Wu Zao

Wu Zao

Wu Zao (1799-1862), female, is a famous female song writer and ci writer in the Qing Dynasty. Her name is Pingxiang, and her name is yucenzi. She is from Renhe, Zhejiang Province (now Hangzhou). Her ancestral home is Yixian, Anhui Province. As a child, he is eager to learn. As a long-time student, he works hard at CI. He is also good at drawing pictures of drinking and reading Sao songs.

His works include a volume of Hualian Ci, a volume of Xiangnan XueBei Ci, a volume of Sao tuqu for drinking (also known as Qiao Ying), Hualian Bookstore poetry, etc.

essential information

Personage introduction

Wu Zao (1799-1862), female, named Pingxiang, was born in Yi County, Anhui Province. Her father was Baozhen and her name was Fuwu. She was a physiologist in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, so she lived in Renhe, Zhejiang Province. Young and eager to learn, long will wantonly in the word, and fine painting, taste writing, drinking, reading Sao map. The self-made Yuefu, named Qiao Ying, was orchestrated by those who were good at Wuzhong and was sung for a while. Later, he moved to Nanhu, where Yan Qi's room was called Xiangnan xuebeilu. He painted a small shadow for men's clothes, and called it Xie xucai. His father and husband are both in business, and there is no scholar in the two families. He died 64 years ago.

works

His works include a volume of Hualian Ci, a volume of Xiangnan XueBei Ci, a volume of Sao tuqu for drinking (also known as Qiao Ying), Hualian Bookstore poetry, etc. It can be seen in the collection of elegant music under the forest, the collection of maiden Ci by xiaotanluanshi, the continuation of Sikuquanshu, and the second collection of Zaju of the Qing Dynasty. Yilin, Hangzhou Fu Zhi, ode to Xiling boudoir, essays on two kinds of Qiuyu nunnery, a brief introduction to boudoir poets in Qing Dynasty, Hualu Zhiyu, and notes on poems of celebrities.

Life experience

Wu Zao was 22 years old when she got married. According to the custom at that time, it was a late marriage. Her mother's family and her mother-in-law's family were both rich businessmen, and the marriage was naturally prosperous. The wedding ceremony was a grand sedan chair carried by 16 people, which was decorated with brilliant gold. The sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums roared through the sky, and the dowry was sent out for several miles.

But Wu Zao, the bride, was not happy. She was not as shy and delicate as the ordinary bride, full of excitement and longing. Her expression was light and her mood was light. She seemed to have guessed the future life thoroughly, and everything would be flat and light.

In other people's opinion, Wu Zao is really a person who lives in honey. His father was a rich silk merchant. He valued his daughter more than his eyes. He grew up in the strong love of his parents. He was the king of royal clothes and had no worries. Although the marriage was delayed, he married a big family with a lot of money. He didn't worry about everything. He cherished his new daughter-in-law in every way. What's not satisfied with Wu Zao? But she felt sorry. It's not that there is someone else in her heart, or that her parents forced her to get married. To say the reason, Wu Zao's heart is higher than the sky.

The Wu family lives next to the Fengqiao bridge in the east of Renhe County, adjacent to li e's former residence. Perhaps out of admiration for the celebrities in the neighborhood, although Wu Zao's father was a genuine businessman, he was particularly interested in the elegant and scholarly things. Wu Zao, her beloved daughter, has been brilliant since she was a child. Her father attached great importance to her and hired a famous teacher to teach her how to read and write, write poems, compose music, draw and draw.

Wu Zao didn't disappoint her father. When Fang reached the age of hairpin, he was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, piano and painting, especially in ci writing. In this superior family environment, Wu Zao's childhood and youth are not only sweet, but also full of fun. She plays the piano under the moon, enjoys the plum blossom in the snow, talks with the flowers, and whispers with the swallows. The scene can be seen from her "dream like order"

Swallow did not go with the spring, fly into the depths of embroidered curtain, soft language for a long time, Mo is to live with?

Delay, delay, smile back to him: "no!"

When Yan went back to Yan, the carefree little girl grew up, and her heart was also big. Wu Zao began to be dissatisfied with the little world she lived in. From the book, she learned that many scholars like to gather together to recite poems and fill in Ci poems. They can not only sing to each other, but also point out and comment on each other. She yearns for that kind of life. But in Renhe, a small county, there is no Literary Association organized by her friends. A big girl is regarded as rebellious when she appears in public, and there is no one in her family and friends who can accompany her to talk about poetry. She can only sing and appreciate her talent alone, so her poetry is also full of vitality I can't help feeling sad. The mood of "Su Mu Zha" in the flocs of that pile is as follows:

Qulangan, shenyuanyu, spring still comes, spring still goes;

A remnant of red no place, green all over the horizon, green all over the horizon tree.

Catkins fly, leaves gather, plum yellow, plum yellow rain;

Xiao Ling's fragrant words are too catchy. Every sentence worries about people.

