Shen Fu, also known as Sanbai, was born in Suzhou in the 28th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1763). When he was born, his family was prosperous. His father, Mr. Jiafu, was a well-known person in the area, and he was quite famous among officials and Confucian scholars. As a child, he showed that he was different: he could "open his eyes to the sun and see clearly everything", he could shut mosquitoes into the tent and "squirt smoke... and look at the blue clouds and white cranes...". Later, he himself said: "I always like to have my own opinion in everything, and disdain to follow others' opinions. Even when discussing poetry and painting, I always have the meaning of discarding what others value and taking what others discard." Chen Yun was born in the same year as Sanbai and was older than him. Ten months older. When ancient people married, they usually married someone who was older than themselves, which meant they were lucky. To this day, we still have a saying here that "women who are in their third year of college are holding gold bricks". But after all, most people today have long been pursuing the younger their wives are, the better they are - this is somewhat similar to concubinage in ancient times. Lin Yutang said: "Yun, I think, is the most lovely woman in Chinese literature." This statement is true. A closer look at the glorious female images in the history of literature shows that there are many more talented than Chen Yun, but at the same time, few know how to arrange exquisite food and daily life as she does; or there are many who are better at living than her, but are as tall as her. There are few talents. She is Uncle Sanbai's daughter - cousin, why is she a cousin? ——When he was four years old, his father died, and he lived with his mother and younger brother. Chen Yun was "born with intelligence, and when she was learning Chinese, she could recite "Pipa Xing" by dictating it orally." She grew up to be good at embroidery - is this the famous "Suzhou embroidery"? ——The life of the family of three depends entirely on her hands, and her brother’s study expenses have never been short. "When I am free from embroidery, I gradually become versed in chanting." There is a poem that is no worse than that of any great poet: "Autumn invades the human figure and makes it thin, and the frost stains the chrysanthemum." What is even more valuable is that although she was born in poverty, she never paid much money. Silver jewelry "is treasured more than broken books and paintings." Therefore, when he and Sanbai were in extreme poverty in the future, they still "pulled out hairpins and sold wine without making a sound". Isn't there a causal relationship between this kind of financial connivance for Sanbai and his subsequent unwarranted "spending more than a hundred dollars" on prostitutes? Sanbai actually got engaged to a girl from the Yu family when he was young, but unfortunately Yu died at the age of eight, so the marriage ended. ——Fang Hongjian clearly understood the feeling of Xianpin dying before marrying. He thought Sanbai was young and did not experience all the indescribable wonders in it. ——Thirteen-year-old Sanbai met Chen Yun for the first time and said to his mother: "If you want to choose a wife for your son, don't marry someone other than Sister Shu (Yun Zi Shuzhen)." At that time, Mrs. Shen also treated Yun in every possible way. Dear, who would have thought that Chen Yun would be accused of all kinds of wrongdoings later? A woman like Yun is destined to have a thin and timid body. "She has narrow shoulders and a long neck, and is thin but not exposed. She has curved eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but her teeth are slightly exposed, which does not seem to be a good look. A lingering attitude, It also dissipates people’s feelings.” Her frailty and illness are not only "intelligent", but also closely related to her eating habits. "She must make tea every day for her meals, and she likes to eat mustard-braised curd (i.e., 'stinky curd')... and she also likes to eat shrimps and pickled melons." Needless to say, tea and rice are harmful to the stomach, and the latter two are salty, cool, and smelly things (Yun said: "Love is in love, even if it is ugly."). For those who have a weak body, eating too much will definitely hurt the stomach. Spleen and kidney, this may be the root cause of her "blood metrorrhagia" disease (menstruation is irregular, heavy, or dirty). At the age of thirteen, Sanbai was engaged to Chen Yun. In the winter after the engagement, the two met, and their feelings were completely different. Chen Yun's love for Sanbai is both expressive in words and visible in actions. In the middle of the night, Sanbai came back from seeing off his bride (cousin Yun was leaving the court). I was hungry and didn't want to eat preserved dates because it was too sweet. Chen Yun secretly held his sleeve and followed her to her room, hiding warm porridge and side dishes for him. ——I think she had been paying