For scholars, other talents may not be satisfactory, but the core skill of debating scriptures must be mastered.
Because Liu Bei's "good fighting" earned Lu Zhi enough face, Lu Zhi became more and more satisfied with Liu Bei. As long as he could take Liu Bei with him wherever he went, he would definitely take him with him, introduce him to more people, and introduce himself to Liu Bei. Tell everyone about Liu Bei’s expectations.
This is the successor to someone Lu’s mantle!
Lu Zhi had a son and a daughter before, but his son died young and he has not had another son until now. But with Liu Bei, everyone thinks that even if Lu Zhi does not have a son, he does not have to worry about his knowledge and glory having no one to inherit him. .
At the beginning of the fourth year of Guanghe, when Liu Bei ended his probationary period and was officially confirmed as the official history of Shangshutai, his victory record in the Debate Grand Prix had increased to thirty-one, two draws, and no defeat. .
As a result, Liu Bei gained a foothold in the Luoyang scholar circle with his reputation as a good debater. Later, he was recognized as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and was officially accepted by the scholar circle.
And because he is good at debating and has solid knowledge, some people already regard him as a leader among the younger generation of students of the ancient literature school, and believe that his future achievements will not be less than Lu Zhi.
In order to please Lu Zhi, some people publicly declared that for Liu Bei, recruiting disciples and teaching was not the end, and the establishment of a sect was unknown.
In fact, it was not until this time that Liu Bei was sure that having things from the future in his head was useful.
Earlier, Liu Bei traveled all over Zhuoxian County with a five-character poem but could not find a way to advance. He wanted to find someone to evaluate and praise him, but it was meaningless and could not be found at all.
Because what matters is not talent, but reputation. The greater the reputation, the greater the talent. Only with reputation can you have talent.
The scholars of the late Han Dynasty knew this very well. Even if they were talented, they still had to have a reputation.
The so-called fragrance of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, so that one or two scholars tried their best to perform and do everything to make themselves famous. Only when they became famous could they have the opportunity to show their talents.
Under the spotlight, someone will naturally discover your talent from you. If you don't have talent, you have to make it out of thin air. Otherwise, how can you continue to play this game of carrying people in sedan chairs?
Liu Bei waited for more than ten years and went through many hardships before finally gaining a certain reputation.
So it was finally time to show off my talents.
If you don't take this opportunity to continue to push your reputation upward and let more people see and know yourself, how long will it take?
The time is ripe to take action!
It's funny to say that Liu Bei once thought that there was no poetry in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he thought that the Han people didn't care about poetry at all and only valued the meaning of the classics, so he mainly used classic debaters as his foundation for his character.
After arriving in Luoyang, he participated in more literary gatherings and met more people, and he knew that the Eastern Han Dynasty also had poetry.
Moreover, the creative skills are not bad, many people know about it, and the reputation is not small. However, the imperial court does not rely on poetry to select officials, so literati only regard it as a hobby and do not take it as seriously as the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws.
After research, Liu Bei learned that the earliest five-character poem was the historian Ban Gu's "Ode to History". Although his technique was immature, he could be regarded as the founder.
After Ban Gu, people continued to compose poems. Many of the poems were good in diction, but the author was unknown, so they could only name them anonymously. One of them, "Plucking Hibiscus across the River," made Liu Bei feel quite familiar, because it was something he once studied. Passed.
After reading this poem and asking Lu Zhi and some friends around him about their views on the literary genre of poetry, Liu Bei had a clear idea and began to gradually take out the inventory in his stomach, intending to go beyond the persona of a debater. Create another poet persona.
Many of the existing methods of gaining reputation were rotten by previous generations, such as being honest and keeping filial piety.
It's okay for members of the Wenyue family to do this, and some people are willing to make a fool of themselves, but if someone like him does this, he will only be laughed at and become the butt of laughter.
It can only be said that people in this era are desperately trying to make themselves famous, and are trying every means to gain a position. The people involved in this track are those who don’t want it, and Liu, as a stinky foreigner who came to Luoyang to beg for food, participated rashly. If you go in, you will only be rolled into pieces.
Therefore, he recognized the current ecological situation, decided to seize the industry's pain points, give full play to his own advantages, and strive to create a differentiated track.
I don't want to roll on the same track as you, I want to open up another track to roll myself!
I want to write poetry!
