Perhaps, it is the wine that makes the literati writers think like a fountain, and makes their lives colorful, so that their literary talents are manifested in the world!
They are all literary giants, in addition to writing, they also have a common hobby - wine. They all say that they can't do without wine, maybe it's not just itself, but the state of being slightly drunk...
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Mo Yan: Frank temperament is in wine
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Wine has a certain very legendary color in the hearts of Chinese, wine is not just a drink, the success of many things lies in wine... Good guys drink, bad guys drink too. We have done many good things through wine, but at the same time we have done many bad things.
- Mo Yan
People who have seen the movie "Red Sorghum" still remember the scene of drinking in large bowls and eating large pieces of meat, and the author of the novel, Mo Yan, is also a person who loves wine. When Mo Yan was a child, his family was poor, and hunger often tormented him so much that he could not sleep at night, so he secretly ran out to steal bean cakes to eat. He not only wanted to eat, but also wanted to drink, his father had half a bottle of hospitality white dry hidden in the back window, Mo Yan moved a wooden stool to stand on, took a small sip at a time, and then got some cold water to mix in.
Perhaps because of his childhood interest in wine, wine became Mo Yan's close companion. He loves wine, and he is also very good at drinking, and half a pound of Jingyang Chun can't help him. Sometimes after drinking heavily, I also like to recite a few poems that imitate the ancient five words and seven words. Sometimes in a close friend's house, a few cucumbers, a few plates of small dishes are drunk, and when they are finished, they sit silently, all without saying a word.
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Wang Zengqi: An old man soaked in wine
If I quit drinking, it will destroy my ecological balance. What's the point of living that longer!
——Wang Zengqi
When Wang Zengqi's wife was happy, she called him a "wine fairy"; when she was unhappy, she became a "drunkard". When he was a wine immortal, Wang Zengqi was scattered and detached, his poems were also colorful, his writings were timeless, his books were also flowing, and his paintings were also flying; when he was a drunkard, he spat wild words, fell down and was drunk, and had no grace. Whether it is a fairy or a ghost, Wang Zengqi's life, saying that he has "soaked" in wine, is really not an exaggeration.
When Wang Zengqi studied at Southwest United University, he grew long hair, drank well, and was decadent. Once, when he was drunk and sitting on the side of the road, he was helped to his residence by Teacher Shen Congwen and his classmates, and poured some tea before he woke up. Wang Zengqi once lost love, his friend Zhu Dexi sold a physics book, exchanged money, invited him to drink, poured sorrow, and was fine.
Wine, which makes him wise, makes him happy, makes his life colorful, makes his articles popular, which is the happiest for him!
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Lu Wenfu: Gentlemen are not in the dish in wine
Borrowing wine to pour sorrow will rest, drink a little drunk, tears two lines, long sighs, faint, dazed, the past is like smoke, erratic, looming. In the affairs of the world, people bear me, I bear people, why bother! Three cups and two lights sixty-four degrees, but they can also compete with the wind and urgency that night.
——Excerpt from Lu Wenfu's "Sun and Moon in the Kettle"
Lu Wenfu himself is a full-fledged gourmet, and he is an alcoholic. Lu Wenfu has a long age and a large amount of alcohol, and his friends gave him a graceful name "wine fairy". Usually at home, he is drinking when he has dishes, drinking without vegetables, drinking bingely, all in the mood.
When he was older, his family advised Lu Wenfu to quit drinking, but his habits were difficult to change. Once, when he fell ill and went to the hospital for treatment, the doctor advised him to drink less in the future, but he did not listen. The doctor gasped, "Do you want alcohol or do you want to die?" Lu Wenfu thought to himself, don't die, there are still novels that are not finished, but if there is no wine, you will lose your interest in life. He wanted the best of both worlds, "fish" and "bear paws", and replied frankly: "I want wine or death." Let's do something about the middle way, drink less wine, life, less points. If you can live to be eighty years old, seventy-five will be enough, and you will not be able to write a novel in those five years anyway, so it is better to exchange it for wine. In the face of the alcoholic "desperate Samurai", the doctor had no choice.
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Instead of cherishing oneself in front of the bottle, it is inevitable that the madness will come true. He once whipped a famous horse because of drunkenness, and was afraid of mistaking beauty. The disasters of the southeast days are evil, and the chickens are singing, the wind and rain and the sea are dusty. The lamentations and bitter cries will not be made up, and the righteous people have said Emperor Qin.
—— Yu Dafu,"Fishing Platform Wall"
As a stalwart of the romantic lyricism of the "May Fourth" period, Yu Dafu wrote a lifetime of works and enjoyed a reputation in the literary world. However, in the chaotic world, Yu Dafu felt quite depressed, drank all day to dispel his sorrows, drank a pound of alcohol at every meal, and often drank drunk.
Once, just after recovering from lung disease, Uddhav was called to a feast by a friend. Friends specially ordered him his favorite dish - "boiled clams". Wine, food, good friends, gathered for a while, leading Yu Dafu to forget the way home. It was a heavy snow, cold through the bones, wife Wang Yingxia waited until midnight still did not see her husband come home, rest assured, so she went to the door to visit. Within a few steps, I saw someone huddled in a fur coat in front of the house. At first glance, it was indeed Yu Dafu, who was dreaming of spring.
Drunk and ignorant, coupled with the initial recovery of a serious illness, Mrs. Wang Yingxia "about the three chapters of the law", stipulating that any friend who invites Yu Dafu to go out to drink and eat must be responsible for sending it back, otherwise he will not let him go out. What worked at first became a dead letter over time.