More than 1,300 years ago, in the history of early Tang Dynasty literature, there was a young man who wrote an unparalleled legend with a five-character farewell poem and a parallel prose. At the same time, he also left an eternal regret for the world.
He is Wang Bo, the leader of the “Four Talents of the Early Tang Dynasty”.
More than 1,300 years later, countless students felt deeply resentful towards Wang Bo because of reciting his parallel prose.
Yang Fan put a lot of effort into memorizing the entire article.
Because at that time the teacher required us to recite the entire text, and would randomly select ten students to go to the podium for public examination.
Yang Fan is a good student. He never relies on luck and always recites his lessons honestly.
As a result, he was actually picked on the day of the assessment.
Fortunately, he recited the entire text fluently.
Some people say that if it hadn't been for an accident, Li Bai, who was half of the man of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, would no longer be Li Bai.
But it was Wang Bo.
It is a pity that this genius like a comet died young. Even Emperor Gaozong of Tang felt very sorry and believed that he was the one who indirectly killed Wang Bo.
After Wang Bo drowned, his popular "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" was sung in Chang'an City.
One day, Emperor Gaozong of Tang read this preface and exclaimed: "This is a masterpiece of all ages, a true genius."
Later, Emperor Gaozong of Tang realized his mistake of making a fuss about nothing and shouldn't have expelled Wang Bo. He asked the eunuch where Wang Bo was now.
The eunuch replied that Wang Bo had fallen into the water and died.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Gaozong of Tang sighed deeply and blamed himself endlessly.
The origin of "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" is quite accidental, but it was actually a coincidence.
That was a legendary experience of Wang Bo on his way south to visit his father.
That year, Yan Boyu, the governor of Hongzhou, had just rebuilt the Tengwang Pavilion, the first of the three famous pavilions in Jiangnan.
Taking advantage of the clear and cool autumn weather, Governor Yan held a grand banquet on the shore of Poyang Lake, inviting local celebrities and young artists to climb the pavilion to admire the scenery, drink wine and compose poetry, hoping to show the outstanding charm of Tengwang Pavilion through poetry.
Before the banquet began, Yan Boyu invited all the big names and talents to write poems and essays one by one, but everyone present seemed to have made an appointment and found their own reasons to decline.
It turned out that they had received intelligence in advance and knew that this essay competition concealed a conspiracy. Yan Boyu had already planned to have his son-in-law participate in the competition at the banquet and win the championship.
As a cultured person, Governor Yan's son-in-law, Bachelor Meng, needs to gain literary fame so that he can become well-known in the future.
Just when everyone was hesitating and pretending to be lacking talent and not daring to write, and the governor's son-in-law was full of confidence and ready to show off the beautiful essay he had prepared in advance, a young man in his early twenties stood up from the last seat and said that he was willing to write an essay to make everyone laugh.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone looked at this ignorant fool in surprise.
After some private inquiries, everyone found out that this ignorant young man was named Wang Bo, and he was passing through Hongdu on his way south to visit his father.
Governor Yan invited Wang Bo to come and sit with him out of respect for his father, who was an official in the same dynasty.
Unexpectedly, he was so disrespectful to his master, or he simply didn't know about it.
But things had come to this point, and Governor Yan had nothing more to say and could only nod in agreement.
Governor Yan's son-in-law had no choice but to suppress his anger and expressed his willingness to compete with Wang Bo. He put away his showmanship, stepped aside, spread out paper and ground ink, pretending to write as he thought.
Wang Bo was not polite. He bowed politely and immediately went into another examination room to start writing his essay.
After the competition started, in order to curry favor with the governor and his son-in-law, Wang Bo's invigilator sent a servant to report Wang Bo's answers sentence by sentence to the governor, his son-in-law and others in real time.
Soon, a note arrived with the first line of "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" written on it: "Yuzhang, the old county, Hongdu, the new capital."
Everyone had no expression on their face after watching the episode, thinking it was just a common plot with nothing new to it.
Then, another piece of paper came, with the second sentence written on it: "The stars are divided into Yi and Zhen, and the earth is connected to Heng and Lu."
The crowd began to boo in disdain.
The governor's son-in-law felt completely relieved, thinking that this was better. If he sang alone as originally planned, even if he won, he would not be able to convince the crowd.
But when the note with the words "layers of towering green mountains reach up to the sky" was passed around, the laughter and sarcasm at the scene stopped abruptly.
Some people began to admire in a low voice the brilliant writing.
When they brought another note that read "The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together, the autumn water and the sky are the same color", everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into uncontrollable applause, even the governor couldn't help but clap his hands.
