Tang Bohu’s visit to Qiuxiang is a good story in Chinese history, and many film and television works also revolve around this historical event. However, many people have pointed out that the incident of Tang Bohu ordering Qiuxiang did not exist in history. So what is the fact?

The story of Tang Bohu lighting autumn fragrance actually originated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and has a history of 500 years. In fact, Tang Bohu in history not only did not have the romantic affairs in the movie, he was poor all his life and was not talented. In terms of spouse, he first married his wife He, because Tang Bohu's official career was not going well at that time and he had no way to pass the imperial examination. When He saw that Tang Bohu was not successful, he quarreled with him day and night. Tang Bohu had no choice but to divorce her. Later, he married Shen Jiuniang, a brothel girl, and then lived a life of love and concubine.

The story of Tang Bohu’s love for Qiuxiang first appeared in the notebook novels of the Ming Dynasty. The prototype of the personal character in the novel is called Chen Yuanchao. ." From then on, he tried his best to sneak into Washington, and later entered as a book boy and launched a love offensive against Qiuxiang. However, the process is not as dramatic as in the TV series. Later, in Feng Menglong's "Warning Quotes", Chen Yuanchao was replaced by Tang Bohu. It turned out that Chen Yuanchao and Tang Bohu were both Suzhou talents, and it was Feng Menglong who confused their identities. In this way, Chen Yuanchao's order for Qiuxiang turned into Tang Bohu's order for Qiuxiang. Then there is the story of the future.

Although Tang Bohu did not marry Qiuxiang, there was indeed a woman named Qiuxiang at the same time as him. However, this Qiuxiang does not belong to the noble Washington, but was born in a brothel and is a relatively famous prostitute. It is said that Qiuxiang was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. At that time, she was also called the "Female Talent of Wuzhong". Although Qiuxiang and Tang Bohu lived in the same era, according to research, Qiuxiang was born in the first year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (1450). Naturally, the talented Bohu was not willing to be with such a person with such a big age difference. This difference also determined Tang Bohu's order to light Qiuxiang was just a sign of admiration from future generations.

It seems that the story of Tang Bohu’s taste of Qiuxiang is just a fabrication and artistic processing by later generations, and has nothing to do with historical facts.