A young man's spirit, a solitary light that shines upon his heart and gall
Ten years honing his sword, relying on danger to strike the foul waves
The jianghu stretches far; a letter of brocade asks for good news
The song ends, one last glance, and the one from long ago is nowhere to be found
"Is Chang'an better, or Jiangnan?"
For Bai Juyi in his younger days, he could answer without a second thought.
A dragon holds up a jeweled canopy to greet the morning sun; a phoenix trails tassels that catch the evening glow. A hundred feet of silk streamers weave around the trees, while a flock of lovely birds sings among the flowers.
Chang'an at the end of the Zhenyuan era was a world of carefree elegance that belonged to them alone.
Who could possibly think it wasn't wonderful?
"Letian, tell me, is Chang'an better, or Jiangnan?"
Liu Yuxi, his hair now white at the temples, helped him climb Xiangshan Temple. Gazing at Luoyang beneath a citywide snowfall, he asked.
"Jiangnan, I suppose."
He said.
A few things to know before reading:
- This is a serious historical story. Major events follow history; for minor ones, I make things up freely (crossed out) and let my imagination run wild.
- I'll research as carefully as I can, but I'll change some things for the sake of the plot and try to mark them.
- Some supporting characters have little historical documentation, so I've written them as original NPCs.
- I can't perfectly recreate the daily lives of people in the Tang Dynasty either. For many less important details, I'll follow modern habits.
- In short... my research isn't professional or rigorous, so please don't take my interpretation as fact.
- These are the versions of them I've reworked countless times in my mind, not the real historical figures. Just think of them as fictional characters.
Finally... thank you to everyone who's kept leaving me comments. Love you all!
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Theme: Give your life for what is right and remain true to your heart.
When I saw this, I looked back at the title. Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book? The geese will never come back, but the moon will still be round... When that person no longer writes letters, I realize that even the days when two places are separated and can only be communicated by letters are so precious. Yuan Bai's life was like two pieces of duckweed, with little separation and frequent separation. This is how love was entrusted in one letter, but the last letter Lotte received was the obituary of Ninth Brother... Alas, even if he stays in Luoyang for a long time, what's the use? What he wants is a Yuan Jiu who can talk to him, sleep with him, and smile with him. Yuan Weizhi, you still broke your promise.
Iris's self-taught business sense is as straightforward as singing and poetry, which catches people off guard.
Is this the end? I'm a little bit unfinished 🥺 🥺 🥺 Wei Zhi left in a hurry, Lo Tian who didn't want to believe it, rushed to and searched for it all over the starry night, so it's not like "the blue sky is above and the underworld is down, and neither place is visible" 😭 😭 😭 Finally, when Lotte finally realized that Wei Zhi was gone at the Yellow Crane Tower he had visited in his dream, there was really a huge feeling of emptiness, as if a large piece of his heart had been dug out 😭 😭 😭 (I burst into tears when I saw it 😭 😭 😭 Lotte's mental state after returning to Luoyang was also very beautiful/bushi (When Wei Zhi just passed away, it was "Although my father is not here, I should carry on" and "I will never recite poems in my life" 😭 😭 😭 Lotte, you really make me cry 😭 😭 😭) When Meng De found Lotte, I directly felt how much impact Wei Zhi's death had on Lotte 😭 😭 😭 (dbq But the widower duo 🥺 Liu Bai always gave me the feeling of a reorganized family after losing the other half/bushi) Then the previous chapter I thought Wei Zhi would not be held accountable for what he did (after all, he couldn't be selected to say yes), but he didn't expect that other people would still be implicated 🥺 🥺 🥺 But fortunately, behind Wei Zhi, there is Lotte Youmeng, Little Saturday, and even Teacher Pei came to help 🥺 🥺 🥺 There are still many people who remember Wei Zhi 😭 😭 😭 Reading novels and reading poems are also completely different feelings 🥺 🥺 🥺 Although I have already felt it when reading poems, the direct description of this paragraph in the novel will only make the impact more intense 😭 😭 😭 I burst into tears every time I read these chapters 😭 😭 😭 Lotte Weizhi and other people in Zhongtang, are you happy? 🥺 🥺 🥺 I got carried away while reading the article at night. I was typing passionately, and my rationality was offline. Don't worry about it () Will the next chapter be this, the first autumn of a thousand years, or will you bury it and send it to me (nonsense)
First of all, congratulations on the completion! Thanks to the teacher for writing nearly half a million words with passion🥲It's so great. I accepted Amway a few months ago under a post from Hongshu. At that time, I didn't have much time to go to school, so I delayed it until now. I think this article can't say anything more, it's just amazing 😭 It follows the trajectory of history and explains Yuan Bai's life, filling in many so-called "blank gaps in history" and making the unrecorded parts of historical books and poems come alive. It makes people burst into tears. This is the first time I have read such a long and wonderful article about Shi Tong's second creation. It is very amazing, so I left a lot of comments. I feel that I should have started reading it earlier. I regret it so much. Although it is painful to follow the series, it is more exciting, isn't it? I happened to start reading this article when I was traveling, and I happened to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou. I felt that I had a deeper understanding of the characters of Yuan and Bai in the article, as well as the supporting characters, big or small, original or real. I was so obsessed with this article that I continued to read it at night when my phone only had 1% battery left☺️ In short, thank you teacher for the article and continue to look forward to the extra chapters!
