The ministers continued to push the cups and place the cups, but they were no longer as casual and natural as before. While drinking and talking, they could not help but glance at Li Chengzhi.
I saw Li Chengzhi's face full of hesitation, his brows sometimes frowning, sometimes relaxing. His hands sometimes scratched his head, sometimes scratched his cheeks.
Which of the ministers in the palace has never written an article or submitted a memorial? Don’t be too familiar with this scene.
Li Chengzhi was obviously short-sighted and was at his wits end.
But no one dares to make fun of it, but they take it for granted.
When it comes to poetry, although the ministers dare not compare with Li Chengzhi, they can sing several poems with each mouthful, and they are all excellent works. But if they squeeze in, they should be able to improvise one or two poems.
Because it is short, I can make up a song with more than ten or twenty characters.
As for how far-reaching the artistic conception will be depending on the situation, I can’t guarantee it.
But if it's poetry, argument, debate, inscription, expression, etc., it's not that easy.
Most of them require citations from classics and classics to use history to describe the present. Among them, Fu Shi is the most difficult, and all the required characteristics of literary styles are almost complete:
In addition to being long enough, it also needs to be like poetry and words: the sentence structure needs to be well-organized and combined with parallel lines; the front and back need to be harmonious and coordinated, and accompanied by rhythm. The text needs to be decorated, and the words need to use allusions.
We need words of "discussion" to comment on classics and history, we also need "inscriptions" to spur and encourage us, and we also need "debates" and "expressions" of judgments. What's more difficult is that we need to reflect on things and chant our ambitions. p>
That is to say, no matter which scripture you quote, which classic you refer to, what history you borrow, why, or who you are referring to, you must not deviate from the theme.
This is also the most difficult thing, because if there is a slight difference, the context will run counter to each other.
Even Liu Fang, Cui Guang, You Zhao and other famous writers in the literary world, who are considered to be great figures in the literary world, dare not say that they can improvise a piece, let alone Li Chengzhi?
Regardless of anything else, first ask him how old he is, how many classics he has learned, how many histories he has read, and how much accumulation he can make?
The emperor is clearly trying to make things difficult...
However, Li Chengzhi is not willing to bow his head even to death. If things go on for a long time, he will be driven crazy.
Those with clearer minds all felt miserable: No wonder Li Chengzhi doesn’t want to serve around him?
The emperor still held the tea jar, and sometimes laughed and exchanged words with Yuan Jia, Yuan Yong, Yuan Yi, Gao Zhao, Yu Zhong, Liu Fang, Cui Guang and others in the front row. If any of his ministers were respectful, he would hold the jar to signal.
For a moment.
But if you don’t have time, your eyes will glance back.
The more Li Chengzhi scratched his head and panicked, the more comfortable the emperor felt.
As Gao Zhao guessed, the emperor really wanted to argue Li Chengzhi's temperament and praise Li Chengzhi's strength. But more importantly, Yuan Ke had a bad taste: Is there anyone in the world who would rather die than admit defeat?<
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There is no one like Li Chengzhi who could not even subdue the emperor.
Yuan Ke also knows that a country is easy to change, but a person's nature is hard to change. If Li Chengzhi is forced to suppress his pride and spirit, this talent will be useless.
He just found it interesting: watching Li Chengzhi's face full of grievance and frustration every day, and looking at him as an emperor who looked helpless, was it not more interesting than listening to Gao Zhao, Liu Teng, Hou Gang and others fawning over a hundred words?
After going back and forth, the two people carried it...
More than a moment passed, but Li Chengzhi didn't open his mouth or start writing. The emperor gave a sinister smile, and was about to sarcastically say something like "If you can't do it, admit defeat" or "Fame is only a name," when Li Chengzhi suddenly made a move.<
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He was whispering to his secretary, seeming to be asking for pen, ink, paper or something like that.
Sure enough, the secretary immediately left the desk and gave it to Li Chengzhi.
