Chapter 73 Article Huaguo

Recently, I took a break from my busy schedule and re-read Cao Zijian's anthology, most of which I finished reading on the bus to and from Taipei every day. All the masters of poetry and prose in the Wei and Jin Dynasties all admired Cao Zhi's talent. There are so-called seven sons of Jian'an, and King Chen is the highest.It is also said that there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight fights alone.Zhong Rong's poems were commented that they originated from the national style, have a strong character, brilliant Ci, both emotion and elegance, style and style, charm and benefit from ancient and modern times, and are outstanding.Everyone unanimously recognized that Zijian's poems were orthodox, inherited Confucianism of Confucius, Mencius, honest and elegant, and had a very high style.

There are quite a lot of anthologies and annotations edited by later generations for Zijian. The most popular one in recent times is Cao Zijian’s ten-volume series compiled by Yan Kejun in the Qing Dynasty.A passage in the preface of this collection by Yan Shi also inspired people a lot. He said: The Eastern Han Dynasty was advocating the wind festival, and Zijian's brilliance and grandeur stayed in the world for a long time. Or gain weight because of it.It is said in the Spring and Autumn Annals: On the Supreme Being, there is virtue, followed by meritorious service, and then there is speech, which lasts for a long time, and this is called immortality.Zijian's morality is poor, he was guilty in Wei, and he had no merit in Han, but from the beginning to the end, he kept his books in his hands, and his writings are specific to the two capitals. .

This passage is not only a fair evaluation of Cao Dong'a's life, but also thought-provoking. Among the three of Lide, meritorious service and Liyan, any of them is immortal, and Liyan's will last forever. It seems that there are still some, and the proof is that the great ones are like the teachings of Confucius, and the small ones are like the great writings of the sages of the past dynasties.And there are more than tens of thousands of princes and generals in the past dynasties. Their virtues, deeds and achievements have their own historical theory, but can they be passed down like Zhuge Wuhou's "Teacher List"?It is said that those who can make a statement must also have the quality of virtue and deeds, it can be said!

Zhang Jie from the Song Dynasty commented on famous poets: Ruan Sizong’s poems are dedicated to meaning; Tao Yuanming’s poems are dedicated to taste; Cao Zijian’s poems are dedicated to rhyme;However, meaning can be learned.Taste can also be learned.If the husband's rhyme is high or low, and the qi is strong or weak, then it cannot be strong.The essays written by Han Tui and the poems written by Cao Zijian and Du Zimei are beyond the reach of later generations.As for Zijian's poems, there is no way to judge whether they are good or bad, with subtle feelings, unrestrained rhyme, and ups and downs.It is not easy for ancient and modern poets to put Chen Wang and ancient poems first.

This argument shows that the top grade of poetry is not only full of meaning, but especially rhyme, which also has the beauty of vigor.Han Yu's prose must be well-crafted in meaning, flavor, breath, and rhyme, so it can be catchy and recited endlessly. Cao's poems in Korean, the sun and the moon, the glory of the sun and the moon, below the Han and Tang Dynasties, although they are said to be beyond the reach of later generations, but can you not yearn for them and rush to catch up?When you don't want to see only the ancients and no ones to come.I wish today's talented people with high acumen will abandon their jokes and game articles, show their temperament and handsomeness, and make their immortal works. This is in the development of Chinese literature, and it will be passed down from generation to generation, and it will also leave a volume for future generations.