Chapter 10 postscript
The ending is a suspense, there is no sure ending.In the end, whether Hu Fei's knife will go on or not, let the readers make up their own minds.
This novel was published in 1959. For more than ten years, several friends and many unfamiliar readers hoped that I would write an affirmative ending.After thinking about it carefully, I think it is better to keep it as it is, so that readers have more room for imagination.It is also a kind of fun to have more than enough and appropriate implicitness.In my own mind, I have thought about seven or eight different endings, and sometimes thinking about different endings is also a pleasure.Whether Hu Fei should chop or not is a choice for Hu Fei, and every reader can make different choices based on their own personality and their views on human nature and the world.
There are several theories about Li Zicheng's death.The first one is said in "History of the Ming Dynasty". He was shot to death by villagers in Jiugong Mountain. At that time, rumors also said that he was killed by Shinto.The second is that "Ming Ji" said that he was trapped by the villagers and couldn't escape, so he hanged himself to death.The third is that "Ming Ji Beilue" said that he died of illness in the Luogong Mountain Army.The fourth type is recorded in "Fengzhou Chronicles". He fled to Jiashan to become a monk and became a monk until he was seventy years old.The fifth is the imagination of the novel "The Romance of Wu Sangui", which is said to be poisoned by Niu Jinxing. Historical novels have the freedom of imagination and do not need to be discussed.Various other claims have been verified by later generations, and they seem to be suspicious.He Tengjiao's memorial said: "There is indeed evidence for Chuang's death, and he did not dare to support his colleagues, and he would like to give a factual report... The way is blocked, and there is no way to get his head again. Today Nishou died by mistake. Xiang Bing, and Xiang Bing didn't know at first..." He couldn't get Li Zicheng's head, so he was vague.The memorabilia of Azige, the general of the Qing Dynasty, said: "There is a statement of surrender, and Zicheng fled into Jiugong Mountain, was trapped by the villagers, hanged himself to death, and his body was decayed." The full text of "Li Zicheng's Epitaph" written by Jiang Bingu (named Yuzhi) is as follows: "He Lin's "Fengzhou Chronicle" says: "Li Chuang's death is recorded in the Luogong Mountain of the Tongcheng City in the unofficial history, and Jiugong Mountain in the Tongcheng City is recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". The mountain is actually in Tongshan County, and it is wrong to say that it is connected to the city. Professor Sun said for the rest: Li Zicheng actually fled to Fengzhou, arrived at Qinghua Station, and left Guniuba with more than ten riders. He is in today's Anfu County. Riding again Go, go alone to Jiashan of Shimen to become a monk, and his grave is still there.' Yunyun. Surprised, I went to Jiashan. I saw a stone pagoda next to the temple, and returned to the house. The big book on the pagoda is "Monk Fengtianyu". There is a stele, which is written by his disciple Ye Fu, which contains the monk's unknown son. An old monk is more than 70 years old, and he can still talk about the old things in Jiashan. Like a Westerner. A few years later, a monk came again. Yun was his disciple, Nai Zongmen, named Ye Fu, a native of Jiangnan, and he was very serious about being a monk. The monk died in the second month of the Jiachen year of Kangxi, about 70 years old. At the end of his life, There was a last word in Ye Fu, when I was young, I didn’t hear it. There is still a portrait in the temple, and I ordered to look at it. It has high cheekbones and deep belly, scorpion nose, and a hideous appearance. It is exactly the same as that recorded in "History of Ming Dynasty". Cheng blasphemed himself as the Grand Marshal of Fengtian Advocacy, and later called himself King Xinshun. He called himself Fengtianyu Monk, but Gai Ziyu added some points to hide it. Ye Fu regarded the sect as a disciple of the Lvmen, and he was so serious in his affairs, which is not the same as in the old days. The ministers and the left and the right? "History of the Ming Dynasty" was self-contained when he died in Jiugong Mountain. It also said: "Our soldiers sent those who knew him to examine his corpse, and he was indistinguishable from decay." And the old monk heard it personally, and its western sound is sufficient Different." The "Western people" and "Xiyin" referred to refer to Shaanxi people and Shaanxi accent.Li Zicheng is from Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province.Li Zicheng was blind in one eye, which was shot blind by Chen Yongfu during the siege of Kaifeng. This is a very obvious feature, but the old monk did not mention it when he described Monk Fengtianyu, which seems to be a serious doubt. Before this, when Li Zicheng was forced to exhaustion by the Ming soldiers, he had faked his death once, that was in the twelfth year of Chongzhen.He was a monk when he was young.Aying said in the textual research of the script "Li Chuangwang": "... Zicheng lived a monk's life, and he was 'familiar'. What's more, 'success is a king, and failure is a monk', which is an old Chinese cliché!" To insert some historical background in the novel, of course, it is not necessary that all the details are completely in line with the historical facts, as long as the major events do not violate it.As for the inconclusive historical events, the author of the novel can naturally choose one of them to play.However, the old novels "The Romance of Wu Sangui" and "The Iron Crown Picture" describe Li Zicheng's story, which is too far from the generally accepted facts. It is too free to use the description in "The Iron Crown Picture" that Fei Gong'e assassinated the general who invaded the army. Got too much.
