Fang Yun looked at Shen Ming calmly and said, "What's the matter, Master Shen?"
Shen Ming smiled and said, "Forgive me for being so forgetful, Madam. This poetry meeting is a little special. It's not just about writing one poem."
Fang Yun looked at the host of the poetry meeting, the old scholar.
The old scholar sitting in the audience smiled and stood up and said, "I thought Shen Zhubu had explained it to you on the way, but it seems he didn't. What a coincidence. Then I will explain again that this literary gathering is a 'transfer poetry gathering'. Not only does everyone have to write a poem, but they also have to write a second one. Based on the content of the previous poem, they have to write a new poem in another ci tune."
After hearing the words "Zhuan Ci Wen Hui", all of Fang Yun's staff members were shocked.
There are numerous literary gatherings, but the most troublesome one is definitely the one for converting lyrics, because lyrics have fixed forms, sentences have fixed numbers, and words have fixed tones. Each lyric has a fixed format, and the rhyme must also be considered.
Many people can compose a poem like "Fisherman's Song" quickly, but to process "Fisherman's Song" and change it into other lyrics requires long-term thinking, because adding sentences alone cannot make a new lyric. More attention should be paid to the content, artistic conception and rhyme.
Moreover, choosing a new "Cipai" and format is just the beginning. If the changes are not good enough, it will not work.
Especially for a poem as beautiful as "Fisherman's Song", if the rewrite is not good enough, it would be a desecration of the original poem. It would be almost a "dirty word" in the poetry rewriting meeting and would definitely be rated as inferior.
Because it is too difficult to change the lyrics, such changes have to be reminded many days in advance. In addition, in order to prevent the lyrics from being changed poorly, many people deliberately write the previous lyrics mediocrely, and then concentrate on writing the second one, to avoid writing the first one too well and making the second one far inferior.
The core of the Ci-Zhuan Literary Meeting is "low entry and high exit". The first poem must not be too good, but Fang Yun did not know that this was a Ci-Zhuan Literary Meeting. If the first poem was about Mingzhou, then if the second poem was about Dafu, it might be acceptable. But if it was not even about the county or the prefecture, no matter how good the first poem was, it would inevitably be called a poor imitation and become the last one in the Ci-Zhuan Literary Meeting.
Word conversion itself is not difficult, the most demanding part is the time requirement!
The second poem must be completed within a hundred breaths, otherwise it will be a failure!
It is extremely difficult to compose a poem of great talent, let alone one with a little talent, within a hundred breaths.
The so-called first poems at various literary gatherings were all prepared in advance a few days or even months in advance. No one can actually compose poems on the spot.
But now, Fang Yun was asked to change the words on the spot!
Fang Yun was slightly stunned after hearing this. One hundred breaths was less than two minutes. It was too difficult to use such a short time to change the words.
Ao Huang was stunned and said, "This group of scholars are so bad that they have sores on their heads and pus on their feet! Now Fang Yun can either give up and avoid the infamy, or hastily write a bad poem within a hundred breaths and be attacked by everyone. Who came up with this idea? Stand up and let me see it!"
Fang Yun's staff kept silent, desperately thinking of a way out, but they found that the person who plotted against Fang Yun was too vicious. That person probably knew that Fang Yun would write a good poem for the spring literary gathering. The first one he took out must be the best, and then he would say that it was a transfer poem for the literary gathering after Fang Yun finished, catching him off guard.
"How shameless!" Yu Bachi couldn't help but said angrily.
Many officials in Ning'an County suddenly realized that this was a literary gathering. No wonder there were so few people at this literary gathering. It turned out that it was to prevent the news from leaking out.
Many officials smiled faintly and looked at Fang Yun. There was no doubt that Fang Yun was in trouble this time!
As a member of the human race and an official of the Jing Kingdom, they were still very grateful to Fang Yun, but Fang Yun was recklessly interfering with the holy way of the patriarch, trying to keep the Jing Kingdom alive forever.