Li Chengzhi stood by the desk and didn't say anything. He just arched towards Yuan Ke, then took a breath, lifted up his front and sat down.
Actually...there is?
Only a moment has passed. How many words can Li Chengzhi come up with?
If you’re not halfway through writing, you won’t be able to continue writing, right?
Yuan Ke was very surprised, but he couldn't get up to look. After thinking for a moment, he pointed at Liu Teng and said, "Read it!"
Liu Teng responded and stood next to Li Chengzhi.
Seeing him writing, Liu Teng first praised the words, and then read aloud: ""Li Zhi"!"
When you first hear it, it means "fu" or "discussion", rather than inscription, debate, table and so on.
Sure enough, when they heard Liu Teng reciting "The Sutra says: Heaven moves vigorously, a gentleman strives to strengthen himself. The terrain is flat, a gentleman carries things with great virtue.", everyone knew that this was undoubtedly a poem.
This is the main point, just like the opening chapter of Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning": The gentleman said: Learning can't be done anymore.
These two sentences come from the "Xiang Zhuan" annotated by Confucius for the "Book of Changes", also known as Qian Gua and Kun Gua. It is also said to be written by Confucius.
It means: the power of the sky is strong and strong. Correspondingly, a gentleman should be resolute and determined, and work hard to improve; the terrain is thick and gentle, a gentleman should increase his virtues and accommodate all things. This is consistent with the proposition set by the emperor that "talents are not met, and ambitions are not available."
Very compatible.
But neither the emperor nor the ministers expected that Li Chengzhi would choose the most difficult poem, Discussion?
It doesn't matter if the sentence structure doesn't quite match the parallelism, the upper and lower parts don't quite follow the rhythm, and the wording is not gorgeous. But if the argument is not clear, and the classics cited do not match the history of the metaphor, then it is just trying to do the same thing, and it will only make people laugh. This further confirmed the emperor's joke that "it is all about appearances, it is a vain reputation" and "it can only make a woman smile".
It's like Li Chengzhi's reputation is so bad on the street...
In shock, everyone in the hall held their breath and listened attentively. In the huge Tai Chi West Hall, the only sound was Liu Teng's loud shout.
"The Book of Changes says: When the heavens move vigorously, a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. When the terrain is turbulent, a gentleman carries things with great virtue.
Don't be discouraged when your fortune is shallow, and you can't rely on the current situation. Things in the world are unpredictable, so you must be self-reliant and self-reliant.
If the sky has no will, the sun and moon will have no light. If the earth has no will, the grass and trees will not grow.
If water has no ambition, there will be no wind and waves. If a person has no ambition, there will be nothing to gain..."
After hearing this, the expressions of the emperor and his ministers were already very exciting.
After the topic is pointed out, it is "statement", which is the explanation and derivation of the theme. Li Chengzhi dared to write, so he was able to write this step.
But I didn’t expect that Li Chengzhi would dare to write such a big story and actually “narrate” the world?
It is very consistent with the two sentences at the beginning. But the difficult thing is, what kind of allusions and characters should Li Chengzhi cite to deserve this title, this scripture, and this narrative?
Everyone was even more curious, and even the emperor stretched his neck and raised his ears.
When Li Chengzhi occasionally stopped writing, he would tilt his head and think deeply, or mutter something to himself. He was indeed unhappy in writing. But everyone knew that poetry and theory were difficult, and no one dared to rush him.
But the anxiety was real. Even Yuan Yue, an uneducated and useless person, was scratching his head and scratching his head anxiously. It was a good thing he was above the imperial palace, otherwise he would have gotten up early and ran behind Li Chengzhi to take a look. After finally waiting for Liu Teng to speak again, Yuan Yue straightened her back suddenly.
"Therefore, those who established great things in ancient times not only had extraordinary talents, but also must have perseverance. It is said that in life, wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, power cannot be surrendered..."