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Chapter 28 Chapter 26: Narrow and Evil Novels of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 26: Narrow and Evil Novels of the Qing Dynasty After the people of the Tang Dynasty were admitted to the imperial examination, they did more travel and practiced, and they thought it was a good story. Therefore, the stories of the Ji family were also written by the literati. The surviving ones are Cui Lingqin's "Jiaofang Ji" and Sun Wei's "Beili Zhi" [1].Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the author You Huo, Ming Mei Dingzuo's "Green Mud Lotus" [2], and Qing Yu Huai's [3] are especially famous.Afterwards, all the beautiful sites in Yangzhou, Wumen, Pearl River, and Shanghai are recorded;

〔4〕Furthermore, biographies of tricksters have also gradually invaded the category of strange books. However, they are full of miscellaneous and trivia, and there is no coherence. They are just occasional writing and chatting.If the main body of the book is the accidents of the characters in Xixiezhong, and the book is organized into dozens of chapters, it is first seen in "Pin Hua Bao Jian" [5], but it is recorded as an actor. Although there was a teaching workshop in the Ming Dynasty, scholars and bureaucrats were forbidden to set foot in it, and they were not allowed to coerce prostitutes, but it was not forbidden to recruit excellent ones.In order to avoid the prohibition, high-ranking officials and celebrities would call actors to drink and make singing and dancing talk and laugh; those with literary and famous names would praise and praise, often like a madman, and their popularity became more and more popular.At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the flame of actors began to decline slightly, and then became more and more obscene. They were called "Xianggu", and their rank was comparable to that of prostitutes. "Pinhua Baojian" was engraved in the second year of Xianfeng (1852), that is, since Qianlong, Beijing actors have been full-time. It is elegant and vulgar, and Chen Yan is condescending, but it still has the meaning of persuasion and punishment. Its explanation is similar to that of the Ming people who are "love letters for the world".As for the narrative writing, it seems that they want to be good at being lingering and elegant, and there are many books describing children in the past, so they can't get rid of the old stereotypes. It's just like a beautiful woman, a guest is a gifted scholar, warm and soft-spoken, endlessly, and the only beautiful woman is not a woman, so he has not written about it in his books.In his narration, "Ming Qi" Du Qinyan went to Mei Ziyu's house to ask about his illness, saying:

But when Qinyan arrived at Mei's house, she was very scared, and she thought there must be a humiliation this time.After meeting Mrs. Yan, not only did she not reprimand, but she showed compassion, and ordered him to comfort Ziyu, but unexpectedly, she felt happy and sad.But I don't know the severity of Ziyu's illness, how can I comfort her?I had no choice but to obey my wife's order and walk to Ziyu's room with a serious face.Seeing that the curtains are not rolled up and the desks are dusty, a light silk curtain is hung on a small nanmu bed.Yun'er opened the curtain first, and called out "Master, Qin Yan is here to see you".Ziyu was in a dream, and answered twice vaguely.Qin Yan sat on the edge of the bed, and saw that Ziyu's face was yellow and thin, and he was extremely haggard.

Qin Yan huddled next to the pillow and let out a low cry, tears streaming down Ziyu's face.Ziyu suddenly laughed and said: "In the Palace of Longevity on July 7th, when no one is whispering in the middle of the night." After Ziyu chanted, he smiled again and again.Qin Yan saw that the dream monster was like this, she couldn't bear it very much, she threw Ziyu's body twice, because she thought that it would be difficult for his wife to shout loudly, so she changed her voice to "Young Master".Ziyu is still thinking about it in his dream. On July 7th, when he went to Sulan's place, he met Qin Yan, and the three of them talked heart-to-heart again.Hun's dream was so deep that it was hard to wake up for a while, and he laughed for a while, and then chanted:

"My way is that Huangquan and Biluo are in a dilemma,..." After singing, turn over and fall asleep inwardly.Seeing that he was so faint, Qin Yan cried more and more, so she could only stare blankly, not wanting to yell again. ... (Chapter 29) The characters in "Pinhua Baojian" are probably real, and we can deduce them from their names and behaviors.However, both Mei and Du assumed that the word "jade" and "words" were called "fables".There are high-quality books in the book, so it is said that it is actually a book by Chen Sen from Changzhou (the author's manuscript "Legend of Plum Blossom Dream", signed by Chen Sen in Piling, so the word "book" may be misderived), named Shaoyi, who lived in Daoguang Beijing, in and out of the Chrysanthemum Department, because of what I heard and saw, I wrote 30 chapters of the book, and then stopped, and went out of Beijing to roam. Jiyou (1849) returned to Beijing from Guangxi, and the second half was completed, a total of 60 chapters , those who do good things compete to pass on banknotes, and after three years there will be a printed version (Yang Maojian's "Menghua Suobo").

