Twist the other you and shape the other me. I have you in the mud and you have me in the mud; I was born with you and died with you.
-from the yuan dynasty. Guan Daosheng's "I Nong Ci"
Yuan dynasty (1206- 1368)
Wonong ci
Zhao Mengfu, a great talent in the south of the Yangtze River, is an all-rounder in poetry, painting and calligraphy after Su Dongpo. His regular script is called "Zhao Ti", which has a great influence on calligraphy in Ming and Qing Dynasties. His wife, Guan Daosheng, is also a talented woman who is good at drawing bamboo. Zhu Mo, written by her, has been handed down from generation to generation, which is of great benefit to future generations in learning to draw bamboo.
It was common for celebrities in society to take concubinage at that time. Zhao Mengfu is unwilling to be lonely, wants to take a concubine, and her career is thriving. Zhao Mengfu, who is nearly fifty years old, also envies beautiful young girls. But he couldn't explain it clearly to his wife, but a scholar has a way of being a scholar and made a small word to his wife: "I am a bachelor and you are a wife." I don't know if Wang has peach leaves and peach roots, but Su has morning clouds and dusk clouds. It's not too much for me to marry more Wu Ji and Yue Nv. You are forty years old, just take care of Yutangchun. " This word means that you have never heard that Mr. Wang Xianzhi has two concubines, Ye Tao and Taogen, and Mr. Su Shi also has two concubines, Chaoyun and Muyun. Therefore, it is not too much for me to marry more concubines; Besides, you are over 40 years old, so just sit in the stalls.
After reading it, Mrs. Guan also wrote a poem "I Nong Ci", which not only replaced answering her husband, but also expressed her heart sound.
Zhao Mengfu got the word and had to give up the idea of concubinage. This literary anecdote was later passed down as a love story between husband and wife.