Chapter 58 magnificent

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Ding, a native of Wenxi County, Xiezhou, had already read through hundreds of works of classics and history when he was young.When he was 21 years old, he passed the Jinshi examination.Because he dared to criticize the powerful, he was more prestigious among the scholar-bureaucrats. In 1126 AD, Jin aggressively invaded the south, Song Qinzong panicked, and called a hundred officials to discuss.Many ministers advocated ceding the land for peace, but Zhao Ding strongly opposed it.Qinzong was weak and cowardly, and ceded the vast land north of the Yellow River to the Kingdom of Jin.In the spring of 1127 AD, the Jin army captured the two emperors of Huiqin, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished.In May of that year, Song Qinzong's younger brother Kang Wang Zhaogou established the Southern Song Dynasty in Nanjing, which was Song Gaozong.In order to boost morale and keep half of the country, Gaozong appointed representatives of the main combat faction such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, and Zhang Jun.Because of his daring to speak and act, Zhao Ding was reused by Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty and became an important position in Yushi Zhongcheng.Later, Qin Hui was reused by Song Gaozong, so he did everything possible to exclude Zhao Ding.Soon, Zhao Ding became seriously ill, and before he died, he wrote the poem "Qi Zuo Shan He Zhuang Ben Chao" by himself.

Later generations simplified "Qi Zuo Shanhe Zhuang Benchao" into "Qi Zhuang Shan He", which describes the majestic momentum or majestic spirit, which is enough to make the mountains and rivers more beautiful.