Chapter Thirty-One The Drinking Place (1)
"Dream dreams of returning to the far away of chickens, and the small building blows the jade sheng cold. Good sentences! Brother Shuyan, Your Majesty's poem "Spreading the Breaking Huanxisha" is fresh and graceful, with a lofty artistic conception, and it will definitely become a masterpiece for all ages." A beautiful and pleasant male voice was first introduced to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng looked in the voice and saw that the speaker was a man in his forties. His sleeves were fluttering while walking, his face was pale, and he had three-inch short beards under his jaw. He held a piece of snow-white paper in his left hand and another scholar in his right hand.
The first impression that other scholars give people is wildness. Although their faces are fair, their appearance is sad. They have half-rolled sleeves and spots on their crimson robe and clothes. They actually waved a bottle of wine in their right hand.
Li Yu saw Lin Feng's gaze and smiled and said, "The literati who spoke was Gu Hongzhong, the attendant of my Tang Dynasty Painting Academy. The wild man was Han Xizai and Han Shuyan. This banquet was about celebrating Han Xizai's transfer from Xuanzhou to the capital to serve as an official."
They are all famous people. Lin Feng thought in his heart. Who is Gu Hongzhong? Although there is only the masterpiece "Han Xizai Night Banquet", it is enough to establish his status in the martial arts world in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The picture consists of five pieces that can be independent and interrelated, including listening to the piano, watching dance, leisure, enjoying music and teasing. The composition is rigorous and exquisite, the characters are elegant and vivid, the lines are vigorous and smooth, and the colors are bright and elegant. In terms of shape, brushwork and color design, the painter's profound skills and superb painting skills are shown. The fine brushwork is exactly what Gu Hong is good at. His brushwork uses round and vigorous brushes, turns with square brushes, and the colors are rich and beautiful, and he is good at depicting the expressions and moods of the characters, as famous as Zhou Wenju afterwards. Gu Hongzhong was born in 910 AD and is exactly forty years old this year.
Han Xizai was even more famous. Lu You's "Book of Southern Tang? Biography of Han Xizai" said that he was "young and unfaithful". The "Epitaph of Han Xizai" written by Xu Xuan said that he "has a handsome and arrogant attitude towards celebrities. Since Jiang Guan's disciples were not favored, he also did not live between Ji Meng." In July of the sixth year of Shunyi of Emperor Rui of Wu (926 AD), Han Xizai was killed because his father participated in a military coup and was unable to flee south to Guangling, the capital of Wu (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu). He won the recognition of Emperor Rui of Wu for his outstanding literary and magnificent "The Legend of the Conduct", but because he was actually unruly and never valued.
Han Xizai was not afraid of the powerful and humorous character in his life. Qiqiu of the Southern Tang and Song Dynasties was unparalleled. He thought that his articles were gorgeous and unparalleled, and he wanted to write inscriptions for others. However, because Han Xizai was particularly good at writing, he took on the great responsibility of copying. Whenever such things happened, Han Xizai would use paper to plug his nostrils. Someone asked why? He replied: "The words are dirty and smelly." How crazy this is, and naturally he was deeply disgusted by Qiqiu of the Song Dynasty.
It would be sad enough for a villain to offend one, but Han Xizai was obviously the more he had, and he was merciless to face the important officials of the court such as Feng Yansi. The two villains would be powerful. Although Han Xizai was the old subordinate of the Eastern Palace of the current emperor, Li Jing could not resist Song. Feng's successive memorials were not allowed to demote Han Xizai to the Hezhou Sishi, and then transferred to Xuanzhou Jiedu.
While recalling, Lin Feng followed Li Yu's footsteps to the performer on the right side of the lobby.
Li Yu was obviously not addicted to the teacher, and continued to introduce: "Zheng, also known as Qin Zheng, Yao Zheng, Yin Zheng, Yun Zheng, and Su Zheng, was widely circulated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The zheng was originally a five-string, but increased to twelve-strings at the end of the Warring States Period, and now it has increased to thirteen-strings. However, the thirteen-string zheng is a common music zheng, which is mostly popular among the folks. The thirteen-string zheng is an elegant music zheng, which is commonly used in court music. The zheng has a deep tone, spiritual, soft and profound charm."
