sick white moonlight

01

"Are you really sure that you want to choose the Jin Dynasty as your future professional research direction?"

In front of her, the teacher who had known her for three years was sitting in the office, holding her information in her hand, and asked carefully.

"Yes, I think I've thought it through." Chu Ying replied.

"During your university period, the paper "On the Literati Life in Jin Dynasty Huizong" did have many bright spots, but it still lacks enough professionalism, and some places lack enough historical materials to support the argument. You need to know, To study history is not to be a historical inventor, to do research and academics requires a more rigorous attitude, and each argument needs sufficient evidence.”

"The study of the Jin Dynasty, especially the history of Jin Huizong's first dynasty, is still very debatable. The Jin Dynasty is indeed a very fascinating dynasty for those who do historical research. Many of your predecessors Soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, after learning new research methods, they turned their perspectives to this dynasty that was not mentioned or even slandered by the previous dynasty. Of course, the founders of the study of the Jin Dynasty today are basically the ones after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Indeed, during that time, they achieved remarkable results, and published a series of papers and monographs with extremely high academic value. They not only clarified the political and historical context of the Jin Dynasty for more than 200 years, but also analyzed the political ecology of many periods of time. , The social situation was discussed in detail. But that was only a short-lived brilliance, they encountered resistance, coupled with the particularity of the age, many researches that were originally completed were stranded."

"This stranding lasted for more than ten years. Most of the people who did research back then have gone, and even if they didn't go, most of them changed their direction. Now, it is another group of people who are engaged in the direction of the Jin Dynasty. How should I put it? Currently The academic world does not pay enough attention to the Jin Dynasty. Basically, some young scholars are working in this field. There are not many who can be called the pillars, and they are not even as good as overseas. You know, the key object of our school’s history It is modern history and the Chen Dynasty before the Jin Dynasty, and the Liu and Song Dynasties after the Jin Dynasty. You have to think carefully, there is no rush to choose a research direction, the important thing is to expand enough horizons first.”

"Yes, teacher. I know that I haven't gone far on this road, and my knowledge reserve is far from enough, but I made up my mind a long time ago to take it as my lifelong research direction. Back then, I When choosing a school, I also took a fancy to our school who had many professors in the direction of the Jin Dynasty. Teacher, when choosing a mentor, I chose you, and you also accepted me. I made up my mind a long time ago to follow your steps and engage in Research in the direction of the Jin Dynasty." Chu Ying answered very calmly, but also very straightforwardly, as if there was no possibility of any change.

Sitting in the office, the middle-aged man with a pair of glasses was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled and said.

"I never thought that you would have such determination. Back then, you were very active in the Jin Dynasty political history course I taught, but I just thought you were just interested in it for a while. Every year, students who enter the history major There are many students, but there are too few who are able to engage in academic research after graduation, or are willing to devote themselves to history, and among them, choosing the direction of the Jin Dynasty is even rarer. I never thought at first that you would be willing to graduate Later, I stayed and continued my studies. In fact, at the beginning, I was not very optimistic about you."

"This major requires not only enough time to support, but also a good and wealthy family. Only in this way, students can do research without any worries. I have seen too many people who have enough aura in this major, and I have seen too many There are few people who really love this major, but they are either lost to their families or to time. It is not an easy task to do historical research and produce research results. After such a long time on the bench, they can’t get enough Remuneration, not many people can bear it. Are you sure, do you really want to continue on this path? Think about it again."

"Teacher, I...to tell the truth, I have always been interested in Jin Dynasty Huizong's first dynasty just like you. I really like the book "The History of Purple Hairpin: Past and Present" written by you, and I have read it many times. Also, in the past, how should I put it, I was Ye Luzi. I used to like the Layman Wenxuan of the Jin Dynasty very much. I admired his experience very much and read a lot of historical materials about him. Later, I went to university and gave professional teaching , and the guidance of the teachers at the school, I gradually got rid of that state, and really looked at this period of history with the attitude of a history major learner.”

