Chapter 259

"The sounds of prosperity, escaping into the empty gate, have devastated the world.

The dream is cold, tossing and turning for a lifetime, how many volumes of love debts are there?"

Huh!

The very first line of these lyrics made Hong Hong Wenjie's eyes light up; he was quite surprised!

Based on this opening alone, this Zhang Yang also has some substance to him.

"If you acquiesce, life and death wait in vain.

Waiting in vain for one circle, then another circle of tree rings."

As "Fireworks Cool Easily" continued, Hong Hong Wenjie's eyes went through various changes.

From surprise, to appreciation, and finally to shock!

As the Dean of the School of Literature at Qing University, he possesses a high level of critical ability for literature!

These lyrics utilize many literary rhetorical devices!

A series of techniques such as contrast, parallelism, personification, chain-linking, and imagery.

This is a good piece of writing; even within the Qing University School of Literature, it could be considered a fine work!

However, these are not the most important things!

The most important thing is that the words in the lyrics—the dilapidated Luoyangcheng, the Buddhist gate, the Garan Temple, the Northern Wei, the Pagoda—gave Hong Hong Wenjie a very familiar feeling.

"Dad! You say, is there really a place called Garan Temple?!"

Hong Hong Xiaoxuan asked with red eyes.

Clearly, she had been moved by the story in this song again!

But at this moment, Hong Hong Wenjie had fallen into deep thought.

Hong Hong Xiaoxuan couldn't help but nudge her father: "Dad! I'm asking you something?!"

Only then did Hong Hong Wenjie react: "Ah? What did you ask?!"

Hong Hong Xiaoxuan had no choice but to repeat the question.

"Is there really such a place as this Garan Temple in the lyrics?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Hong Wenjie suddenly became ecstatic and laughed out loud.

"Garan Temple! So that's it! What a Zhang Yang!"

After saying this, Hong Hong Wenjie rushed back to his study, not even answering his daughter's question.

"Dad! You haven't told me the answer yet?"

But Hong Hong Wenjie heard nothing, searching for ancient books on the bookshelf.

He saw a copy of "Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang".

Hong Hong Wenjie couldn't wait to take it down and began to read!

?

"Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang" is a collection of notes written by Yang Xuanzhi of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

This is not just a Buddhist classic, but even more so a historical document with cultural value.

Among them, "Garan Temple" does not refer to a single temple, but is a collective term for the Buddhist temples in Luoyangcheng at that time!

Hong Hong Wenjie usually loves reading ancient books; hearing the thick Buddhist elements in the lyrics, as well as the specific period of the Northern Wei, he already had some thoughts in his heart.

But he didn't expect that he would be awakened from his dream by his own daughter's words!

This song "Fireworks Cool Easily" by Zhang Yang might have originated from the ancient book "Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang"!

If a piece of Chinese-style music can originate from an ancient book, and is written with substance.

Then this Zhang Yang is truly a great talent!

Then how could this person be unknown in the academy?!

Could it be that he is accumulating strength for a breakthrough?!

Hong Hong Wenjie never imagined.

At that time, Zhang Yang simply ignored affairs outside his window, focusing only on being a literary plagiarist!

There were no women around him, so there were no such things as slapping villains in the face!

Zhang Yang just lived his university life quietly like that!

As for being handsome?!

In that highest institution of learning in China, talent represents everything; what use is being good-looking!

"Rustle...

Bursts of page-turning sounds came from the study.

Hong Hong Xiaoxuan peeked, looking at her father who was so serious.

She didn't continue to pester him, but tiptoed back to her room.

Suddenly, Hong Hong Wenjie's face flushed, and he clapped his hands and stood up.

"What a Zhang Yang, what a "Fireworks Cool Easily", written wonderfully!!"

He had flipped through most of the article, and finally, in Volume Three of the book...

Thus, Hong Hong Wenjie found the lyrics and combined them with the story in the article.

After reading it, he felt more and more that this "Fireworks Cool Easily" was indeed derived from this article.

This article tells an eternal story of the love entanglements between the Southern Dynasty rebel official Wang Su, his original wife Lady Xie, and the Northern Wei Princess Chenliu.

This Zhang Yang is truly a great talent!

He suddenly thought that school was about to start, and perhaps he could invite Zhang Yang back to school.

But that is a matter for later.

At this time, Hong Hong Wenjie could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

He opened his computer and started typing away.

It is like when you discover a secret; you always have the desire to share it with others.

"The Past and Present of "Fireworks Cool Easily" and "Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang""

This title appeared prominently on the computer screen.

The sounds of prosperity, escaping into the empty gate, have devastated the world.

"During the Northern Wei period, Buddhism was prevalent, consuming a vast amount of manpower and material resources to build countless temples, leaving the people in poverty!"

The dream is cold, tossing and turning for a lifetime, how many volumes of love debts are there?

"In the 17th year of Taihe of the Northern Wei, Wang Su, a descendant of the Langya Wang clan, because his family in the Southern Dynasty suffered a disaster of extermination, was the only one to escape, subsequently disguising himself as a monk to defect to the Northern Wei."

"After Wang Su arrived in the Northern Wei, he was deeply appreciated by Emperor Xiaowen and even married the Emperor's sister, Princess Chenliu. However, when Wang Su was fleeing, he had left behind his original wife, Lady Xie, in the Southern Dynasty."

"Lady Xie waited bitterly for many years, but in the end, she received the news that her own husband had become the son-in-law of another country!"

The pagoda has broken a few levels, whose soul has it broken?

Pain rushes straight to a collapsed mountain gate with a flickering lamp.

"The nine-story pagoda of Yongning Temple was reduced to ashes in a fire."

"The pagoda can be broken, but true feelings are hard to end. Lady Xie did not believe that her husband would do such a thing, so she decided to go north herself to find the answer."

"Until she saw it with her own eyes, Lady Xie was willing to believe the truth: her own husband had abandoned her, his wife of humble beginnings, to marry someone else."

"Thus, Lady Xie wrote a five-character poem: Originally a silkworm on the foil, now silk on the loom. Having found the path to success, how I recall the time of our entanglement."

"After Wang Su read Lady Xie's poem, his heart was filled with mixed feelings and great shame, but he was helpless, thus caught in a dilemma."

"Consequently, the Princess responded to Wang Su with a five-character poem: The needle is an object that threads, the eye always holds the silk. Having obtained the silk to sew the new, how can one accommodate the old."

Rain falls, rain falls, the old hometown is deep in grass and trees.

I hear, I hear, you are still guarding the lonely city.

The sound of the shepherd's flute in the suburbs falls on that wild village.

Fate takes root, it is us.

Fate takes root, it is us.

Listening to the rain at Garan Temple, hoping for eternity.

"How could Lady Xie have imagined that after guarding an empty room for so many years, this would be the result? Tears fell like rain instantly, and now he wouldn't even see her!"

"Heaven seemed to feel the injustice for Lady Xie as well, and it began to rain heavily! Looking at the bustling Buddhist temples in Luoyangcheng, the disheartened Lady Xie walked into Garan Temple and shaved her head to become a nun."

— Author's Notes —

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