Stone inscriptions in Yuan Mei's a tale of the fairyland

Stone inscriptions in Yuan Mei's a tale of the fairyland

In the spring of 1782, the famous writer yuan Meilie traveled in eastern Zhejiang. After he finished his tour of Yandang Mountain, he passed through Chuzhou and Jinyun County. When the magistrate Lu Gong went out, and the spring river was full of water, it was inconvenient for him to visit the immortals. The officials told him the truth, so he had to give up. But see county yamen, a family raising pigs in the hall, can not help laughing. In Huanglongshan, I wrote a story about traveling in Huanglongshan. In the evening, I stayed in huangbitang, where I saw the interesting folk customs and walked to huangbiyu. Recognized by the villagers, he was transferred to the home of Yu Qishu, a scholar. On the second day, Yu Qishu led the way to Xiandu via Wuyuan. He had a day's tour and wrote a piece and several poems. Since then, Yu Qishu has become Yuan Mei's mountain friend, and his friendship is very good. In 1917, when Ouyang Zhonggao of Hanchuan was the county magistrate of Jinyun, he appropriated funds to engrave the stone wall.

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Yuan Mei's "You Xian Du Feng Ji" stone carving is located in Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province.

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Yuan Mei (1716-1798), Zi Cai, was a famous writer in Qing Dynasty. He is famous for his love, behavior and unique style. He once said that "Confucius and Zheng didn't turn around in front of the gate, but Cheng and Zhu stayed lazily at the banquet.". He is fond of chanting, lust, money, travel, friends, flowers, birds, springs and stones, and does not want to be a slave to a high official. After he built Suiyuan in Jiangning (now Nanjing), he thought that "if I stay here, I will stay here for one month; if I live here, I will stay here for one day." so he resigned his official post and "changed the garden with one official.". He came to Jinyun in the 47th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1782). He was told that Yongjia Xianyan and Jinyun Xiandu were both worth visiting. He had planned to visit Xianyan for 10 Li before he knew he had crossed the road. Instead of turning back, he stopped by to visit Shimen cave in Qingtian and Nanming mountain in Lishui, and all the way to Jinyun.

There are two roads from Lishui to Jinyun: one is by water, which goes up the Haoxi River by boat; the other is by mountain road, which is Kuocang ancient road, which enters through quejinguan and taohualing. Yuan Mei went to Jinyun by taking the mountain road and taking advantage of Yu, which is proved by Yu Fu Tan written by him. Taohualing is 30 Li long, spanning Lishui and Jinyun. There is Aitou village in LingDian, which is under the jurisdiction of Jinyun. As the local folk saying goes, "peach blossoms pass through the clouds, and the pass is half a day high." It can be seen that the terrain is high and steep. In May, when the rain is uncertain, Yuan Mei half lifts the curtain of the sedan chair to see the brilliant mountain flowers and the mountains. In his two poems on the journey of mountains, he said:

Ten miles rugged half mile flat, a peak to send a peak to welcome;

Green hills are like silkworms wrapping people up. I don't believe there is a way ahead.

Sunny mountains are high and rainy mountains are deep. I love sunny days and I love cloudy days;

It's a kind of light and thick sweet potato, which can't be painted by Wang Wei.

Yuan Mei went up the mountain in such a way that she was in a good mood. But at the same time, he also realized the hardship of the sedan chair bearers, and expressed some sympathy. There is a sentence in "Yu Fu Tan" that "Yu Fu carries a heavy load, goes up the mountain and down the valley; after all the hardships and dangers, he stops at dusk". From this poem, we can also know that Yuan Mei once spent the night in Aitou village, and the sedan bearers gambled all night. On the one hand, he criticized them, but on the other hand, he thought that "stupid people" were unreasonable

Who knows, re open the lamp, all night for PU Bo.

This coaxes the other to return to anger, and a escapes, and B pursues.

How much money did you get? Not enough for porridge.

Hu Nai is a big bird, scattered like a star.

Bear fish have different desires.

Superior wisdom and inferior folly are not reasonable.

Don't worry about others, just enjoy yourself.

Now that you are in Jinyun, you have to swim. So he "planned to be the governor of the city", but the magistrate "had difficulties, so he left by the river". There is no historical record of the real reason why the magistrate was in trouble. But we can roughly infer the following two reasons from some of Yuan Mei's poems and articles, combined with the actual situation of Jinyun: first, Yuan Mei had left the officialdom at this time, but he was just a scholar. Although he was well-known, he had no interest, so it was the so-called "people walking in the tea cooler"; second, Jinyun was poor, and the county government's expenditure was limited, while Yuan Mei was It's difficult to eat, drink and travel with more than 30 people on this trip. But no matter what the reason, offending Yuan Mei is certain. Yuan Mei was not generous either. When he saw the county magistrate raising pigs in the county government, he made a satirical composition. His article is included in Suiyuan Shihua, which is now recorded as follows:

Chuzhou's landscape is clear and beautiful, but it is very simple and wild. Yu renyin visited Yandang Mountain in spring and passed Jinyun County. He saw the county magistrate's lawsuit hall raising pigs. He was one of them! When the governor of yixiaoyin came to office, he sent a poem

Who can sing the song of the four fields?

If the mountain is abnormal, people will become a village in three or five years.

The autumn dew is cold, the ape crows the tree, the night wind calls the tiger to the door.

It's hard to talk about the common officials in China when they are in a hurry to make good use of their life.

