The story of prodigy Wang Bo: The whole poem lacks a key word. If you want to finish it, buy it for 1000 yuan.

In a word, this idiom comes from Lv Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.

Lv Buwei became the prime minister of the State of Qin, but Qin Shihuang, who was not in power at that time, had to address him as Guanzhong, showing how hot Lv Buwei was at that time.

But I know that although the executive power of Qin was in my own hands at that time, because he was a businessman, he always felt that everyone looked down on him.

How can we improve our reputation, that is, improve our level? Thinking about it, I compiled a history book named Lv Chunqiu with the encouragement of the public.

After the book was written, Lv Buwei ordered the book "Lu Chunqiu" to be moved to Xianyang City Gate and made public. And solemnly promised: if someone can add or delete a word in this manuscript, he will be rewarded with 1000 yuan.

This is the earliest origin of the idiom "In a word, it is worth a thousand dollars". The original intention is to say that a person's manuscript is exquisite and unchangeable.

But later, someone gave a new meaning to "in a word, a thousand dollars is hard to buy". This time, it was not because a word was changed, but because a key word was deliberately missing from the poem. If you want to finish it, you should buy it for 1000 dollars. From rewarding people to blackmailing people, who will do such a prank?

Speaking of which, you may not believe that it is a young genius who does such a thing. His name is Wang Bo.

Wang Bo, the first of the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty, has a high position in the history of Tang poetry development. He was very clever when he was a child, and he was able to write poems at the age of six. Moreover, his poems were cleverly conceived and the words were ingram.

/kloc-When he was 0/6 years old, he came to Chang 'an to take part in the scientific research with great ambition, and he got his wish and was admitted immediately.

In the early Tang Dynasty, few places were admitted to the imperial examinations. It was a miracle at that time that a boy of 16 years old could become the first in the world, so Wang Bo was famous as a child prodigy.

After graduating from high school, Wang Bo was named Chao Saburo by the court.

In fact, sometimes being famous at a young age is not necessarily a good thing. Because you are very talented, but your experience is not good, it is easy to make many mistakes that are not worth making.

This is the case with Wang Bo, who offended many people because of his arrogance. Later, his bad habits were known by Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi, and he was expelled from Chang 'an by imperial edict.

Later, he took part in the election, made a bigger mistake a few years later, and finally lost his official position.

In the autumn of 675 AD (the second year of Shangyuan), after losing his official position, Wang Bo thought that he would go to Wan Li Road to study in thousands of books, and he could not study behind closed doors all day. He has nothing to do in Tokyo all day, so he might as well visit the great rivers and mountains in China and accumulate some experience.

Besides, my father was demoted and crossed his toes for many years because of his involvement, so I also took this opportunity to visit the old man.

Do it. After Wang Bo made up his mind, he set out from Luoyang and went south along the canal.

When passing by Nanchang, it coincided with the completion of the pavilion rebuilt by Hongzhou Cishiyan, and a celebration banquet was held in this move.

Scholars and poets like to join in the fun. How can Wang Bo not show it when he encounters such a major event? So I attended the celebration dinner, and immediately wrote the Preface to Wang Teng Pavilion, which was later passed down through the ages.

After Wang Bo wrote Preface to Wang Tengting, he was well received by everyone, and he couldn't help feeling a little high.

A few days later, he saw many poets writing poems for fun, so he left a photo of Mo Bao himself, and then he was ready to leave for the south. Wang Bo's whole poem is as follows:

Wang Teng Linjiang Pearl, Ming Luan continues to sing and dance.

The painted building faces Nanpu Cloud, and the bead curtain rolls up the rain in the western hills at dusk.

The shadow of the idle cloud pool is long, and things change for a few years.

Where is the emperor in the cabinet today? The Yangtze River () flows out from the sill.

The Seven Laws should have 56 words, but Wang Bo wrote 55 words. I don't know whether it was negligence or intentional.

After Wang Bo left, the Governor of Yan wanted to appreciate this poem by young Jie Jun, but after reading it, he couldn't break it. A closer look reveals that the original poem is missing a word.

Everyone thinks it's strange. The literati and poets who enjoyed this poem together wanted to fill in the missing words, including the word "water", "independence" and "white".

However, the missing words made up by these people were listened to by Governor Yan, and it seems that they can't subtly express the artistic conception in the poem. Some dogs continue to feel like minks.

So he ordered someone to go to Wang Bo and asked him to complete the missing words.

After the servants chased the mischievous Wang Bo, Wang Bo's followers said, "My son once said that a sentence is worth a thousand dollars. Please tell Lord Yan that I still hope your Excellency. "

The servant immediately ran back to report. When Governor Yan heard this, he said angrily, "This is simply naked blackmail!"

I want to get angry, but when I think about it carefully, I asked for the poem myself, and Wang Bo didn't offer it voluntarily. There is a fire and there is nowhere to vent.

On second thought, this prodigy in Beijing passed us by, leaving a masterpiece "Preface to Wang Tengting", and then spending 1000 silver to let him finish this poem, which is also a literary anecdote, which made this official fall into the good reputation of a good corporal.

So he ordered his servants to prepare tattoos and personally led people to Wang Bo's residence.

When Wang Bo heard of his purpose, he pretended to be surprised and said, "It is the sin of the younger generation for adults to visit. How dare I leave a word blank? "

When I heard this, no one knew what it meant. Someone advised, "Don't play the suspense in front of adults. Tell me, what should I fill in the empty one? "

Wang Bo solved the mystery: "An empty man is empty. Since it is empty, it is naturally the word' empty'. Where is the emperor in the cabinet today? Beyond the threshold, the Yangtze River flows by itself. " Is it poetic? "

Hearing this, everyone paid tribute.

At this time, Governor Yan recited the last poem and said meaningfully: "This word' empty' is really wonderful, and it can be called' a word of gold'. Brother Wang is really a wizard today! "

Compared with Lv Buwei's A Golden Word, Wang Bo's A Golden Word should have the same effect.

References:

Book of Old Tang Dynasty, Tang Yan and Biography of Talented Talents in Tang Dynasty