If you are capable, you weaklings can come write poems and write them with me!
So after another victory at a Bible debate gathering, Liu Bei took advantage of the beautiful scenery of spring and sang the song "Spring Sleep Unconsciously Dawn", which attracted applause from the audience.
After the debate meeting, this five-character poem was copied and then spread throughout the Luoyang scholar circle in a short period of time.
Many people praised this five-character poem, and Confucian scholars including Lu Zhi also praised it. They believed that Liu Bei, a master of Confucian classics debate, was not only good at the meaning of Confucian classics, but also had literary talent. He was an all-rounder in the literary world and had great development prospects.
It's not that the Han people don't like poetry. The Book of Songs is one of the Five Classics. The Han people regard words and phrases that can match the rhythm as songs, and words that can't match the rhythm as poems. This is the origin of the general term poetry.
Out of the pursuit and yearning for ancient romanticism, if someone can write such free and romantic words and is also an excellent official and scribe, how can he not be sought after and recognized?
With the success of his first trial, Liu Bei knew the feasibility of the differentiated track he had built, and decided to go on in a big way, continue to cultivate this track, and broaden it.
While out for an outing with his friends, he saw a weeping willow and started chanting.
[Jasper is made up to a tree height, thousands of green silk ribbons hang down, I don’t know who cuts out the thin leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors]
When friends around him heard about it, they immediately coaxed Liu Bei to write it down. Liu Bei wrote the poem down with his pen. His friends rushed to circulate it and praised it loudly.
So in the next few days, this seven-character poem, which has two more words than the five-character poem, also spread throughout the scholar circle in Luoyang.
Scholars applauded Liu Xuande's romantic metaphor of comparing the spring breeze in February to scissors, and the poem was copied.
Although some people regret that these poems cannot be sung to the music, the magnificent and romantic imagination reflected in the lines is really intoxicating for some sentimental people.
Once the persona of this poetry writer is established, it cannot be stopped.
Following the scissors-like spring breeze in February, one day, Liu Bei participated in a debate meeting and debated with a Gongyang Chunqiu student from Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period. After being silenced by the opponent's refutation and winning, tiny drops of water fell from the sky. Drizzle.
On the way home, Liu Bei "occasionally felt something" and wrote "The light rain on the street is as moist as crisp, the color of grass looks far away but not up close, the most advantageous thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital".
Soon, through the spread of caring people, another seven-character poem spread throughout the scholar circle in Luoyang, and people once again felt the beauty of the seven-character poem.
So people soon took to the streets to admire the willow trees in Luoyang City in the drizzle, which felt like a pilgrimage to a holy land.
Relying on Liu Bei's reputation as a master of debates, the five-character poems and seven-character poems he "created", relying on his beautiful words and romantic imagination, set off a wave of five-character poems and seven-character poems in Luoyang City.
Many scholars lamented Liu Bei's literary talent and growing reputation, and realized that although five-character poems and seven-character poems could not bring any direct political benefits, their huge reputation was of great benefit to them.
Who doesn't want to be famous?
No joke, reputation is something you can't see or touch, but when it comes to real use, reputation can even save lives.
It is better to have something of this metaphysical nature than not to have it, and to have more than not less, so they also want to follow the trend and write poems to gain fame.
If Liu Bei eats meat, they can also drink a few mouthfuls of soup, right?
This new track was opened up and proved to be feasible. Those who had been involved in the original track rushed over and wanted to gain their own status on the new track.
But no matter how they were created, these works did not surprise people. People just felt that compared with Liu Bei's romantic and magnificent imagination, these poems were a bit dull and lifeless, just five or seven words forced together.
With contrast, there is harm.
Everyone's hearts hurt by those boring fabricated works urgently need the magnificent and wonderful fantasy of Liu Bei, a poet, to soothe them.
Liu Bei's reputation grew, and Lu Zhi was very happy.
He originally thought that the requirements he had set for this disciple were quite high, but after almost half a year, the results achieved by this disciple had far exceeded his original expectations.
He felt more and more that he was right to make a desperate move to accept Liu Bei as his disciple.
Without the investment at that time, how could we have achieved what we have today?
Liu Bei's reputation increased, and so did his Lu Ziqian's. The identity and reputation of the teacher and student were bound, and both prospered and suffered losses.
The risk is indeed high, but...
The income is also amazing.
