The autumn wind blows and white clouds fly, and the grass and trees turn yellow as the wild geese return south.
The orchids are beautiful, the chrysanthemums are fragrant, and I can’t forget the beauty I have in my heart.
The floating boats are coming to the Fen River, and the waves are flowing across the middle.
The drums are beating and the drums are singing, and there is great joy and lots of sadness.
How old are you when you are young?
This poem "Autumn Wind Ci" was written by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and has always been praised by people. Mr. Lu Xun called this poem "Lingering and flowing, although the poet can't pass it by". This is extremely high praise.
Most poems and articles that have been passed down through the ages are no longer just the expression of the author's mood, but also the sound of the collision between his life and the world. Therefore, although the writer and the reader may be thousands of miles apart or thousands of years apart, they share the same nature and fate. Therefore, reciting and reading can always open up the mind and arouse emotions. Even if one writes and the other reads, the two The feelings and thoughts may be very different.
Emperor Wu's poem "Autumn Wind Ci" is written in a "lingering and flowing way". The last two sentences, "There is so much joy but so much sadness" and "When you are young and you are old, you are so helpless", it even expresses a great sigh for life itself. Readers can't help but ask, was Emperor Wu a passionate person?
There are many kinds of "passionate". It is difficult to give an accurate answer as to whether Emperor Wu was passionate, but Emperor Wu did have many women in his life. Among the outstanding ones known to future generations are Gillian, who was hidden in the "Golden House", Wei Zifu, who had a romantic relationship with her in the carriage and was named empress in the later Jin Dynasty, Mrs. Li, who was good at singing and dancing, and was unparalleled in appearance. There is the legendary Madame Gou Yi. Taking out one at random and briefly describing her life experience is enough to make a young boy or girl who is not familiar with the world wet their eyes and sigh.
Especially Mrs. Li, who was favored by Emperor Wu and passed away in a hurry within a year. However, Emperor Wu could never forget her. He ordered painters to paint her portrait and hang it in Changle Palace. She looked at her and caressed her day and night, sighing with emotion, and even summoned the alchemist Li Shaoweng to join her. The palace cast a spell, intending to summon the soul of Mrs. Li to come back and reunite to relieve lovesickness.
Ancient alchemists were mostly people who were good at observing colors and eloquent. Apart from their ability to speak, they were no different from people who were entertainers. The art that Li Shaoweng sells is probably the shadow puppetry of later generations. Li Shaoweng asked for Mrs. Li's clothes before she was alive, and tidied the house, pulled up the gauze curtain, lit candles behind the curtain, and talked nonsense, and then under the light, Mrs. Li's beautiful figure really appeared. I saw her curling up and down, like a fairy stepping lightly on the wind, walking from one end of the veil to the other, and then disappeared.
Such a sudden appearance, so elusive and unattainable, naturally made Emperor Wu miss him even more.
"Is that really you?"
Emperor Wu probably didn't ask. Maybe he already knew that he had been fooled by Li Shaoweng, but when he asked, he had to speak out. The voice might be a stern question, or it might be as weak as a tearful babble, but it would always sound like a stern question. The silence, which was filled with a faint fragrance of warmth, was broken, from the vague and ethereal acquaintance between the world of humans and ghosts, and returned to the iron-hard reality: Mrs. Li is gone and cannot come back.
Emperor Wu still didn't want to wake up from his dream. He opened his mouth and then slowly closed it.
"Is it evil or not? I'm looking forward to it, but why is it so late?"
This is "Mrs. Li's Song" written by Emperor Wu after the soul was summoned.
The deepest loneliness is being unable to speak to others, being unable to say what you want to say. Writing poetry is often a way for people to talk to themselves when they are lonely and helpless.
In addition to "Mrs. Li's Song", Emperor Wu also wrote another "Mrs. Li's Ode", which is rich in poetry and sad and lamentable, but it is not as direct as this short "Mrs. Li's Song" in reaching people's hearts. "Is it evil or not?" Yeah, "Is that really you?"
So, Emperor Wu was a passionate person?
Going back two thousand years, this does not seem to be the case.
"I mourn the brief moment of my life, and envy the infinity of the Yangtze River." Who doesn't want to live forever? However, ordinary people are bound by trivial livelihoods, parents and wives all day long. Look at the predecessors and look at the mortals like you and me around us. Which one is immortal? Therefore, the idea of "immortality" can only spin around in the mind for a while, and then find a loophole to get out.
The emperor is different. The emperor is the supreme being in the Nine-Five Period. He is rich in the sea and rules the world. Wherever he looks, what he has experienced, played and heard in his life is far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Therefore, he always places his hope overseas, hoping that there will really be something there. A fairy mountain, and there are indeed immortals living on the fairy mountain. As long as you sincerely ask for a visit, you will always be moved by the immortal and receive the elixir given by him. After taking it, you will transcend reincarnation, live forever, and shine with the sun and the moon.
