The videos I watched became popular in ancient times

Most people desire a smooth and stable life.

However, suffering often visits and creates an enigmatic and legendary writer.

Bai Pu is one of the four great Yuan Dynasty opera writers and is famous for his literary talent, but he has a tragic life that is little known to the public.

There are always thousands of waves in Bai Pu's writing, which made the literati of the time admire him.

"In the third year of the Zhengda reign of Emperor Aizong of Jin, Bai Pu was born into a bureaucratic family in Bianjing."

"His father Bai Hua passed the imperial examination and was trusted by King Aizong of Jin. He was appointed as a judge of the Privy Council and participated in military and national affairs."

"When Bai Pu was born, the Mongol army continued to invade the Jin Dynasty."

"The Jin army suffered repeated defeats and lost all the land north of the Yellow River."

"In the first year of Emperor Aizong of Jin's Tianxing reign, the Mongol general Subutai led a large army to besiege the Jin capital, Bianjing, and Bianjing was in danger."

"Bai Pu's father Bai Hua suggested to King Aizong of Jin that he should follow the example of the old state in the Spring and Autumn Period and voluntarily abandon Bianjing and go to other places to gather reinforcements in order to preserve the ancestral temple of the Jin Dynasty."

"King Aizong of Jin accepted Bai Hua's suggestion and decided to lead a group of civil and military officials to leave Bianjing first, and Bai Pu's father was also among them."

"Before leaving, Bai Pu and his brother did not take their family with them. They stayed in Bianjing with their mother Zhang."

"In the second year of Tianxing, Cui Li, the marshal to the west of the Jin Dynasty's capital, suddenly launched a mutiny and surrendered the city of Bianjing to the Mongolian army."

"After the Mongolian army entered the city, they looted the property and killed the people in Bianjing, and the residents of the city fled in panic."

"In the chaos, the young Yuan Pu siblings were separated from their mother Zhang. Fortunately, Yuan Haowen, a good friend of Bai Pu's father, arrived in time, and the Yuan Pu siblings escaped."

"To avoid the war, Yuan Haowen took Bai Pu and his brother north along the Yellow River."

"Due to the harsh conditions during the escape, the young Bai Pu unfortunately contracted the plague and had a high fever that put him in critical condition."

"Yuan Haowen saw that Bai Pu was incurable, so he had no choice but to hold little Bai Pu in his arms day and night."

"Six days later, Bai Pu was sweating all over in Yuan Haowen's arms, and his high fever finally subsided."

"Yuan Haowen treated the Bai Pu siblings as his own children and taught them carefully."

"Bai Pu was a man of great talent, and under the guidance of Yuan Haowen, he laid a solid foundation in classical literature."

Zhang Juzheng: Bai Pu came from a family of officials. His father Bai Hua was the judge of the Privy Council during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Jin. When the Song Dynasty conquered the Jin Dynasty, he turned to serve the Song Dynasty.

Afterwards, the fierce Mongolian cavalry conquered the Central Plains, and Bai Hua surrendered and became a subject of the Yuan Dynasty.

There is an ancient saying that a loyal minister will not serve two masters. Bai Hua was swayed and bowed his head among the literati of several dynasties. He lost all his loyalty and was despised by the literati.

After entering the new dynasty, Bai Hua was not relied upon by the court. He became destitute and gradually fell into the abyss of self-pity.

When he was young, Bai Pu faced his father with a sad face all day long. All his worries were like a heavy shadow cast on his sensitive heart.

The Bai family has a long tradition of scholarship, and Bai Pu's uncle Bai Ben was already famous for his poetry when he was young.

His father Bai Hua was well-read and had a profound sense of culture. Yuan Haowen, who looked down on people of his time, was Bai Hua's good friend.

The Yuan and Bai families were old friends and often exchanged poems and essays.

Yuan Haowen was very fond of the intelligent Bai Pu. He once used the names of Yuan Bai and Zhu Langdu Ruxian to encourage Bai Pu to study hard.

When the Jin Dynasty fell, the Mongolian army looted extensively and the city of Bianliang was in chaos.

The streets were filled with fleeing crowds. Bai Pu and his sister were separated from their mother in the panic and both became orphans. Bai Pu was only seven years old at the time.

If Yuan Haowen had not arrived in time, he would have rescued the Bai siblings from the dire straits.

