Li Shutong's first wife was called Yu Rong'er, the daughter of a tea merchant, reasonable and dignified, in the eyes of outsiders, and Uncle Li, the famous young master, was considered a door-to-door match, quite a match. But it is rumored that on the wedding night, Li Shutong picked up Yu Rong'er's hijab, and did not show a little surprise and excitement, and the two sat side by side for a long time without saying a word.
Why? In the words of ordinary people, it is uncle Li who has someone in his heart. who? His first love, Yang Cuixi. Today, she probably has such a resume: Yang Cuixi, her original surname is Chen, her nickname is Eryou'er, and Yang Cuixi is a stage name. His native is directly under the jurisdiction of Beitong Prefecture. A famous prostitute from the late Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China. His works include "Vatican Palace" and "Red Plum Pavilion".
Chen Eryou, Yang Cuixi, which in today's eyes, are all unusually popular names, Chen and Yang surnames are Eryi or Cuixi in the childhood poor family lineage circulation - she was born in the Chen family, but because the family is too poor, she was sold to the Yang family to learn art at a very young age. Because she was born with a good voice, she was born with a rich sideburn and a round posture like the moon at the age of fourteen or fifteen, so she soon appeared on the stage; and because she was good at performing some obscene songs, she had good plays such as "Vatican Palace" and "Red Plum Pavilion".
Yang Cuixi
The place of the performance was in Tianjin, a field called "Tianxian Garden", Yang Cuixi soon became a "million fans", and also fascinated Li Shutong, a talented man of the year. Before knowing Yang Cuixi, Li Shutong studied the Four Books, the Book of Filial Piety, Mao Shi, Zuo Chuan, Erya, Anthology, etc., and recited the verses "Life is like the day of the Western Mountains, and the riches are like frost on the grass". At the same time, he learned calligraphy, gold stone and other skills, and the title of the book mainly based on the Book of Wei was first heard in the world.
When he met Yang Cuixi, Li Shutong was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he began to have his own thoughts, and the seeds of inner "rebellion" also began to sprout, which made him feel that serious learning was no longer interesting, and then he became deeply interested in the "lowly industry" of singing. In addition to the physiological factors of the boy's growth, this "rebellious" interest also has two things he experienced at the "bottom":
First, his father Li Shizhen was a four-year jinshi of Qing Tongzhi, who was the head of the official department, and later resigned from the official to inherit his father's business and became a huge rich man in Jinmen, but when he was 5 years old, his father died of illness, and in the big family of the Li family, his mother's situation was embarrassing. This also caused his inferiority complex at a young age, which led to the formation of his taciturn personality.
Second, he was infected by Buddhism at an early age. It is said that on the day of his birth, a magpie flew into the delivery room with a pine branch, and everyone thought that it was a blessing from the Buddha. Why? Only because most of his family believed in Buddhism: not only did his parents believe in Buddhism, but his eldest sister-in-law (Li Shizhen's great aunt) Guo Shizhen and his eldest sister-in-law believed in Buddhism were also devout Buddhists, and he learned to recite with his eldest wife and eldest sister-in-law at a very young age, and even he "used a quilt or bedspread as a robe, and recited the Buddha in the house or on the kang." "Playing" does not necessarily mean that it is not right, but on the contrary, it illustrates the profound influence, which also makes him later take the magpie to the pine branch and carry it with him for life.
The "rebellion" that boys must go through will make many things in the personality lose shape or not take shape, and Li Shutong is the same. At first, he just ran to the theater to watch the play, became a hardcore ticket holder, and then felt that just watching was not addictive, not interesting, and began to make cameo roles, from the two aspects of senses and action to integrate himself into it. Yang Cuixi appeared at this time, and Li Shutong not only loved to watch her plays, but also admired her very much; not only did he hold the scene for her in tianxian garden every night, but also carried a lantern to accompany her home after the show.
Li Shutong
Long laneway, playing a lantern, surrounded by a demon woman, Uncle Li in his own heartbeat, listening to Yang Cuixi's breathing, suddenly had a first love. Modern psychological and emotional experts believe that men's obsession with their first love is far greater than that of women, and this also determines that Yu Rong'er will live in the shadow of Uncle Li's first love.
