Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 412 Liu Fang Poetry Club
Painted boats parade on the Qinhuai River, and the banks of the river are brightly lit.At this time, the streets in the city were full of people, and shortly after dinner, people came out from every house, and the streets and alleys went to the most prosperous streets centered on the Confucius Temple and Mingyuan Building. Come over, the peddlers shout loudly, there are also jugglers gathering on the street, there are faint singing voices attracting customers from brothels and brothels, and sometimes dancing can be seen inside, people come in and out from time to time, it is very lively.

Occasionally, there will be news on the street that a certain son of a certain poetry club has a certain new composition, and then you can hear a certain famous prostitute in a certain brothel singing this poem, and then you can hear another poem. The news that a masterpiece will be published in a certain poem, the talents compete with each other, and the beautiful people decorate these poems with a beautiful scarlet atmosphere. In such an atmosphere, you can feel the legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. That's all.It can be seen that the bright and prosperous Southern Tang culture is not an exaggeration.

The way of poetry has flourished since the Tang Dynasty, and it has been developed for hundreds of years. Although it has gone through decades and five dynasties, the development of poetry has not been affected, especially in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Peak period.

Of course, there are also pragmatic people who are concerned about the fact that poetry is useless, and what standard should be used to select scholars from the heyday of the Tang Dynasty has been repeatedly weighed.This point is the most controversial in the Song Dynasty in today's world.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, because the emperors of the three dynasties of the Southern Tang Dynasty were good at poetry, the status of the poetry in the Southern Tang Dynasty has reached a glorious position in the overall situation. If anyone can really write a good poem, in the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty , No matter where you go, you will be a guest. Even if you meet Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, you will receive due respect and courtesy.

The elegant atmosphere has become the brand of Nantang today.In the past 40 years, the vast poetry culture has accumulated in the Southern Tang Dynasty and formed the foundation of the entire society. From the perspective of the history of civilization development, it should be the most shining part of the Five Dynasties period.Countless masterpieces headed by Li Yu, such as Xingdou Hengsha, have become an important link in the long history of Chinese civilization.

It can be said that every night in Jinling City, there are people holding large or small poetry gatherings. Places such as Niaoyi Lane and Confucius Temple are the most lively and prosperous commercial streets. In these places, there are exhibits displayed by businesses. Poems that can be obtained at various poetry fairs gather one after another anytime, anywhere. Occasionally, someone recites aloud, and some businesses arrange for girls who can sing to sing a paragraph. On the streets and in nearby teahouses and restaurants, there are big In large and small gatherings, literati and students shook their heads and commented on the best poems, commenting on whose poems can be sung the longest. Even ordinary people who have never read books can feel such artistic conception in such an atmosphere. Comment and discuss with people around you, and get some elegance.

With such a cultural and poetic atmosphere, Ye Chen had learned about it from the information provided by Hu Sanguang before he came to Jinling, and he had some perceptions when he went out during the day these days, but only what he saw and heard tonight made him realize the poetry of the Southern Tang Dynasty What kind of status has been admired together.

Perhaps today's Southern Tang Dynasty has played an important role in promoting the development of poetry and poetry in the history of Chinese civilization, but for the country of Southern Tang Dynasty, it is not a kind of "talking and harming the country", and even the Southern Tang Dynasty was eventually destroyed by the Song Dynasty. It is also directly related to this matter.

The eight-boat boat in Liuyuan has already left the shore, and is slowly driving along the most beautiful and lively section of the river. Even so, it is not closed, and more than ten small boats follow the banks on both sides of the Qinhuai River back and forth. While driving all the way, occasionally people went to the big boat, and sometimes people were carried or poems were delivered, just like a palace on the water accompanied by little fish.The people on board will pass on the masterpieces produced tonight, as well as some stories and news. For example, at some banquets, a certain big man announced that his daughter would be betrothed to a certain gifted scholar, or a well-known Confucian or high-ranking official. He praised the young students who made excellent poems.

The poems of the Liu Fang Poetry Club are actually of a certain standard in Jinling City. A few years ago, the Liu family also bought poems from others to cope with the day, but now there is no need to buy poems. Since they have money, they can always invite a few Someone with real talent coming over.Although it is still not as good as the top poetry fair held by the most famous Xu family, Jinling Poetry Club, but after a lot of hype, the reputation has slowly risen.

Poetry clubs are all literati clubs, and there are also those who are relatively tit-for-tat or secretly competitive with each other. For example, after hearing the title of that poem club, someone may say: "Speaking of this, Xiaosheng also occasionally gets a First" and then commented with everyone calmly, on the surface, it was natural that there was no intention of fighting.If the poetry is really of a very high level, it is true that it is impossible to distinguish the high from the low, but if it is much worse, then it is clear at a glance whether it is a good work or a poor one.

