"Editor-in-Chief, I have only seen you write modern poems before, but I didn't expect that your skills in ancient poetry are so admirable. The first two sentences of this poem seem simple, but they suddenly present the scene of chanting and whispering.
Then in the last two sentences, thinking about the long journey of heaven and earth, I burst into tears with sadness. My eyes suddenly opened up, I looked at the universe, I felt time and space in my heart, and the feeling of loss came naturally..."
"This poem is not mine."
"ah?"
"This poem is not mine, it is Zhang Zhong's."
Ershan's expression on the other end of the phone froze. This flattery slapped Ma's leg, so embarrassing.
However, he quickly organized his language and said, "The editor-in-chief is really well-connected. He was able to even invite Zhang Zhong. With this poem, our poetry conference has become a success. Don't worry, editor-in-chief, I will take care of the rest."
Give it to me, and I will ask them to send this poem out immediately to build momentum for the poetry conference first."
This is what Wang Kewang meant when he sent him the picture. After hearing what he said, he nodded and said, "Well, thank you."
…
The official WeChat account of "Poetry" posted a picture, which looked like a calligraphy and painting.
But this character is written in such a fancy way that I can’t understand what it is written at all.
[Shilin, Shilin, judging from the length, it should be a poem, but this word really stumps me.]
【Although I don’t recognize this word, it looks good if I can see it. 】
【Cursive writing gives people a sense of incomprehension.】
[Can anyone please explain what kind of poem this is?]
[I haven’t been learning cursive calligraphy for a long time, so I’ll give you a rough interpretation. This poem should be: I don’t see the ancients in the past, and I don’t see the coming ones in the future. Thinking about the long journey of heaven and earth, I shed tears with sadness. 】
【This is considered a quatrain.】
【Of course it’s a quatrain.】
【Is that considered five words or what?】
[This is a miscellaneous poem. This poem is interesting. Who wrote it? 】
[It’s not signed, it feels very ordinary. Can anyone explain it? 】
[This poem is not ordinary at all...]
…
About two hours later, the official account of "Poetry" posted another update, saying that a poetry conference would be held in the next few days, and the theme of the poetry conference was in the poem just posted.
【What does it mean? What exactly is the theme?】
[I guess it’s loneliness. The biggest feeling this poem gives people is loneliness. 】
[The theme of loneliness is a bit different. I think it has something to do with history?]
【How do you say this?】
[I don’t see the ancients before me, and I don’t see the newcomers after me. Isn’t it obvious?]
【I still feel sad and lonely.】
[Could it be related to time and space? This poem has a strong sense of time and space.]
[That’s right, the first three lines of the four-line poem basically cover all the time and space.]
…
Another two hours later, "Shilin" officially posted the third update.
This time the update is very short, just four words, plus a punctuation mark.
"Author: Zhang Zhong"
However, just these four words stirred up the heat immediately.
Those who paid attention to this poem before were all old readers who usually pay more attention to "Shi Lin". When the two words "Zhang Zhong" came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire Internet.
[I asked Zhang Zhong why he has no new works recently. It turned out that he was writing poetry. 】
["The Forest of Poetry" has something up its sleeve this time, and it actually got a poem by Zhang Zhong.]
[I was thinking before that who could write such a poem, but it turned out to be so Zhang Zhong, I felt happy and sad at the same time.]
【This poem, I am blown away by it!】
[Is it possible that the theme of Zhang Zhong’s next work is also hidden in this poem?]
【Little brother, I have an idea.】
[Time and space? It seems like it is another science fiction book. 】
[Fart, the theme of time and space can’t be a detective novel?]
[That’s far-fetched, big-breasted brother.]
…
The comments on the Internet are getting more and more skewed, and netizens are bored and associate this poem with Zhang Zhong's new book.
Now, more and more people are guessing the theme of this poem.
The theme of time and space is the most common, and there are some other weird ones.
One of the most interesting points is that some netizens recalled Zhang Zhong’s previous work "The Last Starfish" after reading this poem.
[This theme is so fitting. I think this poem was written specifically for the new movie.]
[Using ancient poems in science fiction movies? Your idea is very bold.]
[But how can we explain it if we haven’t seen the ancients before? 】
[The ancients are all dead, why should we meet again?]
This was not just a joke among netizens. After Affleck saw it, he actually called and asked if this poem had anything to do with "The Last Starfish".
Of course he wants to have connections, this is tantamount to promoting his new movie.
But the answer was no.
Although he got a negative answer, Affleck didn't do anything. He also helped online and attracted netizens' attention to "The Last Starfish".
Regarding this matter, Zhang Zhong did not express his opinion, and he could understand Affleck's desire to stir up public opinion.
Anyway, no matter how you say it, this poem has pushed "Poetry", "The Last Starfish Man" and Zhang Zhong to the hot search list. In the end, it is a win-win situation.
…
Netizens are all discussing "Deng Youzhou Taiwan Song". Zhang Zhong is also teaching Peng Peng to recite poems at home, but the one he recites is "Winter Night Reading to Show Zi Yu" by Lu You.
"The ancients left no stone unturned in their knowledge, and only when they were young did their work become more mature. When they read it on paper, they realized it was shallow. They knew that they had to do it in earnest. Come on, Peng Peng, and read it to me again."
"Uh-huh."
"The ancients left no stone unturned in their knowledge."
"The ancients left no stone unturned in their knowledge."
The girl clapped her fingers while reading along. Zhang Zhong knew what she was going to do at a glance.
Zhang Zhong told her before that the poem he asked her to memorize only had twenty words. She probably wanted to see if the poem had more than twenty words.
She definitely can't count all of this, otherwise the whole story will be revealed. This poem is a seven-character quatrain, with a total of twenty-eight words. This girl will definitely not do it if she knows the truth.
Zhang Zhong thought of a way not to finish reading with her every time.
After reading the second sentence, I came back and read the first sentence again. After reading the third sentence, I read the second sentence again.
After going back and forth like this, Pengpeng was a little confused, and later he didn't even bother to count the words on his fingers.
A few hours later, Pengpeng suddenly screamed.
"Dad, you lied to me. In ancient times, people had no legacy of learning, knowledge, and strength. They only matured when they were young. What you read on paper is always shallow, and you know that you have to do it personally." She recited it and broke it off.
Pointing his finger, he finally said, "There are obviously twenty-eight characters, more than twenty characters."
Zhang Zhong was reading a book. When he saw the little girl with an aggrieved look on his face, he smiled and said, "Look, even though it's twenty-eight words, didn't you still memorize it? The task dad gave you has been completed."
Pengpeng thought for a while, "That's right, I've memorized it all, but I'm afraid I'll forget what to do after a while, because twenty-eight characters are too many."
"It doesn't matter. If you think it's too much, just memorize twenty of the characters. Dad won't let you memorize the remaining eight characters."