Zhenguan Wenzong System

Chapter 200 Advocating the Reform of Writing Style at the Beginning
Sending away the scholars rushing for the exam, the teaching of the state school returned to its usual calm.

Luo Yan, who is a Ph.D., is actually more inclined to manage the various systems of the state school according to the division of responsibilities.Contrary to the fact that the heads of government offices in the court were busy all day long, Luo Yan's life was quite relaxed.Every day is nothing more than reading books. If there are two days before the quiz and monthly exams, there will be questions, and after the exams, it will help the teacher to mark the papers.Although it sounds cumbersome, for the students of the state school, it only takes a few hours to write the questions, and the marking is only to check the grades at the end. All in all, it can be done in one day.

Of course, taking advantage of his current position, Luo Yan also started his long-planned plan.

It's November, and Jinzhou, which is located in the northwest, has also experienced continuous snowfall in the past few days.Luo Yan, who doesn't need to care too much about political affairs, is now concentrating on lecturing.In this way, Luo Yan kept summarizing the knowledge he had learned before, and finally formed his own unique thinking.Although my personal style is not very obvious at this time, it is already different from my teacher's.

During this period of time, Luo Yan would sort out what he had said after each lecture, and then send it to Lu Deming in Chang'an.Lu Deming will make some comments and corrections through his handouts.Later, Luo Yan will make a special explanation of these omissions in the next lecture.

It is this attitude of not shying away from one's own mistakes, and at the same time constantly improving, and sharing with others, that made Luo Yan famous in Jinzhou.Even scholars from several other states are well-known, and they will come to listen to the lectures from a long distance.Moreover, with the help of Lu Deming, Luo Yan has the background of having read thousands of volumes of books, and has made rapid progress.At the beginning of the lecture, there were some omissions, but in the latest lecture, Lu Deming’s letter only saw praise, but not the slightest criticism.This made Luo Yan extremely happy.

It was another day of rest, and it was snowing, but the lecture was not interrupted because of God's embarrassment.The students of the state school naturally moved the desks and chairs in the school yesterday.Naturally, this is to free up space to the greatest extent, so that scholars from outside can listen carefully in the school with a fire.Even so, there were still quite a few people who came a little later, so they could only stand by the window outside the school.

On time at Chen Shi, Luo Yan walked in.Nodding to the scholars inside and outside the school, Luo Yan began to speak: "The content of today's lecture is on poetry, and I must have notified it during the last lecture. If there are still people who don't know, but don't If you need to listen to things in this area, you can go away on your own." This is a habit of Luo Yan, and it is also for the convenience of foreign scholars to listen to what they want to hear, and they don't have to come in vain.

After waiting for a while and seeing no one move, Luo Yan gave the lecture: "What I said today may attract insults and criticisms from the literary world, but the poems have to be reformed now." It's like frying a pan.Originally, I thought it was just teaching the theory of poetry, but I didn't expect Luo Yan to talk about the reform of poetry.No wonder it attracts criticism.

"Today's poems, five or six times out of ten, are just piles of gold and jade. They seem to be prosperous, but they are empty and meaningless. In fact, I don't take them. I have been an official for five years, and I have participated in only a few times. The poems on the table Although some people play tricks on the occasion, some people are pretentious, which is really admirable. I only know that gold is luxurious and dazzling, and jade is talented, but I don’t know everything in the world. Each has its own strengths. If you are good, you will praise it, and if you are bad, you will make up for it. road."

This is Luo Yan's greatest feeling after participating in several literary conferences in Chang'an.Originally, life in Chang'an was a bit ostentatious and luxurious, so that some scholars couldn't bear to be lonely, and often went to and from those luxurious places. Coupled with the legacy of Qi and Liang, the whole poems were written as if they used gold and jade to describe everything.Snow is white jade, and leaves are emerald jade. Anything with a little bit of blue and white can be pulled to jade.And the afterglow of the setting sun and the yellow leaves in late autumn are also drawn to gold.

At first, it may sound strange, but the tone is the same, and a normal person would feel disgusted.

"Why do poets express their aspirations, why should they be extravagant? Ruan Ji's weeping in poverty, and Tao Qian's pastoral joy, just pile up a lot of words, which is nothing more than natural. If someone wants to express his aspirations, he must come out of the general. His aspirations are high, and his It's just a thin line of paper, which only increases laughter. And some people imitate the words of the predecessors, and others question and refute, saying, "Mr. X's practice in a certain year was very popular in the world. Now I follow it. If you laugh at me, don't you laugh at yourself?" Little talent and little learning?' There is a poem to tell you about such trifles."

"The eye must speak for itself,

One after another, the art garden is full of orpiment.

Never seen a dwarf at a play,
It's all about what others say. "

In Luo Yan's mind, it is just a nonsense of those ignorant people to exaggerate themselves.Everything is about progress, and if something reaches the top, it means that future generations cannot reach this level.It was just a period of intensive talent, which created an illusion.What Luo Yan is citing at this moment is also one of the five "On Poems" written by Zhao Yi in the Qing Dynasty.

