Chapter 27 A poem in four steps and becoming famous in Luoyang
"Lord! I heard that there seems to be a poetry writing conference being held here. Situ Wang Yun, Yi Lang Huang Wan, Lu Zhi, Lang Zhong Xun Shuang, Cai Yong, Ma Rixi and other famous people are all here..."
Listening to Dian Wei's report, Yuan Shu nodded. How could such a poetry conference be without me, Yuan Shu?
Not to mention anything else, just the ancient poems of the Tang Dynasty that Yuan Shu has memorized can make him famous for a while. What's more, it's not just the Tang Dynasty that he has memorized!
In my previous life on campus, I was forced by my class teacher to memorize ancient poems every day, plus I was interested in these... being the champion of ancient poems on campus was no joke.
"Ahem! Since there is a poetry competition, how can I be left out? Let's go in and have a look together."
Signaling Dian Wei and Yuan Ji to open the way and pushing aside the people blocking the door, Yuan Shu reluctantly entered.
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"Dear guests, welcome to participate in this poetry conference. The conference uses poetry to connect friends, and also encourages talented people to use their talents to create more and more beautiful poems.
We also very much welcome the arrival of Situ Wang Yun, Yi Lang Huang Wan, Lu Zhi, Lang Zhong Xun Shuang, Cai Yong, Ma Rixi and other celebrities. With all of you as guest judges, we will definitely be able to select the best poems and essays."
The host spoke eloquently for a long time and finally announced that the poetry conference had officially begun.
I saw Lu Zhi, Wang Yun, and Cai Yong discussing with each other, and then decided on the first round of poem titles. This first round of poem titles is mainly about serving the country with great ambition, which is difficult to say and easy to say!
"This...this should..."
"We have a great ambition to serve the country. We were suddenly asked to write it, but we still can't write it! This is really..."
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All the literati were troubled and did not know how to write. Just when everyone was at a loss, Yuan Shu had already written an article and submitted it to the person in charge of receiving the work.
"Runan Yuan Shu Yuan Gongdao?"
After looking at Yuan Shu's signature, the person in charge nodded and presented the work to Lu Zhi, Wang Yun, Cai Yong and other guests.
Cai Yong was the first to open Yuan Shu's works. He was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. This made Wang Yun and others very curious. They took the photos of Yuan Shu and praised them all.
"Such a masterpiece will be remembered for eternity."
"It makes my blood boil. I can't help but want to rush to Yanmen immediately to fight against the Xiongnu..."
Lu Zhi and Wang Yun highly praised Yuan Shu's works, which also aroused the curiosity of all the literati in the audience. They all asked to read out this masterpiece and appreciate it together!
""The White Horse"
The white horse is decorated with golden reins and gallops northwest.
May I ask whose son I am, You and You Xia'er.
When I was young, I went to the countryside and raised my voice in the desert.
In the past, there was a good bow, but the arrows were uneven.
If you control the string and break the left side, the right side will break the moon branch.
He raises his hand to catch the flying scorpion and bends down to scatter the horse's hooves.
He is as cunning as a monkey and as brave as a leopard.
There are many policemen in the border towns, and many captives and cavalry are migrating.
Yu Xi came from the north and rode up the high embankment.
He drove the Xiongnu for a long time, and looked at Xianbei from the left.
Abandoning one's body at the sharp edge, can one's life be safe?
If parents don’t care, how can they talk about their children and their wives?
When compiling the records of strong men, no personal gain is allowed.
Sacrificing one's life to go to the national calamity, seeing death as a sudden return home!"
The poem describes and praises a young hero in the border area who is highly skilled in martial arts and full of patriotic spirit. It expresses the author's ambition to serve the country. The heroic image in the poem is not only the poet's self-portrait, but also embodies and shines the glory of the times, youth.
The smell is strong.
The literati are still immersed in the charm of this poem, and will never forget it for a long time, as if they are the knight-errant in the poem, "sacrifice themselves to go to the national disaster, and regard death as a sudden return".