After it was published in the newspaper in 1959, no single volume approved by the author has been published.As far as I can see, there are eight kinds of booklets in the market, including one volume, two volumes, three volumes, and seven volumes, all of which are reprinted by booksellers without authorization.Finally, I admit that they think highly of it, so I have never paid any attention to it.It's just that there are many typos in the book, and the reprinters insist on dividing chapters and writing chapters, which may not conform to the original intention of the author, and the illustrations attached to some editions are not to the author's liking. Now it has been added, deleted, and rewritten. It was first published in "Ming Pao Evening News", and several revisions were made when the book was published. It is roughly estimated that six or seven tenths of the sentences in the original book have been rewritten.Some corrections have been made to the omissions and omissions in the original book.It's just that the characters Baoshu, Ping Asi, Tao Baisui, Liu Yuanhe, etc. in the book are all rough people, and the tone of the story is still too literary. If it is changed to suit each person's status, it would be too much to be full of "fucking" indecent.Limited by talent, that is helpless. There is an English translation, which was serialized in the bimonthly "Bridge" published in New York. Although it is related, it is two independent novels, so the content does not insist on consistency.It stands to reason that when Hu Fei met Miao Ruolan, he would definitely think of Yuan Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu.But as far as the novel "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" itself is concerned, it seems that there is no need for the characters of another novel to appear, even if it only appears in Hu Fei's heart.In fact, the writing was done first, and the author never had the two characters Yuan Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu in his mind at that time.
There are several theories about Li Zicheng's death.The first one is said in "History of the Ming Dynasty". He was shot to death by villagers in Jiugong Mountain. At that time, rumors also said that he was killed by Shinto.The second is that "Ming Ji" said that he was trapped by the villagers and couldn't escape, so he hanged himself to death.The third is that "Ming Ji Beilue" said that he died of illness in the Luogong Mountain Army.The fourth type is recorded in "Fengzhou Chronicles". He fled to Jiashan to become a monk and became a monk until he was seventy years old.The fifth is the imagination of the novel "The Romance of Wu Sangui", which is said to be poisoned by Niu Jinxing. Historical novels have the freedom of imagination and do not need to be discussed.Various other claims have been verified by later generations, and they seem to be suspicious.He Tengjiao's memorial said: "There is indeed evidence for Chuang's death, and he did not dare to support his colleagues, and he would like to give a factual report... The way is blocked, and there is no way to get his head again. Today Nishou died by mistake. Xiang Bing, and Xiang Bing didn't know at first..." He couldn't get Li Zicheng's head, so he was vague.The memorabilia of Azige, the general of the Qing Dynasty, said: "There is a statement of surrender, and Zicheng fled into Jiugong Mountain, was trapped by the villagers, hanged himself to death, and his body was decayed." The full text of "Li Zicheng's Epitaph" written by Jiang Bingu (named Yuzhi) is as follows: "He Lin's "Fengzhou Chronicle" says: "Li Chuang's death is recorded in the Luogong Mountain of the Tongcheng City in the unofficial history, and Jiugong Mountain in the Tongcheng City is recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty". The mountain is actually in Tongshan County, and it is wrong to say that it is connected to the city. Professor Sun said for the rest: Li Zicheng actually fled to Fengzhou, arrived at Qinghua Station, and left Guniuba with more than ten riders. He is in today's Anfu County. Riding again Go, go alone to Jiashan of Shimen to become a monk, and his grave is still there.' Yunyun. Surprised, I went to Jiashan. I saw a stone pagoda next to the temple, and returned to the house. The big book on the pagoda is "Monk Fengtianyu". There is a stele, which is written by his disciple Ye Fu, which contains the monk's unknown son. An old monk is more than 70 years old, and he can still talk about the old things in Jiashan. Like a Westerner. A few years later, a