As far as the author's ideal ending is concerned, it is shown in the last chapter, where famous scholars and famous ladies will meet in Jiuxiang Garden, and draw small portraits of actors as flower gods, and all celebrities will praise them; They are all carved stones to support Jiuxiang downstairs.At that time, the actors had already left the pear orchard, and "in front of all the celebrities", they melted the hairpins, burned their clothes and skirts, and when they burned the ashes, "suddenly, a gust of fragrant wind blew the ashes into the air, fluttering a little bit, reflecting a round of red On a day, like countless flowers and butterflies flying, the golden fans are drunk, the fragrance is tangy, the higher and higher it is, and in half a day, it becomes a golden light with thousands of dots, and the "cloud" disappears for a moment.

After that, there were fifty-two chapters in sixteen volumes of "Hua Yue Traces", titled "Compilation by the Master of Sleeping Crane", prefaced in the Wuwu Year of Xianfeng (1858), and it became popular in Guangxu.Although not all of his books are written about narrow and evil, Gu is especially related to courtesans, which are hidden in the whole book, accompanied by celebrities, just like the novels of beautiful talents and scholars.It is briefly said that Wei Chizhu and Han Hesheng are all great talents and masters. They traveled to Bingzhou and were extremely kind to each other.Wei Fengliu's literary talent is in the mood for a while, but he never meets him, and he is trapped in the brigade; although Qiu Hen falls in love with him, he will never be able to marry Wei.But Wei's wife died first, Wei also found her death, and Qiu Hen died.Han Ze first served as a guest in the curtain of a high-ranking official, participated in the confidentiality, and then used his merits in pacifying the bandits.Caiqiu returned to Korea for a long time, and he also won the title of Mrs. Yipin.After the class teacher was appointed, "the banquet was held for three days, and everyone from the general to the pawns was in awe." (Chapter 50) Wei Nai had only one son, and he went south with his coffin.Its layout is based on ups and downs, and the writing is mainly lingering, but sometimes there are sad and sad pens intertwined in it. When you want to laugh, you can see the color of sadness, and the poems are concise and full of books. The decorations are complicated, and the mood turns dark.Fu Zhaolun [6] commented that, "Famous Ci Fu masters, but they are not good at speaking. The most vivid part is also vented from Ci Fu, which is full of sorrow and beauty..." Although it is slightly flattering, it is also missing.At the end, Han Hesheng's achievements are narrated, and the strange things are suddenly mixed up, which is like a love story in the middle, and ghost words suddenly come, especially the whole article is exhausted.

