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Yueyang Tower

Yueyang Tower is worth seeing. After the three great victories of the Yangtze River, the Wang Teng Pavilion and the Yellow Crane Tower were all gone, leaving this Yueyang Tower. Yueyang Tower was originally built by a middle school secretary in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, but in the general impression of China people, Yueyang Tower was built by Teng. Teng is famous for Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower. Few scholars in China in the past did not read the story of Yueyang Tower. "The Story of Yueyang Tower" begins: "In the spring of four years, Teng stayed in Baling County. Next year, the government will be harmonious and everything will be prosperous ... "Although it is clearly written, Teng just" rebuilt Yueyang Tower and added the old system ". However, people pay little attention to it and always think that it was built by Teng. The name Yueyang Tower is inseparable from Teng Amethyst. What Teng did all his life was ignored, except that he built Yueyang Tower, as if he had been doing it all his life. Teng is immortal because of Yueyang Tower, which is immortal because of Fan Zhongyan's records. If there is no fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower", then many people will not know about Yueyang Tower and will not yearn for Yueyang Tower. "Yueyang Tower" is well written throughout, and the famous saying "Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later" is particularly popular. It can be said that Yueyang Tower is famous all over the world for these two famous sayings. This is probably the initial expectation of Teng Amethyst soon, but it also exceeds Fan Zhongyan's initial expectation. The deeds of Lao Tzu Fan with tens of thousands of soldiers on his chest are not known. In addition to a few words, the most prominent are these two sentences in Yueyang Tower and A Story. These two sentences have nurtured many descendants and had a far-reaching impact on the formation of the moral quality of intellectuals in China. One person is a hundred teachers, but one sentence is the law of the world. Alas, the value of making a statement is heavy and great, but it can be careless! When writing this record, Fan Zhongyan was not in Yueyang. He was exiled in Dengzhou, which is now Yan 'an. I heard that he has never been to Yueyang. The description of the scenery around Yueyang Tower in A Record is completely beyond imagination. This is incredible. He has never been to Yueyang, but he is more real than many people who have lived in Yueyang for a long time. The scenery of Yueyang is fictional, but the thought of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" is well thought out, true and profound. It seems that the most important thing in an article is thought. With unique ideas, the imagination can be mobilized, and the impression concepts obtained from other places can be concentrated. Fan Zhongyan may not have seen Dongting Lake, but he has seen many giant immersion osawa. He is from Wuxian, so he must have seen Taihu Lake. I deeply doubt his description of Dongting Lake, some of which borrowed the impression of Taihu Lake. Yueyang Tower is no longer rebuilt by Teng. The building burned down several times. According to the Records of Baling County, Yueyang Tower was destroyed in the 12th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, and Tao Zongkong was promoted to be rebuilt. In the fourteenth year of Qing Shunzhi, it was destroyed by fire. In the twenty-second year of Kangxi, the magistrate Li and the magistrate Zhao donated money for reconstruction. Kangxi was destroyed by fire in the twenty-seventh year, and it was not until the fifth year of Qianlong that Governor Bandi raised funds to repair it. Therefore, Fan Ji's "inscribed with Tang Xian and modern poets" no longer exists. Now, the story of Yueyang Tower carved on the ebony screen upstairs was written by Zhang Zhao. Most of the couplets in the building were written by "Daozhou River Ji Shao", and he wrote everywhere. Both Zhang and He are dry people. But people still believe that this building was built by Teng, because Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower is so deeply rooted in people's hearts. It is also possible that the old samples of Tenglou were preserved after two repairs. It is still precious to see the scale pattern more than 900 years ago. I have never seen a building like Yueyang Tower anywhere else. The whole building is made of pure wood structure, with four columns and three floors and a helmet top. The main building has three floors and is15m high. Four giant nanmu columns in the middle bear most of the gravity of the whole building from the ground to the top, and then twelve treasure columns are used as the inner periphery and twelve eaves columns as the outer periphery, which contain each other and form a whole. The whole building is made of pure wood, with joints and tenons, no nails and rivets, and a brick. The structure of the building is exquisite, but it looks dignified and generous, and there is nothing trivial. It is very imposing and verve on the vast Dongting Lake. Yueyang Tower itself is beautiful, especially the terrain it occupies. "Wang Tengzhu" seems to be at a distance from the Yangtze River. The Yellow Crane Tower on the Snake Mountain, Qingchuan is vivid in my mind. Suitable for overlooking and overlooking. The building is above the river, on the other side of the river, from the river, but also from the building. Yueyang Tower seems to grow directly from Dongting Lake. The building is above the west gate of Yueyang Tower, and Dongting Lake is at the city gate. Lying on the female wall outside the building, it seems that Dongting Lake is on the soles of your feet. If you throw a stone, you can hear the water ringing. Buildings and lakes are a whole. Without Dongting Lake, Yueyang Tower is not Yueyang Tower; Without Yueyang Tower, Dongting Lake is not Dongting Lake. Standing on Yueyang Tower, you can clearly see sailing boats coming and going in the lake, fishing songs answering each other, and you can talk to people on board. At the same time, you can see the vast cliffs, Wuxia Gorge in the north, Xiaoxiang Lake in Antarctica and Xian Yi in the distance, all of which are pleasing to the eye. "Swallow clouds and dream, and have besieged Yueyang" is not an empty talk. It rained the day we climbed Yueyang Tower, and there were not many tourists. There are three or four winds, and the waves in Dongting Lake are not big and there are no white flowers. Locals can't say that it is a "wave" that blooms, but a "surge" that blooms. It's the first time I've heard that there is such a difference between "wave" and "surge". This can increase the new understanding of "snow pouring in Dongting". In the evening, read "Selected New Words of Yueyang Tower". Read too much, there is a sense of sameness. Meng Haoran's couplets and Du Fu's "There is Wu in the east and Chu in the south, and I can see the world floating endlessly". Liu Yuxi's "Looking at Dongting Lake in the distance, there are green snails in the silver plate" turns the big realm into a small scene and finds another way. Xu Tang was called "Xu Dongting" at that time because of his poem "Dongting", but "there is no land in the middle, and there is a mountain in the middle" is just right. The whole sentence of Teng's "Linjiang Fairy" is "smoking, the moon makes the city fall" and "the end of the song is not seen, and the peak on the river is green", which is too easy! Lv Dongbin's quatrain: "A green snake in the sleeve swims in the moon at dusk. Three drunken Yueyang people don't know, Lang Yinfei flies to Dongting Lake ",which is a bit fairy-like, but I suspect it is forged (there is a sentence in the poem" Yueyang Tower "by Chen Yuyuan of A Qing:" It's a pity that loyal souls have nowhere to drink, but they teach feather guests to live in Huaying ",and he advocates taking Yueyang Tower as their ancestor and inviting out the statue of Lv Dongbin upstairs, so I will vote for him). The most beautiful work is Autumn Wind, Waves and Leaves in Dongting by Dr. Qu. In two sentences, I finished writing Dongting Lake!

