In an instant, the banquet became extremely lively. Three songs of Mingzhou were played at the same time, each one more exciting than the last. Each song seemed to be telling the story between Zhang Longxiang and Lumen Hou and even the King of Chu, arousing the interest of everyone present.
"Zhang Longxiang was in jail for ten years, but it was a blessing in disguise."
"Just looking at these three poems, this person doesn't seem to be a rebellious person."
"A few days ago, I heard from a friend in Jingzhou that he taught his son well, and the president of Zhurong Academy personally wrote a biography for him. I just thought it was a joke, but after listening to his three poems today, I realized that Long Xiang is a great talent."
"Ten years of hard work pays off."
"But... his third poem was too cruel. He pointed at Lu Menhou's nose and scolded him for not caring about the lives of the soldiers. What do those soldiers think?"
"I suspect that Zhang Longxiang had been preparing these three poems for many years. The connection between the three poems is really wonderful. The first one is a wake-up call, 'When will the singing and dancing in Donghe stop?', which is straightforward and straightforward, pointing out the shortcomings of the Lumen Army, triggering everyone's criticism. But the next "Second Topic on the Lumen Army" shuts everyone up with the sentence 'I dare not forget my worries for the country even though I am in a low position'. At this time, everyone is completely convinced by him. After all, he is the Marquis of Zhujiang and a Hanlin. Even ordinary people can discuss state affairs. What does it matter if he, the Marquis of Zhujiang, ridicules 'I treat Ganzhou as Liuzhou'?"
Another person continued, "The wonderful thing is that after he convinced us with 'I dare not forget my worries about the country even though I am in a low position', he then inserted his own affairs into it, asking us to make a final judgment later. Since we believed his first sentence, we will naturally agree with the second sentence. In 'Second Topic of Lumen Army', he first wrote about his illness and loneliness, and then wrote about his hope for the protection of the saints and the restoration of the country. His true feelings are revealed, which makes people sympathize with him even more."
"As for 'Three Questions to Lumen Army', it echoes the first poem, pointing to Lumen Hou alone. This is a general against a general. It makes people admire his courage. The line 'One general's success means thousands of soldiers' is truly a rare masterpiece in the history, with a sense of tragedy and grandeur in the regret. Facing these three consecutive questions, I don't know how Lumen Hou would respond. If it were me, I would just keep silent."
"However, Zhang Longxiang's three poems are too radical and far from the Confucian way. I am afraid they will be criticized by scholars."
"Indeed, these three poems are flawed after all, as they fail to follow the gentleman's doctrine of moderation."
"The old man who was obsessed with poetry had mentioned the flaws in the poem before, so it would take several years of circulation before it could be promoted to the rank of a national guardian."
"If that's all, Confucius' literary world is still not as good as Shengyuan Continent. Even if we don't compare it to Fang Xusheng, there is still a slight gap with the famous scholars who are famous for their poetry."
“Perhaps after a few more years, when his state of mind has calmed down and he has let go of his desire for gain and loss, he can make further progress.”
"But does he still have time?"
For a time, Ganzhou scholars sighed, knowing that if there was no miracle, Zhang Longxiang would die young.
Suddenly, Lumenhou sighed and said, "What a pity. Zhang Longxiang could have become a great talent, but he is full of complaints and hatred, which makes the artistic conception of the three poems worse and worse. What if there are good sentences? What if there is resentment? If the artistic conception is lost, it will just be a deviation and lose the integrity."
Wei Changxian immediately said, "What Lumen Hou said is very true. Looking at the three poems, they are too extreme and not fair, too angry and not passionate, too 'hard words' and not gentle enough. The three poems are good poems, but they are just good poems. They can only be regarded as bizarre and coincidental. A true poet must be able to control them freely. Zhang Longxiang's poems are unrestrained and uninhibited, but as Lumen Hou said, they are uncontrollable. What a pity. The three poems are lonely and angry like a defeated dog. How can they have the ambition of a generation of marquis?"