I'm afraid Bai Pu would have already died under the hooves of the Mongolian army, and would not have enjoyed the fame in the literary world in the future.

After rescuing Bai Pu and his sister, Yuan Haowen took them on the run.

Although life was hard, Yuan Haowen treated the Bai siblings as his own and took good care of them.

Once, Bai Pu was infected with plague. It seemed that six out of seven of his soul had dissipated, and his weak body was floating like a thread.

True friendship is revealed in times of adversity. Seeing Bai Pu suffering from the plague, Yuan Haowen hugged him tightly for several sleepless nights despite the risk of being infected.

Finally, Bai Pu recovered from his illness by sweating all over his body, but Yuan Haowen fainted on the ground due to exhaustion.

The separation from his mother in childhood left an incurable wound in Bai Pu's heart, which he could never get over for the rest of his life.

Yuan Haowen gave Bai Pu a solid and selfless fatherly love, trying to heal the pain in his heart.

Bai Pu never forgot this, and he took Yuan Haowen as his role model in terms of both talent and character.

Yuan Haowen saw all of this, and naturally he paid extra attention to Bai Pu and taught him tirelessly.

In the ninth year of Emperor Taizong of Yuan Dynasty, the twelve-year-old Bai Pu was sent back to his father Bai Hua by Yuan Haowen.

Bai Hua, who also suffered from separation and chaos, met his long-lost children.

I couldn't help but write down in ecstasy: What day is it today? The children in front of the lamp are happy to be alive.

Bai Hua never expected that fate would play such a trick on him, and that his family would be separated and reunited, and everything would be like a dream.

After the family was reunited, Bai Pu settled down with his father in Zhending City in the north and experienced the long-lost family affection again.

Compared with the past, the relatively stable life allowed Bai Pu to study with greater peace of mind.

He soon became a well-known young talent and was recruited by the imperial court.

However, he never wanted to put on an official hat and get involved in officialdom.

"In the third year after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, Bai Pu's father Bai Hua surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty first and then to the Yuan Dynasty."

"After that, he settled down in Zhending, Hebei, and attached himself to Shi Tianze, an important official of the Yuan Dynasty. Under his care, he served in the Yuan Dynasty."

"When Yuan Haowen heard that Bai Hua had returned to the north, he made a special trip north to send Yuan Pu and his sister back to the Bai family so that the family could be reunited."

"Bai Hua was very surprised by this and wrote a poem to express his gratitude to Yuan Haowen for taking care of his children during the war."

"At the request of his father Bai Hua, Bai Pu studied for the imperial examinations, and worked especially hard on regulated verse, and soon became famous for his poetry."

"At that time, Yuan Haowen was compiling a history book of the Jin Dynasty and he often passed through Zhending to guide Bai Pu's studies."

"Yuan Haowen once praised Yuan Pu, saying that among the children of Yuan and Bai, Bai Pu had the best talent."

"When Bai Pu was young, he experienced the Mongols' plundering, which resulted in the separation of his mother and son. This filled him with disgust for the Mongol rulers and made him unable to serve them."

"Therefore, although Bai Pu was talented, he had no intention of pursuing a career in government. He joined the Jiushan Book Club and other zaju societies, composing music and writing plays for zaju artists."

"In addition, Bai Pu often went in and out of brothels with his friends and had frequent exchanges with local geishas. He wrote lyrics for them, such as "Drunk in the West Tower at Night for Chu Ying" and "Mulanhua Man. Singer Fan Wa Asked for Fu."

"Bai Pu's father, Bai Hua, believed that Bai Pu's behavior was a disgrace to the family, and he wrote poems to admonish his son many times, hoping that Bai Pu would not indulge in depravity and concentrate on studying, and pass the imperial examinations to restore the family's reputation."

"Bai Pu did not follow his father's advice and continued to write zaju."

"Bai Pu married his wife Dong when he was 21 years old. Surprisingly, Bai Pu's father Bai Hua did not inform Yuan Haowen, who was a close friend of his family, about Bai Pu's marriage."

"After Yuan Haowen learned the news from other friends, he wrote a letter to question the matter, which further strained the relationship between Bai Pu, who was already dissatisfied with his father's loyalty to the enemy country, and his father Bai Hua."

"When Bai Pu was in Zhending, he had close relations with Shi Tianze and Shi Tianze's son Shi Zhang and others."