Is it coming to an end? I feel a bit reluctant to let it go. Although I have been looking forward to the update over and over again... Lotte and Wei have dreamed of each other countless times in their lives. In the end, Weizhi also had to go into a dream to say goodbye to Lotte. To a certain extent, can it be regarded as a kind of "good beginning and good ending" (wrong) The past has passed Taking the Yellow Crane, Letian traveled day and night to Wuchang and could not see that person again, but when he misses someone, traces of him are everywhere, and he can be thought of in everything he sees... It is hard to imagine how painful Letian was when facing Wei Zhi's death, although no matter " "This is the first autumn in a thousand years" or "You buried your bones in the mud under the spring, and I sent them to the world with a head full of snow" are both too famous. The memorial texts and epitaphs are also easy to read, but the pain he wrote may not be as much as what he really felt, and we can feel even less. The departure of a close friend may be It is also a way of peeling off half of oneself and becoming the torrential rain every autumn in the future... Moreover, this Chao Gang is really too corrupt. Originally, in the last chapter, it was useless for those people who were still thinking about wanting to settle accounts with Wei Zhi. He was already offline. Unexpectedly, he went to settle accounts with his subordinates and continued to implicate innocent people! Thanks to Teacher Pei Du for stepping forward and Little Saturday's cameo, the extremely sad atmosphere was washed away a little bit. The appearance of several descendants gave me a feeling of a wildfire that can't be burned out and the spring breeze comes back again. Although the person who left suddenly still has so many ambitions that have not been completed, his close friends, children and descendants will work hard to achieve them...
Wei Zhi!!! Ahhhh, I was always scared when I came to this chapter. I was also very sad when I saw the update prompt. I knew that he was about to meet the end. But... Fortunately, the teacher allowed Wei Zhi to see that the disaster was basically under control before he passed away. He also received words from Lotte. Unfortunately, Wei Zhi no longer has Lotte to accompany him for the rest of his life... I first learned about "Yuan Zhen" because of a poetry anthology as a birthday gift. I only chose I chose three of his poems to express sorrow, separation and palace travel, and the only introduction to him was that he was called "Yuan Bai" together with Bai Juyi. In his early years, he opposed eunuchs and his career was not smooth. Later, he turned to rely on eunuchs... It was not until a long, long time later that I began to read "Yuan Zhen"'s poems other than "once it was difficult to make water" and other "sexy words", and began to understand his life other than those rumors... I always knew that Wei Zhi was the last one. He died while taking office in Wuchang and died on the way to disaster relief, but I still feel very sad when I see the teacher re-interpret his final moments. Maybe this is also one of the meanings of Shi Tongwen. Although I like to read that poetry anthology many times. I knew "Yuan Bai" before I knew the names "Yuan Zhen" and "Bai Juyi", but Shi Tongwen brings different feelings to people. Different from just a few sentences in various encyclopedias, and different from history books and biographies, when I read an article that contains everyone's feelings and various imaginations, when I read this chapter, I will have a different touch than when I read it before... It is a little incoherent, but the teacher's writing is really very good, very touching and as complete as possible. Hug teacher, please rest early and be happy every day [make me healthy]
Finished Spreading Flowers 🎉 It took me a whole day to tie it up. I am really happy to read such a long article written by Yuan Bai that combines textual research, literary talent and delicate emotions... Not only Yuan Bai, but also the original little characters in the book, Qing Jia, Xiao Xiao, Zhou Cai Ren and Qiao Geng are all shouting to use actions to save the declining world. Yuan Bai has always stood with them🥹Thanks to the teacher for bringing so many people of flesh and blood, and for bringing Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi who have always cherished the world's loyalty.
After watching it, I climbed up to the rooftop and found that I had been standing there for a long time after breaking off Tian Tian... It hurt...
Congratulations on the completion!! It's been a long, long journey since I started serializing! Seeing Changting Station burned down makes me a little sad, but when I think about how many people were benefited when it existed, it has the meaning of existence. Just like the author wrote in his notes, even if there are no traces of Ninth Brother now, the people who were protected by him in Wuchang always existed and will not be erased. What's more, the people of Dazhou are still commemorating Yuanjiu. Even if Baidi no longer exists, there is still a place called Baidi in Hangzhou today, not to mention that their poems have been circulated for more than a thousand years. As long as people still speak Chinese, they will be circulated for thousands more years. We Yuanbai are people's artists who come from the masses to the masses! (The atmosphere suddenly became more serious) Although I came here to do CP, I saw many wonderful plot derivatives and interpretations by the author, and I also gained a better understanding of the customs and customs of that era. I was really surprised! Of course, the cp part also likes such a gentle, subtle and lingering flavor! Is it possible to make public the final words about tiger and wolf that I wrote for Brother Ninth in vain...
As a bystander of their story a thousand years later, I knew how it would end from the beginning, but I was still reluctant to let go at the end. What about Lotte? He doesn't have a God's perspective. He doesn't know when Wei Zhi's life will end. He only knows one sentence or a few words and takes away Wei Zhi's life. His Wei Zhi is gone. So how did this feel for Wei Zhi? I can't imagine. Maybe it was a huge pain, or maybe it was too late to react emotionally. It was just like normal, and then left. No, no, no, I'm so sad💔, I feel like I won't be in a better mood within a week