The Summoner of the Battle of All Realms

Kou Zhun usually likes to listen to music. After drinking and tea, he often asks some singing girls to sing to relieve his boredom. Once, a young singer came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to sing a cappella. Kou Zhun saw her good looks and heard her smooth singing voice. On a whim, Kou Zhun rewarded her with a piece of silk. Unexpectedly, the singer thought the reward was small and looked unhappy.

At that time, Kou Zhun had a concubine named Qitao who came from a poor family. She was very angry when she saw this situation. Afterwards, she wrote a short poem to Kou Gong: "A clear song and a bunch of silk, the beauty still feels guilty about herself." It’s so light. I wonder how many times the Weaver Girl threw the shuttle under the window and weaved it!”

Kou Zhun read Qitao's poem and was very moved. I thought silently: Qian Tao's poem is right, these silks and satins are hard-earned, and it is not right to squander them as you please, so I changed my mind resolutely, and from then on I have maintained the virtue of diligence, thrift and simplicity.

Later, Wei Ye, a scholar who became good friends with Kou Zhun, wrote a poem praising Kou Zhun: "There are officials who live in cauldrons, but there is no land to build towers."

This is how the nickname of "Sir without a building" became known.

Later, after Kou Zhun's death, the people of Leizhou escorted Kou Zhun's coffin northward. When they arrived at a ferry in Leizhou, there was a sudden strong wind and heavy rain. They were unable to go north and had to stop. In order to prevent the coffin from being washed away by the rain, everyone placed the coffin in the coffin. Insert dry bamboo in front. The next day, when the rain stopped and the sky cleared, the coffin-protecting bamboo sprouted new buds. In order to commemorate this wise prime minister, later generations named the ferry "Kou Zhudu", and the place name still exists today.

The 81st lot in Guandi's spiritual lottery is "Kou Gong appoints Lei Yang", which is an allusion to Kou Zhun's appointment in Leizhou. The meaning of this sign is that if you are bullied, if you endure it for the time being, you will be able to recover.

After Song Renzong rehabilitated Kou Zhun, the people of Leizhou "mourned his surrender and mourned his loyalty" and changed Kou Zhun's residence into Kou Gong Temple.

Today's Kou Gong Temple still displays the imperial edicts issued by the emperor because of Kou Zhun.

Celebrities in history spoke very highly of Kou Zhun.

Fan Zhongyan commented on him: "Kou Laigong was able to control the emperor during the battle of Chanyuan, and was as immovable as a mountain. The world called him great loyalty."

Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty was also full of praise for Kou Zhun: From the happy alliance to this day, Prime Minister Lai Gong's merits are the first.

Sima Guang also wrote in Zizhi Tongjian: In modern times, Kolai Gong was extravagant for a while, but because of his great achievements, others could not fault him. His descendants followed his family tradition, and many of them are now poor.

Fusu gave birth to Kou Zhun, and he planned to let Kou Zhun govern after pacifying the thirty kingdoms in the Western Regions.

Then the waterway was opened to completely integrate the thirty countries in the Western Regions into the land of China.

Then, Fusu was summoned again.

Following Fusu's movements, summoning cards appeared in front of Fusu again.

Fusu took out one card again.

Following Fusu's movements, a summoning card appeared in front of Fusu again.

Fusu never expected that after so many years, he would finally draw a "Friends and Relatives" summoning card again.

He had not seen this friend and family summoning card for five or six years.

I miss you so much.

Friends and family summoning cards are a type of character summoning cards, but the chance of getting them is very small.

Fusu Liang burst into tears and had the urge to "see fellow villagers".

On the summoning card, there are four big characters written in big letters - The Four Heroes of Wuzhong!

Some people may not know this, but if you name these four people, I believe there are very few who don't know them.

Basically all celebrities.

The Four Scholars of Wuzhong refer to Zhang Ruoxu, He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu and Bao Rong.

Zhang Xu may have the highest status here, because this guy has been named a "saint".

Zhang Xu is the famous "Grass Saint".

Everyone knows, right? He's the drunk guy who writes in crazy cursive writing, even he doesn't even recognize it!

Zhang Xu was a native of Wu County in the Tang Dynasty. He was alive at the time of Kaiyuan and Tianbao. He once served as a county captain in Changshu and was a long history official in Jinwu.

Famous for his cursive script, together with Li Bai's poetry and Pei Min's sword dance, they are known as the "Three Wonders". The poem is also unique, and is famous for its Qijue. Together with Li Bai, He Zhizhang and others, it is listed as one of the Eight Immortals in Drinking. Together with He Zhizhang, Zhang Ruoxu and Bao Rong, they are known as the "Four Scholars in Wuzhong". Calligraphy is as famous as Huai Su.

He was fond of drinking. According to records in the old Tang Dynasty books, when he was drunk, he would run wildly, howling and swaying his pen. He was called Zhang Dian at that time and was revered as the "Grass Saint" by later generations.

