Yang Wanli: Once I get on, I look back, he is taller when my feet are high

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The spring eyes are silent and the trickle, the shade of the tree shines on the water and the water loves softness.

The little lotus has only sharp horns, and dragonflies have long been on their heads.

——Yang Wanli "小池"

Whether you recognize Yang Wanli or not, you must recognize this poem.

When people evaluate a poet, a common metaphor is called "Poetry is like a person." This analogy is right or wrong.

This metaphor is not right for Yang Wanli.

My first reading, "The little lotus has sharp horns, and dragonflies have long been standing on its head", I think this poet is at least a Tao Yuanming and his ilk who is intoxicated by the landscape and countryside.

is really wrong.

Yang Wanli is not a hermit, he is the opposite of a hermit.

01

In September of the first year of Jianyan of Song Gaozong, the son of Yang Fu, the filial son of Jishui County, Jizhou, was born.

Yang Fei is also a small famous person in history. It has been recorded that he was "filial in nature, and he returned to the city of wine and meat to serve his second relatives, but he never tasted his wife. Shaoxing suffered a five-year starvation and bore rice for his relatives. In addition, when encountering the thief, the thief wants to fight, and the thief wants to fight, he cried and said: "I have lost rice for my relatives and will not eat for three days. Fortunately, I will be sorrowed."

大孝子His son is Yang Wanli.

It can also be seen from the above record that the filial son has no money.

But he loves to read, especially the "Book of Changes". He often saves his family's chai and rice money to buy books. Over time, people lose weight, the weather becomes colder, and the knowledge in his stomach increases.

The filial son was very satisfied with his son's studious, and spared no effort to search for famous teachers to teach him to read. At that time, the famous literary world Gao Shoudao and Wang Tinggui were once Yang Wanli's teachers.

People say that famous teachers make high apprentices, but Yang Wanli was disadvantaged for the first time.

In the twenty years of Shaoxing, the banner of Lin'an City teahouse and wine shop was high, the traffic flowed endlessly, the candlelight was beautiful, the red willow green, and the prosperous atmosphere.

This is the first impression that the most prosperous capital city in the Southern Song Dynasty gave to a newcomer from Jiangxi.

He was twenty-three years old that year, at the age of vigor, and he was taught by the teachers.

He came to Lin'an City with piercing eyes and full of enthusiasm, and he meant to flex his muscles.

Then, I fell unexpectedly.

This is the first hurdle in Yang Wanli's official career. Of course, it is by no means the last.

02

Shaoxing for twenty-four years, after four years of precipitation, came to Lin'an for the second time.

Two years later, Ganzhou Sihu joined the army, Zhengqipin.

In the same year, his father Yang Fe took him to visit famous officials such as Zhang Jiucheng and Hu Quan, paving the way for his future career development.

In the twenty-ninth year of Shaoxing, 32-year-old Yang Wanli was transferred to Cheng in Lingling County, Yongzhou. The famous patriotic minister Hu Quan was living in Hengzhou because of his crimes. Yang Wanli asked him to write a book of "Cheng Zhai Ji" for himself, recording the process of Yang Wanli's three visits to Zhang Jun, the leader of the main fighting faction.

Since then, Yang Wanli's study has been called "Cheng Zhai", and even he himself is called "Mr. Cheng Zhai".

It’s just near the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moon has cleared, and a cloud of ice hangs on the blue curtain.

Suddenly feel that Yuan is not sticking to the sky alone tonight.

——Yang Wanli "August 12th, Yecheng Ramadan Looking at the Moon"

Zhang Jun and Hu Quan, two leading patriotic ministers, had a great influence on Yang Wanli, no less than his father.

It is precisely because of the encounter between the two of them that Yang Wanli has strengthened his idea of ​​serving the country for the people.

Liu Yuezhang and Han Xuanguowei, Zhao Zhang and two phases build the emperor's foundation.

Changhuai is separated from the north to the south. Who is the tearful autumn wind to blame?

——Yang Wanli "Four Quatrains of the First Entering the Huaihe River II"

03

Without the Zen position of Song Gaozong in the 32nd year of Shaoxing, Yang Wanli's ambition to serve the country would only be a fantasy.

The successor of Song Xiaozong is an out-and-out main combat faction. Once he took office, he recalled Zhang Jun to Lin'an and promoted him to clerk's envoy, and soon he was appointed as minister.

obviously means radical reforms.

Under the recommendation of Zhang Jun, Yang Wanli returned to Lin'an and became a professor in Lin'an Prefecture.

Remember the bumpy career of Yang Wanli mentioned earlier? This is the second hurdle.

On the way from Lingling to Lin'an, he received the news that his father was seriously ill, so he hurriedly turned back to Jiangxi for a visit.

