PFC Chapter 234: A Prolific Poem Producer
Chapter 234: A Prolific Poem Producer
[Qin Guan, who played around in the first half of his life and worked like a slave in the second half of his life. Historical knowledge: Qin Guan]
He was a prolific writer of love poems, such as "If love lasts forever, why should we be together day and night?", which was a masterpiece of love that was thousands of years ahead of others. He was a free and unrestrained talent who won the hearts of countless girls.
The writer Qian Zhongshu once described his poems as "openly smuggled love". He was Su Shi's favorite student and was well-known all over the world, but he was repeatedly demoted due to his bumpy official career and eventually died in a foreign land. He was Qin Guan, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty and the master of the graceful school of poetry.
Qin Guan was born in Gaoyou, Jiangsu in 1049. When he was 15, his father passed away and his family fell into poverty, but this did not affect his marriage.
At the age of 18, he married Xu Wenwei, the daughter of Xu Chengfu, the chief clerk of Ninghai, Taizhou, and started a family.
After getting married, he should have established a career, but Qin Guan did not like being an official. He liked traveling, drinking, reciting poetry, and talking about love with girls. He lived a very comfortable life. He not only had poetry and distant places, but also 9 girls.
Qin Guan’s main theme is a contrasting cuteness. Although he looks rough and has a big beard, he is soft and delicate at heart. He writes beautiful and graceful poems, which make female fans want to marry him immediately after reading his poems, and roar in their hearts: "Oh my god, how can this man be so talented?"
After he turned 30, as his family's life became increasingly difficult, he was awakened by reality and decided to take the civil service exam and work for the court to solve the living problems of more than 40 members of his family.
In 1078 AD, Qin Guan was preparing to go to Beijing for the imperial examination. He passed through Xuzhou and was introduced by someone to finally get his wish of becoming a disciple of his idol Su Shi.
Afterwards, he impressed Su Shi with his "Huanglou Fu": "You have a bright future!" With Su Shi's encouragement, Qin Guan began to prepare for the imperial examination.
Although he failed twice, he did not give up. In 1085, at the age of 36, Qin Guan finally passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. He then had the opportunity to form the Four Scholars of Su Shi's School with his fellow students Huang Tingjian, Chao Buzhi and Zhang Lei.
The four scholars of Su Shi's school often talked about literature and state affairs together, and spent a very happy time together. They were also the proud students that Su Shi often mentioned.
When Qin Guan was a professor in Caizhou at the age of 38, he took in a 13-year-old girl from a poor family, Bian Chaohua, out of sympathy and love. As the girl grew up, they spent time together and fell in love.
When she was 19, Qin Guan, who was already a doctor of the Imperial College in the capital, took her as his concubine and changed her name to Bian Chaohua. In 1094, the Empress Dowager Gao passed away, and Zhezong took power. The New Party came to power and many people from the Old Party were excluded.
As Su Shi, a member of the Old Party, was persecuted in the court disputes, his favorite student Qin Guan could not escape the bad luck either, and his several-year exile began from then on.
He was first demoted to Hangzhou as a judge, and was demoted to Chuzhou on his way to take up his post. When passing through Changsha, he met a singing girl, and they fell in love at first sight and had a brief tenderness.
To commemorate this relationship, Qin Guan wrote the famous love poem "Magpie Bridge Fairy", which is far ahead of the Qixi love poem: "If the love between two people is long-lasting, why should they be together day and night?"
Writer Qian Zhongshu also commented in the preface to "Selected Song Ci" that Qin Guan's poems were "openly smuggled love."
Qin Guan, who was demoted repeatedly and suffered physically and mentally, was completely hopeless about his future. He regretted it very much and cried out to the sky: "Being an official has ruined my life, and it has ruined everything."
Such experiences completely aroused the sadness in his bones, and the poems written by Qin Guan during this period were filled with cries and heartbreaking words.
