The Qinhuai River was once a famous "red light district" in ancient China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, eight stunning prostitutes appeared in this area. As a model, the world gave it a resounding name - the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai.
The "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai" are Gu Hengbo, Bian Yujing, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan, Kou Baimen, Ma Xianglan, Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun. They were famous prostitutes in the Qinhuai area in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Among them, Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan joined later and is also known as the "Eight Beauties of Jinling".
Among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, Liu Rushi ranks first in terms of talent, Chen Yuanyuan is the best in terms of appearance, and Li Xiangjun is the greatest in terms of fame. However, Gu Hengbo's Benliang singing is one of the best among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, and he is also known as the "No. 1 Southern Opera".
There is such a person, who is known as "one stroke of pen can fill more than ten pages of paper". This person is Bian Yujing, who comes from a family of officials and is capable of all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I’ve talked about Gu Hengbo and Dong Xiaowan. Today, let’s talk about Bian Yujing, a great lady of the generation.
Bian Yujing, a famous scholar with the courtesy name Yunzhuang, later called himself "Taoist Yujing" and was an authentic native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Bian Yujing's father came from a bureaucratic family. Bian Yujing was born in a family of officials. He could have had good food and clothing, but unfortunately his father died early and his family fell into decline.
In desperation, in order to make a living, Bian Yujing had no choice but to bring his sister Bian Min to the Qinhuai River to make a living by performing arts. Bian Yujing is not only good at painting, but also good at calligraphy, especially small regular script, and can play the piano. These few points have attracted the attention of those young gentlemen who are looking for flowers and willows.
The good news is that although Bian Yujing is a prostitute, she has no choice but to associate with literati and elegant people, and hates those young men who are looking for flowers and flowers. At that time, there was a popular saying: "Looking for Bian Sai in the wine cellar, Chen Yuan comes out of the flowers."
When you meet a close friend, you can talk freely. Many literati and artists can meet Bian Sai, and his gaze never leaves. Bian Yujing is a beauty, a peerless beauty. Such a woman can be charming and elegant even when she is drunk and dying. This is probably why she won the top spot!
In the spring of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Wu Meicun sent off his brother Wu Zhiyan to be appointed as the magistrate of Chengdu at the Shengchu Tower outside Shuixi Gate of Nanjing. Here, he met two sisters from the Bian family who also came to see Wu Zhiyan off. people.
Wu Meicun, a poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, was also known as Wu Weiye, also known as Jungong, also known as Meicun, and Meicun layman.
Wu Weiye is a versatile writer. He is not only knowledgeable but also has written many books.
Wu Meicun witnessed Bian Yujing's beauty at the banquet, and couldn't help but be curious about Bian Sai's literary talent. Wu Meicun was fascinated by Bian Yujing's literary talent. The two of them were deeply impressed by each other this time!
While having a good meal, Bian Yujing asked Wu Meicun drunkenly if he was interested in him. However, Wu Meicun knew that Bian Yujing wanted to marry him, but he pretended not to know. When Bian Yujing saw this, he could only sigh and never mentioned the marriage from then on.
It is said that Wu Meicun had a crush on Bian Saiben, but the reason why he did not dare to agree to her was because Tian Wan, the brother of Emperor Chongzhen’s beloved concubine Tian, ??had recently selected a concubine for the emperor in Jinling, and Tian Wan He also valued Bian Sai, Chen Yuanyuan and others. The person that the powerful uncle Guo was interested in was someone that Wumeicun dared to compete with. The only thing he could do was to simply play a few tunes at Bian Yujing's residence and then leave.
A year later, the Ming Dynasty perished.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Wumei Village had not seen Bian Yujing for a long time to avoid the war, and its mood inevitably became more and more decadent.
One day in the seventh year of Shunzhi, Bian Yujing came to Qian Qianyi's house with the help of the talented man Qian Qianyi and wanted to meet Wumeicun. When he arrived at the house, he went straight to Qian's wife Liu Rushi's room. , told the waiter that she wanted to touch up her makeup before meeting, and made up many reasons not to meet Wu Meicun.
Women are the most infatuated and difficult to understand in the world. She wanted to see her but didn't see her. No one understood why she was like this?
Wu Meicun felt uncomfortable and only wrote four poems "Qinhe Feeling Old".
First
The willows at the White Gate are good for hiding crows, but who knows how to row a flat boat at an angle?
The clouds in the golden house are deep in the trees in my valley, and the spring warmth in the jade cup is full of flowers in the lake.
When I see you, I will learn to avoid the fan, and I will hear the sound of the car nearby.
But I regretted that it was a flute night in Shicheng, and it was easy for Qing Cong to say goodbye to the Lu family.
Second
Welcome to Youbi is an old trip.
If you know the fate and are lucky, you should be hated, but you will be embarrassed when you are passionate.
So I steal jade chopsticks from idlers and spread good words to the silver hook.