In the twinkling of an eye, at the age of marriage, Wu Zao is not only affectionate and has a superior family, but also charming and beautiful. She should be the favorite of "a thousand families envy and a hundred families seek". As a matter of fact, those who came to the Wu family to ask for marriage did break through the barriers. Because the Wu family is a rich businessman, people are busy talking about marriage and pay attention to the right family, so most of them are dandies. Wu Zao thinks that they have nothing to say, so she shakes her head and refuses one by one. There are only a few talented people in Renhe county. Some of them are poor and some of them study hard. No one thought that there is a talented girl in Wu's merchant's house. Even if they thought of it, they would be afraid to climb up. In this way, Wu Zao, who is both talented and beautiful, wasted her life and married until she was 22 years old.

"My daughter is too old to stay," the parents of the Wu family began to worry. They tried hard and soft to persuade Wu Zao. Finally, Wu Zao reluctantly agreed to the proposal of the Huang family, a silk merchant in the same city. In fact, Wu Zao has no interest in this marriage, but she has been waiting for so many years, and the prince charming in her heart has no way to come. Maybe she was born to be the life of a businesswoman. No matter how high her heart is, she can't get rid of the limit of fate, so she has to admit it. Her heart is a little indifferent.

Huang's family has been a silk merchant for generations. They are as rich as Wu Zao's family, but they have never been able to read. Wu Zao's husband has been in business since he was a teenager. He does not touch any books except books. However, he is especially envious of his wife's talent and dotes on her in every way. He also specially decorates a tidy and spacious study for her, so that she can manage some scholarly atmosphere at home alone.

When she first saw her husband supporting her reading and writing, Wu Zao was surprised. She thought that her husband was also a person who knew how to read and write. So when her husband came home from business, she happily took out her new poems and new words and read them to her husband. Her husband leaned on the head of the bed and praised him repeatedly. When Wu Zao finished reading and looked at her husband again, he sat down and fell asleep. It turns out it's just vulgar and elegant. I'm a vulgar man after all! Wu Zao's heart fell into the ice cave again. There was no one to understand her feelings, and the cold tears came out of her eyes silently.

Although her husband didn't understand her poetry, he cared about her life in every detail. She didn't need Wu Zao to worry about her food, clothing, housing and transportation. She locked up in her study every day and devoted herself to knitting her leisure worries. In addition to the occasional ease of playing the piano, most of her worries are in words and sentences. The piano has no bosom friend, but plays itself in the air. The words are still on the paper, and today's people don't look at them, and later generations don't look at them. You can see her mood after marriage by her words of "Zhu Yingtai is near"

The bars are low, the courtyard is locked, and people are tired at night; they hate the vast sea, and they feel that they have fallen. That can be a lot of things, dusk, and add a shadow.

The most no that, even if you feel pity for Qing, Qing do not understand pity me, how to book window with the line sitting? It's hard to get rid of fashion, but it's easy to get rid of fashion.

Because she hated her husband's vulgarity, she had no intention of flattering her husband, and even was lazy in dressing. Her husband is busy with business all day, and when he comes home late at night, he is mostly too tired to go to bed. He has no heart to pity her. How can he not make her sad. But to say that her husband does not love her can be some injustice, can only say that he does not know how to comfort her lonely heart.

Seeing that his wife was suffering from leisure, her husband was very distressed and didn't have time to accompany her, so he advised her to make more friends and change her mood. Wu Zao really felt bored, so she accepted her husband's advice and began to make some friends. Of course, Wu Zao chooses those who understand poetry to make friends. There are only a few such women in the county. Although these people are versed in poetry, they are often only qualified to admire and praise Wu Zao, who is very talented.

Wu Zao was still dissatisfied, but through these friends, she gradually got to know some real scholars, who were generally the brothers and husbands of these friends. When Wu Zao's poems reached the hands of the literati, they could not help sighing. Some people who were more open-minded began to invite Wu Zao to participate in some literati's poetry parties. With her husband's consent, Wu Zao went happily.

Living among those literati with elegant taste and reciting poems, Wu Zao, like a fish getting water, suddenly became active and cheerful. Wu Zao's poems caused a great sensation among the local literati. They called her "Liu Yong of the current Dynasty". Her words seemed to be handy, but they contained deep feelings. Wu Zao, together with these scholars in the long robes of Confucianism, went to the restaurant, painted the boat, raised his glass, drank freely, and sang in a loud voice. They often go boating on the lake on a moonlit night, and never return home in the deep; they travel far away in the suburbs in spring, and come back drunk. Wu Zao's behavior is really out of the woman's routine, but her husband does not interfere. As long as his wife is happy, he does not care about others' gossiping, because he has his reasons: Wu Zao is a woman different from ordinary women, of course, she can not be restrained by routine. Since her husband connived, Wu Zao became more and more reckless. It's natural and unrestrained to walk with a group of men, but it's inconvenient after all

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