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Zheng Xiaoxu made many friends throughout his life and interacted with many celebrities in the world. He had a particularly deep friendship with Gu Yun. The original "Crying for Gu Shigong" said, "You have friends all your life. Zheng Qing is the most affectionate." Gu Yun (1845-1906), also named Zipeng, also named Zipeng, was born in Jiangning (Nanjing). Sui Gongsheng. He lost his parents when he was young, he was bold and free-spirited, and he started studying at the age of eighteen. I stayed in Xuelu, Guoshan, and entertained myself with poetry and wine. He traveled to Jilin in the evening, and later he was selected to teach in Yixing and was assigned as a professor in Changzhou. Gonggu prose includes eight volumes of "狋山文录", two volumes of "狋山诗录", eight volumes of "Zhongzhen Lu", "盋山志", one volume of "狋山 TanYi Lu", "Liaoyang Wen Jian Lu" "Records" in two volumes, "Tongzhi of Jilin", etc. Chen Zuolin wrote "Farewell Biography of Gu Xuebo". Gu Yun mentioned the acquaintance between the two in his preface to the poems left by Zheng Xiaoxu's father, Zheng Shoulian:
Zhang Jizhi from Tongzhou called Zheng Sukan Yuyun, and a few years later, he met Chen Youlian from Min County, and they decided to become friends. . He was in Su's niche for a long time, and he had a long history of doing things. His outstanding knowledge and discussion, and his profound academic training made him fearful among his old friends.
Zhang Jizhi is Zhang Jian (1853-1926), courtesy name Jizhi, nickname Si'an, from Jiangsu. In the second year of Guangxu (1876), Zhang Jian and Gu Yun met. In the sixth year of Guangxu (1880), Zhang Jian met Haizang and admired Zheng very much. After that, he often mentioned it to Gu Yun. Gu and Zheng really knew each other because of Chen Youlian. Chen Zonglian (1847-1894), courtesy name Youlian, was a native of Min County. In the eighth year of Guangxu's reign (1882), he became a Jinshi. He is the head of the Ministry of Government and Industry and an alternate minister in Jiangnan. He has served as the governor of Jiangnan for more than ten years. Chen Youlian first appeared in Haizang's diary relatively late, on March 31, the 13th year of Guangxu's reign (1887), "Wan, I walked past Youlian and talked about it for a long time." But at this time, he was obviously very familiar with it. For people who appeared for the first time in Haizang's diary, they would often describe their name and place of origin, rather than referring to them by their names. Moreover, there is a kinship relationship between Haizang and Chen Youlian. As early as the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), when Zheng Xiaoxu returned to his hometown for an examination, Chen Youlian's father, Chen Lianting, invited Haizang out for a drink. Haizang called him "a close relative" and stayed with him. In his fasting. During Zheng Xiaoxu's stay in Nanjing, he and Chen Youlian spent almost no time together, and they often played in Shi Zhong's drama. Yi Shunding's "Shi Zhong Talks about Dreams" states: "The Shi Zhong incident has been recorded by the Fujian people since the beginning of the People's Republic of China. In recent decades, it has become more and more popular. According to what I have seen and heard, there is a copy of the poem written by Chen Youlian and Zheng Sukan in the south of the Yangtze River."
