Chapter fifty-ninth palindrome positive and negative poems
In the Tai Chi Hall, all the ministers watched the sixth prince Tang Xin unravel the very complicated nine-link chain. Their faces were all red as if they were drunk, and they sang loudly a word of praise! At this moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten I couldn't see the appearance of the sixth prince just now, and I was even thinking about how to impeach him for not knowing etiquette.
What was different from the excitement of the courtiers was that the head of the Japanese mission, Yamada Shinichi, was full of anger and frustration.
He originally thought that this matter was already a certainty. After all, the news he heard yesterday was that the ministers of Daqian were helpless with the Nine Chains. But just one day later, it was solved by someone. And a man who was only thirteen years old What the prince did was a huge slap in the face of their Japanese country, making him feel furious and ashamed.
Hearing the chorus of praises, Emperor Qianwen was in a good mood. He ignored Yamada Shinichi's uncertain expression at this moment, but said with a smile: "Envoy, although the nine links have been untied, , but the Nine Chains is a wonderful thing, I kept it to play with, do you have any opinions?"
"The envoy has no objection." Of course Yamada Shinichi, who had just lost once, did not dare to refute. It was just a nine-link chain. Even if it had been solved, it had no value. What he was thinking about now was how to win back one. Bureau, he immediately looked at the deputy envoy Guan Yuan Zhonghao on the side.
Guan Yuan Zhonghao, who had been eager to try for a long time, received the signal from Yamada Shinichi's eyes. He nodded lightly at first, then stood up in stride, bowed to Emperor Qianwen and saluted, and then said: "Dear Emperor Qianwen." Emperor Qian, I have long heard that your country is rich in talents, especially in poetry and prose, and it is an example for neighboring countries to learn from. The foreign ministers are not talented, so I want to compare with the literati of Qian, and I don't know if I can have this honor."
"What? You really don't know what to say about poetry and couplets, and you are not ashamed to speak loudly."
"Haha, the Nine Links is a new thing. We have never been exposed to it. Now it is better to compare poetry and prose couplets. It is sent to the door for abuse. There is no need to be polite to them."
"It's right, and he is convinced that it is right."
Among the courtiers, Guan Yuan Zhonghao's words were deeply irritated. They all shouted loudly, and some even rolled up their sleeves, as if they would go on stage at the imperial order.
To say that these ministers are best at poetry and poetry is equivalent to shouting in front of the cook that your food is the best. No one will be convinced.
It is also said that literature is not the first, and martial arts is not the second. Originally, these so-called literati were disobedient to everyone, but now someone openly calls them, why don't they jump out to show their sense of existence?
In the eyes of many people, the previous nine-link chain was a miraculous and ingenious thing, but it was actually useless. So what if you knew how to do it? Could it be that you still expected to be able to go to court and serve as an official just by knowing how to play with the nine-link chain? Because of this, even if you want to hold an official position, you won't be able to do it.
Poetry is different, it's the great road. Although there is no imperial examination system yet, and officials mostly rely on recommendation, but even those who are recommended need to be knowledgeable and rich, no! At least they must be literate and hyphenated. There are many people who are still single-minded. He studied deeply in the book and believed that the way to govern the country lies in it.
Even so, we are all scholars, so why should I obey you? Do you have anything more than me?
The whole court was full of anger. Seeing this scene in the eyes of Emperor Qianwen who was sitting high up, he was also angry. Why, you are lucky in Japan. You got a nine-link chain from the red-haired monster and you can force these ministers. I'm at a loss. But do you really think they are just freeloaders? If you still want to attack them with poetry, you really have the wrong person.
Emperor Qianwen was dissatisfied and wanted to humiliate the Japanese envoys in public, so he agreed to the challenge of the Japanese envoys. "Okay, even if the Japanese envoys want to see the avenue of poetry, Da Qian will not refuse." Reason. My dear friends, please listen carefully and refute them one by one."
"Promise." After hearing Emperor Qianwen's will, all the ministers were full of confidence and agreed in unison with clasped fists.
Guan Yuan Zhonghao, one of the deputy envoys of Japan, was already flushed, not out of anger, but out of joy.
I have been studying Daqian culture since I was a child, especially about poetry composition. I have met many famous teachers, and I have finally achieved success in my studies. Of course, Japanese poetry is all learned from Daqian. If I want to learn it in a short time It is naturally not easy or even impossible to overtake the master.
Knowing this, Guan Yuan Zhonghao found another way and came up with an integrated ancient poem. In Japan, he once debated poetry with some people on a small scale. Whenever he came up with a topic, those people were all He was dumbfounded and didn't know why. In the end, no one could answer, which made him full of confidence.
Guan Yuan Zhonghao believed that his style of poetry had no rival in today's Daqian, because he had never heard of this type of poetry. He believed that he was the founder of this school. He is the founder of this school today. The time to make a name for yourself.
