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Chapter 22 Chapter 20 Ming's Novel on Human Love (Part 2)

Chapter 20 Ming's Novel on Human Love (Part 2) "Yujiao Li" and so on are not only famous in the world, but there are many toddlers, and one side is different, with different characters and situations, but the titles of the books are still repeated, such as "Yujiao Li" and "Pingshan Lengyan" " and so on are also. [1] As far as the narration is concerned, there are many things about talents and beautiful women, and they are interspersed with elegance and elegance.Looking at its meaning, there are always those who are similar to the legends of the Tang Dynasty, but they are not related. Most of the people mentioned by Gai Yuan are talented people. "Yujiao Li" and "Pingshan Lengyan" have French translations, [2] and those who are famous have French and German translations [3], so they are more famous in foreign countries than they are in China.

"Yu Jiao Li" may be renamed "Shuangmei Qiyuan" today, and there is no author's name. 〔4〕The whole book only has 20 chapters. It describes that there was Taichangqing Baixuan in the orthodox period, who had no children. In his later years, he got a daughter named Hongyu, who was very talented in literature. The imperial edict wanted to be the wife of his son Yang Fang, and Xuanzhao Fang came to his home, where his wife and younger brother Hanlin Wu Gui tried it. ...Wu Hanlin stood beside the Xuanzi with Yang Fang.Yang Fang looked up, and suddenly saw a flat forehead horizontally above it, with the inscription "Fu Gao Xuan".Yang Fang thought she knew these three characters, so she just kept her eyes on them.Wu Hanlin saw that Yang Fang looked at it carefully, and said, "These three characters are written by Wu Yubi, the king of employment. The stippling and painting are strong, and they can be called famous pens." It's normal, and the word "Fugao" is written so well." But he read the word "Fugao" out of his voice, and didn't know the word "Fugao", and took the meaning of "Fujiao, Fugao", which should be read with "Gao". Valley" is homonymous.After hearing this, Wu Hanlin understood in his heart, so he vaguely agreed. ……(second round)

Bai Xuan refused.Yang felt resentful, so he recommended Xuan to go to the camp to meet the emperor, and Xuan asked his daughter to leave in Wu Hanlin.Wu Gui brought the red jade back to Jinling, and occasionally saw Su Youbai writing a poem on the wall. He loved his talent and wanted to marry him with the red jade.Youbai misunderstood the bride, but refused.Gui was angry and asked the school official to change his friend Bai Xiucai. The school official was hesitant, but Bai Xuan returned to the court and returned to his hometown when the report came, so he dismissed him.Youbai was deposed, and he was about to go to Beijing to meet his uncle. In the Tao, he saw several young people chanting bitterly, which were Fanghe Baihongyu's Xinliu poems;Youbai also made two poems, but Zhang Guiru suddenly stole it to present Baixuan, and Xuan kept it as a guest of honor.

But Su Youde pretended to be a friend of Bai, asked to marry Bai, met Zhang at the banquet, attacked each other, and lost.Youbai saw Hongyu Xinliu's poems and admired them, so he crossed the river to the north and wanted to ask Wu Gui to propose marriage. When he encountered robbers on the way, he temporarily left with Li's family. He met a young man named Lu Mengli by chance, and he admired Youbai's talent very much. Because of his sister's lifelong support.Youbai went to Beijing to take the exam as a supervisor, and came in second; when he visited Lu again, he had already moved away to avoid disaster, which was a great disappointment.I don't know that Lu Shi's white red jade is in the table, and he has already gone to Jinling Yibai's family first.It was difficult for Baixuan to get a son-in-law, so he changed his name and traveled to Shanyin. He saw a young man named Liu in Yuji Temple, who was very talented. He went to visit the next day.

