The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 181 A Group of Mountain Men

Huang Daozhou was really a born scholar. When he was a teenager, he was not comfortable studying at home, so he actually took a boat to an overseas island to study the "Book of Changes" by himself.

However, Wang Wenlong recalled the information about Huang Daozhou and found that it was really in line with Huang Daozhou's character. Historically, Huang Daozhou also went to Tayu to read "Yi" at the age of eighteen, and lived in seclusion on a deserted island for two full years, and then Then I went to Dafeng Mountain, known as the "No. 1 Mountain in Southern Fujian", to study.

When he was twenty-three years old, he finally understood his Neo-Confucianism in the mountains. When he was so excited, he left a calligraphy treasure called "Lingtong Sensing". Later generations changed the name of Dafeng Mountain to Lingtong Mountain.

After Wang Wenlong read his manuscript, he found that Huang Daozhou had not read in vain in the past few months, and what he wrote was indeed quite insightful.

Wang Wenlong smiled and said: "It is a good article. There is not enough space in the next issue of Xundao, but I will try my best to send the article to you this month. You can get the royalties first."

Huang Daozhou nodded. He really loved learning. He spent the first half of his life studying the "Book of Changes", calligraphy, painting, and poetry, and made many hermit masters as friends.

Huang Daozhou in history was a mountain man for the first half of his life. He returned home to support his mother when he was old and devoted himself to studying for the imperial examination. He was almost forty years old when he was admitted to the imperial examination.

Wang Wenlong asked Huang Daozhou: "I have one more thing to ask you for today. You have been to Yinzhou this year. Have you heard of Xu Yuanchen?"

Huang Daozhou asked: "Is it the one from the Hu family?"

Wang Wenlong nodded.

Huang Daozhou shook his head and said: "I have heard of this man. He is also a scholar, but he is obsessed with witchcraft and blessings. He also talks about the Book of Changes, but he wants to rely on it to become an immortal and a Taoist, and his understanding of the Book of Changes is biased."

"He was still healthy when I went to Yinzhou. He heard my name in the county school and wanted to meet me. But after I read his article, I deliberately hid away because I didn't want to interact with him. I didn't expect to hear about it in a few days. You made a pill yourself, but after taking it, you died."

Wang Wenlong was speechless for a while. It turned out that Xu Yuanchen actually made the elixir himself and ate him to death.

Huang Daozhou continued: "I also heard that his wife was good, and I always wanted to persuade him to return to the right path. At that time, Xu Jun worshiped a Zhushi named Xu as his adoptive father, and even changed his surname to Xu for this reason. His wife was still Hu. Only when Xu Jun died was he willing to recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. But he didn't expect that the Hu family would be so strong once Xu Jun died."

There are not many records about Xu Yuanchen in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". After listening to his words, Wang Wenlong probably knew how unconventional this Xu Jun was. And listening to Huang Daozhou's words, Wang Wenlong found that he seemed to have little regard for Hu's behavior. Not very supportive.

Wang Wenlong asked: "People say that Hu is a martyr, but Youxuan doesn't seem to think so?" He was quite surprised. In his memory, Huang Daozhou was quite conservative in Confucianism and firmly opposed the Lu Wang Xinxue. He thought he was like Huang Daozhou. Most of these people support sacrificing their husbands to observe the law.

Huang Daozhou shook his head when he heard this: "When I read the books of sages, I only read the knowledge of Xi, Wen, Zhou, and Confucius, and the other books are just appendices. Confucius and Mencius didn't say that people were martyred, so how could people thousands of years later hold the saints' books? Does science require women to be buried with men?"

Wang Wenlong thought about it. Although Huang Daozhou tended to favor Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in his understanding of Confucianism, he was still his own school after all, and he also opposed the rigid Neo-Confucian dogma.

In history, the blood letter written by Huang Daozhou to his family when he died fighting against the Qing Dynasty was also "The principles will last forever, the righteousness will last forever, heaven and earth know me, and my family will have no worries." He comforted his family not to be sad for his sacrifice, and did not ask his wife to bury him or do anything else. More moves.

