Because Secretary Lu originally heard Ye Ming say when chatting with him: He had read "A Dream of Red Mansions" six or seven times and could recite the poems and couplets in it, so he decided to come up with some tricky questions. , the school tested Ye Ming to see if he was bragging.
After thinking for a moment, Secretary Lu said to Ye Ming who was eager to try: "Xiaoye, I remember you once said: You can memorize the poems, lyrics and couplets in "A Dream of Red Mansions", so I will give you a few words now. Regarding this topic, okay?"
Ye Ming nodded and said, "Okay,"
"Listen carefully: When Lin Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, she saw a couplet in the Rongxi Hall. Who wrote this couplet and what was its content?"
Ye Ming thought for a while and then replied: "That couplet was written by Mu Shi, the king of Dong'an County, for Jia Yuan, the Duke of Rongguo. The content is, 'The sun and moon are shining brightly on the throne, and the mist is shining in front of the hall.'"
Secretary Lu nodded, took a sip of wine, and asked: "In the chapter "New Year's Eve Ceremony of Ningguo Mansion Ancestral Hall and Rongguo Mansion Lantern Festival Night Banquet", Cao Xueqin gave a detailed description of the two ancestral halls of Rong and Ning Mansion from Xue Baoqin's perspective. Among them, she has seen a total of three couplets. What are the contents of these three couplets and who wrote them."
This question is indeed a bit tricky and a bit difficult to answer. If you are not very familiar with "Dream of Red Mansions", it will be difficult for ordinary people to answer it.
Here, Secretary Li, Xia Bicheng, and Xia Chuchu have all read "A Dream of Red Mansions" more than twice, but even if they were asked to answer this question, they couldn't answer it.
Xia Chuchu was afraid that Ye Ming wouldn't be able to answer, so she looked at him with worried eyes, secretly worried about him.
Unexpectedly, after listening to Secretary Lu's question, Ye Ming immediately answered without thinking: "The first couplet is the couplet at the main entrance of Jia's ancestral hall, and the content is: 'The liver and brain are wiped out, and the surname is due to the kindness of the nurse; the fame is throughout the world. The prosperity of steaming and tasting for hundreds of generations' was written by Taifu Wang Xixian; the second couplet is 'the meritorious deeds are shining brightly in the sun and the moon; the fame will be passed on to the children and grandchildren', and the horizontal comment is 'Xinghui Fubi', which is written by the emperor; the third couplet is It is "The descendants have inherited the good fortune; today Li Shu is thinking about Rong Ning," and the horizontal comment is "Pursue the pursuit of the future with caution", which is also written by the emperor's pen."
As soon as he finished answering, Xia Chuchu, who had been worried about him, clapped her hands with joy.
Secretary Lu also showed a satisfied smile on his face and said: "Xiaoye, it seems that you can't drink a sip of wine tonight. By the way, except for "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" In addition to these four famous works, have you also read other novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "The Romance of the Gods", "The Scholars", "Lao Can's Travels", "Flowers in the Mirror", etc. If I ask a few questions here, can you answer them?"
Ye Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "I have read all these books, but have not studied them in detail. However, I can also give it a try."
Secretary Lu thought for a while, with a solemn expression on his face, and said: "There is a poem in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Although it is not famous, I was deeply impressed by it. The poem goes like this: 'The wind and moon over the river are cold and miserable. , Thousands of miles of thin grass turn into mud, thousands of miles of clouds and mountains cannot fly, dream souls are west of the bamboo bridge every night, 'My question is: which story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is this poem from? What is the origin of this story? What is the content? Can you tell me about it?"
When Ye Ming heard Secretary Lu suddenly mention this poem, his heart suddenly felt sour, and his eyes gradually turned red.
After stabilizing his emotions, Ye Ming said in a sad tone: "Secretary Lu, if you ask about the poems in other stories in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", I may not remember them, but this poem
, like you, I am also very impressed: this poem comes from the "Tian Zicheng" chapter in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and tells the story of a Jinshi who lost his father at a young age and searched for his father's remains.
The general idea of the story is this: Tian Zicheng, a native of Jiangning, capsized and drowned while crossing Dongting Lake. His son Tian Liangshu, a Jinshi in the late Ming Dynasty, was still in his arms at the time. Tian Zicheng's wife Du Shi heard her husband's cry.
After hearing the bad news, he was so distraught that he committed suicide by taking poison. Tian Liangshu was raised by his great-aunt. He later passed the Jinshi examination and was sent to Hubei as an official. One year later
Duo changed his transfer to Hunan and walked to Dongting Lake. He thought of his father who drowned and returned in tears. He reported to his superiors that he had insufficient financial resources and asked to resign. However, his superiors refused and demoted him to county magistrate, subordinate to Hanyang Prefecture.
Tian Liangshu refused to resign, and the director of the hospital repeatedly urged him to reluctantly take office. After taking office, he became unruly, often traveling around the world and ignoring political affairs.
Then one day, he took a small boat to go sightseeing. At night, while the boat was moored by the river, he heard the melodious sound of the flute coming from the shore. Feeling interested, he abandoned the boat and went ashore, taking advantage of the moonlight, and walked in the direction of the sound of the flute.
After walking about half a mile, I saw a few isolated huts in a wilderness, with lights faintly shining through. I peeped out of the window and saw three people sitting and drinking inside.
The one in the upper seat is a scholar in his thirties; the one in the lower seat is an old man, and sitting horizontally is a young man playing the flute. The scholar in his thirties is the ghost of his late father, chatting with the old man.
While reciting poems and singing harmony with the young man, his father recited the poem you just mentioned to express his sadness of missing his hometown, his wife and son..."
When he was talking about this, he suddenly thought of his father, whom he had not seen since he was a child. He felt sad in his heart, tears flowed down unsatisfactorily, and his voice became choked.
Secretary Lu saw him sad and knew that he was thinking of his own father, which aroused his sadness. His heart was agitated, and his eyes gradually turned red. He looked at him with extremely loving eyes as he had never experienced his father.
The beloved son was so excited that he almost wanted to rush over and hold him in his arms, comfort him with gentle words, tell him that he was his father, and tell him that his father was by his side and paying attention to him silently...
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Xia Bicheng and Xu Lizhong didn't know that Ye Ming had been fatherless since he was a child. When they saw him suddenly burst into tears while talking, they were surprised and stared at him, wondering what was going on with him.
And Xia Chuchu had heard about him being fatherless since he was a child, so she knew that he must have remembered his own father because of Secretary Lu's poem, and felt sad in his heart, and she shed tears with Ye Ming...
Seeing that Xia Bicheng and others were looking at him with doubts, Ye Ming wiped his tears with a tissue and said, "Everyone, leaders, I'm really sorry. I'm a little lost. My experience is somewhat similar to that of Tian Liangshu.
I haven't seen my father, I'm reading
When I was in high school, I wanted to drop out of school to look for my biological father, but my mother dissuaded me. Therefore, I was particularly impressed by this story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" because I felt the same way about Tian Liangshu's misfortune.