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It is not yet the busiest time, and the poetry meeting will be held until early in the morning. It is impossible for a really good poem to come across by chance. Only those who show their shame in front of those top figures will be released early, and the climax that really allows the top talents to release their killer trumpets will often not start until around Haishi. If you can get a good reputation at this time tonight, accumulate With fame, his future official career will be much smoother.

The night was getting thicker and darker in this atmosphere, the moon was gradually rising to the mid-heaven, and the atmosphere in Jinling City was still getting warmer.

Liu Fang Poetry Club is located on the eight boats, and the bustle is gradually reaching its peak. Ye Chen and Chen Qing's two cousins, Chen Jun and Chen Feng, are sitting at the back of the third dock.

There was a faint singing voice from the second boat next to it, and after a while, someone came to this boat from the side boat with a piece of rice paper in hand, and said, "Mr. Zhang Qian's new poem chants the Qinhuai River" and pasted the paper on the front On the list of poems in the middle, there were crowds of people around, and each of them read it out of their mouths. Many people commented, and most of the words they said were good words of admiration and appreciation.

At this time, that Zhang Qian was holding a folding fan in one hand, and moved to the boat with a face pretending to be calm and self-possessed. At this time, being praised by others, Zhang Qian was a little humble, and the female relatives brought by the side also smiled. : "Mr. Zhang's poems, my concubine was a little moved after listening to them." Some female relatives also liked the poems, and praised a few words.In fact, people who carry people in sedan chairs are really familiar with people. For example, Chen Feng next to Ye Chen whispered to Ye Chen at this time: "This family is also in the silk business, and we have never dealt with our Chen family. This kid Zhang Qian Although he has read books for several years, we still know what level he is, most of his poems were bought from a certain famous artist to get the limelight." Chen Feng said, although his facial expressions seemed to be lowering his voice, but In fact, the voice is not low, and it has the bad purpose of intentionally letting the people around you hear it.

On the other side, Zhang Qian smiled happily, and said a few more modest words. He faintly heard Zhang Feng's voice, guessed what Chen Feng might say based on the few words he heard, and his face was a little gloomy. Jun suddenly came over and said loudly: "I never thought, two brothers Chen, you came to participate in the Liu Fang Poetry Contest. Could it be that you went to the wrong place?"

Chen Feng and Chen Jun's expressions changed immediately, and the latter snorted coldly and said, "Zhang Qian! What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Qian looked at the Chen family brothers with a sarcasm, and his eyes only stayed on Ye Chen's face for a while, and said lightly: "What do you mean? It means that you two are naturally not qualified to participate Such a poetry meeting?"

Chen Feng said: "Zhang Qian! Even if we are bad at poetry, you are about the same as us. Others don't know you, so you think we brothers don't know about the poem just now"

Without waiting for Chen Feng to finish speaking, Zhang Qian quickly interrupted his words and said loudly: "Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. We have always had a rule in Jinling Poetry Clubs. Every time we participate in a poetry session, we must at least Take out a poem, since you are dissatisfied with my son's poems, you might as well read your poems and let everyone comment on them."

Chen Feng and Chen Jun frowned and looked at Ye Chen.The two of them were temporarily arranged by Mrs. Chen to accompany Ye Chen. How could they make any poems at their level? The scene, but this time because of the rush of time, I really didn't have time to prepare.

Several people were facing each other here, and a middle-aged man from the Liu family, who was the master, also came over. This man was the younger brother of the head of the Liu family, named Liu Zongyang, who had won Juren in his early years, and had some talent himself.He himself was going around entertaining people, so he interrupted the topic with a smile and asked what everyone was talking about, Zhang Qian explained that the Chen brothers came to the poetry meeting, but they didn't write a single poem.The three members of the Chen family were satirized again in the words.

Zhang Qian said ugly words, and when he saw the expressions of the two Chen brothers, he was overjoyed. He guessed that the other party hadn't prepared a poem, and said in a weird way: "I think it's fine, I'm troubled. There are still quite a lot of people who come to watch the excitement at the poetry meeting. The Chen family brothers obviously brought friends to see the style of our poetry meeting, so we don't need to pay attention to them."

At this time, seeing the expressions of the three members of the Chen family and Zhang Qian's performance, Liu Zongyang, the member of the Liu family, naturally understood Zhang Qian's thoughts.Because the Zhang family and the Chen family are both big silk business families in Jinling, the so-called peers are enemies. In the past, the two families had frictions, disputes, mutual disruptions and competitions in the shopping malls, and they could be regarded as old enemies.

(End of this chapter)