Following the song "Elegy", Du Xi, Zhuge Liang and Liu Yao all became sad and depressed.
Seeing this, Huan Yi said: "Since Brother Du started with a "Elegy", let's just sing one each. I'll go first."
After saying that, he walked with a slightly swaying figure, which made Liu Jing laugh unconsciously. Huan Yi was a strict man, he respected etiquette and rarely acted out of character. It is rare to see him like this nowadays.
Confucius once said: "There are three hundred poems, which can be summed up in one sentence, thinking without evil." That is to say, pure thoughts have always been loved by gentlemen, so Huan Yi chose a song "Tianbao", which comes from "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya"
·What the Deer Mings"
This is a poem in which ministers congratulate the new king, hoping that after King Xuan of Zhou ascends the throne, he can work hard to govern, complete the great cause of Zhongxing, and revive the glory of his ancestors. Huan Yi used this to refer to the past and the present.
Then it was Liu Yao's turn, and he did not shirk. He held the wine glass, his white jade cheeks were filled with blush, and he said with blurred eyes: "I am now a guest in Jingchu, and I recited a masterpiece handed down by Doctor Qu, "Li Sao"
》, to help you enjoy drinking.”
Liu Jing and others all looked surprised when they heard this. Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" can be regarded as an eternal masterpiece, and everyone here is familiar with it. However, when it comes to reciting the full text, there is no one, even Huan Yi and Liu Jing.
Even Chu locals can’t do it.
The full text of Gein's "Li Sao" contains 373 sentences, totaling more than 2,470 words. Such a long text is difficult to memorize by rote, except for people with excellent memory.
In fact, Liu Jing said, the most fundamental reason is that "Chu Ci" is not very important to today's scholars and is a dispensable thing. If it is as valuable as the "Book of Songs" and is one of the Confucian "Five Classics", even if it is
No matter how many words there are, countless people will recite it fluently.
"Emperor Gaoyang is a descendant of Miao. My emperor is called Boyong. He was born in Meng Zuoxi, but Geng Yinwu came down..." Liu Yao slowly recited Chu Yun's "Li Sao" in Luoyang Yayan, but there is another story.
A different kind of style.
"The sun and moon are suddenly not flooded, and spring and autumn are the order of the times. Only the scattered vegetation is afraid of the beauty's twilight..." Liu Yao's words are neither urgent nor slow, and his voice is ups and downs. It is full of deep feelings and touches the heart.
When his mouth got dry, Liu Yao stopped temporarily, poured himself a glass of wine to soothe his throat, and then continued, giving people a sense of ease from beginning to end.
Liu Jing looked at the eloquent, open-minded and elegant Liu Yao in the hall, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Such an outstanding and talented person is actually a person with no ambitions. He only wants to retreat to the mountains and forests and be a farmer. Anyway,
He can't understand the other person's thinking.
When Liu Yan recited "Li Sao" from beginning to end, word for word, the room immediately burst into cheers.
Liu Jing did the math and found that Liu Yao spent almost a quarter of an hour going back and forth.
Zhuge Liang stood up with a cup in hand, walked around the dining table, walked to the center of the room, and said to Liu Jing and others: "It's your turn, so I'll sing a song "Liang Fu Yin", which is an elegy spread in the Liangfu Mountain area of Qilu.
, it tells the story of Yan Zi’s ‘two peaches kill three scholars’.”
Everyone sitting here has read poetry and books, so they naturally know that Yanzi "two peaches kill three scholars".
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Jinggong had three generals under his command: Gongsun Jie, Tian Kaijiang, and Gu Yezi. They had outstanding military exploits, but they were also arrogant because of their merits and disrespected Yanzi.
Yanzi believed that they had no sense of humility, so in order to avoid causing trouble in the future, he suggested that Qi Jinggong get rid of the three of them. Then he planned to reward the three of them with two peaches, forcing them to have a dispute and commit suicide one after another. In this way, the three of them were eliminated without bloodshed.
a potential threat.
Zhuge Liang looked around and sang in a Qilu accent: "Step out of the gate of Qi City and look into the Dangyin Lane. There are three tombs in it, all of which are similar. I asked whose tomb it is, Tianjiang Guyezi. His strength can row Nanshan, and his literary skills
"Jedi Ji": Once he was slandered, two peaches killed three people. Who can plan for this? The Prime Minister of the country is Qi Yanzi."
This elegy originally lamented the suicide of the three warriors and satirized Yan Zi's slanderous tactics.
However, Zhuge Liang believed that Yanzi was by no means a treacherous minister who excluded dissidents and slandered others as described in the elegy, but a wise prime minister who was good at governing the country and had noble moral character.
