In 1952, Beijing staged the traditional Peking Opera "The Tale of the Golden Bowl", which is also known as the "Legend of the White Snake", which was unanimously praised by people from all walks of life after the performance, but some people published an article in the People's Daily saying that the play confused the concept.
The text draws out a dialogue between Fahai and Xu Xian in the play, criticizing the author for not drawing a clear line between the oppressed and the oppressor, and is completely singing an ode to the reactionaries.
As soon as this article came out, many literary and artistic veterans said that this person was childish and ridiculous, but the author did not think so. Not only did he not blame the screenwriter, but he also thought that the screenwriter was very talented and used his personal connections to promote the young man.
The author of this script is Tian Han, his talent is still recognized, his personality is still recited, but many people do not know, the talented Tian Han who is dedicated to the country has experienced countless twists and turns in his feelings.
He had married four wives in his lifetime, either dying early or divorcing, and the last one, though in love with her for twenty years, had gone before him, leaving him alone when he died.
In March 1898, Tian Han was born in Maopingtian, Dongxiang Township, Changsha, to a peasant family, whose original name was Shoukang and whose name was "He'er". My father was a well-known cook, and my mother was a housekeeper at home, and although her life was hard, she was able to get by.
Tian Han began to go to private school at the age of six, mainly reading traditional books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, which not only gave him a deep foundation in writing, but also excelled at couplets.
Once in class, in order to test the students, The gentleman produced a pair of couplets: a tube of black white charcoal, Tian Han remembered the two cucumbers he had for lunch, and immediately said the opposite: two slippery cucumbers.
When the teacher heard this, he greatly appreciated it, and Tian Han's reputation was passed out in this way, and gradually spread to the ears of the local Yang Inspector. This Yang Inspector did not believe that this child would be paired, and deliberately ran to embarrass Tian Han.
His upper league is: the son of the Tian family, smart and clever, with cow on his head. When Tian Han heard this, he was not in a hurry, shook his head and shook his head, and then said a pair of subordinates: County governor, upright and selfless, wearing sheep's clothing.
Such a witty answer became a good story for a while.
When Tian Han was 9 years old, his father died, and his mother took him and his two younger brothers to live in his uncle's house in Orchard Town, mainly relying on his mother to spin and weave fabrics for a living.
Tian Han was very ill when he was a child, and his mother heard that being a monk could be saved from disasters, and after consulting with Tian Han to become a monk, he did not object. However, after arriving at his uncle's house, he saw his cousin Yi Shuyu, and he fell in love with a fresh and unworldly little cousin.
Tian Han immediately told his mother, I don't want to be a monk, I want to marry my cousin when I grow up. Since then, he has given good things to his cousin, who also likes to play with him, and the relationship between the two is getting better and better.
Orchard Town was a famous theater nest at that time, whether it was Xiang opera, Qi opera, or shadow puppetry, puppet theater, etc., all traditional dramas were often staged.
His uncle liked him, so he often took Oda Han out to play. At every temple fair, Tian Han followed his uncle to see a play, and at first he saw a shadow puppet play. Those vivid people and small animals behind the scenes always fascinated him, which was the starting point of Tian Han's contact with drama.
Subsequently, Tian Han began to watch traditional dramas such as puppet plays and flower drum plays, and was often moved by the romantic love stories and heroic acts in the plays, and also admired the superb performances of the actors from the bottom of his heart.
Different from other small partners, Tian Han not only loves to watch dramas, but also loves to talk after watching them. Every time after watching the play, he always compared it to other friends, talked and talked, and imitated the actor to perform.
Once, after watching "The Tale of the West Chamber", he came back to imitate the performance for everyone to see, and the people around him were stunned. The recognition of everyone made Tian Han more bold, and even began to adapt shadow puppet plays.
On the other hand, the drama is watched more, he also began to have independent thinking, he saw some heroes in the play living in seclusion, just thinking, if the heroes are secluded, who will save these poor people?
Tian Han later ran desperately for the revolution for most of his life, perhaps because of his childhood thinking about this issue.
At the age of 11, Tian Han was admitted to a university in Changsha and heard the news of the failure of the Huanghuagang Uprising. In order to commemorate the uprising, he and three classmates used "Ying, Xiong, Huai, and Han" as their names, and Tian Han's name came from this.
