Thousands of years of elegance adorn the majestic Xingren

Thousands of years of elegance embellishment and magnificence promote benevolence

——Reflections on reading Mr. Yang Qing's "Thousands of Years of Confucianism in Southwest Yi Prospering Benevolence"

Luo Zhenfei

If you call Yang Qing sir, he will definitely scold me, because he has always regarded me as a brother.

But in terms of knowledge and cultivation, he can indeed be called Mr. This "sir" is not the kind of person who recites a few poems that he feels proud of when meeting people, or the kind of person who is so bitter that his teeth fall off because he is so confused that he is confused. What he says is well-founded. , he is also polite and courteous in what he does. I think he is one of the most learned and humble elegant people in this small county.

Yang Qing and I are nearly seventeen years apart in age. In 2004, when I was still teaching in the countryside, I was as thin as Sun Wukong’s cousin, but I was extremely crazy about literature. I wrote the prose that I am most satisfied with. After getting the standardized typed manuscript of the poem from the town, he rode his motorcycle straight to the county seat, walked into the office of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles in the courtyard of the Xingren County Party Committee, and submitted his work to "Xingren Literary Garden". That day, I met Yang Qing for the first time. He was wearing a dark red suit and a blue tie. He was energetic and serious, sitting in the office of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, copying calligraphy posts. Seeing me coming, he would chat with me from time to time, during which time he would take a look at the post and write a line. When I was in normal school, I ranked first in my class in regular calligraphy (Liu style) and won first in my grade in the chalk calligraphy competition. I thought I was good at calligraphy, but when I glanced at his calligraphy, I instantly felt like a melon in the sun. Yang, Yanba. I thought to myself that this is a person with great knowledge, because I have never seen anyone who writes calligraphy posts with such arrogance. After several interactions with him, I felt that he was indeed a good talker. He would give you confidence in the legends of the past and present, and he would tell you anecdotes as if you had witnessed them with your own eyes. When will I reach this level? After meeting Yang Qing, I couldn't sleep and even had the urge to buy tea and become a disciple. One time I went to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to submit an article, and I finally plucked up the courage to tell him that I wanted to learn calligraphy. He didn't ask me why I wanted to learn calligraphy, but he just picked up an antique octavo edition of "Lanting Preface" and threw it to me. Ask me to copy it carefully, stroke by stroke, word for word. I really followed his instructions. I frantically searched all the school newspapers in the dilapidated building where I taught and lived, and scrawled and drew for a long time. During that time, I felt that I was possessed by Wang Xizhi's soul. What happened next? I'm embarrassed to say. Fortunately, I didn't ask Yang Qing for tea. Wang Xizhi was not interested in possessing my body. For various reasons, I am embarrassed to touch the posts on the bookshelf now. Even I have almost forgotten all about the decent twists and turns.

Later, my dream came true, and I changed my career to a journalist. Although the probability of meeting Mr. Yang Qing has increased, the spiritual communication is less than a few percent. Yang Qing is still the same Yang Qing who never gives up calligraphy and never loses his scroll. And I am no longer the one who writes novels until dawn and is reluctant to sleep. I have to work hard on the camera that relies on it to make a living, and I have to write press releases that are not on the same level as literary works. Occasionally, we would meet each other on the street, and the two of us would occasionally sneak into the teahouse to chat about recent developments. In fact, like me, he was tied up in life for so long in the more than ten years after we met him that he disappeared from the literary world for a long time. There are even rumors in the Xingren literary world: Yang Qing is "wasted", and so is everyone else, because neither of these two guys can come up with anything new. Every time I hear such rumors, my heart aches. Yes, how can someone who was once so crazy about literature abandon it at the drop of a hat? Of course, more often than not, I can’t escape the worldliness and confusion. What’s the point of being able to write about tofu? In this era where only breathing is free, how much are words worth? In other words, by the time your article becomes valuable, it will be a long time ago, right?