Qin Shihuang was like this, and so was Han Wu Emperor. The two of them sought immortality and visited Taoism one after another, so they were both called "Qin Emperor and Han Wu". Of course, this is a joke.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was superstitious throughout his life and supported many alchemists. Li Shaoweng, who was mentioned earlier as the soul caller for Mrs. Li, was one of them.
There was another alchemist named Gongsun Qing. He told Emperor Wu that the Yellow Emperor built the cauldron. On the day when the cauldron was completed, a giant dragon flew down from the sky to welcome the Yellow Emperor's ascension to immortality. There were thick and beautiful beards on the cheeks of the Yellow Emperor's neck. Riding on the back of the dragon, the ministers and concubines of the harem also crowded up. There were more than seventy people in total. As soon as the flying dragon left the ground, the ministers who were not on board were not willing to accept it. They pulled the dragon's beard with all their strength and were trapped. The broken dragon whiskers were scattered all over the ground, and Huangdi's bow also fell off. The people on the ground looked up at Huangdi who was getting further and further away, and cried loudly while holding his bow and dragon whiskers...
What is the difference between what Gongsun Qing said and the stories about gods and monsters that our grandmothers told us when we were children? However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was praised by later generations as a brilliant man, listened with interest and his eyes shone. When Gongsun Qing finished speaking, he said excitedly: "If I can really rise like the Yellow Emperor in a day, then leaving my wife and children will just be like Just take off your shoes." As the saying goes, "Throw them away like worn out shoes." People often say that a couple's kindness lasts for a hundred days, and a couple's kindness for a hundred days is like the depth of the sea. This can be seen from the coldness and ruthlessness of Emperor Wu.
In fact, Emperor Wu was indeed a murderer in his life. The people he killed were not only his ministers who had made great contributions to him, but also his flesh and blood relatives. In his later years, he conducted a large-scale search for witchcraft, which lasted for several years, and was implicated. Tens of thousands of people, their tumbling heads filled the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, making it difficult for people to stop. The splashing blood flowed into the Fen River, dyeing the water of the river red.
But, what kind of person was Emperor Wu?
Is he an affectionate person who is nostalgic for the past, or is he a cruel and ruthless devil?
Regarding Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, let us start from the beginning.
Either relatives or enemies
Looking back on the past, the "birth" of a great figure has always been accompanied by many legends, otherwise it will always be difficult to satisfy the listeners. For example, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, rebelled after killing the White Snake, and Sun Jian's wife dreamed of the sun and moon entering her arms and gave birth to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, and there was a legend of two days of heavenly appearance before Zhao Kuangyin seized power... In short, if there are no auspicious signs, " "Purge", this emperor's position is always like stolen loot, shady.
The birth of Emperor Wu was no exception. Chinese people have worshiped the sun since ancient times and often compared it to the king. Emperor Wu's mother was Wang Quan. When Wang Quan was pregnant with him, she once dreamed of a red sun entering her arms and jumping back and forth playfully. She told Emperor Jing about this, and Emperor Jing stroked her belly and exclaimed: "This is an unspeakable good omen!"
Now it seems that the myth of "red sun in the arms" may have been deliberately fabricated by Wang Quan.
Emperor Wu Liu Che was the tenth son of Emperor Jing. Before him, the emperor's eldest son Liu Rong had been established as the prince. It was not his turn to sit on the throne, but fate chose him.
Liu Rong's mother was Li Ji. Li Ji was a beautiful beauty. She was once very favored by Emperor Jing and gave birth to three sons in succession. With such meritorious service, his status is naturally getting higher and higher. Since Empress Bo was deposed, Emperor Jing has kept the empress's position vacant. Empress Bo was sick, and Li Ji had always been in charge of the harem. At this time, it seemed that she had to take the post. When others think this way, Li Ji secretly hopes for it.
But like all the women in the harem, she has a "jealous heart", and her heart beats very hard. Others are lying quietly in their arms. Only her unwillingness to be lonely beats so hard. The banging sound could be heard miles away.
Li Ji couldn't understand why Emperor Jing favored other women. Wasn't it enough for him to have her? Li Ji shouldn't ask this. There were no Andersen fairy tales in her time, but she also had a beautiful picture in her heart of husband and wife respecting each other and being loyal to each other. However, the emperor was not an ordinary person, and there were three thousand beauties in his harem. It was impossible for him to devote his love to Li Ji alone.
One beautiful woman after another flows through his arms, and there will be more warm and fragrant nephrites in the future. They will throw themselves into his arms in various postures. Without them, who can't spend this long night together? If there is no scarcity, there will be no appreciation. The emperor's pursuit of women may only lie in fresh faces and young bodies.
