Chapter 5: Roselle (I)
Once again, the painting piqued my curiosity, and a long-lost painting was so appealing that I knew I was wrong and made it again and again.
"It's been lost for a long time?" I looked at him blankly. "How did you find it when it's all lost?"
He grinned again, not to mention how smug the smile was. "This is something I bought from the Rakshasa Sea Market with a lot of effort."
At this time, he had slowly unfolded the painting scroll, which was much larger than the "Journey to the Mountains and Streams" just now, and almost covered the entire incense shop.
Different from the landscape painting just now, this is a group portrait of people, and the whole picture scroll seems to tell a complete story.
When I saw a few details of the painting, my voice trembled with the excitement.
"It's ...... Luo ...... God endows ......"
"Haha, that's right, this is Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Futu", a long-lost peerless painting."
I stared intently at the painting, and my mind was full of thoughts.
To understand this "Luo Shen Fu", we must first understand Cao Zhi's masterpiece "Luo Shen Fu", which I believe is not unfamiliar to everyone.
On the way back to his fiefdom from the capital, Cao Zhi rested on the bank of the Luoshui River, when the sunset was scattered and the water waves were vast. He casually glanced at a graceful goddess standing on the opposite cliff, and for a moment, he was fascinated.
Fluttering like a frightening Hong, graceful like a dragon, Rong Yao autumn chrysanthemum, Huamao spring pine. The hair is like the moon covered by light clouds, and the fluttering is like the snow of the flowing wind. Looking at it from afar, it is as bright as the sun rising to the morning glow; Forced to observe it, the scorching waves appeared.
The body is swift and flying, fluttering like a god, Ling Bo is microstepping, Luo socks are dusty, passing on **, smooth and jade, not spitting out words, and breathing like a quiet orchid.
I can't imagine that these beautiful words are all about a woman, and I can no longer think of any later poems describing women that can be more beautiful than in "Luo Shen Fu".
It's just that the ending of "Luo Shen Fu" is indeed tragic, people and gods have different paths, even if he and Luo Shen are happy, in the end, they can no longer catch up with her departing cloud car, and can only bear the slightest melancholy from the wind in her sleeves when she leaves.
"Luo Shen Fu" is Cao Zhi's most outstanding work, inheriting the lyrical style of the two Han Dynasty, absorbing the romance of Chu Ci, the beauty revealed from the inside and outside, and the strong feelings on the paper, all of which make people praise it.
It is my favorite literary work, and "Luo Shen Futu" is inspired by the great painter Gu Kaizhi, who vividly depicts the scene in Cao Zhifu, turning the imaginary beauty into reality.
"Little boss!"
"Little boss!"
The voice of the painter pulled me out of my fantasy. "Little boss, haven't you seen the painting yet? Why are you so distracted? ”
"Uncle, I'm really embarrassed." I rubbed my eyes and shook my spirits. "It's because I feel sentimental when I think of the story of Luo Shenfu."
"Little boss, I'm asking you a question." The painting said to me meaningfully. "Why do you say "Luo Shen Fu" is so well-known?"
"Is it because of its high literary value?" I say.
"That's just one of the reasons." Painter said with a smile. "The more important reason is that Cao Zhi is too dramatic."
I couldn't help but nod my head in pandering.
"The people have been arguing about the origin of this fu, some say that Cao Zhi fell in love with his brother Cao Pi's concubine Zhen Mi, after Zhen Mi's death, Cao Pi summoned him, and gave her relics to Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi saw things and thought about people, and imagined such a story of love between man and god." I was really impressed by the explanation. "In a word, this is a bloody ** love story."
"This ......" is such an outrageous comment that I can't interject for a while.
"Some people say that it was because Cao Zhi failed to compete for the throne, was continuously demoted by Cao Pi, and finally sent to Juancheng, Cao Zhi was depressed and had nowhere to express his mind, so he could only write this poem to talk about **, in a word, this is a tragic story of the royal struggle." Another inference given by the painter made me even more dumbfounded.
"Uncle, if these two inferences of yours were ten years ago, I would definitely choose to believe one of them, because at that time I would not have thought that there were really gods in this world, but today is different." I answered him in all seriousness. "I ......"
"Don't worry, the little boss can say whatever you want, maybe the two of us have the same idea."
I took a deep breath and calmed down, because what I was going to say next must have seemed to many to be fantastic. "I don't think Cao Zhi wrote this fu because of his uncle's sister-in-law, nor because of the emperor's hatred, he only has a very simple reason: that is, Luo Shen really exists, and Luo Shen is indeed beautiful."
He nodded and smiled, his smile this time was not light at all, but full of approval. "Well, the little boss is very good, go on."
"I even think that many people have seen Roselle in the long history of this history, and there are many celebrities among them." I continued the conversation. "Qu Yuan also has many depictions of the beauty of Luo Shen in Tianwen and Lisao, and Sima Xiangru and Zhang Heng also cover it in their works."
I don't say this for nothing, because there is such a sentence in Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu".
If the husband Qingqin is a disciple of the concubine, he is absolutely out of the ordinary, the demon is virtuous, and the beautiful makeup is carved, and he is full of promises.
This passage is basically consistent with the description in "Luo Shen Fu".
"So what?"
"So I think the reason why "Luo Shen Fu" is famous is because Cao Zhi wrote the common voice of many people who are lucky enough to have a glimpse of Luo Shenjiao's fairy face." I said firmly.
The painter suddenly applauded. "It's really well analyzed, the little boss is not simple, it seems that he is really not a mortal. Then think about it, what does this have to do with "Luo Shen Futu"? ”
I was shocked, and the seemingly casual questioning of the painting made me feel a little enlightened. "Really?"
"Let me continue with your words, the great painter Gu Kaizhi has also seen Luoshen, and like Cao Zhi, he has never forgotten to sleep, so he created such a painting environment that depicts the true appearance of Luoshen." At this moment, he no longer looked uninhibited as before, he looked much more serious. "Walking into this painting, you can look across the river from Roselle like those people."
Listening to these words, I feel that my whole person has an uncontrollable excitement, Luo Shen Fu is my beloved, so beautiful words are only piled up for this woman, I really want to know how beautiful she is.
"Uncle, I want to go in and have a look, you tell me how to get in." I'm getting a little impatient.
"Look at you, I'm addicted to this before I even look at two paintings." The painter looked at me helplessly. "Now you know why Daoist Zuo said that the realm of painting is too mixed."