Young Wuling urged him to go back. The red wall partitions the twelfth floor.
Third
Don’t spread the news to the city, there is still Luo Fu’s unmarried love.
When the car passes by the rolling curtain, I look at it with regret, and when I dream, I am greeted by my sleeves.
The green mountains are haggard and you pity me, and the red powder is falling and I remember you.
I remember the beautiful autumn night in Hengtang, and the kindness of the jade hairpin was from the previous life.
Fourth
Chang asked the east wind about the painted orchids, and the jade woman sighed slightly and leaned on the railing.
It is difficult to describe the brocade at first glance, and the ink is not dry on the small stack of Qiongjian.
The weak leaves are lazy and comfortable, and the tender buds are stained by the cold spring.
Who can send the book in powder form? I'm afraid Xiao Lang won't be able to bear to read it.
After writing, Wu Meicun left Qian Mansion.
In the spring of the next year, Bian Yujing wrote to meet him, and he told her the four poems "The Qin River Feels Old". Bian Yujing played the piano for him, and while playing the piano, he told her about the beauties by the Qinhuai River. their stories. After hearing this, Wumeicun wrote "Listening to the Female Taoist Bian Yujing Play the Qin Song" and gave it to Bian Sai.
The geese fly to the north and sing when the wind blows.
Fei Ming is anxious at night, listening to the sound of playing the piano.
May I ask who is asking? The cloud is Bian Yujing back then.
Yujing and I met in Nanzhong. Our home is near Dagongfangdi Road.
The small courtyard is next to the brothel avenue, but the opposite door is Zhongshan residence.
There is a woman in Zhongshan who is unparalleled in beauty, with clear eyes and white teeth.
There was a banquet where people were singing and dancing, and I caught a glimpse of yellow graffiti while sitting there.
When I was sixteen years old and not yet married, I knew music and music and played the Qing merchants.
When the female companion comes back, she wears red makeup, but she shows off her unique skills in vain.
Only in this way can she become a prince!
Everything is in a hurry when crossing the south. It will only take a few days for everyone to be able to branch out.
The edict was suddenly issued, and the number of fine horses and light chariots was unknown.
The beautiful girl from Zhongshan is wandering around, but for a while no one cares about her beauty.
Beauty is known to the world, and high-ranking people worry about being jealous of others.
The current Huangwuzun is the best, but who knows that he will look forward to a beauty by mistake.
The southern side is looking at the Gui Palace, and the northern troops are approaching Guabu in the morning.
When I heard that the king traveled with Yu Cong, he did not need to hire Zhao Rong for his carriage.
Fortunately, he entered the Chen palace late, but his name was filled in the generation register early.
I vaguely remember Qi and Ruan, and they were also selected for the third house.
Unfortunately, he didn't even know the king, so he was expelled from the army after his name was copied.
A long poem about the beautiful trees in spring, with scattered jade faces and flowers.
At that time, I wrongly blamed Han Qinhu, and it had been ten years since Zhang Kongcheng'en.
When Danjiao saw the emperor one day, Yuer was willing to faint and die for him.
Who knew that the sheep cart would be lucky? Green Tomb is so desolate!
I played my harp among the flowers and sighed three times as I felt sad.
Secretly leading away the swans from the Luan, writing the sad wind and resentment of the rain.
Last night there was a whistle blowing at the top of the city, and the church was also called for help.
There was fear in the Biyu class, and the Lu family cried outside the Leying gate.
After dressing up privately and leaving the riverside, I happened to meet Danyang disembarking from the Nagisa boat.
Jian took Huang Ji into Taoism and brought Lu Qi to sue Chanjuan.
This place is full of singing and dancing, and the disciples have three groups and ten drums.
The moonlight strings are even more silent, and the mountain pond is lonely and suffering from the soldiers.
After ten years of companionship with two or three people, Sha Dong’s beauty has turned into ashes.
My noble relatives are living in the dust of the world, and we are so far away that we can’t count.
The guests sighed when they heard the words, and the country was desolate and sad.
Don’t let Lady Cai sing her head and let all the flowers fall from King Wu’s garden.
Since then, the two of them left each other before meeting again.
Two years later, Bian Sai married a prince. Because Bian Sai did not like her, she sent her maid to the prince and escaped.
After escaping, Bian Sai became a Taoist priest in Suzhou. During this period, he was completely attached to Zheng Baoyu, a famous doctor in his seventies. From then on, Bian Sai fasted, chanted Buddha's name, and converted to Buddhism. In gratitude for Zheng Baoyu's kindness, Bian Sai wrote the Lotus Sutra in blood on his tongue as a gift to Zheng Baoyu.
Bian Yujing later lived in seclusion in Huishan, Wuxi. He died of illness more than ten years later and was buried in the Jinshulin of Zhetuo Temple in Huishan. And the story between her and Wu Weiye ended up with regrets.