Chapter 24: Wen Dao Published in Shuangming Prefecture
Chapter 24: Literary publication on Shuangming Prefecture
In the early morning, the chickens have not crowed, and the sky is slightly white, like silver frost falling on the ground.
But there are not a few Confucian scholars running around in the streets and alleys of Chang'an.
In the study halls of major counties in Chang'an, one day after the imperial examination results were released, that is, at the end of the month, scholars gathered here in tacit understanding.
There are no grand activities for scholars here, just because this day is the publication date of [Wen Dao].
There are almost no poor people in the major counties of Chang'an, and those who can read are either rich or noble, or at least their families are well-off, so there is no such thing as a poor student who cannot afford a literary education.
It is precisely because of this that in the prosperous Chang'an, every literary publication will sweep the entire circle of scholars in Chang'an.
There are already long queues in front of the literary and Taoist bookstores in major study houses.
“I’ve been waiting for this day every month!”
Scholars are always talking about topics, and they can talk about their family, country, and world, imagining the future of the human race and the suffering of people's livelihood, not to mention a lot of things that have happened this month.
"Yesterday, when the results of the Spring Imperial Examination were released, I heard that a boy with a double-A record was revealed!" A young man with a thin face casually started chatting with an unknown scholar next to him.
When the others heard this, they all responded naturally. Taking advantage of the time when Wen Dao was not on sale this month, they started chatting enthusiastically: "I heard about it yesterday, and both the policy questions and poems were first-class! I think back then.
Some semi-saints did not get double-A at once when they were children in the imperial examination! After all, as far as poetry is concerned, it almost cut off the hope of scholars all over the world to win the A-level, unless they suddenly realized a poem that was at least out of the county on the day of the imperial examination.
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"In other words, the boy who got the double-A degree yesterday wrote poems and poems that were at least beyond the county level? Then there should be his famous works in the literary world today."
"I can't wait any longer. Chang'an has published a poem to the state one after another, and now there is another poem to go out of the county. What a prosperous age for our generation."
"By the way, who is the culprit in the childbirth case this year?"
Some scholars and scholars who had not participated in the imperial examination this year did not go to the Literary Academy yesterday, so they were particularly curious about the rumored double-A case leader.
Doubts spread among the group of people until someone said: "You don't even know who is the leader of the double-A case in the Tongsheng Imperial Examination? Speaking of his name, you should be familiar with it!"
"He is the original author of the Mingzhou poem "Clear water brings out hibiscus, and nature removes the carvings"! Li Xingyun!"
When people around him heard the name Li Xingyun, they all turned their heads and paid attention.
But the scholars who were told the truth were reluctant to believe it.
"How is it possible? Not long ago, he wrote a poem about Mingzhou, and only a few days later, he was able to write a poem about leaving the county in the imperial examination. How could such a talented person be unknown before? It's already a masterpiece.
It’s so rare that two songs in a row are like a saint!”
"Whether it is him or not, you will know if he is included in the famous articles published in today's literary circles."
"That's absolutely true."
Soon, everyone was eagerly anticipating the publication of Wen Dao.
Finally, after waiting for a stick of incense, when the rooster crows in the early morning, the bookstore that publishes "Wen Dao" opens.
"Hurry! I want a copy of [Wen Dao]!" The eighth-grade Confucian scholar ranked first, who is very elegant in the eyes of ordinary scholars, now ignores his image and buys this month's Wen Dao for the first time.
After paying a penny of silver and buying a book of Wen Dao, the eighth-grade scholar gave up his position and started reading with great anticipation.
There were scholars on the sidelines who wanted to take advantage of the honor and read famous works in advance, but the eighth-grade Confucian scholar stopped them with words: "If you want to read the famous works of great Confucian scholars and saints, you must at least understand the courtesy!"
In other words, there is no negotiation if there is no money.
After all, the famous articles in [literary] books are not just some recorded words.
Repeated viewing and reading can enhance the talent in the minds of Confucian scholars, just like a Taoist cultivator absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
A common way for Confucian scholars to enhance their talents is to read books!
From a child born with talent like silk, to a scholar with talent like a needle, to a scholar with talent like a pillar, it is all a process of accumulation.
Not long after, some readers who bought [Wen Dao] first were deeply immersed in it from the beginning of reading.
Because the opening chapter is a famous chapter by a third-grade Confucian in the Tang Dynasty!
Some people want to see the true nature of Chuxian's poems first, and force themselves not to read the famous works of Confucian scholars. For this reason, their hearts aches every time they turn a page.
Finally, the emperor paid off and someone found a poem first.
Hibiscus emerges from clear water, and the carvings are naturally removed!
Mingzhou-level poems appeared in the literary world, and they had been circulated in Chang'an in the past few days. No one was surprised that they appeared in the literary world.
"Out of the county poems, out of the county poems... Where are the first-class out of the county poems?"
"There is a poem here written by a great Confucian scholar, but it was not published at the county level."
There are not many poems recorded in "Wen Dao". Some great Confucians and saints occasionally came to express their feelings and compose a poem, but they may not reach the county level.
Therefore, if you want to find the first-class poems written in the imperial examination, you need to search patiently.
"I found a poem about passing the imperial examination! It's a first-class poem!"
"If you don't miss lovesickness in your life, you will only miss lovesickness, which is harmful to lovesickness. The body is like floating clouds, the heart is like flying catkins, and the breath is like a gossamer. There is a wisp of lingering fragrance in the sky, hoping that the rich wanderer will do it. When the syndrome comes, it is exactly when
?When the lamp is half dim, when the moon is half bright.”
