One is the founder of the Huajian School in the Tang Dynasty, and the other is a rare female poet in ancient times. They admire each other and are close friends, like a pair of immortals and wonderful people. But is their relationship really just as simple as that of a master disciple? Or is there another hidden reason? Let’s uncover the veil of history together and explore their unknown secrets.
According to legend, Wen Tingjun, the founder of the Huajian School, was the first love of the famous Tang Dynasty poet Yu Xuanji, but their acquaintance should have been purely coincidental.
Yu Youwei’s father was a down and out scholar. After his unfortunate passing, Yu Youwei and her son were caught in a dilemma of survival. In ancient times, women were not able to appear in public, and there were very few profitable businesses. Youwei’s mother is just an ordinary daughter who only recognizes a few words and can only help with embroidery and laundry work in brothels. Yu Youwei has been smart and clever since she was young. She lived with her mother in a brothel and didn’t learn anything about the ups and downs of birds and swallows. Instead, she learned some basic skills.
Speaking of that Wen Tingjun, who lost his parents at a young age and wrote excellent articles, but repeatedly failed exams. He cares about the world and worries about it, but he can’t do anything. He is proficient in music and poetry, but he is not appreciated by the emperor. The hot blood in the chamber eventually crumbled into powder, and he sank. In the brightly lit fireworks alley, on the small boat with a bright moon, he began to focus on the scenery of flowers, snow, and moon. It was so beautiful.
She met him in a brothel. At that time, he was holding his glass and singing wildly, without noticing a disheveled coarse cloth next to him. That was her idol, and since then, his lyrics have been playing in her mind every night. She wanted to be seen, so she risked her life to self-study poetry and let those beautiful sisters play with it.
Hard work pays off, he saw it. It was an ordinary night, and the first snow from Chang’an had just drifted outside the window. He excitedly found her and said she was talented and wanted to take her as his disciple. She ignored her mother’s obstruction and agreed to him when she was less than ten years old. She admired him and loved the way he couldn’t catch up when reciting poetry. This look was also the sweetness that Youwei often thought of after being abandoned by Li Yi. But Wen Tingjun was not a fool either. After knowing her intentions, he told her that this life could only be a master disciple relationship, and then left Chang’an. After Wen Tingjun left Chang’an, he only exchanged some letters with her, and in her gradually proficient words and lines, there was always a longing for him. Coincidentally, Li Yi became the top scorer that year, and Wen Tingjun arranged for them.
That’s all for the story about Wen Tingjun and Yu Xuanji. If you want to know about the love hate relationship between Yu Xuanji and Li Yi, please follow the next article!!!
