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Among the ancient literati, who do you admire the most?

Wang Wei is the ancient literati I admire most for the following four reasons:

1. Wang Wei’s poems are very good.

His poems have pure emotions, beautiful artistic conception, and detached thoughts, and have a poetic and picturesque feeling. For example -

"Dwelling in the Mountains in the Dark Autumn"

After the new rain in the empty mountains,

Autumn comes late.

The bright moon shines among the pines,

The clear spring rocks flow upstream.

The bamboo noise returns to Huan Nu,

The lotus leaves the fishing boat.

Let the spring fragrance rest at will,

Wangs and grandsons can stay here.

This poem praises the freshness, emptiness, tranquility and tranquility of nature by describing the bright moon, clear springs, bamboo forests, lotus ponds, fishing boats and other natural beauty. It expresses the poet's love for nature.

There is also this song "Bird Song Stream" -

Osmanthus flowers fall when people are idle,

The night is quiet and the spring sky is empty.

The moonrise scares the mountain birds,

Whenever the moon rises, they sing in the spring stream.

This poem makes people seem to see a bright moon hanging in the quiet night sky, and hear the sound of sweet-scented osmanthus falling to the ground and the crisp chirping of birds. Only those who love nature can feel the beauty of the quiet night, the softness of the moonlight, and the sweetness of the birdsong.

2. Wang Wei is versatile.

In addition to writing good poems, Wang Wei also wrote wonderful calligraphy and painting. He was also proficient in music. He once served as Tai Lecheng, an eighth-rank official in charge of music and ceremony in the court. I can tell an interesting story about Wang Wei's paintings. The story takes place in the Song Dynasty. Qin Guan, a poet of the Song Dynasty, fell ill one day, and even though he had been treated by several doctors, there was no improvement. One of his friends surnamed Gao brought him a painting called "Wangchuan Picture" painted by Wang Wei for him to appreciate. A friend said to Qin Guan: "If you appreciate this painting every day, your health will get better." Qin Guan was a little unconvinced at first, but he really liked Wang Wei's "Wangchuan Picture". Just appreciate the beautiful mountains and rivers in this painting, the lush flowers and trees, and the realistic flowing clouds and flowing water in this painting every day. Every time I admire it, I feel refreshed and relaxed. Slowly, Qin Guan's illness really gets better. Would you say it's magical? Wang Wei's paintings can actually cure diseases. It can be seen that Wang Wei's paintings are really first-rate. 3. Wang Wei’s academic performance is very good.

He studied poetry from his father and painting from his mother since he was a child. Growing up surrounded by art in the family. So he is versatile. In the 19th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei took the imperial examination and won the first prize. Later, he served as Tai Le Cheng, You Shi, Supervisory Censor and other officials in the court.

4. Wang Wei has an open-minded and free temperament.

As a versatile and accomplished person like him, it should have been smooth sailing. However, he was ostracized by the treacherous minister Li Linfu and was demoted from the court. He went to Hexi to become a Jiedushi judge with a very low position. Although Wang Wei was depressed, he was not in any particular pain. He calmly accepted his fate and built a villa in Wangchuan. Lived a leisurely pastoral life. Planting vegetables, admiring flowers, drinking and chatting every day. Wang Wei enjoyed this pastoral life very much, unlike other poets such as Meng Haoran who complained about the unfairness of fate. Anyway, no matter whether it is good or bad in life, he accepts it naturally, lives in the moment, and enjoys leisurely life. Treat fame and wealth as if they were just floating clouds. His otherworldly temperament is comparable to that of the Song Dynasty poet Su Shi.