In the ninth year of the 13th year of Guangxu's reign (1887), Zheng Xiaoxu went to Chen Youlian's house. Plump and mellow, the two of them sighed at each other: "This year is worth it. I don't know where it will be in the coming year." Chen Youlian died in Nanjing at the end of January in the 20th year of Guangxu (1894). Zheng Xiaoxu was far away in Japan at that time, and he only learned of his death from the Shenbao in February. "I was sad and worried about it. Both my elders are here, so sad! The family is in trouble, so there are still troubles." On April 6, as an elegiac couplet: "Riding a whale is sweaty, I feel the pain of lice, and I can trace it in vain after a lifetime; the spring breeze of peaches and plums, and the night rain in the rivers and lakes, because of the king's cover, it swept to Fu Weng." The lower line uses the valley's "a cup of spring breeze of peaches and plums" "Wine, the night rain in the rivers and lakes, the lamp for ten years", because Chen Youlian once told him that he liked these two poems very much when he was a boy, and he once engraved them on his pen bed. Two years later, Hai Zang wrote "Passing the Dead Friend Chen Youlian to the Marquis Mansion" and recorded it in his diary. Recalling the past, I feel quite sad. There is a sentence that goes:
Back then, we saw each other every day, talking day and night and enjoying ourselves. I tasted and recalled that the wine was half gone, but I didn’t tell you. You chased me and water times. I look up to the sky, hold my hands, and sigh. It is not my intention to break you. You should do good to the world and love yourself. At this time, you are slightly drunk with wine. Only a few steps away from where I live is the sound of an ox crowing, so I forcefully send a carriage to see me off.
One can’t help but think of Haizang’s emotion during a banquet hosted by his colleagues shortly after Chen Youlian’s death:
I have been a close friend for fifteen years since I was twenty years old. Although there are many, I have lost three friends in the past three years: Bichen, Kezhuang and Youlian. ... You Lian was very happy with Yu at the Commandery's Mansion in Jiangning. She sent her carriage to meet her every day. When she left, she would send her off with her carriage. One day, there were a lot of guests, and Yu wanted to go first without warning. Young Lian chased Yu halfway, but was already drunk, shook hands and sighed, "You are very human. Even if you don't meet me at the right time, don't do anything wrong and destroy yourself." "Three gentlemen, they all have the words of a confidant throughout their lives. Suddenly separated from Jiuyuan, I will return home safely!" From now on, even if there is new knowledge, it is sad that the old friend cannot be found. Tears fell down his cheeks while he was leaning down. He sat there in despair, and then he threw his cup and stood up.
This passage is a perfect footnote to this poem. This is probably one of the most touching accounts of friendship in Haizang's diary, and any explanation is weak and redundant.
In the thirteenth year of Guangxu (1887), Zheng Xiaoxu returned to Nanjing from Beijing. On November 21, Gu Yun appeared in the diary for the first time, "at night, we drank together in Fengyuan and met Mei Shao'an, Qin Boyu, and Gu Zipeng." After that, there were many records about Gu Yun in the diary. On December 25, he, Qin Boyu, Gu Yun and others gathered at Gu Yun's Xue Lu. Xue Lu was originally the former residence of Xue Shiyu, and Gu Yun taught here. , with Qingliang Mountain at its back and Wulong Pond as its pillow, the scenery is excellent. On September 28, the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1889), Gu Yun broke off the sweet-scented osmanthus and sent it to Zheng Xiaoxu. He also wrote two rhymed poems, "Shaohao Pian" denounced the disaster at the Temple of Heaven, and "Yishui Pian" denounced the construction of the railway. Seen in "Zuo Shan Shi Lu". On October 16, Weng Tiemei hosted a banquet in the fake thatched cottage. Gu Yun and Hai Zang were both present. Gu Yunkou said: "Go north to the Xiangminglang River Bridge, and there is a Jianjia River ten miles away. How many idlers come to appreciate the beautiful autumn scenery outside the Banqiu Hall." This poem is not found in "Guoshan Shilu", but it is stored in Kaizo's diary.
On the 21st, Zheng Xiaoxu rode a donkey alone to see Gu Zipeng. They talked for a long time in Hujugang. The two went to see Qin Boyu together, but Qin was unable to see him because he was ill. On this day, Zheng Xiaoxu read Gu Yun's seven five-character poems and said:
The poems he wrote are so simple, and one or two poems are not considered poor workmanship; however, he hates that there is no title. The ancients said that it is better if there is a self in a poem, but if there is only one self in a poem, then there is not much poetry left. It is appropriate to chant many things about a certain period of time based on what I have heard and seen, and then read them later, that is, not to analyze them in poetry, but to verify the stories. Then my poems must not be discarded, and there is no need to follow the example of the ancients.