Therefore, when he sang this elegy, he did not express too much sympathy for the three warriors who were killed. Instead, he expressed his ambition in the song. He hoped that one day he could become a famous prime minister like Yan Zi and assist the wise king.
Peace the world.
Liu Jing and others all heard Zhuge Liang's desire to make achievements.
Du Xingzhang praised: "When Chen Zhongju of Runan was fifteen years old, he had only one room to spare, but the courtyard and house were in a mess. His father's friend Xue Qin from the same county came to visit and asked him: 'Why don't you sweep the house to entertain guests?'
Then Chen Zhongju replied: "When a man lives in the world, he should sweep away the world and live in one house?" The world began to know that he had the ambition to rectify the world.
Now Kong Ming is also fifteen years old. He has great ambitions and will not let Chen Zhongju excel in his achievements."
Chen Zhongju, also known as Chen Fan, was the leader of the party. Together with Dou Wu and Liu Shu, he was known as the "Three Monarchs". He was determined to clarify the country. He was upright and dared to make mistakes. Therefore, the world praised Chen Zhongju as "not afraid of force."
Zhuge Liang smiled calmly and said: "Brother, you are exaggerating. Mr. Chen is well-known all over the world. He speaks as a scholar and conducts himself as a model for the world. How can I be so virtuous and capable? How dare I compare with him." He admired Chen Fan's personal ethics, but as for other aspects, he admired Chen Fan.
, don’t mention it.
It was not that he was arrogant. Chen Fan was determined at the age of fifteen, but when he was more than eighty years old, as a prime minister, he still thought poorly and acted unsecretly. His plan to kill the eunuch failed. Not only did he die, but it also triggered the second disaster of party imprisonment.
, leading to the decline of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Chen Fan was arrogant and careless. He was famous but not real, so Zhuge Liang did not want him.
Du Xi looked at Zhuge Liang in the audience, savoring the profound meaning of his words, and then looked at Liu Jing who was looking up. He was amazed in his heart. Both of them are humble on the outside but proud on the inside. No wonder they became close friends in just a few days.
, this is the congeniality of temperament.
Liu Jing was not surprised at all. You must know that Zhuge Liang has been better than Guan Zhong in literary skills and Le Yi in martial arts since he was a child. He has determined to become an all-rounder who can serve as general or prime minister. How could Chen Fan, a mere old scholar, be noticed by him.
Now that all four of them had finished reciting poems, only Liu Jing was left as the master. He stood up with a wine glass in hand and said, "I have written a new poem, and I will try to recite it for you."
Du Xi laughed and said: "Zhongda, I witnessed you writing "Encouraging Farmers" with my own eyes that day. I hope that today I can witness a masterpiece that is not inferior to "Encouraging Farmers" and will be praised by people all over the world."
Zhuge Liang, Huan Yi, and even Liu Yao all looked expectant.
Liu Jing smiled and nodded, and then chanted: "Life has no roots, floating like dust on the road. Scattered and driven by the wind, this is no longer the body."
Du Xi couldn't help but say "Eh". This poem was completely different from "Encouraging Farmers". Almost every paragraph of "Encouraging Farmers" had its source. It covered a wide range of topics, including the Five Classics, taking into account the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought and historical figures.
Allusions can be found at random, and those who are not well versed in economics cannot compose this poem.
The language of this poem is simple and unpretentious, and the examples are ordinary, but it is as pure as jade. It is just four sentences, lamenting the impermanence and shortness of life, and it immediately puts Du Xi, Zhuge Liang, and Liu Yao into it. Even if you have not experienced any hardships,
Huan Yi, who suffered from displacement, also felt deeply.
After lamenting the impermanence of life, Liu Jing's eyes met with the four of them one after another, and he said word by word: "We are brothers when we are born, why should we be close by flesh and blood? We can have fun and have fun, fight over wine and gather good friends."
"Okay!" The four people present couldn't help but cheer. As soon as these four sentences came out, it can be basically concluded that this poem is definitely a good work. Because of its straightforward language, simple and easy to understand, and rich emotions, it may be even better in terms of dissemination.
"Encouraging Farmers".
After all, the entry barrier for "Encouraging Farmers" is too high. Only scholars can really understand it, and it is extremely unfriendly to ordinary people.
Liu Jing raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and ended slowly: "The prime years will never come again, and it will be difficult to come back to the morning again. You should be encouraged in time, time waits for no one."
The last four sentences raised the concept of the whole poem to a new level, and everyone who heard it was deeply touched. Even Liu Gao, who had always been open-minded and open-minded, rarely showed a serious expression.
Zhuge Liang liked this poem very much and asked: "Zhongda, what is the name of this poem?"
"I haven't decided on a name yet." Liu Jing shook his head. He couldn't still call it "Miscellaneous Poems No. 1", right?