In the traditional concept of Chinese, marriage is a lifelong event, and it cannot be sloppy at all. In the words of the Book of Rites, marriage is "the good of the two surnames, going up to the temple of the Emperor and succeeding the hereafter", if a man wants to marry a wife, he must be carefully considered and cannot be decided at will.
In modern society, it is rare for a widow to marry a sister.= However, in feudal society and even during the Republic of China period, it was considered common for wives to marry their sisters after the death of their wives, and this was the case for the parents of many celebrities on the mainland, such as the famous drama playwright Cao Yu, whose father Wan Dezun married his aunt Xue Yongnan after his wife was widowed.
Guoxue master Ma Yifu lost his wife at an early age, and his father-in-law once wanted to marry another daughter to him, but he firmly refused. And the protagonist we want to talk about today, after losing his wife, he was forced by the pressure of his mother-in-law to marry his wife and sister into the door, and he did not expect that after they combined, they actually gave birth to a son that was famous throughout the country.
His name was Nan Yang Zhou. Born in 1888 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, Nan Yang Zhou was once a large local family, and their ancestors moved to this area as early as the Song Dynasty. Helplessly, when Nan Yangzhou was born, the situation of the Nan family was not as good as before, he had no father since he was a child, only his mother and 2 brothers took care of him.
It is also because of growing up under such conditions that Nan Yangzhou developed an independent personality. Seeing that the two brothers could not work everywhere and could not raise their mother, Nan Yangzhou decided to revitalize the family on his own. He sold all the remaining properties in the family and bought the land for money to make a living as a farmer. A few years later, the South family really had a bumper harvest, and everyone in the family could eat enough.
But Nan Yangzhou started the coffin business again, and in the era of his life, the coffin sold well, so he made money and the family business was on the right track. The fly in the ointment is that although the people of Nanyang Zhou are down-to-earth and willing to work, the people in their hometown feel that selling coffins is unlucky, and most of them are reluctant to marry their daughters to the Nan family.
For this kind of cognition, Nan Yangzhou was also powerless to change, and he could only focus all his attention on the business and work hard to operate. It is said that there will always be a reward for paying, and a local family surnamed Zhao took a fancy to his character and offered to marry the Nan family. In this way, Nan Yang Zhou married Zhao Shi, and after marriage, the two had a good relationship, and Nan Yang Zhou often bought jewelry for his wife.
It's just a pity that Zhao's natural physique is weak, after three days after the door, a small illness, five days a major illness, Nan Yang Zhou careful care did not let his wife get better, only 3 years after marriage, Zhao Shi died, Nan Yang Zhou cried bitterly, he felt that his wife's early death was related to his poor care, and vowed that he would never marry other women in this life.
Although his family came to persuade him to remarry, Nan Yangzhou was not at all moved. Unexpectedly, after his mother-in-law learned about it, she offered to marry his younger daughter, that is, Zhao's sister. Nan Yang Zhou politely refused several times, but her mother-in-law still insisted, saying that if Nan Yang Zhou did not marry her, he would not let her marry.
Helplessly, Nan Yangzhou had to marry his wife and sister. After Xiao Zhao's entry, her stomach did not move for a long time, she was in a hurry, but Nan Yang zhou comforted her that it was okay, there was no child to hold. It may be that Nan Yang Zhou's kindness to his wife impressed Shangcang, and when Nan Yang Zhou was 29 years old, Xiao Zhao finally became pregnant and gave birth to a boy the next year.
Nan Yangzhou was very happy to hold his son, his ancestors were originally a reader, in order to give his son a good name, he went through the ancient books and classics, and finally took the Warring States poet Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci, Nine Chapters, Huaisha" in the sentence "Huai Jin holds Yu Xi, poor do not know what is shown" for his son to name his son Nan Huai Jin.
Nan Huaijin was deeply influenced by his father when he grew up, and his father often told him: "The sword needs to be handed over to the corporal, and gold buys more books of a hundred cities." For his son's interest, Nan Yang Zhou du fully supported, Nan Huaijin was widely involved in literature, history, medicine, astronomical calendar and martial arts Buddhism, and grew up to become a well-known master of traditional Chinese studies, and was rated as the "history book" of ancient Chinese culture.