Bai had just left Shu for about a year at that time, and was about to develop his ambitions. He did not want to live in seclusion, but wanted to submit himself to the Ming Dynasty in the hope of being reused - "I don't want to be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, but I hope to see Han Jingzhou."
Wang Changling's seclusion didn't last long, and he won the Jinshi the following year, while Li Bai was still wandering in the world. Within a few years of Wang Changling's appointment as school secretary in Chang'an, Li Bai also went to Chang'an for the first time. The two met again in Chang'an, and their friendship was renewed...
After hearing the news that Wang Changling had been demoted to Longbiao, Li Bai might have wanted to go from Yangzhou to Jiangning to visit Wang Changling, but he didn't know until he left that Wang Changling had been demoted to Yelang. Maybe it was just news from other friends. In short, when Li Bai got the news, Wang Changling was already on his way to Longbiao.
"I send my sorrowful heart to the bright moon", this sentence is straightforward and sincere. Li Bai likes to write about the moon. There are many moons in various moods in his poems. The moon is Li Bai's good companion, and Li Bai can express his various moods to the moon.
Li Bai loved to write about the moon. In addition to the image of the moon being elegant, romantic, long-lasting, and shining all over the world, it may also be related to his fondness for drinking. The poet entrusts his care for his friend to the moonlight. The moonlight can shine on his friend at the same time, and he also brings his greetings.
Such a gentle and honest friendship could only be expressed in poems. Li Bai and Wang Changling never had the chance to meet again. Longbiao is located in the southwest of Yuanling County, Yuanling County. In those days, the winding path in the high mountains was so winding and difficult to navigate. Beside the road was the clear and rippling river water. Has this everlasting stream of water ever illuminated Wang Changling's sorrowful and angry eyes, and washed away the dust and dust on his body from being banished from Jinling?
Waves on the sand · Eighth
Liu Yuxi
There is no way to say that slander is like deep waves, but there is no way to say that moving away is like sinking sand.
Although it is hard work to search for thousands of dollars, you will only get gold after blowing all the sand.
"Life kisses me with pain, but I respond with songs." Tagore's poem is so appropriate when applied to Wang Changling. Longbiao is located where the Ershui River and the Qingshui River merge into the Yuanjiang River. There are looming green mountains on both sides. Wang Changling often took a boat to explore the caves on the other side, or went up the Yuanjiang River to Yuanling.
On the whirlpool of the Yuanshui River, Wang Changling chanted "Who knows General Ma, he will be loyal to life and death", and never forgot "How to repay the kindness of the king, but it is the head of Shan." Local chronicles have recorded the circumstances and legends before and after Wang Changling was demoted and came: "I went back and forth with only a piano and a book on my shoulder, which made Cangtou pick up Ye Zicuan."
Faced with the helpless reality, Wang Changling still has an unresolved bitterness. The intense ambitions of patting the railings and drawing swords and hitting the pillars can only be tortured by the years into long helpless sighs. However, his belief in integrity and integrity and his persistence in his ideals of achievement not only tortured his soul, but also supported his soul. Fortunately, in his life, there were countless times when long pavilions and short pavilions were exchanged for each other, but there was rarely a word of depression.
In the summer of the ninth year of Tang Tianbao (750), Deputy Ambassador Tao, who was demoted to Xiangxi, visited Long Biaowei Wang Changling. Deputy Ambassador Tao was an old acquaintance of Wang Changling. When he was serving in Jiangning, Wang Changling wrote the poem "Farewell Deputy Ambassador Tao Returns to Nanhai".
In Longbiao, old friends reunited, and one can imagine the joy. It was early summer, and the two of them were in the Furong Tower, deep in the secluded sea, carrying spring wine and calling the singer. After playing chess and playing music, they had a great time drinking together, and were very interested. Wang Changling was so excited that he wrote "Longbiao Picnic":
Yuanxi has a cool breeze in the late summer, and the spring wine is carried by the bamboo bushes.
Mo Daoxiange worries about being banished far away, the bright moon on the spring mountain is never empty.
Sometimes broad-minded, sometimes resentful, perhaps this is Wang Changling's mood at this time. Behind broad-mindedness may be deeper sadness, but it may also be that broad-mindedness is broad-mindedness, and behind broad-mindedness is still broad-mindedness. I believe in Wang Changling's broad-minded purity, because this may be more in line with his character.
In the autumn of the eleventh year of Tianbao (752), Wang Changling's friend Wei Er came to Longbiao by boat to visit his friends. The two were in Longbiao territory, traveling around the mountains and rivers, enjoying the great rivers and mountains, and they were full of praise for the mountains and rivers of Wuxi. After Wei Er visited Longbiao for a month, he was ready to return to his distant hometown and bid farewell to Wang Changling. Wang Changling saw him off and wrote the famous poem " Farewell to Wei Er":
Farewell to the fragrance of oranges and pomeloes in Jianglou, the river breeze brings rain into the coolness of the boat.
I recall you far away in the Xiaoxiang month, and worry about listening to the ape's dream.
Wang Changling stayed in Longbiao for eight years. Although it was remote, friends often visited, which could comfort the poet's lonely soul to the greatest extent. He had witnessed many welcomes and send-offs at the Linjiang Tower built to see off guests in the east of Longbiao City. This song " Sending Chai Shiyu to Wugang" was written by Wang Changling when he was bidding farewell to his friend Chai Shiyu from Longbiao to Wugang:
Yuanshui Tongbo met Wugang, and I didn't realize that I was hurt when I saw you off.
