Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 77 What is the real Tang poetry?
Chen Qingsi made tea and gave it to Xu Zimu, Luo Binwang, Fu Jiamo and Shi Wuzi.

The tea that Chen Qingsi made was the Yangxian snow buds he brought from Yixing County. The people in the village picked the tenderest tips to make it, which was no less than the tribute tea sent to the palace.

Xu Zimu, Luo Binwang, and Fu Jiamo were all full of praise for the top quality tea and excellent tea art.

Chen Qingsi has been drinking tea with scholars recently, and she was ashamed to find that she has adapted to the tea made in this era that is full of ginger, garlic, and lard flavor.

Although it is still far inferior to the roasted tea of ​​later generations, it does not make you feel sick.

That is to say, he is used to the taste of fried tea. At least in the eyes of people like Xu Zimu, Luo Binwang, and Fu Jiamo, ginger, garlic, and lard-flavored tea is still delicious enough.

After the greetings, King Luo Bin very piously took out a few pieces of crumpled paper from his arms and said: "County Magistrate Chen, this is a collection of poems I wrote in the past. Please give me some advice from the magistrate."

His expression was very serious, even a little worried.

This shocked Xu Zimu and Fu Jiamo.

What kind of person is this King Luo Bin? Although he comes from a poor family, he is only seven years old. He is famous all over the world for his song "Ode to the Goose". He is a proud young man with great ambitions. However, Taoist King Li Yuanqing gave him an official position and asked him to compose poems to please him. He resolutely refused, unwilling to tarnish his poetic talent.

The talented, heroic and chivalrous King Luo Bin was the object of their admiration.

One of the two was born in the Anlu Xu family, and his father was a third-rank official. The other was born in a wealthy martial arts family in Yongzhou. King Luo Bin came from a poor family and could not even pay for his father's burial. He was a poor scholar who became the head of the three.

King Luo Bin relied on his outstanding talent.

However, in front of Chen Qingsi, he was actually nervous, which really shocked the two of them and left them speechless.

They did know that King Luo Bin respected Chen Qingsi, but they didn't want to respect him more than that.

Chen Qingsi's face remained unchanged, but he secretly complained in his heart that he didn't care at all that this ordinary scholar gave him some articles and poems for his own review.

But who is King Luo Bin? He is one of the most talented people in this era.

Just like Wang Xizhi asked for help in calligraphy and Wu Daozi asked for help in painting.

Where did you get the advice?
However, he took it generously and held it in his hands to appreciate it.

The first poem is called "Feelings on the Road".

I feel attached to Chu, but I carry Qin Guan on my back with regret.The dry scales shone in shock, and the falling feathers were timid and weak.

The plain clothes are transformed into three rivers, and the black fur is returned at ten times.Don't say that if you don't have white teeth, you will lose your beauty due to the fashion of the times.

Looking at this poem, Chen Qingsi couldn't help but frown.

If he were to read this poem in later generations, he would not know what it meant without looking it up in a dictionary.

After this time travel, Chen Qingsi integrated her own solid foundation in ancient prose, and received guidance from a good teacher and a good wife. These days, she received many submissions from people, and she humbly asked Xiao Miaochen and even Zhuang Minrui for advice on things she didn’t understand. Her foundation in classical prose has greatly improved. I can barely understand the meaning of poetry.

This poem should have been written by King Luo Bin after he left Chang'an. The music of nostalgia for the Chu land makes people feel lost and laments the sadness of betraying Qin Guan.Use it to describe yourself as a clear fish or a frightened bird, to express your resentment that no one appreciates your talent and excellence.

Chen Qingsi didn't know how to evaluate it for a while. The words of this poem were gorgeous, and King Luo Bin's talent could be felt in every word.

But the more this is the case, the less sympathetic it becomes.

Chen Qingsi knows many poems about unrecognized talents, including Li Bai's "The Journey Is Difficult". A gold bottle of wine is worth ten thousand dollars, and a jade plate is worth ten thousand dollars of treasure.Stopping the cup and throwing chopsticks, I can't eat. I draw my sword and look around with my heart at a loss... The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, and the roads are divergent. Where are you now?There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, and the clouds and sails are hung directly to help the sea.