... Caiqiu said, "...Miaoyu is called an 'outsider', and Baoyu is called an 'insider'; Miaoyu lives in Changcui Nunnery, and Baoyu lives in Yihong Courtyard.  … The book first tells how Miaoyu is clean, but Baoyu often thinks it is dirty.Can't you see that in the future, the clear will turn turbid, and the turbid will be extremely clear? Chizhu sighed, and chanted loudly, "'A mistake will cause eternal hatred, and it will be a hundred years when you look back. '" Sui said, "... Take the "Jia Yucun Words" in the book as an example: Xue Zhe, set it up; Dai Zhe, replace it.Assuming that this person represents Baoyu to sketch life, so the word "Baoyu" belongs to Chai in the word Bao, which means Baochai; the word Yu belongs to Dai, which means Daiyu.Chai Dai has always been a 'nothing', which is nothing.Miaoyu, on the other hand, is really the mirror of Baoyu, hence the name.One monk and one nun secretly insinuated, don't you think so? "Caiqiu agreed.... Chi Zhusui said, "'Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. '" Then he knocked on the case and chanted:

"The silver zither tunes the heart and the fragrance, is a hero not soft-hearted? I come to all places where I can see the sky, and I also want smallpox to be my dojo. Guess the lotus seeds in the lotus picking song, and see you again when the osmanthus blooms. Why bother to shake the whip and carry the flowers, ten years The heart is set and fragrant." He Sheng didn't wait for Chizhu to finish singing, he laughed and said, "Forget it, let's drink." After talking and laughing, it was dawn.Chizhu used up early, and went first in the car of Caiqiu.At noon, Dehe Shengjian post said:

"When I met the autumn marks, tears fell with the words, I was so pitiful. My brother comforted me four times and ordered me to slow down. Before I left, I asked my brother to turn to Your Excellency and said, 'I can rest myself. If you have such a heart, you must repay it. Also.'Knowing Guan Jinnian, lead this dissemination. And present four chapters of a small poem, seeking peace." There are four poems in Qijue. ... After reading Chizhu, the next rhyme and cloud: "The unprovoked flower is too late, the broken core is sad, and the broken branches are left. I want to seek a pure state for him, but I feel that the wind and evil are not blowing. I wasted and hated by the sunset, the lake and the sea have been ups and downs for twenty years, and the llamas and poplars have all gone... ..."

Just as I was writing, the bald head replied, "Someone from Li's family in Caishi Street came to invite them, saying that Ms. Liu is not well." Chizhu was surprised, so she took a car to Qiuxin Hospital.With a crepe kerchief on her head, Qiu Hen sat on the bed with a few books beside her, staring at her thoughtfully, when she suddenly saw the bead, she smiled and whispered, "I don't think you can last ten days. Why bother?" Chi Zhu said, "They said you were sick, why can't I bear it?" Qiu Hen sighed, "Now you come as soon as you invite, but you will be entangled in the future." Chi Zhu laughed, " Let's discuss it later." From then on, Chizhu continued to communicate as usual.It was night, and Chizhu continued to form a rhyme poem. In the last chapter, there is a sentence "Won the eyebrows of the moth and died, and I really know that I belong to Qingcheng", which is still recited today. ... (Chapter 25) Changle Xie Zhangting's "Poetry Collection of Gambling and Chess Mountain Villa" includes "Ti Wei Zi'an's Book After" [7] five unique and three poems, one is "Shi Jing Kao", the other is "Gu Nanshan Guan Poetry Talk", and the other is "Huayue Trace" (Jiang Ruizao "Fiction Research" eight quotes "Lei Dian Notes"), because we know that this book was written by Wei Zian.Zi'an's name is Xiuren, a native of Houguan in Fujian Province, and he was born with a small literary name. He entered Pan when he was in his twenties. The dean of Furong Academy, who fled back due to chaos, died at the age of fifty-six (1819-1874), wrote a lot of books, and only handed down his "Huayuehen" ("Chess Villa Anthology" Fives). [8] When Xiuren lived in Shanxi, he was the teacher of Baomianqin, the magistrate of Taiyuan. As a result, it became a giant cloud (Xie Zhangting's "After Class Continuation" 1) [9].However, the entrustment seems to be more than that. At the beginning of the volume, there is "Liu Xufeng Biography" [10] by a Taiyuan singing girl, which says that "the heart is devoted to