"But the more historical materials I read, the more historical literacy gradually improved, and I became more interested in this era. Especially in the late period of Lizong, the first dynasty of Huizong, and the early period of Shenzong, this period of more than 30 years of history, The more I read, the more curious I became. I always feel that the history of this period had a great influence on the later period of Shenzong and the period of Wenzong after Shenzong. The development of the Jin Dynasty has a lot to do with the measures during this period. I know that the current direction of the Jin Dynasty is mainly focused on the Shenzong Dynasty, but like you, my mentor, I am more concerned about the Huizong Dynasty, although it is only more than 200 years , although there are relatively few historical materials during this period..."

"Alas..." The middle-aged man sighed, his expression gradually became darker, "The problem with historical materials is indeed very big. In his later years, Shenzong insisted on appointing historians to tamper with many historical materials of Huizong's dynasty, regardless of the opinions of ministers. Later Wenzong did not seriously revise the historical materials of Huizong's first dynasty, and Mingzong after Wenzong was the same as before. The historians in the late Jin Dynasty seemed to avoid and ignore the period of Huizong's reign. There are many mistakes. The historical records of the four dynasties of Lizong Shenzong, Wenzong and Mingzong are extremely detailed. The only one that is not taken seriously is Jin Huizong who is sandwiched after Jin Lizong. Many famous officials of Ming Shenzong were in Huizong's time. It appeared, and it has many achievements. For example, Xiao Ziyu, the layman you mentioned, served as the minister for more than ten years in Huizong's reign. Although there was not only one minister at that time, Xiao Ziyu was only thirty Yu Sui, at such a young age, he became an official to worship Zaifu, which is obviously evidence of the emperor's favor. However, the notes and anthologies left by those officials seldom talk about this point."

"Well, as time goes by, more and more truths have been buried in history. Huizong has left too many mysteries during this period, and Jin Huizong alone has left too many mysteries. The public knows very little about him. Those who know a little about history may know that Huizong's son Jin Shenzong is a wise and powerful emperor, but they don't know that Jin Huizong is actually a quite magical emperor. For example, because Jin Lizong favored the concubine, he could not be established as the prince for a long time. After he became the prince, he competed with several brothers for the throne. It is still working well. But most of the people know about Jin Shenzong, after all, Shenzong was a dynasty, a gathering of heroes, left too many famous officials, and left too many poems and pictures that have been passed down through the ages."

"It was indeed a fascinating era. The last peak and heyday of civil servants can be called a prosperous age of culture. Countless new things appeared in that period. This is also the reason why I chose to study this dynasty. From the general history Transferring to dynastic history requires more details and more historical materials. I was really fascinated by it back then. Later, the more historical materials I read, the more I learned about the Jin Dynasty, and the development of the later Jin Dynasty. There were more and more questions. Later, I discovered Jin Huizong. I discovered Yongan for 23 years." The middle-aged man looked at the female student who was still standing opposite him, paused for a while, and then continued.

"You sit down first."

Chu Ying's calf was a little numb when she stood there. Hearing this, she smiled slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, and sat down.

After seeing the student under him sit down, the middle-aged man felt a little relieved.

In fact, he still had great expectations for the student in front of him.

Although compared with other students, she may not have enough exposure to historical materials in terms of academics and history, and her historical literacy is not very deep. After all, she has not received enough influence since she was a child. Generality.

However, what is valuable is that this student's point of view is very novel and has great bright spots.

What's more rare is that she has a deep interest in history, and she is not as impetuous as her peers, and she can bear the temper to search for complicated and tedious historical materials.

"I'll talk about other things later. First of all, I want to tell you that the book "The Past and Present of the Purple Hairpin" I published is all speculation and can't be counted. Don't believe it completely. I didn't want to publish it at first. , I just wrote it for fun. If the publishing house didn’t come to me, alas, I don’t even want to publish it. This publication is not a good thing. Your teacher, I have been chased and scolded by many people, saying that I am doing it myself. Willing to be depraved, making up random things. My fame in this life is about to be ruined by this book!" The middle-aged man said with a smile.

