Seeing that Jiang Shuiyuan didn't speak, Hotta Yu also thought that he was frightened by himself, and he was even more proud in his heart: "Didn't Jiang Jun claim to know Bai Lotian better than the contemptible people just now?

Jiang Yuanyuan sighed: "I have to say that Hotta-kun's taste is very unique, and the poets he likes are all very prolific writers in the history of literature. For example, although Bai Lotian lived in the Tang Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago, there are still 2,600 poems that have been handed down to this day, which is the largest number of surviving poems among the Tang Dynasty poets, and his works in the "All Tang Poems" account for 39 volumes! Among the Tang poems we can see now, almost one out of every 20 poems was written by Bai Juyi. To say how much I know Bai Juyi, it's a twenty-four history - I don't know where to start!"

Yuya Hotta said, "Then tell me about your favorite songs!"

"Favorite?" Jiang Shuiyuan hesitated slightly. Although he has read no less than 100,000 poems before and after, and with his amazing memory, he can recite all of them skillfully, but there are not many that he really likes. The reason is very simple, the poems stored in the mind by memory, without careful tasting and chewing, are just equivalent to a dry code, how can you like it or not?

Hotta Yu also tilted his head slightly: "Why, does Jiang Jun think Bai Letian's poetry is not good? As far as I know, Tianchao has always called Bai Letian, Li Taibai, and Du Zimei the three great poets of the Tang Dynasty! Even on that day, Bai Lotian was respected as the 'King of Poetry' or 'Poetry Demon,' and was called the same name as Yuan Zhen, Liu Yuxi, and others. ”

Jiang Shuiyuan said with a smile: "Although Bai Letian's poetry was a moment of emotion that day, and was praised as the master of education in the "Poet Host and Guest Picture" written by Zhang Wei of the Tang Dynasty, it does not mean that everyone should like it. Just like the famous calligrapher Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, and Yan Zhenqing is called 'Yan Liu', and Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, Zhao Mengfu and called 'regular script four masters', is not Mi Fu scolded as 'the ancestor of the ugly and evil 札'?"

Hotta Yuya also sneered: "Even if you don't like Bai Letian, after all, he is the most noteworthy great poet in the Middle and Tang Dynasty, and his poetic ideas and poetry creation occupy an important position in the history of Tianchao poetry." And as you said, he wrote 2,600 songs in his lifetime, and there is not one that you like?"

Jiang Shuiyuan blinked his eyes and replied: "Since that's the case, then I like "Pipa Xing"!"

Hotta Yu was also dissatisfied with Jiang Shuiyuan's perfunctory attitude, and continued to ask the bottom of the matter: "Why?"

Jiang Shuiyuan joked: "Because Tang Xuanzong Li Chen wrote in the poem of Hanging Bai Juyi, 'Tong Zi interprets the song "Long Hatred", and Hu Er can sing the "Pipa" chapter', so it is best to say that he likes "Pipa Xing" in front of Hotta-kun, which can be regarded as his favorite." ”

Hotta Yu also replied angrily: "I thought it was because you chose "Pipa Xing" in the Chinese textbook of your middle school, and Your Excellency said that you liked it!"

"It is because everyone likes "Pipa Xing" that it was selected into the middle school Chinese textbook, not because it was selected into the middle school Chinese textbook. Hotta-kun must be mistaken about cause and effect. Jiang Shuiyuan corrected, "And the reason why I like "Pipa Xing" is mainly because of its thick and rich cultural background. ”

"For example?"

"For example, in the poem, 'businessmen value profit and ignore parting, and Fuliang buys tea in the previous month', why do you go to Fuliang instead of going to other places?"

"Isn't it because Fuliang was rich in tea during the Tang Dynasty?"

"It could be more apt. ”

"Uh...... Please advise!"

Jiang Shuiyuan stretched out a finger and said, "First of all, as you said, Fuliang was indeed rich in tea during the Tang Dynasty. According to the records of Yuanhe County Atlas, Fuliang 'produces 7 million packs of tea per year, and the tax is more than 150,000 yuan', which was the largest tea market in the country at that time. Wang Fu of the Tang Dynasty also said in the "Dunhuang Variation Collection" that "Fuliang Shezhou, all countries come to seek". But this is just the reason why businessmen rushed to Fuliang to buy tea, how to reflect the businessman's 'heavy profit'?"