If he insisted on criticizing Zhao Yi's poems as bad, Luo Yan would admit it, but the truths described in it can be squeezed into the middle and upper reaches of the poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.After Li Du, how much higher can the poetry of the Tang Dynasty be compared with later generations?
If the previous few words were spoken seriously, the scholars could not help laughing after listening to Luo Yan's casually recited poem and thinking about its meaning.But the whisper didn't last long, everyone had this experience more or less when they wrote poems.My own thoughts are influenced by others, or the thinking of writing poems is completely copied from the predecessors.Rather than laughing at Luo Yan's poem, it would be better to say that he is laughing at himself.

Waiting for the students to finish laughing, Luo Yan looked at them very seriously and said: "The legacy of Qi and Liang is a debauchery. At that time, the gentry monopolized knowledge, and those who were talented in everything didn't have to worry about making a living. There must be poetry in the banquet. If there is no extravagance, you will be ridiculed by your peers. Therefore, the poems are rich in fragrance and boudoir, and there are many golden and jade sentences."

The standard of living is actually quite closely related to literary orientation and ups and downs.The well-known is the legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Many people think it is a kind of scholarly integrity, but those who really understand history will understand that it is actually a group of escapist fantasists moaning without illness, because real literati will either be killed by the rulers. Dead, or starved to death by his own integrity.

What kind of banquet and so on, if you have no money and no status, do you have the qualifications and courage to go there?Luo Yan wanted to uncover this period of history that people have deliberately forgotten, so that they can think about what culture is used for.

"Nowadays, many people still use Qi Liang's method. It is nothing more than the fact that their talents and learning are limited to the use of classics, and their literary hearts are limited to gold and jade. If there is no such high-ranking general in the world, there will be no lofty aspirations? No, but there are thousands of elephants in the world, and there are people. When the words are poor. But if you want to make peace, face is the most important thing, don't you know that it will be sung through the ages, and you will lose your face."

Next, Luo Yan gave a systematic explanation of all aspects of poetry reform that he had been thinking about for a long time, from the opening of the genre to the opening of the mind. After a whole set of theories, although it was a preliminary creation, it took nearly two hours to be worthy of it. Can finish.Different from the usual elation, many of the scholars who came to listen to the lecture were worried. The content of this lecture was too intense, and they were a little worried that Luo Yan's previous words had come true.

On the other hand, Luo Yan looked relaxed.

He had wanted to talk about this for a long time.Not to mention that he was nurtured in various unrestrained poems in his previous life, let’s just talk about this life, the few literary meetings he participated in were really impressive.Quite a few scholars had few dry goods, so they shook their heads and read it out. It turned out that two allusions were used in one poem, and seven characters were used up in this way, and the next scholar said something like gold and jade.Faced with such a situation, Luo Yan can do nothing but hehe.

Seeing that the scholars stood still and did not leave, and their eyes were all fixed on him, Luo Yan smiled and said to the scholars: "What I said today is just my personal opinion. If you think it makes sense, you can discuss it with others. You can also chat. If you are afraid of being scolded, just say that I said it. Presumably no one will argue with you. As for disagreeing with these points of view, there is nothing to say. Alright, the next lecture is the Book of Rites The first volume, you can spread it on your behalf. Let’s go away.”

After hearing Luo Yan's open-minded words, the scholars bowed to Luo Yan and dispersed on their own.

On the way back to his own house, some of the masters who came to listen to the lecture raised objections: "The doctor's words today are indeed a bit fallacious. Today's Fu is the season of prosperity. I think there are many poems in recent years. Although they are like Dr. There must be gold and jade allusions, but the same is sung in the world. If it is really like what the doctor said, it is not like what the vulgar people said, and the slightest interest in reading is gone."

This was said by an elderly teacher. Luo Yan turned his head and looked at him carefully, and then said lightly: "The so-called poetry is born to be shown. If even vulgar people listen If you don’t understand what you’re writing, why not get applause in front of everyone if you don’t talk to yourself. Three or two people get together and praise each other’s articles, this is not an article, let alone a literary world.”

After Luo Yan finished speaking, he didn't say anything, and walked into his own house alone, and began to think about how to deal with the attacks that came in after him.In different courts, there is Li Shimin as his backer. In the literary world, he either persuades others by himself, or he perishes forever.Things have reached this point, and there is no way out.

And those masters who wanted to object to Luo Yan's statement stood there in a daze at the moment, ignoring the cold weather.Luo Yan's angry words woke up a few people.Zuo Si's "Sandu Fu" can be expensive in Luoyang, and Tao Yuanming's poems can be admired by others. These are completely different from today's essays and poems, that is, there are too many pretentiousness, and they can be read by many people who can read a few words Understand.

Thinking of this, the masters also quietly left.In the state school, only the fluttering snowflakes are moving.

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