Smiling at the peach blossom fan, peach blossoms smile at the spring breeze

Wu Meicun thought that time was running out. In order to prevent the departure too suddenly, Wu Meicun called his sons to arrange the aftermath and put forward three requirements: first, to wear monk's clothes to enter the funeral; second, not to make an ancestral hall and not to write an epitaph; third, the tombstone does not need to be too particular, just erect a round stone; and fourth, the tombstone indicates that his identity is a poet.

This will is very interesting, a brief analysis of each article.

Convergence is the last major event in life, which requires a sense of ritual and wearing a uniform. There are three styles of uniforms that can be selected in Wumeicun: Ming Dynasty official uniforms, Qing Dynasty official uniforms, and commonly used shrouds.

Wu Meicun's favorite shroud is the uniform of Da Ming is the prince's master, which is in line with his identity. It's just that this is equivalent to carving "Anti-Qing and Restoration of Sight" on the soles of the feet, which may be dug up by the Qing court and whipped the corpse, and it will also cause trouble for future generations.

In addition, Wu Meicun felt that he had no face to wear the uniform of the prince division - what was the matter with a Qing government worker wearing the clothes of a Ming Dynasty official.

Wu Meicun's most hated shroud is the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty - although the Qing people don't mind him doing this, although the identity of the sacrificial wine is enough for any scholar to stink, but Wu Meicun is not happy, he doesn't want to obey the government's wishes, he has been fighting when he is alive, and he will naturally not give in when he dies;

Wu Meicun also doesn't want to wear ordinary shrouds, which looks too impersonal, and can't express the depression and resentment in his heart, and he is dying, he has to vent all his grievances, otherwise the yin body will not be able to turn into a ghost, and he will always wander in the yin and yang world, and he will not be reincarnated and reincarnated.

These commonly used styles of shrouds are not suitable, and Wu Meicun chose a monk's robe with a brain. The robes are so fitting for the following reasons:

First, wearing a monk's robe represents a change from a person inside the square to a person outside the party, on the surface, taking the middle way money, not standing, not expressing a position, not offending people, and being an explanation to the court. In fact, individuals can feel that wearing monk's robes and acting strangely, yes, this is exactly the effect that Wu Meicun wants, which in itself is a strong statement, and if he dies, he will be disgusted by the Qing court, expressing the attitude that he does not share the sky with the Qing court and is unwilling to cooperate with him.

The second is to fulfill the promise to the Buddha. When Wu Meicun was young, he lacked faith, his mouth was open, he said everywhere that he wanted to be a monk, he was casually talking nonsense, making fun of my Buddha and jacking the tank, but he never took any practical action, and forced me to wait for decades, owing countless incense and lamp oil and wishing power.

Sooner or later, you will have to pay it back, especially the promise to my Buddha cannot be perfunctory, and you can't expect to pass the test in confusion. As mentioned earlier, with the ability to remember my Buddha, all sentient beings, whether they are wearing monk's clothes or not, whether they are in the temple or not, everything is within the scope of my Buddha's supervision, and every word and deed is stared at by my Buddha.

Wu Meicun didn't expect me to be a Buddha who didn't take it seriously. Although my Buddha is kind most of the time, but whoever is a vegetarian when my Buddha is miserable, my Buddha hands are spicy and do not lose to anyone, the four heavenly kings, the eight heavenly dragons, the Diamond Sutra, and the Shaolin seventy-two stunts are all the pinnacle of force, Wu Meicun can't afford to play, my Buddha can destroy a group like Wu Meicun in a thought, compared to the real blasphemer not only lives badly, but even death will not live in peace.

As Wu Meicun grew older, he gradually realized that there was a providence in the underworld, and he believed more and more in fate, more and more in the theory of ghosts and gods, and became more and more afraid of karma. The thought of going to hell to be thrown into a pan of oil and fried over his face made him tremble. Usually don't burn incense, rush to hug the Buddha's feet, at this time Wu Meicun didn't dare to wear any beautiful and silky longevity clothes, or put on monk clothes to be safer, living can not be my Buddha's person, dead will be my Buddha's ghost, it can be regarded as an explanation to my Buddha.

In addition, Wu Meicun also thinks that if he arrives in the West Heaven with a robe after death, it will be perfect, and he may be able to meet Bian Yujing, who has come to report a few days ago. It's just that Bian Yujing has already drunk Meng Po soup, do you still remember him, it's best to remember, when Bian Yujing wore a Taoist robe and disgusted him once, he didn't mind wearing a monk's robe to disgust Bian Yujing once, and told Bian Yujing that he cared about this very much, and he had to return it even if he died.

Then talk about Wu Meicun's second wish: to be buried as a "poet". Wu Meicun called himself a "poet" and wanted to be a "monk" after his death, as strange as the people of the time found it interesting, and commented that he was "bitter to be called Wu sacrifice wine, and self-titled round stone to be a poet".