Wang Yangming: Bai Pu could not forget the turbulent scenes of Bianliang City in the past, and his deep hatred for the Yuan Dynasty also made it difficult for him to understand his father's compromise.

Therefore, he didn't want to stay in the officialdom for a moment. Facing the desolate mountains and rivers, he just wanted to leave.

The honor and disgrace, right and wrong of half a lifetime, all clearly emerged in Bai Pu's mind.

The turmoil in the late Jin Dynasty and the pain of losing the country and losing the family made my father and mentor Yuan Haowen experience the vicissitudes of time and life time and time again.

All this made Bai Pu see through the world completely, and thus he prematurely revealed his despair of seeing through the world.

His father's wish for him to be consistent, kind and gentle was difficult to achieve in the turbulent times.

Bai Pu knew that everything was illusory and his personality must not be tainted by the filth of the world. Therefore, he was willing to stick to his heart simply, even if he was as lonely as a green lotus without branches.

The officialdom was like a pitch-black night, and Bai Pu did not want to grope his way through it, so he resolutely chose to spend his days reading, writing poetry, and living an idle life.

While traveling around, he occasionally wrote a few plays for famous opera actors and sold his writings to make a living.

As Bai Pu's academic reputation spread deeper into the city, he became even more famous.

At that time, Emperor Shizu of Yuan Dynasty was recruiting talents, and countless people recommended Bai Pu to serve as an official in the court.

At this moment, the news of Yuan Haowen's death suddenly came. Bai Pu felt like he was falling into an abyss and was in extreme pain.

The impermanence of the world made him even less interested in a career in politics.

He knew very well that if he stayed in the political world, he would inevitably be slandered and criticized.

Even if they can live in peace for a while, it is still a mystery whether they can get out of this unscathed.

Therefore, Bai Pu continued to avoid officialdom, kept silent, and roamed freely in the world of martial arts.

Faced with the turbulent political world, Bai Pu's concerns about his career are not unreasonable.

Read more latest popular novels at 6.9*shuba!

During the Han Dynasty, after Zhang Liang assisted Liu Bang in pacifying the world, he immediately left the court and left indifferently.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, after Fan Li helped King Gou Jian of Yue to defeat the State of Wu, he immediately stayed away from the world to avoid being killed.

The heart of a king is as unpredictable as the weather in June. Entering the court means entrusting your life to the emperor.

He who knows the times is a hero. It is the right way to retire early and wander around the mountains and rivers.

However, the principle of "the dog is cooked after the rabbit is dead" is so simple that few people in ancient times and today can fully understand it.

In this situation, Zi Pu couldn't help but feel an inconsolable sadness.

The imperial court summoned Bai Pu to serve in the government many times, but he refused outright.

At that time, Shi Tianze, who was serving as the envoy of Henan Province, insisted on recommending Bai Pu to enter the court, but Bai Pu still refused.

Bai Pu felt deeply uneasy because he had disobeyed Shi Tianze's recommendation, and he felt it was inconvenient for him to stay in Zhending for long.

He said goodbye to his wife and father and embarked on a long journey.

From then on, Bai Pu lived a carefree life among mountains and rivers.

Being far away from home, I think of my father, wife and children.

Bai Pu felt heartbroken and wanted to return home immediately.

"Although Shi Zhang was a descendant of nobles, he usually liked to participate in the creation of zaju, and wrote zaju "Breaking the Dream of Zhuang Zhou of Orioles, Swallows, Bees and Butterflies" and southern drama "Dong Xiuying's Story of Flowers and Moon on the East Wall"."

"Three years after the Yuan Dynasty lost its way at sea, Bai Pu left Zhending to travel. After a short stay in Yanjing, Bai Pu and his friends said goodbye reluctantly."

"In the second year of Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty, Bai Pu traveled to Shuntian Prefecture and went to visit Mao, the wife of the famous Mongolian general Zhang Rou."

"Before that, the two met through Yuan Haowen's introduction. During this trip to Shuntian, Bai Pu received warm hospitality from Mao."

"In the second year of Zhongtong, in order to stabilize the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan ordered all provinces to recruit envoys to recommend outstanding talents for use by the court."

"Henan Province's Xuanfu Envoy Shi Tianze recommended Bai Pu for a government post, but he declined."

