Zhang Henshui was originally named Zhang Xinyuan. Zhang Henshui often wrote poems when he worked in tabloids in his early years. When he sends a poem to the newspaper, he must sign his name. He thought of his father's teaching, the way of poetry and novels, the skill of carving insects and the pastime after dinner, so he didn't want to have the name "far from the mind".

At this time, Zhang Henshui remembered the sweet-scented osmanthus in his yard and Li Yu's favorite poem: "When people grow up, they hate water to grow in the East." He remembers that he had no career, his fate was ill-fated, and the world was hot and cold. Therefore, Zhang Henshui wrote the pseudonym "Hate Water" on the signature of his article.

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As for the name "hate water", it was widely rumored that Zhang Henshui had a crush on a young lady because she had never been favored by beautiful women. When she was lovelorn and frustrated, she angrily borrowed a sentence from Jia Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions: Women are made of water, which led to "hating water". In fact, this is a complete myth. Zhang Henshui's love and marriage are not only very happy, but also legendary and romantic. ?

Zhang Henshui's wife named Nan Zhou is nearly 20 years younger than Zhang Henshui. After reading Zhang Henshui's novel Crying and Laughing, Nan Zhou felt that his life experience was very similar to that of Shen Fengxi in the book, and he was very moved. Nan Zhou admired the author because of reading "The Cause of the Irony".

Later, through the introduction of friends, the two sides hit it off, and at 1929, Qin and Jin became friends. At that time, Zhang Henshui was 35 years old and Nan Zhou was only 16 years old. After marriage, they loved each other deeply, and Nan Zhou became Zhang Henshui's right-hand man in writing and life.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Henshui