What kind of person was Pan Lang in the Northern Song Dynasty? Why did he invent the word "frolic"?

Pan Lang, a poet, was one of many handsome and easy-going figures in the early Song Dynasty. Influenced by the poetic style of "Kunxi Style", most poets in the early Song Dynasty wrote beautifully and neatly, but their contents were relatively empty, with few masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, and there was no representative of literate Sect. However, Pan Lang's poems are fresh, beautiful and unique.

For example, he said in "From Tonglu to Qiantang at the end of the year": "Long guests see Fahua and return to Tonglu alone. The new moon has no bright light, and the sunset has afterglow. Yupu feng shui is urgent, and Longshan fireworks are micro. When I heard the geese on the beach, they all flew south. " His poems are simple and natural, plain and leisurely, and the artistic conception created is carefree and far-reaching and intriguing. Liu Ban commented in Zhong Shan Shi Hua: "Pan Lang's poems include tang style, and the servant said that this poem is not less than Liu Changqing." Liu Ban compared Pan Lang to Liu Changqing, known as the "Great Wall of Five Words" in the middle Tang Dynasty, and praised it.

Pan Lang is famous not only for his poems, but also for his poems. He recalled the grand occasion of watching tide in Qiantang River and wrote Jiuquanzi? The tenth article "Cloud:" Looking back at the tide for a long time, the Manchu people competed for the river. Doubt that the sea is empty. In the drum. Make waves, Xiang Tao stands first. Keep the red flag moist. Don't look at your dreams. Dreams are still chilling. "This word describes the tidal power of Qiantang River in a spectacular way, and vividly expresses the heroic spirit of the wave-makers who are not afraid of heaven, earth, man can conquer nature and bravely stand on the tide. It has a strong artistic appeal, so it enjoys a high reputation in the ci world and has become a classic repeatedly quoted by future generations.

Pan Lang was a famous figure in the period of Emperor Taizong and Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty (now a famous figure in Hebei Province). He once sold medicine in Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) in the Song Dynasty for a living. The shopkeeper who runs a drugstore has not studied many business subjects, but he loves poetry and makes friends, from temple dignitaries to Jianghu hermits. He is good friends with eunuch Wang Jien, Hanlin Bachelor Wang Yucheng and Prime Minister Kou Zhun, and close friends with gifted scholar Xu Dong and hermit Lin Bu.

However, although Pan Lang was good at making friends with prime ministers, academicians and eunuchs, he was not a follower. On the contrary, there is a very wild and unruly side in his character. At that time, Pan Lang was famous for his poems and was appreciated by Song Taizong. In the first year of Daoguang (995), he was born as a businessman, and was given a Jinshi background by Song Taizong, with four teaching assistants.

However, after Song Taizong's death, Wang Jien, Pan Lang's eunuch friend, took part in the search for a prince. As a result, the people he supported were not pushed up, and Prince Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne for Song Zhenzong smoothly. Later, Wang Jien was liquidated by Song Zhenzong, and Pan Lang was implicated and had to flee, and then he hid in an ancient temple in Zhou Shu (now Anqing, Anhui). During the reign of Emperor Xianping, Pan Lang went to Beijing and was arrested and imprisoned. Song Zhenzong learned that he did not participate in the establishment, not only released on the spot, but also appointed him to join the army in Chuzhou.

Therefore, the humorous Pan Lang wrote a poem "On the way to join the army in Chuzhou" on his way to his post: "I don't want to kill Xie Tianen, but I don't know how to raise him carelessly. I used to be an idle teaching assistant, but now I join the army as a skirmisher. The tall, thin horse ran towards the residual snow, and from a distance, you could see the solitary rainbow breaking through the clouds. There should be nothing else when I arrive, and I am willing to buy incense. "

More like a limerick. Although it was written "Xie Tianen", I didn't feel any gratitude. Instead, he expressed his inner disdain in a self-deprecating tone, especially the words "I used to be a leisure teaching assistant, but now I join the army" and "I should do nothing when I get there, and I am willing to buy incense and burn my salary", which showed that detachment in ridicule. Pan Lang had no intention of career, so he resigned soon, traveled around the world, and finally disappeared.

Talented and unruly people, this is the real Pan Lang. Therefore, Huang Jingzhi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said in "Pan Lang's Poems and Postscripts on Jiuquanzi": "Pan Lang, a fallen fairy, chanted at will, and his words floated beyond ordinary people's expectations."