In 1912, Tian Han was admitted to Changsha Normal School, because his family was poor, he could not afford to buy a futon mosquito net, and the principal Xu Teli knew about it and immediately bought daily necessities for Tian Han.
In 1916, Tian Han returned home from study, heard that his cousin was going to marry, and was particularly anxious, so he went to his cousin to ask for the truth, but he had already made a lifelong agreement with his cousin and had obtained his uncle's permission.
It turned out that although his uncle agreed to their marriage, his aunt felt that Tian Han's family was too poor, so he took advantage of his study outside and privately found a good family for his cousin. Tian Han begged his aunt for no use, so he decided to elope directly with Yi Shuyu.
However, instead of blindly going into exile, they first sought out their uncle who worked in Shanghai. The uncle then gave his daughter a sum of money to study in Japan. In this way, Tian Han and his fiancée went to Japan.
In Japan, he read a large number of literary and art books, learned about modern European dramas, and participated in many literary and art lecture meetings.
He was greatly inspired by the early Japanese literary movement, and he began to experiment with scripts, and after writing for a while, he became a well-known screenwriter in the circle, not only to support himself and his family, but also to entertain friends often.
At that time, there were many students studying in Japan, and everyone often came to his house to gather, Guo Moruo, Cai Yuanpei, Hong Shen, Xu Beihong, Zhang Bojun, Fu Sinian... He was a regular visitor to his family, and this experience made him famous in China's literary circles.
Unfortunately, Yi Shuyu did not love to read, her purpose was to be with Tian Han, but at that time, Tian Han was busy reading, writing scripts, and holding parties every day, so naturally there was not much time to accompany Yi Shuyu.
After a long time, Yi Shuyu's heart was inevitably lost, and at that time, the two lived separately, and Yi Shuyu was even more lonely. After Yu Dafu knew the situation of the two of them, he once ridiculed Tian Han and actually "slept next to his fiancée and read the sages."
In the second year of Japan, the two heard the news of their uncle's murder, and Tian Han immediately consummated marriage to Yi Shuyu, vowing to protect Yi Shuyu for the rest of his life, and Yi Shuyu's heart has since settled down.
Because of the birth of the Shuxiang family, Yi Shuyu is also quite talented, after the two returned to China, they jointly founded the semi-monthly magazine "Southern Kingdom", that period of time, should be the happiest time for Tian Han, husband and wife harmony, creation also ushered in a bumper harvest.
Then, the two had a son, but unfortunately, when Yi Shuyu gave birth to a child, he unfortunately fell ill and has not been healed much. At that time, the economy of the two was not very good, plus Tian Hanjing spent a lot of money to watch the drama, and the two did not care much about this disease.
Later, Yi Shuyu's illness became more and more serious, and Tian Han was bent on creating and watching dramas, and did not have the time and energy to take care of her, so he sent her back to his hometown. It wasn't until Yi Shuyu was terminally ill that Tian Han hurried back to his hometown.
When she saw Yi Shuyu again, she was so ill that she was dying and eventually died in Tian Han's arms. Before dying, Yi Shuyu did not trust Tian Han and his son, so he asked Tian Han to marry his girlfriend Huang Dalin.
In 1925, the journal Nanguo was suspended due to the death of Yi Shuyu, and Tian Han was deeply saddened, and later often recalled that Nanguo recorded his beauty and love, his violin and rose (violin and rose).
That year, Shanghai New Youth Film Company contacted Tian Han to make his script "Fan E xuan and Rose" into a movie, and Tian Han has since entered the film industry.
Van E-Chan is the meaning of violin, representing art, rose is now the rose, representing love, the theme of this play is the fate of the artist. Since then, Tian Han's plays have been based on the fate of artists, and have been written for more than half a century.
According to the arrangement of his ex-wife, Tian Han married Huang Dalin, but the two had no emotional basis, and Tian Han could never forget Yi Shuyu, and the feelings of the two were not very harmonious from the beginning.
It was during this time that another woman broke into Tian Han's life, and he was Tian Han's third wife, Lin Weizhong.
After Yi Shuyu's death, Tian Han wrote many poems to mourn his wife, and he once wrote publicly: "A little bit of heart heat in life, and after death, it is still warm." It should be teardrops to return to me, and the poor dry eyes are still scarred. ”
Such a poignant statement has touched countless readers, including Lin Weizhong.