monk came again. Yun was his disciple, Nai Zongmen, named Ye Fu, a native of Jiangnan, and he was very serious about being a monk. The monk died in the second month of the Jiachen year of Kangxi, about 70 years old. At the end of his life, There was a last word in Ye Fu, when I was young, I didn’t hear it. There is still a portrait in the temple, and I ordered to look at it. It has high cheekbones and deep belly, scorpion nose, and a hideous appearance. It is exactly the same as that recorded in "History of Ming Dynasty". Cheng blasphemed himself as the Grand Marshal of Fengtian Advocacy, and later called himself King Xinshun. He called himself Fengtianyu Monk, but Gai Ziyu added some points to hide it. Ye Fu regarded the sect as a disciple of the Lvmen, and he was so serious in his affairs, which is not the same as in the old days. The ministers and the left and the right? "History of the Ming Dynasty" was self-contained when he died in Jiugong Mountain. It also said: "Our soldiers sent those who knew him to examine his corpse, and he was indistinguishable from decay." And the old monk heard it personally, and its western sound is sufficient Different." The "Western people" and "Xiyin" referred to refer to Shaanxi people and Shaanxi accent.Li Zicheng is from Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province.Li Zicheng was blind in one eye, which was shot blind by Chen Yongfu during the siege of Kaifeng. This is a very obvious feature, but the old monk did not mention it when he described Monk Fengtianyu, which seems to be a serious doubt. Before this, when Li Zicheng was forced to exhaustion by the Ming soldiers, he had faked his death once, that was in the twelfth year of Chongzhen.He was a monk when he was young.Aying said in the textual research of the script "Li Chuangwang": "... Zicheng lived a monk's life, and he was 'familiar'. What's more, 'success is a king, and failure is a monk', which is an old Chinese cliché!" To insert some historical background in the novel, of course, it is not necessary that all the details are completely in line with the historical facts, as long as the major events do not violate it.As for the inconclusive historical events, the author of the novel can naturally choose one of them to play.However, the old novels "The Romance of Wu Sangui" and "The Iron Crown Picture" describe Li Zicheng's story, which is too far from the generally accepted facts. It is too free to use the description in "The Iron Crown Picture" that Fei Gong'e assassinated the general who invaded the army. Got too much.
After it was published in the newspaper in 1959, no single volume approved by the author has been published.As far as I can see, there are eight kinds of booklets in the market, including one volume, two volumes, three volumes, and seven volumes, all of which are reprinted by booksellers without authorization.Finally, I admit that they think highly of it, so I have never paid any attention to it.It's just that there are many typos in the book, and the reprinters insist on dividing chapters and writing chapters, which may not conform to the original intention of the author, and the illustrations attached to some editions are not to the author's liking. Now it has been added, deleted, and rewritten. It was first published in "Ming Pao Evening News", and several revisions were made when the book was published. It is roughly estimated that six or seven tenths of the sentences in the original book have been rewritten.Some corrections have been made to the omissions and omissions in the original book.It's just that the characters Baoshu, Ping Asi, Tao Baisui, Liu Yuanhe, etc. in the book are all rough people, and the tone of the story is still too literary. If it is changed to suit each person's status, it would be too much to be full of "fucking" indecent.Limited by talent, that is helpless. There is an English translation, which was serialized in the bimonthly "Bridge" published in New York. Although it is related, it is two independent novels, so the content does not insist on consistency.It stands to reason that when Hu Fei met Miao Ruolan, he would definitely think of Yuan Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu.But as far as the novel "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" itself is concerned, it seems that there is no need for the characters of another novel to appear, even if it only appears in Hu Fei's heart.In fact, the writing was done first, and the author never had the two characters Yuan Ziyi and Cheng Lingsu in his mind at that time.