Chapter 303: Turtle Garden Poetry Society makes its debut
The carriage was walking slowly amidst the hustle and bustle of people. Jia Lan’s destination tonight was the famous garden in Shenjing, Guishou Garden.
Guishuyuan is a very famous garden in Shenjing. It has one pond and three mountains. It has a unique style and ancient charm. It combines the rigor and solemnity of northern gardens with the exquisiteness and elegance of southern gardens.
This garden was originally the residence of a prince in the former Ming Dynasty. The owner carefully built it for hundreds of years, and luckily escaped the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty and survived to this dynasty.
In his later years, Emperor Gao allocated Guishouyuan, which was originally a royal garden, to Emperor Taizong, who was still the crown prince of the East Palace, so that the prince, who was busy with state affairs and became ill due to overwork, could rest and recuperate. He also specially named Guishouyuan, as shown in "Wei Wu Cao Cao"
It is said in "The Turtle Lives Longevity" that "the blessing of nourishing yourself can lead to eternal life", which expresses the Emperor Gao's affection for the prince.
After Emperor Taizong came to the throne, in order to reward culture, he specially donated this garden to the 65th grandson of Confucius, the great Confucian scholar of the time, and he was granted the title of Yanshenggong Kong Yinhuan.
Immediately after receiving the garden, Duke Yansheng wrote: "As the first saint and the queen, I should have the heart of a saint, do the deeds of a saint, be courteous and upright, and take arrogance and extravagance as a warning. The saint gave the garden to promote culture and education and promote civilization.
I think that if you want to educate the people and develop their customs, you must learn.
However, the people know the beauty of learning, but they don’t know the benefits of asking.
Xunzi said: If you don’t know, ask questions; if you can’t, learn; although you can, you must give in, and then you will be virtuous.
If the sages in the country learned something from them when they were still young, and I could ask and learn about it, wouldn’t it be of great benefit?”
Therefore, please open Guishou Garden to the common people. As long as you are neatly dressed, you can come with them to appreciate and appreciate the customs. You can also fund the construction of several additional pavilions in the garden, where you can have scholars discuss Taoism or hold poetry gatherings.
, it will be beneficial to broaden your knowledge.
Emperor Taizong appreciated his beauty and issued an edict to praise his words and deeds. After a short rest, Guishou Garden was officially opened to the public. It soon became a gathering place for scholars in Shenjing. All literary gatherings were held in Guishou Garden as the most beautiful place.
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During the Lantern Festival, people went to the streets to enjoy the lanterns, while scholars held a poetry meeting in Guishouyuan. Although it was a poetry meeting, there were many performances. Moreover, the poetry meeting in Guishouyuan was not held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but on the first day of the first lunar month.
It was held on the night of the 24th to light up the lights, which attracted a lot of popularity.
During the Spring Festival, there are naturally many large and small poetry gatherings in various places. As the saying goes, poetry is second to none. When it comes to local reputation, there will be secret competition among poetry societies in various places. Therefore, during the New Year, the poetry gatherings around Shenjing will decide
His best works were naturally brought together in the Turtle Garden Poetry Society, and scholars flocked to it, seeing it as a way to become famous.
As the finale of the Poetry Society, the Turtle Garden Poetry Society has a huge influence. In order to control the flow of people, it can only adopt an invitation system. But even so, people still fought over each other to get an invitation letter to the poetry society, and even ancient scalpers came into being.<
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As Jia Lan is a new member of the Xinke family, someone naturally sent the invitation letter to his house.
Originally, he had planned to ignore this and not attend, but Li Wan felt that his son, as Jieyuan, should still participate in this kind of cultural activity, especially the Turtle Garden Poetry Society, which had a huge impact. If he didn't go, he might end up being lonely.
reputation.
Jia Lan thought that his cultivation was at a stable stage, and experiencing all kinds of life was also a kind of cultivation, so he changed his mind, wrote a letter, and asked Liang Yong and Qin Zhong to go together.
Originally, he wanted to invite Daiyu, Sanchun and others to join him, but a Zhongshan wolf appeared in the middle of the polo last time and really scared Yingchun. Now that he thinks about it, he is still frightened. In addition, the only person invited on this invitation letter is Jia Lan. Everyone
So he declined Jialan's invitation.
Jia Zheng, the great devil, was not here. Jia Baoyu had really had a good year. He was having a good time and wished Jia Lan would never come back. He said half-jokingly: "Brother Lan, go on your own. My sisters and I are waiting to pay homage to you."
A masterpiece!"
Baoyu spoke, and the girls also encouraged Jialan.
Daiyu sat aside quietly and did not speak, but looked at Jia Lan with a pair of half-open eyes, which seemed to convey the meaning of "I am also waiting..."
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"Invitation letter?"
After getting off the car not far from Guishou Garden, Jia Lan met up with Liang Yong and Qin Zhong who had arrived early. They walked towards the garden together, but were stopped by the gatekeeper.