Zhang Xu's calligraphy was first developed by Zhang Zhi and Er Wang, and he achieved the highest level in cursive script.

He himself is proud to inherit the tradition of the "Two Kings", and his every word is legal. On the other hand, he imitates Zhang Zhi's cursive calligraphy skills and creates wild cursive calligraphy that is free and upright, unpredictable and shocking to the world.

According to legend, he saw the princess fighting with the bearer and learned the meaning of calligraphy from the advocacy. When he was in Ye County, Henan, he loved to watch Lady Gongsun dancing with the Xihe sword, and he became the god of cursive calligraphy.

Yan Zhenqing resigned from office twice to ask him for advice on penmanship.

Zhang Xu is a pure artist. He pours his full emotions into the dot paintings, as if there is no one else around, intoxicated and crazy.

Han Yu praised Gao Xian in his preface: "Happiness, anger, embarrassment, sadness, joy, resentment, longing, drunkenness, boredom, and injustice, if they move in the heart, they must be expressed in cursive writing. Observe things. , see mountains, rivers, cliffs and valleys, birds, beasts, insects and fish, vegetation and flowers, sun, moon and stars, wind, rain, fire, thunder and thunder, songs, dances and battles, and changes in heaven and earth. The joy and astonishment are all contained in the book, so the book of the sun is like a book of changes. Ghosts and gods cannot be traced, and they will be known to future generations for the rest of their lives." ..

Chapter 1400 He Zhizhang——The Golden Turtle Exchanges Wine

Apart from Zhang Xu, the most famous among the four people should be "He Zhizhang".

The poems written by He Zhizhang are very famous, and He Zhizhang's poems can often be read in textbooks.

In his later years, He Zhizhang called himself Siming Kuangke and was a famous poet and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.

He was famous for his poetry when he was young. In the first year of Zhengsheng's reign, Wu Zetian became the number one scholar in Yiwei, and was awarded Doctorate of the Four Gates of Guozi and moved to Doctorate of Taichang.

Later, he served successively as Minister of Rites, Secretary and Supervisor, and Guest of the Crown Prince.

He was open-minded and unruly, and was known as "a smooth talker". He was especially indulgent in his later years, and he called himself "Si Ming Kuang Ke" and "Secretary and Supervisor".

He retired and returned to his hometown at the age of eighty-six, and passed away. He was a poet in the early Tang Dynasty and a famous calligrapher.

He Zhizhang's poems are famous for their quatrains. In addition to the music for worshiping gods and the poems composed for the occasion, his scenery and lyrical works have a unique style, fresh and unrestrained. The famous "Ode to the Willows" and "Returning to the Hometown" are two popular poems and have been recited through the ages. Most of his works are scattered and lost today. A total of nineteen Tang poems are still recorded.

Together with Chen Ziang, Lu Zangyong, Song Zhiwen, Wang Shi, Bi Gou, Li Bai, Meng Haoran, Wang Wei and Sima Chengzhen, they are called the Ten Friends of the Immortal Sect.

Both he and Li Bai liked drinking very much, and they were both famous "wine masters".

The great poet Du Fu's famous poem "The Eight Immortals in Drinking" talks about He Zhizhang first: "Zhizhang rides a horse like a boat, and falls into a well and sleeps under the water."

He said that when he was drunk, he would ride forward and backward on the horse, just like sitting on a boat. He fell into the well in a daze and fell asleep at the bottom of the well. Even if an ordinary person is extremely drunk, he will wake up with a splash of cold water, but he will not wake up even if he falls into a well while drunk, so he can be regarded as the number one "drunkard".

The most famous story of He Zhizhang is the story of "golden turtle for wine"!

In the first year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, the poet Li Bai came to the capital Chang'an.

He had no friends in Chang'an, so he lived alone in a small inn. One day, he went to visit Zike, a famous Taoist temple, and met the famous poet He Zhizhang.

He Zhizhang had read Li Bai's poems a long time ago and admired them very much. When they met by chance, they started chatting cordially.

He asked Li Bai for a new poem to read. When he finished reading "The Road to Shu", he said to Li Bai in surprise: "It seems that you are the saint of poetry from heaven to earth!"

At dusk, He Zhizhang invited Li Bai to have a drink. As soon as he sat down in the hotel, he remembered that he didn't have any money with him. He thought for a while, then took off the gold-decorated turtle bag from his waist and used it as drink money. Li Bai stopped him and said, "No way, this is an ornament given to you by the royal family according to its grade. How can you exchange it for wine?"

Both were able to drink and did not say goodbye until everyone was tipsy. Later, He Zhizhang recommended Li Bai to the emperor. The emperor had heard of Li Bai for a long time, so he appointed Li Bai as a member of the Imperial Academy.