Li Yu pointed to the hands of an elderly musician who was debugging the guzheng and said, "Mr. Lin, please see, when playing, the right hand plays, use the big, food, middle, and nameless four fingers to make sound, control the change of rhythm and sound, and there are many techniques such as support, chop, hook, pick, wiping, pick, pinch, wheel, and shaking; the left hand presses, use food, and presses the zheng strings to suppress the zheng strings, control the changes in pitch chord sounds, and use them to press the strings to obtain rhymes and complement the sounds with rhymes."
Hearing this, Lin Feng suddenly remembered the origin of a word. When playing the Guzheng, the big fingers are played out of the strings and called "supports" and the middle fingers are played in the inner direction. The combination of two fingers is called "hooks" among the people.
The elderly musician with gray hair and beards was at first focused on playing the piano. When he heard Li Yu's left and right hand techniques later, he suddenly looked up and said in surprise: "It turns out to be His Highness Zheng. No wonder he is well versed in music theory and familiar with his past. The old man Li Ran is polite." After that, he stood up and gave a deep gift.
"You're welcome, you're welcome. The ancient music you played last time is still fresh in my memory." Li Yu replied.
"Thank you for your praise." Li Ran lowered his body again.
"Your Highness Zheng, you have arrived! There is a new work, let Xuan have a sneak peek." A thick voice sounded behind Li Yu. When Lin Feng heard the sound, he hurriedly followed Li Yu and turned around.
"It turns out to be Brother Dingchen. I also want to ask you about the brushwork of Xiaozhuan." Li Yu replied with a smile, turned around and introduced to Lin Feng: "This is the master of the imperial edict of our dynasty, Xu Xuan, Xu Dingchen, Xu, and Xu, who is good at writing and calligraphy. He is called "Han Xu" together with Han Shuyan."
"The King of Zheng killed Weichen. Compared with His Highness, Weichen is the light of fireflies and candles appear before the moonlight." Xu Xuan answered and looked at Lin Feng curiously. He was 34 years old this year, which was the time when his career was booming.
"Introduce a talented man to meet you. This is Mr. Lin Feng, Lin Zhishanlin, and I will temporarily stay in my house for advice." After today's first lesson, Li Yu completely let go of his grudges and began to get used to Lin Feng's low attitude towards teaching. For the first time, it was the first time that Lin Feng took the initiative to introduce Lin Feng in front of an outsider. Zhishan was the word that Lin Feng took for himself.
Lin Feng hurriedly bowed: "Lin Feng, a native of Baoyi, Xingzhou, is polite here. Previously, he had long admired the talent of Xu and his brothers, and Lin was not afraid of being frightened." Xu Xuan was from Guangling, Yangzhou. He was able to belong to the literature at the age of ten. He and his younger brother Xu Kai were both proficient in philology and were called "Er Xu" and "Large Xu". Xu Xuan had jointly revised "Shuowen Jiezi" with Ju Zhongzheng and others, adding 19 characters to the main text, and adding 402 characters to the main text. After they revised and added "Shuowen Jiezi", it is known as the "Da Xu version".
According to legend, Xu Xuan's literary thoughts were quick and came to ask for something. He immediately followed the pen and said, "If the writing is fast, the meaning will be strong, and if the body is slow, the body will be sparse and slow." There are also famous lines such as "the well spring produces earth veins, and the anvil and pestle are combined with autumn sounds". Xu Xuan is also good at calligraphy. Li Si's small seal script, clerical script, and running script have their own strengths, and occasionally famous posts have been passed down from generation to generation.
What kind of talent should be so talented that King Zheng, who can be regarded as a gentleman and willing to be taught? Xu Xuan stared at Lin Feng curiously and replied: "Everyone is a scholar, so there is no end to learning. You don't have to be polite to the best brothers." His tone was calm, and he did not rude because Lin Feng was a white Ding.
Xu Xuan turned to Li Yu and bowed deeply, "Your Highness Zheng, Your Majesty's carriage and horse have arrived. How about we go to welcome you together?"
Chapter completed!