"In the seventh month of the fifth year, the imperial concubine was sent back to Yang?'s house with a slight punishment." "In the ninth year of Tianbao, the imperial concubine disobeyed the decree again and was sent back to her hometown." - "Old Tang Book Fifty-One"

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Portrait of Concubine Yang by Tang Bohu

Historical records show that in July of the fifth year of Tianbao, Concubine Yang offended Xuanzong because of her pampering and pampering, and was condemned by Xuanzong to return to her maternal family. After nine years of Tianbao life, he was sent back to his maternal home again. What was the reason for Concubine Yang to offend the emperor and be sent back to her maternal home?

"Zizhi Tongjian" records: The concubine was jealous and arrogant, so she was angry and ordered to return home. "Kaiyuan Chuan Ji" records: "Taizhenfei often made jealous remarks to her superiors and made her superiors very angry." .

It is not difficult to see that the crime for which Concubine Yang was expelled this time was "jealousy and arrogance." After all, who was it that made Concubine Yang so jealous that she offended Xuanzong many times? According to research, many people speculate that the person Yang Guifei is jealous of is another concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty - Concubine Mei, one of the eight talented ladies of the emperor and concubines.

According to the Song Dynasty's "The Legend of Concubine Mei": "Concubine Mei was named Jiang Caiping, who entered the palace 19 years earlier than Concubine Yang. At that time, Concubine Wu Hui, the most beloved concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, passed away. Xuanzong felt lost, and the eunuch Gao Lishi He proposed a beauty pageant in the world. When Gao Lishi came to Fujian, he was so surprised that he took her back to the palace and presented her to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. (Today's Putian, Fujian), also known as Jiangdong Concubine in today's Putian. Jiang Caiping was smart since she was a child, and she was good at reciting poems and writing poems. Compared with Xie Daoyun, a talented girl in the Jin Dynasty, she was not only good at poems and poems, but also good at musical instruments, singing and dancing, and knew nothing about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. /p>

" Jiang Caiping was not only beautiful, but also gentle and elegant, and she quickly captured Xuanzong's heart. Jiang Caiping especially likes bright and colorful plum blossoms. Xuanzong cared about her crazy love for flowers and gave her great favor to the first-class imperial concubine of the East Palace, calling her "Mei Fei". When the plum blossoms were in full bloom, Xuanzong and his concubine Mei came here to enjoy the flowers and recite poems, and they were very affectionate.

Jiang Caiping is officially known as the God of Plum Blossoms in January

Willow's eyebrows have not been painted for a long time, and the remaining makeup and tears stain the red gauze; Nagato has no need to wash himself, so why does he need pearls to comfort his loneliness? . "A Dendrobium of Pearls" (formerly known as "Thank You for the Pearl")

Tang Xuanzong, who was in his sixtieth year, could not help but change his mind and recruited his daughter-in-law Yang as his noble concubine. Yang Yuhuan's peerless beauty completely overshadowed the plum concubine Jiang Caiping. He was praised for his elegant demeanor and thoughtfulness. Once, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty happened to miss Concubine Mei in the Calyx Building of Xingqing Palace, and sent someone to quietly give Concubine Mei a tribute pearl. Concubine Mei replied with a poem "Thank you for the pearl", which was not accepted. When Xuanzong saw the poem, he remembered the time when he was with Concubine Mei in the past, and felt ashamed. Therefore, he summoned her to the West Pavilion of Cuihua to talk about the past, and specially ordered someone to sing "Thank You for the Pearl" to the music, which later became the famous song "Yi Hu Pearl". Unexpectedly, Concubine Yang found out about this, and she became jealous and insulted Xuanzong and Concubine Mei. After all, Li Longji was the emperor, how could he let the imperial concubine have such experience? In a rage, he ordered Concubine Yang to be sent back to her maternal home.

Mei Fei likes plum blossoms, has an arrogant personality, looks clean in front of her, and looks like plum blossoms in season. After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Tang Xuanzong ran in a hurry and had no time to take Jiang Caiping with him. When the city of Chang'an fell, Concubine Mei, wrapped in white cloth, jumped into a well and died. In her hometown of Putian, Pukou Palace was built in memory of her. On the shrine in the palace, the statue of "Ancestral Aunt and Princess" is enshrined.

"There is no drying place for the leakage at the bedside, and the rain is like hemp at the feet." Two lines from Du Fu's "Song of Thatched Cottage Broken by the Golden Wind". I believe that many people have a biased understanding of the word "roof leakage" in the sentence, and there are even many cultures that everyone has interpreted it as "roof leakage."

Master: Comrade Guo Moruo translated these two sentences as: "The roof above the bed is leaking, and it is wet into a large area. The raindrops are uninterrupted, like twine." This is also an explanation generally accepted by the people in the tributaries.

According to the annotation of "house leakage" in "Cihai", the first meaning is: the place where small tents are installed in the southeast corner of a modern interior. For example, "Poetry·Daya·Yi": "The Prime Minister is in your room, and he is worthy of the roof leakage." According to Mao's biography, the southeast corner is called the roof leakage.

In other words, "house leakage" is a directional noun, referring to the southeast corner of the house, not the house leakage. The former people set up the bed next to the north window of the house. Because there was a skylight in the southeast corner, the sunlight came into the house, so it was called the house with leakage. "

According to "Erya·Shigong": the southwest corner is called Zhiao, the southeast corner is called House Leakage, the southeast corner is called ?, and the southwest corner is called Huan.

It also explains that "house leakage" refers to the southeast corner of the house.