the guest, and I want to commit myself to it."Then Qiuhengai is the shadow of this person, and the guest is really Wei.Wei Han, who is also the shadow of a poor guest, assumes that there are two ways to go to the poor, and each imagines what he can do. Poor or similar to Wei, he is as good as Han, so although he lives alone, he is separated from the two. The theme of the whole book is prostitutes. There are sixty-four chapters of "Dream of Brothels", titled "Written by Lifeng Muzhen Mountain Man", and the preface is Yun Yu Yinxiang.Yinxiang Mingda, a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, was a middle-aged traveler, and wanted to leave, but the world was entangled, and he couldn't leave quickly. He died of a sudden wind in the tenth year of Guangxu (1884). His book is "Drunken Red" Xuanbihua, Huajianstick, Wuzhong Archaeological Records and Xianouji (11) etc. "A Dream of Brothels" was completed in the fourth year of Guangxu, and Wu Zhong advocated women to give full play to their "traveling in the country of flowers, protecting the beauties, picking celery fragrance, supporting Weike, serving in political affairs, repaying relatives, full friendship, playing the piano, and caring for children." , be kind to relatives and neighbors, thank Fanhua, and seek catechumens" (the first chapter) It can be seen from the fact that what is written is not true to the great ideal.Briefly referred to as Jin Yixiang with the character Qizhen, a native of Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, who was born in Gongwen when he was young, and more intelligent and beautiful when he was older, but he did not marry. A lowly Confucian, with a talent that is not met, and the officials and officials have no one who knows me. On the contrary, it is not like a brothel girl, who has the insight to recognize heroes before they meet" (the "Title Outline" of this book).Therefore, Yixiang traveled to Niaoxie, and was especially loved by tricksters, and commanded them well, just like the king of Nanmian.For example: ... (Yixiang, Eryou and Twelve Prostitutes) Arrive in the hall, the three of them watch and play repeatedly, seeing the decorations, they have special ingenuity.The famous flowers outside the pavilion are beautiful and the vegetation is spirited.A banquet was set up in the middle, Yuesu decided the order, the three were in the middle, and all the beauties also sat in order: The first is Chu Aifang, the owner of the Mandarin Duck Pavilion, the second is Wang Xiangyun from Yanliu Mountain, the third is Yuan Qiaoyun, the Iron Flute Fairy, the fourth is Zhu Suqing, the girl who loves young girls, the fifth is Lu Lichun, the messenger of cherishing flowers in spring, the sixth is Zheng Suqing, the lady who explores plums, and the seventh is Huanhuaxian. Shi Lu Wenqing... the eleventh Mei Xue scrambled to be the first guest, He Yuejuan, and the last owner of the Hufang Building sat by himself; four pairs of waiters on both sides poured wine.All the beauties passed on the cups and made the best of their preparations.Yixiang said to Huiqiong, "Today is such a grand meeting, it is advisable to raise a drinking order, and I will live up to this good day." Yuesu said, "Your words are sincere, so please give the order." Yixiang said, "Master, please open it yourself." Order." Yue Su said, "It's unreasonable, I invite you to come." Yixiang was pushed away, so she had to say, "I have it." All the beauties said, "The ordering officer must drink the front cup first, that's right." So each of the twelve beauties poured a glass of wine and offered it to Yi Xiang; when Yi Xiang drank it all, he opened his mouth and said, "The wine order is better than the military order, and those who violate it will be punished with three cups of wine!" All the beauties only obeyed orders. ... (fifth chapter) Yixiang is also deeper than love, serving the sick and serving tirelessly, such as: ...One day, when I poured incense to the Liuxiang Pavilion, Aiqing felt angry in her stomach and couldn't eat.Yi Xiang was very reluctant, and suddenly thought that Qingtian had written four volumes of "Medical Gate Treasure", which were still on the bookshelf in the library. "Most appropriate, let the servant come back and serve the medicine stove and tea stove; I stayed in the pavilion for a few more days and stayed with Liuxiang Pavilion day and night.Aiqing was even more grateful, and she took the best of her mouth to repay the