Moss: This little poem, which spread all over the country overnight, is full of pride of life!

? Yuan Mei: No matter how humble my life is, I will live proudly!

Author |? Dalao town

Yuan Mei, a great genius in Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem:

Good poetry is like good tea, which is mellow in the mouth and endless in aftertaste.

To taste this five-character quatrain with simple literal meaning, you only need to master two adverbs.

The first one: check.

Life is not everywhere, youth is just coming.

Moss lives in damp and dark places all day, and it is impossible to get sunlight. However, is it because there is no sunshine that it will give up on itself?

Don't! Even if there is no sunshine, there must be a piece of green that belongs to you!

So, where does this youthful green come from?

Never look for it, never rely on it, that's just yourself!

This is self-confidence from the heart.

The second one: also.

Although moss is as small as rice, it also blooms like peony.

Moss is so small, but there is a big dream hidden in its heart: it will bloom like a peony!

Why peony? Why not a fragrant orchid, or a wintersweet that stands proudly in the cold winter?

Because peony is the king of flowers.

Therefore, a small word "Ye", seemingly timid, is actually ambitious.

Even if the sun never shines on me, even if I am humble in the eyes of the world, I will still live the dignity of a peony by my own strength! Live the pride of life!

This poem can be said to be a portrayal of Yuan Mei's life.

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On the second day of March in the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi (A.D.1765438+March 24th, 2006), Yuan Mei Jr. was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, a beautiful paradise.

However, heaven is not all luxury. Yuan Mei's family was poor, and he often went hungry when he was a child. When he is hungry, he will think:

Why should people live?

His childhood wish was to be an official. On the one hand, it is to honor our ancestors, and on the other hand, it is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the whole family.

If you want to be an official, you have to study and take part in the imperial examination, but Yuan Mei faces three mountains-

The first mountain: books.

Because his family is poor, he often borrows books to read, so he has seen the cold eyes of the world and suffered from borrowing books.

After borrowing books, in order to return them as scheduled, he will certainly read, extract and recite, and even he is more familiar with books than his master, so he later expressed his feelings in the article "Borrowing Books by Huang Sheng": books cannot be read unless borrowed.

The second mountain: eight-part essay

Yuan Mei is very talented. At the age of twelve, he and his teacher took the scholar exam at the same time. Mr. Wang suddenly became a classmate, and soon Yuan Mei's talent became famous all over the world.

However, Yuan Mei hates stereotyped writing with vague content and rigid form, so ten years later, he still failed to pass the exam.

In order to be an official, he gritted his teeth and began to learn eight-part essay.

He comforted himself by making a vulgar friend when it was too late. "Begging for mercy is heartless, and seeking taste is tasteless"!

Finally, at the age of twenty-three, that is, three years of Qianlong (A.D. 1738), I won the imperial examination, and the next year, I was admitted to imperial academy.

I thought I could be promoted and made a fortune from now on, but he forgot that this was Manchu rule and he had to learn a "foreign language"! What stopped him this time was-

The third mountain: Manchu

So Yuan Mei suffered for three years in a paper full of essays. At the age of 27, he fell off the list with honor.

The great talent finally lost in a foreign language and was sent to work in other places.

During the seven years from the age of 27 to the age of 33, he served as a magistrate in Lishui (now Lishui District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province), Jiangpu (now Jiangpu County, Nanjing City), Shuyang (now Shuyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province) and Jiangning (now Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province).

Because of his quick and fair judgment, affability and equal emphasis on material civilization and spiritual civilization, the life of the local people was greatly changed. When he left, the people stayed in tears and put on the "national costume" embroidered with the names of the people of the city.

He planted a wisteria tree in Shuyang, and the people have always taken care of it. Today, 300 years later, this wisteria tree is still there.

Life is not everywhere, youth is just coming. Yuan Mei has created a world by his own efforts.

However, just as his career was booming, he suddenly offered to resign.

As a monk, Yuan Mei has long been tired of being a dime a dozen disciplined and afraid all day.

When the subordinates see the superiors, they should bend down and run forward quickly, making a small kneeling posture, but they can't make a sound;

The title of the famous post you see should be small, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful.

