Gui Youguang and his first wife have only been married for four or five years, but they have a deep relationship. Therefore, when his first wife passed away, Gui Youguang was heartbroken. Later, Gui Youguang wrote the article "Hanhua Burial Chronicles", in which he expressed his memory for his wife. In fact, the Hanhua in "Hanhua Burial Annals" refers to a maidservant who was Gui Youguang's first wife during her lifetime. This article was written when the maidservant passed away.
Although this article is ostensibly to write an epitaph for Hanhua, a lot of the content is about Gui Youguang’s first wife, recalling his wife’s deeds during her lifetime. It can be seen that Gui Youguang was deeply concerned about Gui Youguang at that time. My wife is so missed. According to the article, Han Hua has been with Gui Youguang's wife Wei since she was a child, and came home with her. Therefore, it can be said that Gui Youguang grew up watching Han Hua. Although Han Hua is Gui's servant, after living together for so long, he is actually almost like a family member.
Therefore, when Han Hua also passed away like his first wife, the sadness in Gui Youguang's heart couldn't stop coming up. Among them were the feelings of sadness because of Han Hua's death, There is also nostalgia for the Wei family. In order to express these emotions, Gui Youguang took the opportunity to write "Hanhua Burial Chronicle" to express his condolences and longing.
In this article, readers can see Han Hua’s short life, various interesting things in her life, and some past events between Gui Youguang’s wife and Han Hua. I thought it was both funny and sad, and Gui Youguang felt the same way at the time. Han Hua died very young, and so did Gui Youguang's wife. While Gui Youguang lamented Han Hua's premature death, he was actually also lamenting his wife's premature death.