This is his first clear evaluation of Gu Yun's poems in his diary. Hai Zang is a harsh critic of poetry, so his evaluation is relatively high. In his early years, Chen Yan asked him about Jiangzuo poets, and he named them Feng Xu and Gu Yun, saying that it was very difficult for them to write poetry. On November 2, Zheng Xiaoxu and Weng Tiemei went to Xuelu together. Gu Yun's eldest son Gu Xiaoxun married Wu Jianquan's niece. On this day, Zheng and Weng were matchmakers. Gu Xiaoxun, courtesy name Zhenfu, was the eldest son of Gu Yun. He studied under Chen Youlian and Miao Quansun. At the end of November, Zheng Xiaoxu received letters from Shen Yuqing, Wang Kezhuang and others, urging him to go north, "Recommend writing the word "Farewell to Zi Peng", and he will end up feeling confused and restless.
In this year, Gu Yun's "狋山文录" and "狋山诗录" were published, and the four characters "狋山文录" were written by Zheng Xiaoxu. "Zuoshan Shilu", in two volumes, contains 200 poems written between the fifth year of Guangxu's reign (1879) and the fifteenth year of Guangxu's reign (1889). Among them, the poems related to Zheng Xiaoxu are all in the second volume. They were written between Dinghai (1887) and Jisi (1889). The only poems related to the title are "Shangsi Wandered Alone in Wulong Pond in Memory of Zheng Xiaoxu, Su Ni's Commentary on Poetry and Then Ming" ” “As a gift to Su Shrine, I inscribed his little shadow” “My thoughts on climbing the green pavilion with Su Shrine” “I am happy in the rain, I am happy that Su Shrine has spent the night in the mountain residence and I am doing something” "Su Gong arrived", "Su Gong presented a poem about observing the Xixiang to commemorate peace", "Su Gong left a letter to say goodbye but sent it" and so on. Unfortunately, not many of Zheng Xiaoxu's early poems have been preserved. "Haizanglou Poetry Collection" began in the year of Jichou (1889), while Gu Yun's poems after the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1889) do not exist, so there is only one corresponding poem in the poem. Gu Yun's "Su Ni Shows the Poetry of Viewing Xixiang and Blessing Harmony" says: "There is no other word for old friends to meet each other, so they write Xuannan Xixiang poems." Note from his own note: "Su Ni's poems 'leave the desolate old people in Runan'. It can be seen that there are The second poem in Volume 1 of "Haizanglou Poetry Collection" is "Viewing Xixiang on June 16th". It can be seen that Gu Yun wrote this poem, and the last sentence says "Stay in the wilderness of Runan." The old man is still here, but his teeth have already become cold." This is slightly different from the Chinese text in Gu Yun's note. 2
On May 21, the seventeenth year of Guangxu (1891), Zheng Xiaoxu went east to Japan to serve as the secretary of the embassy. Before leaving, he left the city to Xuelu to say goodbye to Gu Yun. At the end of July, he received a letter from Gu Yun, saying that his second son had died in infancy on the first day of May, and he had written eight poems. Zheng Xiaoxu lamented that "all the words were so painful that they were unreadable, and I felt sad for a long time." Gu Yun's second son, Gu Xiaomin, also known as Lianfu, was a professional poet. His song "Shui Diao Ge Tou" was included in the eighth volume of "Guochao Jinling Ci Chao" compiled by Chen Zuolin. At the end of the year, Zheng Xiaoxu returned to China to help with Mrs. Wu's funeral. At the beginning of the next year, she visited Gu Yun. After dinner, she talked very late before walking back. Gu Yun sent her to Sanli Xu. We spent the next few days fighting poetry together. On May 4th, after passing by Gu Yun's new residence, Zheng Xiaoxu walked back after the guests had finished drinking. Gu Yun sent him to the city gate. There is a poem written by Zheng Xiaoxu under the lamp: "In the ten years since the founding of Ye, we have been together with Qin and Gu. When Gu left Qin, I stayed in the east. On that day, on the road down the Qingliang Mountain, the three of them talked about snow and mud." In the past ten years, the three of them were often together. Now Gu Yun He is about to go to Jilin, and he is about to go to Japan again. I don’t know when the three of them will be reunited at the foot of Qingliang Mountain. Gu Yun left Nanjing this time to work in the Jilin General Chronicle Bureau. He did not return to Nanjing until the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), during which time he compiled "Jilin General Chronicle" and "Liaoyang Hearing and Seeing Records". On the 5th, I said goodbye to Gu Zipeng. On the 19th, Zheng Xiaoxu took Gu Zhenfu to worship Chen Youlian as his teacher. On the 20th, Zheng Xiaoxu went to Shanghai and then to Japan. At this time, Gu Yun was already forty-seven years old and Zheng Xiaoxu was thirty-one years old.