Yuan Mei is more painful to do these things than the ordained monk. He always makes mistakes:

Besides judging people's faces, we should also learn from official flattery. Is it necessary to bow and scrape for a lifetime in this "day after day, one after another" life?

Fuck you, I quit!

Although moss is as small as rice, it also blooms like peony. From then on, Yuan Mei will live with dignity like the peony, the king of flowers!

Yuan Mei, who resigned after having an official who did not seek pleasure, set himself a new goal in life:

Realize the freedom of time, thought and finance.

The freer a person's time and thoughts are, the more likely he is to have wealth.

Since you have free time, emancipate your mind and show your talents!

When he was in Jiangning, he bought a garden, which is located at the northern foot of Xiaocang in the northwest of Jinling City. This used to be the home of Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin, and the predecessor of the Grand View Garden in A Dream of Red Mansions was here.

Because the garden was destroyed, he found a bargain and spent only 320 silver.

Originally, I planned to build a "Wangchuan Villa" Rainbow Wei and turn it into my own spiritual home-my heart is thousands of miles away from heaven, and people spend their lives in poetry. Now, he has to rely on this garden to support a large family!

He named the garden "Suiyuan" and made great efforts in the transformation of the word "Suiyuan"-

With its height, set up pavilions; Use it to build a small bridge and pass tap water. Without a fence, you can visit at will; There are books everywhere, and you can read them at will.

It can be said that it is arbitrary, arbitrary and arbitrary!

For a time, both dignitaries and ordinary people came here to visit.

I don't want to leave when I come, but I want to spend it here.

Willing to spend money for three reasons:

First of all, the food is delicious

The host is a very picky gourmet. He often said:

Anything is possible, especially in terms of diet.

How picky is he about his diet? Just turn a page and look at the menu, which has the garden he edited:

Good at cooking, use sauce with sauce, taste it first; The oil with sesame oil must be carefully cooked; When wine is used for brewing, scum should be removed; Rice vinegar is used for vinegar, so be sure to find out. Moreover, the sauce is thick, the meat is different from the oil, the sweet and sour wine is different, and the old and new vinegar are different. There can be no mistakes.

Here, you can not only eat "Suiyuan" natural organic green food at any time, but also appreciate the craftsmanship of Jiangnan famous chef Wang Xiaoyu.

Cooking delicious food in the world is the common pursuit of master Yuanmei and chef.

Tasting the best in the world is the pursuit of the host Yuan Mei and the guests.

Ha ha!

Second, interesting.

The master here is Yuan Mei, a great talent in the south of the Yangtze River! He recited a poem casually, so he can go back and show off.

Look at this song:

Look at this little shepherd boy, singing. He suddenly stopped singing because he wanted to catch cicadas. This picture is too strong!

In addition to these, there are more fun:

You pick up chopsticks, and the host says-

You open the window, and the host says-

You say, this garden is really good! The master said-

I want to go for a walk when I'm full, and the host says-

You admire the fallen leaves on the moss, and the master said-

You asked if you could go fishing by the lake, and the host said-

You think life here is like a fairy, and the host said-

Such an interesting host, let's have a dozen first!

Ha ha! Ha ha!

Third, buy buy buys.

Eat well and have fun. You can buy it at buy buy when you leave!

What to buy? Books!

"Food list with the garden" is a must. Take it back and give it away. What a nice face!

Poetry with the garden is a must. I'd rather buy such an authoritative poem, the best-selling book at present, and the author's autograph!

Wuziyu is a must-buy. There are too many stories about Machamp's confusion, which are much more interesting than reading classics!

Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha!

Guests ha ha smiled and left with satisfaction, Yuan Mei also ha ha smiled and played the abacus:

In addition to selling books in restaurants, collecting rent from contracted land in parks, writing epitaphs, writing elegiac couplets, and making up lessons to collect the income of apprentices, this year it will cost thousands of taels of silver, much better than being an official!

The three freedoms of life are easily realized in Yuanmei!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. ...

If you think that Yuan Mei's life goal is just to be a wealthy and idle person in a peaceful world, you are all wet.