Then Jiang Shuiyuan stretched out a second finger: "According to the late Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Pei Wen's "Tea Narrative", the Tang Dynasty tea was also graded, in his words, it is called 'Jinyu is the Tugong Shizhong, and Gu Zhu, Qiyang, Mengshan are the top, followed by Shouyang, Yixing, Bijian, Zihu, Hengshan, and the bottom are Poyang and Fuliang'. Although the tea leaves without Fuliang have a large yield, the quality is also the worst. If the businessman goes to Qiyang or Hengshan to buy tea, it is difficult to reflect the businessman's 'heavy profit'. ”

"Oh, I see!" Yuya Hotta said with a teachable look of friendship.

"There is a third point!" Jiang Shuiyuan stretched out a third finger, "If the quality of Fuliang's tea is poor, it can only show that the businessman 'attaches importance to profit', how to reflect the businessman's 'emphasis on profit and light separation'? We know that Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima of Jiangnan West Province that day, and saw off guests at the head of the Xunyang River, and then met a pipa girl who was alone in the boat, and the pipa girl claimed that her husband went to Fuliang to buy tea. Where is the floating beam? The floating beam belongs to Raozhou, and Raozhou is adjacent to Jiangzhou, and Jiangzhou belongs to Jiangnan West Road. But from Xunyang to Fuliang, you have to pass through Pengli Lake, now Poyang Lake, and then up the Changjiang River. If a merchant takes a pipa girl to buy tea, he not only has to consider various expenses, but also considers that the ship will be heavier when he goes, which will increase the difficulty of going up the river, and that he will occupy space on the ship when he returns, so as to reduce the weight of the tea traffick. However, Fuliang's tea leaves are abundant and of poor quality, and they must rely on a sufficient quantity to make a profit. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the merchant simply left the Pipa Girl alone in Xunyang and went to Fuliang to buy tea by himself. This is why there is "Pipa Xing" in "The merchant values profit and departs, and Fuliang buys tea in the previous month". ”

"なるほど!" Yu Hotta couldn't help but burst out in Japanese, "Jiang Jun really has extraordinary knowledge, which opens the eyes of the contemptible people. So are there any other examples like this in "Pipa Xing"?"

"Of course there is, and a lot. ”

"For example?"

"For example, 'the silver grate of the head is broken, and the blood-colored skirt is stained with wine'. Hotta-kun, how do you understand 'the bloody skirt turns over the wine stain'?"

Yuya Hotta replied cautiously, "Didn't you accidentally spill the wine and stain the red dress?"

"You're right, but you haven't gotten to the point yet. The key to this poem lies in the word 'dirty'!" Jiang Shuiyuan felt that he was about to drive a train, "If 'dirty' just means dirty, then washing it is, why bother saying it in the poem? This involves a common sense in ancient times, that is, the printing and dyeing technology of clothing before the Song Dynasty was very poor, especially the bright red, which was easy to fade when exposed to water." Therefore, such examples can often be seen in the poems of the Tang Dynasty, such as Wu Zetian's "Ruyi Niang", which says, "Look at Zhu Chengbi's thoughts, haggard and fragmented for Yijun." If you don't believe it, you often cry, and you can open the box and check the pomegranate skirt'. Why is it used to prove that "more often than to tears"? It is because the tears flow onto the red pomegranate skirt and make the red fade, so that a good pomegranate skirt becomes speckled and tear-stained. If the color does not fade, the tears will flow up, and it will dry up in a few days, how can it be 'checked'?"

Yu Hotta nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice.

Jiang Shuiyuan continued: "There is also Li He's "Two Songs of Hugh Washing Red", which says, 'Hugh washes red, washes more red and light', 'Hugh washes red, washes more red in water', all of which talk about this common sense. - If you think about it, the printing and dyeing technology of the Tang Dynasty could not even prevent water, let alone encounter alcohol containing organic solvents. Once the blood-colored Luo skirt encounters alcohol, it will be miserable, which is basically equivalent to direct bleaching. This is the true meaning of 'blood and skirt turning over wine stains'. ”

"Soga!"

Jiang Shuiyuan said: "Of course, it is precisely because red is easy to fade that the consumption of red clothes in the Tang Dynasty was very large. Under the premise that the production and supply are not available, the price has also become very expensive, so the 'blood-colored Luo skirt turns over the wine stain' can correspond to the 'Diantou silver grate crushing knots', and also correspond to the previous sentence 'A song of red silk is unknown', which together shows that the pipa girl lived before the drunken gold fan. Otherwise, why don't you say that it's 'green skirt turns over wine stains' and 'I don't know how many blue silk songs are written'?" )