During Zheng Xiaoxu’s stay in Japan, the two kept exchanging poems and letters. In the nineteenth year of Guangxu (1893), Zheng Xiaoxu was transferred to Kobe. On October 22nd, in the early morning, I walked alone to the pavilion in the middle of the house, reciting the poems sent to me by Gu Yun and others. I lingered for a long time, because the pavilion was famous for "caring for people". The poem "Huairen Pavilion" was written with a small preface: "Since I traveled to Japan in the east, my friends have been separated from each other, and I sometimes lament that I have to live in the wilderness. Zipeng, Zipei, and Shuangqiu all have poems and sent them to me. Zipeng's poem says: 'As soon as possible' I was so carried away that I couldn't even look at it now. '" This shows how much I miss my mentor and friend in a foreign country. More than 40 years later, Zheng Xiaoxu once again went to Japan as the "Prime Minister". During his visit to Kobe, he remembered the Huairen Pavilion in the mission and wrote a poem: "Deliberately hurting the spring and losing the traces of dreams, what's worse under the Huairen Pavilion" Saying. White hair in front of the flowers, the wind blows away, either the soul is in ecstasy or the soul is broken. "The people I carried have been dead for many years, and I am left with white hair and a broken heart."
In the twentieth year of Guangxu (1894), after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, Zheng Xiaoxu returned to China. Returned to Nanjing on August 22, went to Longpanli on the afternoon of the 29th, met Gu Zhenfu, and learned that Gu Yun would be back in winter. Although Gu Yun's return date is known, he is still concerned about his whereabouts in his diary. On November 11, "Zipeng went from Changshun to Fengtian Fangci". Changshun is General Changshun. His surname is Guo Bulao, his courtesy name is Heting, and his posthumous title is Zhongjing. At that time, the "Jilin General Chronicle" written by Gu Yun and Li Guilin had been basically completed. He wanted to return, but was forced to stay in Changshun and could not make the trip. After that, he went to Fengtian with the army and did not leave until the armistice and peace talks in March of the following year. It was also during this period that Gu Yun wrote "Liaoyang Hearing and Seeing Records", which is now included in the fiftieth volume of "Series Collection and Continuation".
On January 3, the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), Gu Zhenfu told Haizang that Gu Yun had arrived in Liaoyang. On April 17, "I met Wu Youming and asked about Zipeng's whereabouts. Wu Yan has entered the capital from Tianjin and will definitely return early next month." During this time, Gu Yun was indeed in Beijing, and met Feng Xu, whom he had not seen for ten years. He got together with friends in Taoranting. Feng Xu wrote "Shi Gong has not been seen for ten years since arriving in Liaoyang" and wrote this letter to send him back. "Jiangzuo" and other poems such as "Zipeng Zhao and Changsha Yuan Shuyu Xuqin and Zidan Mengxiang and Yu drank Taoranting wine in half couplets are consistent" can be found in the eighth volume of "Hao Xu Lei Manuscript". On May 15, Haizang's diary mentioned that "Gu Zhenfu came, and Yun Zifeng left the capital in half a month." On the 23rd, Zheng Xiaoxu received a letter from Zheng Xiaotong, saying that he and Gu Yun had arrived in Shanghai. The next day, Zheng Xiaoxu asked Zhang Zhidong for leave and left for Shanghai that night.
