Chapter 19 Tao Yuanming IV

The forest in front of the amiable hall stores clear shade in midsummer.When Kaifeng came at the right time, he flew back and opened my lapel. Take care of the leisure industry, lie up and play the book and the piano.There are more vegetables in the garden, and the old grains are stored today. There is a lot of good in self-improvement, and there is nothing to admire.Spring millet makes fine wine, and I pour it myself when the wine is ripe. … Yuanming's leisurely and leisurely image is ready to come out.It is written about my hometown in Shangjingli. There is a forest in front of the hall and a vegetable garden behind the house.This century-old house exudes the glory of the ancestors. Although the carved beams and painted buildings are no longer there, it is enough to comfort the body and mind.Kaifeng is a whirlwind, a good summer wind that lifts his skirts.The red sorghum in spring has turned into fine wine at this time, and Yuanming drinks it himself.However, he said: There is a limit to creating one's own life, and over-satisfaction is unnecessary and not worthy of admiration.We might as well take a closer look at the vegetables and grains mentioned in the poem.Yuanming was hungry in his early years, which left a deep impression on him.

Simple things evoke beauty and ease of mind. This is a major feature of Yuanming's poetry, and it is also his value.The happiness of life is not measured by the amount of material consumed.This is especially important today when the global environment is getting worse. However, reaching this state of mind is difficult.Schopenhauer said: Man has two misfortunes, one is that he cannot get the life he wants; the other is that he gets the life he wants. These words are intriguing. The Chinese often say: contented people are always happy.It can also be regarded as an answer to Schopenhauer, understanding happiness as the process of pursuing happiness.It's a pity that there are fewer contented people now.Insufficient knowledge is not a bad thing at all, it is a great driving force for survival. When you start to move, but you want to spend extravagantly, if things go on like this, the prospects will be bad.

In his later years, Heidegger strongly advocated the use of art to save the technical world.I think he wants people to immerse themselves in beauty and linger on the details of life.Gaining pleasure from art and everyday life, there will be less dependence on energy and less damage to nature.And a calm life is always the premise of happiness.In the hurried days, there is only superficial, fast-food happiness.Right now, happiness, joy is replaced by happiness, which is not a good sign.The former comes from the depths of the heart and is the product of people's deep existence.I worry that one day, words like joy and joy will disappear and be relegated to the dictionary like the names of a large number of species.

Yuanming's funeral was over, and he became an official again at the age of forty.At the beginning of this year, Huanxuan usurped the throne in Jiankang (now Nanjing City) and forced Emperor Andi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to leave. Liu Yu, who was under the banner of the Jin Dynasty, led troops to attack him.In fact, this Liu Yu was not a good thing later, he killed the emperor and became self-reliant, and changed the country to Song Dynasty.He and the Huanxuan dog bit the dog, and lost their lives.Yuanming wrote a four-character poem "Standing Clouds": "The mist stopped and the clouds stopped, and it was raining. The eight watches are all in the same darkness, and the flat road is blocked."——The world is dark, and the flat road is impassable.He has lived at home for a long time, hoping to go out to do things, but the warlords scuffled, causing "eight appearances to faint".Worrying about the current situation is rare in his poems.At that time, he condemned Huan Xuan.

The image of "Standing Cloud" is quite similar to Tao Yuanming: a cloud that stops in the sky.The poet has a very delicate feeling about the sky. In June, Yuan Mingyuan went to Jingkou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province) to join the army in Liu Yu's army, a kind of civilian official.Resigned in March of the following year.In August, he was the county magistrate of Pengze.Pengze County is more than 100 miles away from his home, he said, mainly because it is close to home.In addition, "the benefits of the public land are enough for wine."The public fields grow sorghum, and the sorghum makes fine wine.As the county magistrate, Yuanming thought about it in the open, which shows that he doesn't make high-profile claims, and he doesn't claim to be impartial.This time he was able to become the county magistrate, thanks to the help of Tao's elders: "My uncle thought that the Yu family was poor, so he saw that he was used in Xiaoyi." With his character, he would not run for an official.

There are dozens of acres of public land, whether it is better to grow sorghum or japonica rice, the husband and wife have different opinions.Zhai went to Pengze County with Yuanming to take care of his food and daily life.There is a young man from the county government who farms the public land, so she doesn't bother her to do it.However, she has experience in farming, and she often gives pointers on the ridges and plans the farming work for the coming spring.She had just turned thirty, with a rosy face, like the young Russian women we see in oil paintings.In August, the autumn air is crisp, and the autumn wind blows her temples.She is now the magistrate's wife.She saw her husband coming from a distance, and the official hat seemed a little crooked.Yuanming got off the towel cart (a carriage with a curtain) at the end of the official road and walked quickly along Tiankan Road.

The fields stretch as far as the eye can see... State officials and county officials often come to inspect the work, eat and drink, and even point fingers, which can't be finished.When Yuanming came home from get off work, he was generally cheerful, either walking towards the children or towards the large wine gourd hanging on the wall.If he keeps silent, the Zhai family will know: the superior leader is here. It's cold in winter, Yuan Ming's drinking capacity rises with the temperature drop.This has been his habit for twenty years.In winter, there was a lack of padded jackets, so he drank wine to keep out the cold.He drank too much, just like his grandfather.He is excited when the wine enters his blood, and he sees the world dimly with drunken eyes.It's not that he's always confused, he's often confused.He wasn't smart enough by the standards of his superiors.The high-ranking officials in the Jin Dynasty all came from big families, with great power, and the small officials were very angry.And because of the war, the military officer's arrogance was high.Yuanming had a friend, known as "Liu Chaisang", who was the county magistrate of Chaisang, and because he couldn't stand the cowardice, he went to Lushan Mountain to become a hermit, and he couldn't come out until he died.Ordinary officials receive a little official salary, and there is a saying of "substituting farming", which is not much better than farmers.Yuanming counted on the public fields to brew wine, and prepared altars and jars, but he had to work until next winter.He has some experience in the officialdom, and the concubine can hardly deal with it.

On this day, the state official came. He was a postal superintendent, who specially inspected various places for the governor, and he was very airy.The governor is usually the confidant of the governor, and urges the counties to scrape the people's fat.Before the others arrived, the rules came first, and Tao Yuanming, the magistrate of Pengze County, was ordered to go out of the city to welcome him.According to the official regulations, this superintendent put on a big shelf, and the standard of welcome he requested was almost the same as that of the Inspector.Yuanming was very angry.Zhai took out the official hat and belt, but only looked at him and let him make up his mind.Just a while ago, his half-sister Cheng died in Wuchang, which made him confused.He and Cheng's sister, who is three years younger than him, have a very deep relationship.Looking at her husband's appearance, Mrs. Zhai had a premonition that something was going to happen.She still didn't say anything.