Humanistic Tongxiang 丨 Wu Zhizhen and Cao Yin's interaction

Wu Zhizhen (1640-1717), also spelled Mengju and Orange Zhai, was a native of Zhouquan Town, Shimen County (now Tongxiang City) in the Qing Dynasty, and was a very influential poet in the poetry circle of Zhejiang in the early Qing Dynasty. He is the author of the ten volumes of the "Yellow Leaf Village Poetry Collection", and the "Biography of the Qing Dynasty" said: "In the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, the mountain forest poetry, Zhizhen is the most famous. ”

　　Cao Yin (1658-1712), Zi Qing, Trumpet Neem Pavilion, Manchurian Zhengbai Bannerman. The grandfather of Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber". Cao Yin's poetry creation had a certain place among the literati of the early Qing Dynasty, and his poetry collection "Neem Pavilion Collection" is a direct record of his life experience.

　　Wu Zhizhen and Cao Yin's father Cao Xi began to communicate. Cao Xi (?) –1684) wife served as Xuan Ye's nanny, who ascended the throne as the Kangxi Emperor, and the following year (1663) Cao Xi served as a weaver in Jiangning. The first weaver and Wu Zhizhen had a deep meeting in Suzhou.

　　In the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1678), Xuan Ye, in the name of revising the "History of Ming", issued an edict to hold an examination for erudite Hongzi in the spring of the following year. In the seventeenth year, Cao Yin went south to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions to handle matters related to this. Lü Liuliang and Wu Zhizhen were both recommended for their poetry, and presumably Cao Xi recommended Wu Zhizhen at this time.

　　In the twenty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1684), Cao Xi died of illness. When he was alive, he moved neem trees from the swallow rocks along the Yangtze River to plant them in the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, and built a pavilion in it, known as the "Neem Pavilion". After Cao Xi's death, Cao Yin, in honor of his father, took "Neem Pavilion" as his name. Ask your friend Cheng Yi and others to paint the "Neem Pavilion Map".

　　In the twenty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1690), Cao Yin served as a weaver in Suzhou. He built the "Huai Neem Hall" at the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and used the "Neem Pavilion Map" to solicit literary celebrities and friends to write inscriptions, and Ye Xie, Gao Shiqi, Wang Shichen, Xu Qianxue, Song Jie, Wu Zhizhen and so on responded one after another. In the spring of the following year, Wu Zhizhen composed "Title Cao Zi Qing Gongbu < Neem Pavilion Diagram >":

　　The painting boat listens to the song to record the night equinox, and the deep cup whispers the spring clouds. (The two times honored the Duke of Xu Guan, and Tan drank very smoothly.) The article is re-seen in the waves, and it is even more difficult to be empty.

　　Neem acid neem leaves are thick, and neem flowers bloom in the spring breeze. Chasing the cool good Mao Pavilion to sit, strong half-seeking poetry to this.

　　Sima Chuanshu called Ling De (Shu Sheng) and Rong Tai Qu Index Wizard (Yi Zai). The bottom of the mulberry tree sang personally, and even went to Hengtang to investigate (week).

　　The red apricot color of the east wall is fragrant, and the old guiyun does not wait to be helped. Tezawa has been cutting for several years, and it is very important to the Neem Pavilion Map.

　　In the book, the old poems and paintings are checked, and the three are now comparable to Zheng Qian. Purple Phoenix Heaven Wu upside down, decorated well for the re-editing.

　　(Note: Xuguan: Refers to the post office in Xumen, Suzhou.) Essentials: The name of a good horse in ancient times. The discernment of labor, the rise of the word book. Gu Feng, the word Yi is there. Ye Xie, word week. Cha Lao: Refers to cha shen xing. Zheng Qian: A Tang Dynasty man, friendly with Li Bai and Du Fu, good at painting landscapes, and good at writing books. )

Source: Tongxiang News Network

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