"The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together; the autumn water and the sky are the same color." This domineering couplet made the governor's son-in-law feel sick in an instant. He felt like he was beaten back to his original form and fainted in front of his examination paper.
Wang Bo finished the rest of the article calmly, put away his pen and ink, and walked away, leaving only a tall and majestic figure walking away to the stunned scholars.
There is no harm without comparison, the Confucian scholars watching sighed.
If they had cameras, modern tools and social software such as Weibo, they would have taken photos, commented, posted on Weibo and shared them on WeChat Moments as soon as possible.
Since then, a beautiful article called "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" became popular in the Tang Dynasty and set off a sensation in the cultural circle.
Wang Bo's fame surpassed that of other poets by several streets.
Although this article was written as a preface for the Pavilion of Prince Teng, it was written on the shore of Poyang Lake.
The "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" that Yang Fan copied from memory for Boss Wei was not written in the Pavilion of Prince Teng, but in the rest area for the scenic area staff.
This article is written in gorgeous language and full of spirit, and is truly a masterpiece for all time.
Boss Wei was like a primary school student. After Yang Fan finished writing and left, he
The more he read, the more shocked he became. His face gradually turned red, and finally he was so excited that he clapped his hands on the table and cheered like the ancients.
To put it in a more artistic way, it is amazing.
Yang Fan and the Liu sisters had left the house long ago and had come out to play.
When Yang Fan was copying from memory, Boss Wei didn't feel comfortable standing behind him to supervise.
The Liu sisters had no such concerns. They stood behind him and watched him write the "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" in fits and starts, sometimes writing quickly and sometimes scratching his ears and cheeks.
In the past, the two sisters felt that their literary and artistic aspirations were as small as ants in front of Yang Fan.
Now, the two sisters feel that they are more than just ants, they are not even in the same dimension.
The magnificence and brilliance of "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" were beyond the two sisters' comprehension.
Even though Yang Fan did not copy the entire text, he made some modifications.
"Yang Fan, you are so awesome!" Standing by the railing and watching the river flowing by, Liu Qianqian held Yang Fan's arm with one hand and held him tightly.
Years ago, she wanted to come to Hongdu just after seeing Yang Fan’s poem “The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together, and the autumn water and the sky are the same color.”
Today, she read the entire masterpiece and her heart was filled with happiness.
"Yang Fan, you're so awesome!" Liu Qianqian stood on the other side of Yang Fan, her pretty face slightly blushing.
There are too many gorgeous parallel sentences in the text, and many of them require extremely high literary attainments to understand.
The expression "sighing in despair" can also be used here.
"Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" is like a vast ocean, encompassing everything and dazzling.
Seeing the infinity of the universe, one can understand the smallness.
It means that only after seeing the vastness of the universe do you realize how small you are.
"This article was actually written by a person whom I know but who doesn't know me." Yang Fan remained very down-to-earth and did not usurp the throne.
The Liu sisters were already used to this kind of talk from Yang Fan.
If he hadn't made it up like that, it would have been a bit difficult for the two sisters to fall in love with him at the same time.
Everyone knows that first come first served, and if a sister falls in love with someone, as expected, the other person will kill her or his feelings for the person her sister likes.
At first, I didn’t know that Yang Fan’s so-called friend was himself.
The Liu sisters had no scruples and allowed their favorability levels to soar unscrupulously.
Until it reaches a point where even if you discover the truth, you can no longer cut it off.
"Yang Fan, I want to tell you something." Liu Yueyue tucked her hair in front of her forehead, opened her clear big eyes, looked at Yang Fan and said.
"Well, what's the matter? Tell me." Yang Fan wanted to reach out and touch the beauty in front of him.
How come her face is so beautiful? Her skin is so white and tender. It feels so good to touch it.
But he found that his right arm was held by Liu Yueyue and his left arm was held by Liu Qianqian.
So that he couldn't move at all.
It can be seen that having many girlfriends is not always a good thing.
So, he wanted to pull out the arm from Liu Qianqian's arms and borrow it first.
Liu Qianqian had no idea what Yang Fan was thinking. She felt as if the arm in her arms was about to fly away, so she quickly hugged him tightly.
Although the touch of his arm being held like this was nice, Yang Fan had been held for quite some time already and for the moment, he had had enough and wanted to enjoy something else.
"I want to make our relationship public, is that okay?" Liu Yueyue asked Yang Fan.
Yang Fan was stunned: "Take the initiative to disclose it?"
"Yeah." Liu Yueyue nodded.