In the 22nd year of Guangxu (1896), the diaries of Hai Zang and Yi Feng recorded their frequent drinking parties. On February 14, Zheng Xiaoxu passed by Gu Yun and sat down. On the 19th, Gu Yun hosted a banquet at his home. Zheng Xiaoxu, Liang Dingfen, Chen Yan, Lin Xu and others were all present. Many years later, Chen Yan compiled "Poems of Shi Yishi's Teachers and Friends" and mentioned that in Nanjing that year, Liang Dingfen lectured at Zhongshan Academy. He, Shen Yuqing, Zheng Xiaoxu, Ye Shuxuan and others often fell drunk at Gu Yun's house at the foot of Qingliang Mountain. Xue Lu. Liang Dingfen, who also likes to drink, was too fat. "On the way home, he was sitting on a carriage on his back. He was so drunk that he turned sideways in the carriage and fell to the ground." On July 2, Gu Yun presented two poems to Zheng Xiaoxu. The next day, Zheng Xiaoxu responded with a poem titled "Reply to Zipeng for the Continuous Rain in May." There is a sentence that goes: "Lonely in Luancheng, I talk to the bed, and I listen to the rain all my life and love the empty hall." Over the years, Gu Wukong has missed each other, and his short hair and blue shirt have kept him healthy." "Shi Shi's Poems" said that Zheng Xiaoxu had a "love of rain" and said that he liked Jiang Baishi the most: "The rain before autumn is rare in life, so he begged me to sleep comfortably in the empty hall." "The second sentence, "listening to the rain all my life and loving the empty hall" is obviously adapted from Baishi's poem. This year, Gu Yun's "Loyalty Record" was published, with Zhang Jian and Zheng Xiaoxu as the inscriptions, Miao Quansun and Cheng Xianjia as the prefaces, and Kuai Guang's canon and postscripts. There were many inscriptions and chants at that time.
On June 25, the 23rd year of Guangxu's reign (1897), Zheng Xiaoxu went to Shanghai, with the intention of waiting for the time. Gu Yun was always in Nanjing. On May 1, the twenty-fourth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1898), Gu Yun, Miao Quansun and others went from Nanjing to Shanghai, and had contacts with Zheng Xiaoxu in the following days. At the end of the year, Zheng Xiaoxu was summoned by Zhang Zhidong to go to Hubei, but he kept exchanging letters. In September of the 25th year of Guangxu's reign (1899), Gu Yun wrote to Zheng Xiaoxu and asked him to travel to Kuanglu with him, but unfortunately the trip failed to take place. In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (1902), Gu Yun wrote the preface to "Haizanglou Poetry Collection". On November 5, Zheng Xiaoxu arrived in Nanjing. Two days later, he "went to the dragon pan with two volumes of poems and twenty pieces of foreign money to look at Wu Wu." At that time, Gu Yun already had the poem "The Xisu Niche is Coming" on his desk. Hai Zang's diary says: "We were drinking together, feeling very sad. After leaving the afternoon, Zipeng and his eldest son-in-law walked to see me off to the side of the Hanximen Archway Street Bridge and then back. This is a relic of more than ten years." Guangxu 29 In 1903, Zheng Xiaoxu was stationed in Longzhou and only returned to Nanjing briefly in three years. During this period, Zheng Xiaoxu's official career was relatively smooth, but Gu Yun was already in his twilight years.
In March of the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), Gu Yun died in Nanjing. On April 8 of the following year, Zheng Xiaoxu went to Yuhuatai to pay homage to his deceased friend in the rain, and said with emotion, "Seeing the world is like a dream, why should I mourn!" The next day, he went to Gu Yun's home, and Gu Zhenfu went to pay homage and wept at each other. As for the cause of Gu Yun's death, Yifeng's diary said, "Gu Shigong died so badly that he rushed to cry for him, which means he died without any illness." But his death seems to be related to excessive drinking. Volume 2 of "Ping Ping Ge Poetry Talk" mentions Gu Yun:
He drank without restraint and never got drunk in his life. Whenever I go out, I carry a bottle of wine with me, go to the garden, and drink from time to time. If someone passes by, he will fly and drink heavily. Scholars and servants will not be able to choose. People tend to be afraid and avoid them. The world's eyes are like drunkenness.
