For a long time, people have been accustomed to using IQ as a measure of talent, but modern research shows that the determinant of talent success is not only IQ, but also emotional intelligence. Our protagonist today: Tang Dynasty writer Wen Tingyun . His IQ is very high. He is not only talented, but also quick in writing. He has left many famous poems for future generations. However, Wen Tingyun's political career has never been the same. Smooth, and its final ending is extremely tragic.
Portrait of Wen Tingyun
Why did this highly intelligent scholar of the Tang Dynasty have such trouble with his official career? The answer to this question is given below.
1. Born into a famous family and saved by a benefactor
Wen Tingyun was born in Taiyuan in the Tang Xianzong Yuanhe seventh year (812). He is a descendant of a famous family and a descendant of Wen Yanbo, the prime minister of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. But by Wen Tingyun's generation, the family had declined and was unable to survive. As his father passed away in the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (820), the Wen family fell into a desperate situation of almost starvation.
Fortunately, his father's lifetime friend, Duan Wenchang, who later served as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty , took Wen Tingyun by his side as his own son, and taught literature and Fu himself. His appearance allowed the young Wen Tingyun to return to the path of a traditional scholar. His literary knowledge and creative skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he gradually became famous.
Duan Wenchang was a famous virtuous minister in the late Tang Dynasty. His education for Wen Tingyun followed the sage model defined by traditional Confucian . This was a torture for Wen Tingyun who was living under the influence of others. He has always wanted to find opportunities to break away from the framework set by his uncle and live the life he wanted. This idea planted the seeds for Wen Tingyun's later publicity..
Wen Tingyun's portrait painting
2. The geek in the examination room, always failing
With the death of Duan Wenchang in Xichuan in the ninth year of Yamato (835), the figure who had been guiding how to cultivate one's family was gone. Wen Tingyun, who had been suppressed for a long time, immediately bid farewell to Duan. Home, rushed to the imperial capital Chang'an he dreamed of, and began to fully demonstrate his abilities.
Wen Tingyun was not only good at writing poems, but he was also a famous exam expert, and was a cheating genius confirmed by official history. Since he entered Chang'an, he has been sought after by countless candidates. Everyone tried their best to become a good friend with him, just so that Wen Tingyun could help them answer questions during the exam.
Wen Tingyun, who is good at rhyming with official rhymes, answers questions very quickly and can give perfect answers every time. In today's terms, this person is a genius born for exams. In order to prevent Wen Tingyun from cheating, the examiner specially called him in front of him to answer questions. Even so, the naughty Wen Tingyun not only handed in the paper in advance, but also secretly passed the answers to eight people.
Young Wen Tingyun
But the result of Wen Tingyun's doing this is that the candidates who were ghostwritten won the honor because of him, but he himself failed several times and never got the first place. Frustrated, Wen Tingyun had the idea of abandonment. In addition, without the restraint of his uncle Duan Wenchang, he dealt with the children of aristocratic families and the beauties of brothels all day long. Wen Tingyun, who was accustomed to the grudges and ruthlessness of his friends, began to write with full of talents and grumbles in his heart. Mo, wrote a series of words that moved the crazy men and resentful women.
3. Insufficient emotional intelligence and unsatisfactory official career
Wen Tingyun, a geek who has always failed in the examination room, is also a breaker of officialdom rules. Wen Tingyun's various uninhibited words and deeds did not affect his interactions with the important figures in Chang'an City. The prime minister at the time, Linghu Xuan, took him very seriously and often let him in and out of his mansion.
The emperor at that time liked the tune of " Bodhisattva Man ". In order to seek good luck in front of the emperor, Linghu Gui discussed with Wen Tingyun and sent his original lyrics of "Buddha Man" to the emperor as Linghu Gui's work. But Wen Tingyun was repeatedly told not to tell anyone.
"Bodhisattva Barbarian" by Wen Tingyun
But Wen Tingyun's emotional intelligence was not high enough. He did not expect Linghu Xu's motive for doing this, nor did he expect what consequences it would bring if he told it.As soon as Linghu Fu presented the new lyrics, he hurriedly promoted everywhere that the emperor's "Bodhisattva Man" was his latest lyric work. The unconcealable ecstasy was as if she was suffering from epilepsy, which made Linghu Fu very frustrated.
Fortunately, Linghu Yu didn't care much about Wen Tingyun's frivolity, and even discussed some issues with Wen Tingyun. Once, Linghu Gui asked Wen Tingyun about the origin of "Yu Tiao Tuo" (it was requested by the emperor). Wen Tingyun told him that it came from the "Nanhua Sutra" and reminded Linghu Gui that the "Nanhua Sutra" was not an uncommon book. , the prime minister should read more ancient books when he has nothing to do, so Linghu Gui immediately blushed.
Not only did Wen Tingyun not feel grateful to such a prime minister who had tolerated him many times, he also secretly appointed Linghu Xu as a "general in Zhongshu Province". To put it bluntly, this meant that although Linghu Xu was in Zhongshu Province was the prime minister, but his knowledge was only at the level of a military general. He was so angry that Linghu Gu was filled with smoke. Finally, he completely offended the current prime minister. This directly caused Wen Tingyun to fail in repeated examinations and his official career was not smooth.
Poetry celebrity Wen Tingyun
Later, Wen Tingyun worked as a minor official for decades, and finally turned around in his later years. In the sixth year of Xiantong (865), he served as an assistant to the Imperial Academy, and presided over the imperial examination in the second year. Wen Tingyun, who had been repeatedly suppressed by the examination room, finally felt proud.