fragrance. ... (Chapter 21) Hou Nai finally "took Wei Ke", accepted five prostitutes, and had one wife and four concubines.Also for the sake of raising relatives, he donated his post as an official in Yuhang, that is, he moved to the magistrate, so he "served as a government official".Now, both parents are crossing the crane fairy in the government office; Yixiang also enlightened, and is about to enter the mountain... thinking in his heart, "I want to break through the red dust, but I can't tell them clearly, so I have to hide it from them privately and walk out." It's over." The next day I wrote three letters to Bai Lin Mengxian Zhongying, nothing more than leaving a book with them about something else, and asked Bai Lin to finish Yinmei's marriage as soon as possible.A few days later, Yixiang brought dozens of taels of silver with her, and went to buy Taoist robes, straw hats and sandals by herself, and sent them to others, and returned home.When I came to the Plum Blossom Pavilion again, it happened that the five beauties were all there. Seeing that they didn't know each other, Yixiang was still smiling there, and felt that she still felt sorry for them.After thinking about it for a while, he sighed, "Since you are relieved of love, what is there to love!"... (Chapter 60) Then he went, became immortal in Tiantai Mountain, and returned home, where he took care of his wives and concubines, so "two generations of the Jin family ascended to heaven in the daytime" (Chapter 61).His son swung Yuan early; his old friends were all immortal because of the incense; and the thirty-six tricks he had known in the past, he also "returned to the class" one by one, because this generation "mostly is the owner of Sanhua Garden who sits down and handles flowers. Fairy, because of the thought of missing the world by accident, she was relegated to the world of mortals, and now that the fate of the world is full, she should re-enter the class of immortals" (Chapter 64). Fang Banxing, the continuation writers and those who reversed the verdict rose up immediately, and each tried their best to reunite them. After a long time, they gradually became exhausted. At the end of Daoguang, they did not write these books very much.However, the rest of the story is still broad and far-reaching, but ordinary people's homes have few people and few accidents. Even if there are waves, it is not suitable for the writing style.Like the three books mentioned above, although the meaning is different, the writing style is beautiful and beautiful, but they all depict tenderness, express Chen Yan's traces, and the spirit is the same. There are many people who know the Grand View Garden, so don't set up a love scene in Beili.However, since it came out, it was the first time to actually write about prostitutes, violent and treacherous, saying that "explained by people who have been there", in order to make the reader "trace the traces, understand their intentions, see the current charm of Xizi, and then know the behind-the-scenes In Yaksha, if you see the secret of today is in the dross, you can predict the poison of the next year in the snake and scorpion" (the first chapter).It is clear from the beginning that it is different from the predecessors, and in the light of narrow evil novels, it has been cut since then. There are now sixty-four chapters titled "The Flowers in the Clouds Are Pitying Nong", or it is said that the person is Han Ziyun of Songjiang [12], who is good at chess and opium. , Knowing how to squander among the flowers, and having a deep experience, he has an insight into the tricks (the "Notes of Tan Yingshi" cited in the eighth chapter of "Fictional Research"); but the name is not specified, and he signed himself in the clouds, so he is from Huating.Its book was published in the eighteenth year of Guangxu (1892), and it was printed twice every seven days, [13] sold all over the market, and it was quite popular.It roughly uses Zhao Puzhai as the clue of the whole book, saying that in the seventeenth year of Zhao, he came to Shanghai to visit his mother-in-law Hong Shanqing, and then went to the brothel.And Zhao Qian returned, and became more and more degraded, until he was "pulling foreign carts".So far, the book is the twenty-eighth chapter, and it is suddenly not copied. Although the author has never left his eyes on Zhao, Gu's deeds are just this, but because Zhao also involved concession merchants and wandering