Is there Tang Baihu to nod Qiu Xiang really on the history?

Tang Baihu namely Tang Yin (talent of Ming Dynasty Suzhou) .

Tang Yin, word uncle tiger, the Han nationality, south Ming Dynasty Suzhou of straight be subordinate to county (today Jiangsu visits Suzhou town) person, one word child Wei, date 6 if lay Buddhist, peach blossom huts advocate, Lu Guotang is unripe, escape official of buddhist celestial being, ming Dynasty is worn a painter, writer.

Tang Yin cynical and brilliant, name of poetic article arrogate to oneself, with a note of the ancient Chinese five-tone scale of Zhu Yunming, article bright, Xu Zhenqing says " Changjiang Delta 4 great gifted scholars (Wu Men 4 talents) " , picture name more move, say with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, Chou Ying " Wu Men 4 " , call again " bright 4 " .

Tang Baihu nods the rudiment of Qiu Xiang story to appear the earliest in the note body novel of bright generation. Wang Tong course is in bright generation fictionist his " ear talks " in Chen Yuanchao of narrated another Suzhou talent and Tang Baihu nod Qiu Xiangyi the story like type: "Yuan, teenager Ti Tang unrulies, taste ascend Hu Qiu with the guest, home seeing an official from slave-girl beautiful appearance fawn on, laugh and Gu Ji, of Yue. Your traces of human presence reachs its home, small take abjection, beg commission book Yan, leave Shi Erzi. Naturally 2 child Wen Riji, father division big Jing, do not know to go out yuan also. Beg in order to marry soon return, 2 child not from, say: ' your place choose buts in the room ' . Say: ' surely act against one's will, qiu Xiangke. ' namely before encounter slave-girl also. 2 child Bai Fu's mother, marry. Yuan marry already, slave-girl says: ' the person that is gentleman not Hu Qiu to encounter? ' say: ' like that! ' say: ' gentleman already childe, why be like this from cheap? ' say: ' Ru Xi laugh considers me, cannot be indifferent ear! ' " this story arrived on hand of dragon of dream of bright end Feng, became " alarm the world opens talk " in " Tang Jieyuan laughs at the fate brings lovers together " . And in the story that Tang Baihu appears in the opera, the poetic dram set to music that the earliest bright end the first month weighs Shun " laugh before the flower " , successors feel " laugh " too nevertheless addiction, from " laugh " development arrives " 3 laugh " , appeared of Wang Baigu " 3 laugh at a predestined relationship " of month of storytelling to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, Zhuo Ren " predestined relationship of Hua Fang of Tang Baihu a thousand pieces of gold " poetic dram set to music. After Qianlong, Jia Qing, the storytelling to the accompaniment of stringed instruments that middling of mouth of actor of Suzhou storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect sings has " 3 laugh at the fate brings lovers together " , " 3 laugh to be made up newly " , " 3 laugh at 8 beauty to pursue " , " the predestined relationship in laughing " etc. Arrived quiet day last years of a dynasty or reign, begin to circulate in folk the libretto or script of a ballad-singer of storytelling to the accompaniment of stringed instruments " 9 beauty pursue " , began to Tang Baihu marries nine appearance beauty to be like the view of beautiful wife.

Nod story cause of Qiu Xiang

Tang Baihu nods the rudiment of Qiu Xiang story to appear the earliest in the note body novel of bright generation. Wang Tong course is in bright generation fictionist his " ear talks " in narrated another Suzhou talent Chen Yuanchao and Tang Baihu nod Qiu Xiangyi the story like the model: "Yuan, teenager Ti Tang unrulies, taste ascend Hu Qiu with the guest, home seeing an official from slave-girl beautiful appearance fawn on, laugh and Gu Ji, of Yue. Your traces of human presence reachs its home, small take abjection, beg commission book Yan, leave Shi Erzi. Naturally 2 child Wen Riji, father division big Jing, do not know to go out yuan also. Beg in order to marry soon return, 2 child not from, say: ' your place choose buts in the room ' . Say: ' surely act against one's will, qiu Xiangke. ' namely before encounter slave-girl also. 2 child Bai Fu's mother, marry. Yuan marry already, slave-girl says: ' the person that is gentleman not Hu Qiu to encounter? ' say: ' like that! ' say: ' gentleman already childe, why be like this from cheap? ' say: ' Ru Xi laugh considers me, cannot be indifferent ear! ' " this story arrived on hand of dragon of dream of bright end Feng, became " alarm the world opens talk " medium " Tang Jieyuan laughs at the fate brings lovers together " . And the Tang Baihu story in the opera, the poetic dram set to music that the earliest bright end the first month weighs Shun " laugh before the flower " . Successors feel " laugh " too nevertheless addiction, from " laugh " development arrives " 3 laugh " , appeared of Wang Baigu " 3 laugh at a predestined relationship " of month of storytelling to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, Zhuo Ren " predestined relationship of Hua Fang of Tang Baihu a thousand pieces of gold " poetic dram set to music. After Qianlong, Jia Qing, the storytelling to the accompaniment of stringed instruments that middling of mouth of actor of Suzhou storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect sings has " 3 laugh at the fate brings lovers together " , " 3 laugh to be made up newly " , " 3 laugh at 8 beauty to pursue " , " the predestined relationship in laughing " etc. Arrived quiet day last years of a dynasty or reign, folk begins to circulate the libretto or script of a ballad-singer of storytelling to the accompaniment of stringed instruments " 9 beauty pursue " , began to if spend the view of wife,Tang Baihu marries 9 appearance beauty.

