The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 106: Five Beautiful Poems
Shen Jing opened the piece of letter paper and read while reading: ""Five Poems of Qihuai", this is..."

Shen Jing instantly realized that this was a love poem written by Wang Wenlong to Shen Yixiu, but he did not feel ashamed at all to break the love of young people. Instead, his eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to continue reading:

"One,

A few times to sit under the flower and blow flute, Yinhan red wall into the distance.

It seems that this star is not last night.

The lingering thoughts exhausted the cocoon, and the heartbreak turned to peel the banana.

It was March or May of the year [-], but the glass of wine still lingered..."

Wang Wenlong did not expect that Shen Jing would shamelessly peek at his letter, thinking that the person reading the poem was Shen Yixiu, so he directly copied Huang Jingren's work during the Qianlong period.

Huang Jingren's poems are called "poems of poets", which are different from "poems of talented people and scholars". The more people know how to write poems, the more they can see the hint of melancholy in them.

Many poets after him liked this tune. The most famous one is Yu Dafu. As a poet with the same delicate emotions, Yu Dafu highly praised Huang Jingren's works.

After reading Wang Wenlong's letter, the originally gossipy look on Shen Jing's face gradually turned serious, and finally she put on an appreciative smile. Even the trace of dissatisfaction with Wang Wenlong's reckless pursuit of her niece disappeared.

"It seems that these stars are not last night, for whom the wind and dew are blowing. The sobriety is mixed with bitterness, which is very similar to Li Yishan's "The stars last night, the wind is on the west side of the painting building and on the east side of Guitang", but the feelings are more sincere."

"This first couplet is also from Li Yishan..."

"These are among the descendants who have used Mr. Yishan's poems. I didn't expect this boy to have such a delicate mind."

Many of Huang Jingren's "Sixteen Poems of Qi Huai" are inheritance and modification of Li Shangyin's poems, and they are also recognized as excellent examples of modification.The sixteen poems were written by Huang Jingren in memory of his lover. Many of them did not fit the situation of Wang Wenlong and Shen Yixiu at this time, so Wang Wenlong only considered using five of them, but even these five were enough.

Shen Jing is also an elegant person, and the more he reads Huang Jingren's poems, the more he loves them, and he can taste the charm of Li Shangyin from them.

Huang Jingren's imitation of Li Shangyin is definitely a new peak. It caused a craze in the Qing Dynasty and even had followers for hundreds of years. Shen Jing kept chanting these five poems on the way back to Suzhou, and even took apart these five poems. The rhyme of the poem attempts to imitate it through the rhyme scheme.

When he returned to Suzhou, these five poems were almost ruined by him.

The boat moved lightly through the water alleys of Suzhou, with the boatman standing at the back squeaking the oar.

Shen Jing sat on the bow of the boat, still recalling Wang Wenlong's poems in his mind.

When the ship docked, there was already a steward waiting on the small pier with his servants.

After entering the house, Shen Jing first went to greet his brother Shen Xuan.

The Shen family is a big family. Shen Jing is the oldest in his generation, followed by his younger brother Shen Xuan. Shen Yixiu's father Shen Yi is more than ten years younger than the two.

Shen Jue was admitted to Jinshi five years ago, and now he has been promoted to Nanjing Imperial College Supervisor. He will probably be promoted again soon.

Because their mother died young and their father went out to seek official positions in his early years, Shen Yixiu and his younger brother Shen Zizheng lived in the home of their uncle Shen Xuan since they were young.

Shen Jing went home and said hello to her brother, and briefly talked about Wang Wenlong's proposal to marry Shen Yixiu. Shen Xuan thought about it: "Brother Jing asked us to find a good family for Yixiu when he wrote the letter last year. But after all, we are uncles, not her biological parents, so she has to take this matter seriously."

Shen Jing nodded.

