The place that left the eternal masterpiece of Guilin’s landscape poetry is Duxiu Peak located in the city center. The author of this masterpiece is Wang Zhenggong. Wang Zhenggong, to be fair, cannot be compared with those literary giants in terms of official position and literary name. However, this eternal masterpiece is enough to make this upright old man one of the cultural celebrities. This old man from Ningbo earned his reputation all his life by believing that officials were upright and honest. He was not afraid of offending powerful people. Therefore, although he entered the officialdom when he was in his 20s and served as an official for decades, he also achieved considerable political achievements. However, he did not see any progress and was transferred to another position many times. Ren's performance has always been flat and has slightly increased, but it has never been able to rise to the top. When he was in his 60s, he served as a magistrate in Chaozhou. He once built the Xiangzi Bridge on the Han River to facilitate people's travel, and was praised by the local people. Later, in the sixth year of Qingyuan (1200), at the age of 68, he went to Guilin to serve as the prefect of Guangnan West Road, where he served as the prefect of Guangnan West Road, which was considered a slight promotion. Wang Zhenggong
When Wang Zhenggong first arrived in Guilin, he was already an old man and a new official. He just followed the rules. Logically speaking, he would not have any passion. Soon, the first year of Jiatai (1201) coincided with the annual competition (the year of the rural examination). That year, the number of Guangxi students who took the provincial examinations was 11. Wang Zhenggong had heard for a long time that Guilin students often achieved good results in the imperial examinations, which made people dare not look down upon them. The results of this provincial examination also made him happy for the students, so he followed the convention of the Luming Banquet and, as a local official, hosted a banquet for the successful students in the mansion. Drink with students and talk about studying hard and serving the court. It is indispensable to write poems to encourage each other. Wang Zhenggong wrote two poems in Qilu when he was slightly drunk: "In ancient Guizhou, there are hundreds of peaks and thousands of peaks, and there have always been difficult characters." Eguan Emperor should be able to give orders to those who are capable, and who is not a Taoist and artistic leader. Economic talent is a far-reaching tool, and rituals and music are in harmony with each other. The three gentlemen and eight handsome men are all handsome, and Tianjin is firmly at the top. Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world, and its jade, jade, and greenery can be seen. The morale of the army is still high, and the writing field is like a battlefield. The tigers and leopards at nine passes watch the fierce enemy, and the peng from thousands of miles away stands in a drama. The old man's eyes were rubbed and he suddenly became refreshed. All the gentlemen are in the south of the battle. The line in the poem "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" spread throughout China from this wine table and has been sung for a long time.
After reading the whole poem, we know that the author’s original intention is not to praise the landscape of Guilin, but to hope that students will make further progress in their studies so that they can be as good as the landscape of Guilin. , show off the best in the world. This famous saying may be Wang Zhenggong's original creation, or it may be that he picked it up at his fingertips and quoted other people's sentences. In short, it was used seamlessly, which shows that the author's talent for writing poetry is by no means ordinary. It can also be seen from this poem that this famous saying originally came from an imperial examination poem, which shows that as early as the Song Dynasty, the value of pursuing fame through the imperial examination had been deeply rooted in the hearts of Guilin. Wang Zhenggong composed poems at the banquet. He became stronger and more energetic, and was impressed by his disciples. A man named Zhang Ciliang carved these two poems by Wang Zhenggong on the Reading Rock at the southern foot of Duxiu Peak. The stone here was chosen probably to echo the name of Reading Rock.