attention to Sanbai’s various living habits at that time. Although Sanbai’s cousin deliberately broke up and broke up, the two of them had a secret that was private and could not be shared with outsiders. , already formed in each other's hearts. What kind of ecstasy will it be like to savor it in the dead of night or when you are sitting alone and bored? For this reason, when Sanbai suffered from smallpox, Chen Yun secretly fasted for several years. Although it was superstitious, it showed Yun's sincerity. When they were eighteen years old, the two got married, and the 23-year "Hong Kong case" began. Unlike today's marriage, which is mostly the grave of love, for the ancients it was often the beginning of love. On the night of the wedding, Chen Yun read "The West Chamber" at night - not only is it unique, but I don't think there are many people who can read it at night that day, haha. ——Yun said: "You are worthy of the name of a talented scholar, but it would be a bit harsh to describe him as sharp and thin." Sanbai said: "Only a talented person can write sharply and thinly." Isn't he a talented person? "When Yun looked back and smiled, she felt a ray of love swaying into her soul; she hugged it into the tent, not knowing how white the east was." Compared with "The West Chamber", how can it be more frightening? Sanbai has been studying at Mr. Zhao Shengzhai in Hangzhou since he was fifteen years old. One month after his marriage, he set off back to the academy. At that time, his mood was, "When we board the boat and set off the moorings, just when the peaches and plums are vying for beauty, I feel lost like the birds in the forest, and the sky and the earth are different colors." "Whenever the wind blows in the bamboo courtyard, the moon rises above the banana window, I look at the scenery with my heart. , obsessed with dreams." It can be seen that learning cannot be done after marriage. As for falling in love, it should be avoided if possible. In the future, Sanbai would be indifferent to fame and fortune. For example, when he was in his thirties and living in the "Xiao Shuang House" of his friend, he had "four taboos": "talking about official promotion, current affairs in public affairs, eight-legged essays, watching cards and throwing sex." —It may not be unrelated to his marriage. In the first year after her marriage, Chen Yun and her husband enjoyed the coolness in the "Wo Take" pavilion on a summer night. The scenery was "dense shade covers the windows, and everyone's face is green". She joked that "Du's poems are refined and refined, and Li's poems are pure." It is free and easy; instead of learning the seriousness of Du's poetry, it is better to learn the liveliness of Li's poetry.
"Li's poems are like fairies in Gushe, with a sense of falling flowers and flowing water"; or a couplet of poems admiring the moon on July 15th, smiling like "Jasmine is the little one in the fragrance"; or visiting "Canglang Pavilion" on a Mid-Autumn Festival night, "Wind "At the bottom of my student's sleeves, when the moon reached the heart of the waves, I was relieved of all worries about worldly matters." The next year, in order to marry his third brother, they moved out of the "Woch" Xuan and rented a house in "Cangmi Lane". Living in the willow shade, holding a chela against chrysanthemums, Chen Yun said, "If you live in plain clothes and food, you don't need to plan a long trip." "Going to the other side to follow the tune", "Unconsciously, I pressed the young woman's shoulder", "I got up in anger and said: 'What is so wildly born? It's lawless!'" ’” Busy, he took off his hat and raised his feet, saying, “I am also a woman.” '" joke, it is no longer certain whether it was in this year. In August of this year, Chen Yun fell seriously ill, and Jiafu Gong also fell ill. The Gong asked Sanbai to "keep a few books, which is not a way to make ends meet." Sanbai Bai therefore abandoned Confucianism and became a staff member. From then on, he "threw away his books and wandered around", and lived a life of separation and separation with Chen Yun. From the age of 19 to 25, San Bai traveled to Fengxian, Yangzhou, Wujiang, Haining, and Jixi. At the age of 26, he returned to Suzhou from Jixi and changed his career to become a liquor dealer. It was just as wrong for an "idealistic" scholar like him to become a scholar as it is for today's real estate developers. After that, she became "Feng's wife" and continued to travel around the Yangtze River. She said, "I have no memory of my travels in Jiangdong until I was 30 years old." Living in "Xiao Shuanglou" - at this time, his footprints were only in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Of course, he would go home from time to time to reunite with his wife, so at the age of 25, Chen Yun gave birth to his daughter "Qingjun" (named "Qingqing Zijin, Youyou my heart"). "But for the sake of the king, I have pondered it to this day"), when he was 27 years old, he gave birth to his son "Fengsen". In the past few