The heroine Qiu Xiang of the story also has its person truly. That woman that time has to call Qiu Xiang really has Tang Baihu bit of fame, nevertheless she is not the slave-girl that is large family other people, however the Dou Jinling austral at that time the renown prostitute in wind month field. Qiu Xiangben renown Lin Nu, word Jin Lan, date autumn is sweet, all of her musical instrument, chess, poem, picture is perfectness, be known as at that time " talent of Wu Zhong daughter " . Qiuxiang one's early years is forced indulge in whorehouse, there still is some of old customer to look for her after marrying a person from fine, she refused not only, and still drew a picture to cry on fan " Xin Liutu " , problem poem says: "Order stand dance is fine in former days waist, hold the post of Jun Pan to fold tender branch. Keep painting nowadays in, must not east wind shakes again. " according to bright generation " picture history " in account: "Yu Shiting of Qiu Xiangxue picture is straight, wang Yuan father 2 people, the pen is the clearest embellish. " be in " Jin Ling bagatelle " in, return account the painterly teacher Shen Zhou to Tang Baihu has learned Qiu Xiangceng classics to draw. Shen Zhou is bright generation comparativing the great artist of the name, ever had drawn a painting for Qiu Xiang, had written a speech. Although Qiu Xiang lives in with Tang Baihu same a times, but according to textual research, qiu Xiang is to be born at Ming Jingtai the first year of an era or the reign of an emperor (the Christian era 1450) , than Tang Baihu fully big 20 years old, tang Baihu when 16 annual expenditure, very difficult with Jin Ling the Qiu Xiang of riverside of the Huaihe River of the Qin Dynasty produces feeling. Tang Baihu nods Qiu Xiang just is the love affair that later generations beautifuls woman a few talents, draw wrong conclusions by false analogy stopped to their body.

The Hua Taishi in literary subject matter and true Hua Taishi also have discrepancy. According to " bright history " account, hua Taishi compares Tang Baihu actually small 27 years old. His Yuan Minghua examine, word child go, date grand hill, ming Jiajing 5 years (the Christian era 1526) in a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations, ability is 30 years old at that time. Doctor of the Ministry of War in feudal China of Hua Hongshan successor, into repair for courtyard of member of the Imperial Academy write, ever acted according to Korea of life be sent on a diplomatic mission, grant taste take. And " 3 laugh " in descriptive circumstance rather, china the life when Hong Shanping is very economical, food is very simple, there also is lady's-maid in the home, he is aged when putting in concealed 's charge, "This element seals the home, armour river expresses Lin Yuan, and feed not 3 beanses, indoor maid accompanying a bride to her new home without serve, wen Ciqing is cut " . And two sons of Hua Hongshan also are not mental retardation, according to " on the west divine guest word " carry, its child " rare Juan Cai, fu Guan is ascended namely division " .

Why " does old childe nod Qiu Xiang " so can a love story become " does Tang Baihu nod Qiu Xiang " story? Because Tang Baihu gives birth to Yu Ming to take the place of,this may be, it is Suzhou person, it is well known talent. And the archetypal Chen Yuanchao of this story, also be person of Ming Daisu city, also be a talent. The identity of two people agrees basically, era also is existing really when together with Tang Baihu is same Qiu Xiangyi's person, the Feng Menglong of bright end drew up " Tang Baihu nods Qiu Xiang " so the story that a paragraph of talent beautifuls woman.