The green mountains are together with the clouds and rain, but the bright moon has never been the two towns.
Sentiment has been associated with parting since ancient times. For the ancients who have always valued feelings and cherished friendship, they often wrote poems as gifts when seeing someone off or bidding farewell to others. This gave rise to farewell poems. Nothing can compare with the deep feelings contained in a farewell poem. Under the pen of Wang Changling, this poem full of farewell and affection was written calmly, cheerfully and broadly. It is a farewell poem that is sighing but not sad. It is leisurely and endless, and it fully and heartily expresses Wang Changling's deep affection for his friends.
What made Wang Changling's farewell poem famous all over the world was another building named Furong Tower in Longbiao and a friend named Xin Jian. Xin Jian, Wang Changling's friend for many years, is now leaving him and returning to Luoyang in the north. As we parted ways over the wine, the cold rain fell down, covering the river and Furong Tower. is about to leave, when can we meet again? At the moment of sentimental farewell, Wang Changling took advantage of the river in front of him and the fine wine in his cup to write this everlasting song "Farewell to Xin Jian at the Furong Tower":
The cold rain came to Wu at night, and he saw off his guest Chu Shangu in the clear day.
Relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other like a heart filled with ice in a jade pot.
One night of autumn rain, the river flows into Wu, adding to the sadness of separation. The two friends were separated from each other and stayed up all night. When the sky was dim, standing at the ferry in the wind and rain, Wang Changling and Xin Jian held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes. Finally, the sails were raised and the ship was moving away. Wang Changling was still standing alone at the ferry, motionless.
My friend Xin Jian left then, and he was the only one left in front of Furong Tower. The poet was like the lonely Chushan Mountain, standing on the bank of the river and watching the water go by. He said over and over again in his heart To: Xin Jian, when you return to Luoyang, if your relatives and friends ask about me, tell them that I, Wang Changling, am still the Wang Changling of the past, still like a crystal clear jade pot with a heart of ice, bright and aboveboard, as clear as the outside and the inside.
The mountains around Longbiao were like a cage that could hardly fly, imprisoning Wang Changling in his prime years. In the last years of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the two capitals fell, and Xuanzong fled to avoid the chaos. In the first year of Zhide of the Tang Dynasty (756), Li Heng, Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne in Lingwu, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhide and granted amnesty to the world. At this time, Wang Changling, who used to be bold and bold in the past, was already old and was able to leave Longbiao.
But Chang'an had not yet been recovered, and the road was unstable, making it impossible to return to his hometown. Wang Changling had no choice but to go east along the Yangtze River and arrived at Jiujiang in the autumn of the following year. News of the subsequent recovery of the two capitals reached Jiangdong at the end of the year. Wang Changling decided to return home after hearing the good news, but how could he predict that his life was coming to an end?
When Wang Changling passed by Bozhou , he was killed by the governor Lu Qiuxiao. A generation of superstars suddenly perished! Being arrogant to the powerful, hating evil as much as possible, being aloof from worldly affairs, and not sticking to trivial matters are probably the common problems of scholars like Wang Changling who have both talent and integrity. However, Lu Qiuxiao was in a high position, supported himself in troubled times, and with his "violent" nature, he was even more domineering. He was probably jealous of Wang Changling's poetic talent and reputation, so a generation of poets was doomed.
Poor Wang Changling, who wrote "The yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and the Loulan will never be returned until it is destroyed." He died inexplicably at the hands of a mean and cruel villain. What is even more tragic is that the sixty-six-year-old poet was probably "killed with a rod", and the pain can be imagined.
However, as the saying goes, "Life is impermanent, God's way is good", Lu Qiuxiao finally failed to escape the punishment of fate. It is Zhang Hao who should be thanked. Zhang Hao was born in a commoner family and was an upright man. At that time, he also served as the military governor of Henan. The Anshi rebels surrounded the Suiyang guarded by Zhang Xun and Xu Yuanshi, and Zhang Xun was in danger.
Zhang Hao commanded his troops day and night, and sent word to Lu Qiu Xiaoke that he would come to the nearest place for assistance. But Lu Qiu Xiao actually refused to advance, and when Zhang Hao arrived, Suiyang had fallen. Zhang Hao imprisoned Lu Qiu Xiao under military law and had him executed. Lu Qiuxiao repeatedly begged for mercy and said: "I have an old mother at home, please spare my life." Zhang Hao asked: "Who can support Wang Changling's family?"
Zhang Hao's answer made Wang Changling's hatred a little longer, and made people still happy a thousand years later. If Wang Changling knew it from heaven, it would be some comfort.
Xu Tang, a poet of the late Tang Dynasty, was talking about poetry and meeting friends in the Liuli Hall of Wang Changling's elegant gathering. The poet Zhang Qiao who was present composed a poem: "I was a guest in the Liuli Hall at that time, and my long-lost chants followed my footsteps. The tree in the courtyard has been old for a hundred and forty years, and now I can see the poet again." After more than a hundred years, Liuli Hall has reappeared. I wonder if the immortal poetic souls of Wang Changling and Li Bai can see it and smile knowingly.
Perhaps, in the long river of history, countless sufferings have polished the tough souls, making them noble and calm. For example, Wang Changling, whose whole body is scarred and whose armor has been removed layer by layer by life, still smiles at life, uses poetry to see his own glimmer of light, and still uses poetry to illuminate life.
From this point of view alone, Wang Changling’s soul is so firm, so calm, and so persistent. Because of this, Wang Changling's poetry has become the spiritual home of generations of readers in the long years and bumpy life journeys.