I don’t know how many people the gatekeeper intercepted today, so his tone was inevitably a little harsh.
Jia Lan motioned to Qin Shi to hand over the invitation letter and ignored the other party's attitude.
Seeing that Jia Lan actually handed over the invitation letter, Menzi's expression immediately changed.
They are servants of Duke Yansheng's Confucius family. The Confucius family of Duke Yansheng has been the organizer of the Turtle Garden Poetry Festival since the Taizong Dynasty, so the servants of Confucius' family maintain order outside.
They could tell at a glance that the invitation letter given by Jia Lan was of a high level. After taking a closer look, they were even more shocked and confessed: "It turns out that it was Xie Yuanlang who offended me in person!"
"It's okay, thank you for your hard work." Jia Lan said lightly and walked straight inside.
In the past, Jia Lan might have greeted him with a smile, but today he is savoring life and behaves according to his heart. He understands the attitude of his disciples, but there is no need to smile back.
Unexpectedly, his behavior made those disciples of the Confucius family praise him: "He is actually Jie Yuanlang, no wonder he is so handsome!"
The passers-by watching the excitement whispered to each other for a while, and there was a lot of discussion.
"That's Jia Jieyuan, who defeated the envoy of Chen State in the polo match before!"
It can be seen that the people of Shenjing are still talking about what happened at the previous polo match. Jia Lan's arrival once again ignited everyone's curiosity, and they all speculated on what Jie Yuanlang would do tonight.
Walking through the main entrance, crossing a second courtyard and arriving at the garden, they saw colorful lanterns hanging high, like the Milky Way in the sky, and the splendor was no less brilliant than Rongguo Mansion. As the group walked and looked, suddenly a voice came out from the side. p>
"Xie Yuanlang!"
"Brother Changbai! Long time no see!" Jia Lan saw the person clearly, smiled and held his hand.
The visitor was wearing a blue robe and had an elegant appearance. He was none other than Sheng Hong's eldest son, Sheng Changbai.
"I've met Xie Yuanlang."
Behind Changbai, a group of younger brothers and sisters saluted Jialan together.
Behind Sheng Changbai, in addition to Sheng Changfeng, there is also a boy who is only seven or eight years old. He is peeking at Jia Lan curiously with a cautious forbearance.
Jia Lan gave him a friendly look, but the child was startled and he quickly lowered his head.
Changbai introduced: "This is my fourth brother Changdong."
"What a pillar of talent." Jia Lan praised, smiled friendly towards Changdong, and then looked to the other side.
But seeing Mo Lan and Ru Lan standing side by side, Ming Lan was behind them, looking at Jia Lan with big bright eyes.
In her right hand is a child who is only five or six years old.
"Who is next to Sixth Sister?"
Changbai said: "That's my little five Changshu."
The Sheng family and his entourage greeted Jia Lan and his entourage. Many interested people nearby heard that Jia Lan, the Jinke Jie Yuan, had arrived and rushed to tell each other. Soon the news reached the brothers and sisters of the Yu family who were also in the garden.
In the ear.
The Yu family brothers and sisters came alone this time. Zhu Ji had to accompany his parents because they came to Beijing, and Wu Nayan was grounded at home by his uncle Guo because he was frivolous at the polo match.
Mr. Yu Ge has a great reputation among scholars. Although he has retired, invitations will still be sent to his house.
Yu Yanhong was not shy about having her eldest sister Yu Yanran by her side. She turned to look at Yu Chengsi and asked, "Have you made proper arrangements for your people?"
Yu Chengsi nodded slightly, and Yu Yanhong laughed maliciously: "I want to make Na Jialan look good tonight!"
After saying that, he glanced at Yu Yanran proudly.
Yu Yanran knew this sister's temperament, and her heart skipped a beat when she heard this.
"What? You want to report?" Yu Yanhong sneered, walking closer to Yu Yanran and staring at her.
Yu Yanran was frightened by her half-sister's solemn tone. Her eyes suddenly opened and she shook her head. Although she was scared in her heart, she still stammered: "Then Jie Yuanlang has no enmity with my family.
Resentment, why should my sister make things difficult for others?"
Yu Yanhong's eyes widened and she said loudly: "You have a grudge against me! I will never forget the humiliation he brought to me at the polo match! Not to mention your hairpin!"
Hearing the hairpin, Yu Yanran swallowed back her tears and pretended to be calm and explained: "I, I said, then, the hairpin is indeed gone. Apart from that, everything else is gone!"<
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At this point, tears came out of her eyes again, and her tone was sad: "Sister Yanhong, if you took it, can you return it to me?"
Seeing Yu Yanran crying, Yu Yanhong felt as disgusted as if she had swallowed a fly.
She knew that she would never have the chance to steal any of Yu Yanhong's late mother's belongings