One person asked Su Shi: "Brother Zizhan, what do you think of this poem?"
Su Shi said: "It's very good. It's natural and fresh, but it's also rich in Zen principles."
An official said: "The half-acre square pond is open, and the skylight and cloud shadows are lingering together. It is said that the water in the Panchi is like a mirror, reflecting the skylight and clouds. Why is the water in the Panchi so clear? It is because there is living water in the source."
"Used in reading, reading is like drawing living water into the pool, and living water into the pond, and dead water out. Therefore, my heart is clear, reflecting thousands of things like a mirror. How wonderful! How wonderful!"
All the officials nodded, this comment was very good.
"Mysterious! This sentence can be said to be 'new every day, new every day, and new every day. How can I, a scholar, be new every day? Just study!"
"The words are full of philosophy, and the meaning of Zen can be seen in small objects, which is not something ordinary people can say. He is truly worthy of being the number one scholar! It can be seen that his knowledge is indeed profound and profound, and his attainments are very high!"
"No wonder now that you have achieved great results in your knowledge, articles, and achievements, you are truly unparalleled in the world!"
The candidates below all showed expressions of sincerity...
After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he said to all the candidates: "Since ancient times, there are only those who have learned but are incompetent, and those who are capable but not learned. If you are asking what is the use of reading? Maybe it is here."
"Students are taught!" all the candidates said in unison.
After talking, there was a banquet.
Everyone was having a banquet in the Gongyuan, and all the examiners took turns coming forward to toast Zhang Yue.
When it was Su Shi's turn, he first asked Zhang Yue about the current situation of his father and younger brother Zi You.
Su Zhe was originally assigned to be an official in Shangzhou. Shangzhou is adjacent to Fengxiang Prefecture. If the two brothers were officials here, they would see each other often. Zhang Dun was an official in Shangluo County in Shangzhou.
The two met last year when they were examiners. The original examiner was Liu Chang and Liu Yuan's father. He regarded the two as the best in the world and could not be matched by anyone. Therefore, they were treated with the courtesy of national scholars.
Su Shi and Zhang Dun often traveled together since they met.
It's a pity that Su Che was prevented by Wang Anshi's return of the title, otherwise the three of them could have done it together.
In another time and space history, in the second year of Zhiping, Su Che failed to be promoted to an official in Shangzhou and instead went to Damingfu to serve as an official. Su Shi wrote "Three Poems on Hearing that Zi You Can't Go to Shangzhou During His Illness".
Su Shi advised his younger brother in his poem, "Only the royal city is the most hidden, with thousands of people hiding in it like the sea."
"I recently heard from Zhang Zi that Qu said that the merchants of the bitter way are looking forward to your coming." Zhang Zi and Zhang Dun told him that the people of Shangzhou are looking forward to his coming.
Now that Su Shi heard about the current situation of his father and younger brother from Zhang Yue, his concern was beyond words.
Zhang Yue knew that the two brothers sent each other a poem every month, but even so, Su Shi still missed Su Che very much.
Zhang Yue thought of the poem "When will the bright moon come", which is the first poem of all time? When Zhang Yue first read it, he thought it was about missing his lover, but later he found out that it was written by Su Shi who missed his younger brother.
Seeing Su Shi's behavior, Zhang Yue almost pirated and uttered the phrase "I hope people will live forever, and we can share the beauty of the moon even though we are thousands of miles apart".
Seeing Zhang Yue resisting the urge to steal poems, Su Shi stopped talking, "When will Du Zhi leave?"
Zhang Yue said: "I am going to the capital now, but the time of departure is uncertain!"
Su Shi said: "It just so happens that the examiners and I will travel to Nanshan together tomorrow, and Du will be with us."
It is truly a blessing in life to be able to make a good friend like Su Shi and travel with him, and Zhang Yue happily agreed.
And all the examiners cheered loudly.
Zhang Yue said to Cai Que, "Brother Chizheng, come with me."
Cai Que smiled and said: "I'd better not go and forget it."
It is also a first-rate thing for scholars and officials to travel together and compose poems and couplets.
