About Liu and Xue Tao

Xue Tao (about 768 ~ 808? A poetess in the Tang Dynasty, she was generous in her words. Chang 'an (now Xi, Shaanxi) people. Father Xue Yun entered Shu as an official, and his wife and daughter lived in Shu after his death. Xue Taomei, Minhui, 8 years old, poetic, melodious and talented, became famous for a while.

During the Zhenyuan period of Dezong (785 ~ 804), Wei Gao, the envoy of Nanxichuan in Ren Jian, ordered him to write poems and drink, so he became a musician. Yuan Zi, Liu□, Gao Chongwen, Wu, Li, Duan Wenchang, Du, Guo Zhao, Li Deyu, etc. came to Shuzhong successively, and all went in and out of the shogunate as geisha and diners. Wei Gao once asked the court to grant him the title of minister and provincial school clerk, which failed to come true, but people often called it "girls' school book". Later generations called Geji a "school book", which came from her. Xue Tao's date of birth is unknown. The year of his death was during Duan Wenchang's second visit to Shu, that is, between the sixth year (832) and the ninth year (835) of Daiwa. It was a mistake to say that she was in contact with Gao Pian when Gao Pian was appointed as our ambassador in Sichuan in 874, the first year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign.

Xue Tao and famous poets at that time, such as Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi, Zhang Ji, Wang Jian, Liu Yuxi, Du Mu, Zhang Hu, etc. There have been paid exchanges. Living in Huanhuaxi, he made his own small pink stationery to write poems. Later generations copied it and called it "Xue". In her later years, she disguised as a Taoist woman, built a poetry building in Bijifang and spent her later years in a quiet life. Wang Jian's poem "Sending Books to Xue Tao in the Middle of Shu" praises: "The books of Wan Li Qiaobian Girls' School are collected in loquat flowers. It's better to lead the spring breeze than to sweep your eyebrows. "

Among the female poets in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Tao and He Yu are the most famous. Xue Tao, Yu and Yu are called the four great poetesses in the Tang Dynasty. Zhuo Wenjun, Xue Tao, Mrs. Hua Rui and Huang Li are also called the four talented women in Sichuan. Xue Tao's poems such as Farewell to Friends and Tizhulang Temple are not only famous for their clear words and beautiful sentences, but also some works with profound thoughts and concern for reality. In feudal times, women, especially women like her, were rare. She has been to Songzhou, which is close to Tubo. There is a poem called "I am pregnant with Wei Linggong when I am sent to the border". The first poem said: "I heard that the border town is suffering, but now I don't know." I have no face to sing under the door and sing with the faucet. " I deeply sympathize with the hard life of border guards. Yang Shen said that it was "a poet's wonder whether there was irony but he didn't reveal it" (Sheng 'an Poetry). The catalogue of Sikuquanshu also thinks that her Bian Bian Lou has far-reaching influence and is beyond the reach of ordinary skirts. Jinjiang Collection consists of five volumes, which have been lost today. The Whole Tang Poetry records his poems 1 volume. Zhang Pengzhou, a close friend, has poems by Xue Tao. For deeds, see Chronicle of Tang Poetry and Talented Persons of Tang Dynasty.

According to "Poems of Celebrities Return", "Tao was eight or nine years old, and his father was sitting in the court one day, pointing out:' The court is divided into an ancient tree, hanging in the clouds', so Tao continued to answer it, saying,' The stick welcomes the birds in the north and the south, and the leaves send the breeze'." The sudden death of his father "shows his quick thinking." Tao lost his father in his early years and his mother was widowed. They live together and her life is extremely difficult. By the time she was 16 years old, her poems had become household names. Because of her beauty, temperament, eloquence and poetry, she was forced to make a living and became a famous poetess at that time.

Liu (16 18- 1664) took Yang as his surname in his early years, and successively used Yang Ai, Yunjuan and other names, also known as; Later, his surname was changed to Liu (formerly Liu) and his name was Yin (). (According to Liu Chuan, "If it means seclusion, celebrities on that day are happy to use it as another name. For example, Huang ordered him to "live in seclusion" and Zhang Wanxian's "seclusion with fragrance" are all examples. This was caused by the social atmosphere at that time ... Even at the end of the name, we can see the relationship between social customs and people in the times and regions. " ) this word is very rampant, and later it was renamed. yes, this word is like this. Because there is a saying in the Buddhist sutra "Heart Sutra", it is named "I smell laymen". Yu Qian (a word Muzhai,no. Mr. Yushan, ancestral home in Changshu. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the right assistant minister of the official etiquette department was called "Shaozongbo" and later renamed "Zongbo". After the Qing dynasty, he went to Korea for five months, that is, he asked for illness and turned south, and he was no longer an official. After the glass was built, the money was taken from the county named Liu, called Hedong Jun. In addition, "beauty" has another name. In the old society, women became travel-stained, and it was common to change their names and surnames, but it also hinted at their tortuous experiences. Liu's childhood was unfortunate. Her life experience is unclear, and her birthplace is also said to be Jiaxing, Zhejiang and Wujiang, Jiangsu, which is still confusing and difficult to test. As for how Liu became a prostitute, Mr. Zhou Caiquan once guessed. He thinks that Liu is a well-read, fair-skinned person, and must be from a scholarly family. When he was young, he was unfortunately robbed by gangsters, and vendors and tycoons became memorable women, and he began a wandering life. Of course, this is just an imagination and there is no way to prove it.

When Liu was young, he was sold to Shengze and returned to his hometown. The famous prostitute Xu Fojia was adopted and educated by Xu. When Liu 14 was four years old in Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, he was bought by Zhou Daodeng, an old friend of Wujiang, in Goulan. At first, she was the maid of the old lady Zhou. Because of her understanding, she won the favor of Mrs. Zhou. Later Zhou Daodeng forced him to be a concubine. Less than a year later, several concubines of Zhoufu Group were executed for hurting Liu, but were expelled from Zhoufu because of Mrs. Zhou's obstruction and sold to prostitutes.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1632), Liu went to Songjiang from Zhoudao. Change the old name of "Yunjuan" and call it "shadow pity", which means that it is difficult to find a bosom friend in troubled times, and only care about the shadow pity.

Liu's poems are close to the style, seven words, sub-topics and rhymes. His works have won the brushwork of Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang. Older, living in a brothel. It is the first of the eight beauties of Qinhuai. In Songjiang, with peerless talent, she interacted with Fu She, Ji She and party member, and often talked about the current situation and sang poems with literati in Confucian clothes and men's clothes. In the 14th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (164 1), he became friends with Qian and Liu, leaders of Changshu (1998, Qian was sixty years old). They live together in Jiangyun Mansion. They like reading and discussing poetry. Qian posthumous title Wei Liu "Liu Rusheng". Liu advised Qian to be a martyr and chose three ways to die: knife, rope and water. Money is reluctant, if you jump into the lotus pond and die. At the end of the Qing dynasty, Qian was driven back to his hometown because of suspicion and died of depression. Qian's family took the opportunity to force Liu, so they committed suicide.