diymy Chapter 18 Su Shi: How much later generations admire me!
Chapter 18 Su Shi: How much later generations admire me!
Su Shi stared at the sky, his hands trembling. He sat in the lychee grove, dumbfounded.
He stared blankly at the sky, his throat bobbing a few times, but he couldn't make a sound.
He couldn't believe it—
A thousand years later, people in later generations actually revered him as a god!
My life has come to this point of utter destitution. I never imagined that a thousand years from now, future generations would judge my merits and demerits!
People still remember my dashing and carefree youth, my poems from my triumphant moments, and even my self-deprecating humor from my downfall!
I'm content! What more could I ask for in life?
"Our great Northern Song Dynasty writer Su Shi..." A little girl with a ponytail spoke through a megaphone.
As Su Shi listened to the young tour guide at the foot of the stone wall recounting his life story to the crowd, he heard it word for word!
The Su Causeway of West Lake? It's actually to commemorate my achievements!
A thousand years later, the West Lake that I pioneered is still benefiting the people!
Even a bowl of Dongpo pork, which was considered shameful by scholars and officials, has been passed down to later generations!
Su Shi's eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
Cherish this life; both bitterness and sweetness are gifts from heaven. Su Shi has no regrets! No complaints! All beings understand me!
"With bamboo staff and straw sandals, I can outrun a horse; who cares..."
The damp heat of the malaria-ridden Lingnan region clung to his clothes, but Su Shi felt a sense of coolness in his heart.
"Hahaha..." Laughter startled a flock of birds in the mountains and forests, causing the lychees to rustle.
Another time and space in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Jinling Banshan Garden.
Wang Anshi stood under a gnarled old tree, leaning on a bamboo cane, dappled sunlight falling on his frosty white temples.
He gazed at the magnificent bas-relief on the stone wall—a depiction of Su Shi in his prime, full of vigor and spirit, with the unrestrained spirit of "comparing West Lake to Xi Shi" still lingering between his brows.
"Su Zizhan...you have already made a name for yourself for generations...what about me?" Wang Anshi's throat bobbed, his withered fingers clenching the tip of his cane.
"You managed West Lake and built the Su Causeway, and flowers that never faded grew from the silt."
Wang Anshi suddenly chuckled, startling a sparrow from among the leaves. "I've spent twenty years implementing reforms—the Green Sprouts Act, the Market Exchange Act… and in the end, have I only received a small inscription?"
The bamboo cane slammed heavily into the wet mud, startling the lurking ants.
He once used the Song Dynasty's landscape as a chessboard to make moves, but what posterity remembers is a misty rain in the writings of his political enemies.
The ink traces of "Ding Feng Bo" printed on the stone wall flowed through the rain.
When the tour guide read out, "In his later years, when Su Shi was transferred from Huangzhou to Ruzhou, he passed through Jinling and made a special visit to Wang Anshi, who lived there," the tour guide continued, "He also said, 'When Su Shi was transferred from Huangzhou to Ruzhou, he passed through Jinling and made a special visit to Wang Anshi, who lived there.'"
Wang Anshi needs no introduction; he was a famous prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty.
We grew up reading his poems.
Upon hearing that Su Shi was coming, Wang Anshi was naturally very happy and immediately went to the riverbank to greet him.
The two visited Zhongshan together.
These two former political enemies shook hands and made peace, burying the hatchet with a smile.
The two heroes reconciled and began to appreciate each other.
These two great gentlemen, though their political views differed, harbored no personal grudges. They are exemplary scholars throughout history…
As he listened to the tour guide's explanation, Wang Anshi's tears flowed like a hot spring.
"Zizhan, it turns out I too have made my mark on history! Both of us will be remembered for generations to come! The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water—that perfectly describes us!"
"You finally forgave me!"
Suddenly, Wang Anshi was taken aback. "Zizhan is coming to visit me? From Huangzhou? Oh dear! Judging by the days, he should be on his way by now! He might arrive in the next few days. Someone! Prepare some fine wine!"
modern.
Lu Chen put away his phone and took Xiao Sizi's hand: "Sizi, shall we go to the children's playground? There are carousels, slides, and lots of other kids there!"
