Chapter 569 Li Family Banquet (Part 2)
Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong~" A musician beating the drum with his eyes blindfolded. A wine bowl in the stream fluttered with the water. When the wine glass flowed past the last person, a maid would put down a wine bowl again to ensure that everyone had a chance to win the order.
"Dong!" With the last sound of the drum, the wine bowl was in front of a short and fat young man, which made Li Zhang next to him breathe a sigh of relief. His luck seemed to be good. He had already performed more than a dozen orders, but he avoided them, which made him secretly glad.
In fact, if it was Li Zhang's turn, he would not be afraid. At worst, he could just copy another poem from later generations to deal with it. But he didn't like to copy the poems from later generations. After all, that was also the hard work of others. If he copied it now, then the original author would probably have one less masterpiece from the past.
I saw that the short and fat young man in Zhongling was not afraid. He stood up and recited a poem. Although Li Zhang could not write poems, his books over the years were not in vain, and his appreciation of poetry was still good. This also made him find that these talented men in Yongcheng were of average level. More than a dozen poems had appeared, but none of them could be called good. Only Li Zhi's level was better. No wonder he had great prestige among these people.
However, just when Li Zhang was secretly glad, the drum sounded again, and this time the luck was finally used up. The wooden wine bowl stopped in front of him when Ling Gu stopped, which made Li Zhi next to him shout, "Okay, I can finally enjoy Brother Li's masterpiece!"
Zheng Guan and others next to him also made a fuss. They met Li Zhang, because Li Zhang came from a big city in Luoyang, and Yongcheng was a small city, so they naturally wanted to know some of the scenery in Luoyang from Li Zhang, and secondly, they also saw that Li Zhang had an extraordinary temperament, so they had the heart to make friends. However, temperament cannot only look at the surface. If Li Zhang had nothing to learn in his belly, he would only be looked down upon by them, and he would not even have contacts after today.
Although Li Zhang didn't care about the attitudes of Li Zhi and Zheng Guan towards him, in order to inquire about Li Zhi, he still needed to maintain a certain connection with these people. So at this time, he could only sigh inwardly, stand up and look at Qiu Jing in the garden and said, "Since that's the case, then Li will be ugly. I felt the feeling of Qiu Jing here just now. I accidentally got a poem to encourage learning. I hope you guys will give me some advice!"
"Youth is easy to grow old and hard to learn, and a short time cannot be taken lightly.
Before I could feel the dream of spring grass in the pond, the sound of autumn leaves in front of the steps."
This poem "Occasional" was written by Zhu Xi, a master of Neo-Confucianism a hundred years later. It is a poem that encourages learning. The content is also very simple and easy to understand. It is nothing more than sighing that time is like an arrow and life is getting old, so you have to hurry up and study. However, although this poem is simple, the whole poem uses the dream before it wakes up and the leaves have fallen to describe the fleeting time. It is also very novel. It is considered an excellent poem.
In fact, as a later generation, Li Zhang could remember, or to pass on the poems that could be passed down from generation to generation, almost all of them were handed down. Therefore, even if Li Zhang wanted to copy a mediocre poem, he could not find it. Zhu Xi's most famous is his attainments in Neo-Confucianism, and his attainments in poetry, songs and essays were obviously not as good as Su Shi and others. However, Li Zhang really didn't want to copy the poems of famous people such as Su Shi. As for Zhu Xi's lack of one or two poems, it did not damage his status in history.
"What a good poem! I didn't expect that Brother Li's attainment in poetry was so profound, it was far better than us. Today I finally saw the style of a talented man in Heluo!" Li Zhi was the first to react, and he said loudly in praise at the moment. His eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Li Zhang. However, in addition to admiration, there seemed to be some other things mixed in, which made Li Zhang feel a little uncomfortable again.
Zheng Guan and others also reacted at this time, and they praised it all the time. They felt that their poems were pretty good before, but now when Li Zhang's poems appeared, they were judged by the superiority. When they looked at their poems, they almost felt unbearable to look at them. Although this made them feel uncomfortable, they had to admit that Li Zhang's talent in front of them was far higher than theirs.
Li Zhang was very calm. After all, it was not his talent and knowledge better than these people, but Zhu Xi and Master Zhu's talent and knowledge better than these people, so he had nothing to be happy about, but this also made Li Zhi and others admire Li Zhang even more. After all, at their age, few people can remain calm when everyone praises them.
However, as soon as Li Zhang's poem was released, Li Zhi, Zheng Guan and others were reluctant to play the game Qushui Liushang. After all, with Li Zhang's pearls and jade in front of him, they didn't want to show off their ugly faces anymore. Of course, Li Zhang was reluctant to ask for it, so a group of people started listening to music and dancing again, and chatted about some strange stories.
"Brother Li, although our Yongcheng is not a big city, there are also some interesting places besides Mangdang Mountain. Why not stay in Yongcheng for a few more days?" Li Zhi suddenly spoke to Li Zhang at this time.
"This..." Li Zhang hesitated deliberately before speaking, "It's okay to stay for a few more days. Anyway, going to my hometown to worship my ancestors is not an urgent matter. Moreover, I have arranged for someone to go back to my hometown to prepare, so I have nothing to do."
When Li Zhang said this, Li Zhi immediately said with great surprise: "That's true. Since Brother Li is planning to stay in Yongcheng for a few more days, don't stay in the inn anymore. After all, the inn is so crowded and not clean. It just so happens that there are many empty rooms in my house. Why not move to my house? I can also ask Brother Li for more poetry."
As soon as Li Zhi said the words, Zheng Guan and others around him also showed a bit of ambiguous smiles. This time Li Zhang noticed it and felt a little disgusting immediately, so he immediately refused: "Thank you, Brother Rupei for your kindness, but I am used to staying in the inn, and I brought a lot of things back to my hometown this time, and there are other followers behind me. I had already made an appointment to meet in the inn before, so it was really inconvenient to move out."
Hearing that Li Zhang was unwilling, Li Zhi also showed a look of disappointment. However, he wanted to persuade him again, but he found that Li Zhang's face showed a little unhappy expression, which made him feel a little anxious, so he had to speak: "Okay, but since Brother Li stayed for a few more days, I will naturally have to do my best to be a landlord. I will arrange more activities in the next few days. I hope Brother Li will not refuse at that time!"
Chapter completed!