Compared with it, other poems and articles are like bright moon and fireflies, not worth mentioning at all. Yuan Shu's name was officially recognized by these famous scholars!
For a moment, the audience burst into thunderous applause, which made Yuan Shu smile with joy. At the same time, he remained humble and made the guests on the stage nod in praise.
In fact, Yuan Shu felt a little guilty for taking Cao Zhi's "White Horse" as his own. But after thinking about it, he decided to compensate Cao Cao in the future, and he treated it as an apology!
After the heat subsided a little, Huang Wan, Xun Shuang, and Ma Rixi were responsible for the poem titles for the second round. The three discussed with each other that since the last round was about serving the country with great ambitions, this round would be about the situation of the cold border.
as the title.
The title of this round of poems is even more difficult. How can someone who has never been to the border describe the bitter cold in the border area?
As soon as this question came up, many literati were at a loss what to do. In the last round, at least more than ten people submitted their works, this round...
"Sir! I've made it, please appreciate it."
Yuan Shu's words were like a pebble dropped into a calm lake, causing ripples in circles.
"What! How could it be so fast... We..."
Seeing that Yuan Shu was the first to submit his work, the literati were shocked. Even famous scholars such as Lu Zhi and Wang Yun on the stage were also surprised.
"Bring it up quickly."
They quickly took over Yuan Shu's work, flipped it back and forth, and read it carefully. Although Huang Wan, Xun Shuang, and Ma Rixi already knew that Yuan Shu was talented, they couldn't help but praise him after reading "Liangzhou Ci".
"Liangzhou Ci"
"Grape wine luminous cup,
If you want to drink the pipa, urge me immediately.
Don’t laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield,
How many people have fought in ancient times?"
Just a few sentences, but it seems to make people immersed in the scene, and expresses the emotions of the frontier soldiers. Wonderful! It is really wonderful!
With Wang Han's "Liangzhou Ci", Yuan Shu once again won the praise and favor of the guests on the stage, and even gained the respect of the literary people on the stage.
At this time, Yuan Shu has become the focus of the scene, and everyone's attention is focused on Yuan Shu.
Even though everyone's eyes were focused on him, Yuan Shu's face and emotions still didn't change much. He had a graceful demeanor and a gentleman as smooth as jade.
While being praised by guests and literati, Cai Yong's daughter - Cai Yan! was full of curiosity about Yuan Shu and Yuan Gongli, and even had a hint of vague emotion.
The third round started soon, with scenery as the title of the poem, which is relatively simple, but the simpler it is, the more it tests your ability.
"Ding! The system issues a side mission
The host composed a poem within seven steps and shocked the whole audience.
Successful mission will reward you with 1 attribute point and a divine weapon summoning card.
If the mission fails, 100 summoning points will be deducted from the host.
Do you want to accept the mission?"
Looking at the sudden system tasks and system rewards, Yuan Shu didn't say anything and directly chose to accept the tasks.
"Ahem! Yuan is not very talented. He has already thought about it. Please appreciate it, gentlemen."
Yuan Shu's utterance caused the entire audience to fall silent. The literati were dumbfounded and stared at Yuan Shu closely, even holding their breath for fear of missing the birth of a new masterpiece.
I saw Yuan Shu thinking deeply, taking the first step, and then another step!
"Mountain Travel"
"Far up the Hanshan Mountain, the stone path is slanted, and there are people living in the white clouds."
Then he took another step and paused slightly.
"Stop and sit in the maple forest at night, the frost leaves are as red as the February flowers."
"Bang!"
The whole house was silent. Lu Zhi was directly shocked by Yuan Shu. He did not hold the wine glass tightly and the wine spilled on the floor. But Lu Zhi didn't care and stood up directly to cheer for Yuan Shu!
Lu Zhi's applause and cheers made other guests come to their senses from the poem and stood up to applaud.