Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 303 Three Hundred Poems

Under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard of the yamen, Wang Xiaolie flipped through the manuscript in his hand, neither sad nor happy, without any expression.Chen Yuyi, who was sitting on the side, felt uneasy, wondering what Wang Xiaolie's opinion was.

After a long time, Wang Xiaolie put down the manuscript in his hand.Said: "Wushu is coming to the west and wants to enter Luoyang, and the surrounding forces are in turmoil. Li Guan from Shanzhou came to Xiangyang in person, which is really unexpected. I sent Shao Ling to Neixiang to meet him, and he arrived today. Wang Ruohai had something to do a few days ago Came to Xiangyang, but haven't left yet. It's rare for so many people to get together, so I called Niu Gao to have some wine and meat tonight, let's discuss things together."

Chen Yuyi clapped his hands and said yes.

Wang Xiaolie looked up at the setting sun in the west and didn't speak for a long time.A ginkgo leaf floated down from the tree, and Wang Xiaolie caught it casually.The leaves are slightly yellow and mostly green.This leaf is telling that autumn is near, but summer is not over yet.

Gently twirling the leaves in his hands, Wang Xiao said: "To be honest, looking at these manuscripts, I know that the councilors have done their best these days. But in my eyes, I am a little dissatisfied."

Chen Yuyi said: "I don't know what the Zhenfu is dissatisfied with?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head lightly.Said: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied with any article, but I'm dissatisfied with the author's attitude. Why? In the writing of these people, it seems that the people who talk in the hook are telling stories one by one. Some are novelty. , some are cruel, and some are talking about various coincidences. Senator, we are not telling stories. When saving Shanzhou, the army brought so many scholars and asked them to record what they saw and heard. Why? I want to sort out these deeds when I have free time. The Jin soldiers committed crimes in the south, the lives of the people were ruined, and how many prosperous places became a piece of scorched earth! I don’t want, ten years later, or decades later, these people, these things , was forgotten by people. The pain, struggle, and resistance of the people under the iron cavalry of the Golden Army, and the suffering they encountered should be remembered by the people on this land forever. Let the later people understand what their ancestors went through Let the later officials know what the failure of benevolent government and chaos in the court have brought to this country. Let the later army understand that they cannot defeat the enemy on the battlefield and cannot defend the border. what the people will face."

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie patted the bottom of his leg.Dao: "These recorders must first understand one thing. This is recording our affairs, not telling a story. When others read it, they are not amazed at the legend of the story, the coincidence of the world, and the changes in the world, but I lament the difficulty of living people. From this point of view, I am not satisfied with these. We are the official, and the official records should be different from the folk records."

Chen Yuyi was silent for a long time.Said: "What Zhenfu said is true. I strictly ordered my subordinates to edit it again."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head bitterly: "Counselor, you may understand what I'm talking about, maybe you don't. But one thing can be concluded, just ordering the subordinates strictly and re-editing, I'm afraid it won't have much effect."

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie looked up at the huge ginkgo tree beside him.After deliberating for a while, he said: "Scholars, what they talk about is diligent study of the Six Classics. Many people say that the first of the Six Classics is the Book of Changes, with many, many, and various principles. I also read the Six Classics. Although it is not profound, I understand it roughly. The meaning of it. I think that speaking of the Six Classics has been poetry, book, ritual, book of changes, music, and spring and autumn since ancient times. This sorting is not unreasonable. At least I think it is appropriate to put poems at the top of the Six Classics. Reading For those who want to read the poems, they must first understand the poems, and then they will have a foothold."

Chen Yuyi was taken aback.This is something I have never heard before, nor have I thought about it.He cupped his hands and said, "Please tell the governor about it."

Wang Xiaolie said: "What is poetry? There are three hundred poems, the words of various songs. If there is no song, or no need for song, it becomes a poem. Now the poems we make are also song words at the beginning. Once sung, it becomes a poem. But this is not important, what is important is what is said in the poem? Why did the poem about these become a national document, why did it become a scripture?"

Playing with the ginkgo leaf in his hand, Wang Xiaolie said, "I'm not as good as you Confucian scholars when it comes to scriptures and righteousness. But I can talk about a different view from Confucian scholars from another angle, from the political perspective of an official."

"The content of the three hundred poems is divided into Feng, Ya, and Ode. Feng is the national style, read the national style, and know the customs and customs of the world. Ya is the song of the court and court meetings, and knows the appearance of officials and scholars. Ode is the sacrificial music. , I know how the ancients worshiped their ancestors. In my opinion, the most important value of the three hundred poems is not the poems, how many techniques are used, and how much inspiration they give to future generations, but what they say."

"Read Feng, know what the world was like at that time, know how the people lived in ancient times, and know what they thought. Read Ya and know what the officials, scholars, or gentlemen were at that time. It looks like that. When you read the ode, you will know how the ancients worshiped their ancestors and how they looked at it. The form of the poem is not important, but what is said in it and why the ancients said it that way is important.”