It’s not what others say, but I myself am ready to give up on the vast ocean of literature. I never thought that the path of literature and art would tie Yang Qing and me together again. At the beginning of 2016, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles office moved to the top floor of our unit. Darling, this guy really sat on top of my head. The frequency of encounters sometimes makes it impossible for you to avoid even if you want to, but what I have to say is, It was a pleasure meeting him. Not long after I moved into the Federation of Literary and Art Circles office, I saw Yang Qing in high spirits. Instead of talking to me about calligraphy and literature, he told me about the history of the Xingren Yi people. I said, what? Does the Xingren Yi people still have a history? He said yes, Xingren not only has the Yi people, but also has history. I said Xingren only has a history of a hundred years, where is the history? He patiently said that this year, a high-standard Pu Tu Zhu Ye Yi Cultural Industry Corridor Seminar will be held. If you are interested and have time, just come with me and you will definitely make new discoveries.

During that time, I was so tired of stereotyped news writing that I couldn’t find a place to vent my anger. Anyway, I had a lot of free time. I couldn’t follow his lead, but at least I could answer the questions in my heart. Historical curiosity. As everyone knows, this old man really didn’t fool me. When he and I walked into Lu Chuying Long’s Tusi Manor, walked into Dayechang Yi Village, and walked into the high-standard Pu Tu Zhu Ye Yi Cultural Industry Corridor Seminar Site , I am indeed obsessed with the history and culture that has been lost for many years on this land. At this time, the appearance of another person pushed me into the "abyss" of history and culture.

One day, Tang Xiuyuan, the editor-in-chief of the unit, sent me a message on QQ and then sent me an article called "Thousand Years of Prosperity". I immediately became energetic and clicked on it to read it carefully. Looking at it, it’s amazing that another brother who has also disappeared from my sight for a long time, Yang Wenbo, who retired from the leadership position of the County Audit Bureau due to illness, actually wrote down more than 10,000 words in silence. "Thousand Years of Xingren" written by Chinese characters, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States to how Xingren County was established, is chronologically organized, with all the classics you can look up and all the words you can find, all of which are clearly sorted out for you. This is the history of Xingren that I have never read before. After reading this article word for word, I pondered for a long time. Our history is so long. Our so-called barbaric land can be as heavy as the Central Plains. I almost climbed up here. The top of the only circular building in Dong Xingren shouts out the pride of Xingren people. Editor-in-chief Tang forwarded the article to me so that I could push it on the WeChat public account of the county news center, "Guizhou Palm Xingren", which I am responsible for maintaining. Such a good article is undoubtedly a rare masterpiece among the many years of writing on Xing Renshi. I was so excited that I immediately took the liberty to write a short review and introduction based on my knowledge and level. It was divided into seven issues, intact. Brother Yang Wenbo's tearful and soul-stirring "Thousand Years of Prosperity" was pushed to the mobile phones of more than 10,000 fans. At that time, the International Mountain Tourism Development Conference was taking place, and the Xingren Fang Maping series of activities were ongoing. The promotion of "Thousand Years of Xingren" triggered a historical and cultural craze in Xingren. For a time, the Thousand Years of Xingren was praised and aroused People's doubts.

Brother Wenbo's "Thousand Years of Xingren" made Yang Qing unable to sit still, and I couldn't sit still either, so we unanimously invited this detonator of Xingren's history and culture. The three of us had a great time chatting. We talked about history, travel, and the future of Xingren. We all coincided with each other. We all agree that the Thousand Years of Xingren is not groundless, nor is it fabricated by Mr. Wenbo out of thin air. The Thousand Years of Xingren is an ironclad fact, but few people know about it, and even fewer people care about it. In recent years, Xingren's economy and society have developed steadily, ranking second in southwest Guizhou, but cultural tourism has been extremely impotent. When talking about history and culture, it is always locked in the narrow and extreme century, and it is even dismissed like smelly dog ??shit. No one cares about it. And history and culture are closely related to tourism. In this regard, we have suffered big losses. We cannot compare with Xingyi Wanfeng Forest and Maling River, we cannot imitate the Qinglong Twenty Turns, we cannot move the Zhenfeng Shuangru Peak, we cannot afford to plant the Anlong Ten Miles Lotus Pond... When the whole province is raising the banner of tourism, Xingren is sandwiched in the middle of Southwest Guizhou, showing an awkward situation. The only Fangmaping we can get is the deeds of Long Jizhao and Long Jizuo against the Qing Dynasty initiated by Wu Sangui, but it is still a blank lawn. Xingren cultural tourism, where is the way out? And the timely release of "Thousand Years of Xingren" reveals too much information. If we expand and dig deeper around it, it will be a cultural rich mine!

