Dong Xiaowan (1623-1651), known as Bai (白), the character Qinglian, a native of Suzhou (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu), fell to the Qinglou because of the poverty of his family, and was named Nanjing Jiaofang Sile, and was the same as Liu Ruyi, Chen Yuanyuan, and Li Xiangjun as "Qin Huai Bayan".
"Qin Huai Eight Yan" is a touch of extravagant gold pink on the paintings of the late Ming Dynasty. These eight talented and beautiful people were deeply sought after by the literati doctors and giant merchants and rich merchants at that time, and people were addicted to them, and now there was wine and drunkenness in the present dynasty, forgetting the danger that the country was about to fall.
"Qin Huai Bayan" is different from the ordinary women in the scene, they not only have outstanding appearance, but also have extravagant talents, poetry, calligraphy and painting, song and dance are proficient. "Bayan" is very picky guests, and wanting to board the door of "Bayan" is not a simple problem that money can solve.
In 1639, Dong Xiaowan became acquainted with the famous fushe warriors who took the initiative to break through the frontier, and later married a concubine. After the death of Ming, Xiao Wan fled with the Mao family, and then shared happiness and suffering with the Mao Family until his death.
Dong Xiaowan's family is famous in Suzhou, "Dong Family Embroidery Village" has been passed down from generation to generation, to her father's generation has a history of more than two hundred years, absolutely rich and powerful, and her mother was born in a literati family, from childhood to get a good education and edification, you say that in this kind of family born can not be happy. After Xiao Wan was born, she was regarded as a treasure by her parents, because she was an only child, the Dong family put all their hopes on her, her father personally taught her embroidery and management, her mother taught her poetry and painting, and they wanted to cultivate her into a girl with both talents and morality.
Of course, Xiao Wan did not live up to the expectations of her parents, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting or song and poetry, everything is exquisite, people also look very good, the only drawback is to spoil too well, develop a very high and independent personality, so there are no friends. However, Ben is everyone's bridesmaid show, why do you need to show your face, the outside world is wonderful, and it is not the love of this girl. When she grew up carefree to thirteen years old, unfortunately, her father suddenly fell ill, visited famous doctors in Suzhou, and did not keep her father's life, and the sudden change completely crushed the spirit of the mother and daughter, and they were haggard all day long, looking forward to the family and shedding tears.
The departure of his father is the beginning of the fall in the Dong family's family road, and it is also the starting point of Dong Xiaowan's fate. If according to the normal development logic, Dong Xiaowan found a grandfather of a large family who was the right door to marry, and taught his husband and son at home, there would be no legendary story that happened later, let alone be listed as one of the "Eight Yans of Qin Huai" and passed down to this day.
However, in "Qin Huai Bayan", Dong Xiaowan's marriage is still lucky.
Compared with Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan did not have to use the tragic way of splashing peach blossom fans to prove his sincere heart to his lover; compared with Kou Baimen, who was almost sold by the lover of Zhongshan Wolf, Mao Peijiang not only never abandoned Dong Xiaowan, but also gave her a name like a lady; compared with Chen Yuanyuan, who was changed hands many times as a plaything, Dong Xiaowan's life was only a husband in Mao Peijiang; and Liu Ru and Gu Hengbo, they were both married to husbands who could be their grandfathers at an old age, and they left me unborn. I was born with the helplessness of old age.
Someone once wrote an article called "Marrying a Wife Like Dong Xiaowan", Yan Envied the late Ming Dynasty Talent zi took the risk to marry a perfect "full-time" woman, set multiple roles in one, and everything made Xiao Mao satisfied. But how could such a good woman have to marry a concubine? In fact, this is also Xiao Wan's cleverness, she has the heart and chooses the right husband.
Xiao Wan was born in a brothel and owed a lot of debts, and Mao Peijiang was not only a beautiful man with a "heavenly posture and clear skin", but also a rich and talented man, one of the famous four princes of the late Ming Dynasty (the other three were Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, and Hou Fangyu, all of whom were very good, and also had some stories with "Qin Huai Bayan").
Looking at Dong Xiaowan's life, although she was born into a rich family, she was unfortunate to fall in the middle of the family, and her parents died young. She eventually became a singer and prostitute on the banks of the Qinhuai River, but with her outstanding appearance, literary and artistic perfection, she finally found a good person to rely on, and maintained a super high national integrity in the process of dynastic change, as strong as Wu Sangui did not do it, a weak woman did it, and had to be admired by future generations.