Yang Fan lamented that many celebrities are unwilling to reveal their love affairs, or even deny having a partner, in order to make money and retain fans.
Liu Yueyue's behavior shows, firstly, that she is really not afraid of losing fans, and secondly, that she is serious about him and is determined to stick to him.
"Okay, but don't reveal my identity. I don't want any entertainment reporters to dig into my privacy." Yang Fan did not object.
"No, I will just say that you are not in the entertainment industry." Liu Yueyue was very smart and said, "You can't let Mom know that you are my boyfriend now. The time is not right yet."
Yang Fan was puzzled: "When can I tell your mother?"
“To…” Liu Yueyue blushed and refused to continue.
Seeing that there was no one around, Yang Fan couldn't help but whispered, "Tell me, I'm always worried that your parents will find out about this and suddenly come and hack me to death."
"What nonsense are you talking about? My parents are law-abiding people." Liu Yueyue said shyly.
Liu Qianqian nodded: "Our parents won't do this kind of thing themselves, they will only hire someone to do it."
Liu Yueyue hit her sister and said, "Don't scare Yang Fan. The price my parents will have to pay for hiring a murderer should be very high."
Liu Qianqian disagreed: "Not very high. Some people think their lives are not worth tens of thousands of dollars. There are many such people. As long as they are paid a few hundred thousand, not millions, they will drive a car to kill the target for their employer and create a false car accident. It would be perfect, and they may not even be sentenced to death."
Yang Fan remained calm and tried to quietly pull his arm out of Liu Qianqian's arms.
Sorry, failed again.
While Liu Qianqian was telling her sister about hiring someone to kill him, she was holding his arm tightly.
Look at their faces, look at their figures, they are like the spirit of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon, and it took billions of years to achieve them.
Such a beautiful thing, such pure eyes, such sexy lips... What are you talking about
"Let me go, I'm a little hot." Yang Fan had to make it clear that he was not worthy of the Liu sisters' boneless massage.
The nerves in the arms are far less developed than those in the palms. If you can, please give me a palm massage.
But this is just a thought. In a public place, Yang Fan will not throw away his polite manners and turn into a beast.
He has no exhibitionism.
"I'm not hot, but you are. Do you dislike me?" Liu Qianqian let go of her hand for a moment, then immediately covered it again.
Although she also felt a little hot, she still didn't want to let go.
It would take her the initiative to let go, Yang Fan couldn't take the initiative to do so.
Taking the initiative to propose it means that he despises her.
"How is that possible? It's really hot. Look, my arms are almost sweating." Yang Fan twisted his arms.
The three of them strolled along the river, chatting and chatting, not paying much attention to the curious looks of some tourists.
In the scenic area, Boss Wei has read "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" several times.
The more he read, the more he felt he gained, as if he had glimpsed into multiple worlds, and after opening one door, he saw another door.
Before I knew it, more than an hour had passed.
"What a gap." Finally, Boss Wei resisted the urge to continue studying.
The whole article is timeless and every sentence is passed down forever.
Boss Wei couldn't understand some of the parallel sentences.
But just like an ordinary person, when seeing a super sports car, may not use the function buttons in the car, but it does not prevent the other party from knowing that it is a high-tech luxury sports car.
"Even if it was prepared in advance, it doesn't matter." Boss Wei put away "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" and put it carefully in his arms.
It was impossible for him to memorize it. He was old and even if he tried hard, it would be impossible for him to memorize it in more than an hour.
Besides, he didn't plan to memorize it.
Therefore, the "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" in his hand is the authentic one.
It is possible that even if Yang Fan writes it again, it may not be exactly the same as the current one.
More than an hour ago, when Yang Fan was copying from memory, although Boss Wei did not stand behind him to watch, he observed him from a distance and did not copy.
After putting away "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng", Boss Wei thought for a while, then took it out from his arms and spread it on the table.
After laying the floor, he took out his cell phone.
Take pictures, and take them well.
The original can be lost, but the content must never be lost.
What if Yang Fan was improvising? He might not be in the right mood or state to write again. What if the effect is not good
Many geniuses cannot replicate their peak moments.
After taking the photo, Boss Wei still felt it was inappropriate and uploaded it to the Internet.
It's safe to post it online.
It doesn’t matter if you lose your phone, you can still find it online.
"Where is Yang Fan?" After feeling that everything was safe, Boss Wei came out to look for Yang Fan, but when he didn't see him, he asked his followers today.
"Yang Fan and the two girls were only in the scenic area for a short while. Maybe they felt they had seen enough, so they went for a walk along the river." The attendant replied.