After his death, his widow, Cai Yuqing, lived to be over eighty years old and educated her children well. Cai Yuqing was a famous calligrapher and left many paintings, calligraphy and poems to later generations. Huang Daozhou asked: "Brother Wang, why are you asking about this, but you have an old relationship with Mr. Xu?"

Wang Wenlong shook his head and said: "I have business in the village and need someone to recommend his widow, Mrs. Hu, but I don't know how to find a way." After listening to Huang Daozhou's description of Mrs. Hu, Wang Wenlong knew that Huang Daozhou's line was unworkable.

Huang Daozhou smiled when he heard this and said, "Isn't this a coincidence? Brother Wang, I have a few friends who want to get to know you. They are all traveling in Sanwu, and some of them may have an old relationship with Xu Jun."

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In later generations, it is said that the area around Yeshan Road in Gulou District, Fuzhou City was the place where Ou Yezi forged swords for the King of Minyue in ancient times. At this time, there are still remains of the Jianchi Courtyard built in the Tang Dynasty.

During the Zhengde period, this place was opened up as the "Tibetan Spring Cave" by Yang Ziqi, an official from Fuzhou. He also spent money to build pavilions and pavilions in order to find a place to visit. However, Yang Ziqi died decades ago, and his children separated. Chundongfu has become an ordinary street and is home to many iron smelting households.

Recently, with the large number of serialized martial arts novels in "Xunbao", this place has been discovered by literati again because of its connection with ancient magic weapons.

In the past two days, news came out in the Fuzhou market that an ancient sword was found in a subway household. It was immediately sought after by rich people in Fuzhou. The so-called ancient sword was sold for 300 taels of silver. This news was even published in the "Xunbao" Current Affairs section.

Wang Wenlong saw through it without saying it. According to historical records, the eminent monk Wei Jian of the Tang Dynasty indeed found an ancient sword ring in Yeshan. Wang Wenlong had seen the weapons museum of later generations and knew that the "sword ring" described in history was the tail end of an ancient sword with a ring head. That is already the sword shape of the Han Dynasty, and has nothing to do with Ou Yezi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

As for the "ancient sword" sought after by the people of Fuzhou, it is even more nonsense. Wang Wenlong heard the description from the interview that an iron sword has been preserved for thousands of years-if it had such appearance, it would be haunted.

However, this does not prevent the Yeshan area from becoming a new gathering place for literati in Fuzhou at this time. It is also close to Fuzhou city. When Wang Wenlong and Huang Daozhou arrived sitting on the sliding pole, everyone came out to greet them.

Huang Daozhou introduced the two parties with a smile: "This is the eldest brother Wang Jianyang you said you wanted to meet." He pointed to several people opposite: "This is Ge Yilong from Wu County, named Zhenfu, a former Putian official. Whale, whose courtesy name is Bochen, and this knight is Zhao Chunqing, a wealthy guest from Dongyang."

Wang Wenlong looked at the three people:

Ge Yilong has a big beard, which makes him look like an immortal. Zeng Jing has two small beards, and his movements are bookish. Zhao Chunqing is the most exaggerated. It is already winter, but this guy has a handful of chest hair with his arms open. , muscles were taut, and a hammer hung from his waist.

Wang Wenlong had an impression of these three people. Ge Yilong was a famous poet in Wuzhong at that time, and had contacts with Feng Menglong and others. Zhao Chunqing was a martial artist with no formal occupation, traveling all over the country to perform for people, work on duty, and do ordinary work.

Among them, only Zeng Jing interests Wang Wenlong the most, because he is a famous painter in later generations and the founder of the "Pau School" of figure painting.

Just by looking at the people Huang Daozhou interacts with, you can understand Huang Daozhou's character - no one among the people present has passed the exam. Except for Huang Daozhou, they are all guests of various families. Among them, Wang Wenlong is even the closest to officialdom.

(End of this chapter)