"Pen in Love" is a costume romance film produced by Shanghai Film Studio and directed by Yan Bili, released in 1982.
The plot is about a young calligrapher named Zhao Xuzhi in a certain place in Jiangnan during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who looks like a gentleman and a talent, but he is free of nature, uninhibited temperament, and disdainful of being an official.
The local lieutenant's name was Qi Shen, and he had three daughters, the eldest daughter was called Qi Wenjuan, the second daughter was called Qi Yujuan, and the third daughter was called Qi Xiaojuan.
One day, Zhao Xuzhi wrote a wine banner for the owner of the liquor store "Jiangnan Peerless", and it happened that Wen Juan, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant Qi, passed by here and saw it, was attracted by his literary style, and secretly fell in love with him.
When the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived, Qi Taiwei invited the famous talents of the city to his mansion to admire the moon and watch the lanterns, in fact, he wanted to choose a dragon concubine for the eldest daughter Wen Juan.
However, the arrogant Zhao Xuzhi was invited by people to come, and after coming, he actually refused to marry.
Zhao Xuzhi's younger brother Zhao Haozhi and Qi Taiwei's third daughter Xiao Juan had an exchange of feelings and formed a couple.
One day, Zhao Xuzhi met Wen Juan and his maid by the river, and after learning that the talented and beautiful lady in front of him was Qi Wenjuan, who was rejected by himself, he regretted it very much, and very much hoped to reunite with Wen Juan with Qin Jin. Zhao Xuzhi asked Xu Anmin for help, and Xu Anmin arranged a scene where Zhao Xuzhi apologized to Wen Juan, and Wen Juan told Zhao Xuzhi to go to their common calligraphy teacher, Lady Yu. After Lady Yu's on-demand persuasion, Zhao Xuzhi, who despised meritorious fame, entered the dynasty as an official and became a general of the Left Army. After that, the protector general Huan Shu and the left army general Zhao Xuzhi went to Qi Province to propose marriage. Wen Juan was very embarrassed, and Xu Anmin gave her the idea to write a Tibetan poem "Should Stay in the Spring".
In this year, Zhao Xuzhi traveled all over Jiangnan, studied with an open mind, and grew calligraphy.
Soon the one-year deadline arrived, and Wen Juan told Lady Yu that she would test Zhao Xu for another year. Lady Yu told Zhao Xuzhi that the mountains and rivers in the northern country were majestic, and there were many famous inscriptions in the past, so she asked him to copy and study.
Wen Juan's sister Yu Juan fell in love with Huan Shu Gongzi, Wen Juantuo's teacher Lady Yu asked Xu Anmin to arrange for help, Xu Anmin invited Huan Shu to travel to Taishan with him and Zhao Xuzhi, and secretly arranged a chance encounter in which Yu Juan disguised as a woman to become Jia Gongzi and Huan Shu met, and married a life-and-death friendship.
When the time of the year came, Zhao Xuzhi did not know enough, felt that he had not yet realized the true meaning of calligraphy, and volunteered to go out again, Lady Yu told him that her sister Yu Da Niang was in the Yishan Monastery, lady Yu asked him to visit her, she would teach him. Zhao Xuzhi went to shannan monastery and finally found Yu Da Niang at the Donghai Monastery. Through a long period of walking and learning sword techniques with Lady Yu, Zhao Xuzhi's calligraphy reached the level of pure fire.
Huan Shu's mother, Princess Nanling Chang, came to Qi Mansion to ask for her son to marry Wen Juan, the eldest daughter of Qi Province, as a daughter-in-law, but she did not expect that her son and Yu Juan, the second daughter of Qi Province, were already in love.
In the end, the eldest princess had to agree to marry the three daughters of the Qi Family at the same time. Everyone rejoiced.
The story of this drama is beautiful, the scenes and character costumes in the play are selected from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which has the characteristics of simplicity and thickness, and the Jin people's living habits sit on the ground and the living environment is meandering, giving people a refreshing feeling.