Who is the "fake Yue Fei" who can not only fight, but also deeply influence China culture?

As a national hero admired by later generations, Yue Fei also has a controversial "gossip": Did he write it?

Yue Fei's literary talent is not inferior to the battlefield glory of "fame and fierce north and south" The "Man Jiang Hong Anger at the Crown", which embodies his full of blood, has been sung for a long time. The grief and indignation of "rushing to the crown and leaning against the fence" and the ambition of "driving a long car to break the lack of Helan Mountain" have inspired many heroes to stand up and make great contributions to the country every time it is in danger. However, in the 1930s, scholars represented by Yu Jiaxi put forward an amazing view: this shocking poem "The Red River" was not created by Yue Fei, but was written by someone pretending to be Yue Fei in the Ming Dynasty.

In the middle of last century, the debate about the author of Man Jiang Hong became more heated. Xia Lianfa, the "master of Ci-poetry", issued several articles to lock in the "obvious suspicion" of pretending to be Yue Fei. Then many famous scholars also participated in the discussion and listed detailed evidence to refute this theory. Deng Guangming's Re-discussion on Yue Fei's Is It a Fake? The author's identity of Yue Fei is proved by conclusive arguments. According to the commentary of the publication Shi Wen Zhe, "the doubt about whether the word' Man Jiang Hong' is Yue Fei can basically be dispelled."

Therefore, although there has been controversy, the mainstream academic circles still believe that Yue Fei is the author of Man Jiang Hong. However, since Xia's poems can be regarded as "pretending to be Yue Fei", this "skeptic of the Ming Dynasty" is naturally not an ordinary person. In Mr. Xia's words, why do you suspect that he "impersonates Yue Fei"? Because this person is "a general with literary accomplishment, and his identity is very similar to that of Yue Fei".

Such a beautiful figure "very similar to Yue Fei" is the legendary strategist in the middle of Ming Dynasty: Wang Yue.

Two: The legendary Daming God of War

Wang Yue, named Shichang, was born in Xun County, Henan Province in the first year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1426). Huang Yong, a contemporary scholar, once called Wang Yue a "godsend". If you only look at his face value, he is also rich: born with a big head and handsome appearance, he is a famous handsome man in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Appeared in front of Ming Yingzong for the first time, he took a look at Ming Yingzong on the spot and directly promoted him to the governor of Datong, which provoked courtiers to vomit that "the court employs people and takes more instruments"-that is, it depends on the face.

But in terms of life experience, Wang Yue is neither "rich" nor "expensive". He comes from a peasant family and works hard through the cold window. When I finally finished answering the paper at the temple fair, the paper was blown away by a gust of wind, but I was in no hurry. I found a blank piece of paper at random and answered it again. I successfully completed the exam in the only time left, and won the reputation of Jinshi in one fell swoop. Then, with this literary talent and strong psychological quality, after several struggles in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he rose to the high position of a government official-like Yue Fei, they were all children of Henan farmers who fought back with real skills.

However, what is most like Yue Fei is another real skill of Wang Yue: fighting!

Born in poverty, Wang Yue was a warm-blooded young man when he was young. According to Wang Yue's own anthology, when he was a teenager, he watched the history of the Song and Jin wars, and every time he got angry, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. When he gets angry, he practices martial arts desperately. Therefore, in his early years, although he was a civil servant such as "suggestion" and "judge", he also developed a hard skill of riding and shooting, and he has long been a ruthless role of both civil and military. This was unexpectedly discovered by Ming Yingzong, who sent him to Datong, a rotten town, to "put out the fire".

Since Ming Yingzong served as "Governor of Datong" in his later years, Wang Yue's military talents finally broke out one after another. He shared weal and woe with the soldiers. How many originally scattered soldiers fled as soon as they saw the Tatar, and successfully trained into a well-known soldier. Besides, he will not only lead troops, but also bring trouble. With such cabinet bosses, even "Yan Quan" Rainbow, they are close friends patting their shoulders. At this time, some people in the DPRK were easy to handle affairs, and finally, after painstaking efforts, they built a northwest iron army.

In military strategy, Wang Yue gave full play to Yue Fei's wisdom of "strategizing and being single-minded". During Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, he never played by the routine: in the ninth year of Chenghua, Khan Tatar invaded Dingxi and Tianshui, and Wang Yue made a decisive decision, leading 5,000 elite cavalry into his base camp, Hongyanchi, and drove Khan Tatar out of Hetao grassland in World War I. In the sixteenth year of Chenghua, the Tatar army was by the Hetao River. Wang Yue followed suit, led the elite troops, braved the heavy snow and went deep into Wei Naihai to surprise the Tatar army with a snowstorm. The Tatar army suffered heavy casualties and fled again. In the Han Dynasty, the brilliance of Wei Qing's "Flying Dragon City" can be seen.