children, he miscellaneously described his indulging in conquest and fireworks, from "Changsan" to "Huayanjian" ;Zi Zi advocates women's lack of deep affection. Although he is good at what is wrong, his records are truthful and rarely exaggerated, so he can practice his "depict vividly, use words to compare things, embellish and exaggerate, and liven up like life" (the first chapter) Those who make an appointment carry on.For example, when Zhao Puzhai first arrived in Shanghai and went to the "Flower Smoke Room" with Zhang Xiaocun: ... As soon as Wang Ah Er saw Xiaocun, he went up and shouted, "Nai Hao! Lied to me, yes? Nai said to turn around for two or three months, until the boy came back. Ah, two or three months Huh? I'm afraid it will be two or three years!..." Xiaocun hurriedly said with a smile, "I'll be angry, let me tell you." Then he leaned into Wang A'er's ear and spoke softly.Before he could say four words, Wang A'er suddenly jumped up, and said with a gloomy face, "Nai is so good. I want to get someone else to grab a wet shirt, but Nai is not naked, is it?" Xiaocun said anxiously , "Don't be so, wait until I finish talking." Wang A'er crawled into Xiaocun's arms to listen again, but he didn't know what to say, only saw Xiaocun talking, and pouted again, Wang A'er Second, he turned his head and glanced at Zhao Puzhai, then Xiaocun said a few more words.Wang A'er said, "What's the price?" Xiaocun said, "I'm the same as before." , take a closer look.Pu Zhai didn't turn his face away, and pretended to read the slip.I saw a middle-aged lady, with water Choshi in one hand, and two boxes of cigarette cream in the other, ... came upstairs, ... Putting the cigarette case on the cigarette tray, lighting the cigarette lamp, flushing the tea bowl, and still carrying Choshi downstairs.Wang A'er leaned against Xiaocun and started to light a cigarette. Seeing Pu Zhai sitting alone, he said, "The waves on the couch are coming." Pu Zhai was eager to make a sound, and then lay down on the cigarette couch, looking at Wang A'er. Er burned a cigarette, put it on the gun, gave it to Xiaocun, and smoked until the end. ... At the third mouth, Komura said, "It's good to eat." Wang A'er adjusted the gun and gave it to Pu Zhai.Pu Zhai couldn't get used to inhaling, before taking half a mouthful, Doumen choked. ... Wang A'er punched the stick through the eye of the smoke, and lit the fire for him.Pu Zhai took advantage of the situation to pinch his wrist, Wang Ah Er grabbed his hand, and threw Pu Zhai's leg as hard as he could, which made Pu Zhai feel sore, painful and refreshed.After Pu Zhai smoked his cigarette, he sneaked a look at Xiao Cun. Seeing Xiao Cun with his eyes closed, in a hazy state, seemingly sleeping but not sleeping, Pu Zhai called "Brother Xiao Cun" in a low voice.After calling twice, Komura just waved his hand and refused to answer.Wang A'er said, "Smoke fans, let's go as you please." Pu Zhai stopped calling. ……(second round) In the 20th year of Guangxu, chapters 1 to 60 were all published. When Hong Shanqing met Zhao Lache by accident, he sent a letter to his sister, describing his condition.The Hong family has no plan, but his daughter, who is called Erbao, is quite capable, so she went to Shanghai with her mother to visit and got it, but they all lingered and did not return quickly. Hong Shanqing tried his best to persuade him to return, but if he didn't listen, he would never leave.The three people's resources were gradually exhausted, and they were so tame that they could not return, so the second treasure was advocated, and their reputation was very loud.Now, I met the third son of Shi, who was very rich and loved the second treasure very much. He welcomed him to the villa to spend the summer, saying that he would marry him as his wife, and he had to go back to Nanjing for a while.Because of this, Erbao refused other guests, and borrowed Jinsheng to make clothes and accessories as a dowry, but the third son of Shi didn't come.Pu Zhai went to Nanjing to inquire about the news. Mr. Yun was newly engaged, so he went to Yangzhou to meet him personally.Er Bao fainted when he heard the letter, and he was rescued before Su Su, but his debts amounted to three or four thousand gold, which could not be repaid unless he paid attention to his old karma, so he resumed soliciting customers, and stopped writing when he saw nightmares.The postscript says it will be a sequel, but it won't