He spent his later years in darkness and desolation. When he was young, he was arrogant and wanted to "exchange the best gold tortoise for wine, and get drunk with us in Cangzhou". Now he is alone, drifting around the world, lost in the tower, and don't know where his home is.
In January 1100, Song Zhezong passed away and Song Huizong ascended the throne. Qin Guan, who was in Leizhou, knew that his time was running out, so he began to imitate Tao Yuanming and composed a song to mourn the dead - "Self-composed Elegy".
Unfortunately, God sometimes sees things clearly. Qin Guan was finally employed by the court and was appointed as Xuan De Lang. Unfortunately, during that period, Qin Guan was depressed all day long, drank to relieve his sorrow, and his health deteriorated.
When he was on his way to take up his post in Teng County, Guangxi, Qin Guan was thirsty and wanted to drink water. When someone brought him the water, he watched with a smile on his face and died. He was 52 years old.
When Su Shi learned that Qin Guan had died in a foreign land, he burst into tears and could not eat for many days. He sighed, "Qin Guan is gone, and ten thousand people cannot bring him back."
In order not to implicate his concubine, Bian Chaohua requested to leave many times. After Qin Guan's death, Bian Chaohua shaved her head and became a nun. When she passed away, she was still calling Qin Guan's name softly, holding Qin Guan's poems tightly in her hands.
[He put an end to the An-Shi Rebellion and helped the Tang Dynasty to revive and turn danger into safety. Historical knowledge: Li Yu]
He ended the An-Shi Rebellion, and the Tang Dynasty was able to revive and turn danger into safety. He was the first emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty to ascend the throne as the eldest son, and also the first emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty to ascend the throne with the help of eunuchs. He was the 9th emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Heng, Emperor Suzong of Tang, was born in 727 AD. He was very studious since childhood. He was also kind, filial, gentle and respectful. His appearance was different from that of other imperial grandchildren, which made Emperor Xuanzong of Tang particularly fond of him.
In 738 AD, after Li Heng's father Li Xian was named crown prince, he was also conferred the title of Prince of Guangping by his grandfather Emperor Xuanzong of Tang as a sign of favor.
In 755 AD, An Lushan raised an army in Fanyang under the pretext of carrying out a secret imperial edict to attack Prime Minister Yang Guozhong, which led to the An-Shi Rebellion, which caused the Tang Dynasty to decline. After the An-Shi Rebellion broke out, the Tang capital Chang'an was captured by the rebels, and Li Heng and his son Li Heng embarked on a journey of escape.
Li Heng assisted his father Li Heng in launching a mutiny at Mawei Slope, executed the powerful official Yang Guozhong, and forced the death of Yang Guifei. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled to Chengdu for asylum under the protection of Chen Xuanli, the leader of the imperial guards.
Li Heng went to Lingwu with his son Li Heng. After arriving in Lingwu, Li Heng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Li Heng served as the Marshal of the Army. Under Li Heng's dispatch, Li Heng, Marshal Fu and Guo Ziyi launched a counterattack against the Anshi rebels.
In 757 AD, in the Battle of Xiangxi west of Chang'an, the Tang army defeated An Qingxu's rebels and recaptured Chang'an in one fell swoop. At this time, according to Li Heng's promise to the Uighur prince when he conquered Chang'an, the Uighur army naturally started looting in Luoyang.
First they entered the Luoyang treasury to collect money and silk, and then looted the market and villages for three days. Finally, after the elders of Luoyang donated 1 pieces of silk and the treasures presented by Li Heng to the prince of the Huihe, the Huihe stopped looting.
With the recovery of Chang'an and Luoyang, Li Heng's personal prestige reached its peak. Soon after, Tang Suzong Li Heng returned to the capital Chang'an and named Li Heng the King of Chu, and later changed his title to King of Cheng.
In 758, Li Heng was appointed as the crown prince. In 762, Emperor Suzong of Tang fell ill and had not much time left. The authoritarian Empress Zhang was very worried because she and Li Heng had not been able to give birth to a prince.
