Chapter 34 Li Baiwu

Li Bai thought that enshrining Hanlin was a high-ranking official, which was incredible.He was too excited, drunk and drunk, how could he think about the word "worship".In the dream he became Zhang Liang assisting Liu Bang, but when he woke up he thought he was Zhuge Liang.In short, he wants to do big things, not small things.He stepped up his study of the imperial collection of the Hanlin Academy. According to sources, he memorized the records of famous figures and deeds by heart.The gaze is like a computer scan. When it comes to politics, literati often seem innocent and cute, no matter how deep or muddy the water is.The odd number of literati as power is not more, but less.If this group grows large, the so-called humanistic spirit, the so-called awareness of human nature, and the so-called caring for the bottom will bloom independent flowers outside the imperial power, reducing the coverage area of ​​power, in other words: increasing the happiness of society.

Scholars in the Tang Dynasty flooded into the bureaucratic class in the guise of poets, but on the whole, they did not add much heterogeneity.The adsorption function of power is powerful, and the style of the emperor determines everything.Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had been in power for thirty years, and he had no desire to make progress, indulged in female sex, and was fascinated by gods.The only challenge to power is power.Even if a scholar is well-educated, enthusiastic, and far-sighted, once he steps into the officialdom, he will find a dilemma: either throw away his official hat, or throw away the scholarly spirit of pointing out the world.

It takes time for people like Li Bai to discover the above-mentioned dilemma. How comfortable the palace is.People are invited to dinner every day.There is even a chance to kowtow to the emperor and see the fairy-like Yang Yuhuan.Forty miles outside Chang'an City, there is Lishan Mountain, where the emperor and his concubines often go.White clouds surround the mountain peaks, women surround men.The word Yuhuan is interesting, and it seems to be God's will.Jade is her skin, her round arms and beautiful legs.Bai Juyi said: Hot spring water is smooth and smooth.Yang Yuhuan is a tragic and peerless beauty. It is nonsense to say that she has wronged the country.Mr. Lu Xun once planned to write a novel for her, but unfortunately the plan failed to materialize.Mei Lanfang's "The Drunken Concubine" has been a century-old classic.I have seen Li Shengsu play the role of Concubine Yang Gui, his appearance and singing style make people dumbfounded.I think opera expresses the charm of life, especially the charm of women, perhaps better than other art categories.

In the three years of Chang'an, Li Bai left three good poems, all of which were dedicated to Yang Yuhuan. One of them said: "The cloud thinks about the clothes and flowers, and the spring breeze blows the threshold. Revlon. If you don't meet at the top of Qunyu Mountain, you will see Yaotai under the moon." Meet." Qunyu Mountain and Yaotai are the places where the Queen Mother lives.The Queen Mother is a beautiful young woman among the gods. Li Bai compared her to Concubine Yang Gui.At that time, the gods were not fictional, either in the mountains or on the sea.Yun Xiang's clothes are beautiful and beautiful, and the two words "think" are wonderful.There was a Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty who couldn't figure it out, so he changed "Yun Xiang" to "Ye Xiang", which was very rigid.When the spring breeze blows the threshold, it sings the praises of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.Yang Yuhuan is like a peony in the spring breeze.Second cloud:

A branch of red dew condenses the fragrance, cloud and rain Wushan heartbroken in vain.May I ask who is like the Han Palace?Poor Feiyan leans on her new makeup. The Zhao Feiyan of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, who could do palm dance, relied on new makeup to be compared with the natural posture of Yang Yuhuan.Clouds and flowers are used in the front, and beauty is compared to beauty here.Immediately after throwing the third song: "Famous flowers are all in love with each other, and they are so handsome that the king looks at them with a smile. Explain the infinite hatred of the spring breeze, and the Chenxiang Pavilion leans against the railing in the north."

Chenxiang Pavilion: a pavilion covered with agarwood.Exclusively for the emperor, like the pepper room and the like. These three "Qing Ping Diao" have a writing background: the peonies in the palace are in bloom, Xuanzong brings a jade ring to appreciate together, and court musician Li Guinian presents an ode.Xuanzong was tired of hearing it, so he asked Li Bai to try it.Li Bai didn't wake up from the hangover, so he wrote it in one go and handed it over to the court musicians to compose the music. Emperor Wu of the Han had Li Yannian, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had Li Guinian, like two brothers.Yannian, tortoise year, the meaning is also close.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had Sima Xiangru, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had Li Taibai, both of whom could sing praises and "polished his career".Fortunately, the Western Han Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty were said to rule the world, otherwise, these four people may have a bad reputation for thousands of years.

