Chapter 10 Xie Gong Dongshan's 30th spring, proudly brought prostitutes out of the world

When I was in Nanjing a while ago, I wanted to visit Bird Clothes Lane, but I gave up due to the lack of time. To get to Bird Clothes Lane, you have to pass Zhuque Bridge, which is very close to each other.The familiar poem reads: "Wild grass and flowers by the Zhuque Bridge, and the setting sun at the entrance of Wuyi Lane. In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people." After all, I went because of Liu Yuxi, and I just wanted to go there when the sun was setting, to see the bird clothing alley under the setting sun, the weeds and flowers beside the Zhuque Bridge, and to stand there and think about the once famous Wang Xie family.Of course, when doing all this, you must automatically omit the hustle and bustle of the city behind you.

Standing in front of the historical monument, like Zhu Yingtai who threw herself into the grave, integrating herself into it, this kind of emotion is so beautiful that people shudder just thinking about it.Now I am in a northern city, which also has a Beijing character in its name.It is also the ancient capital of the dynasty. In this warm and bleak windy and sandy city, I still can't help yearning for a superb man from the southern country——Xie An, whom the gods look up to. Not only in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but throughout the Wei, Jin and Southern Dynasties, and in the following 1700 years, his demeanor fell into the eyes of the contemporaries, written by later generations, and recorded in the annals of history, like the Polaris hanging high in the sky, shining forever don't fall.

His whole life is like flowers blooming in spring, bright light shines, and everywhere he looks, there are romantics everywhere, which makes people hard to talk about. His character is so noble that others can't help but become passers-by. Looking at the flowers and scenery from a distance, the world is beautiful. , I know that it will not belong to one person, and I will not be able to fold a branch back. I have to let go of my wish and leave the spring to bloom alone.Even Li Bai, such an extremely flamboyant, unrestrained man, brought famous prostitutes to Dongshan Mountain, and still couldn't help feeling ashamed of himself and crying like rain in front of Xie An's deserted grave.

The title is a poem by Li Bai, "Xie Gong Dongshan Thirty Springs, Proudly Bringing Prostitutes Out of the Wind" is the first time. I think Xiaobai's poems are full of fireworks, and the words "Proudly Bringing Prostitutes" are too heavy to be enough. Let's talk about Xie An's chic birth.However, with Xiaobai's words, we finally have a place to stay, and everything starts with Dongshan. Anshi's real life started from Dongshan.Later, when he was in power, in order to express to the emperor his indifferent will to fight for power, he also built a "Dongshan Villa" as a political hint.Dongshan retreats, Dongshan rises again, and Dongshan is buried.This mountain located on the bank of Cao'e River is called "Xie An Mountain" by later generations, and it has become Xie An's personal symbol like "Dongshan prostitute".In the later Tang Dynasty, this mountain became the starting point for almost all poets' dream journeys.And Xie An gradually ascended into a spiritual totem among the mountains and rivers, controlling the era behind him from a distance.

Up to now, the debate about Xie An is still going on.Some people say that he was interested in his official career. He abandoned his official position at the beginning and returned to seclusion because his official position was too small to display his great talent.Others lived in seclusion and thanked guests behind closed doors, while Xie An did the opposite. He made friends with famous people all over the world at that time, and this method of advancing as retreat was extremely appropriate throughout his life.The colorful sleeves are courteous and hold the jade bell, the literati are chatting and laughing, and the cultural atmosphere of that era is accompanied by the women's long sleeves and willow-like waists, floating from Dongshan like a cloud of smoke.

Xie An is not arrogant, he is watching, watching the general situation of the world with a cold eye in the fireworks, like Kong Ming who lives in seclusion, knowing when to live his own life, and when to stand up again, conforming to the needs of the times.Xie An's wife Liu Shi asked him, why don't you become an official?An Shi replied, there will be such a day, it is inevitable.Sure enough, it cannot be avoided.Throughout his life, he has always been a person who has a clear judgment on himself and the world, and has never made a mistake. If Xie Wan hadn't failed to lead the army and was deposed as a commoner by Heng Wen, the Xie family urgently needed someone to take charge of the overall situation and take on the responsibility of continuing the family's glory.Thinking about it, Anshi would not leave the mountain. He had been in Dongshan for 20 years, and he only came out at the age of 40. This is a terrible number. Not to mention the ancient times when people's life expectancy was short, even today, it is too late to become an official at the age of 40.What's more, at the beginning, he was not in an important position, but only worked as a "Sima" under Huan Wen's account, starting from a low level.And he must also return to the mortal world from Linquan, let go of the halo of an idol, and face the public's suspicion and accusation of him.Don't think that Xie An is the only one who is smart. If he can't come out to improve his prestige, everyone will blindly agree.In fact, at the beginning of his official career, he received a lot of doubts and cynicism.