There is also Li Shangyin's "Jia Sheng": the promulgation office seeks talents and visits ministers, but Jia Sheng's talents are even more unreasonable.It's a pity that I sit down at the front table in the middle of the night and don't ask about the common people or the ghosts and gods.

Etc. can make readers feel grief and indignation and empathize.

This poem by King Luo Bin lacks this empathy.

Chen Qingsi looked at the next poem, which was an extremely rare long poem "Summer Tour to Dezhou for Senior High School Students": The sun is close to Zhao, and the stars are looking down at old Wu.Lijin opened a great flood, and Jifu became the famous town.Purple cloud floating sword box, green mountain pregnant treasure talisman.The territory is vast and domineering, and the ambition is to compete for the throne.The divine light packs the four majors, and the emperor's power shocks the eight districts.The wind and smoke pass through the earth's axis, and the stars are in the sky.The Tianshu is limited to the north and south, and the earth's axis is divided into different countries...

It still has the same feeling, and the gorgeous words used fully demonstrate King Luo Bin's extraordinary literary talent.But no matter how beautiful the rhetoric is, it can't cover up the falsehood and emptiness in it.

He continued to watch.

King Luo Bin took out a total of five poems for him to evaluate. The five poems were all in different styles.

Chen Qingsi felt King Luo Bin's confusion.

This young genius has discovered the solidification of Tang poetry and is actively seeking changes. However, there are thousands of truths and it is not easy to follow the only correct path.

It takes one generation or even several generations to try and change.

It is precisely because of the continuous changes of pioneers like Luo Binwang that they broke the rigidity of palace poetry and shattered the powdery style of Chen, Liang and Six Dynasties.

Only then did he have the heroic sentiment of "The yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken."

With the domineering spirit of "I will only let the flying generals in Dragon City be here, but I won't teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountains".

There is the spirit of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing all the mountains and small mountains" overlooking the heaven and earth.

There is a magnificent scenery of "the spring river tide reaches the sea level, and the bright moon rises with the tide on the sea".

Even if it is love, there are still beautiful and moving poems such as "There is no colorful phoenix flying in the body, but there is a clear understanding in the heart" and "The moon in the sea has tears, the blue field is warm and the jade produces smoke. Can this love be remembered? But it was already at a loss at the time."

Rather than the enchanting and artificial, the sound of Mi Mi with beautiful words.

King Luo Bin was a pioneer. He had the courage to change, but unfortunately he failed in the end and only left behind valuable experience.

Chen Qingsi suddenly had the idea that she knew the development process of Tang poetry.If I could point out the right path to King Luo Bin, and let Luo Binwang, Lu Zhaolin, Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Chen Ziang, Liu Xiyi, Zhang Ruoxu and other pioneers who changed Tang poetry avoid detours, would the brilliant culture of Tang poetry arrive earlier?
The more I think about it, the more excited I get.

When it comes to talent and learning, Chen Qingsi asked himself that he had too many talents to send to King Luo Bin, but he had his own advantages and was able to lead others to the right path.

He glanced at the uneasy King Luo Bin and said, "Brother Luo's poetry style is changeable, and he seems to be in confusion."

King Luo Bin was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes and said, "Mr. Chen knows me!"

He did not call Chen Qingsi County Magistrate Chen, but "Mr. Chen."

The core of poetry in this era is palace poetry, which is famous for its gorgeous rhetoric.

King Luo Bin's talents, every poem and every word he wrote are profound and mysterious, and he has received thousands of praises.

No one thinks it's wrong, because that's how poetry should be in the eyes of the world.

Poetry has never been a noble culture that ordinary people can understand. It is something that only the royal family and nobles in the palace are qualified to play.

Only King Luo Bin felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

He wanted to change, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only keep exploring and trying.While he was groping, people kept telling him that palace-style poetry was the most correct way out.

Confusion, self-doubt...all kinds of negative thoughts arise from this.

As a pioneer, the most terrifying thing is that he stands on the opposite side of most people, and he himself does not know whether his ideas are right or wrong.

Is it better to overcome obstacles or adapt to this era?

Until Chen Qingsi appeared, his poems were like bright lights, appearing at the end of the answer.

Chen Qingsi no longer hesitated and instilled in King Luo Bin the idea of ​​​​innovating Tang poetry and told him what real Tang poetry was.

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