We vow to turn things around and rectify Xingren’s history and culture!

Yang Qing, Yang Wenbo, and I, these three buddies are obsessed, driven completely crazy by this culture that has been dormant for thousands of years.

For quite a long time, the three of us have been conducting crazy "brainwashing" on people we caught. This weak "MLM" team is like the brine added to the soup, making the boring fun... Ren, exudes a strong cultural atmosphere.

When there was no opportunity for "brainwashing", the three of us acted separately and each carried out a strategic offensive to deeply explore the history and culture of Xingren in familiar areas. Yang Qing continued his research on the history and culture of the Yi people and invited Professor Zhu Niayi from Guizhou University for Nationalities and his team. From the perspective of the history and culture of the Yi people, he found the origin of an important Fang country in southwestern Guizhou during the Southern Song Dynasty from the Qi country, and along the way Tracing Yelang's whereabouts and gaining support from provincial experts on Yelang's history and culture; Brother Wenbo continued to conduct in-depth research on the thousand-year-old Xingren and made great achievements in the textual research of county names; I followed the diagram and learned from Brother Wenbo's I extracted the "Leaking River" fragment from "Thousand Years of Prospering Benevolence", frantically searched for various local chronicles on the Internet, spent tens of thousands of yuan on books to supplement history, and wrote "A Survey of Leaking River" seriously and rigorously. The leaky river test has received strong support from the Propaganda Department of the County Party Committee and the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles. With the cooperation of enthusiasts in the county's literary and art circles and township leaders, they consciously fulfilled the task of historical and cultural excavation and successfully completed the leaky river test. Masa River, this river that has been dormant for thousands of years, has since had a resounding name - Leaking River. Because of the leakage of the river, our "fooling" team has gradually grown. Mr. Xiong Jiansen, a cultural senior and author of the Zhanghui novel "Dragon Teng Panjiang", Ding Dalin, Chairman of the Writers Association, Qiu Chengfu, Director of the Historical Affairs Office, Xiao Qiyou, a cultural figure and executive vice president of the County Party School, are active and prosperous. Writers Peng Yu, Hu Rongsheng, Zeng Guangzhi, Xu Shuqiong, etc. in the Ren literary circle, as well as supporters who had heavy official duties and were in leadership positions, all contributed money and efforts to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Xingren's historical and cultural prosperity, and a Xingren literary and art scene emerged. Revival craze.

We are not alone. When we walk side by side through the mountains and rivers of Xingren, following the footsteps of our ancestors and revisiting the past of our land, we have a lot of mixed feelings and insights.

After the above-mentioned gossip, let’s return to the theme I expressed. Two days ago, Mr. Yang Qing sent me the 12,000-word essay "Thousands of Years of Elegance in Southwest Yi Prospering Benevolent People". This is a rare masterpiece after "Thousands of Years of Prosperity to Promote Benevolence". He said, Brother, for many years I have never written such a long text before, and I wouldn’t be able to write it if I didn’t study and ponder it carefully.

I said half-jokingly that this was a call from the forefathers and had been "planned" for a long time!

"Thousands of Years of Confucianism and Elegance in Southwest Yi Prospering Benevolent People" has a clear text context and clear views. From the words, we can easily understand the collision between the history and culture of Xingren and the soul of the author Yang Qing. From last year’s International Mountain Tourism Development Conference’s Pu Tu Zhu Ye Yi Cultural Industry Corridor Seminar, to Luojiang Kao, to Xingren’s creation and declaration of the “Hometown of Chinese Beef Noodles”, and the beautiful Guizhou cuisine “Chinese Barley Banquet” Yang Qing led and participated in the research and development of Xingren, which means that he carefully studied the history and culture of Xingren before presenting this masterpiece to us. The word "Southwestern Yi" first appeared in "Historical Records". In his article "Biographies of Southwestern Yi", Sima Qian labeled the southwest region as synonymous with being backward and difficult to educate. Is this actually the case? Yang Qing moved out the Jiao Le Han Tomb and Tonggu Mountain relics, and counted in detail the rare cultural relics in the south such as bronze chariots and horses, figurines playing musical instruments, lanterns, kitchen planers, rap figurines, paddy field models, pottery cows, pottery chickens, etc., and stated Our ancestors once lived in this land with high-quality life style in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation. Based on Sima Qian's record of "Yelang stole wolfberry sauce from the market", we sorted out the relationship between the benevolent people of Guxing and the "One Belt, One Road" initiative. Historical Origins.