years, because the two were not good at management and "the relationship between family and money is not enough", everyone began to call Chen Yun "the third son". "Mother", later called "Third Mrs.". Also, because the concubine Yao, whom Mr. Jiafu took, was found by Chen Yun secretly through a matchmaker, because "the success or failure is uncertain", she did not report her mother, and only said that she was "neighbor". Daughter", later her mother learned the truth and "fell out of love with her aunt". Chen Yun lived alone at home with her two children doing embroidery, and she was not happy with her mother-in-law. You can imagine the difficulty of the situation. In the spring of her 30th year, the three Bai Qishan was "sitting in the palace" in Zhenzhou (now Yizheng), and Duke Jiafu was ill in Yangzhou. He went to visit him and was also ill here. His younger brother Qitang was also there. He sent a letter to Qitang to collect debts. The Tang Dynasty blamed his sister-in-law for being troublesome. Soon after, Sanbai recovered from his illness and returned to Zhenzhou. Chen Yun still sent the letter to Yangzhou, and Jiafu Gong opened it himself (ancient scholars may have opened the letter for him on his behalf). Xi Jinping, for example, Qian Jibo read Yang Jiang's letter to Qian Zhongshu without authorization, "very much appreciated it" and directly revised a letter to her - see Yang Jiang's "Remembering Qian Zhongshu and "The Besieged City""), in. There are words such as "The illness of the elderly in the imperial court is all caused by Yao Ji", "I asked Yao Tuoyan to miss his family... his parents came to Yang to pick him up", etc. This angered the father-in-law and "went back to Su with a letter to expel him." "——The father-in-law Sanbai divorced his wife! Fortunately, after a few days, the father-in-law's anger subsided and he only ordered, "take your wife and live separately and don't let me see her." Sanbai and his wife first went to Chen Yun's natal home, where her mother was already dead. Di Kechang also ran away from home, and it was impossible for him to stay there for a long time. However, his good friend Lu Banfang took them into the "Xiao Shuang Building". For the past two years, the two of them made a living by painting, calligraphy and embroidery. He often invites friends to "Xiao Shuang Tower", "every time he pays a stick, he talks about it every day", or "drinks and orders", or "takes exams for meetings", or writes paintings and chants. The cooking, melons, vegetables, fish and shrimps, once they are put into Yun's hands, will have an unexpected flavor." - Which man would not cherish this woman? Chen Yun also has another one that can be called wonderful - or "unprecedented and unprecedented" ——’s method of brewing tea: “When the lotus flowers first bloom in the summer months, they are held late in the evening and bloom in the early morning. Yun uses a small gauze bag to pick up a few tea leaves and places them in the center of the flowers. Take it out tomorrow morning and soak it in boiling spring water (rainwater). The fragrance will be outstanding. "——I can only sigh and sigh. I think that Longjing tea is the best, followed by Biluochun. Others, such as Junshan Yinzhen, Huangshan Maofeng, Mengding Manlu, Liu'an Guapian, Bamboo Leaf Green, etc., are the best. It is not worthy of this "charm" - As for cooking her own wine, food and tea in the spring to enjoy the cauliflower in Suzhou Nanyuan, it is just one of her many "wisdoms". In fact, it is not worthy of Sanbai. Chen Yun's. Watching Sanbai's love affair with the boatman girl "Suyun" - "Exploration is only done intentionally or unintentionally, and it is what the farmhouse man does when he hugs and explores wildly. "——The poem "Lengxiang" and "Ode to Catkins" with prostitutes "touch my spring sorrow in a gentle way, and make him feel lingering when leaving", "Han Yuan" where "a stream of autumn water shines on people's coldness" wants to support him for life, and "Xiao "Shuanglou" and friends who are "like the swallows on the beam, coming and going by themselves" must be a handsome and generous scholar with handsome appearance and thoughtful conversation. He himself also said that "the rest of his nature is straightforward and unruly". This is a good match for Yun Niang. But "literati" are always "literati", especially "literati" who are determined to stay away from official career and economy. In the face of reality, their daughter Qingjun will inevitably be highlighted. She knows books and is extremely capable." When she was fourteen years old, Sanbai "had no library for years" and "what he entered in three days was not enough to leave in one day." In the middle of winter, Qingjun was still wearing single clothes - Nanfang The low temperature and humidity in winter make northerners who are used to the cold feel frightened just thinking about it. Moreover, people in the south generally do not light fires for warmth in winter - they tremble with coldness, but they still say: "It's not cold." .
