Everyone should be very familiar with Tang Bohu, and he has been called "Merry Talent" since ancient times. In many film and television works, Tang Bohu appears in the eyes of the public as a bohemian and merry talent.
In fact, in history, Tang Bohu's true fate is not as good as people say, and his life has experienced various changes. Tang Bohu's fate was ill-fated, and he once wrote a couplet for the toilet of the landlord's house for ten taels of silver, which turned out to be a famous pair for thousands of years.
Tang Bohu's family fell in the middle of the road and fell to this point
Tang Bohu's life is wrapped in calligraphy and painting, and each work can reflect a sigh. Tang Bohu used to use "Jinchang Tang Yin" in his works, a region of great significance to his family, and he was particularly fond of it in all the drops.
As one of the four great talents, Tang Bohu studied at Suzhou University when he was young, and his grades in the school have always ranked first. But Tang Bohu did not make good use of his talents and was absent-minded all day.
Tang Bohu put all his energy on calligraphy and painting amusement, leaving his talent for reading behind. Before Tang Bohu was twenty-four years old, he was still a rich young master with a rich family.
After reaching the age of twenty-four, Tang Bohu experienced the biggest change in his life. His family fell from wealth to poverty, and shortly after the death of his father and mother, his wife and son and sister died one after another, and Tang Bohu's heart was greatly hit.
Tang Bohu began to realize that he could not be so degenerate, and it took him three years to win the first place in the township examination. After Tang Bohu had a small achievement, he became a little carried away.
He began to write poems with "youthful frivolity" and "conceit", and the whole person became impetuous. Not only that, Tang Bohu soaked in the Qinglou all day and never appeared.
Wen Zhengming's father had advised Tang Bohu not to fall for himself, and he was so angry that he broke off his friendship with Wen Zhengming in a fit of anger.
At that time, Tang Bohu married another wife, this woman was enchanting, very literate, good at Qinqi calligraphy and painting, and Tang Bohu was still in love. In fact, there is already a secret conflict between the two, but on the surface, Qin Se and Ming.
Tang Bohu often went in and out of brothels, and his wife did not want to see him degenerate, hoping that he could pass the examination to become an official, and he could also be an official wife leisurely.
But Tang Bohu did not care about official positions, he was arrogant and arrogant in his heart, thinking that it was easy for him, without the slightest desire to challenge, and had always been unbridled and enjoyable.
Until the official start of the trial, Tang Bohu encountered the second major setback in his life, that is, the "Xu Jingke case" circulated in history.
Xu Jingke raised the case
Tang Bohu has a good friend named Zhu Zhishan, and he saw that Tang Bohu used alcohol all day to relieve his worries and do nothing, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart. Zhu Zhishan advised him to rehabilitate himself, work hard and study hard, and perhaps shine on the road of the imperial examination.
Tang Bohu began to put all his attention on studying, and won the first place in a rural examination in Nanjing, and his reputation suddenly rose a notch. With the encouragement of my former friends, I decided to take the test again.
The classmate who took the exam with Tang Bohu is called Xu Jing, a veritable rich child. Compared to Tang Bohu, Xu Jing's talent is simply not worth mentioning. In order to gain fame, Xu Jing began to look for shortcuts to achieve his goal.
Xu Jing used money to buy off the examiner Cheng Min at the time, and Cheng Min revealed the exam questions to Xu Jing in advance after getting the money. After Xu Jing got the exam questions, he asked Tang Bohu for advice, which caused Tang Bohu to understand the exam questions.
After the results of the exam were announced, Xu Jing ranked second and Tang Bohu ranked first. Most of Cheng Min's exam questions are unpopular and remote, and few people can get high scores. Originally, the results of the two were doubtful, until Cheng Min's words completely made Tang Bohu step into the abyss.
"These two scrolls must be from Xu Jing and Tang Bohu." Cheng Min knew in his heart that Xu Jing's ability to get such high grades was due to cheating, but Tang Bohu's results were enough to prove that he was a talented person.
This sentence was originally Cheng Min's self-emotion, but he didn't want to be heard by people with hearts and began to spread rumors. More and more people believe that Xu Jing and Tang Bohu achieved excellent results through cheating.
Later, after the examination of the imperial court, Tang Bohu was finally acquitted, and because Tang Bohu was implicated in this matter, the results of the imperial examination were invalidated and he was not allowed to take the exam for life.
The toilet writes couplets, and it is a famous pair for thousands of years
After being hit, Tang Bohu did not want to step into the officialdom, in order to be able to make a living to make a living, Tang Bohu could only live by buying and selling calligraphy and paintings, and could only rely on friends to get by when his life could not be revealed.
It just so happened that a rich man was paying a high price to seek a couplet, but no one cared. It was precisely because the rich man's condition was for the literati to write couplets in their own toilets, so insulting the literati that everyone withdrew.
Tang Bohu was poor at this time, and he had no pride for a long time. Tang Bohu heard that the rich man was willing to spend ten taels of silver to find a literati at a high price, and in order to make a living, he took this errand without the slightest hesitation.
Tang Bohu was famous before, and many people laughed and despised him after learning that it was Tang Bohu, who was originally beautiful, who took the job.
Tang Bohu did not care about the worldly vision, took the good text and ink into the toilet of the rich man's house, and wrote down a couplet with a wave of a large pen, which was this couplet, and after writing, it turned out to be a famous pair for thousands of years.
Shanglian is: "And it seems that the guest is affectionate, and he is willing to untie his clothes and never regret it." This means that most of the people who come to the toilet are very affectionate, willing to untie their clothes and never regret it.
The lower link is "Mo Dao this thing is useless, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers." "It means that excrement will not be considered useless, both as a nutrient to promote the growth of flowers and trees, and to satisfy people's desires."
This couplet not only does not write about the filth of the toilet, but makes people feel very noble. Everyone present clapped their hands and praised, and the whole couplet did not use a single filthy word, and the whole couplet was flat, and the effect of the toilet was cleverly written.
The rich man was very satisfied after seeing it, and immediately paid Tang Bohu 10 taels of silver as a reward. This matter was widely spread around the world, and the couplet became a famous pair through the ages. It is precisely because of its outstanding talent that it has been passed down to future generations and become a legendary masterpiece.
Tang Bohu's life is indeed very tragic, not only experiencing the death of his loved ones, but also being hit by the imperial examination, which can be described as a creation trick. It is with a strong will that you can persevere in the face of setbacks.
Tang Bohu's dramatic life is amazing, but fortunately, he entered the literary world and left immortal works for future generations. If Tang Bohu had succeeded in the imperial examination, perhaps there would have been different achievements in the future.