"Wuxing Fu" is an old work written by Zhao Mengfu in the sixth year of Dade in Yuan Dynasty, which he wrote in praise of his hometown Wuxing when he was more than 20 years old. The poems range from the geographical features of the hometown to the humanities of the countryside. The poems are gorgeous, graceful, elegant, fresh and natural, and are quite in the tradition of Han Fu and the style of Wei and Jin Dynasties. Wuxing, now Huzhou, Zhejiang, has been a treasure land in the south of the Yangtze River with beautiful mountains and rivers since ancient times. Zhao Mengfan was forty-eight years old when he wrote this poem again. He had been an official for more than ten years. His homesickness and feelings about the mountains and rivers were all revealed in his writing.
"Wu Xing Fu" is a silk hand scroll, 25.8 cm high and 282.95 cm wide, with 91 lines of text and 9 to 12 characters in each line, totaling 935 characters. There is Liu Chongqing's postscript at the end of the volume, and Li Zuoxian's postscript on the back paper. The structure of the whole volume is rigorous, the writing is round and flowing, and the lines are filled with a strong aesthetic atmosphere. It shows the perfect combination of elegant literati style and rational technical standards. It is a rare masterpiece of Zhao Mengfu. Now in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
Explanation of "Wuxing Fu" by Zhao Mengfu
Yi and Xiuzai! Wuxing is a county, with Cangfeng standing in the north, mountains winding to the west, dragons soaring and beasts dancing, clouds steaming and clouds rising, creating space since ancient times. There are two streams flowing between them, and it is three hundred miles away from the third eye. It twists and turns, creating ripples, forming a bay, and converging into a lake. The water is clear and clear, with no mud for a hundred feet, running through the city, lingering in the surrounding areas, and filling the east area, with the sky as the embankment. , Otherwise, I don’t know why I accept it. Watching the mountains and rivers reflect, the sun and moon shine brightly, the air is clear, and the energy rushes and gathers. The stars are arrayed in Douye, the power is as powerful as Chu and Yue, the place where Shen Yu is settled, and the place where Taibo is dying.
Since the Han Dynasty, when the country was often founded, the city of Jin was built to capture the beauty and reality, and thousands of pheasants were flowed along the river to form towns. Therefore, careful shepherds in the past dynasties must recruit great talents and select knowledgeable people. There are Wang, Xie, Zhou, and Yu in the front, and He, Liu, Yan, and Su in the back. Their styles reflect each other, and their governance and conduct are consistent. They all declare their virtues and entertain the people. What's more, what the land produces and the customs are suitable for it, people have nothing to ask for and have more than enough to use. To the east are acres of fields covered with mud and plaster, where the wheat is harvested and the rice is harvested. The jade grains are as long as the waist, illuminating the crocodiles and grass fields, and are transferred to the neighboring counties. There are always no bad years.
To the south is the Fuhu Mountain and the foothills of the Golden Gai. There are buoys on the top and orchids perched on their feet. Drums and bells can be heard. Flying deer and flower houses. Hengshan has no water. According to the records of the Lu History, there are winding canine teeth, and the rivers and lakes belong to each other. There are wild reeds, lotus flowers, water chestnuts, and cattails. You can see everywhere, there are countless things! Among them, there are bream, carp, minnows, needle-headed white small fish, perch, mandarin fish, turtles and turtles. There is a dragon, with long fish like a man, blowing waves to generate wind, and making hundreds of moves with one move. The fisherman comes to join him. The days are endless. To the west are mountains and ridges, and Sichuan is here.
To the north is the Cave of Huanglong Yaofu, an exquisite and long-lived dock, with hundreds of meters of water hanging over it. In its high hills, there are bayberry, jujube, cotin pear and papaya, orange and pomelo in summer, loquat in winter, sandalwood, locust, pines and cypress, and tung tree and catalpa. Wen poles of green bamboo, Xiaowei and Yun, the taste is as good as the bean, the talent is in the palace, the firewood is caught below, everything is what you want. On the flat land, there are mulberry and hemp trees like clouds, which are dense and dense. The fine vegetables contain liquid and do not store new growth. The pheasants and rabbits are hunted on the land, and the geese are hunted by the water. The advantage of the boat is more than half. Food and clothing nourish the people, and they are both happy and humble.
So there was Mr. Ji Shen, who followed the path of the Ming sages, built a school, set up a preface, served Fengye, Dai Zhangfu, helped many scholars, and became one of the ancients. Then choose the first day, use the measured coins, respect the Xuan wine, use the Chen Fu and Gui, select the capable ones, follow the Zhou etiquette, put those who praise in front, those who offer in the back, look down gracefully, follow the rhythm, and retreat after completing the ceremony, with the gods and people on your right. At this time, there are poems and books in the family, households practice the way of integrity, Yong learns the method, and the counties see the effect, it is an immortal event! Or it may be difficult to say: "Since ancient times, scholars have always failed to understand people and observe customs? Talents are tools to help the times, and customs are the essence of governance.
Today's son only picks out the details, compares goods and food, talks high and low, and shows off and adorns himself. There is nothing more than these two, so he ignores it and does not record it. The servant responded and said, "No." Is it true that you alone don’t hear what your Master says? "In a city with ten houses, there must be loyalty." This year will last for thousands of years, the land will be thousands of miles away, and the wealth of people will be recorded by Hu Ke! The annals of history are complete, so there is no need for redundancy. If it is the ups and downs of customs, it cannot be obtained and fixed if it is changed by the politicians. Although Fu Wu is located on the left side of the Yangtze River, he has been influenced by the most virtuous people.
And I heard that the wind is moving while the grass is dying, the sun is at noon and the appearance is upright, the up and down are effective, the post is sent to convey the order, Piruo Jizi is the guard, the words and the travel are the orders, benevolence and righteousness are the transformation, ritual and music are the governance, and the town is the treasure of not being greedy. , as a metaphor for unspoken faith. That is to say, the punishment can be used or not, and the customs can be made prosperous, so that we can return to the simplicity of ancient times, and test the peace and prosperity of the common people. Today's beauty is beautiful, and it can be regarded as settled! "So the only one who is in trouble is Weiwei, who wanders around and becomes frustrated.