The former people set up the bed next to the north window of the house. Because there was a skylight on the west and north corner, the sunlight came into the house, so it was called the house with leakage. "Shu": A leaky house is the name of the indoor place where a small tent can be placed, and the place where the leakage is hidden is called the southeast corner. Qi also believes that "house leakage" should be interpreted as "the southeast corner of the house".

From the perspective of poetry, if "house leakage" is interpreted as "the southeast corner of the house", it is exactly the same as "bedside", and the antithesis is written, which is in line with the pattern of ancient poetry. At the same time, using two different locations in the house to refer to the entire house generally means that the whole house is wet - there is no dry place. Thus, "the hut was destroyed by the golden wind" and "the rain was like hemp on the feet without stopping" and contrasted with each other.

If it is just the bedside that is leaking, you should not politely say "there is no dry place" for the leakage. The next sentence "the rain is numb" will not be semantically repetitive.

The meaning of leaking water in a dilapidated house also has many meanings.

According to Liu Yiqing's "Shishuo Xinyu·Pai Tiao": "Zu Guangxing kept shrinking his head and visited Hunan County. Before he got off the car, Huan said: 'The sky is very gloomy, and Zu's joining the army is like passing through a leak from a house. Come. '" "The History of the South: A Biography of Jiang Zi": "The house is leaking, I know it." "The Story of Dong Yong Yu Xian of Qing Ping Shan Tang": "The house is leaking and it rains all night, and the boat is hit by the wind. "

But if the poems are divided into high and low sentences, if the house is a broken house, I think it is a bit repetitive. There is a famous saying in "Yi Zhuan·Wenyan Zhuan·Kun Wenyan", which has been passed down to this day: A house that accumulates good deeds will not be happy, and a house that accumulates bad deeds will not be happy. The family will be in trouble. The meaning is that people who have accumulated good deeds and good deeds must have a lot of bad luck and bad luck. People who do whatever they want will surely suffer disaster. The protagonist of today's story is such a famous person who has accumulated great virtues and good deeds. His ancestors have numerous talents and served as officials in various dynasties. This person is Fan Zhongyan.

Fan Zhongyan

Fan Zhongyan's ancestor Fan Lubing served as prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, and Fan Zhongyan's father also served as the secretary of the Wuyue Kingdom. However, Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was young, and his family was poor when he was young. His mother had no choice but to live alone with the two-year-old Fan Zhongyan, so she married into the Zhu family in Changshan, Zizhou. Fan Zhongyan also changed his name to Zhu Shuo.

When Fan Zhongyan learned about his origin when he grew up, he said goodbye to his mother and went to Yingtian Mansion to study. It was difficult for a wealthy student to move forward. When Fan Zhongyan was studying hard at Liquan Temple, he had no choice but to live frugally due to lack of money. After cooking the millet porridge, put it inside. When the porridge solidified, Fan Zhongyan divided the porridge into four pieces with chopsticks, and ate two pieces each in the morning and at night. He did not eat at midnight. When the weather outside is good, Fan Zhongyan goes up the mountain to collect wild vegetables, chops the wild vegetables with wild onions and wild garlic, and marinates them together for dinner. Fan Zhongyan spent his time painting porridge, hung his neck and studied hard, and finally became a great writer.

Duanjun Painting Porridge

Fan Zhongyan was very difficult when he was studying, but he did not do anything harmful to his conscience. When he was poor, Fan Zhongyan had a close relationship with an alchemist. The alchemist was seriously ill and was about to die, so he called Fan Zhongyan. He told Fan Zhongyan that he could refine mercury into platinum, but he had no wife and his son was still young. These secret techniques and platinum could not be entrusted to his children casually. Because he trusted Fan Zhongyan, he gave the platinum and the secret recipe to Fan Zhongyan for safekeeping. More than ten years later, Fan Zhongyan became an official in the opposition. When he knew that his friend's son had grown up, he took him to the capital and returned the platinum and the secret recipe of alchemy that his father had left him to the young man who did not know yet.

Integrity and self-discipline

After Fan Zhongyan became an official, he helped people in danger and rescued those in distress, and encouraged farmers to teach farming. Because he thought of his experience of hard study, Fan Zhongyan paid special attention to the educational career of wealthy students, opened schools, and cultivated wealthy talents. There is also such a rumor in Suzhou: I heard a teacher said that a certain house with good feng shui would be able to produce high-ranking officials in the future. Fan Zhongyan bought it with his own money and transformed it into an academy, hoping to cultivate more talents for the country.

Fan Zhongyan’s Tomb

Because Fan Zhongyan had very high requirements for his descendants, his ancestors were also outstanding talents in the Northern Song Dynasty. Even his great-grandsons, eight hundred years later, more than 70 people have become officials in various dynasties and provinces. This is inseparable from Fan Zhongyan's example.

Fan Gong Temple

After Fan Zhongyan passed away, he was buried in Yichuan County, Luoyang. According to official legend, Fan Zhongyan was honest throughout his life and did not have enough money to buy a cemetery for his family. Because his son was the prince-in-law of the dynasty, the princess cried to the emperor when she returned to the palace to visit relatives. The emperor gave a piece of geomantic treasure land to the Fan family.

Fan Zhongyan's Shinto stele was personally mentioned by Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, and the inscription was written by Ouyang Xiu. Most of the ancestors of the Fan family are also buried here. The plaque in the Fan family ancestral hall that reads "Tao Tao takes responsibility for oneself" was also given by Emperor Guangxu in order to punish the Fan family for their merits.