The scholars present immediately recalled the three poems.
"Old man obsessed with poetry, what is your opinion?" asked the prefect of Ganzhou.
The poetry-crazy old man shook his head slightly and said, "I don't want to admit it, but I have to say that Lu Menhou has a keen eye. If we talk about each poem alone, there is no flaw. One poem is the world, one word is the universe. "Ti Lu Men Jun" is meant to be ironic, "Second Ti Lu Men Jun" is meant to be sad and angry, and "Third Ti Lu Men Jun" is meant to be critical. Poetry is like a sword, how can it be compared to a knife or a gun? But if we judge the author by these three poems, he still has a long way to go to become a great poet. However, Zhu Jianghou has just been released from prison, and it is understandable that he is still sad and angry. After another three to five years, he will definitely become a great poet after being polished."
Although many people felt regretful, they also nodded slightly. Everything is excessive or insufficient, and the same applies to poetry. Even if a poet is great, if he just complains every day, criticizes others every day, does not have firm ambitions, and does not have grand plans and great achievements, then the evaluation of that person may drop greatly.
Most of the famous poets' poems contain not only romance, grief and indignation, but also complaints, but also the upward force that can infect people's hearts.
The prefect of Ganzhou said, "Put yourself in their shoes. If we were imprisoned for ten years, the three words of the poem of grief and indignation would only take up the first two."
Everyone chuckled.
Wei Changxian heaved a sigh of relief, finally putting down Zhang Longxiang's arrogance, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, let's end the banquet, I..."
"Midnight Song*Fourth Topic of Lumen Army!"
The same sound spread throughout Ganzhou City for the fourth time. Wei Changxian could no longer control himself and slammed the table, causing the cups and plates to shake.
"Is this never going to end?" Wei Changxian roared.
However, his voice did not suppress the thundering words that followed.
"The clear river water beneath Yugutai, how many people's tears are in it
Looking northwest to Chang'an, I see countless mountains.
The green mountains cannot cover it, after all it flows eastward.
I am sad at dusk by the river, and hear partridges in the deep mountains. "
Yugutai is located in Ganzhou, with a clear river flowing beside it. When the first sentence sounded, the people from Ganjiang present were immediately attracted.
The banquet was silent and many scholars were shocked. Just now many people were criticizing Zhang Longxiang for being extreme, but this poem shattered all the criticisms.
The poetry-crazy old man laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha... I am short-sighted! Even though the first three poems are good, this poem's method of metaphor and allusion is unrivaled in the world, and it has deeply grasped the essence of the Book of Songs. Once this poem is published, few people will dare to try the tune of Midnight Song!"
The prefect of Ganzhou slapped his thigh and said, "I am even more ignorant. When I heard this poem, I only felt that the emotion of 'looking northwest to Chang'an, I feel pity for the countless mountains' was deep and touching, and the artistic conception ranked first among the four poems, with emotion and scenery connected. But after listening to the words of the poetry geek, I suddenly realized it. The six principles of the Book of Songs include three forms of poetry: Feng, Ya, and Song, and three expression methods: Fu, Bi, and Xing. Although this poem does not have the irony of 'taking Ganzhou as Liuzhou', the grief of 'being in a low position but not forgetting to worry about the country', and the tragic grandeur of 'one general's success means thousands of bones are withered', but if you look closely, this poem is divided into four major sentences, each sentence has a scene, and each sentence has a metaphor! The unique technique of this poem, the harmony of the scene and the profound artistic conception are rare in the world!"
Fu is a kind of exposition and parallelism, bi is a metaphor and analogy, and xing is a way of expressing emotions through objects.
Everyone picked up their pens and wrote. Some people even pushed the cups and plates to the ground and bent over to write poems, wanting to analyze the poems in detail.
Everyone was writing and commenting, and the whole banquet was extremely noisy.
.(To be continued.)