Chen Baochen's elegiac couplet goes: "When you get drunk, you bury him, and you take Liu Ling with you early; what's the use of a name? Looking for Zheng Laoqi is unforgettable." It not only refers to his love of drinking like Liu Ling, but also fits the relationship between him and Zheng Xiaoxu. camaraderie. Shi Jichan's elegiac poem says: "I love Gu Shigong in the south of the Yangtze River. I sing bitterly all day long and sit in the pines wind. When the big ladle is drunk by the moon in the dragon's pool, it becomes the same as Liu Ling's lotus." It is also compared to Liu Ling. The small preface before the poem clearly states: "Suddenly I heard that Gu Shigong from the south of the Yangtze River also died of drunkenness in the Wulong Pond in March." The second poem of "Crying Gu Zipeng" by Zheng Xiaoxu: "I have been drinking too much in my life, but I can give advice. The traces are a little sparse over the years, and my thoughts are not enough. Hearing that his appearance is the same, the layman looks at it with fear. He is sitting here and is sweating when he is drunk. "Zheng Xiaoxu said that he was the only one who could advise him to drink less, but it was a pity that Gu Yun was still "the same as before". At the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu (1899), Zheng Xiaoxu went from Wuchang to Nanjing. On the occasion of their separation, Gu Zipeng sent him to the west gate of Han Dynasty. "Yu Zuo bowed and said: 'Fortunately, don't drink too much.' We parted with sadness." 3
The first two writers in the thirteenth volume of "Modern Poetry Notes" are Zheng Xiaoxu and Gu Yun. Shi Yi said: "Shi Gong is short and fat, with an ancient appearance and an ancient heart. He drinks heavily and can write prose, but poetry is the second best." Su Kan is very thin and tall and is not good at drinking. I have said that Su Kan's poems are all done by Shi Gong, and the poems selected by Shi Gong are also done by Su Kan. "Haizang is not good at drinking". I coughed up blood in my early years and stopped drinking for a long time. So in August of the 13th year of Guangxu (1887), he drank with Chen Youlian and others. He drank more than thirty cups at once, which caused Chen Youlian and others to sigh: "Since my friends came to Su Kong, I didn't know that he could drink. A wise man is sincere." Unpredictable!" It can be seen that he is not unable to drink, but is more restrained, so he refused Gu Yun's invitation to drink many times, and was almost persuaded to get drunk by Gu Yun.
After Gu Yun passed away, Hai Zang composed four poems "Crying for Gu Zipeng" and "Visiting Huatai Anyin Temple to Dien Zipeng in the Rain". Volume 13 of "Shi Yi Shi Poetry Talk" discusses all four poems of "Crying for Gu Zipeng", especially the third poem, which is called "sad and sad", and feels that it is very similar to his "Going to the Marquis's Mansion and Embracing Chen Youlian". The poem goes:
The opinions are completely different, and the aspirations are very compatible. Every time I see that I can't go, I laugh all the time. On the road in front of Xizhou Gate, you and I will leave traces of my whereabouts. We sent each other several miles away, but when we returned alone, we were still filled with pity. Where the bridge separates, the sun sets on the donkey's back. After thousands of years, my soul is stuck here. It is always good to write poems for you, but it is not easy to discuss the world. There are still pieces of brocade left in the dream, so I have spent all my time to regret myself.