This war made the Daming border defense, which was filled with smoke after the fiasco of the civil fort, look peaceful for a time. Wang Yue, who won many battles, also shined brilliantly in Chenghua years. He has been the general manager of the trilateral system for a long time and holds the strongest border guards in Daming. Shi Yu, the left capital of Douchayuan, and Shangshu of the Ministry of War were called "the most powerful border officials" in the Ming Dynasty in the15th century. After the triumph of "Weining Haizi" in the 16th year of Chenghua, Wang Yue was named as "Weining Bo", becoming the third civilian in the Ming Dynasty to be knighted for meritorious military service after the era of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Of course, behind the glory, criticism has always surrounded him. In order to reduce the resistance of the army, Wang Yue castrated Wang Zhi, so he was labeled as a eunuch, and he was fed up with the scolding of desire. After the fall of Wang Zhi, Wang Yue was also implicated and almost committed suicide. However, a few years later, in the ten years of Hongzhi, under the tragic situation that the border defense in the northwest of Daming was tight and there were no successors, Wang Yue, who was over 70 years old, once again served as a trilateral general system, went to war for the country, fought with Tatar Khan in Helan Mountain, and defeated the "little prince" who later fought with Mingwuzong. This time, the whole line collapsed and fled in a panic.

This real feat of "driving a long car to break through the shortage of Helan Mountain" is also the reason why he is suspected of "pretending to be Yue Fei".

This war has also become the swan song of his life. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, Wang Yue closed his tired eyes when he took office in Gansu, at the age of 72. Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty deplored it. One day, it was Wang Yangming, the future "saint" of the Ming Dynasty, who went on strike for him and was ordered to carry the coffin to escort the coffin back to his hometown.

Compared with the criticism before his death, Wang Yue, who died in the front line, received rave reviews behind him. From Hongzhi to the end of Ming Dynasty, Ming people constantly added various honors to him. A comment in A Record of the Ming Dynasty further proves his position: if you strive to keep up with the joneses, it will be hard to hide-Wang Yue is such a rare hero!

Compared with these achievements on the battlefield, this "suspected Yue Fei" Wang Yue has a great influence: culture!

Third, the "hanging life" of Ming poetry

Like Yue Fei, Wang Yue not only made great achievements, but also made great achievements in literature. In the late Ming Dynasty, Qian praised him for "drinking well, sweeping away a thousand words, making people think of grinding shields and lamenting jam", which was simply burn after reading. It is said that Qian used Wang Yue's poems to cheer himself up when the Qing army broke the city and died.

During the period from Yongle to Chenghua in Ming Dynasty, a kind of "Taige style" poem headed by Sanyang was popular, which was characterized by "elegance and elegance" and actually praised and whitewashed peace. As Sanyang is an important official in Taige, there are many imitators at one time, and there is an exaggerated saying in the literary world.

However, most of Wang Yue's poems are frontier poems and nostalgic poems, which is due to his bumpy experience and rich experience. Wang Yue's poems, advocating nature, especially pursuing Mencius' "noble spirit", are magnificent and unrestrained, which confirms and blends his experience. For example:

In the desert and late autumn, I occasionally come to this city to climb stairs.

Castle peak hangs in the sky during the day, regardless of ancient and modern hatred.

If anyone has a hero to break Lu, I don't blame the bones to seal Hou.

Do your best to shed the tears of fifteen years ago on the dry mulberry water.

Most of Wang Yue's poems were improvised, leaving no manuscripts, so that only a few dozen poems were published and circulated at that time, and most of the existing hundreds were compiled by later generations.

Interestingly, when he retired at the age of 27, he did nothing. He writes poems all day, mostly to show his boredom with officialdom. People who don't know thought it was written by an old man. "The setting sun is green and the west wind is new." This "Sunset", "Dusk" and "Xishan" all give people the feeling of being old-fashioned. But it was from this time that the poetic style of expressing true feelings was awakened by Wang Yue. Look at all kinds of "Taige style" routines in contemporary poetry circles in the Ming Dynasty, and you will know how important this is.

Whether it is frontier fortress, homesickness or expressing personal interest, Wang Yue's poems are different from Taige's and have a strong personal style, which has influenced the former seven sons, the latter seven sons, the Chaling School and the Public Security School. It can be described as an important turning point from "Taige" to "respecting elegance and restoring ancient ways", which changed the trend of literature in Ming Dynasty. The poetry of Ming Dynasty, which was once rigid in the "Taige style" and even on the verge of decline, is so full of vitality. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, under the concept of "Poetry must flourish in the Tang Dynasty", a number of brilliant masterpieces have emerged. It was Wang Yue's creation that brought the lifeless poetry of Ming Dynasty to a critical moment.

Did he write "Man Jiang Hong"? This may be a different angle, but it is important that from his life, whether he writes poems or leads troops, he can see the spirit of loyalty and courage that is in the same strain as Man Jianghong. I believe that this is the immortal inheritance of Chinese civilization after suffering!