According to historical records, when the northerners ate the unpalatable "ji" (millet), we were already eating fragrant rice; when the northerners simply and crudely made rice in pots, we were Use the stove to simmer gently; while northerners eat sunflower leaves and wild vegetables, our Han Dynasty chefs are making stewed chicken with relish. "Yi" is an ideographic word, and a person with a bow is called "Yi". That is to say, our ancestors carried a bow on their backs and walked into the mountains without starving to death. They always brought back endless delicacies for you to enjoy. The "Yi" people learned to keep food in captivity, raise it as much as they can enjoy it, and finally cook it slowly. The barrier between the Yangtze River and the mountains stopped the northern iron cavalry, allowing the southwest region to evolve on its own. Even if Zhuang Qi conquered Yelang, Qin built the Five-foot Road, and Emperor Wu of the Han sent Tang and Meng Jingluo, they just loved this area. Land, and I wish I could get this land. It is beyond my reach, but this land still continues its elegant nature. As for literary, Taoist and military strategies, our ancestors are often unknown because they did not belong to the mainstream and relied on self-reliance. But it is worth mentioning that the transition of Chinese characters from Wei style to regular script is really a credit to our ancestors. In Luliang, Yunnan, an inscription that was suppressed by later generations has led to a history of the evolution of writing. The author of "Cuan Baozi" was Dong Cuan Wuman, the ancestor of the Yi people. In the process of accepting Han culture, he inadvertently wrote Wei style into another Such a style that under the influence of Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun and others, they transformed into a more elegant regular script. Today's Xingren also belongs to the sphere of influence of Dong Cuan Wuman.

Let’s talk about living customs. The "Southwestern Yi" are a people who care about hygiene. Fan Chengda, a civil servant stationed in Guangxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, recorded for us the "strange customs" in their eyes. He said that they came from the time when the barbarians from Qi State came to Hengshan, Guangxi (today's Tiandong County) to sell horses. , he saw that these barbarians were acting very strangely. How strange were they? First of all, the hairstyle is a "vertebral bun", where the hair is changed to form a vertebra above the forehead, which is completely different from the well-dressed people of China. In fact, this kind of dress is simple and practical, preventing hair from flying around, and moving quickly; secondly, "sexuality is good and clean" "When people eat and take different foods, they have a small knife and a bowl of water in front of each person. After inserting the small knife into the entrance of the food, it must be washed once in the water before use, otherwise it will contaminate others. This is equivalent to Where are the serving chopsticks today? Thirdly, people in this place carry salt with them wherever they go. In addition to cooking, they also use it to rinse their mouth and brush their teeth. They are very particular about personal hygiene, right? Fourth, the barbarians are most taboo about dirt. If they see dirty things on the road, they must cover them with soil or avoid them. What is very funny is that when people who understand this rule conflict with the barbarians, they will throw dirt at them. When the barbarians saw the dirt, they jumped on their horses and ran away in fright. Like cleanliness, our ancestors have taken a big step towards civilization.

Mr. Yang Qing has described these civilizations and elegance in detail in the article. I believe readers will have different opinions and wisdom.

"Thousands of Years of Refined Yi in Southwest China Prospered Benevolent People" is a good article that inspires our cultural confidence. Just like today's Internet or real life, when Guizhou is mentioned, people always say that you are poor there. Ah, backwards, etc. with contemptuous tone and expression. In the past, we were used to living a leisurely and carefree life, so much so that we didn’t argue when people said we were “arrogant,” and we didn’t bother to pay attention when people said we were “unskilled.” They even use "unbelievable" to associate us with bandits. We don't argue because we are docile and elegant, so we suffer a big loss. Today, we are inspired by the great unity of the nation and the great prosperity of culture. We learn with an open mind and have the courage to accept the vast civilization of our motherland, so that we are also clearly aware of our own shortcomings.

Only by knowing yourself can you step out of yourself.

Thanks to our ancestors for the elegance they left us. Elegance is the pearls scattered on this land of Xingren. Let us connect them together with piety and awe and embellish them in this magnificent land. Mountains and rivers.