Two stories are cited: one is that he set off from Jiankang to Huanwen to take office, and all the celebrities in the city came to see him off. At this time, a man named Gao Song pretended to be drunk after drinking a little wine. He looked at him and said, hey, people say, if you don’t leave the mountain, how can you face the common people in the world?Now that you are out of the mountains, how will the common people in the world face you? Once again, after he arrived at Huan Wen's place, someone sent Huan Wen a kind of herbal medicine, which is "polygala" commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, and this "polygala" also has a name called "Xiaocao". He asked curiously, "Why does this herbal medicine have two names?" At this time, Hao Long, his soldier, smiled darkly, "Hey, Duke Huan, you don't know, the part of this herbal medicine hidden in the rocks is It's called 'Yuanzhi', but it grows outside the rocks." Speaking of this, he glanced at Xie An, "Hehe, it's called 'Xiaocao'!" Hao Long is also talented, and he just used this to mock When Xie An lived in seclusion, he was famous all over the world, like "Yuan Zhi", but after he came out of the mountains, he came to be a little Sima, and he was just a "little grass".This metaphor was used so cleverly that even Huan Wen, who didn't want to hurt Xie An's face, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Well, that's a wonderful statement!"

Xie An held back, neither humble nor overbearing, with a calm attitude.Maybe he didn't bear it at all, but accepted it calmly. He understood the relationship between people, just like Xu Jingzong of the Tang Dynasty said, "Who doesn't talk about people in front of you? Who doesn't talk about people behind?" His whole life is Calm.Whether it was when Fu Jian led millions of soldiers to throw whips to cut off the flow, or when Heng Wen wanted to usurp the throne and ambushed his knives and axes behind the tent, he always dealt with it calmly, so calmly that it was shocking.

It is a very bloody and gossip book, which records many anecdotes of celebrities at that time, among which Xie An's calmness is admired.The most well-known event in Xie An's life was the Battle of Feishui, which prevented Emperor Fu Jian from throwing his whip to cut off the flow and engulf the ambition of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop. The army in the north woke up at night, feeling hungry, he looked around his territory, the swallows before Murong's descent were gone, and there was no more prey that could satisfy his appetite.So he got up and roared towards the opposite bank, vowing to conquer there.

For a moment, the sky was covered by flags, and the sky and the earth turned pale.The Eastern Jin Dynasty woke up hastily from a long and sweet dream, like a tired man who just got up from the curtain of the bed, facing the imminent crisis, he was bewildered and didn't know what to do.Only Xie An, he is as stable as a country.At that time, he lived in seclusion in Dongshan, traveling with prostitutes, and he had no intention of fame and wealth, and he let people call him around for twenty years.It wasn't until Wang Tanzhi went to Dongshan to plead with the order that the country was in dire straits, the country was in decline, and he urgently needed good generals to help him. For the sake of the Xie family and the common people in the world, he made a generous move and settled the country with one move.