A woman's youth is always as gorgeous and short-lived as cherry blossoms. Even if youth lasts forever, there will be times when you get tired of looking at even the most beautiful face. Emperor Jing's visits to Li Ji became less and less. Most of the time, Li Ji would just tangle her hands and sit on the edge of the bed in a daze. Sometimes the sound of Emperor Jing's footsteps could be heard in her ears, and she would walk out of the palace gate excitedly, only to be greeted by someone unexpectedly. There is only that empty world.
Li Ji's temper became more and more violent. Her pretty face seemed to be glued, always tense, always ready for spasms and convulsions. Her attractive little red mouth was also held hostage by the muscles of her cheeks. Rising and tearing, always ready to spout the most vicious curses.
The opposite of love is indifference, not hate. Li Ji hated Emperor Jing, but she hated the eldest princess Liu for prostitution even more, because she kept looking for women for Emperor Jing. If it weren't for her, where would there be such vixens in the harem? !
Who is Liu Piao? The daughter of Empress Dowager Dou and the biological sister of Emperor Jing's mother. Liu Qian was born in an imperial family. She was rich and noble, and had no worries about food and clothing. However, she was greedy by nature and always wanted more. Who can satisfy the eldest princess's greed? I'm afraid only her younger brother will be the emperor. Maybe Emperor Jing Liu Qi was a "naturally born" lecher, or maybe he gradually turned into an indulgent lecher under the constant "feeding" of Liu's prostitutes. All in all, Liu Piao contributed many beauties to Emperor Jing, and Emperor Jing became increasingly inseparable from Liu Piao and often gave her large rewards.
Liu Xuan is the only daughter of Empress Dowager Dou, so the old lady is naturally in great pain. Coupled with her "special relationship" with Emperor Jing, she has great energy and can often influence palace affairs. Therefore, Liu prostitute used the honor of the emperor's sister to find beautiful women everywhere in order to please Emperor Jing.
She is a "visionary" greedy person who not only wants to be rich during her lifetime, but also wants her descendants to continue to be rich. Liu prostituted herself to Chen Wu, the hereditary Marquis of Tangyi, and had only one daughter, Chen Ajiao, with him. In a patriarchal society, a woman's fate depends on her father and brother before marriage and her husband after marriage. If Gillian marries a prince in the future, she will naturally become farther and farther away from the emperor. I am afraid it will be difficult to see the eaves of Weiyang Palace rise again. The rising red sun.
If you want to do it, do something big. Liu Piao planned to get married, so she set her sights on her nephew, the current prince Liu Rong. If Gillian married him, wouldn't Gillian become a queen in the future? Marriage is about "the order of parents", so Liu Piao immediately set off to the palace to propose marriage to Li Ji.
She walked very fast along the way, and the hem of her skirt was always raised behind her without ever falling to the ground. Liu Piao has become very good at things like "securing matchmakers and pulling women", and she has never thought about the possibility of failure. Liu Piao's confidence is justified. She thought that with her status as the eldest princess and Liu's current energy both inside and outside the palace, Li Ji would definitely accept the marriage happily. In this way, Liu Rong's position as prince would be more consolidated, and her mother would Since a son is so precious, Li Ji can be crowned a queen just around the corner. Afterwards, she would hold Liu Piao’s hand to discuss the specific matters of the marriage, or she would chirp some private words between sisters...
However, what she didn't expect was that Li Ji and she were not the same people at all. In Li Ji's case, a woman's jealousy overwhelms the political calculations of the "quasi-queen". Li Ji's long-simmering anger exploded, and she even refused the marriage. Specific details have been difficult to know. Li Ji closed the door coldly, not even giving Liu a chance to meet, but still yelled at her. It doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is that Liu Piao was angry. She ran all the way with excitement and "good intentions", getting happier and happier as she ran. Unexpectedly, what greeted her was a solid, cold and hard mace. The saint and gentleman were caught off guard. She had to scold her for a moment, not to mention Liu Piao, the eldest princess who had been pampered all her life and turned her hands into clouds and rain?
The flames of hatred burned in Liu Piao's heart. The flames were very weak at first, just out of understanding and resentment towards Li Ji. Slowly, it gained a steady stream of fuel - what does the antagonism with the future Queen Mother mean to the eldest princess? When his mother, Queen Mother Dou, and today's emperor pass away one after another, he will be exposed without any cover to Li Ji's crazy and vicious eyes. Who will say a word for him at that time?
The flames burned higher and higher, but the temperature became lower and lower, glowing with a faint blue light, jumping and moving, like a poisonous snake spitting messages. Nobuko's direction was aimed at the extremely naive politically Li Ji and her biggest supporter. , the current prince - Liu Rong.