What Yuan Mei likes best is literature, especially poetry. At the age of seven, he accidentally got a selection of ancient poems, among which the classic ones opened his eyes.

Vision determines the pattern, and the pattern affects life.

Yuan Mei's dream is to be the "flower of kings" in the literary world. When he recited the poems of Tao Yuanming and Qu Yuan, he wished he could be a big coffee like them.

In view of the eight-part essay that restricts human nature, he put forward the poetic proposition of "the theory of soul", emphasizing that poetry should pay attention to true temperament.

He advocated:

Poets are born of emotion, and only when they are puzzled can they have immortal poems.

Throughout his poems, he is full of true temperament.

In spring, the clouds he wrote will make people feel warm:

In summer, his bare arms make people laugh:

In autumn, there will be coolness between his lines:

In winter, hakodate illuminates not only poets, but also countless poets who have studied for 300 years:

He loves reading so much that he stands in the snow intoxicated and doesn't even know it:

He also stressed that don't die reading:

He collected as many as 400,000 books, but in his later years, he donated 67/ 10 books, because he knew:

He writes poetry meticulously;

He is willing to share his writing experience:

He can always put forward different opinions on the topics we are talking about:

From the eulogy he wrote to his sister, we can see his attachment to his family:

His attitude towards his friends is sincere;

He has a natural affinity and love for beautiful women:

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Speaking of beauty, Yuan Mei's lewdness is his biggest criticism.

Not only does he have more than a dozen wives and concubines, but his figure often appears in brothels. There were no young girls among his disciples, which was criticized at that time.

In the face of criticism, Yuan Mei generously admitted:

This makes everyone's evaluation of him go to two extremes. One is to scold him, saying that he is an "old fox, showing his tail when he is drunk", and the other is that he is a true lover.

No matter what others say, Yuan Meicai still eats delicious food every day, hugs beautiful women, reads books, writes poems and makes friends without any delay.

In literature, he really achieved the height of "testing peony" and was called "Nanyuan Beiji" with the famous Ji Xiaolan; And Zhao Yi and Zhang Wentao are also called "spiritual school"; Together with Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan, they are also called "three outstanding people in Ganjia".

In his later years, he called himself Cangshan lay man, Suiyuan master and Suiyuan old man, but people prefer to call him "Prime Minister in the Mountain".

After hanging out with his disciples for a long time, everyone was talking about temperament.

Yuan Mei, is that enough?

No, at the age of 65, he did another jaw-dropping thing.

Yuan Mei decided to travel and see the world.

Once upon a time, "my parents were here, and I didn't travel far." Now my mother has been dead for three years, and the mourning period has passed. He wants to see the outside world.

So he traveled all over Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian and other places. He climbed over Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain, Lushan Mountain and other famous mountains and rivers, and tasted famous teas from all over the world, such as Maojian Tea, Longjing Tea, Junshan Tea, Meihua Tea and Wuyi Tea. He not only tasted them one by one, but also recorded them in the Menu with the Garden.

Everyone advised him to pay attention to his health when he was old, but he smiled and said:

Yuan Mei never gave in all his life and constantly challenged himself.

In order to change the situation at home, he leaned down to learn stereotyped writing and Manchu;

In order to be a good official, he had to bow to the officialdom for seven years;

After resigning from his post, he painstakingly managed to follow the garden. He could have enjoyed his life, but he put forward his own literary ideas and devoted his life to them.

When he became a literary giant, he took a step towards nature.

What did Yuan Mei pursue all his life?

Let's go back and read that little poem again. Maybe you can find the answer from it-

It's not hard to find the answer, just grab two adverbs.

The first one: check.

Never look for it, never rely on it, that's just yourself.

Yuan Mei's life, no matter how low the starting point is, no matter whether the choice on the road of life is right or wrong, depends on himself.

The second one: also.

Moss is so small, but there is a big dream hidden in its heart: it will bloom like a peony!

Because peony is the king of flowers.

And the little "moss" surpassed the peony king.

Have you thought about it? Peony still needs care, and "moss" has always relied on its own strength.