In China's old culture, the warm and bold stories of literature always originated from the folk, and the scholars and scholars who were deeply influenced by etiquette and Confucianism were ashamed of their feelings, and always paid attention to "literature to carry the Tao", and the words were mostly reasonable and suppressed, and the reading was tedious. For the first time, Mao Xiang truly showed his personal life in the field of prose, singing passionately about love and praising women. His "Shadow Plum An Remembrance" is undoubtedly one of the most moving chapters.
"Yingmei An Reminiscences" records the scenes of Mao Xiang and Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in QinHuai, from knowing each other to falling in love, to living together for nine years. Because Mao Xiang had an unforgettable love for Dong Xiaowan, he took his own words and wrote them in blood, tears and ink, so that the text had a vivid artistic life.
The nine years of love between Mao Xiang and Dong Xiaowan coincided with the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in which they experienced a series of historical events such as the change of Jiashen, the establishment and fall of the Southern Dynasty, and the southward march of the Qing army. The lingering love story of the hero and heroine is intertwined with the great changes of the times that are breaking up, so some of the narratives in the book are obscure and concise, and they are also the feelings of ordinary people.
It is worth mentioning that the "Ying Mei An Memoirs" also records the description of the encounter between Mao Xiang and "Chen Ji". "Chen Ji" was Chen Yuanyuan, who was later concubined by Wu Sangui, the governor of Liaodong Province. People only know the legend of Wu Sangui's luring Qing soldiers into the customs to retake Chen Yuanyuan, but the history of Chen Yuanyuan's engagement with Mao Xiangmi before he was robbed is little known.
Although the relationship between Mao and Chen is only an episode in "The Remembrance of Yingmei'an", from the thrilling scene of Chen Yuanyuan being kidnapped by the imperial relatives and the local forces counter-hijacking twice in Suzhou, we can see that in the last days of the decline of the royal power, the famous prostitutes in the official "music book" are still allowed to be robbed by the powerful, from this point of view, it is not difficult to understand why Dong Xiaowan desperately wants to follow Mao Xiang.
Dong Xiaowan was determined to follow Mao Xiang without hesitation, "but he orchestrated and washed the lead", obeyed the will, was humble and kind, and in that kind of environment where it was difficult for a concubine to be a concubine, it was not easy to make a family "salty and call it its meaning". When the Qing soldiers went south, she fled with Mao Xiang, and in the case of Mao Xiang being on the verge of death several times, she served day and night, comforted her, and recaptured Mao Xiang from the hands of the God of Death.
Under the brilliant background of Dong Xiaowan, Mao Xiang seems to be much bleaker in the payment of love. However, Mao Xiang's respect for Dong Xiaowan's personality made a high evaluation of "the literati and righteous soldiers are difficult to argue with", which also far exceeded the status of a concubine at that time.
The writing of Xiang Xiang can be huge and detailed, rich in change, both faithful to real life and paving of strange dreams. It is very flexible in narrative and integrates narrative, lyricism, description and artistic creation. Let "Shadow Mei'an Reminiscence" give people a sense of artistic beauty of "turning sideways to see the flowers and flowers uncertain".