Tang Bohu, formerly known as Tang Yin, was named Bohu. Later generations called him Tang Bohu, but gradually he ignored his real name. Chenghua was born in Suzhou for six years. Before the age of 20, Tang Bohu's life was very smooth. His father, Tang Guangde, is a businessman and his family is quite good. In addition, Tang Bohu was smart since he was a child, and he belongs to the kind of person who can read books well without great efforts, including the Four Books and Five Classics and ancient books on literature and history. In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, on the eve of Tang Bohu's rural examination in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, he had dinner with three of his best friends in his life, and he released grandiose words, "Who has the intention of giving up my Tang Yin?" These three friends are Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing. Together with Tang Bohu, they are called the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River. These three people have no doubt about Tang Bohu's grandiloquence, and all think that Tang Bohu has certain confidence in this sentence. Facts also prove that Tang Bohu didn't brag. Eighteen-year-old Tang Bohu won the first place after having obtained the provincial examination and became the top scholar in Yingtianfu.
In the 12th year of Hongzhi, Tang Bohu went to Beijing to take the exam. At that time, he was already famous in the world, and Tang Bohu made no secret of his pride. A small solution won't satisfy him. His goal is "three consecutive championships", that is, sharing a win-win situation, and it is not a problem for Tang Bohu to win the championship by sharing a win-win situation with his own talent. Everyone thinks that this young man will have a bright future. However, just like TV series, a wonderful story will always turn when life is too smooth. Because he met a man named Xu Jing on his way to Beijing to catch the exam, it's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, otherwise Tang Bohu would not hesitate to drink it and scold himself for ruining his future for a little money. The fact is that Xu Jing's family is very rich and generous. In order to travel with Tang Bohu, he contracted all the expenses on the road in Tang Bohu. After entering Beijing, he is preparing for the exam, just like Tang Bohu confidently preparing for the final court exam. However, waiting for him is not a list, but an officer in chains. Tang Bohu not only failed to make the list, but also became a prisoner. At the same time, the invigilator and Cheng were also jailed for conspiring to cheat. This is mainly because the exam questions that year were particularly difficult. Some people even handed in blank paper, but only two people answered, one was Tang Bohu and the other was Xu Jing. Not surprisingly, Tang Bohu answered this question. After all, he was called a genius when he was young, and then things went wrong because of his confidence. Before the list was released, when everyone was guessing who would win the prize, the proud Tang Bohu declared: "Don't argue, I must be a member of this department!" This grandiose remark was written down by many thoughtful people. Coupled with the results of the imperial examination, everyone thinks that there is an unspeakable secret between Tang Bohu and the examiner. After investigation, it was Xu Jing who bought the title. However, although Tang Bohu conspired to cheat, although there was no evidence, he was demoted to a petty official and was not allowed to be an official. Being involved in this is really a bit wrong, but there is no way. Let's go home from prison.
Everything at home is different from before. Those who praised him and praised him before seemed to have changed their faces. In addition to contempt or contempt, even his extremely talented servant did not respect him, and even his wife insulted him. Tang Bohu, who fell from the peak of his life, was desperate. He no longer believes in the words of sages and studies hard at the cold window. In any case, he can no longer be an official. What's the point of reading? From then on, Tang Bohu indulged in debauchery, wandered in various brothels, and lived a drunken life. About this time, the name of a romantic genius appeared.
In Zheng Dejiu, Ning Wang Zhu hired him with a high salary and asked him to work for himself in Nanchang. Excited Tang Bohu thought he had found the direction of his life until he found his employer trying to resist. This is a bit of a problem. Although visiting brothels has a bad reputation, at least it will not be buried at any time. But here we are. Do you want to leave? In desperation, Tang Bohu had to come up with a way: pretending to be crazy. It's crazy to say that literati pretend to be crazy, because Tang Bohu's way of pretending to be crazy is streaking, which makes the whole Nanchang city restless. Wang Ning finally drove him away.
Tang Bohu, who escaped from danger, was completely desperate for life. After his career was frustrated, he took "Brewmaster" as an example. He often drank too much, and his health became worse and worse in his later years. In good health, he can sell calligraphy and painting. In his later years, Tang Bohu was very poor and often had to borrow money to live. In the second year of Jiajing, Tang Bohu's illness could no longer stand the ordeal, and he ended his bumpy life in poverty and illness.
In the film and television drama, Tang Bohu had many wives and concubines, and finally she got the beauty back. In fact, however, Tang Bohu only married two wives, the first one died in childbirth, and the second one abused Tang Bohu after he was down and out, and finally abandoned him. The only consolation is that a confidante named Shen nine niang gave him some spiritual comfort when he was in the most difficult time.
Throughout Tang Bohu's life, he was high-spirited in his youth, frustrated in his middle age and disheartened in his later years. Perhaps only his peach blossom songs can comfort this painful soul struggling in helplessness: others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to wear it.