In order to gain Yang Cuixi's heart, Li Shutong used the cultural knowledge he had learned before to guide Yang Cuixi's singing voice and body, so that Yang Cuixi's acting skills were also influenced by traditional culture, and his artistic cultivation was greatly improved, close to the big red. With the deepening of the exchanges, Uncle Li thought that he and Yang Cuixi could form a Mandarin alliance and spend their lives together. In order to express the deep affection in his heart, he even wrote a poem for Yang Cuixi: the flowers on Yanzhi Mountain are like snow, and the people under Yanzhi Mountain are like the moon; the forehead hair is green and cloudy, and the eyebrows are bent and desireless. After the sunset and light rain, the bottom of the leaves is thin in autumn; I am afraid of small words and are impatient.
What Li Shutong did not expect was that his feelings for Yang Cuixi did not realize the good wish of "my heart is like the bright moon, and the king's heart is like my heart", but the result is a sentence from the Yuan Dynasty Gao Ming's "Pipa Book": "I originally turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone in the ditch." In the face of his high-quality emotions, Yang Cuixi was indifferent, and he sincerely paid and did not get the reward and respect he deserved. His first love, in this way, became the moon in the sky in Li Shutong's heart, so that he could see but could not grasp and touch, and this also laid the groundwork for him to escape into the Buddhist Gate in the future.
What Li Shutong did not expect was that Yang Cuixi was not a simple woman who could only sing. Historically, Yang Cuixi was associated with a malpractice case in the official field at the end of the Qing Dynasty, which was also known as the Yang Cuixi case. Yang Cuixi, as a woman of humble origin, disturbed many prominent men in the official arena at that time.
The thing is about this: the pursuit of Yang Cui's joy is not enough, although Li Shutong has entered the year of Zhixue, admitted to the Furen Academy next to wenchang Palace in the northwest of the city, the study of the study, the composition of the composition, but still remember Yang Cuixi, good for the mouth of the garden. His mother saw that he could not go on like this, and he married Yu Rong'er for him when he was 18 years old. Brother Wenxi said that you will live a good life in the future, and also allocated 300,000 yuan from the family property to provide for his family. 300,000 yuan is not a small amount, but he did not spend the money on Yu Rong'er's family at all, but used it to buy an expensive piano and began to learn music and composition.
There is nothing wrong with learning music and composing, but Li Shutong became interested in Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others to preside over the restoration and transformation of the law, and engraved a seal calling Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao his teachers to show his support for the change. The result was that after the failure of the reform, he was coaxed by the outside world to be Kang and Liang Tongdang, and in order to avoid disasters, he moved to Shanghai with his mother and wife. When he arrived in Shanghai and changed places, he should have forgotten Yang Cuixi, but he still had a deep affection for Yang Cuixi, and wrote poems for Yang Cuixi to express his chest:
The evening wind was weak and tender, and the eyes forgot the gossamer green; the wine woke up at the bottom of the moon, and Jiangnan Du Yu cried.
The soul of the demented soul is twisted, willing to wear flowers and butterflies; the curtain is separated by flowers, and the dream is dipped towards the incense.
How beautiful is the writing of Chao Chao Xiang Meng, but how can Yang Cuixi's "incense" be stained by Uncle Li? Fast forward to 1906, when the Qing Dynasty was not yet finished, and two men from the official arena appeared. They were: the son of Prince Yili of Qing, Shangshu Zaizhen of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, and Duan Zhigui, general office of the Tianjin Southern Section Patrol Police General Bureau. Zai Zhen was on a business trip, and duan Zhigui was greeted by Duan Zhigui. With such a powerful "leader", Duan Zhigui tried everything to please, in addition to sending 100,000 gold to Zai Zhen as a birthday gift for Prince Qing, he also recruited famous prostitutes to accompany him and took Zai Zhen to the theater garden. Naturally, Yang Cuixi entered Zai Zhen's sight.