At that time, Lin Weizhong, who was teaching in Nanyang because of avoiding arranged marriages, saw Tian Han's wife mourning poem, and out of sympathy, he wrote to Tian Han out of sympathy, saying that he was willing to help him take care of his family.
Of course, at that time, she did not know that Tian Han had remarried.
Lin Weizhong's letter impressed Tian Han, and he immediately replied with a pen and sent a photo of himself. Subsequently, Lin Weizhong also sent his own photos.
In your letters back and forth, the feelings of the two people quickly warmed up. Three years later, in the summer, the two met for the first time in Shanghai.
One personable, one is flourishing, and the two fall in love at first sight. At that time, Tian Han was raising money to establish the Southern Art College, and Lin Weizhong immediately supported 500 yuan.
This time, Lin Weizhong's obsession with Tian Han has reached a higher level, and she herself confessed that if Tian Han said that the table was square, she would definitely follow Tian Han and say that the table was square.
In 1929, Tian Han divorced Huang Dalin, and at the same time agreed with Lin Weizhong that she would complete the marriage when she returned to China. But it didn't take long for another woman to break into Tian Han's life.
At that time, Tian Han was already very famous in Shanghai, and the stage plays he created also fascinated many audiences, and many students came to learn from him, including talented female students.
One day, a schoolgirl took a copy of the novel "Moscow" and asked her for advice. This woman's graceful posture and temperament are compelling, especially the heroism revealed between the eyebrows, which left a deep impression on Tian Han.
After reading the manuscript of her novel, Tian Han forbidden was not only fascinated by her talent, but also called this work unparalleled, and the woman also admired Tian Han, and the two began to communicate.
This is Tian Han's fourth wife, An'e. Among Tian Han's four wives, An E is not only the most talented, but also the most legendary.
Their meeting was legendary, when An'e had just returned from staying in Russia and became an underground communist party, and contacted Tian Han in order to win over Tian Han.
In the process of communication between the two, Tian Han gradually accepted the progressive left-wing trend of thought, and the hearts of the two became closer and closer, and love naturally arose.
At that time, although Lin Weizhong was still communicating with Tian Han, his thoughts had long been unable to keep up with Tian Han, and at this time, Lin Weizhong proposed to let him return the 500 yuan, and Tian Han's heart was suddenly cold.
Under the influence of An E, the theme of Tian Han's script began to change, from the fate of the previous artist to a social problem. Together, they adapted Carmen, directly summoning people to join the revolution.
Such dramas were naturally shut down by the reactionary authorities, and Tian Han was forced to live in seclusion. During that time, An E and Tian Han often discussed the script together, and finally completed the combination of spirit and flesh on a rainy night.
An'e then became pregnant, which was a good thing, but at this time, Lin Weizhong just came back to force the marriage. Tian Han, who was among the two women, was extremely distressed, claiming that marriage was like a rope around his neck, which greatly limited his freedom.
Fortunately, An'e is a revolutionary woman and will not be emotionally entangled, she generously said to Lin Weizhong, I don't want a home, you marry him!
After separating from Tian Han, An'e gave birth to a child, sent it to the countryside to be raised by her mother, and also deceived Tian Han that the child died. Subsequently, she threw all her enthusiasm into the revolution and developed feelings for Ren Guang in her work.
After marrying Ren Guang, the couple collaborated to create "Fishing Light Song", which quickly spread to the beach. Ren Guang later went to Study in Europe, and the two broke up amicably.
But in An'e's heart, Tian Han is always a memory that cannot be erased. Similarly, for Tian Han, An'e also has an irreplaceable position.
In November 1931, Lin Weizhong gave birth to his daughter Tian Mali. He and An'e's son, Tian Dawei, were also born in August of that year. However, because of the different choices of the mother, the fate of the two children after birth is completely different.
In 1935, Tian Han's adaptation of "Children of the Wind and Clouds" was released, and the theme song in the play was the "March of the Volunteer Army" composed by Tian Han's lyrics Nie Er, which was later set as the national anthem and became a popular anti-war song at that time.
In the spring of that year, Tian Han was arrested for his involvement in the left-wing movement and escorted to Nanjing, where Lin Weizhong looked for someone to rescue him and took his daughter to visit him in prison.