If Jing Kingdom survives, once Liu Shan loses power, their official positions will be lucky to be kept, let alone promoted. However, if Jing Kingdom is destroyed and Qing Kingdom takes over Jing Kingdom, then Liu Shan will definitely be one of the four prime ministers in Qing Kingdom, and the left prime minister's party will be promoted by at least one level, and everyone will definitely be granted a title.
Even the lowest rank of title will ensure that one has no worries about food and clothing and will provide protection for his descendants.
The enemy of Qing State is the enemy of Liushan. The enemy of Liushan is the enemy of Mizhou officials!
General Ding Haosheng of Beimang stood there in silence for a long time. He had not expected that someone would set up such a trap against Fang Yun. In the eyes of scholars, this method was extremely despicable.
Fang Yingwu and other staff members looked at each other and saw the signs of giving up in each other's eyes. A hundred breaths of time was too short to help Fang Yun. They could only think about how to reduce the attacks on Fang Yun.
Shen Ming looked at Fang Yun, with an expression of undisguised satisfaction on his face. He smiled and said, "County Magistrate Fang, you are extremely talented and unparalleled in the world. I believe you can write a second poem within a hundred breaths."
Fang Yun looked calm and said, "There are thousands of ci tunes. I didn't know which one to change to, but after hearing what Shen Zhubu said, it suddenly occurred to me that I might as well change "Fisherman's Song" to "Huanxisha*Fisherman."
Everyone was stunned. Many officials thought something was wrong, but Fang Yun's staff smiled.
Because the tune of "Huan Xi Sha" selected by Fang Yun is so good, one format of this tune is six sentences, each with seven words, and five sentences need to be in flat rhyme. There are also three sentences in "Yuegezi" with seven words. If it is divided into five sentences, four of them will be in flat rhyme, which is very convenient to change. The two tunes are simply a perfect match, and only some sentences need to be added.
Shen Ming was dumbfounded on the spot. He believed that as long as Fang Yun was given enough time, he would definitely be able to choose a suitable new tune. But how long did it take for him to find the most suitable tune? Ordinary scholars would have to consider for an hour just to choose a suitable tune.
Five breaths? Ten breaths? If Fang Yun could transcribe a good lyric in such a short time without any preparation, then this lyric meeting would not suppress him, but become a good story!
The old scholar who was hosting the poetry meeting coughed lightly and said, "Fang Xusheng, you have to think carefully. Although it is relatively easy to switch between these two ci tunes, the first two lines of the second stanza of "Huanxisha" need to be parallel. Why not change..."
The old scholar's face changed halfway through his words, because Fang Yun didn't listen to him at all and just kept writing!
Fang Yun had long seen through his evil plan and knew that he was delaying time.
Many people stretched their necks and waited patiently for Fang Yun's "Huan Xi Sha".
White egrets fly beside Xise Mountain, a tiny sail is seen outside Sanhuazhou, and fat mandarin fish swim in the flowing water among peach blossoms.
I protect myself with a green bamboo hat and carry myself with a green raincoat everywhere. I don't need to go home even in the slanting wind and drizzle.
When the lyrics were finished, everyone was amazed. It only took a few breaths for Fang Yun to successfully revise the lyrics, as if he was helped by God.
Ding Haosheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Great! The rhyme is correct, it's a good poem. The first stanza adds sandbars and sailboats between the green mountains, white egrets, peach blossoms and flowing water, which blends in naturally without any abruptness. The first two sentences of the second stanza are not only parallel, but especially the word "self-protection", which retains the image of a lonely fisherman. If Fang Xusheng wrote this "Huanxisha", it would definitely amaze everyone! What's more commendable is that the poem was completed in ten breaths!"
As Ding Haosheng spoke, he took out the official seal and took a look. Sure enough, this "Huan Xi Sha" was of Dafu, not as good as the Mingzhou of "Yuegezi", but it fully met all the requirements of the Zhuanci Wenhui.
Ao Huang immediately shouted: "Great! I'll revise the poem in ten breaths. Thank you to all the officials in Ning'an County for helping Fang Xusheng's literary reputation rise. These two poems will definitely be connected to "The Holy Way" and "Literary Report"!" (To be continued...)