"Good! It is indeed a poem out of the county. The emotions of lovesickness and illness are vivid before my eyes. This poem is enough to temper the talents of Confucian scholars!"
"But this poem that came out of the county was not from the imperial examination in Chang'an. It was written by Tong Sheng from Luoyang, the eastern capital. However, he was not the first person in the double-A class, but he was still inferior to the first person in the double-A class in Chang'an."
The Tang Dynasty had a vast territory and was extremely tolerant of all major systems. It was also understandable that the Confucian heritage was there and there were so many talents.
In the Imperial Examination for Children in the Tang Dynasty, there were three county poems alone. It can be imagined that there were many talented readers.
"This poem is also a poem from the county. Although it was not written by Tongsheng of Chang'an, scholars of our generation still cannot let go of such good poems."
"This one..."
Some people were fascinated by it and were immersed in it for a while. They originally wanted to read the poems and poems of the Shuangjia head of Wannian County in Chang'an, but they were delayed.
As time went by, some people looked at the specially marked Chunwei imperial examination first-class poem, and they were only slightly excited at first.
But when they saw the words Mingzhou-level printed on the side of the first-class imperial examination poem, they were completely confused!
"Ming...Mingzhou!!! Am I right?"
"Is this a Mingzhou-level poem?"
"Mingzhou level! How is it possible! Two Mingzhou articles in less than ten days!"
"Could it be that the Mingzhou poem written by Li Xingyun was mistakenly printed here?"
Their eyes slowly moved downward from the special mark of Mingzhou. When they saw a familiar name, they thought they had seen it wrong.
"Li Xingyun? Wasn't his Mingzhou poem "Clear water brings out hibiscus, and nature removes the carvings" printed in front of it? I went back over and over again?"
But before I could let go of this suspicion, the title of the poem caught my eye.
"Lovesick!"
Seeing the title, all the readers who found this poem understood that this was the choice of 'lovesickness' in this year's imperial examination question.
But that’s not the point of the problem!
"His Li Xingyun's first-class imperial examination poem? It's a Mingzhou poem!!!"
"Who said his poem was a county poem? This is a state-level poem!"
"Double Mingzhou within a month! The posture of a saint! The posture of a saint! "
"In what one month, this poem was written on the day of the imperial examination! It was only three days since the sentence 'Clear water brings out hibiscus, and nature removes the carvings'! Within three days, the two states were crowned!"
For scholars, it is absolutely unimaginable to write two state-level poems in three days.
"A genius from heaven!"
"The posture of a saint!"
"This son will definitely be canonized in the future!"
On this day, scholars all over the world expressed their emotions with great emotion.
War poems are not easy to come by, not to mention that after knowing that they were Mingzhou-level poems, they did not dare to imagine that a Mingzhou-level war poem could appear in the imperial examination for children. They did not dare to ask for it.
But how wonderful is this thought that it can reach the Mingzhou level!
"Red beans grow in the southern country. When spring comes, they will sprout a few branches."
"I hope you will pick more of them. This is the most loved thing."
Mingzhou poems are called Mingzhou poems because they are easy to resonate with.
You don’t have to be a person who has a special understanding of Confucianism, even a martial artist, after hearing Mingzhou’s poems, you can slap your thighs and scream, “F*ck! Awesome!”
As for scholars who appreciate literature and art, they have been influenced by the artistic atmosphere all year round. How can they not see the beauty of it at a glance?
"This poem is about lovesickness, but the whole poem is inseparable from red beans. The name of red beans is used to relate to the love-sickness. The first sentence describes the origin of red beans; the second sentence asks "How many branches are there?" The language is very simple and yet
It is very vivid, asking questions about nature, and secretly teasing feelings; the three sentences express the friend's "more picks", the words are here and the intention is there; the last sentence highlights the attribute of lovesickness, and uses the word "most" to push it to the extreme.
The reason for "picking more" is obvious, and the meaning itself is also deeply contained in it. The whole poem is extremely bright, but also euphemistic and implicit, and the language is shallow but affectionate."
A member of the public at the scene immediately praised this "lovesickness".
There is no before or after in learning, those who master come first!
Only for poetry and articles, regardless of whether they are a scholar or a bachelor, they will respect poems that can go out of the county or above, even if they are written by Tong Sheng.
After all, what they admire is poetry, and they do not regard the original author as their ancestor.
"Who can understand this lovesickness? Let me show you its effectiveness?"
At the bookstore, no one answered.
"Is there anyone?" someone asked loudly again.
Still no one came forward.
Everyone is a scholar, but no one dares to understand "lovesickness" in public.
Everyone was a little disappointed. There were many eighth-grade Confucian scholars present, but their poetry was no better than that of a new boy student. Now it was difficult to even understand the true meaning of it. It was really embarrassing to others!
Mingzhou poetry is so easy to understand.
In the end, someone sighed softly: "Literature and Taoism have published three days of Shuangmingzhou! Where Confucianism and Taoism of the human race take root, Li Xingyun's name will be spread."
"I am afraid that Li Xingyun will be competed by major academies in Chang'an in the near future. The gap between us and him will soon be widened. I am not as good as him."
Everyone has complicated thoughts, and the emergence of a Confucian scholar with the appearance of a saint should have been a happy event for scholars all over the world.
But when I think about myself, I feel a deep sense of loss.