roccoschili Chapter 151 Calligrapher Xu Juyuan
Chapter 151 Calligrapher Xu Juyuan
During the Ming Dynasty, in Nanjing (I searched the map of China and read a lot of history books but couldn't find the place "Nanjing". I don't know if it was made up by Mr. Yuan Mei or a clerical error), There was a man whose surname was Xu, whose name was Juyuan and whose courtesy name was Shipu.
During the Chongzhen period, Xu Juyuan took part in the provincial examination and passed the Jinshi examination.
He is knowledgeable and is especially famous for his calligraphy.
He has a relative named Zou. This man admired his talent and learning very much. Seeing that he was idle at home during this period, he invited him to his home to teach the children to read and write.
Xu Juyuan readily agreed and immediately set off for Zou's home.
On the way, he suddenly encountered a strange whirlwind, which swept Xu Juyuan into the clouds and dust in the sky.
Xu Juyuan was so shocked that he didn't know what to do and shouted in his heart: "My life is at stake!"
At this moment, he saw an official wearing official robes and holding a wat tablet standing there to greet him.
Xu Juyuan didn't know where he was and didn't dare to ask rashly.
The official explained to him: "Mr. Xu, don't be afraid! The underworld is building a palace for Hades. I specially invited you to come over and write a plaque and couplet for him!"
Xu Juyuan quickly agreed.
The official led the way and led him to a place.
The place was very luxurious and looked like the residence of an emperor.
The official told him that the plaque and couplets had been prepared, and the only thing that needed to be inscribed was the inscription. I heard that he was a master of calligraphy, so I specially invited him to write it.
Xu Juyuan took a look and saw five words written on the plaque: "Everything is made with the heart!"
The couplet is like this:
"It's not a case of death before it's done.
You can still hope to survive after getting started. "
When Xu Juyuan walked to the case, someone immediately started grinding ink and laying paper for him.
He picked up his pen and wrote it with one swipe!
After he finished writing, he presented it to Pluto. Pluto was very satisfied with it and planned how to thank him.
Pluto thought for a long time and didn't know what reward to give him, so he asked Xu Juyuan what he thought.
Xu Juyuan was a filial son. Instead of seeking benefits for himself, he asked Pluto to extend his mother's life by one century (equal to twelve years).
Pluto readily agreed and ordered the judge to revise it immediately.
Xu Juyuan saw the judge bringing the book of life and death to extend the life of his mother.
He also approached curiously and asked the judge to help check his lifespan.
The judge said: "This book of life and death is a book that records people who died normally; and you are a person who died unexpectedly, so your name is not in this book."
Seeing Xu Juyuan's disappointed eyes, the judge opened another book of life and death to check. The cover of this one had the word "fire" written on it, and one of the pages read: "On a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, Xu Juyuan was killed." Burn to death!"
Xu Juyuan was shocked and hurriedly ran to tell Pluto and asked Pluto to modify it.
The King of Hell said: "This is decreed by God, and I cannot modify it at will. But you have just done something for me, and I cannot ignore your request. You only need to remember the date recorded in the book just now. Don't change it on that day." Just stay close to the fire.”
Xu Juyuan was very happy, so he thanked Pluto and bid farewell to Pluto.
Pluto waved his sleeves, and another strange wind blew. A moment later, Xu Juyuan was sent back to the place where he was blown away by the wind.
Seeing that the original carriage and horse had disappeared, Xu Juyuan had no choice but to rush to Zou's home on foot.
After Zou saw him, he was very surprised and asked him: "Where has Mr. Xu been this year? The driver who escorted Mr. Xu was accused of going to the government because he lost his husband. And this case is pending there. The coachman has been locked up in the county jail for a long time."
Xu Juyuan told Zou the whole story of what he had experienced, and went to the government to excuse his servant.
When the government saw that the whole story had been clearly explained, they dropped the case and released the coachman.
At that time, Xu Juyuan had a fellow villager named Xiong, named Wenji, and named Xuetang.
Xiong Wenji returned home to live as Shaozai (Dazai's deputy).
One day, he invited Xu Juyuan to his house for a drink.
Not long after he started drinking, and before he could enjoy himself to the fullest, Xiong Wenji suddenly stopped drinking, said goodbye to him, and went to his room to rest.
Xiong Wenji said: "My ruffians (referring to the symptoms of Qi obstruction between the chest and abdomen, also known as "ruffians" or "ruffians") have broken out, so I can't continue drinking with you!"
Xu Juyuan heard this and joked: "In ancient times, there was a 'Dazai Pi' ("Zuo Zhuan" records: Wu Dazai Pi; "Chun Qiu Biography" also records: Wu You Dazai Pi. All records are about a figure in the Spring and Autumn Period. : Bo Pi. This person was born in the Chu State, and later fled to the Wu State. He won the favor of the King of Wu and became a high official, but his reputation was not good). Now there is "Shaozai Pi" (this is the homophone used by Xu Juyuan Meme)?"
Although it was a joke, when Xiong Wenji heard it, he felt that Xu Juyuan did not respect him, so he felt very unhappy and walked away.
It was pointless for Xu Juyuan to stay and drink alone, but he felt that Xiong Wenji was rude. As the host, he invited himself to drink, but he left the table in the middle, which made him very unhappy.
Before leaving, he took advantage of being drunk and wrote on the wall the five-character quatrain "Jiang Xue" by Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty:
Thousands of mountains and flying birds
Wanjing people disappeared.
The lone boat,
Fishing alone in the winter snow.
But he deliberately reversed the order of the four lines of the poem, that is, he wrote "Fishing alone in the cold river snow" in the first line. In this way, the last four words of the poem became: "Snow, Weng, destruction, extinction."
Because Xiong Wenji's nickname was "Xuetang", Xu Juyuan's poem was not a joke, but a naked curse, or an insult.
Therefore, when Xiong Wenji saw it, he resented him and wanted to find an opportunity to retaliate against him!
After a while, Xu Juyuan firmly remembered the date recorded in the book of life and death he saw in the underworld, and the words that he would die in a fire. Seeing that day approaching, he began to be afraid of fire.
Therefore, Xu Juyuan did not dare to go near the fire source, nor did he dare to go near anything made of wood.
He built a house with stones in the Western Mountains and lived in it with a lot of food, hoping to avoid that date before returning home.
Bandits were rampant at that time, and Xiong Wenji was always looking for an opportunity to retaliate against Xu Juyuan because he cursed him.
He heard that Xu Juyuan lived alone in Xishan, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy, thinking that an opportunity had come.
So, he sent people to spread rumors that Xu Juyuan built a stone house in Xishan and hid a lot of gold and silver treasures.
When the bandits heard the news, they went to Xu Juyuan's stone house in Xishan to rob him.
Who knows, except for some food, there is no gold or silver in it.
The robbers were furious and burned Xu Juyuan's whole body with Luotie. Xu Juyuan died of his injuries.
Painting a tiger into a cat sighed: Xu Juyuan still couldn't escape the fate of being burned to death after all!