Did Tang Bohu ever light Qiu Xiang, and why was he called a tragic talent? What is the truth behind Tang Bohu's affair? Today we will talk about the topic of Tang Bohu.
Most of us know about Tang Bohu from Zhou Xingchi's movie "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", in the movie, Tang Bohu is a rich man with high talent and strong martial arts, coupled with Zhou Xingchi's wonderful interpretation of Tang Bohu, let us have a deep impression of Tang Bohu. So what kind of person is the real Tang Bohu?
In fact, in the folk legend, Tang Bohu is also a very well-known talent, he is a gentleman, Yushu Linfeng, experienced many stories. However, the real Tang Bohu in history did not have a smooth career, half of his life was poor, his only wife abandoned him, and finally died alone.
In 1470, Tang Bohu was born in a merchant family in today's Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, with good family conditions. On that day, because the time of birth was yin nian yin yue yin day yin, so his parents named him Tang Yin, and because he belonged to the tiger, so the word Bo hu. People who know a little about Suzhou know that Suzhou people are not only handsome and smart, Tang Bohu is no exception, he has shown a high talent since he was a child, smart and active, flexible mind, but he does not do the right thing, and later under the advice of his family, Tang Bohu began to wake up and study hard. At the age of 16, Tang Bohu took the first place in Xiucai High School, and at the age of 29, Tang Bohu finally passed the examination for Xie Yuan, that is, the first place in the township examination. Therefore, in later operas, when people sang Tang Bohu, they would also call it Tang Xieyuan.
When Tang Bohu was young, he once received guidance from a famous teacher, when a famous painter named Shen Zhou, he saw that Tang Bohu was talented and intelligent, so he took Tang Bohu as an apprentice and taught Tang Bohu's high painting skills. Tang Bohu thought that he had already painted very well, so he was complacent and unwilling to study in an open mind, which made Shen Zhou not very happy. So Shen Zhou thought of a way, one day Shen Zhou invited Tang Bohu to eat together, and then he deliberately let Tang Bohu close the window inside the room, Tang Bohu believed it to be true, when he reached out to close the window, he actually found that it was not a window, but a painting painted by Teacher Shen Zhou, because the painting was too realistic, causing Tang Bohu not to find that this window was fake. Such a small thing deeply touched Tang Bohu and let him know the truth that there are mountains outside the mountains and there are people outside the people. Since then, Tang Bohu has studied harder and studied painting harder, so he finally surpassed Shen Zhou and became a generation of famous artists, Tang Bohu not only painted well, but also his calligraphy and poetry have very high achievements.
The above are some background stories of Tang Bohu learning to paint when he was young. Not only was he talented, but he also won the first place in the township exam, so he also became a household name.
Among all the legends about Tang Bohu, the most famous is that Tang Bohu lit autumn incense. This story is about Tang Bohu's love for the lady in the Huataishi Mansion, whose name is Qiu Xiang, because she looks beautiful and moving, and she is clever and clever, and finally Tang Bohu finally embraced the beauty after thousands of hardships. And the real thing in history is like this, there is indeed a woman like Qiu Xiang in history, her name is Lin Nu'er, the number Qiu Xiang. However, she did not work in the Taishi Mansion, but in the Jinling Qinglou, and Qiu Xiang was also a famous talented woman at that time, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It is rumored that Qiu Xiang also received guidance from Shen Zhou, and Qiu Xiang's paintings are also very good. Unfortunately, although Qiu Xiang and Tang Bohu were from the same period, their age difference was at least about 20 years, which meant that Qiu Xiang was at least 20 years older than Tang Bohu. From this age gap, we can see that Tang Bohu's autumn incense is just a legend, and the wonderful story between them is just the processing of his art by posterity.
At that time, although Tang Bohu was talented, real life did not make Tang Bohu soar, but somewhat disappointed. As soon as his wife saw that Tang Bohu was living in poverty, she left him, which made Tang Bohu even more sad and cold.
Later, Tang Bohu returned to Suzhou and made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings every day, because Tang Bohu was very famous in Suzhou, so his calligraphy and paintings could also sell at a good price, and soon Tang Bohu had some savings. So he built a house in a beautiful place in Suzhou City, called Taohuawu. Tang Bohu named him "Peach Blossom An", and Tang Bohu called himself "Peach Blossom An Lord". Later generations once passed down a very famous poem by Tang Bohu called "Peach Blossom Anthem", part of which was: Peach Blossom An in Peach Blossom Wood, Peach Blossom Immortal under Peach Blossom An. Peach blossom immortals plant peach trees, and pick peach blossoms for wine money...
Because Tang Bohu was poor in his later years, he left when he was in his 50s. Looking at Tang Bohu's life, he was talented when he was young, but in his later years he had no choice, which is really regrettable.