work.In the second half of the so-called elegant collection of celebrities at sea, the narration is very detailed, but it is slightly inaccurate; as far as the description of other people's conquest, squandering, and mutual bullying, it is not inferior to the first thirty chapters.There is a section about Mr. Lai rewarding actresses, which is very suitable for the current state of the world: ...Wen Jun refitted and appeared on the stage, a doorman made fun of it, and first shouted "Okay!" Unexpectedly, one after another, you also shouted, and I shouted, and the sky collapsed and the earth collapsed, and the sea was turned upside down. ...Only Mr. Lai laughed out loud, extremely proud. After singing halfway through, the servants will be rewarded.The servant scattered a roll of foreign money in the Ba Dou, and showed it to Mr. Lai. He only sprinkled it on the watchtower, but when he heard Suolang's sound, he saw many bright and bright things rolling all over the platform; The doormen shouted the number one again in unison.Wenjun guessed that Mr. Lai wanted to chase him away, so he was anxious, but he was anxious to make a fuss. He still sang with his heart on the spot, and after singing, he left the stage... and entered the table with a smile.Don't be wary of Mr. Lai holding Wenjun into his arms with one hand; Mr. Wen hurriedly pushed him away and stood up, pretending to be angry, but crawled on Mr. Lai's shoulder, whispered a few words in his ear, Mr. Lai nodded repeatedly, "I know Ya."... (Chapter 44) There are also many characters in the book, but their real names are hidden, [14] but they are not taboo by Zhao Puzhai.According to legend, the author's close friend of Zhao's book was fed with money for a long time, and he hated it for a long time. Han Sui wrote this book to slander him, and it was printed and sold until the twenty-eighth chapter. And Zhao Sheng continued to write about trade benefits, and wrote about his sister as Changyun.However, the fall of the two treasures is exactly what the author had planned. Therefore, when Zhao Puzhai first met Hong Shanqing at the beginning of the chapter, Xu Hong immediately asked, "Nai has a Lingmei...A Zeng accepts tea?" The answer was, "Hui Zeng. This year will also be ten. I'm five years old." This is the line for later texts.From the end of Guangxu to the beginning of Xuantong, there were especially many novels of this kind in Shanghai, and they were often stopped several times, and they almost got bribes; but they had nothing to seek, but only wanted to pick up the sinful books of prostitutes, but most of them were weaves by chance. Pretending to be too much words, hoping to shock the eyes and ears of the world, but there is no such plain and natural one. ※ ※ ※ [1] Cui Lingqin was born in Tang Boling (now Ding County, Hebei Province).Zuo Jinwu was an official at the time of Kaiyuan, Zuo Lang was written by Tianbao Shiqian, and he was changed to be a doctor of Cangbu during Suzong's time.The "Jiaofang Ji" written by him, one volume, describes the system, anecdotes and the origin and content of the Jiaofang during the Kaiyuan Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty.For Sun Wei's "Beili Zhi", please refer to Note [9] on page 97 of this volume. 〔2〕Mei Dingzuo (1549-1615), styled Yujin, was born in Xuancheng (now Anhui) in Ming Dynasty. He has written the legend "Jade Heji" and the drama "Kunlun Slave" and so on.The "Qingni Lianhua Ji" written by him is divided into seven sections and thirteen volumes. [3] Yu Huai (1616—?), courtesy name Danxin, nicknamed Manchi Old Man, was born in Putian (now part of Fujian) in the Qing Dynasty.He has written "Wei Wai Xuan Manuscript", "Yan Shan Tang Ji" and so on.It is written in three volumes: Yayou, Lipin and Anecdotes. 〔4〕Recording the stories of prostitutes, Yangzhou has Finley Italia "Bamboo West Flower Story" and so on; Wumen (Suzhou) has Xixi Shanren's "Wumen Painting Ruolu", Ji Zhongsheng's "Wumen Painting Sailing Record" and so on; Zhujiang (Guangzhou) has Zhi Jisheng (Miao Gen) "Biography of Famous Flowers of the Pearl River", Zhou Youliang's "Pearl River Plum and Willow", etc.; "Wait. 