The next day, everyone headed to Nanshan, along with two other examiners, and stayed that night at Nijvli outside Xianyou Temple.
Xianyou Temple was built by Yizong of the Tang Dynasty. There were originally three temples here, separated by the Heihe River, Xianyou Temple in the south, also known as the South Temple, and Zhongxing Temple in the north, also known as the North Temple!
The reason why it is called Xianyou is that it is said that Nongyu and Xiao Shi rode a dragon to travel together to immortality here.
It happened to be an autumn rain outside. The sound of rain outside the hotel was pattering, and I heard the sound of bells reaching the hotel.
The lights in the hotel were brightly lit, and it was very lively with people drinking and writing poems.
Zhang Yue drank three glasses of wine in a row, but saw Su Shi chatting with a young monk outside the hall in high spirits. Seeing this scene, Zhang Dun said to the left and right: "Brother Zizhan usually likes to make friends with monks and Taoists."
Another person laughed and said: "He usually says, 'I can accompany the Jade Emperor, and I can accompany the beggars of Beitian Court. There are no bad people in the world before my eyes!', so we can make friends with anyone no matter who they are!"
Everyone laughed: "Zizhan is always like this."
At this time, Su Shi returned in high spirits, and everyone asked, "What did Zizhan ask about?"
Su Shi smiled and said: "I heard that there is an Immortal Swimming Pool on the way to Zhongxing Temple. The scenery is amazing. We will just take a look along the way!"
Everyone laughed and said, "That's it."
Immediately everyone joined together to write poems, drink and talk the night away.
At this time, the monk happened to bring a table of vegetarian food. Others were vying for wine and food, but Su Shi was different. Seeing that he was not in a hurry, he ate alone first. In the end, everyone asked, why didn't Brother Zizhan join the poem?
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At this time, Su Shi burped, and Fang Shanshan arrived late to write poems.
Su Shi is the emperor of poetry, but he doesn't know how to end it. When he appears in the couplet poems, everyone eclipses him. He occasionally uses a few slang and common phrases in his poems, but they are also wonderful.
Therefore, a random sentence in his poems can reach a place where no one can reach it.
Zhang Yue remembered that when Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, a prostitute named Li Yi asked him to give him poems.
Su Shi wrote casually, "Dongpo lived in Huangzhou for four years, and there was nothing to say about Li Yi."
Why haven’t I written a poem about Li Yi in the four years since I came to Huangzhou?
These two sentences were unremarkable. After Su Shi finished writing them, he continued to drink and eat. After eating most of them, Li Yi asked Su Shi to finish them.
Su Shi continued to write two sentences, but it was like Du Gongbu in Xichuan. Although Haitang was good at reciting poems.
Just like when Du Fu was in Xichuan, he wrote poems about all kinds of flowers, except the most famous crabapple in Xichuan, because the most beautiful ones do not need to be written in poems.
Su Shi wrote many poems like this in his life.
Su Shi was killing everyone in the poetry gathering at this moment. Occasionally, a sentence seemed ordinary, and everyone would say that it was nothing special. The next sentence Su Shi could write was extremely wonderful, so everyone was slapped in the face.
Su Shi's talent was innate, even if someone like Jia Dao chanted to the extreme, he would never reach his level.
Zhang Yue was Jia Dao's first class in reading. Through constant study and hard work, he found a new way. He believed that continuous achievements and continuous reading could make progress step by step, but this did not prevent him from admiring Su Shi.
He truly deserves to be the best literati in ancient and modern times. Zhang Yue could only sigh in his heart. Fortunately, he was good at policy theory in the system science examination. Otherwise, he would not be able to compete with Su Shi without cheating.
Get up early the next day and everyone goes to Xianyou Pond.
This Xianyoutan is on the mountain, and the mountain gets higher and higher along the way.
Su Shi chatted with Zhang Yue.
But Zhang Yue said: "When Bai Letian visited Dalin Temple in Lushan Mountain, he wrote, 'The beauty of April in the world is gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom. I regret that I can't find a place to return in spring, and I don't know where to turn!'"