Tian Han was particularly touched, and immediately wrote the poem "Sending Women": "When the matter reaches the climax, it is decided that people will be on a blind date because of suffering." The incense pillow is soft and envious, and every memory of Sophie white occurs. ”
In prison, Tian Han often heard the guards chanting "Fishing Light Song", which immediately aroused his thoughts of An'e, so he wrote "Huai'e in Prison": "How to forget to wait for each other, the sound of new songs singing Yuguang." ”
After this poem was known to Lin Weizhong, the jealous anger immediately burned in his heart, thinking that he had slept with Tian Han for ten years, he still could not erase The shadow of An'e in Tian Han's heart.
In 1937, after Tian Han was released from prison and returned to Shanghai, Lin Weizhong, out of jealousy and for his safety, was no longer allowed to run for the anti-Japanese resistance, and the relationship between the two began to crack.
After the fall of Shanghai, Tian Han set off for Wuhan, accidentally met An'e on the train, learned that their child was still alive and had grown to six years old, the two embraced and cried, and the feelings buried in their hearts were revived again.
After arriving in Wuhan, the two fought side by side again, organized a troupe, and wrote a script, not only comrades, comrades-in-arms, but also relatives. Unfortunately, Lin Weizhong immediately chased after him, and when he saw An E, he made a big fuss.
At that time, Tian Han could not give up on both sides, he loved An'e, but he also loved Lin Weizhong's daughter, and also thanked Lin Weizhong for his company for so many years.
He naively thought that as long as he didn't divorce, neither side would have to offend. An E naturally didn't care, but Lin Weizhong was ten thousand unwilling.
Later, Tian Han and An E went to Taiwan to play, Lin Weizhong then arrived, Tian Han in order to avoid quarrels, with An E to avoid Lin Weizhong. Lin Weizhong became more and more angry, thinking that you would not let me feel better, and I would not let you feel better.
She wrote an open letter to Tian Han in Taiwan's "Xinsheng Bao," and at the same time she saw "An'e's Letter to Hongshen" and "Lin Weizhong's Letter from An'e to Hongshen." As soon as the article came out, public opinion on both sides of the strait was in an uproar.
At this point, Tian Han finally understood that it was absolutely impossible for the two sides to coexist, so he proposed a divorce with Lin Weizhong, but Lin Weizhong resolutely disagreed on the grounds of loving him.
In desperation, Tian Han had to use the money to buy it out, and in the end, Lin Weizhong got 5 million alimony and divorced. But Lin Weizhong was still unwilling, and she complained to Tian Han every time, and even posted leaflets condemning him and An'e.
Just as the so-called deep hatred of love is cut, she saw that people in the literary and art circles ignored her, and simply ran to Tian Han's residence, burned manuscripts, and destroyed books, making Tian Han miserable.
Suddenly, rumors about Tian Han were all over the streets and alleys, and Tian Han had no choice but to publish a 10,000-word "Confession and Self-Defense", hoping that everyone would understand the truth.
Fortunately, Tian Han and An E, after experiencing many difficulties, finally came together, and after the two got married, they spent more than 20 years together. In 1956, An'e fell at work and has been paralyzed in bed ever since.
In 1968, Tian Han died of hatred during the Cultural Revolution, and An'e was still unaware of it. After she learned of Tian Han's death, she also died 7 years later in the chaos of Beijing after the Tangshan earthquake.
In November 1979, tian Han's memorial service, which was 11 years late, was held in Babaoshan, Beijing, and people from literary and art circles attended one after another, and Tian Han's sons and daughters also came one after another.
Everyone was immersed in pain, when they suddenly heard a cry of "Wow..." and looked up to see that it was a white-haired woman, who turned out to be Lin Weizhong, who had reached the twilight of his life.
She cried miserably, I have seen you lose your soul after losing her, but I am a little sad not to see you lose me, I hate you, I hate you, but I can never let go of you.
Many people who knew their experience were present, and they shook their heads when they witnessed this scene, it turned out that Tian Han had been dead for more than ten years, and Lin Weizhong still hadn't let go of the love and hate of that year.
However, her crying also ended Tian Han's love-hate relationship with several women.
Many years later, Tian Han's son commented on his father: My father is also too heavy on love, and his defeat is also too heavy on love.
Yes, if the dramatist does not have heavy feelings, how to write a song that has been sung for eternity, but the dramatist is too affectionate, and there are many people he has seen and encountered, and his feelings can not be twisted and turned? Life is always a difficult twofold.
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The author | Elan slightly
Editor-in-charge | Muyang
Typography | Li Yike