In this regard, the folk description is very wonderful: in the process of singing, Yang Cuixi's pair of dark and slippery eyes always glance at Zai Zhen's body, making Zai Zhen's heart sway. Subsequently, Yang Cuixi tried to get close to Zai Zhen, and when she sat down, she wrapped her arms around Zai Zhen's neck, and Zai Zhen couldn't wait to hold Yang Cuixi's hand, and looked at Yang Cuixi in fascination and asked long and short questions, making everyone on the side unable to look down. The final result was: after Zai Zhen reluctantly left, Duan Zhigui spent a lot of money to redeem Yang Cuixi, carefully sent Yang Cuixi to Beijing, and dedicated Yang Cuixi to Zai Zhen. Soon, Duan Zhigui was promoted three grades in a row and became the inspector of Heilongjiang.
Carrier vibration
What was Uncle Li doing at this time? He is already studying in Japan. In 1905, after the death of his mother, he returned to Tianjin with his wife and two children, studying, composing, painting, and publishing books, and at the age of 29, he was already a person with a growing reputation. During this period, he formed a friendship with Yuan Xilian, Xu Xianyuan, Cai Xiaoxiang, and Zhang Xiaolou, known as the "Five Friends of Tianya", and lived a prosperous and colorful life with literati and scholars, and did not forget to frequently communicate with gelang and famous prostitutes. Perhaps yu Rong'er, who lived in the shadow of Yang Cuixi, could not fill the emptiness in his heart, he had met a poet named Li Pingxiang, the two were confidants of each other at that time, and in the prosperous and just the right age, they often sat on the floor, drank and wrote poetry.
It is said that it was this woman named Li Pingxiang who made Uncle Li feel a little comfort in his heart for Yang Cuixi in the days when he was obsessed with Yang Cuixi. Returning to Tianjin means seeing Yang Cuixi again, and it also means that Li Shutong, who "dreams of chaoxiangxiang", has once again been hit by reality. People do not know how he made up his mind to study in Japan, only that before going to Japan, he broke up with Li Pingxiang, and after arriving in Japan, he first participated in the Japanese baume organization "Sui Ou Yin Society" under the name of "Li Ai", and then in 1906, he registered under the name of "Li An" and was admitted to the oil painting department of the Tokyo Fine Arts School. "Mourning" and "shore" somewhat reflected a certain mentality of his time.
Yang Cuixi's days in the capital can be imagined, but the good times were not long, and soon someone played the matter of Duan Zhigui's promotion to the third level in a row to another woman. This woman was Empress Dowager Cixi, and she gave instructions to investigate and deal with it, first removing Duan Zhigui from his post as inspector of Heilongjiang, and then, at the "request" of Prince Yili of Qing, removing Zai zhen's Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. Because of a tea garden girl, provoked an obscure atmosphere, Zai Zhen was scolded by his father and sent Yang Cuixi back to Tianjin, to Wang Yisun, a salt merchant in Tianjin. In order to avoid people's tongues, Zai Zhen asked Wang Yisun to claim to the outside world that Yang Cuixi was Wang Yisun's concubine, and also gave Wang Yisun many gifts. What Zai Zhen did not know was that Wang Yisun had been pursuing Yang Cuixi, but he had not been able to achieve his wish. Such a great good thing fell from the sky, And Wang Yisun had two fortunes and picked up a big bargain. In this regard, there are folk poems: song hall light smoke bomb powder, imperial city cold snow incense dust; Xie Niang Hugh negative idle thinking, Tai Ge miserable fei Yan chun.
It was 1907, and the events themselves were more complicated than we would say. According to the situation at that time, Li Shutong in Japan should not know this, perhaps because he did not know, but still thinking of Yang Cuixi, that is, in this year, he met his second wife, the daughter of the Japanese landlord, Shuko Haruyama. Let Haruyama Shuzi become a woman living in the shadow of Yang Cuixi again.
Obsessed men and amorous women will always make the world prosperous. After receiving wang Yisun's "care", Yang Cuixi was exactly the age of her twenties like flowers blooming, of course, she did not want to be vain, and she came and went, and she mixed with Duan Zhigui. In 1912, Emperor Xuantong was forced to abdicate, and Qing rule ended. Soon, Yuan Shikai took over the crown of provisional president from Sun Yat-sen and became the first official president of the republic in Chinese history. Duan Zhigui gained power, brought Yang Cuixi into Beijing again, accompanied Duan Zhigui to chat, play cards, write letters for Duan Zhigui, do things, and enter and leave high society, Yang Cuixi made a splash in fashion, occasionally sang on stage, and ushered in a flattering cheer under the stage.