... "... Suddenly I met a young man named Liu, who was also from Jinling. He was a romantic man, he was really a 'Xie Jiayushu'....I saw him as a man of good looks, with a high degree of knowledge and talent, and he would be soaring in the evening Hanyuan..... I want to marry Hongyu to him, but I am afraid that my niece will say that I am partial; I want to marry my niece, but I am afraid that Hongyu will say that I am hypocritical. Besides Liu Sheng, if he wanted to find another one, he absolutely couldn't.I think Yishun, a colleague of Ehuang and Nvying, has been practiced by ancient sages; I also saw that your sister and sister love each other, they are good friends, and I can't bear to part: so I agreed to him in person.I did this with great pleasure. "... (Nineteenth Chapter)

But the two daughters both admire Youbai, and they are very dismayed when they hear about it.Now, Liu Zhibai's family said that he was really Su Youbai, and he changed his name to Youshanyin in Gail.Xuan also told her his real name, everyone was pleasantly surprised, and they got married.As for the woman Lu Menglishi, she first refitted herself and entrusted her to her friend Bai Zheyun. "Pingshan Lengyan" also has 20 chapters, and the title says "Compiled by Di'an Shanren".Qingsheng Baier ("You Tang Continuing Bi Tan") thought that Zhang Boshan in Jiaxing wrote it during the 14th and 15th Five-Year Period [5], and his father continued to complete it.Boshan was famous in Shao, who was born in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. And attached this book to it, but the meaning of the text is old-fashioned, which is not like the work of a boy.The book narrates the prosperity and prosperity of the "Xian Dynasty", but it does not say when it was done, so it is impossible to specify who the emperor is. Seeking real talents, and seeing Baiyan circling, he ordered all officials to write Baiyan poems. Thanks to everyone, Shan Xianren, a university scholar, presented the work of his daughter Shandai. The poem says:

The setting sun cares for the plain heart, escapes into the pear blossoms, there is nothing right and wrong, fades away shame and borrows color from crows, when thin, only snow adds fat, flies back to the dark night and still takes pictures, holds all the spring red without clothes, how many wealthy families boast of wealth, can finally tolerate me Go clean. (First time) The emperor summoned him immediately, ordered him to offer advice, proclaimed the decree, and gave him a jade ruler, "to measure the talents of the world"; That is to say, hit his head with this, and it doesn't matter if he is killed." He also bestowed the title of "Hongwen Talented Lady" on the forehead of Yushu Bian.At that time, Dai Fang was ten years old; her father built a building to store jade rulers, which was called the Yuchi Building, and it was also the place where Dai studied. Therefore, the talented woman was famous for her books, and people who asked for poetry and essays gathered.Later Dai ridiculed one of the children of Guijie with poems, and was blamed. She entrusted someone to falsely claim that the poems and essays were not her own. She was ordered to go to Yuchi Tower to compete with Dai. Yi Yang.At that time, there was a village girl named Leng Jiangxue, who was able to write poems even when she was young.Jiangxue wrote poems in Taoism and met Luoyang talented people like Ruheng, but she said that Gu Jian lost each other. When she came to Shan's family and showed her talents, she was greatly respected and loved, and she was also known by the emperor for writing poems.Ping Ruheng went to Yunjian to visit talented scholars, and he got Yanbai's chin. He came from a wealthy family with great talent and ability to write poems.Both were recommended by the chief officials to the imperial court, but the two of them did not want to be born by recommendation, so they both entered the capital to take the exam, and changed their names to ask to see Shandai.Dai Zao saw his satirical poems, and because she and Jiang Xue changed their clothes into Tsing Yi, they tried to sing poems and reconciled again and again, but the two resigned.There is also Zhang Yin, who also proposed to Shan's family, and was tested in Yuchi downstairs. Zhang couldn't write, and was greatly fooled.Zhang Nai asked the court officials to play it in the court, saying that it was indecent for Dai to sing and laugh with the young man.The Son of Heaven arrested him immediately; Zhang also reported that the two men were actually named by Ping Yan, and they were published on the list.So the emperor was overjoyed, and told Shan Xianren to choose him as his son-in-law, so Shan Dai married Yan Baiqin, and Leng Jiangxue married Ping Ruheng.On the wedding day, everything is perfect:

...the two daughters get on the sedan chair, there are hundreds of concubines in their makeup, artillery and drums blare all the way, and colorful flags and lanterns are dazzling. It is really a marriage bestowed by the emperor. Sheng. ... If it weren't for being really talented, how could An Neng be like this?So far, it has been rumored in the capital that Pingshan Lengyan is one of the four talents; Reading history in the idle window, I am very admiring and set up a biography for it. (Chapter 20) The main purpose of the two books is to highlight women and praise their supernatural powers. They also pay less attention to craftsmanship and praise the beauty of poetry, and emphasize handsomeness and fashion while scorning vulgar scholars. However, the so-called talents are only capable of poetry. , such as the academics of rural music; and all courtship must pass the exam, and marriage is subject to the imperial edict, so the thinking of the imperial examination at that time was caged.