As mentioned earlier, the ancient literati believed that the values of all literati were highly unified: to be an official. As for the literary name is the second best choice, poetry can be used for entertainment and lyricism, it is the Confucianism of the villain, and being an official is the last word, it is the Confucianism of the gentleman, and there is no comparison between the two. For example, Du Fu has two identities: one is a poet, who was given the honorary title of "Poet Saint" by later generations, and is sanctified by his writing, which can be described as a scorpion - the only one, and the glory has reached the peak; the second is a national cadre, who has served as two officials: Zuo Shizhi - that is, the director of the Supervision Department of the Ministry of Supervision, the director of the Supervision Division, and the inspector of the Inspection and School Engineering Department, that is, the assistant inspector of the Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. According to common sense, the title of "Poetry Saint" completely crushed the titles of the other two department-level cadres, but later generations called Du Fu "Du Gongbu" - obviously thinking that the latter was far more glorious than the former.

It is only now that this bad habit has been gradually reversed, and a large number of cadres no longer oppress others as cadres, but pay attention to good official articles, show their identity as cultural people everywhere, become leaders of writers' associations, calligraphy associations, and poetry associations, write inscriptions everywhere or compose poems from time to time, and publish masterpieces that have been handed down to the world.

From this point of view, Wu Meicun is ashamed of being "Principal Wu" and calling himself "Wu Poet" is indeed a unique position, ahead of the times. He did this for two reasons.

One is the old problem, ashamed of being the principal, that is, ashamed of the ministers of the two dynasties.

The second is to be proud of being a poet. Wu Meicun is very confident in his poetry level, he is an extremely good poet, and his best skill is to write long poems, reaching another peak in the history of Chinese long poetry.

Finally, let's analyze the third point of Wu Meicun's will: no ancestral hall and no epitaph. This meaning is even more obvious: if you don't enter the ancestral hall, you feel unworthy, and you are afraid of polluting the ancestral hall; if you don't write an epitaph, you don't know what to say.

These two points actually mean the same thing: talented but living like this, I look down on myself, and I have no shame to see my ancestors and descendants.

The shroud has been chosen, the cemetery has been chosen, the tombstone has been chosen, the evaluation has been chosen, all the preparations are complete, and the time is waiting for Barbie Q.

However, Wu Meicun is still alive and well.

The world is so strange, some people are greedy for life and afraid of death but die early, some people die suddenly before they are ready to die, and some people are not dead when they are ready.

However, Wu Meicun is not in a hurry, since he will die sooner or later, there is no need to rush the time to rush the progress. Anyway, if you want to sleep forever after death, it is better to toss and toss while you are alive, and do something meaningful, such as writing something, pouring bitter water, commenting on the current situation, and scolding traitors.

During this time, Wu Meicun produced a large number of works, mainly poetry. Later good deeds counted nearly 1,000 poems, including more than 20 long narrative poems, which can be said to be unprecedented and unresievable.

Why does an old man work so hard? It's not that anyone forces him to write, not for the manuscript fee, not for fame, but purely for the sake of complaining, otherwise he will go crazy, he will write purely because he loses money, and he has to write when he exhausts his last energy and vitality, just like Cao Shuqin wrote "Dream of Red Mansions", he can't stop it, his works are not only condensed with affection, but also the essence of life.

His people are old, their physical strength is not good, but the character of resistance has not changed, the older he gets, the more stubborn he gets, the older he gets, the harder he becomes, and the older he gets, the more careless he becomes.

When you are old and strong, you would rather move the heart of the white head?

Poor and strong, do not fall into the ambition of the clouds.

Why did Wu Meicun write long poems? Or for the same reason: he had too much to say, and the volume of short poems was too small to contain his full grievances and unwillingness.

Wu Meicun has a wealth of feelings, rich experience, rich knowledge, it is difficult to write well, he not only wrote a large number of fine works, but also launched a new poetry genre is "Meicun style".

The plum village style has the following characteristics:

The first is a long narrative poem, which tells a complete story, with time, place, people, events, climaxes, and endings.

The second is that the language is beautiful, subtle and refined, tactful, subtle and elegant, with many and appropriate allusions, and has the characteristics of Li Shangyin.

Third, it is easy to understand and has the characteristics of white Juyi.

Fourth, the application of various traditional rhetoric and chapter methods, with the characteristics of the Book of Poetry and ancient style poems.

Fifth, the perfect combination of narrative and lyricism, with distinct ideology.

Among all the "Plum Village Style" poems, "Round Song" is the most typical.

"Yuanyuanqu" tells the legendary story of Yuanyuan from picking lotus in Hengtang, selling into a wealthy family, paying tribute to the palace, and finally marrying into the Wu Mansion and flying on the branches. Among them, "the predecessor was a lotus picker, and there was a pond of water in front of the door", "weeping and crying for the six armies, and being angry at the crown for the red face", "tasting and hearing about the country and the city, turning Zhou Lang into a heavy name. How should the wife have a big plan? Heroes are helpless and amorous", "The whole family has turned into ashes, and a generation of red makeup shines on sweat and green" and other poems have been passed down through the ages.

