Chapter 12 Peach Blossom Lord, Happy and Sorrowful
Deng Zhixin
forty-three
In the fourth year of Ming Zhengde (1509 AD), when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, Tang Bohu's house in Taohuawu was finally built. There are main houses, side houses, and spacious house yards. Behind the house, countless peach blossoms are in full bloom, varied, fragrant, bees and butterflies flying, swallows whispering, a small river flows east along the barren grassland on the edge of the peach blossom dock, living here, it is simply Tao Yuanming's Wuling people.
On the day of the housewarming, after setting off the firecrackers, Tang Bohu had a sudden idea and named the new house "Peach Blossom An" and called himself the "Peach Blossom An Lord". In the evening, I discussed with Jiu Niang, how about giving Qiao Nu the name Tao Sheng? Jiu Niang said, "It's good to name her daughter Tao Sheng, but his father, what is the name of a good house 'An'?" Isn't that where nuns live? I don't want to be a nun. Tang Bohu listened to the laughter and said, "Daughter-in-law, you understand that the temple where the nun lives can be called 'nun'." But the painting house, the study hall and the ordinary thatched house can also be called '庵', this '庵' word is not dedicated to the temple, understand? After Tang Bohu's explanation, his daughter-in-law said, "Or you are a great talent who has learned, and your daughter-in-law and I have learned!" ", amusing Tang Bohu was also happy.
With such a beautiful environment, Tang Bohu said: "I am like Tao Yuanming reincarnated, but Tao Yuanming 'picks chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely sees the South Mountain'. I am 'living in a peach blossom temple, selling paintings for more than a dollar'. At noon, he drank a few small glasses of wine, recalled so many years of bitterness and sadness, ups and downs, and now finally has a happy family, with a place to settle down, can't help but sigh a thousand, taking advantage of the three points of drunkenness, he showed his paper and brush, with a "thimble body", in one go wrote the famous "Peach Blossom Anthem":
Peach Blossom Wood In Peach Blossom An, Peach Blossom Fairy under Peach Blossom An;
Peach blossom immortals plant peach trees and pick peach blossoms to sell wine for money.
Drunkenness only sits in front of flowers, and drunk also comes to sleep under flowers;
Half awake and half drunk day after day, flowers falling and blossoming year after year.
May the old dead flower wine room, do not want to bow in front of the carriage and horse;
The car dust horse is full of rich people, and the wine cup flower branches are poor.
If the rich are compared to the poor, one is on the flat earth and the other is in the sky;
If the poor are compared to the car and the horse, he has to gallop and I have to be idle.
Others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it;
There is no tomb of Wuling Haojie, no flowers and no wine hoes for the field.
After writing this "Peach Blossom Anthem", Tang Bohu was still not exhausted, and he wrote it on paper in large characters and hung it on the wall, and every day when he returned from the Calligraphy and Painting Xuan, he had to face the "Peach Blossom Anthem" to appreciate it. In such a good environment, Tang Bohu was more diligent in his creation, and most of the sketches he brought back from the grand tour of the seven southern provinces were successfully painted during this period. Business matters did not relax, he rushed back and forth between the Calligraphy and Painting Xuan and the Peach Blossom Nunnery every day, and when he arrived at home, he had a delicious meal cooked by his daughter-in-law, and drank some wine, and his heart was happy.
I heard that Tang Bohu built a house in Taohuawu in the north of the city, and also named it Taohua'an, and many friends from near and far have come to watch and congratulate. On this day, his younger brother Tang Shen brought Zhu Zhishan and other friends and The famous calligrapher Wang Pet of Gusu to have a drink at noon. During the banquet, Tang Bohu's well-behaved daughter Qiaonu, at the instigation of his father, recited several Tang poems and Song ci in front of her uncles, with sharp teeth, a crisp and sweet voice, and a person who looked as beautiful as her mother, which won the praise of the guests, and directly exaggerated the talented child to give birth to a small talented girl. Tang Bohu smiled, "Where?" It was all taught by her mother, where do I have time! ”
Friends come to visit, have a drink and pass, do not want to a few days later, The Wang pet family actually entrusted the matchmaker to come to the door to ask for relatives, what is going on? The cause was that Qiaonu recited poems in public that day, showing her talent and character, and was favored by the king. He thought that his son was just one or two years younger than QiaoNu, and if this family affair could be said to be completed, it would definitely be a perfect match in the future. On the family, Tang Bohu is also a talented son in Jiangnan, famous throughout the country, although the family is not well-off, it can also be regarded as the right door, without further ado, in order to prevent being taken by others. Since the Wang pet family has entrusted the media to court their son, how to deal with it? Tang Bohu and Jiu Niang discussed that Wang Pet was a great calligrapher today, with a good family and respect, and his son was certainly not bad, so he replied and allowed this family affair, but qiao's daughter was still young, and she could only marry when both sides reached adulthood. After hearing this, Wang Was overjoyed and decided to set up an engagement banquet in Gusu City, where the two parents and children met and asked relatives to accompany them, and this relative was settled, and since then, the two families have frequent exchanges, which are naturally different from ordinary people.
