Luoyang Zhigui

During the Taikang period of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a famous writer named Zuo Si. He once wrote a "Sandu Fu", which was widely circulated in Luoyang, the capital, and people They praised it and passed it on to other people, making the paper several times more expensive. The paper that originally cost one thousand fen per copy suddenly increased to 2,000 or 3,000 fen, and then it was sold out. Many people had no choice but to buy paper from other places and copy this ancient poem.

However, it took many twists and turns for Zuo Si to write "Sandu Fu" before it was taken seriously; without Bole's talent, perhaps this "Sandu Fu" would have become a pile of waste paper and would not be circulated.

When Zuo Si was a child, his father always looked down on him. His father, Zuo Yong, gradually became a censor from a small official. When he saw that his son was short in stature, not impressive in appearance, and stammered in speech, he looked like he was demented. He often told outsiders that he regretted having such a son. When Zuo Si became an adult, Zuo Yong also said to his friends: "Although Zuo Si is an adult, his knowledge and principles are not as good as those I had when I was a child."

Zuo Si was unwilling to be despised and began to get angry. study. When he read "Ode to Two Capitals" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty and "Ode to Two Capitals" written by Zhang Heng, although he admired the grandeur and gorgeous diction in the article, which described the style of the capital cities of Luoyang in Tokyo and Chang'an in Xijing, he also saw It has the shortcomings of being empty but not real, and too big and inappropriate. From then on, he determined to write a "Fu on Three Capitals" based on facts and historical development, and included Yecheng, the capital of Wei, Chengdu, the capital of Shu, and Nanjing, the capital of Wu, during the Three Kingdoms period.

In order to write "Ode to the Three Capitals", Zuo Si began to collect a large amount of information on history, geography, products, customs and people. After collecting them, he closed the door to thank guests and began to write hard. He meditated day and night in a room covered with books and paper, and it often took him a long time to come up with a satisfactory sentence. After ten years, this "Sandu Fu", which embodies Zuo Sigan's hard work, was finally written!

However, when Zuo Si gave his article to others to read, he was ridiculed. Lu Ji, who had just entered Luoyang at that time, also had the idea of ??writing "Sandu Fu". He heard that the little-known Zuo Si wrote "Sandu Fu" and wrote to his younger brother Lu Yun: "There is an arrogant man in the capital. This guy wrote "Sandu Fu", I guess what he wrote can only be used to cover my wine jar!"

When Zuo Si's "Sandu Fu" was reviewed in the literary circle, the literati saw it. The author is an unknown person, so he didn't take a closer look at it, shook his head and waved his hands, and made a "Sandu Fu" useless. Zuo Si was unwilling to have his hard work buried and found Zhang Hua, a famous writer.

Zhang Hua first read "San Du Fu" sentence by sentence, and then asked Zuo Si in detail about his creative motivation and process. When he went back to appreciate the meaning and charm of the sentences, he couldn't help but be fascinated by the sentences in the article. Deeply moved. The more he read, the more he fell in love with it, and eventually he couldn't bear to put it down. He praised: "The article is very good! Those secular literati only value reputation and not articles, and their words are not worth mentioning. Mr. Huangfu Mi is very famous and upright. Let me and him recommend your article to World!"

Huang Fumi was filled with emotion after reading "Sandu Fu". He spoke highly of the article and happily wrote the preface for it. He also invited the author Zhang Zai to annotate Wei Du Fu in "San Du Fu", and asked Zhu Zhongshu Liu Kui to annotate Shu Du Fu and Wu Du Fu. Liu Kui said in his explanation: "The world often attaches great importance to ancient people's things, but despises new things and new achievements. This is the reason why "Sandu Fu" has not been passed down to the world at first!"

Preface by celebrities Thanks to the recommendation, "Sandu Fu" quickly became popular in Kyoto, and everyone who knew literature could not help praising it. Even Lu Ji, who had ridiculed Zuo Si before, heard about it and read it carefully. He nodded in agreement and kept saying, "It's so well written, I can't believe it." He concluded that if he wrote "San Du Fu" again, 》 will never surpass Zuo Si, so he stopped writing.

It is the same article. Some people have made it worthless, while others have made it famous for a while. Of course, there are differences between people with high and low discernment, but more importantly, it reflects whether people value new forces and whether they can recognize talents with a discerning eye.