Little Si's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this: "Yay! I want to play on the slide!"
Lu Chen and Xiao Sizi rode the little train again.
During the trip, we passed by the Xiangjiang Academy, a place lush with green bamboo and bustling with tourists.
Beep! We've arrived at the children's playground.
Upon entering, there is a large rainbow archway, with two adorable gray elephants on each side of the archway, and lively and cute little monkeys and adorable little rabbits on the archway.
The Great Tang Dynasty established the Lizheng Hall.
"The children's playground is so nice~~ and there are little wild animals~~" Quiet Chengyang looked up at the sky. She also wanted to go play. She was only five years old, and she missed her little sister.
"Chengyang, when Sizi returns, your mother will let you go with her." Empress Zhangsun hugged her sensible and well-behaved youngest daughter.
"Mother! I want to go too!" Li Tai quickly signed up.
"I knew you wanted to go!" Li Shimin glanced at his chubby son. He always felt that this child was too clever for his own good!
Ming dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang reviewed official documents for a while, then looked at the sky.
"My mother-in-law!"
"Modern people really have money to burn! They even built a 'children's playground'! Even the princes and grandsons of our Great Ming Dynasty didn't have one!"
"They even built these two fake elephants and fake monkeys and stuff. How much did that cost? Even the largest government office in the Ming Dynasty didn't do this!"
"They've got money to burn!"
Zhu Yuanzhang may have been envious, but he still found it quite entertaining, since it didn't cost him any money.
"Elephant! Monkey! I'm coming!" Little Sizi ran towards the park entrance with a trot- ...
Suddenly, Xiao Sizi was attracted by the food stall, turned a corner, and stopped.
"Brother! He's so cute, he's got seven big bear claws!" Little Sizi first spotted the ice cream, then turned around and called out to her brother.
Hey! These kids aren't afraid of the cold! It's springtime! Even though it's chocolate ice cream.
Lu Chen dared not give it to the little ox.
"Sizi, you can't eat that big paw, it's too cold, it'll make your belly icy. Let me show you something else." Lu Chen walked over quickly.
Little Sizi began to inspect the others.
"Hey! There's a big circle over there! It's pink!" The little guy quickly found a new target.
"Oh, those are donuts, you can buy them."
Lu Chen picked up the little Sizi, and the little guy immediately saw even more delicious food.
"Hey, is that a cloud cake?" Little Sizi pointed to the triangular, fluffy sandwich.
"Those are sandwiches, let's buy two."
"Brother, I want that round little thing again!" the little guy said, pointing at the egg tart.
"Oh, Sizi, but we can't fit all this food in our stomachs. Shall we go home and buy more?" Lu Chen patiently discussed with the little guy.
"Does your family also have cakes like this?" Little Si asked worriedly.
"Yes, we have all kinds of cakes back home."
"Yes, Wokji Island!" the little guy exclaimed happily.
These delicious foods made Li Tai so hungry he cried.
He never imagined that modern times would have such beautiful and novel noodles!
The donuts alone come in several colors! And they're covered in colorful little dots!
In the Tang Dynasty, the most common food was rock-hard flatbread! They ate it every day! The flatbread was practically made of stone!
The slightly more refined pastries are limited to just a few varieties, and they all taste the same!
They are nowhere near as good as modern pastries!
The fluffy texture, the exposed fruit filling, the white, creamy sauce, the caramel-colored pastry, the fuzzy, matsutake-like texture, and the colorful smears...
Even through the sky, Li Tai seemed to smell a fragrance, and a sweet taste rose in his mouth.
now.
Lu Chen and Xiao Sizi sat on white chairs.
"Let's eat, little one." Lu Chen ordered two glasses of juice.
Glug! The little guy took a sip with the straw.
click!
Lu Chen broke the donut in half, and he and Xiao Sizi started eating it.
"Sweetie!" Little Sizi blurted out.
"Brother, this pink crust is so crispy!" Little Sizi's mouth felt smooth, fragrant, and sweet! It was like honey wrapped in silk spreading in her mouth.
"Mmm! The dough on the donut is so good! So soft and fluffy!" Little Sizi took a big bite of the donut, completely disregarding her princess image!