Because Tang Bohu built the Peach Blossom Nunnery in Taohuawu, its reputation became more and more famous, and some literati and scholars also came to visit. Tang Bohu is indispensable to receive socializing, and guests must eat and drink here casually, and do not ask when they leave. In the blink of an eye, in the summer, the weather is hot, in order to escape the summer, Tang Bohu only went to the Calligraphy and Painting Xuan in the morning and evening to discuss business, and most of the time he returned to Taohua'an to rest. He put a cool bed in the shade of the peach trees on the back slope of the peach blossom temple, and the small fan was lying on the bed as soon as he took it, and the small south wind was very comfortable. If the weather is too hot to stand, isn't there a small river over there? He walked to the river, took off his clothes, jumped into the river, came up after taking a bath, did not wear clothes and held it with his hands, naked, the man's "hanging" was black, and he swung back to the small cool bed, lying very comfortably on the bed.
On this day, Tang Bohu's fellow disciple Wen Zhengming, who had a hard time, also asked a few friends to go to Peach Blossom Dock to chat with his brother and brother, and praised his brother Tang Bohu along the way for being good, and the talent and conduct did not have to be said. They went to the nunnery and asked where the sister-in-law of the Ninth Lady had gone? Shen Jiuniang said, "But cool off under the peach tree on the back slope, you can find it yourself!" My sister-in-law won't accompany you, and I won't go here to eat at noon? Wen Zhengming they came to the back slope peach forest, and when they saw that his brother was lying on the bed without any clothes, this situation was very different from blowing along the way, how could today's great talents be so graceful? Fortunately, the female relatives did not bring them here today. Wen Zhengming blushed and shouted, "Brother Master, a few of us have seen you coming, can't you get up yet?" ”
When Tang Bohu saw that his disciple Wen Zhengming had come, he was very happy, and he turned over with a fan and did not wear any clothes, stood up lightly, smiled, and said, "You are here?" Good! Talk to me home. Wen Zhengming said embarrassedly, "Brother Master, put your clothes on!" Tang Bohu was probably naked, and only then did he realize that he was not yet dressed, so he quickly put on his clothes and returned to the nunnery with a smile with Wen Zhengming. A few of them talked about the ancient and the present until the afternoon, the meal was also eaten, the wine was also drunk, several people got up to say goodbye, Tang Bohu sent out the old far away, on a tea ceremony, Wen Zhengming wanted to talk to Tang Bohu alone. Wen Zhengming said, "Brother Master, you are good in all aspects, little brother, I have always admired you, but today I saw you on the back slope, how can I not wear clothes?" We are all cultural people, and we still want Sven to be better in the future. This was originally the younger brother's kind advice to the elder brother, who knew that Tang Bohu rolled his eyes and did not appreciate it, but said angrily: "If you can't get used to it, then even if it is, I can't change it like this!" Wen Zhengming was beaten to the point of blushing, he couldn't imagine that his brother had become like this, this "count" word, but there is a meaning of breaking off friendship! I had no choice but to hold my fist to say goodbye, and it was very sad to return all the way back to my heart.
In the evening, Tang Bohu said to his daughter-in-law: "What I said today, I am afraid that Master and Disciple Wen Zhengming can get angry." Shen Jiuniang said, "When you drank today, didn't you talk about it quite closely?" What did you say? Tang Bohu repeated what Wen Zhengming said and what he replied to when he was sent off. His daughter-in-law said, "His father, this is what is wrong with you, your master and brother said good things to you, how can you beat people like that?" Besides, you are naked on hot days, I can see it habitually, even our girlfriend is shy to look at it, she runs and hides as soon as she sees you naked, you know? ”
Tang Bohu said, "I thought to myself, isn't that what people originally look like?" Wearing or not wearing clothes is the same, who does not know who has what on them? I reckon that in a few hundred years, maybe we humans won't wear clothes in the summer, and there will be more men, women, old, and young stripes on the street, and I'm just thinking a little ahead of the curve. His daughter-in-law was laughed at by what he said, and was stunned for half a day before saying, "You are too advanced, aren't you?" At least for now, no one but you think so. His father, it is not easy to make a friend, annoy a friend on a word, your master and brother are right, I see you still apologize to people! Listening to his daughter-in-law's words, Tang Bohu thought about it carefully, and he wanted to liberate his personality, which did not mean that others thought the same thing. Therefore, he raised his pen and wrote a letter of apology to Wen Zhengming, admitting that it was wrong for his brother and asking his younger brother to forgive him. After Wen Zhengming received the letter, the knots in his heart were unraveled, and they reconciled as before.