Li Bai had seen Yuhuan before. He had been to Mount Li, riding a stable horse, holding a coral whip bestowed by the emperor, "fortunately accompanying Luan chariot".Lishan has a "Changtang" for courtiers to take a bath. According to Sima Guang's records, there are dozens of places.Li Bai probably enjoyed it, but with his personality, it is almost impossible not to look at Huaqing Pool where the imperial concubine bathes.If he had a telescope, he probably dared to use it.As for Ye Lai having sweet dreams, the Jade Emperor couldn't control him either. Yun Xiang's clothes are beautiful, and Li Bai's dream is also in it?

The annotation of "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty" says: Yang Yuhuan "leads the lyrics with a smile, which is very meaningful." The musicians sang "Qingping Diao", Yuhuan led the singing, and Xuanzong accompanied him with silk and bamboo.The meaning is very thick, which shows that she is very happy, and she especially understands Li Bai's poems praising her.With her high status, beautiful appearance, graceful dancing and singing voice, the compliments she received, the three thousand beauties in the harem, are not as good as her combined.Li Bai impromptu wrote a few words, she appeared on the stage in person, and accepted the song with a smile.Only then did Xuanzong play the flute, accompanying her singing and dancing.She dances "Neon Clothes and Feather Dress Song", with a plump body, but she can dance people mesmerizingly.She was the leading dance artist at that time, and when she reached the state of passion, the garden was full of peonies.Tang Xuanzong, who had seen countless beauties, was obsessed with her to death.If Du Fu had seen her dance, he might not have the passion to write about Gongsun Da Niang's sword dance.Li Bai's poems and Yuhuan's singing and dancing are a perfect match.

The three "Qing Ping Diao" are not included in the anthology of contemporary masters: Lin Geng and Feng Yuanjun's "Selected Chinese Poems of Past Dynasties", and Zhu Dongrun's "Selected Chinese Literary Works of Past Dynasties".Really sorry.According to this standard, Bai Juyi's positive description of Yang Yuhuan and his lingering sentimentality should also be eliminated. The "Li Bai Dictionary" asserts that the keynote of these three poems is irony.Li Bai satirized Yang Yuhuan face to face?Sarcastic Tang Xuanzong?What a strange theory.In connection with Li Bai's life, the cover letters he wrote to local officials one after another, and his state of mind when he first entered the court, there is no doubt that he praised the imperial concubine.He fought with wine and boldly, and used the word "cloud and rain" in his poems to imply sexual intercourse between men and women, which other literati dare not use.The atmosphere of the scene was up, and the peerless beauty danced lightly, looking forward to love with a pair of beautiful eyes.

How bright were Li Bai's eyes at that time?The eyes of men and women light up differently. The commentary to "Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty" also said: "Since then, Li Hanlin is different from all scholars."——From then on, the emperor took care of Li Bai better than other Hanlin scholars. Li Bai was crazy at first, and he became more and more proud from then on.Little poets can only be cautious in the palace, and great poets can do almost whatever they want.He also restrained himself when he first entered the Imperial Academy, but soon became crazy.So two major events happened: Yang Guozhong held the inkstone; Gao Lishi took off his boots.Yang Guozhong is the cousin of the imperial concubine and later became the prime minister.Li Bai wrote the edict according to the order, and Yang Guozhong held the inkstone for him, which may mean respecting talents.Later generations contacted Yang Guozhong for all kinds of evil deeds after he became prime minister, and pushed Li Bai to his opposite.