〔5〕There is a preface by Shi Hanshi (Chen Sen) at the beginning of the volume of "Pin Hua Bao Jian".Engraved in the second year of Xianfeng (1852), the title of the title page of the original publication is: "In October of the year of Wushen (1848), the sculpture was opened in the fantasy house, and in the year of Jiyou (the 29th year of Daoguang, 1849), the work was completed in June." According to "Menghua Suobo": "The "Baojian" was only completed in the first 30 chapters in the year (Dingyou, the seventeenth year of Daoguang, 1837); and Jiyou, who traveled to Guangxi and returned to Beijing, was completed in sixty volumes. . Yu Renzi (the second year of Xianfeng, 1852) is in its publication." [6] Fu Zhaolun, courtesy name Xueqiao, was born in Yihuang (now Jiangxi) in the Qing Dynasty, and was once the county magistrate of Fujian. He has written "Mengliyun Poetry Copy" and so on.The following quotations can be found at the beginning of the volume of "Drawing Flower Moon Marriage". 〔7〕Xie Zhang, with the characters Meiru, was born in Changle (now Fujian) in the Qing Dynasty, and was an official to the cabinet. Author of "Complete Works of Gambling and Chess Villa". "Poetry Collection of Gambling and Chess Villa", 14 volumes. There are three five-character poems in "Timing of the Book Written by Wei Zi'an", see Volume 8.A poem titled "Scars of Flowers and Moons" says: "Where there are tears but no place to shed, I will pay Guan Chengzi. Alcohol and women are the end of the road. If you hold a heart alone, you will neither live nor die." [8] "Wei Zi'an's Epitaph" in Volume 5 of "The Collected Works of Gambling and Chess Villa": "Xiu Ren, with the word Zi'an, with the word Zidun, Hou Guanren. . . . Take the Bingwu Township Examination....I am tired of Yingchun's official position, but I have traveled to Jin, Qin, and Shu. My hometown is first developed, and those who can be a disaster or a blessing for a while, love and respect the monarch, but the dead cannot do their best for the monarch. You see that the current affairs are dangerous, your hands are sizeless, and your words are indistinguishable, but your viscera and depression are exhausted, and you have nothing to relax. Because it is a barnyard official novel, it is entrusted to the private interests of your children, and the book is called "Scars of Flower and Moon" .” 〔9〕 Regarding the writing process of "Huayue marks", the first volume of "After Class Continued Records" says: "It was time when Zi'an lived in Shanxi, and he was in the Prefect of Baomianqin, the prefect of Taiyuan. . . . It's extremely boring, so I created it as a novel to describe myself. The person who called Wei Ying's idiot in the book is Zi'an. Fang Cao once or twice, and the prefect entered his room. Seeing it, he was very happy. It was an appointment with Zi'an : One time in ten days. Once it is completed, Zhang Shengxi recruits the chrysanthemum department to enrich the life of the pen for Mr., and then soaks it dozens of times, and it becomes a huge book." 〔10〕 "Liu Xufeng Biography" is "Xiwuhua History Biography", which describes the life of Liu Xufeng, a singing girl in Huaxian County, Henan Province. 〔11〕The book "Zuihongxuan Bihua", "Huajianbang", "Wuzhong Archaeological Records", and "Xianou Ji" are all found in Zou Tao's "Sanjulu Bihua", but there is no printed version. 〔12〕Han Ziyun (1856-1894) named Bangqing, nicknamed Taixian, was born in Songjiang (now Shanghai) in the Qing Dynasty.Served as the editor of the declaration office. 〔13〕Regarding the publication status, the book has been successively published in the literary and art magazine "Sea Strange Book" edited by Han Bangqing since the first day of February in the eighteenth year of Guangxu (1892). At the beginning, the journal published one issue on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and each issue was printed twice; from the ninth issue onwards, it was changed to one issue per month, until the fifteenth issue, it was discontinued, and a total of 30 issues were published. 〔14〕According to "Tan Yingshi's Essays": "The names of the people in the book are generally referred to. Those who are familiar with the facts of Shanghai celebrities in Tong and Guangjian can tell the same. Let me list those who know, such as: Qi Yunsou is Shen Zhongfu, Shi Tianran is Li Muzhai, Lai Touyuan is Le Yuanxia, ​​Fang Penghu is Yuan Xiangfu, one theory is Wang Ziquan, Li Shifu is Sheng Puren, Li Heting is Sheng Xingsun, Li Zhuanhong is Hu Xueyan, Wang Lian was born as Uncle Ma Mei, Xiao Liuer was Yang Houzi, and Gao Yabai was Li Yuxian.For others, if they can be analogized, they should be nine out of ten, and this is for the attention of readers. "
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