"The foreign minister obeys the decree." Seeing Emperor Qianwen and the courtiers fall into the trap under his irritation, Guan Yuan Zhonghao was overjoyed and finally said: "The foreign minister is not talented and only writes a poem. What if? If the verses of the position correspond to those of the foreign minister, then the foreign minister loses. On the contrary, hehehe."
"Okay, let's come up with the question." A minister had already been anxious. Seeing Guan Yuan Zhonghao still chattering there, he urged him urgently.
"Very good." Guan Yuan Zhonghao looked at the ministers with a cold light in his eyes, thinking that he would shut you up soon. Then he closed his eyes and thought, slowly opened his mouth, and took out his question in front of everyone. .
The falling snow blows over the fragrant trees, the faint red rain and light clouds. The thin moon obscures the fragrant mist, and the flowing wind dances around the colorful flowers.
As soon as he finished the four sentences, Guan Yuan Zhonghao closed his mouth and then looked at the ministers with provocative eyes.
This poem talks about the falling snow mixed with the fragrance of the trees. The distant red clouds reflect the pattering raindrops, making the rain appear light red. The thin moonlight shines down among the flowers, seeming to be filled with a light mist, lining the The fragrance of flowers. The flowing wind blows the bright and open flowers, so the petals are flying all over the sky.
There is a certain artistic conception that blends in with the colors of Japanese autumn and winter. It can be seen that this is a poem carefully prepared by the other party.
It's just that this kind of poetry can only be regarded as high-quality at best, not even a masterpiece, let alone a masterpiece that will last forever. Unable to help, some of the courtiers looked at Guan Yuan Zhonghao with some contempt in their eyes, In their opinion, they can write such a poem casually, but they can do it. Is this his title? Isn't it too common?
During this period of time, an official who specializes in recording had already written the poem and sent it to Guan Yuan Zhonghao for his review.
"Youxi, not bad." Guan Yuan Zhonghao looked at the poem in front of him and found that even one word was wrong, so he nodded with satisfaction.
After the official received Guan Yuan Zhonghao's approval, he walked in front of other courtiers with the written poem. Apparently, he wanted everyone to remember the poem and create a better one to counterattack.
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Many officials stretched their heads to look, and then nodded silently, indicating that they had memorized it. Then the official walked to the main hall and raised the four lines of the poem high with both hands.
All this was done, and the topic was prepared. Some ministers even had poems in their minds and were ready to refute. Now they were just waiting for Guan Yuan Zhonghao to make a request. He finally said: "Please look carefully, everyone. In these four poems,
It's very mysterious, because they are poems when they are written upside down, and they are also poems when they are reversed. If you look at it and read it backwards, you will see flowers dancing and flowing, the mist is fragrant and the moon is thin, the clouds are light and the rain is red, and the trees are fragrant and the snow is falling."
"ah!"
When the last word of Guan Yuan Zhonghao fell, there were bursts of exclamations among the courtiers. Some of the courtiers who had already prepared a poem describing the scene felt a mouthful of blood being held back in their hearts.
I can't breathe out, it feels so tight.
Originally, everyone thought that the topic was to create a landscape network imitating this poem, which only needed snow, rain, fog, flowers and other things. Who never expected that there would be such a requirement. And this poem looks like
Normally, there is such a mystery in it. It can be read upright and backwards. This... this is really unheard of.
In fact, what Guan Yuan Zhonghao wrote was palindrome poetry.
Palindrome poems are also written as "love poems" or "loop poems".
It is a rhetorical method unique to Chinese that uses word order to loop back and forth, and is called "palindrome style" in terms of style. Shangguan Yi in the Tang Dynasty said that "there are eight pairs of poems", the seventh of which is "palindrome pair", "qingxin"
"Because of the meaning, the meaning is new and the emotion is new" uses this wording method. It fully demonstrates and makes use of the two characteristics of Chinese, which is dominated by monosyllabic morphemes and uses word order as an important grammatical device. The reading goes back and forth and continues.
Endless, giving people a soul-stirring and interesting aesthetic feeling. The form of palindrome became very popular after the Jin Dynasty, and was used in a variety of literary styles. People use this technique to compose sentences, write poems, compose lyrics, and compose music, and they will
They are called palindrome poems, palindrome words and palindrome songs. Although there are many games, they also show considerable skill in choosing words and sentences.
Palindrome poetry emerged in the Tang Dynasty. No one has heard of Daqian today, which means it is normal.
Because I had never heard of it, when I first saw it, I was really shocked. How could I fully understand the mystery of it and write a poem in response to the topic?
All the ministers who were originally very interested were collectively dumbfounded. If it was about serious poetry, they would not be afraid of it. But when a palindrome poem like this that they had never heard of came out, they had no clue.
If not, how can you talk about writing a poem? Even if you can't even write a line of poetry.
The ministers shut their mouths again. One by one, you looked at me, then I looked at you, and then they lowered their heads one by one, not daring to look at each other. In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Qianwen, who was sitting high up, naturally
After seeing all this clearly, he became furious when he saw that all the ministers had stopped talking, lowered their heads and didn't even dare to raise their heads.