"In the same year, Bai Pu had a fierce conflict with his father Bai Hua over the creation of zaju, and Bai Pu left in anger."

"Bai Pu first went to Hankou, then to Jiujiang. When he was 41 years old, he returned to Zhending and passed through Bianjing."

"After that, we headed south again, traveling between Jiujiang and Dongting."

"Around this stage, Bai Pu created classic works such as "Wutong Rain" and "Wall Horse"."

"In the 17th year of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, Bai Pu settled in Jinling."

"During this period, Bai Pu returned to Zhending because his wife passed away. After his wife's death, Bai Pu returned to Jinling."

"At that time, someone recommended Bai Pu to be an official, but Bai Pu wrote the lyric "Qin Yuan Chun" to politely decline the offer."

"Bai Pu used the deeds of Ji Kang during the Wei and Jin dynasties to express his determination not to pursue a career in government."

"In the 24th year of the Zhiyuan period, Bai Pu wrote "Winning the Championship" while traveling in Jiangnan."

"In this poem, Bai Pu recalled the good times he had when he was young traveling with his friends, and expressed his longing for his friends who were far away."

"After that, Bai Pu traveled around Hangzhou and Yangzhou."

"At the age of 81, Bai Pu visited Yangzhou again, and no one knew where he was after that."

Xu Guangqi: While Bai Pu was hesitating, his wife missed him so much that she became sick and died of depression.

He never thought that the farewell ten years ago would be a farewell for life.

When the news of his wife's death came, Bai Pu felt another wound in his heart.

He immediately set out on his journey home, stumbling all the way and fainting several times on the road.

The days when I used to exchange sweet words with my wife and whisper in her ear seem like just yesterday, but overnight, we were separated forever.

After his wife's death, it became even harder to find words of warmth and hope in Bai Pu's poems and songs; all that was left was sorrow.

After that, he fled from Zhending to the south of the Yangtze River, traveling between Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, drifting among the people living by the small bridges and flowing water.

And this aimless wandering lasted another ten years.

The people around him suffered repeated misfortunes, which made Bai Pu, who was already sentimental and sensitive, feel extremely distressed.

He originally thought that seeing all the beautiful scenery that had nothing to do with love would temporarily calm his heart, but after traveling around, the scenes he saw made him even more melancholy.

Wherever we went, all we could see were the ruins left by the looting of the Mongolian army.

The painful memories of his childhood unconsciously came to his mind again, making the heavy haze between his brows even more difficult to heal.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Bai Pu was not the only one who despised fame and fortune and longed for seclusion.

His contemporaries Guan Hanqing and Ma Zhiyuan, and later Guan Yunshi and Zhang Kejiu, also had the same sentiment.

However, Bai Pu did not choose to retire after failing in his career as a government official, but was willing to live in poverty from the very beginning.

Although his father hoped that he would become a Jinshi, he was unwilling to take another step into officialdom and follow in his father's footsteps.

Bai Pu could not help but feel sad about the changing of dynasties, but he was even more sad about his own wandering life.

From the bereavement and chaos he experienced at a young age, to the sudden loss of his mother, he became a dissolute person and ended up in frustration.

The common people's prayer of living as long as the Southern Mountains never seemed to be fulfilled as expected for Bai Pu.

Living to an old age, his family has dispersed, his love has faded, and all that accompanies him is the lingering vicissitudes and loss.

Therefore, he would rather remain silent and go to the mountains to pick forget-me-nots and Michelia flowers, looking forward to a carefree and happy afterlife.

So, at the age of 81, Bai Pu, who had no attachment to the world, chose an auspicious day and went into a deep mountain.

He sang sad lyrics as he walked deeper into the jungle.

The mountains were shrouded in mist, and all scenery was invisible. Only his long, sad melody like the Chu Ci was spreading in the forest.

A gust of wind blew by, and even the lingering sound of the music disappeared. Only the sound of the wind whistling through the gaps in the woods was left, as if the mountains were sobbing.

Bai Pu disappeared from the world from then on and there was no news of him again!

When you are not successful, you will laugh at those who are busy and busy, thinking they are too superficial.

When it is time to retire, I know that I am too sentimental and always feel sad about separation.

Bai Pu wanted neither fame nor retirement, and he left when he said he would, leaving behind a piece of sadness in the world. (End of this chapter)