Thinking that once Li Heng ascended the throne, her future would be very difficult, out of a self-protective mentality, she joined forces with the Yue King Li Xi to launch a coup and depose Li Heng from the position of crown prince.
The conspiracy of Empress Zhang was discovered by eunuchs Li Fuguo, Cheng Yuanzhen and others. After informing Li Heng, they sent troops to protect him, and then sent troops to arrest Empress Zhang and her accomplices, successfully suppressing the coup attempt of Empress Zhang and her party.
Emperor Suzong of Tang was frightened by this incident and died. Then Li Heng ascended the throne and became Emperor Suzong of Tang. The eunuch Li Fuguo had been in power for a long time, and this time he made a contribution to the enthronement of Emperor Suzong.
Therefore, he arrogantly said to Li Heng: "Your Majesty, just enjoy yourself in the palace in the future. I will take care of the affairs outside." Such words spoken in front of the king naturally caused great disgust in Li Heng.
However, the situation at that time forced Li Heng to temporarily bow to Li Fuguo and respectfully address him as "Fu". In dealing with Li Fuguo, Li Heng's political tactics were unique. He secretly instigated the eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen to rebel, seized Li Fuguo's military power, and finally secretly sent assassins after dismissing him from office.
He assassinated Li Fuguo late at night. Afterwards, he pretended to order a nationwide wanted criminal and went to Li's home to make a statement, posthumously awarding Li Fuguo the title of Grand Tutor. In the early days of Li Heng's reign, the Anshi Rebellion had not yet ended.
Therefore, suppressing the rebellion became his top priority in governing the country. In 762 AD, he appointed Li Xi, the Prince of Fengjie, as the Marshal of the Army to coordinate the suppression of the rebellion.
In early 763 AD, Shi Chaoyi was desperate and forced to commit suicide, and the Anshi Rebellion was finally put down. Although the Anshi Rebellion was put down, the Tang Dynasty withdrew a large number of Tang troops from Anxi, Beiting and other places.
The border defense was empty, which gave Tubo an opportunity. In October 763 AD, Tubo took the opportunity to raise troops and captured more than 10 cities in Shaanxi along the way, and then captured the Tang capital Chang'an.
He also established Guangwu Prince Li Chenghong as emperor. Daizong Li Heng fled to Shanzhou for refuge. In the critical moment, Li Heng once again used the veteran general Guo Ziyi. In the end, Guo Ziyi lived up to everyone's expectations and forced Tubo to abandon the city with a strategy of confusing the enemy. On the 15th, he recaptured Chang'an.
In 765 AD, Pugu Huai'en, who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, prepared to attack Chang'an with the cooperation of hundreds of thousands of troops from Tubo and Huihe. This time, it was Guo Ziyi who persuaded the Huihe army to surrender. The Huihe army and the Tang army jointly defeated Tubo and achieved a brilliant military victory.
It is worth mentioning that although Pugu Huai'en instigated foreign invasion and became a border threat, Li Heng's previous and subsequent edicts never said that he was a rebel. During his rebellion, he also welcomed back Pugu Huai'en's mother and provided her with generous relief, allowing her to live out her life in peace.
When Li Heng heard the news that Pugu Huai'en had died of illness, he still felt pity for him and said to his attendants: "Huai'en did not revolt because he was misled by his attendants."
Later, Li Heng named Pugu Huai'en's youngest daughter Princess Chonghui and married her to the Uighur Khan. In 779 AD, Li Heng suddenly became seriously ill and died a few days later. He was buried in Jianling.
[Historical trivia about the Wagang Flying General who was executed by Li Shimin, Shan Xiongxin]
He was a powerful general known as the "Flying General". He was originally a general of Wagang, but later joined Wang Shichong's army. Because of brotherly love, he spared Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, but was mercilessly executed by Li Shimin.
260 years later, his descendants invaded the Tang Dynasty capital Chang'an and sent the Tang Dynasty on the road to destruction. He was the famous general Shan Xiongxin in the late Sui Dynasty.