Eighteen chapters, one "The Legend of Chivalrous Wind and Moon", the title says "Compilation of Renminbi in Famous Education".Its conception is also slightly the same as the previous two books, but the diction is better, and the personalities of the characters are also slightly different. It is also the so-called "beautiful and talented, beautiful and chivalrous".It is said in the book that there is a scholar named Tie Zhongyu, a native of Damingfu in Beizhili,... born handsome and handsome, like a beauty, so he was nicknamed "Iron Beauty".If you talk about the beauty of others, your character should be gentle.

Unexpectedly, although he is born beautiful, his temperament is like pig iron, very stubborn; he has a bit of physical strength, and he has to make his breath rough at every turn; ... There is another benefit, if people ask him urgently, ... he will generously give it to him; if he flatters him and hopes to invite favors, he just pretends that he has never heard of it: so people are grateful to him, but they dare not get close to him for no reason. ……(First time) His father, Tie Ying, was the censor, and Zhong Yu was worried that he would get into trouble by going straight, so he went to the capital to admonish him.Hou Sally of Huidawei seized Han Yuan's wife [6], that is, he used wise tactics to seize Han Yuan's wife and fulfilled his wish, and he was called a righteous hero.However, Zhongyu was also afraid of disaster, so he did not dare to stay in the capital, and even traveled to Shandong to study.There is a girl named Bing Xin in Licheng's retired servant of the Ministry of War, Shui Juyi. She is very beautiful, but she is more talented than a man.In the same county, his ancestor, the son of a scholar, came to propose marriage forcefully, but Shui Juyi did not dare to refuse, but married his niece Yi Bingxin. After marriage, he realized that his ancestor hated him greatly, and planned to trap Juyi, and he wanted to restore Baifangtu Female, and Bing Xin was saved by wisdom.Guo's ancestor entrusted the county magistrate to force Bingxin by falsely preaching the imperial decree, but Zhongyu was in Licheng.Because of this, Bing Xin admired Tie Zhongyu very much. When Zhongyu fell ill, she invited her to stay at her home to take care of her, and she left for five days.Since then, Guo Qizu still tried to marry Bing Xin again and again, but he couldn't.However, Zhong Yuzu and Bing Xin got married, but they didn't agree. It's over. Even if it is done, it will really hurt the famous teacher."There is a purpose to check.The later emperor knew that although the two were married but did not live together, he summoned Bingxin to let the queen try it out. As a result, she was a virgin, so all those who slandered were accused, and Shuitie was praised as "the outstanding one among the good ones", which made the reunion Anthurium candles are famous for their light, and it is said that "you return to Yiyimao, and your virtue is to show your morality".