Yi Xiaoyin is named Tang an, and Xiaoyin is its character. Manchuria is a white flag people, Qianlong Ju people. In 1991, according to Lishui local chronicles, he was appointed governor of Chuzhou in 1778, and Yang Chenglong took over the post the next year. It can be seen from the above that after 1782, the Yi family returned to Chuzhou. This is not recorded in Lishui local records.

Judging from the poem, Yi Xiaoyin spoke for Jinyun County Magistrate, but his tone was quite euphemistic, with a taste of discrimination, and finally accused him of being a "vulgar official".

Whether Jinyun County officials are vulgar officials or honest officials has always been a matter of opinion. Guo Moruo thinks in his reading notes on Suiyuan Shihua about Suitang pig raising that "Suitang pig raising" is a good poem material, and Jinyun County official is a good honest official. " His argument is based on the fact that "the pig is very useful, which is the most valuable tool for making good use of life." Naturally, this is a good point of view, that is, the common people and everyone understands it. In fact, the county officials attached great importance to raising pigs, and they did not have to raise them in person or in court. In order to develop the pig industry, it is important to have effective policies to benefit the people. Of course, this is beyond the topic, so there is no need to repeat it.

When Yuan Mei came out of the county government, he was very angry. However, he stopped by to visit Huanglong Mountain and wrote the story of visiting Huanglong Mountain. Huanglong Mountain is 10 kilometers away from Jinyun County. It is a ring-shaped mountain, just like Panlong. In ancient times, it was often the place where troops were stationed and stockaded. There is Huanglong Temple in the mountain, which was built in qianning period of Tang Dynasty. There are more than 600 words in the full text of a journey to Huanglong Mountain, but less than 30 words in the true record of its shape and winner. The rest are all comments. Therefore, some people criticize this article as "a mountain story, not a mountain story, what is it to do with Huanglong?" Yuan Mei replied, "I'm looking forward to seeing the Yellow Dragon, so I'll tell you what I saw in a book. In addition, there are poems for you to visit Taiwan and rock, but there are no poems for you to visit Huanglong

After visiting Huanglong Mountain, Yuan Mei and his party continued on their way and stayed at huangbitang hotel that night. When we arrived at huangbitang, the sun was already to the west, but when we saw the scale of tile houses in Qiancun village, we followed people's request to visit Yu's manor, and then returned to the hotel to have a rest. As for Xiandu, I don't plan to visit it tomorrow.

As he was about to undress and go to bed, he heard the noise outside the door. It turned out that it was Yu Qishu, the leader of the village, who came here and invited Yuan Mei to his home. Huang Bitang, now known as Huang Biyu, is a village inhabited by the Yu family. There are more than 1300 people in the village, including more than 1000 of them. Yu's family moved in from Huaxi, Yiwu, in the Southern Song Dynasty, and is a descendant of Yu Shinan, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Although Yu Qishu, the leader of the village, had no official position, he was not an ordinary person. When he was a child, he read Yuan Mei's articles, so he admired Yuan Mei for a long time. Now I could see my face in the light, and I couldn't help but wonder: "when I was young, I thought that people in the early Republic of China were in their hundreds and tens of years old. Today, the spirit of Ruoshi is the rebirth of the ancients. I'd like to stay in a moment and travel with you to Xiandu tomorrow. " Yuan Mei said that it was my wish to visit Xiandu, but we had more than 30 people and 8 donkeys and horses. How could we disturb each other like this? Yu's family did not allow Yuan Mei to shirk any more, so he went to Yu's family with his orders. The next day, "kitchenware, food, car, lead into the phonolite.". Then you can visit xiaochibi, dinghufeng, xianbangyan, chuyanggu, etc. and stay at Yu's home that night. After that, Yuan Mei wrote the poems of "You Xian Du Feng Ji" and "Xian du you ding Hu Xiangyan guabang Zhuse Mu".

Yuan Mei was very happy about this unexpected trip. He said in the story of You Xian Du Feng: "hee! If you are not the master of the Yu family, you can't travel in the fairyland; if you are not a subordinate, you can't get to the Yu family; if you are not a member of the Yu family, you can't get to the Yu family; if you are not a member of the Yu family, you can't get to the Yu family; if you are not a member of the Yu family, you can't get to the Yu family. I should travel in Xiandu, and Xiandu should travel for me. Heaven is not human. However, Xianyan is very close to you, and you will lose it by accident; Xiandu has decided to give up, and you can't swim, but you will get it by accident. "

For this unexpected trip, Yuan Mei was not only very happy, but also grateful. 13 years later, he still remembers this. He can still remember the scenes of the Yu family, such as "the quiet house, the trees in front of the door, the Guqin hanging on the wall where he stayed, and the children's reading through the window". It's just a long way to go, and it's hard to get any news. Therefore, the family of Sima Jun, the magistrate of Yongjia County, is specially entrusted to bring his own letter, the story of Youxian Dufeng, and present four poems to greet each other, saying, "my soul will die in the future, and I have no regrets. It may be a good story for the two families to meet and talk about the past. " (Wu Yun Yu's genealogy of the Republic of China).

The four poems are as follows:

Jinyun Meiyu scattered light dust, hotel spring is not spring,

Suddenly, the famous mountains are presented to the guests, and the fairies are introduced to the immortals.

There are thousands of trees in front of the gate and three or two Yao Qin on the wall;

I took Liu Ziji as a fisherman for two nights.

Famous as the ancients error, I will be a hundred years old;

Although Yang Xiu is still alive, when we meet each other, we also have a frost on our temples

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