Not long ago, Zhang Dai, a writer in the late Ming Dynasty, was once again sought after by Shaoxing citizens because of Michael Wood's BBC documentary about China.
Zhang Dai was born in an official family. His distant ancestor was Zhang Jun, a famous warrior who resisted gold. His great-grandfather Zhang Renfu was a scholar and his grandfather Zhang Rulin was a scholar. When he arrived at his father Zhang, he didn't work for production, and he was immersed in ancient books every day. He didn't. He couldn't get the first exam every year, so his family went from bad to worse. Born in such a prominent family, although the family has ups and downs from time to time, it's okay. Zhang Dai indulged in debauchery, indulged in elegant hobbies and enjoyed the ultimate sensuality in the first half of his life.
In his epitaph, he summed up his first half of life in this way: the nickname of Zhang Daihe, a Shu person. I am a bit of a dude. I love prosperity, beautiful houses, beautiful girls, pimps, fresh clothes, delicious food, good horses, beautiful lanterns, fireworks, pear orchards, good publicity, good antiques, flowers and birds, tea, poetry and magic. I've worked hard for half my life. It's all a dream. At the age of 5, the thirteenth sister of Tangjie lost her family and took refuge in the mountains. There are only a few broken beds, a few broken violins and a few broken books, except for an inkstone. Clothes and vegetables are often eaten until cooking is bad. Learning books, swords, moral integrity, articles, immortals, Buddhists, agricultural gardens, all of them. This passage is not only Zhang Dai's self-report, but also the courage and confidence of the scholar.
where is Zhang Dai? Shaoxing Ho's former residence? I found the answer on the inscription of Shaoxing Hotel at the northern foot of Longshan Mountain in Yixue School: the essayist Zhang Dai lived in the Express Garden for 24 years because the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the country collapsed, and all his descendants were scattered. Now Shaoxing Hotel is the former site of Express Garden. The mountain pillow flows in and the environment is elegant. According to local chronicles and Zhang Dai's quick garden records, Kuaiyuan was the villa of Han Yike, an imperial historian in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, a scholar named Zhu Gongdan became the east bed of the Han family. He was called the son-in-law, so the garden was also called Zhai Garden. Qi Biaojia, a famous scholar in Ming Dynasty, said that he climbed the shadow of Longshan in Yuezhongyuan Pavilion, which was called the Zhai Garden of Gongdan princes. After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the country was ruined and Zhang Dai was reduced from a noble child to a Amin. His bed is broken and he lives in poverty. However, he had the opportunity to live in Kuaiyuan for 24 years, and his books Zhuang and Kai Yi were also published here.
Gardens are quick for Taoist temples. In the past ten years, local charitable gentry have established a good society here for more than three years, which is called the Lingxiao society in Licheng. At that time, Vietnamese and China famous doctors were required to take turns to sit in the clinic, and charitable men and women raised funds to buy medicinal materials. Poor people who have no money to buy medicine can go to this place to see a doctor and take medicine for free. At that time, the medicinal materials of Lingxiao Society were even more complete than those of ordinary pharmacies. As long as doctors prescribe precious medicinal materials for helpless treatment, pharmacies will give them all the correct answers. The existing peak tower of Shaoxing Hotel is the main hall of the club, and the east and west wing rooms are the places where medicine is stored for free clinic. There are garden stone bridges and bridge railings in the courtyard, as well as crossing the world and golden beams still existing, all of which are well-preserved original materials of the year.
Tao 'an in A.D. dreamed of remembering the Year. Zhang Dai described that he had visited Longshan and Kuaiyuan with his grandfather Zhang Rulin when he was a child. It can be said that Kuaiyuan is a place that embodies Zhang Dai's life.
in his later years, Zhang Dai avoided living in the mountains, remained uninhibited all his life, remained indifferent to fame and fortune, and persisted in writing. Dong Jinjian, a native, commented: The teacher came from a noble family, but was changed by the country in the 195s. Dumen Xie Peng, writing a book.
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