A talented man in ancient times, a man of great talent, rich in knowledge, and rich in knowledge. In addition to being famous for his talents, he also had many romantic affairs. It seems that the romantic style of talented scholars has become a fixed pattern. Most people with a little bit of academic fame have a romantic affair. Regardless of whether this is true or false, it is always there.
The most obvious one is Tang Bohu, one of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River. In the minds of later generations, he is a typical image of a romantic talent. It is said that he had eight wives in his life, often visited brothels, and had close contacts with famous prostitutes. However, later generations have proven that the statement that Tang Bohu had eight wives was completely wrong, and Tang Bohu himself was not as flirtatious as we thought.
Let’s talk about the great writer Ouyang Xiu. Such a great essayist who started the cultural reform of the Song Dynasty actually had an affair with his niece. Moreover, Ouyang Xiu was still young when this incident happened. The whole incident seemed to be reasonable, but there seemed to be doubts everywhere, and in the end it became an unsolved mystery. However, most of the mainstream society still believes that this incident should not be true.
So what happened to Wang Anshi, a famous politician, writer, reformer and thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty, who had an affair with his daughter-in-law? Is this still true?
It is said that Wang Anshi’s son died young and his daughter-in-law was widowed and lived alone in a small building. Wang Anshi was very worried about this, so he often went to visit his daughter-in-law secretly, hoping to take care of her. However, his daughter-in-law misunderstood her father-in-law's intentions, and because her husband had passed away and she was lonely in her boudoir, she actually had thoughts that she shouldn't have. She thought Wang Anshi was interested in her, so she wrote poems on the wall, including the line "If you are romantic, you will not fall into other people's homes." The implication is obvious. After Wang Anshi saw the poem written by his daughter-in-law, he quickly "crawled the powder off the wall with his fingers and claws".
The second theory is that after Wang Anshi’s son passed away, Wang Anshi and his daughter-in-law were enjoying the cool air in the yard. The weather was hot at that time, so my daughter-in-law wore cool clothes and lay on her side in the blue gauze tent. Under the hazy moonlight, when viewed from a distance, the body is as graceful as a pipa, and it has a different kind of charm that makes people want to stop!
The more Wang Anshi watched, the more his heart palpitated, and the more he watched, the more itchy his heart became, so he got up and wrote two lines of poetry on the dusty stone table: "There is a pipa in the blue gauze tent, and I want to play the time." There's something wrong." After writing, he coughed and left immediately. ?
Wang Anshi’s daughter-in-law heard her father-in-law’s slight cough, and understood instantly. When she came out to take a look, she saw the poem left by Wang Anshi. Then he added two sentences at the end: "I would like to let my father-in-law play a song, and the feng shui will still stay in my home." After writing, he coughed and left immediately.
There is another way of saying it, which is more intuitive. It is also a flirtation poem left by Wang Anshi and his wife. Wang Anshi's poem goes: "Early in the morning on Friday, when the sun was setting in the west, I saw the jade pipa on the bed. I stepped forward to play a song intentionally, but I was afraid that others would gossip." The daughter-in-law replied to the poem: "You come alone and I am a widow, spending my years in misery. Why don't you do something about Shuangluo? Don't worry about other people's gossip." However, this poem is too straightforward and it really doesn't seem to be something left at that time.
Sometimes erotic stories may not be true, and it cannot be true that Wang Anshi had an affair with his wife. First of all, Wang Anshi loved his son very much. It was such an important thing for Wang Anshi to preside over the reform. However, due to the death of his son, he was mentally and physically exhausted, and finally resigned and returned to his hometown. A person who loves and values ??his children so much would naturally not be able to do such ridiculous things.
In addition, Wang Anshi only took one wife, Wu, in his life, and never took anyone as a concubine. Three wives and four concubines were the norm for men in ancient times. If Wang Anshi was really a womanizer, given his status at the time, there would be no need to live alone with his first wife. Since he could never take concubines, how could he have an affair with his daughter-in-law?
The emergence of this statement is most likely an insult to Wang Anshi's talent and reputation. The reforms presided over by Wang Anshi harmed the interests of too many people and were hated by many people. It is not impossible for them to come up with this method to humiliate Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi is a famous writer in history, who is quite accomplished in poetry and prose. There is the familiar "Plum Blossom": "There are several plum blossoms in the corner, and Ling Han blooms alone. I know it is not snow from a distance, because there is a faint fragrance." There are also many other famous poems.
"Mooring Boats in Guazhou"
Between Jingkou and Guazhou, Zhongshan is only separated by several mountains.
The spring breeze is green again on the south bank of the river. When will the bright moon shine on me again?
"The chant of the white crane signals to Duke Jue Hai Yuan"
The sound of the white crane is pitiful, but the sound of the red crane is abominable.
The white crane is extremely quiet, while the red crane is noisy.
The hundred cranes cannot be attracted, and the red cranes cannot be waved away.
The long pine died of filth because of the red crane.
Beishan Taoist said, the beautiful are themselves beautiful, why should I be happy?
The evil do themselves evil, why should I be angry?
If I go away my ears, why should I chase after them?
Since it comes from Laier, why don’t I reject it.
How can I be tired of the noise and seek silence? How can I prefer elixirs to plain food?
You say that I have no support even if the pine dies, so I abandon the shade and sit on the dew.