Chapter 22 Tao Yuanming Seven

After 800 years, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, and his family reclaimed the east slope. Facing the waves of wheat, he wrote with emotion: "Strengthening farming is not pitied by everyone!" When I read the second piece of "Migrations", I had a strange impression: Yuan Ming is somewhat modern.There is wine to consider... Leisure is lovesickness, showing a sense of innocence.A group of commoners were excited, going to this house today and going to that house tomorrow, Yuan Ming was among them.As long as there is simple food and a few glasses of old wine, happiness will come to meet you.In Nancun, there are more than one hundred households, and there is an endless stream of visitors.Veteran soldiers and Confucian scholars, Master Deng, Master Dai, Pang Canjun, Liu Yimin, Ding Chaisang who used to hang out in the government... Yuanming said: "If you are brothers, why do you have to be blood relatives?" Must be drunk, turn around and return home drunk, host and guest are free to do so.He "doesn't mess around too much" and never gets drunk, which is a kind of drinking virtue.He has many friends, almost all of whom are drinking buddies.Spring, summer, autumn and winter, drink every day.Friends liked his poems, but no one complimented him as a great poet.Everything is flat, farming, personnel, wine, and literature are all integrated into one, which is the normal state of life.Yuan Ming is in a state of "uncomplicated", without revealing the subjective will of this state.And once the will is formed, it may be out of shape.Su Shi imitated him and yelled the catchphrase: "I can accompany the Jade Emperor, and I can accompany the beggars in the fields." Su Shi is cute enough, but the source of his realm is Yuanming.So Zhu Guangqian has a famous saying:

To Tao Yuanming, Su Dongpo is like a little witch seeing a big witch. Who is a poet?It is the guardian of true temperament.Any era, if the poetic exit, must not be a perfect era, far from it.The politics of Yuanming's era was dark, but the people's customs were simple, especially in the backcountry, where power was very limited, and it was not easy to destroy the customs of thousands of years. People with mixed hearts are in the city, and people with simple hearts are in the country. "The Biography of Mr. Wuliu" was written in this year, a short biography of about 200 characters, every word is pearls.Let us extract:

I don't know who the gentleman is, and I don't know his surname.There are five willow trees beside the house, because they thought they were named Yan.Be quiet and talk less, and don't admire glory and profit.Good reading, don't ask for deep understanding.Every time there is understanding, they happily forget to eat.The nature is addicted to alcohol, and the family is poor and can't get it often. The old relatives know this, or they buy alcohol and recruit it... the surrounding environment is desolate, and the wind and sun are not sheltered.The short brown wears a knot, and the scoop is empty repeatedly, Yan Ruye.I often write articles to entertain myself and show my ambition...

It is not a trivial matter to know who the Jin people are, and the family background can be seen in it.Yuanming's ancestor was once prominent, and his mother, the Meng family, also came from a wealthy family.He wrote his autobiography, omitting everything, and he himself became "someone who doesn't know".Not to mention his underestimation of family background, anyway, the beginning of the article is cute, and people of different classes will like it.The value of frankness is constant, and in ten thousand years, human beings will not advocate pretentiousness.Yuanming didn't mention his surname, but everyone knew his surname: his surname was Tao, his name was Qian, his character was Yuanming, and his character was Yuanliang.He was the county magistrate of Pengze, and people also called him Tao Pengze, Tao Ling, and after his death, Tao Jingjie, Tao Zhengshi, and so on.Mao Zedong didn't think much of the ancients, but wrote a poem saying: "Tao Ling doesn't know where to go, can he plow in the Peach Blossom Spring?" Different titles, the same kindness, reading Yuanming's poems, many people think he is like a family member.Quiet and few words, quiet, but it is a language.The great French poet Rilke had a very quiet manner, and his friends were easily infected by him.Quietness and silence seem to be one step away, but they are actually far apart.Around Chengdu where I live, it is common for card players to get sick if they don't touch cards for a few days.After hours of doing nothing, one yawns and becomes bored.A little "addiction" actually maintains the entire spare time life. In the thousands of years of human civilization history, there has never been such a strange situation, and the spirit has reached the limit.Yuanming knows underground, but he doesn't know what to think.

When writing about Yuanming, it seems that I should not mention these things: I am worried that it will spoil the appetite of readers. Yuanming loves to read and doesn't ask for deep understanding.Not asking for deep understanding is also a kind of solution.This is both a reading method and a value orientation.For example, he often read "Historical Records" and cited Sima Qian as his confidant from another generation.The temperament of the two is so similar.Some books are like old friends whom I visit often.It is enough to just flip through some books, like ordinary acquaintances, say hello, and meet once a year or so.Yuanming leaned against the willow tree to read, looked up at Tingyun, and stroked the head of his youngest son, Atong.Reading Confucius, Lao Zhuang, Qu Yuan, Shan Hai Jing... He has his cultural pedigree, but he never thought that he himself is a great master of a generation.Chinese culture chooses Tao Yuanming to set up a monument for his unruly personality and free spirit like flowing clouds and flowing water.Anyone who can admire can benefit from it.

The four walls of his house are bare, the walls are still leaking, the coarse cloth and short clothes are patched, and three meals a day are problematic.Nancun may not be like this. He wrote his own biography, which contains the meaning of inspiration, the so-called dimension of survival.Why does he not understand that farming leads to poverty?He is also contradictory. "The rich and the poor are often at war."He is real, so it is difficult for him to cheat, let alone help bureaucratic warlords exploit the people.Yan Hui, the proud disciple of Confucius, said, "Eating and drinking with one scoop will not change the joy." Yuan Ming can enjoy himself happily even when the scoop is empty every time.He does not despise material life. Since he cannot exchange personality or conscience, he has to be willing to be poor and prepare psychologically for poverty.Confucius was not tired of eating fine food, and he accepted dried bacon from his students, but he emphasized that "a gentleman is always poor". There is no contradiction between the two.I read Chinese and foreign biographies and found that outstanding people tend to ignore material things.Just like some rich people, their personal lives are simple, and they make money to give back to the society. For example, Mr. Tian Jiabing in Hong Kong donated dozens of large-scale middle schools in China and sold all the villas in his hometown.There are two schools in Meishan. He donated 5 million yuan to drive local investment, which is a great contribution.

A gentleman loves money in a proper way to get it, and to distribute it in a proper way. Mr. Tian Jiabing, do you also love Yuanming's Tianjiayu? Yuanming concluded at the end of the biography: "Don't worry about poverty and practice, don't seek wealth and honor."A dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, but a person in a hurry will do anything.If everyone was red-eyed, life would be in chaos.