Chapter 12 poisoning
When it came to "Jie Fu Yin", no matter how reluctant I was, I finally realized that I can't see mountains as mountains and waters as water. Many beautiful and touching poems express very worldly feelings.After accepting such a somewhat disappointing fact, I think those authors who leave clear clues are kind, because people will not discover the truth after normal misreading, and there is nowhere to put the wrong touch.
For example, Zhu Qingyu's "Recent Examination on Zhangshui Department":
A newlywed, on the second day of her marriage, got up early to dress up and waited for dawn to meet her in-laws.After finishing her makeup, she was uneasy because she didn't know whether her in-laws would like it, so she asked her husband in a low voice: Are my eyebrows drawn in a fashion?According to the ancient custom, the first night of marriage, the bride will visit her parents-in-law in the early morning of the second day.
This poem has another title, which is called "A boudoir's offering to Zhang Shuibu".The so-called boudoir meaning can be said to be described in detail and vividly, so what is the origin of "Shangzhangshuibu" or "Xianzhangshuibu"?It turns out that this Zhang Shuibu is none other than Zhang Ji who wrote "Huanjun's pearl with tears in her eyes, wishing to see her when she was not married".There was a custom in the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, called "Wen Juan", that is, candidates for the exam sent their works to famous celebrities with status, hoping to get advice and appreciation, and through their promotion and recommendation, it would be beneficial to their own admission.This poem is Zhu Qingyu's "Wenjuan" work presented to Zhang Ji. Whether my talents and learning can be appreciated by the examiner, I would like to ask first: Do you think I can do this? ——Because a scholar's exam taking and a woman's marriage are both critical moments that determine fate, the mood of anticipation and nervousness are similar, so this poem carefully draws the expression of the newlyweds, and cleverly conveys my own feelings Heartfelt.
As a senior master of this trick, Zhang Ji certainly understands it.He immediately wrote a poem in response:
Zhu Qingyu compares himself to a woman, so Zhang Ji's answer poem is the same, comparing him to a Yue girl (Zhu Qingyu is from Yuezhou). This Yue girl dressed up and came to the center of Jinghu Lake, knowing that she was Naturally beautiful, but eager to be nice, she secretly thought about it (maybe she wanted to sing but stopped).In fact, although many other girls wear expensive silk, it is not worth paying attention to. The beautiful voice of this Cailing girl is worth ten thousand gold!This is to tell Zhu Qingyu that he has outstanding talents and learning, so he doesn't have to worry about this exam.
After getting used to such overtones, when I read other poems, I unconsciously began to "decipher" them.One day I found a "suspect" poem, which happened to be a Tang poem about a newlywed:
I immediately started to decipher the code automatically: the new bride is the author himself, and the "aunt" (mother-in-law) is the person who can determine his future and fate, whether it is an examiner or a boss, then this young girl must be the person who knows the leader best. Are the people around you friends?Is it a disciple?Or someone like a secretary?This must also be a poem about breathing and measuring the direction of the wind.
However, the titles, captions, annotations, and appreciation articles were all empty.No way?I flipped through several other versions, and they all just slowly introduced the customs of the bride who started cooking for three days, as well as the bride's intelligence, and there was no suspicious figure I thought was lurking behind.
Only then did I realize that being perfunctory and forced to explain is a kind of poison, and I have been poisoned unconsciously.This time, the star is the star, the moon is the moon, and the bride is really the bride.I'm glad I was wrong.