Hearing these unheard-of claims, Chen Yuyi opened his mouth, just about to refute.Thinking of Wang Xiaolie's identity, he hastily shut his mouth.

Wang Xiaolie said: "As far as politics is concerned, how an official views the world needs at least these three items. The first item is what the world is like, how the people live and think. What do they hate? What do you like, what do you want? If you cannot understand the people, how can you understand the country? If you don’t understand the country, how can you govern well? This is the foundation. The people are the foundation of the country, and the gentleman is based on this foundation. There is no gentleman , the foundation is still there, it is like a dead tree that can enjoy the spring. Without the foundation, it is like the fallen leaves after autumn!"

"The most important thing in the three hundred poems is style, and elegance and eulogy come after it. In the Han Dynasty, there were more literati writing poems, and there were fewer folk poems. It cannot be said that there are fewer folk poems, but that folk poems have been Fewer records were written down. After the Han Dynasty, there were even fewer folk poems recorded. When we read history, it is like talking about three hundred poems. Change. In the pre-Qin period, people used poetry to express their emotions, the so-called poetry expresses aspirations. After the Han Dynasty, poetry was not as widespread as in the pre-Qin period. There were more articles and even dramas. By our time, we have spoken again. Form It’s different, but these, if they are about the customs of the world, are still the national customs.”

Having said that, Wang Xiaolie closed his eyes and rearranged his words.I felt that at the end of the day, what I said was a bit messy, and I wondered if Chen Yuyi could understand it.

After a long while, Wang Xiaolie said: "What I meant just now is that according to the records in the Book of Songs, the national style is the first and is indispensable. But after the Han Dynasty, there are very few works that can be compared to the national style. According to its spirit, it doesn’t matter whether it is poetry or articles, speech or drama, the closest thing we have now is speech.”

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie patted his hands on the Chinese manuscript, and said to Chen Yuyi: "I want you to write down what you see and hear, which means that the imperial court records the national customs in the Book of Songs, do you understand?"

Chen Yuyi nodded lightly: "I understand a little bit."

Wang Xiaolie said: "We have a lot of national customs at this time. Such as speech, such as drama, such as nursery rhymes, and some stories passed down by the common people. Only by writing them down can the court and officials know the situation of the world. It’s not that some rich and noble families have never touched the spring water since they were born, and they don’t know the sufferings of the people. When we get old, our children and grandchildren will know how we live after reading these. Instead of just reading history books, Guess what kind of day we live."

Whether Confucius meant that by compiling the Book of Poems, Wang Xiaolie didn't know.But Wang Xiaolie knew that what he said was not biased.It is the responsibility of the state to record the country's style.With the development of time and the strengthening of national strength, more and more detailed records should be recorded in more and more diverse forms.Whether it is for the time or future generations, it is an important wealth.

Wang Xiaolie didn't know how the Book of Songs was viewed in history, and his education in his previous life was not like this.At that time, Talking about the Book of Songs was the first collection of poems in China, emphasizing its historical value and literary value.As for its political implications, basically no mention has been made.

In Wang Xiaolie's view, the most important significance of the Book of Songs is its political value.The Book of Songs talks about what content should be included in the literature of a country and how to study it.The form of the poem is irrelevant. The reason why The Book of Songs is a poem is because the language at that time was like this.With the development of time, this form has become ballads, poems, tunes, dramas, novels, even movies, TV, or short videos, animations, comics, and forum messages, and its spirit remains unchanged.That is, from the pre-Qin period when the Book of Songs began, the Chinese regime has paid attention to what the people think and think, what they like and what they hate.

In this sense, with the development of technology, the world has entered the Internet age.Facing this era, the spirit of the Book of Songs has not been passed down.As a national institution, we should study what people think when people use "hehe" as a universal reply on the forum, saying gratitude for everything.In the face of such thoughts, what measures should be taken.

Cultural institutions should study how and why animation became popular.The thoughts in the anime represent what kind of thoughts of people in the new era.Cultural institutions also need to study why the campus culture of Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places, and campus youth idol dramas based on this culture, have become popular among young people in China.Why do young people in China no longer refer to classmates, but learn to call them seniors and sisters.Cultural institutions also need to study why Chinese online literary works, from the blossoming of a hundred flowers, quickly became templated and even routine.Why is it so popular in online literature to pretend to be a son-in-law and slap someone in the face? Why are the plots of talent being taken away and revenge plots particularly attractive to readers.Why the decline of martial arts TV dramas and the rise of fairy tales and puppet works represent the aesthetics of young people.

It is not enough to just say which kinds of works have a bad impact on society and simply ban them.These phenomena illustrate people's thinking and the style of an era.As an official cultural institution, what we need to do is research and conduct guidance on the basis of research.

(End of this chapter)