'"! For a father like this, who can't even satisfy his children's basic clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, and still clings to his old self, clinging to the attitude of a scholar instead of finding another way to make a living, would he rather die worthy of his death?! But, Sanbai I only talked about it as a bitter and difficult thing, and I didn't feel ashamed. Instead, I probably used "poor people are common" to comfort themselves. It was also in this year that Qingjun became a member of the Wang family. The description of his son Fengsen, except that he dropped out of school to study trade at the age of twelve, cried goodbye to his mother (not only in life, but also in death), and cried to see off Sanbai (again in death) at the age of fifteen, and finally What was recorded was actually a letter from Qingjun informing him of his untimely death in April when he was sixteen years old. In ancient times, literati seemed not to pay much attention to the relationship between father and son. From Confucius's "Qing Kong Li" to later, there were many texts mourning the death of his wife. , and there are very few records of the family happiness of father and son, so Lu Xun would ask, "How can I not be a husband if I love my son?" What is even more unforgettable is that when he was thirty-two years old, he went whoring on board the "Yangzhou Gang" in Guangzhou. The literati had many excuses for visiting prostitutes, which are the same in ancient times and today. For example, as mentioned by Sanbai, the young prostitute "Xi'er" has "a figure similar to that of Yun Niang" and concealed her jewelry when being harassed by villains. If you take it away, you will have to compensate the king." "I heard the words, and my heart is very virtuous." "I am only happy with my son." etc. However, regardless of whether they are scholars or courtiers, there is no essential difference in the nature of whoring, and they should all be protected by morality. Sanbai recounted it with great interest. Not only were these the longest articles in the book, but also as a poor man, he had spent more than one hundred taels of silver in April! At that time, the monthly living expenses were only a few taels of silver, which was definitely not a small amount. However, he pretended to be open-minded and didn't care. He only said, "It will be a happy life to taste the fresh lychee fruit." Think about Yun Niang at home. His living situation shows that Sanbai is also affectionate. How will he tell Yun Niang about this when he returns home? Judging from his tone and character, this may be what Chen said later. Yun worked hard to help him find a concubine - because she had been ill for a long time, she thought from her own point of view that maybe Sanbai just needed a "sexual substitute", which would not hinder Sanbai's devotion to her, so she read her. Words that pretend to be broad-minded but are actually stupid, such as "I love her, my aunt will treat her", "How can you thank the matchmaker when you have already obtained the beauty", etc., only make people feel desperate and heartbroken. Sad! - The person he planned was taken away by a "powerful (rich)" person, but it didn't work. It was the "original sin" that the "blood disease" recurred. Before his death, Chen Yun analyzed the cause of the disease: "The disease started because of the death of his brother and his mother. ...followed by emotion (for Sanbai), and later by anger (following the example of Li Yu's "Lianxiangban" to take a concubine on behalf of the husband, but failed)... I really wanted to be a good wife, but I couldn't get it. "If Sanbai really loved her as much as he described, and could care more about her and eliminate the latter two causes of the disease before they were born, it is unknown whether Chen Yun would die at the age of forty-one! So, Sanbai was to blame for Chen Yun's "many sorrows and illnesses", so he remembered Qian Zhongshu's words: "Literaturemen like to write mourning articles with titles when someone dies. "Although it is a "sharp description", there are so many such literati in ancient and modern times.
When Sanbai was forty-four years old, which was the third anniversary of Chen Yun's death and a few months after Feng Sen's death, he received a concubine as a gift from a friend, who "re-entered his spring dream" (the use of "Chong" indicates that this woman could replace Chen Yun). Yun, but little do they know that true love between life and death is only once in a life, and only once. How can others replace it? ), "From now on, I don't know when I will wake up from the dream!"