During the Tang Dynasty, the wind of poetry prevailed, and talented people gathered in Chang'an City. A cloth poet named Meng Haoran shocked the audience with a poem, which made everyone present put down their pens. What kind of storm is this hermit from Xiangyang about to set off?
After living in seclusion for more than ten years, Meng Haoran finally embarked on his official career
Meng Haoran, whose name is Haoran, is a native of Xiangyang (now Xiangyang, Hubei). Born in the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, his family is not bad, and he has no worries about food and clothing. He showed literary talent at a young age, but he did not step directly into the official career, but chose to live in seclusion.
In the social climate of the time, seclusion was not a complete retreat. Many people use it as a springboard to enter officialdom, known as the "shortcut to the south". From time to time, news would come out of the court that another hermit had been recruited into the court. This kind of news is like the lottery center releasing the news of winning, which can always stimulate a wave of people to buy lottery tickets.
Meng Haoran and his friend Zhang Zirong lived in seclusion with such thoughts. But more than ten years have passed, and I have not waited for the conscription of the imperial court. Seeing that he was almost 40 years old, Zhang Zirong couldn't sit still and decided to take the road of the imperial examination instead. Although Meng Haoran was reluctant, he also began to waver, wondering if it was time to pursue fame in a different way.
Forty is not confused? Meng Haoran opened a new chapter in his life at the age of forty
After Zhang Zirong left, Meng Haoran's life changed dramatically. In the past, poems always sang about the beauty of a secluded life, but now it has become a yearning and pursuit of fame. This change is not only a change in the style of poetry, but also a change in the attitude of the whole life.
At the age of 40, Meng Haoran finally made up his mind to pack his bags and go to Chang'an. The heart of this empire brings together the world's elites, and it is also the stage for the dreams of countless literati. Meng Haoran was full of expectations, thinking that with the talent he had accumulated over the years, he would definitely be able to shine here.
However, reality is often harsher than imagined. When he first arrived in Chang'an, Meng Haoran did cause quite a stir. At a poetry gathering, he improvised a recitation: "The light clouds are light and the river is cold, and the raindrops are sparse." The audience was amazed and conceded defeat. However, being brilliant does not mean that the career is smooth. Meng Haoran soon found that he was like a "stunned young man" in the officialdom, hitting walls everywhere.
offended the emperor in one sentence, and Meng Haoran's dream of career was shattered?
Meng Haoran's life in Chang'an was not easy. His talent has indeed attracted a group of literary bigwigs, such as Wang Wei, Wang Changling and others have become his friends. But in officialdom, he has been repeatedly frustrated.
Finally, one day, the opportunity came. His friend Wang Wei brought him to the office, saying that he wanted to recommend him to Tang Xuanzong. Who knew that Tang Xuanzong suddenly came to inspect the work, and Meng Haoran hid in a panic.
Seeing this, Wang Wei hurriedly introduced to Tang Xuanzong: "Your Majesty, there is a cloth-clothed poet named Meng Haoran, who is in this house." Tang Xuanzong was interested, asked Meng Haoran to come out to meet, and asked him to recite a few of his own poems.
Meng Haoran was so nervous that his brain was hot, so he read out a complaining poem he wrote after he failed in the imperial examination: "Beique is going to the book, and Nanshan is returning to the house." Not only does it know that the Lord abandons, and many people are sick and sparse. "
This is good, Tang Xuanzong was angry on the spot: "When did I abandon you?" If you don't come to ask for an official yourself, why should you rely on me?"
In this way, Meng Haoran's once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was messed up by himself. Not only did he fail to get recommended, but he was also directly blacklisted by Tang Xuanzong. This scene can be called the most embarrassing moment in Meng Haoran's career.
The joys and sorrows of the cloth-clothed poet, the ups and downs of Meng Haoran's life
After Meng Haoran's career was frustrated, his mood was extremely low. He found his friend Wang Wei to complain, complaining that it was difficult to find a soulmate in the world, and no one in power was willing to support him. After hearing this, Wang Wei did not say something like "come on" and "don't be discouraged" like ordinary friends, but directly persuaded him to go back to his hometown to live in seclusion.
Although these words are heartfelt, they are heartfelt advice. Wang Wei himself is not satisfactory in the officialdom, and he knows that Meng Haoran's character is difficult to get ahead in the officialdom.
But Meng Haoran did not follow Wang Wei's advice. After he returned to Xiangyang, he hibernated for another five or six years, and finally went north to Chang'an again at the age of 47. This time, he made up his mind to break the kettle and vowed to make a difference in his career.
However, fate always seems to play a joke on him. This time he went north, but he still found nothing. However, he met a new friend in Chang'an - Li Bai.
Li Bai is a person with eyes above the top, and rarely appreciates the poetry of others. But for Meng Haoran, he fell in love at first sight, as if he had become Meng Haoran's "fan brother". He wrote several poems to Meng Haoran, the most famous of which is "The Yellow Crane Tower Sends Meng Haoran to Guangling": "The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March. The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is endless, and only the Yangtze River skyline can be seen. "
This friendship became one of the few comforts in Meng Haoran's later life. Although the career is not smooth, it is a great comfort to be so respected by the "poet fairy".
In the last two years of his life, Meng Haoran finally saw it. He is no longer obsessed with fame and fortune, but returns to his original life of seclusion. At this time, the poems he wrote became light and elegant again, as if he had returned to the state of his youth.
Meng Haoran's life is really dramatic to say. When he was young, he lived in seclusion in order to get ahead, and in middle age, he ran around for fame. In the end, he returned to a reclusive life.
But it is precisely this experience that has created Meng Haoran's unique poetic style. His poems have both the nobility of a hermit and the feelings of entering the world. This unity of contradiction makes his works both fresh and refined, and full of human fireworks.
After Meng Haoran's death, the entire literary world was shaken. Wang Wei, Li Bai and others all wrote poems to mourn him, which shows how high his status is in the poetry world.
Looking back at Meng Haoran's life, although he has suffered repeated setbacks in his career, he has made great achievements in literature. Perhaps, this is the arrangement of fate. Sometimes, what we strive for may not be suitable for us, and those experiences that seem to be failures have made us a better version of ourselves.
Meng Haoran's story tells us that life doesn't have to be too persistent. Sometimes letting go can get unexpected gains. is like his poems in his later years, because he let go of the obsession of fame, he wrote more masterpieces. This may be the most valuable wealth that Meng Haoran left to future generations.
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