Annotation on Volume 103 of "Two General Qiu Yuxiao Essays": Xu Wenchang

Xu Wenchang

The Kuaiji family Wending Duke was in Zhili, in the east of Shaoxing Prefecture. The place name is Quchi, which is the former site of Xu Wenchang's Ivy Bookstore in the Ming Dynasty. There is a statue of Mr. in it, which the whole family worships with great respect. Whenever this house is in the examination hall, if someone borrows it to study, he will have supernatural powers. If someone enters the cave, he will come out in red robe, otherwise he will be in green robe. I also saw a small portrait in the Wang family collection in Xiaoshan. It has a square forehead, a broad forehead, fair skin and a handsome figure. It is wearing a black scarf and a white robe. It is sitting on deerskin grass, with a son standing beside it. "The bones are heavy, the body is white, and the stool has been recorded in a hundred books. It needs to accumulate wind and raise its big wings, and it can be obtained at the latest in the next year. The child can be harmonious, but it is singing in the dark, and it is like a stork in the rain but not a roc." There is " "Tianchi Shuxianwei" has five characters. Another line reads "Wanli Yihai Zhongqiu, the painter is Shen Qiaoxian Ye" with twelve characters. The calligraphy is elegant and the painting is simple and old.

[Trial Note]

1. Xu Wenchang: Xu Wei (1521-1593), originally named Wenqing, later changed to Wenchang, also known as Qingteng Old Man, Qingteng Taoist, etc., and called himself "A native of Shanyin, Shaoxing Prefecture (today's Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province)", "a native of southern and northern dialects", he was a famous writer, calligrapher, painter, dramatist and military strategist in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Wei was versatile and unique in poetry, drama, calligraphy and painting. Together with Xie Jin and Yang Shen, he was known as the "Three Talents of the Ming Dynasty".

He once served as Hu Zongxian's staff, helping him capture Xu Hai and lure Wang Zhi. After Hu Zongxian was imprisoned, Xu Wei committed suicide nine times in fear and madness but still survived. Later, he was sentenced to death for killing his step-wife. After being imprisoned for seven years, he was rescued by Zhang Yuanbo and other friends. After that, I traveled to Jinling in the south and walked up the valley in the north. Looking at the border area of ??Esai, I often sang generously and tragically. In his later years, he suffered from poverty and illness, and his thousands of volumes of books were sold off. He died in the 21st year of Wanli (1593) at the age of seventy-three.

Xu Wei's handed down works include "Xu Wenchang Collection", "Xu Wenchang Three Collections", "Lu Shi's Interpretation", "Xu Wenchang Yi Manuscript", "Nanci Narrative" and the Zaju "Four-Voice Ape", etc. "Song Dai Xiao" and the novel "Yun He Qizong" (i.e. "The Story of Heroes") are also said to be written by Xu Wei. Today's collection is "Xu Wei Collection".

Xu Wei's handed down paintings include the scroll of "Ink Grapes", the volume of "Landscapes, Figures, Flowers and Birds" (all collected in the Palace Museum), the scroll of "Peony, Banana and Stone", and the nine-section scroll of "Ink Flowers" (now in the Palace Museum). Museum), "Ivy Library Picture", "Donkey Riding Picture", etc.

Xu Wei loved collecting books throughout his life and purchased nearly 10,000 volumes. The library had the "Ivy Bookstore", also known as the "Liuhua Bookstore", and a plaque inscribed by the painter Chen Hongshou still exists today. The seals of his collection of books and paintings include "Wen Changshi", "Shiou Pavilion", "Xinmao Seventy-one", "Hua Anzi Yunju", "Long Ya Grand Duke", "Tianchi Mountain Man", "Ivy Old Man" and "Qintian". "Water Moon" and so on.

2. Kuaiji: an ancient place name. This refers to Kuaiji County (today's Shaoxing City), which at that time was an affiliated county of Shaoxing Prefecture together with Shanyin County.

3 , Jiawen decided to govern the country: Liang Guozhi (1723-1786), named Jieping, named Yaofeng, No. 1 Fengshan, and also named Meitang. He was a Jinshi in the 13th year of Qianlong's reign (1748). He was the top scholar in the Imperial Examination and was a scholar of Dongge University and the Minister of Household Affairs. He was diligent in governing with classics, was thrifty and self-reliant, and was diligent in his work. He was the author of "Jingsi Tang Anthology". The posthumous title of "Si Ku Quanshu" is Wen Ding.

4. Li Di: refers to the private residence of a big official. "So the stallions and others all returned to their hometowns. "Zizhi Tongjian·The first year of Yongning, Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty": "King Qian of Guangping returned from Hebei to Jiuqu. When he heard about the change, he abandoned his army and returned dozens of people to Lidi. "Qing Yi Lu Wen Wenshu" written by Tao Gu of the Song Dynasty: "There is an ancient zhe on the side of Li Di in Zhangqu River. "

5. Input: gòu. Wang Dingbao of the Five Dynasties, "Tang Jia Yan·Shu Jinshi Part 1": "Emperor Wen (referring to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty) cultivated literature and practiced martial arts. God praised the gods, and tasted his private fortune. Seeing the new scholars coming out, he said happily: "Here comes a hero from all over the world!" '" "Into the trap" refers to within the range of the bow and arrow. Later, "entering the trap" was used as a metaphor for talents coming into his control and being snared. It also refers to those who should take the Jinshi examination.

"Given to Xu Gong, a doctor in the household department" by Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty Epitaph": "The Qiao Qiao is in the nest, and the Yu is in the Ying Dynasty. The glory lags behind six Cao, and hundreds of cities are flooded.

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Yuan Naixian's "Answering General Lu's Shooting of the Tiger": "The ancestor of the ancestors, God Mo, covers the universe, sitting down to make all the heroes fall into the trap. "

Ye Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "Luan Guan Ji Ting Xian": "On the day when the Holy Lord recruits talents, it is the time when talents come to the rescue. "

6. Fang Yi Guang'e: Fang Yi Guang'e. It is probably the national character face mentioned today. The ancients believed that wealth means wealth.

7. Luskin Yin: yīn. Deerskin Mat.

8. Yustork: [Press] Rain, what does it mean?

9. Shen Xue, courtesy name Huiyu, was able to draw. He is especially good at portraiture of people, flowers and birds. In Xu Wei's poems, he painted a small picture of Shen Qiao, which was inscribed with the words "Cai Qiao Fairy".