There are also twenty-six chapters of "The History of Tiehua Immortals".The title is "Yunfeng Mountain People Compilation".Yan Tang Cai Qizhi and his good friend Wang Yue traveled together in the buried sword garden of the ancestors, admiring the hibiscus, and bid farewell until the flowers fell.After entering the capital, they met again, and each had children in their infancy. It was about marriage, and the contacts became closer.Wang Yuezi said Confucianism, who was able to write poems at the age of seven, and his classmate Chen Qiulin were all thirteen or fourteen. They lived in the buried sword garden and invited friends to appreciate flowers and write poems.Qiulin met a woman at night, who claimed to be Fu Jianhua, and came here repeatedly, and the jade hibiscus was pulled out by a storm overnight, which was absolutely impossible.Later, the Wang family declined, and Confucianism was not in the same position. Cai thought she was poor and wanted to change Xia Yuanxu with a daughter. At that time, Qiulin had already won the Yuan Dynasty, and was eager to seek his close friend Su Zichen. But Ruolan, Cai's daughter, escaped and was adopted by Zichen's uncle Chengzhai.Xia Yuanxu is a son of a family and has nothing to do. When he is angry with his sister Yaozhi, he ridicules him and chooses her because of her recommendation.Chengzhai also recruited Confucianism and treasures to be his guests, while Cai Qizhi was lonely in his later years, and he came to welcome the king many times, raised him as his son, and was relieved, and married Xinru, Chengzhai's daughter.Qiu Lin proposed to Xia Yaozhi, but Cheng Zhai did not agree, and the girl came overnight, and they fled together. At that time, Zichen had already pacified the sea bandits and became a god, but suddenly he left a letter from Wang and Chen, saying that the real Yao branch was in the Su family, and that the escaped person was actually a flower demon, and taught the two to rule it with the five thunders, and the demon would escape. The fasting is finally promised with Zhenyao branches.One day when Ruzhen came to the Su family, she was surprised to see Ruolan's old maid. Chengzhai knew exactly what Cai girl he had taken in, so he hired a wife for Ruzhen and returned it to Ruzhen.Later, the two couples were both over eighty years old, and they took the golden elixir presented by Zichen, and died overnight without any illness. "The History of Tiehua Fairy" came out later, and it seems that it wants to get rid of the old stereotypes, so it tries to make things strange. The author is also quite conceited, as stated in the preface, "Legendary writers imitate the joys and sorrows of gifted scholars and beauties for the entertainment of the eyes and hearts. For example, in "Pingshan Lengyan", the surnames of all talented scholars and beauties are Yan, and in "Yujiaoli", each of them picks up their names to pass them on. Tweaked into a book without difficulty.There is something peculiar about this book...it makes people think that the iron is like a flower, and it is read by a fairy, but the wit and beauty are hidden in it. "However, the writing style is clumsy, the incidents are complicated, and it is mixed with wars and strange things of gods and monsters, which is beyond the scope of human novels. ※ ※ ※ 〔1〕The title of the book is composed of one character from each of the names of the characters Pan Jinlian, Li Pinger and Chunmei in the novel.Those who follow this approach, such as "Yujiaoli", are composed of the three characters "jade" from Bai Hongyu, "jiao" from Wu Yanjiao (pseudonym of Bai Hongyu) and "pear" from Lu Mengli; It is composed of the surnames of Ping Ruheng, Shan Dai, Leng Jiangxue, and Yan Baiqian. 〔2〕 "Yu Jiao Li", "Ping Shan Leng Yan" French translation "Yu Jiao Li" French translation "Ju-Kiao-Li", first translated by AB Remusat, also known as "Two Cousins ("Lesdeuxcousines"), published in Paris in 1826.Later, there was a translation by SB Julien, also known as "Two Cousins", which was published in Paris in 1864. "Ping-Chan-Ling-Yen", the French translation of "Ping Shan Leng Yan", also translated by Julien, also known as "Two Talented Young Girls" ("Lesdeuxjeunesfilleslettrees"), was published in Paris in 1860. 〔3〕French-German translation The French translation includes "Hao-Khieou-tschouan", translated by GB d'Arcy, also known as "The Perfect Girl" ("Lafemmeaccomp-lie"), published in Paris in 1842 .The earlier German translation was "HaohKjo'h Tschwen", translated from English by CBGBVonMurr, also known as "The Happy Story of Haoyu" ("DieangenehmeGeschichtedesHaohKjoDh"), mistakenly named Haohkjo'hTschwen, published in Leipzig in 1766 .Directly translated from Chinese titled "Bingxin and Iron Jade" ("Eisherzund Edeljaspis"), translated by FB Kuhn, also known as "The Story of a Happy Union" ("Die GeschichteinerglucklichenGatEtenwahl"), 1926 Published in Leipzig. 〔4〕 "Yujiao Li" written by Zhang Yun in the Qing Dynasty.The title is "Compiled by the people of Midishan". ("Wei Di Shan Ren" is "Di An San Ren"). 〔5〕Sheng Baier (1720—?) was born in Qingxiushui (now Jiaxing, Zhejiang) with the style name Qinchuan.He used to be the county magistrate of Zichuan.The "You Tang Continued Bi Tan" written in three volumes contains many anecdotes and anecdotes in the literary world. Zhang Boshan, named Shao, is a handsome and handsome man.He wrote "Muwei Shichao" and "Liangzhe Jianxuanlu" collected his poems. (6) According to the data, "Han Yuan's wife" should be "Han Yuan's daughter".
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