This time, Wen Tingyun strictly judged the poems based on literature, and published the poems he tested to the public, asking the people to supervise them, and put an end to the unhealthy trend of selecting scholars based on people. Although it was a good talk at the time, Wen Tingyun's move did not occur beforehand. Communicated with superior leaders without considering the political impact of this move.
Among those poems and essays that were listed among the public, there were words that criticized current affairs and exposed the corrupt, which aroused the hatred of the powerful. The prime minister at that time, Yang Shou, was not as tolerant of him as Linghu Fu, and demoted him to Fang Chengwei in anger. Wen Tingyun, who was already very old, died of depression in the winter of that year.
The portrait of Wen Tingyun, the originator of the Huajian School
4. Author’s comment
The Tang Dynasty writer Wen Tingyun had a very high IQ. He was not only talented but also agile in writing. He left many famous poems for future generations. However, Wen Tingyun’s political career But it never went smoothly, and its final outcome was extremely tragic.
Wen Tingyun's life experience warns us: People with some talents are often a little clever. Smart people have high IQs, but they do not necessarily have high emotional intelligence. At any time, people must know how to advance and retreat in a well-founded manner and be worldly. Otherwise, let alone wanting to climb up in the officialdom, it would be difficult to feel comfortable even in society. If you regard your knowledge as a capital to show off your talents and your ability as a scepter to trick others, sooner or later you will be plotted by others, and you may even lose your bright future.
People tend to pay attention to IQ but ignore emotional intelligence. Successful people in career often possess both IQ and EQ. If you want to be a successful person, you should not only learn new knowledge and skills in related fields, but also constantly and consciously improve your emotional intelligence level, because it can influence Give full play to other abilities. To prevent the tragedy of Wen Tingyun from happening again.
Wen Tingyun's books
This article was originally created by "Rushengtian54". Welcome to pay attention, learn together, and improve together!
As soon as Linghu Fu presented the new lyrics, he hurriedly promoted everywhere that the emperor's "Bodhisattva Man" was his latest lyric work. The unconcealable ecstasy was as if she was suffering from epilepsy, which made Linghu Fu very frustrated.Fortunately, Linghu Yu didn't care much about Wen Tingyun's frivolity, and even discussed some issues with Wen Tingyun. Once, Linghu Gui asked Wen Tingyun about the origin of "Yu Tiao Tuo" (it was requested by the emperor). Wen Tingyun told him that it came from the "Nanhua Sutra" and reminded Linghu Gui that the "Nanhua Sutra" was not an uncommon book. , the prime minister should read more ancient books when he has nothing to do, so Linghu Gui immediately blushed.
Not only did Wen Tingyun not feel grateful to such a prime minister who had tolerated him many times, he also secretly appointed Linghu Xu as a "general in Zhongshu Province". To put it bluntly, this meant that although Linghu Xu was in Zhongshu Province was the prime minister, but his knowledge was only at the level of a military general. He was so angry that Linghu Gu was filled with smoke. Finally, he completely offended the current prime minister. This directly caused Wen Tingyun to fail in repeated examinations and his official career was not smooth.
Poetry celebrity Wen Tingyun
Later, Wen Tingyun worked as a minor official for decades, and finally turned around in his later years. In the sixth year of Xiantong (865), he served as an assistant to the Imperial Academy, and presided over the imperial examination in the second year. Wen Tingyun, who had been repeatedly suppressed by the examination room, finally felt proud.
This time, Wen Tingyun strictly judged the poems based on literature, and published the poems he tested to the public, asking the people to supervise them, and put an end to the unhealthy trend of selecting scholars based on people. Although it was a good talk at the time, Wen Tingyun's move did not occur beforehand. Communicated with superior leaders without considering the political impact of this move.
Among those poems and essays that were listed among the public, there were words that criticized current affairs and exposed the corrupt, which aroused the hatred of the powerful. The prime minister at that time, Yang Shou, was not as tolerant of him as Linghu Fu, and demoted him to Fang Chengwei in anger. Wen Tingyun, who was already very old, died of depression in the winter of that year.
The portrait of Wen Tingyun, the originator of the Huajian School
4. Author’s comment
The Tang Dynasty writer Wen Tingyun had a very high IQ. He was not only talented but also agile in writing. He left many famous poems for future generations. However, Wen Tingyun’s political career But it never went smoothly, and its final outcome was extremely tragic.
Wen Tingyun's life experience warns us: People with some talents are often a little clever. Smart people have high IQs, but they do not necessarily have high emotional intelligence. At any time, people must know how to advance and retreat in a well-founded manner and be worldly. Otherwise, let alone wanting to climb up in the officialdom, it would be difficult to feel comfortable even in society. If you regard your knowledge as a capital to show off your talents and your ability as a scepter to trick others, sooner or later you will be plotted by others, and you may even lose your bright future.
People tend to pay attention to IQ but ignore emotional intelligence. Successful people in career often possess both IQ and EQ. If you want to be a successful person, you should not only learn new knowledge and skills in related fields, but also constantly and consciously improve your emotional intelligence level, because it can influence Give full play to other abilities. To prevent the tragedy of Wen Tingyun from happening again.
Wen Tingyun's books
This article was originally created by "Rushengtian54". Welcome to pay attention, learn together, and improve together!
