——Interpretation and appreciation of the poetry of "New Mountain Dwelling".
Li Xiangyuan (1661-1746), the word Boyou, the name Ti Zhai, the nickname "Wen Gong", Meicheng Jiangbei Jinshan people, Qing Kangxi 30 years (1691) Xin Wei Ke Jinshi, the official Hanlin Academy review. Li Xiangyuan was born in a poor family, and after more than 20 years of hard study, he finally passed the Jinshi examination and became the first Hanlin in Chengxiang County in the Qing Dynasty. Under the influence of his demonstration, after the joint efforts of three generations, the grandson of the Li family, the grandson of the three Hanyuan, the uncle and nephew of the four Hanlin, and the seven jinshi of the family, transformed into a prominent family in Jiaying Prefecture.
His eldest son, Li Duan, was the first year of Yongzheng (1723) in the first year of Yongzheng, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, and the county commander of Jingxi (now Yixing) in Jiangsu.
Li Duan's eldest son and Li Xiangyuan's grandson, Li Fengheng, was a scholar of Xinwei Ke in the sixteenth year of Qianlong (1751) and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.
Li Xiangyuan's nephew Li Zhi was a scholar of Ding Weike in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), and was reviewed by the Hanlin Academy.
After Li Xiangyuan, the cultural movement in Chengxiang County, Guangdong Province was like a hanging, the imperial examination for Jinshi sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there were countless people in the township examination. Li Xiangyuan's family has seven jinshi (including the above four Hanlin), in addition, Xiangyuangong's sons Li Ye, Li Zhu, Li Wei, grandsons Fengguang, Fengxi, Fengsheng, Fengnian, and younger brothers, nephews, nephews and grandchildren and other more than 10 people, in Jiaying Prefecture can be described as a flourishing time.
The Seven Jinshi also include:
Li Xiangyuan's grandson (Li Duan's son) Li Fengyong, the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752) Enke Jinshi;
Li Xiangyuan's cousin (Li Yingyuan's son) Li Jiang, Enke Jinshi in the 17th year of Qianlong (1752);
Li Xiangyuan's cousin Li Deyuan, in the first year of Qianlong (1736), Mingtongbang Jinshi (that is, deputy list Jinshi).
Under his guidance, Ye Chengli, the grandson of Li Xiangyuan, also obtained the Jinshi examination in the sixth year of Qianlong (1741) and edited the "Qianlong Jiaying Prefecture Chronicles".
The mountain dwelling is newly completed
Qing • Li Xiangyuan
Baiyunsheng is my home,
Vegetables have onions, sunflowers, vines, and melons.
The winter solstice waxy harvest is more wine-making,
The spring equinox Yurun tastes tea early.
Occasionally, old acquaintances forget restraints,
Spread to the news miscellaneous boasts.
How can the wild place be completely vulgar?
No hustle and bustle, no competitive career.
The road to the back garden
A corner of the back garden (vegetable garden) of the Imperial Library
The mountain residence in the poem refers to the newly built Imperial Book Building. The poem written when the new building was completed did not describe how good the newly built Imperial Book Building and the Yan Hall were, nor did it promote the calligraphy and inkstone given by the Kangxi Emperor hanging in the Imperial Book Building, but only wrote the rebirth (back garden, vegetable garden) behind the Royal Book Building, which shows that Xiang Yuan Gong had a soft spot for the back garden behind the Royal Book Building.
The gate of the Imperial Library
Ci Yan Hall, originally placed with the ink inkstone given by the emperor on the third day of the first month of the first month of the 42nd year of Kangxi
"Baiyunsheng is my home", the first sentence points out the location of the Imperial Library. As we all know, the highest place in the old Meicheng is the top of the Golden Mountain, and you can almost overlook the entire Meicheng when you stand on the top of the Golden Mountain. In the Qing Dynasty, Chengxiang County's first Hanlin Li Xiangyuangong's imperial library was built on the top of Jinshan, less than 100 meters away from the highest peak in a straight line, so in that era when there were no high-rise buildings, the imperial library was simply in the depths of the white clouds.
Photo of the Golden Peak (courtesy of Youth Centennial Photo Studio)
The second sentence "vegetables have onions, sunflowers, vines and melons", generally refers to the back garden of the Royal Book Building planted with a variety of vegetables and fruits, there are different fruits and vegetables throughout the year, which not only gives reading, teaching and leisure of Xiang Yuangong to move muscles and bones, relieve fatigue after mental work, but also can provide rich vegetables for the Li family three meals a day, reduce family economic expenses, and the good family style of the Li family for generations of diligence and thrift is on paper.
A corner of the back garden (vegetable garden) of the Imperial Library
"Winter solstice glutinous harvest and more wine": Since ancient times, the Hakka people have used fresh glutinous rice to brew Hakka liquor (commonly known as "rice wine") with fresh glutinous rice after the glutinous grain harvest is dried every winter, which is convenient for worshipping ancestors and entertaining relatives and friends during the Spring Festival.
"Spring equinox rain moistens early taste tea": Spring is coming, under the moisture of spring rain, the tea trees in the back garden of the Imperial Library have sprouted early buds, and the spring tea fried in a firewood pot is the best tea of the year. Brew a pot of spring tea with sweet well water and taste it slowly, which makes you feel refreshed.
One of the ancient wells of the Imperial Library
The second of the ancient well of the Imperial Library
"Occasionally, old acquaintances forget restraints, and they are reported to the news." : The back garden leads directly to the peak of Jinshan Mountain, and some people in the city climb to the top of the mountain from time to time to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Meijiang River. When Xiang Yuangong was working in the back garden, he occasionally met three or two childhood classmates and friends, and after meeting, everyone shouted and asked for warmth, reminiscing about childhood anecdotes, everyone talked and laughed, and would not be restrained because the other party was a court official around Emperor Kangxi. When talking about the recent folk rumors about him in Jiaying Prefecture, Xiang Yuangong knew that there were many folk rumors about him that were very miscellaneous and exaggerated, and some were even a little absurd.
A corner of the back garden (vegetable garden) of the Imperial Library
"How can the wilderness be all vulgar? No hustle and bustle, no competitive career. ": Wild place, wild place, here refers to the folk of Jiaying Prefecture. Correction, correction, clarification. How can all those vulgar rumors among the common people be clarified one by one? Studying in his own imperial library, planting vegetables in the back garden in his spare time, not hearing the hustle and bustle of the market, and not having the fierce competition of the imperial court, he is happy to be at ease, this is the true meaning of life!
A corner of the back garden (vegetable garden) of the Imperial Library
Although the title of this poem is "The New Completion of Mountain Residence", the whole poem does not mention the beauty of the building of the Imperial Library, and it is all about what happened in the back garden (vegetable garden).
Personal opinion, for reference only. If you have different views, please leave a message to communicate.
Resources:
1, "Guangxu Jiaying Prefecture Chronicles"
2. Li Xiangyuan's family hand-copied genealogy
3. Liu Weidong's series of articles "The First Hanlin in Jiaying Prefecture - Li Xiangyuan, the First of the Cultural Movement in Eastern Guangdong".
4, Lai Junquan "Gongsun Sanhanyuan, Uncle and Nephew Four Hanlin"