In August of the following year, his father died of illness, and Yang Wanli kept his filial piety for three years.

The three years of childhood are different from the three years of youth, and the three years of youth are even more different from the three years of middle age.

The twenty-three-year-old young literati has three years to prepare for another imperial examination. How many middle-aged officials, who are almost confident, have three years to spare?

In the spring of three years on the main road, Yang Wanli, who had been impatient for a long time, returned to Lin'an.

Why do you say that he was impatient?

Lin'an came to Jiangxi with the mountains and rivers, and there is no plane and high-speed rail. I don’t know for a few months as soon as he left. Since he arrived in early spring, it must have started in winter. Spring is blooming all the way, and I am not in the mood to watch.

Dao means spring comes early, so it's not spring.

Xiaotao three or four o'clock, partial report to the lover.

——Yang Wanli's "February 11th Night Dreaming of the Eastern Capital Early Spring Quatrains"

That's all, it's more obvious that he still has something to worry about.

As soon as Yang Wanli arrived in Lin'an, and even his teacher Zhang Jun had never seen him, he went straight to the famous ministers Chen Junqing and Yu Yunwen and presented the political theory "Thousands of Thoughts".

Oh, "Thousands of Thoughts" was also written and brought at home in Jiangxi.

It can be seen that although he is in Jiangxi, he has been thinking about the important affairs of the court, which is not unsatisfactory.

04

It stands to reason that the official career has been so rough. Isn't it good to be your own Lin'an professor?

Yang Wanli said: Not good.

"Qianlu Ce" is divided into "jundao", "national power", "ruling the original", "talent", "discussing phase", "discussing generals", "discussing soldiers", "controlling officials" and "selecting There are 30 articles on “Law”, “Criminal Law”, “Redundant Officials”, and “Civil Administration”. Simply put, two-thirds of this policy theory is criticizing current affairs, and the remaining one-third is telling the ruler. You have to do this.

What is this behavior? In short, two words: death.

Not to mention that he had just arrived, and he didn't know the preferences of the upper-level officials and the emperor, so he rashly wrote to criticize the current affairs. If he saw it and thought he was nonsense, it would not be impossible to cut off the official road directly.

Fortunately, others were light-hearted, and this policy did not cause a big sensation. He is still a professor of Lin'an Prefecture.

Want to come to Yang Wanli is not convinced, but there is no alternative.

Lingxia looks like a Futao mountain, and you see people on the Lingxuan.

Once I boarded, I looked back, he was taller when my feet were high.

——Yang Wanli "Crossing the lake and looking to recruit people from the north and south of the river"

On the main road for six years, Yang Wanli first served as Fengxin County in Longxing Prefecture. Due to his outstanding achievements in managing drought, he was recommended by Prime Minister Yu Yunwen as a doctor of the country.

Yang Wanli, who is a bit too straightforward, even openly opposed Yu Yunwen without repaying.

What happened?

Yang Wanli’s teacher Zhang Jun has a son named Zhang Shi who is similar in age and like-minded to Yang Wanli. The two have a good personal relationship.

Zhang Shi offended Yu Yunwen for opposing his favored minister Jin Xi’s important position, and was ostracized and demoted to Yuanzhou.

Yang Wanli fought hard for this reason and wrote to persuade Yu Yunwen.

Writing advice, readingFor blocking.

It is also a headache to come to Yu Yunwen. The cronies who pulled out with one hand began to turn their elbows out as soon as they took office, alas.

But Yang Wanli is such a person.

Upright, firm, love who and who.

05

This kind of person writes "The little lotus has only a pointed horn, and a dragonfly has long been on its head."

You must know that his highest official position reached the founding of Luling County, with 300 households in Jiashiyi, a proper noble class.

is like Tao Yuanming's writing "the hill overlaps with the golden Ming Ming", which is completely inconsistent with the human setting.

But he did it, not only did it, but also did his best.

After all, West Lake in mid-June, the scenery is not the same as the four seasons.

The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus is red in the sun.

——Yang Wanli "Dawn from Jingci Temple to Send Lin Zifang"

He created the "chengzhai style" that was passed down to later generations and the earlier Xikun style, which can be said to have won half of the poetry world of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasty , Is not a legend.

Lu You once commented on him, "The article has pricing, and the discussion is public. I'm not as good as Chengzhai, this comment is the same."

The literati who can get Lu Fangweng's evaluation like this can only be him.

It is worth mentioning that the frequency of "children" in his poems is not generally high.

A leaf fishing boat and two children, stop and ride in the boat.

It is strange to open an umbrella without rain, not to cover the head but to make the wind.

——Yang Wanli's "Boat Passing Anren"

Maybe under his stubborn appearance, he hides a child's heart, is it unknown?