This poem reads as plain as words. They often get together because of their common sense, although some of their views are different. Every time we meet, we are reluctant to leave. Their footprints are all left on the road in front of Xizhou Gate. And every time he left, Gu Zipeng would send him to a far away place, and then return alone. "We sent each other for several miles, and we felt sorry for each other when we returned alone." When I read it, I feel as if I'm living in the present, extremely melancholy. "Poems for the king are always good", Shi Yi said this was what he said, and listed Zheng Xiaoxu's "Inscribed on the wall of Pengzhai", "Sustaining in Zipengzhai near Wulongtan in the rain", "Zipeng's small inscription on landscape", etc. Poetry. Zheng Xiaoxu wrote many poems to Gu Yun, and Shi Yi mentioned more than once that Haizang was very good at writing poems for Gu Yun, "There are many poets in Su and Kan, but they are especially good at writing for Gu Zipeng, and all of them are very good." This is probably It's the so-called friendship. "Shi Shi Shi Shi Hua" praised "Zipeng's Small Painting on Landscapes" and considered it to be the best seven-character quatrain written by Zheng Xiaoxu, praising it as "the artistic conception is full of wind and spirit, and the ancients said that both drinking and eating are good." Kaizo himself often recited the second poem. Shi Yi's "Preface to the Poetry of Haizanglou": "He who works constantly for the sake of the one he is doing, and does not work hard for the sake of the one who is doing it, how can he not belong to it as he meant, as the spiritual saying goes?" Is there a good sentence? "
After Gu Yun's death, the family was in dire straits. On December 31, the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Mrs. Gu Yun died of illness. Gu Zhenfu was too poor to attend to the funeral, so Zheng Xiaoxu went to see him in the morning and gave him forty yuan. On July 2, the eighth year of the Republic of China (1919), Gu Zhenfu came and said that his son was going to get married and asked to borrow 200 yuan. The next day, Zheng Xiaoxu sent 100 yuan and promised to send another 100 yuan. On the 28th, Zheng Xiaoxu went to the Commercial Press to withdraw money and send it to Gu Zhenfu. On December 28, the 10th year of the Republic of China (1921), "Gu Zipeng's son-in-law Wu Dimin came from Nanjing and said that Zhenfu was extremely poor in Ning and his house had been entrusted to Li Mei'an's family. He received 30 yuan a month from the library, which was only enough for household expenses. Half of it is to find a way to find the rest." More than a month later, Gu Zhenfu's wife and son came to see her, and Zheng Xiaoxu gave her 60 yuan as a gift. On February 11, the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), Gu Zhenfu's wife came to see her and expressed her embarrassment. Zheng Xiaoxu gave her 20 yuan. In early April of the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), Zheng Xiaoxu returned to Shanghai from Tianjin. Two days later, he went to mourn the death of Wu Jianquan's wife and met Gu Zhenfu's wife. "Both Zhenfu and his son died, and his aunt and daughter-in-law, who cared for their two sons and three daughters, still live in Longpanli with bare walls. Yu and Jianquan each contribute a hundred yuan a year, but it is not enough to live on." On the 23rd, Gu Zhenfu's wife bid farewell to him and returned to Nanjing. , "Yu Yun redeemed the house and rented it to him the next day to raise his grandchildren."
Zheng Xiaoxu took such care of Gu Yun’s family after his death, which can be said to live up to his deceased friend. There is still a line in the poem "Reply to the Gift of Peng Jian, the Ancestor of Gu Shou" that "Jinling Mountain is like a thousand layers of dreams, and I will always remember Gu Zipeng in his life." At this time, Gu Yun had passed away for more than 20 years, and Zheng Xiaoxu was also in his seventies. In the modern poetry world, Gu Yun does not play a decisive role. Their agreement is not based on the same poetic views, but more of an emotional agreement. As long as Zheng Xiaoxu was in Nanjing, they had frequent exchanges, whether they were drinking and writing poems for days, or walking by the Wulong Pond in the light rain. Even though we were separated by mountains and rivers, we kept exchanging letters. When Zheng Xiaoxu returns to Nanjing from other places, no matter how short the stay is, he will definitely go to see Gu Yun. At the end of the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Shi left behind his "Thirty-three Nostalgic Quatrains at the End of the Year". The twenty-third poem was written by Gu Yun: "I was drunk in Longtan until the evening, and my dream in the 20th year broke through the clouds in the mountain. The drunk man is white. The title of this poem is good, not only Danjia but also Zhengjun.
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(Author’s affiliation: Department of Chinese, Fudan University)