Appreciation of works Wang Zengqi's prose has a unique artistic style, the core of which is that his works have deep feelings, which are never revealed on the surface of words. He seldom writes pure lyrical prose, and he thinks that the emotion of prose should be properly restrained. Too emotional, just like an old man writing a love letter, he said he was a little embarrassed. He found some articles he had read a little sad. Therefore, most of his prose is narrative; It is also a discussion between the two sides. His prose is not like the brilliant works of Voltaire and Schopenhauer, nor is it like Montaigne's profound and beautiful long prose about life philosophy. His prose inherited the tradition of prose in Ming and Qing Dynasties and prose in May 4th Movement, and traces of Zhang Dai and Gong Zizhen can be seen in some articles. Wang Zengqi believes that writers are producers of feelings. He said that a writer is a person who constantly expresses his views on life, his thoughts and feelings, especially his feelings. However, feelings are only contained in his works, not directly revealed on the surface of his words. "Mr. Shen Congwen in The National SouthWest Associated University" is a text that contains deep feelings for teachers. The deeds of Mr. Shen Congwen described in it are very touching, or the story described is touching because the author's feelings are infiltrated in these deeds. For example, when writing about Mr. Shen's concern for students, he always brings a large stack of books for students' reference in the "creation class", and there are many paper rolls in the "primary school history" class. These paper rolls are historical materials copied by Mr. Shen for students with a brush. For example, Mr. Shen enthusiastically recommended manuscripts to newspapers and periodicals for students. "The postage for sending manuscripts to others in his life is also a big sum!" These narratives all contain deep feelings, but the author doesn't show anything directly. Wang Zengqi's description of the reasons why Mr. Shen later engaged in cultural relics research is unique and profound. This is because the author has a deep understanding of Mr. Shen emotionally, although he restrained his feelings. He described that when Mr. Shen was young, he had a keen interest in cultural relics and extensive knowledge. He saw the creativity of workers from these handicrafts, and his childlike innocence of handicrafts was touching. Therefore, the author calls Mr. Shen's cultural relics research "lyric archaeology". What the author wants to write is the emotional connection between Shen and archaeology, which brings great charm to his prose. Wang Zengqi said that he has a simple belief in life. He thinks that there is hope for mankind and China, and he wants to have a little influence on readers. However, his works are not tragedies. He said that his works lacked sublimity and tragic beauty, and he pursued harmony instead of profundity. He said that this is determined by the temperament of a writer and cannot be forced. When describing Mr. Shen Congwen's personality, Wang Zengqi described a non-utilitarian life as fascinating. This kind of life is characterized by: obsessed with work and study, as naive as a child, full of interest in life, never depressed, no opportunities, and less worldly worries. I'm afraid that "listening to some simple-hearted people and being happy for several mornings and evenings" can describe the realm pursued by Wang Zengqi's works. Wang Zengqi's works, at first glance, are very learned, but further, they are very readable and attractive. The story of "The Story of Yueyang Tower" is rich in information, except for a little space to describe the magnificent scenery of Yueyang Tower. This paper introduces the famous prose "Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan, a writer in the Song Dynasty, and introduces the construction history of this building. Then it is said that Fan Zhongyan was not in Yueyang at that time, but was exiled to Dengzhou, and even heard that Fan Zhongyan had never been to Yueyang at all. Therefore, this paper naturally leads to the discussion about the relationship between imagination and creation. Prose is so fascinating and charming. However, where does this charm come from? It seems that the deep motivation here can only be the author's strong interest in secular affairs, his obsession with love, his persistence in life itself, and his naive childlike eyes on ordinary things. However, despite this, a good work can not be produced at any time. The author's daughter once asked him, "Can you still write an article" Being ordained "?" He replied, "I can't write it", because a person's writing is caused by various external and internal reasons, and there is a certain contingency. After this village, there is no such shop. Wang Zengqi's creation is in the true sense, and his creation quantity is not much. But it can be said that each article has its own unique value and exploration, and its structure is dignified and generous, without any trivial matters.