Gao Lishi is an old eunuch in the palace, and his power is greater than that of the prime minister.Eunuchs have this ability, half of their desires are lost, and their will is concentrated instead: he concentrates on power and money, and he does not hesitate to make the court dark.The chaotic politics of the servants in the past dynasties is no less than the life-and-death struggle of the concubines - the fight between fat and powder.This is due to the power structure of the feudal dynasty. Internal servants, foreign relatives, concubines, generals and princes, if any role with sufficient weight loses control, it will inevitably lead to chaos in the world.A eunuch was originally serving in the palace and did not occupy a share of power, but he served the supreme ruler, and various opportunities came.He lives in the atmosphere of imperial power and sees nothing else.He is the transformed shadow of the Emperor, a monster that has been parasitic for thousands of years.Women are colorful, and he can observe other people's desires, so he can reflect on himself, arouse the consciousness of nondescript, and circle in this consciousness all his life.So he became ruthless, and the incomplete vitality erupted strongly. ——The eunuch is an eunuch, if it can be described using anthropology, phenomenology and psychology, it must be very interesting.Then, if you look at the power field, you will find more phenomena. For the image of Gao Lishi, one only needs to think of Zhao Gao under Qin Shihuang.Members of the royal family called him brothers, and some fawned on him.He walks around the palace like a ghost.When he laughed dryly or coughed, someone would always tremble with fright.No one can figure out his mind, so everyone is afraid of him.Li Bai met him several times, learned how powerful he was, and heard legends about him.It is reasonable for Li Bai to hate such a perverted power minister. "New Tang Book" said: "Bai often served the emperor, drunk, and made Gao Lishi take off his boots. Lishi is so expensive, shame on him. Extract his poems to stimulate Yang Guifei, the emperor wants to be white, and the concubine is discouraged." This passage is to say that Xuanzong originally planned to give Li Bai a substantive official position, but due to the obstruction of the imperial concubine, he failed to fulfill it.Scholars generally expressed doubts that it was impossible for Xuanzong to let Li Bai participate in the governance of the country.Calling Li Bai into the palace is mainly to give full play to his talent of singing praises, often writing poems, and occasionally compose edicts.After a long time, he may also be like Sima Xiangru and become an official outside. The emperor's thoughts are not in line with Li Bai's thoughts. Li Bai wrote "Qing Ping Diao", Concubine Yang was full of love, but Gao Lishi said: Zhao Feiyan was a famous bad woman, she committed suicide later, and the end was very tragic.Li Bai compares his mother to Feiyan, what kind of heart does he have? Concubine Yang is not happy.Gao Lishi's words hit the point, the great eunuch lived up to his reputation.Concubine Yang turned to hate Li Bai for the beautiful woman's face and carelessness, and the king spoke ill of him.But there is a flaw in this matter: If Concubine Yang hated Li Bai for comparing her to Zhao Feiyan, who committed suicide and harmed the country, how could she just say a few bad words and let her go?She wanted Li Bai to die, but Li Bai couldn't survive. Zhao Feiyan, a historical symbol, refers to palm dancing. Li Bai wrote poems, Yang Fei sang speeches, including Tang Xuanzong who accompanied him, obviously did not consider the issue of Feiyan's suicide. Perhaps the truth is this: Concubine Yang was unhappy after hearing the slander, but after thinking about it, she was dubious.She said a few words to Xuanzong beside her pillow, but she forgot afterwards. "Qingping Diao" has always been a repertoire in the palace. When she performs it in person, she will think of Li Bai who has wandered all over the world. Li Bai was by the emperor's side and did not change his image as a drunkard.At this time, Xuanzong would soon get tired of other things besides Yuhuan and immortals.It is impossible for a person like him to appreciate Li Bai from the perspective of human nature.The emperor's mindset is also like that of an eunuch. In fact, Li Bai's three years in Chang'an played the role of jester.Great poets shrink into court poets.He is good at exaggeration, later generations love him, and exaggerated his image as a drunkard in the court. Li Bai went to Chang'an twice, and there were no great poems in six years.This reminds me of Su Shi's "Ten Years of Jingguo", which also failed to write a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.Du Fu discovered this rule, and said with emotion: "Articles hate fate", "Poetry is poor and then work". Li Bai can't stay idle, he can play enough in Chang'an city.The Hanlin Academy counted him as the most free, and sometimes opened the gate in the morning and saw him sleeping on the steps.Three years and more than a thousand days, he claimed to be drunk for 800 days.The ordinary stable horses in the palace are called Flying Dragon Horses.He is a big roc, a rare bird, and only flying dragons and horses are suitable for him.He is good at eating, drinking and having fun in the capital, cockfighting and horse fighting. He is a dignified Li Hanlin, who plays gongs and nine out of ten places.A man in his forties, described in Sichuan dialect, he is the "Old Brother" in the eyes of young people. A great poet can do anything.As long as he doesn't kill and set fire for no reason.Flaws in character and behavior are one of the distinctive characteristics of an artist.Those who are comprehensive in every aspect, the gentle and modest gentleman, are mostly fakes.