Shan Xiongxin was from Jiyin County. He was brave and tenacious since childhood, liked martial arts, and was agile. When he grew up, he was even more brave and good at fighting, with explosive strength and good at horse riding, and was called the "Flying General".
He also likes making friends. In his early years, he met his fellow villager Xu Shiji. The two shared the same ideals and became brothers who shared life and death.
In 613 AD, Zhai Rang gathered people to revolt in Wagang, and Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji went to Zhai Rang together to serve Wagang. Zhai Rang captured Xingyang and Liangjun counties under Xu Shiji's suggestion, and the Wagang forces reached more than people.
In 616 AD, Li Mi, who failed in his anti-Sui campaign, also defected to Wagang and provided advice to Zhai Rang.
Under Li Mi's planning, the Wagang Army persuaded many small groups of bandits to surrender. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji also received frequent victories. They killed 20 to Sui troops in Xingyang and Liyang and captured Changping Warehouse. The Wagang army expanded to more than .
Li Mi once persuaded Zhai Rang to overthrow the Sui Dynasty and unify the country, but Zhai Rang had no such ambition. He just wanted to be a grassroots hero and did not want to be a king or emperor. Later, Zhai Rang even gave up the position of leader to Li Mi.
Li Mi proclaimed himself King of Wei, and appointed Zhai Rang as Minister of Education, Shan Xiongxin as General of the Left Wuhou, and Xu Shiji as General of the Right Wuhou. Later, under the leadership of Li Mi, the Wagang Army attacked the Eastern Capital Luoyang fiercely and defeated the Sui Army defenders several times.
Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had no choice but to send Wang Shichong to lead the army to fight.
Just as the two sides were fighting, chaos broke out within the Wagang Army. Zhai Rang's subordinates advised Zhai Rang to seize power from Li Mi, but Zhai Rang refused. However, Zhai Rang's brainless brother Zhai Hong actually said, "If you don't want to be the emperor, let me be it." Zhai Rang didn't take this seriously.
But when Li Mi heard this, he could no longer sit still. He planned to get rid of Zhai Rang, and Li Mi was waiting for an opportunity.
Just as Wang Shichong was leading his army to attack, Zhai Rang led his army to fight but was defeated by Wang Shichong. Li Mi and Shan Xiongxin led elite troops to rescue and defeated Wang Shichong's army. The Wagang Army won another victory.
So the next day Li Mi held a banquet to celebrate the victory and invited everyone to drink. During the banquet, Li Mi showed Zhai Rang a good bow. When Zhai Rang was looking at the bow carefully, Li Mi ended Zhai Rang's life. Xu Shiji was also hacked by the rebel army. Shan Xiongxin had no choice but to kowtow to Li Mi and beg for mercy.
In order to comfort Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji, Li Mi asked them to lead Zhai Rang's troops respectively.
In 618 AD, Yu Wenzhi killed Yang Guang and led the rebel army to the outskirts of Luoyang, intending to capture Luoyang as a base.
At that time, Li Mi was besieging Luoyang City layer by layer. Wang Shichong thought that it would be better to let them fight each other so that he could gain the benefits. So he asked for an official position for Li Mi and let him lead troops to fight against Yu Wenzhi.
After Li Mi defeated Yu Wenzhi, Wang Shichong took advantage of the reduced combat effectiveness of the Wagang Army and led his troops to attack, defeating Li Mi in one fell swoop and trapping Shan Xiongxin and others. Shan Xiongxin had no choice but to surrender.
Li Mi himself successfully escaped, and Xu Shiji turned to Li Tang. Since then, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji, the good friends, also parted ways, and Shan Xiongxin became Wang Shichong's favorite general.
In 620 AD, Li Shimin led his army to attack Luoyang. Shan Xiongxin led his army to fight, holding a spear and riding a horse to attack Li Shimin. At the critical moment, Xu Shiji appeared and stopped Shan Xiongxin.