Inspirational story: Frustration and abjection are powerful enemies in life

Tang Yin, a great painter of the Ming Dynasty, was one of the "Four Wu Clan Painters". Speaking of Tang Yin, also known as Tang Bohu, it can be said that there are two people, the Tang Bohu in folklore and the Tang Bohu in history. The Tang Bohu in folklore is very romantic, while the Tang Bohu in history is very difficult. Let’s start with folklore. The most famous legend is "Tang Bohu's Three Smiles and Autumn Fragrance", which is both a play and a movie. The story tells that the romantic and talented Tang Bohu fell in love with Qiu Xiang, the maid of the wife of a Chinese official in Wuxi, and fell in love at first sight. However, the deep mansion of the Hua family prevented him from getting close to Qiu Xiang, so he willingly sold himself into slavery and went to Washington to work as a companion. Reading boy, this led to a romantic affair. In fact, this story is pure fiction. According to research, Hua Yuanwai, namely Hua Cha, the Grand Master of Hua, was 27 years younger than Tang Yin. When he became a Jinshi, Tang Yin had already passed away for more than three years. How could Tang Yin sell himself as a slave and go to Washington (naturally, it was Hua Cha after becoming a Jinshi). As for Qiuxiang, she was a prostitute in Nanjing during the Chenghua period. She was more than ten years older than Tang Yin, had nothing to do with Tang Yin, and was not a maid of Hua Taishi's wife at all. So why did you fabricate such a romantic story with Tang Yin as the protagonist? This is mainly because Tang Yin lived a bohemian life in his later life. He was a painter who was both romantic and suave, but also had a tragic fate. The people both sympathized with him and ridiculed him, so he was regarded as He incorporates the "people" of the story. Another example is "Tang Bohu Paints the Watchman". The story goes that one day, Tang Bohu went out to visit friends and came back in the middle of the night. His family lived in an alley. There was a gate at the entrance of the alley, which was locked once it got dark. Tang Bohu shouted at the door of the alley: Uncle Zhang, please open the door. The watchman saw it was Tang Bohu and opened the door. It was not once that Tang Bohu came back in the middle of the night and called the door. He often troubled Old Uncle Zhang. Therefore, one day, Tang Bohu said to Old Uncle Zhang: I am going to give you something. You will be happy to see it. Uncle Zhang said: What is it? Tang Bohu said: You will know when the time comes. As soon as he finished speaking, he went home. More than ten days later, Tang Bohu came to Uncle Zhang's residence with something wrapped in cloth and said, "Here are the things I gave you." As he spoke, he opened the cloth bag, took out a painting, then opened the painting and said to Mr. Zhang: This painting is for you, you must accept it. Old man Zhang was so happy that he didn't know what to say. He saw three bamboos painted on the painting, each with twelve knots. There was a little bird on the top of the bamboo, a tent of lion grass at the base of the bamboo, and a grasshopper on the grass. Mr. Zhang repeatedly praised: Well done, well done! Tang Bohu said: This painting can help you read more. Uncle Zhang said: Really? Tang Bohu said: I can still coax you. You go back and hang up the painting during the watch. You watch, the bird jumps down a section, and the grasshopper climbs up a section, then you play. In the first watch, if the bird jumps down two knots and the grasshopper climbs two knots, you will call the second watch. In this way, until the fifth watch, you put the painting away and the bird and grasshopper can return to their original positions. Use it again from the next day. And Tang Bohu repeatedly asked: It must be put away, otherwise something will happen. Uncle Zhang was very happy when he heard it. He went back and tried it, and it was really effective. After a while, the person in charge of the yamen found that Zhang Gengfu was too accurate in beating the clock. He felt strange and asked Zhang Gengfu for questioning. Zhang Gengfu is an honest man and told the matter in detail. The steward reported the incident to the county magistrate. (Inspirational Quotes Sun) The county magistrate ordered Zhang Gengfu to bring the painting to him. The next day, Zhang Gengfu brought the painting to the county magistrate. The magistrate took out fifty taels of silver and said to Zhang Gengfu: I will reward you fifty taels of silver. You can keep the painting for me! Zhang Gengfu had no choice but to take the silver. Leave. The county magistrate hung the painting in his house. When he got up the next day, he looked at it again. Unfortunately, there were only three bamboo trees left on the painting. The grasshoppers were eaten by birds and the birds flew away. The reason for this is because the painting was not put away at the fifth watch. This story is of course also false. Tang Yin (1470-1523), also known as Ziwei, Bohu, late Liuru Jushi, was a native of Wuxian County (now Suzhou). Born into a businessman family, his father is a hotel owner. Tang Yin was extremely talented since he was a child. At the age of 29, he went to Nanjing to take the provincial examination and won the first place (Xie Yuan). The following year, he went to Beijing to take the joint examination. The examiner Cheng Minzheng admired him very much, but fate played a big joke on him and partnered with him. Xu Jing, a fellow student who was rushing to take the exam, paid bribes to buy questions. Cheng Minzheng and Tang Yin were both implicated and imprisoned. As a result, Cheng Minzheng was dismissed from office, Xu Jing was deposed as a commoner, and Tang Yin was punished as a minor official in Zhejiang. Although his unjust injustice was later clarified, he was still stripped of his honors and was never allowed to take the exam. This was a turning point, and his miserable fate began to envelope him. He couldn't bear such abuse, and often drank to drown his sorrows. When he returned to Suzhou, his family turned against him, and his wife returned to her parents' home in anger. He became cynical and stayed in a brothel at night, feeling very energetic. pain. In order to relieve his inner pain, in the spring of 1500, the thirteenth year of Emperor Xiaozong's reign in the Ming Dynasty, he embarked on a thousand-mile journey, covering seven provinces including Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian and Zhejiang, which lasted ten months. This grand trip had a great impact on his art, and he began his life journey of reading and selling paintings. However, how difficult it is to live in poverty. Tang Yin had three wives in his life. The first wife died when Tang Yin was 25 years old; the second wife divorced Tang Yin due to Tang Yin's trial case; the third wife was well-educated and a virtuous housekeeper, who was very helpful to Tang Yin in the rest of his life. .

Tang Yin suffered from the harshness of the world for most of his life, which is deeply reflected in his "Autumn Wind Fan Picture". The lady in this picture, holding a fan in hand, stands alone on the slope, wandering and watching, with a sad face. There is a self-inscribed poem that says: Autumn comes and the fan is gathered together, why is it so sentimental for a beautiful woman? Please look at the world in detail, most people don't like the heat and coolness. This poem is poetic and picturesque, with profound meaning, reflecting Tang Yin's feelings of frustration and frustration after experiencing the vicissitudes of life. Although Tang Yin was famous for his paintings, life became more difficult in his later years. In the 13th year of Zhengde reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty (1518), the forty-nine-year-old described himself like this: The green mountains are white-haired and old-fashioned, and the life of pen and inkstone is hard and difficult; people in the lakes and paddy fields don't want them, so who will buy my paintings of Zhongshan? It is pitiful and outrageous that a great painter who was famous for a while fell into such a miserable situation. Under such circumstances, he only lived to be 54 years old and then passed away. He has made outstanding achievements in poetry, calligraphy and painting, especially in painting. He is top-notch in landscapes, figures, flowers and birds. He learned from many teachers, learned from their strengths, took into consideration both work and writing, and was inclusive and original. His painting style, which is graceful, meticulous and rhythmic, is unique.