Sima Yu, Emperor Wendi of the Jin Dynasty saw this most accurately. He looked at Xie An on the eastern mountain, and said with a knowing smile that Anshi would come out, and those who shared the joy with others had to worry about it.Speaking of which, Sima Yu also belonged to the category of Xie An, Wang Xizhi's bosom friend, and was also a celebrity before becoming an emperor. Unfortunately, he was later made a puppet emperor by Heng Wen and died in depression.Later generations lamented Li Yu's words, and changed two words to present him just right: "To be a famous scholar is truly peerless, but to be a king is pitiful." During the Battle of Feishui, Xie An appointed his younger brother Xie Shi as the governor and his nephew Xie Xuan as the general.And he strategized and won a thousand miles.This time, just like that time when he was in the same boat with his friends, he was calm and calm in the stormy sea.The difference is that this time he was on the same boat as the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty.This battle caused Emperor Fu Jian to throw away his helmet and armor, and his heart was full of fear. Since then, Fu Jian's Great Qin Empire has turned from prosperity to decline. After that, he will not be able to wash it off for thousands of years-the turbulence and the war, these two shameful imprints. Feishui great victory, the victory news came, Xie An was playing chess with others, after receiving the report, his expression was as usual, when others asked carefully, he said calmly: "The children defeated the Qin army."Then play the game to the end.His demeanor made Li Bai admire him so much that he was repeatedly chanted in his poems. "Yongwang East Tour Song" puts it most clearly: the captives in Sanchuan and the north are in chaos, and the four seas and the south are like Yongjia.But use Dongshan Xie Anshi to talk and laugh with Jing Husha for the king. But Xie An, is the genuine Xie An.After the guests left, he returned to the inner room, dancing with joy, not even knowing that the teeth of his clogs were broken.This kind of Xie An, thousands of years later, through words, he can still feel his frankness and loveliness.I think it was inappropriate for him to appear too happy in front of others at that time, lest the whole country be arrogant, affect the morale of the army, and give the Qin army a chance to turn defeat into victory. Xie An's poems are not many, I don't know whether he did not do many or handed down to the world. The two most famous poems were composed when he participated in the Lanting gathering held by Wang Xizhi when he was 33 years old.As a famous literary salon in the history of literature, it indirectly contributed to the gathering of the birth of the immortal work in the history of calligraphy - "Preface to Lanting Collection".We must elaborate on this.March 3rd of the ninth year of Yonghe, 353 AD.In the Lanting of Shanyin in Kuaiji County, a group of sages came together to talk freely about the philosophy of the world.Celebrities sit along the creek, put the wine glass full of wine on the water, let it float along the stream, and whoever floats in front of it will drink up the glass of wine and then compose a poem.If you can't do it, you will be punished with alcohol.This is the famous Qushui Liushang, drinking and composing poems.A total of 37 poems were collected in this gathering.While Wang Xi was slightly intoxicated, he straightened his pen, and the "Lanting Collection Preface", the first preface through the ages, was born. Xie An was fined with wine twice, and wrote two poems, one of which is: Xianghe Xinjia Festival, Leading You in the Same Clothes, Thin Clouds and Sunshine Views, Breeze Wings and Light Flights, Alcoholic Fermented Tao Dan Mansion, Like Traveling to Xitang, Wanshu Mixed Reason, An Fujue Peng Shang.Second: The first son of Yixi had a spring outing in his arms, and his words were persistent, and he was proud of the forests and hills, dense forests and mountains, the vast original fields, the sky and the fog, and the condensed springs scattered. Xie An's poetry is close to metaphysics, and it is nothing compared with his broad mind and ability to help the world.To him, poetry is just like one of many brocade clothes, not particularly eye-catching, but whenever he wears it out, he will not lose his status. Wanshu mixes the principles, and An Fujue Peng Shang means that all things in the world follow the principles of nature. What is the difference between the long-lived Peng Zu and the young child who died early?This is completely Zhuangzi's idea of ​​"equalizing all things". For people and things, Xie An has always carried out the thought of "equalizing all things" and paid attention to "adaptation". Just as someone summed up Xie An's saying, when he should get it, he will get it; when he should sacrifice, he will To sacrifice is always an attitude of compliance.Throughout his life, no matter what kind of predicament he was in, people never heard him complain.Therefore, landscape and officialdom are the same.He has straightened out his relationship with the outside world, not making any conflicts appear particularly sharp. Even in political struggles, he has adopted a "soft" policy so that external affairs can be arranged reasonably and he can be happy himself.It's easy to say.But for a person, how difficult it is to be able to grasp it in this way in a lifetime! Except for Xie An, few people have reached the realm of "same origin". No wonder the noble and arrogant Wang Anshi said complacently after visiting Xie An's relics, "My name is the same as Jun and I have the same surname." Xie Daoyun understood Xie An’s mentality best. After Xie An’s death, Huan Xuan (Heng Wen’s youngest son) once asked Xie Daoyun: “Back then, Taifu Xie was lying in Dongshan and had no intention of becoming an official. Why did he come out of the mountain later?” Xie Daoyun She replied: "For the dead uncle, what's the difference between going out of the mountain and not going out of the mountain?"And she is also the one among the Xie family's children who has the most demeanor and thought from Xie An's true teachings.In the face of the rebellious thieves, he remained calm in the face of danger and responded calmly, which actually caused the rebellious thieves to retreat and kept the heirs of the royal family; I understand Xie An, he is not someone who vows to worry about the world first.People who are happy after the world.He doesn't even care whether his name goes down in history, because he has no intention, so he doesn't have too much desire to be radical, he can adjust himself to adapt, and make everything impeccable.Naturally, he became a virtuous minister to help the world.For him, there is no qualitative difference between retiring and going out of the mountains. He is a pure and undisturbed person who roams the world. When encountering good and bad things, there is no difference between good and bad people. He should linger in mountains and rivers, sometimes steep and sometimes beautiful.The light boat floats by, the mountains and rivers are the mountains and rivers, and he is still him. Others are worried about helping the world and calming the people, but for him it's just the right time to play with the world. Bibliography and content: Beauty and Tears "Writing about Life in a Lifetime's Elegant Life Xie An's Wonderful Stories" Anonymous "Writing about Life in a Lifetime Elegance · Xie An" Anonymous "The Prosperity of Jiangnan, Such as All Kinds"