"I thought I was wrong at first. In April, when all the flowers are gone, why are the peach blossoms in full bloom? But later I learned that it is colder on the mountain than at the bottom, so during the Spring Festival on the mountain, there are still peach blossoms in full bloom in the mountain temple in April."
Su Shi said with a smile: "This is also a common saying. What you learn on paper will eventually become shallow, but you will definitely know how to do it!"
Zhang Yue also smiled and said, "That's exactly it."
The higher the mountain, the colder it gets, but you can see white clouds flying at the bottom of the mountain. People walking on the mountain road seem to be stepping on the clouds. The stream is gurgling between the mountain walls, and the vines are protruding into it. Occasionally, you can see a stone bridge crossing it.
Along the Jianshui road, there are woodcutters carrying thorn bushes down the mountain from time to time.
Everyone finally reached the end of the field, and saw the Xianyou Pond sitting under the green mountain wall. The pond was only two feet wide, the center of the pond was so dark that the bottom was not visible, and white foam was swirling where the water fell from the top of the mountain.
Beneath the pool is an abyss. A large tree in the pool reaches directly to the mountain wall, and a horizontal log hangs across the deep pool to reach the mountain wall.
At this moment, an official pointed at the stone wall and said with a smile: "Who dares to write on the stone wall!"
Everyone took one look and shook their heads and said, "Is this life-threatening?"
"If you lose your footing, you will fall off the cliff."
"There is no need to show off such useless courage."
At this time, Zhang Dun said to Su Shi: "How about Zizhan giving it a try?"
Seeing this scene, Su Shi shook his head and said, "My legs are trembling when I see this! I really don't dare."
Zhang Dun laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "I'm coming!"
But Zhang Dun ordered someone to tie him up with a rope, and then he took his clothes and held a nearby tree, and walked calmly across the crossbar spread over the pond.
Amid everyone's exclamations, Zhang Dun jumped onto the mountain wall and wrote in writing as if nothing had happened: "Zhang Dun is here!"
After inscribing on the stone wall, Zhang Dun climbed the rope again but his expression remained unchanged. Seeing this, Su Shi couldn't help but sigh to Zhang Dun: "Zi Hou will definitely be able to kill people one day!"
Zhang Dun looked back and said with a smile: "Zizhan, why do you say this?"
Su Shi said: "Those who can judge their own fate must be able to kill people!"
Zhang Dun laughed when he heard this.
At this time someone asked again: "Who else wants to go?"
Everyone else said: "Fei Zihou is a little less courageous than before!"
At this time, Zhang Yue saw where Zhang Dun had just stepped, and felt that he could give it a try, so he said: "I am willing to go!"
Zhang Dun, Su Shi and others looked surprised when they saw it.
Zhang Yue took the pen and ink and carried it on his body. He imitated Zhang Dun in tying the rope with someone pulling him behind him, and then he walked onto the crossbar with his hands on a nearby tree.
However, there are thousands of cliffs below the pool. If you lose your footing and fall into the pool, your life will definitely be in danger.
Zhang Yue withdrew his gaze and concentrated his mind. He could only hear the roar of the pond, and countless water droplets splashed on his face, causing slight pain.
Walking to the center of the crossbar, Wu Zhangyue raised his hands as a balance and walked on the crossbar, one step at a time... and finally stepped onto the cliff.
Zhang Yue wrote on the cliff: "Su Shi...!"
But seeing that Zhang Yue not only wrote the names of Su Shi and two other people on the cliff, but when he ran out of ink, he picked up the pen and touched the ink cartridge. Everyone entered the mountain couplet poems and wrote down the good lines on the paper as soon as they came up with them, for fear of forgetting them.
, so they all carry ink cartridges.
"...Zhang Yue is here!"
Zhang Yue was the last to finish writing his name, then returned and said with a smile: "Brother Zizhan, what do you have to say?"
Su Shi stroked Zhang's back and complained: "It's really not worth saving him like this."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "No problem, let's go at once! Brother Zizhan, look at the ink book on the cliff!"
Su Shi smiled and said: "Sanlang's book is unparalleled in the world!"