There is a sentence in a poem that is famous for the ages, and many sentences can be called shocking. Therefore, later generations believe that the level of "Yuanyuanqu" is close to "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" and "Long Hate Song", and Wu Meicun is worthy of the first place of "Jiangzuo Three Families".

In ancient China, or every other dynasty, or every other dynasty, there were always long poems outbreaking, starting from the earliest "Guan Ju" and "Pu Jia", the Spring and Autumn Period "Lisao" and "Tianwen", the Three Kingdoms Period "White Horse Chapter" and "Luo Shen Fu", the Northern and Southern Dynasties "Peacock Flying Southeast", "Mulan Poem", "Xizhou Song", Tang Dynasty's "Spring River Flower Moon Night", "Long Hate Song", "Pipa Xing", "Three Officials and Three Farewells", "Will Enter the Wine" and "Shu Dao Difficult", all of them are the pinnacle that cannot be surpassed. Wu Meicun is a person who holds up a piece of the sky, and the mountain climbs to the top of my peak, and under his pen, China's ancient narrative poetry has reached a new height.

Compared with the ancients, the biggest feature of Wumei Village is that there is no one who comes after, and after Wu Meicun, the era of ancient long poems has ended.

Fortunately, Jiang people have talented people from generation to generation. After 500 years in the lonely world, two more poets have finally become famous with their long poems. These two poets did not gather the strengths of all families like Wu Meicun, but abandoned the obscure words and allusions in the ancient poems, and even went further than Yuanbai in the style of Yuanbai, ignoring the elegance, literary brilliance, beauty, ideology, and artistry that the poems should have, and formed their own characteristics. Among these two poets, one has compassion for the heavens and people, contains the bosom of the universe, blesses the peace of all things in heaven and earth, and writes the ancient strange text "The Book of Peace", which is sung in the north and south of the river, and has become a rare brainwashing masterpiece in Chinese history, but it is only slightly lost in literary brilliance, and it feels like a humanoid repeater;

At the age of 63, Wu Meicun died. The coffin lid is decided, and it is left to be judged.

Some people think that he is not a good person and scold him for betrayal and apostasy. These people think that Mingmei Village owes the world and should be buried for Daming, and it is not noble not to be buried with it.

Facts aside, from a personal point of view, Wu Meicun is a good person, and he is also a person with both ability and political integrity. Wu Meicun thought that he was not a good person, so he blamed himself for the rest of his life.

This is the biggest difference between good people and bad people, good people always feel that they are not good enough, and bad people always feel that they are not bad enough.

If Wu Meicun is the best person in this world, it is naturally his wife. Wu Meicun is sorry for Daming, sorry for Daqing, sorry for his parents, sorry for his friends, sorry for Bian Yujing, there is only one person he is completely worthy of in his life - his wife. For the sake of his wife, he did not marry a concubine in his life, and there were a few people who could do it at that time; for the sake of his wife, he resolutely resisted the temptation of a giant fox like Bian Yujing to throw himself into his arms and hug red powder, and there were few people in the world who could do it.

Wu Meicun thinks that the country is bigger than the family, and women are very small things, but he has persevered all his life for his wife. I don't know if this is Wu Meicun's original intention, but he did it - no matter how much he wronged himself, he was still the obedient child when he was young.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Wu Sangui, who was ridiculed by Wu Meicun - "Heroes are helpless and amorous". Wu Sangui, an amorous hero, has always abandoned all women - including Chen Yuanyuan.

After Wu Meicun died, he was buried in Deng Wei Mountain on the edge of Taihu Lake, 30 kilometers away from Bian Yujing's tomb. If you really want to go and see Bian Yujing, it's not far away, and something slips away. If he will become open-minded after death, he can take advantage of the yin wind to help, use the ghost fire to illuminate the way, and sneakily go to fool around with Bian Yujing.

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story of Wu Meicun is over, and at the end another brick is thrown - also fried cold rice: many scholars believe that Wu Meicun is the original creator of "Dream of Red Mansions", and Cao Xueqin is just an editor, or that "Cao Xueqin" is actually Wu Meicun's pen name. Scholars have found a lot of evidence, such as that the cobblestone of Wumeicun's tombstone is the prototype of the Tongling Baoyu in the Dream of Red Mansions, and that Wumeicun's old man shouts that he is the same as Jia Baoyu. As for whether it is far-fetched or the truth, those who are interested can study it.

Wu Meicun's life can be borrowed from "Crying Li Shangyin":

Empty Lingyun is talented, and he has never opened his arms in his life.

Where are the birds crying and the flowers falling, and the bamboo dies and the withered phoenix does not come.

The story of Wu Meicun and Bian Yujing tells us a truth:

Persuade the monarch not to cherish the golden clothes, and persuade the monarch to cherish the youth.

The flowers can be broken straight and must be broken, don't wait for the silent empty branches.

We must let go when we should let go, and we must harvest when we should harvest, the reason is simple, the lesson is painful, and it is not easy to do.