Shen Yixiu's father, Shen Jue, did not become an official until middle age. After many hardships, he once had the idea of ​​​​resigning and going into seclusion. Shen Jing knew that his younger brother did not pursue his son-in-law to become a high official.As long as Shen Yixiu accepts it and writes a letter himself, he will probably not object to Shen Yixiu marrying Wang Wenlong.

At the end of the year, Shen Jue wrote a letter talking about Shen Yixiu's marriage and let their uncle make the decision. But after all, Shen Yixiu was the apple of Shen Jue's eye. It was impossible for them to marry Shen Yixiu blindly while their father was still alive. In fact, Shen Jue's words Even though Shen Yixiu was given a great choice, his character was probably taken into consideration.

Shen Yixiu lost his mother at an early age. When he was five years old, his father also passed the Jinshi exam and went out to work as an official. Shen Yixiu also has a younger brother. Although he lives in his uncle's house, he is living in someone else's house. He has to take care of his sister at a young age. Responsibility cultivates Shen Yixiu's character of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside.

Shen Jing knew that Shen Yixiu's ideas were much more upright than those of ordinary women, so she smiled and said, "Then call Yixiu and ask."

Shen Xuan nodded in agreement.

Although Shen Yixiu is only eleven or twelve years old now, she already looks like a beautiful woman. She came to the flower hall and greeted Shen Jing first.

Shen Jing nodded and said a few words before turning to the topic.

"When I went to Fujian, I met a talented man named Wang Wenlong. Do you know about him?"

Shen Yixiu was curious: "But Wang Jianyang, the author of "History of Portugal"?"

Shen Jing smiled and said: "It's him. I used to only see him when he was less than 40 or [-] years old. Now I see him as a young man. He is now serving in the Fujian Zuobu government and is very important. He is really a young man." promising."

"Your father wrote a letter at the end of the year asking us to choose a son-in-law for you. I was impressed by his character and talent, so I talked about your marriage."

Shen Yixiu blushed instantly and lowered his head, unable to speak.

Shen Jing said: "I told Jianyang about this, and he was very concerned about it. He was in Fujian for something and couldn't come to see me, but he asked me to bring you a box of books, all of which are his own masterpieces. You can go back and have a look. , this matter is not urgent.”

Returning to the boudoir, Shen Yixiu took the book box from the maid's hand, opened it, and read each book one by one.

At first, Shen Yixiu was very satisfied, especially when she saw the "Five Poems of Love" given to her by Wang Wenlong. She even imagined that Wang Wenlong was a talented scholar, but when she looked at it, she realized something was wrong.

At the family dinner in the evening, Shen Yixiu quietly asked Shen Jing:
"Uncle, how is Mr. Wang's craftsmanship?"

Shen Jing's face was startled. He had kept this matter from Shen Yixiu before. Wang Wenlong's biggest pain was that he could not take the scientific examination. Although many celebrities these days do not have much fame and do not want to be officials, they don't need to care too much, but after all, speaking out Not much to brag about.

Shen Jing originally thought that Shen Yixiu would be impressed by Wang Wenlong's talent and knowledge, and he would be able to cope with it if he spoke slowly when the time came. However, he did not expect that Shen Yixiu would directly ask the key to the problem just after lunch.

He could only say: "Jianyang is a returnee from the West. He has learned a lot of miscellaneous subjects since he was a child, but he is not proficient in the Eight-part Theory. When I asked him, he didn't seem to have any plans to enter the field..."

Shen Yixiu blinked his eyes when he heard this and silently stopped talking.

In an instant, Shen Jing felt bad.

He has been at home for decades and knows the personalities of the children in his family.

In particular, Shen Yixiu is the leader of the younger generation in the family, but Shen Jing is very close to her. He has been paying attention to Shen Yixiu since he was a child, and of course he knows that Shen Yixiu is dissatisfied.

　There was a mistake in Shen Yixiu's information before. Shen Yixiu's father, Shen Jue, was still alive at this time. He only went out to work as an official, so the siblings stayed with relatives.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)