Mr. Chen Yinke, a master of traditional Chinese studies, when he was poor and sick in his later years, when he was almost blind in both eyes, he wrote by his oral accounts to others, and used ten years of painstaking efforts to establish a biography of a fireworks woman; this fireworks woman was Liu Ruyi, who praised her poetry, calligraphy, and paintings, and praised her as the most dignified prostitute; then why was Liu Ru praised and valued by Mr. Chen Yinke? Listen to the editors interpret the legendary life of a generation of famous prostitutes Liu Ruyu for you.
Liu Ru was a native of Jiaxing in the late Ming Dynasty, she was poor and clever since she was a child, and was later adopted by Xu Fo, a famous prostitute in Jiangnan; under the influence of Xu Fo, Liu Ru was well-read and showed a strong talent in art, and at the age of 14, she was favored by the university scholar in the year of Hua Jia; after the death of the university scholar, her original wife sold Liu Ru into the Qinglou, and it was at this time that she met the man who was of great significance to her.
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Liu Ruyi and Qian Qianyi, a waiter in the ceremonial department, met, one was a beauty with a certain attainment in art, one was a literary master who explored flowers at the age of 28, and the two were destined to burst into an ambiguous spark at first sight; at this time, Qian Qianyi had just been dismissed from his post, and it coincided with the appearance of Liu Ruyi, sweeping away the haze in his heart, and the two of them rafted on the West Lake to talk about poetry and discuss whether the scenery was beautiful; ten days later, Qian Qianyi built a delicate residence on the edge of the West Lake, named "I Smell Room", and called Liu Ru "I Smell The Resident" Qian Qianyi and Liu Ruyi, in the "I Smell Room", spent day and night talking about poetry papers, and lived a leisurely and comfortable life.
In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Qian Qianyi resolutely married Liu Ruyi into the family despite the opposition of his original wife and colleagues, and the high-ranking official DongLiang actually married a fireworks woman, and there was an uproar in the official field, accusing Qian Qianyi of being a wounded doctor; and Qian Qianyi was comfortable, Liu Ruyi was grateful for Qian Qianyi's determination to sacrifice his reputation and be with himself, and Liu Ru was also very protective of her when she was bullied by the master mother and aunt in the family; although the difference between the two was 36 years old, in the face of love, everything was not a problem. Although Liu Ru was born as a fireworks woman, she also had the world in her heart, and often said to her friends: "At this time of national difficulties, the heroes of the world should follow Xie An's active contribution to the country, and cannot learn tao Yuanming to hide and do nothing"; she often compares herself to Liang Hongyu, who was also born as a fireworks woman, hoping to one day make a brilliant career, and when the blood in her heart is boiling, she also wrote a proud poem of "Pulling up Ruo Longjun, being handsome and supporting the wind; big feathers inserting arrows in their hands, and making high leaping horses called jingqi".
In the second year of Hongguang, the "Change of Yi Unitary" broke out, the Qing army broke through the city of Nanjing, the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yusongcang Emperor fled, and more than 300,000 garrisoned Ming troops also fled; Liu Ru saw that the general trend of the Ming Dynasty had gone, so he said to Qian Qianyi: "You are a high-ranking official and a noble family, at this time you must not do anything to apologize to the country and your ancestors, you should sacrifice your life for righteousness, if you martyr the country, I will accompany you to die generously"; then Liu Ru also gave three plans for martyrdom, that is, drawing a sword to kill yourself, hanging beams to commit suicide and drowning in the water, Qian Qianyi thought about it. Decided to commit suicide by throwing herself into the lake with Liu Ru.
When the two came to the West Lake, under Liu Ruyi's expectant gaze, Qian Qianyi slowly launched into the water with a heavy face, but quickly returned to the shore and said the words that had become the laughing stock of the ages: "Today's water is too cold, it is better that we kill ourselves another day"; Liu Ru's expectant gaze turned into contempt, and after shaking his head and sighing at Qian Qianyi, he resolutely jumped into the lake, Qian Qianyi did not give up Liu Ruyi to die, and hurriedly called for passers-by to save Liu Ruyi; and a few days later, this famous literary master went out of the city to surrender the enemy.
Although Liu Ru was born as a fireworks woman, she had a high attainment in art, and she was also worried about the world, and when the country was broken and the family died, she did not hesitate to die generously to martyr the country; and the soft bones of his husband Qian Qianyi were destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame of history; in contrast, Liu Ru was so talented and dignified that she was fully worthy of the admiration of future generations.
[References: "Liu Ru is a Biography", "Qian Qian Yi Liu Ru is a Cong Kao"]