Liu Ru was a female poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with flowers and moonlight, and was talented, but in the ups and downs of her family,000, she became a dusty woman. Despite this, she also has a strong patriotic feeling, which is incomparable to other dusty women.
Liu Ru is recognized as one of the "Qin Huai Eight Yan" of the late Ming Dynasty, and in her body, there are both tender and watery amorous feelings and heroic chivalry. In terms of feelings, she is persistent and determined, but the husband she looks up to is very different from her. Qian Qianyi was hesitant and indecisive, which caused a lot of estrangement between the two.
Around the second year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi went from Nanjing to Beijing to seek an official, but after looking for a while, there was no result, so he has been wandering. At this time, Liu Ru was already married to Qian Qianyi as a side room, and her heart was rejecting her husband's north drift, so she wrote a family letter to persuade her husband to go home.
The original text of the family letter is:
"Ancient talents and beautiful women, children and heroines, encounters are very strange, and it is not easy to end up." Like Sima Xiang's encounter with Wenjun, like the red boiling return to Li, the heart steals admiration. Self-pity and depravity. Fall into Pingkang, whenever the flowers are morning and moon, when the wine is sung. It is not uncommon for a young man to be a gentleman, a scholar of the earth, a silk wisp, an endless bodylessness, but it is like a dream bubble...
... ... Run north and trek through the wind and frost. Since then, we have broken up and held the lights alone. The concubine thought that Xianggong was rich and noble enough, and his merits were high, so he just went with the hidden forest spring to entertain the evening scene. Jiangnan spring is good, willow silk is pulling, and the lake mirror is open. Xiang Gong wandered here and had fun. Although the concubines are not more beautiful than Wenjun and Hongfu, by chasing after the staff cover, learning to serve Dongpo of the clouds, this life, may Si be enough. ”
It is not so much a family letter as a lingering love letter. Liu Ru told her thoughts and confessions about Qian Qianyi in her heart, saying that she firmly believed in Sima Xiangru's love with Zhuo Wenjun and believed in Li Jing's love with The Red Breeze Girl. And she is more determined, the feelings between her and Qian Qianyi will be more profound, will flow for hundreds of years, and will become a legend.
Talking about the first encounter between the two, we must start from the winter of Ming Chongzhen's thirteenth year.
At that time, the young and beautiful Liu Ru was only twenty-three years old, she supported a small boat in the wind and snow to go to the appointment, she was dressed in a male outfit, only a simple cloth to gently tie up her hair, but unconsciously exuded a lazy beauty, she came specially to see Qian Qianyi, a great talent. Sure enough, Qian Qianyi was conquered by her death, and it was no wonder that he would blurt out the four words "Merry Beauty" without thinking.
Let's go back to the letter, Liu Ru said that after expressing his firmness about his feelings, he talked about the realistic factors in the relationship between the two.
She writes:
"The wandering life she once had in the wind and moon field, that life gave her only numbness and coldness, it was indeed the hustle and bustle of the joy of bamboo that made her temporarily forget loneliness; it was indeed a cup of drunkenness that made her forget all her troubles, but when she was conscious, there would always be a moment of sadness.
I was abducted to this dusty place because of money, everything is floating clouds, only money is always there, and money is needed in all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation. I really didn't want to be bothered by this real thing, and I even wanted to end my life completely and completely, to be quiet, to stay away from this evil world. ”
However, Qian Qianyi appeared, he brought the sacredness and comfort of love to Liu Ru, personally rescued Liu Ru from this unbearable life, not only squandered thousands of dollars for her materially, but also gave her the most abundant spiritual offering.
This little bit of dedication and warmth, Liu Ru is remembered.
According to historical records, Qian Qianyi once built a small building for Liu Ru after formally establishing a relationship with Liu Ru and named it "Daiyun Lou". Because, Liu Ru is a very cultured, very thoughtful talented woman, plus, Qian Qianyi is not an idle person, rich and talented, therefore, the objects in the small building should also highlight some cultural temperament.
Therefore, this Daiyun Building has become a good place to collect cultural relics, including tens of thousands of volumes of Song edition books and various official kiln porcelain of the Song Dynasty; there are calligraphy posters of the major families in the north and south of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, as well as the jade of the Warring States, the pendants of the Han Dynasty, and so on.
As mentioned above, Liu Ru is also a hot-blooded woman who regards the interests of the state more important than personal interests, and she did her best to help the Ming Dynasty resist the Qing Dynasty, which shows her strong sense of family and country. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, she was willing to be martyred, but Qian Qianyi was wavering and very twisted on the side. In the end, Qian Qianyi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, which should have been despised and insulted by the people, but everyone knew that Liu Ruyi's righteous heart was in his side room, so he did not pursue Qian Qianyi's "second-class" behavior too much.
In the third year of Kangxi, Qian Qianyi drove to Hexi, but he did not expect that the family members would rob him of his property. Liu Ru was originally a weak and powerless person, in order to protect the family business that her husband had spent his life in exchange for blood and sweat, she directly hanged herself without doing anything. The evil people were scared away, but this generation of talented women also lost their lives. That year, Liu Ru was forty-six years old. She walked away forever with endless knowledge and affection for her husband, no matter how cowardly Qian Qianyi's character was, and no matter how much he had made her angry.
In the end, her dream came true, and their love was indeed remembered by future generations.
Liu Ruyi, although a fireworks woman, has the fortitude and determination of a man. For the longing love, she is as brave as a moth to fight for fire, completely disregarding the shackles of the world, and can still maintain a proud breeze in the dust of the world. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, many literati and military generals first surrendered, and then surrendered to the Qing, and there was no dignity to speak of. And Liu Ru is like this, a dusty woman can be so insightful and physically practicing, the title of "hero of the towel" is really deserved, no wonder the celebrities of all generations have rated her very highly.
It can be said that in this life, Liu Ruyi is most concerned about not the life of glory and wealth and Zhong Mingding, but the dignity of being a woman and the dignity of the Han nation, for which she is willing to pay everything. It can be said that liu ru is like a plum blossom blooming in the middle of winter, high and pure, hidden in a remote corner, emitting a burst of fragrance.
Resources:
["Biography of Hedong Jun", "Biography of Liu Ru is a Biography", "Biography of Nanming Shi Qian qianyi"]