The "illiterate emperor" Liu Bang wrote two poems in his life, why is it able to suppress the Qianlong 40,000, and become the best song of all time?

In the great Chinese history of five thousand years, bursting out of the many exquisite and beautiful literature and culture. Poetry, we are very familiar with a literary style, it is also the history of the development of Chinese literature in one of the earliest forms. Some people even refer to traditional Chinese culture as "the culture of poetry", because every aspect of Chinese civilization has been y imprinted in the history of poetry.

Emperors loved poetry

In the inherent impression, poets are as free and uninhibited as Li Bai, as experienced as Du Fu, or as worldly-minded as Lu You. Few people associate poetry with the emperor, but many ancient emperors also sang poetry. The most impressive is the Qing Emperor Hongli and Han Emperor Liu Bang, two emperors not only in the life experience is very different, in the poetic attainment is also very different.

China's ancient imperial succession pay attention to hereditary system. Qing Emperor Hongli, often called Emperor Qianlong, took the throne at the age of twenty-five, and the throne was inherited from his own forefathers from generation to generation. However, Liu Bang's throne was not inherited, but was built step by step by himself in his middle age. He was the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, and was called Han Gaozu. Liu Bang can be called one of the pioneers of the Han nation and Han culture.

Putting aside the world of difference in origin, the two men in the literary attainments and literary achievements are very different in Qianlong's life is a passion for poetry, some statistics, the Qianlong emperor in his life of more than 40,000 poems, it can be said that the writings of the body, and even in the eighty years of age, is still writing non-stop, the pen plows ceaselessly. A day-to-day management of the emperor in the literary creation can maintain this kind of persistence, perseverance and spirit worthy of our respect and admiration.

Liu Bang also had a different kind of emotion and love for poetry, but he only wrote two poems in his life, which can be said to be the tip of the iceberg compared with Emperor Qianlong. Surprisingly, despite the fact that Qianlong wrote 40,000 poems, very few of them have been widely circulated, whereas Liu Bang composed only two poems in his life, which are familiar to us. The most typical of these is the "Song of the Great Wind", which consists of only three lines: "The great wind rises and the clouds fly; the might of the sea returns to the homeland. And the fierce warriors will defend the four directions!"

Liu Bang was the head of Sishui Pavilion in Pei County when the Qin Emperor was in power

After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started an uprising, Liu Bang, who was over 40 years old, rose up and occupied Pei County. After several wars and overcoming many difficulties, Liu Bang finally established the Western Han Dynasty. After becoming the emperor, Liu Bang did not have a peaceful life. King Han Xin Chen, King Yan Zangtan, and King Huainan Yingbu rebelled and plotted against the emperor. The King of Huainan, Ying Bu, was a famous general at that time, he was brave and good at fighting, known as the first of the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty, he was good at arranging troops and formations, and he was both brave and smart, at that time, there were no generals beside Liu Bang to fight with him, after Liu Bang's careful consideration, he decided to lead his own troops to meet the battle, and then he calmed down the war initiated by the King of Huainan, Ying Bu.

After the victory, Liu Bang led the Han army back to his hometown of Pei County. Liu Bang's heart was heavy with emotion, and he immediately decided to rest in Pei County, and summoned his close friends and elders who had been accompanying him all along the way.

Liu Bang looked around him at the new faces, and couldn't help but think of the brothers and old friends who had initially risen up together with him, some of whom had drifted apart, and others who had betrayed him on the way to war. Now he has become a great success, in the position of the emperor, experienced so much, but the Western Han Dynasty is still in turmoil. In all these cases, Liu Bang had mixed feelings in his heart and improvised the "Song of the Great Wind," a song that has been passed down through the ages.

People often have a stereotypical impression of Liu Bang because of derivative movie and TV programs or hearsay, thinking that he was just a landlord and far less talented than the three masters of the early Han Dynasty. However, the historical Liu Bang was actually a bold and generous man who was willing to accept advice. One can get a glimpse of this from the poem "Song of the Great Wind" composed by him. Although the poem "Song of the Great Wind" is only three short lines long, reading it gives people a deep impression of its grandeur and momentum. In addition, the third line also gives a sense of Liu Bang's despondency and anxiety about the uncertainty of the situation and the uncertainty of the future.

It is not frivolous when you are old

Liu Bang was already old at that time, and he was wounded by an arrow in the battle with King Ying Bu of Huainan, and his condition deteriorated when he arrived at Chang'an. Liu Bang also had the intention of deposing the crown prince and setting up a new crown prince, because Empress Lu was too domineering, and Liu Bang felt that his eldest son, Liu Ying, was not with him in every aspect of his character, so he was inevitably less close to him. At that time, the most popular concubine around Liu Bang was Mrs. Qi, who also gave birth to a son for Liu Bang, named Liu Ruyi. The first time I saw her, I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her, and I was so happy to see her.

While Liu Bang dismissed the idea of deposing the crown prince, but in order to consolidate the power of the emperor, racking his brains and exhausting his mind, Liu Bang has always been haunted by this matter. In serious illness, long time lying on the couch, coupled with the late years, although you are the son of heaven, but still can not make a decision in this case, he created the "song of the swan" this poem to express his depressed mood: "The swan flies high, a lift of a thousand miles. With its quill in place, the swan has crossed the four seas. What can we do when we are cut off from the four seas? Even with a streamer, what can I do?"

The poem "The Song of the Great Swan" uses metaphors to fully reflect Liu Bang's psychological activities at that time. Though he was the son of heaven, he also knew the character of Empress Lu, but he could not help Mrs. Qi's pathetic cry, and the crown prince, Liu Ying, was getting more and more powerful, so in order not to cause turmoil in the dynasty, he could only stop obsessing over the matter of the easy crown prince.

Poetry records history-like

The only two surviving poems of Liu Bang, the Gaozu of Han, the Song of the Great Wind and the Song of the Great Swan, were both included in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. Emperor Qianlong composed more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime, the vast majority of which are collected in the Siku Quanshu. In contrast to the popular poems composed by Liu Bang, Emperor Qianlong's poems are slightly more boring and monotonous. Although the number is large, but the quality seems to be uneven, we are familiar with good poems, such as "water to the clear there is no fish, people to the inspection is no disciple", but also "one two three four, five six seven eight." Such a laughable lines. Such a laughable poem. The classic lines are few and far between, so although the number of poems written by Qianlong is better than that of Liu Bang, the literary value contained in them is far less than that of Liu Bang.

Conclusion

The same emperor, one of their **** the same point is the love of poetry, but Liu Bang's two poems to read a magnificent, magnificent, people feel half a life through the storm are contained in it, show the founding of the emperor's unique atmosphere of the atmosphere of the atmosphere, compared to the poetry of Kangxi more or less seems to be a patchwork. Simply from the poetic works, once the two are compared, who is better or worse. But think also understand, art from life and above life, Liu Bang like poetry, is a lifetime confined to the palace of the Qianlong emperor can not create.