At this time, Li Shutong had graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, and had returned to China with his Japanese wife for more than a year, and as a drawing instructor at the Shanghai Higher Industrial School, he ushered in the middle of the family road, and should know everything about Yang Cuixi - because he could not withstand Yang Cuixi's considerate service, Duan Zhigui was almost obedient to Yang Cuixi, and often took Yang Cuixi in and out of various banquets. One after another, Yang Cuixi and Yuan Shikai's favorite concubines became a woman who could freely enter and leave Yuan Shikai's palace (Xinhua Palace), and even in the process of Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system, she followed yuan shikai and held charity performances to sing praises for Yuan Shikai.
On December 12, 1915, Yuan Shikai announced that he accepted the throne, overthrew the republic, restored the imperial system, changed the Republic of China to the "Chinese Empire", and ordered the abolition of the Republic of China era, changing the 5th year of the Republic of China (1916) to the "first year of Hongxian", known in history as the "Hongxian Imperial System". Yang Cuixi also followed the scenery, but the days of this scenery soon ended. On June 6, 1916, Yuan Shikai, who had failed to make the imperial system, died of uremia. Duan Zhigui, who betrayed Yuan Shikai, quickly abandoned Yang Cuixi, and Yang Cuixi became an ominous woman in the eyes of everyone, and no one wanted to associate with her, becoming a person whose whereabouts were unknown.
Because of the infatuation of men and the amorousness of women, the world that once became complicated has also become more silent in Li Shutong's heart at this moment. It was in this silence that Li Shutong was officially ordained at the Age of 39 during the Spring Festival in 1918 at the Tiger Run Temple, named Yanyin, Trumpet Hongyi. Today, no one says how much Li Shutong's monasticism has to do with Yang Cuixi, but what is certain is that in 1916, when Yuan Shikai's imperial system failed, the 37-year-old Li Shutong came to Hupao Temple, experimented with fasting for 17 days, and said that he had "gradually realized" buddhism.
The spiritual precipitation in the complicated world made Master Li Shutong finally succeed, but only suffered his two wives: Yu Rong'er, who gave birth to three children for Li Shutong, the eldest is said to be a daughter, who died shortly after birth, and the two sons were named Li Zhun and Li Rui. When Uncle Li was ordained, they were all teenagers. In 1922, Yu Rong'er, who had only lived for more than 40 years, died in Tianjin, and Li Shutong learned of her death through letters from her brother. Shuko Haruyama gave birth to a boy and a daughter to Uncle Li, the boy died in the 1940s, and the daughter died in 2020 at the age of 102, the same year she was born in the same year as her father's renunciation. Shuko Haruyama died in 1996 at the age of 106. But like Yu Rong'er, she has not seen Li Shutong since Li Shutong's official renunciation. After Li Shutong left home, she returned to Japan and got the news of Li Shutong's death 46 years after Li Shutong's death.
Li Shutong died on October 13, 1942, and two days before his death, he wrote down the four words "intersection of sorrow and joy", but people do not know what he is sad about and what he is happy about. It is said that before Yu Rong'er's death, he once moved to see Yu Rong'er's last face, but due to the delay, "he was unable to move for a while." Perhaps, this is the master, who can write the "Farewell Song" for his friends in the secular society, "Outside the Long Pavilion, Beside the Ancient Road, and the Green Grass", but he cannot send off his wife after leaving home.
At that time, Li Shutong also wrote such a poem for Yang Cuixi:
The flowers on Yanzhi Mountain are like snow, and the people under Yanzhi Mountain are like the moon; the forehead hair is green and cloudy, and the eyebrows are bent and desireless.
After the sunset and light rain, the bottom of the leaves is thin in autumn; I am afraid of small words and are impatient.
It is said that a good woman can make a man, and a bad woman can also influence a man.
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