"But, teacher, many of your books are true." Chu Ying said seriously.

"Whether it's true or not, it's all guesswork. We're not the author, so how do we know what the author thinks?" The middle-aged man said helplessly after hearing Chu Ying's words.

"I won't talk about these things anymore, I have to talk to you about your future learning tasks..."

An hour later, Chu Ying left the office with the new book list that her tutor had given her.

Before leaving, she saw her mentor smiling at her.

He is indeed a good mentor. He is serious, responsible and careful to the students, and he is devout to the academic profession.

In fact, a large part of her choice of him is because of the book "The Past and Present of the Purple Hairpin" written by him.

In fact, she really wanted to tell him that the guesses he made up in that book that others saw were all true.

She also believed that even though he said that he was making up nonsense, he still believed in his guesses in the book.

Otherwise, he would not have written a book with a length of more than [-] characters, just to write the unknown stories behind the story of the purple hairpin.

02

The Story of the Purple Hairpin was actually a story that was widely circulated in the late Jin Dynasty. Even now, although Chinese people don’t know what it specifically tells, or they have never seen the original work, they also know that the Story of the Purple Hairpin is about a story. A poor scholar meets a rich lady by chance, and they form a happy relationship by chance. In the end, the scholar is the number one scholar in high school, the official worships the prime minister, and the story of growing old together with the lady.

The finale in a very traditional sense, even in the eyes of today, is very clichéd.

But in opera, this opera excerpt is widely circulated.

This play was adapted from the novel of Zichai Ji by Qu Wenyuan, a great opera master at that time, during the heyday of the Chen Dynasty after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, and it was deeply loved by the public.

It has been handed down for nearly seven hundred years, and its enduring charm shows its profound charm.

Qu Wenyuan was born in poverty, but he was gifted and intelligent. He was good at reading without seeking deep understanding. He was good at poetry and prose and rhythm.But what was out of tune with the literati at that time was that he preferred drama and was not good at imperial examinations. After being admitted to Juren, he failed in many trials, so he gave up imperial examinations and devoted himself to creation.He was obsessed with operas all his life, and wrote more than [-] operas, most of which have been lost, leaving only five widely circulated operas.

Among them, "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" is the most widely circulated and the most famous.This is the well-known story of the purple hairpin.

Although the opera culture has become more and more popular, the beautiful poems describing love in the story of the purple hairpin are well known to the world, and the world also knows that the story of the purple hairpin is a play that eulogizes the beautiful love in the world.

But those who have really understood "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" know that "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" was actually a chapter-style novel at first, with 45 chapters in the full text, telling a story about a talented man and a beautiful woman, fame and fortune, and the rise and fall of a family.

During the Xiping period, Cheng Junze, a poor scholar, went to Beijing to rush for the exam. Because of lack of silver, he borrowed a temple outside the capital to study.

It just so happened that Guo Ping, the young lady of the Guo family, a well-known wealthy family in the capital, went to the temple with her eldest brother Guo An to offer incense and pray for her mother who had just passed away.

Guo An and Cheng Sheng met by chance in Houshan, got to know each other, told each other their true hearts, and became good friends.The two ate and lived together, recited poems and painted paintings, played the piano and played Xiao, and became confidantes of each other.Guo An was optimistic about Cheng Sheng's talent and character, so he intended to marry his sister, Guo Ping, who was two years younger than him, to marry Cheng Sheng, and the two families became close friends.

Guo An told his sister about this, and said that Cheng Sheng was not only handsome and elegant, but also talented, and he was really a good husband.

It's a pity that my sister Guo Ping was secretly unconvinced after hearing this.She accompanied her elder brother Guo An to study at home since she was a child, and the teacher who taught them was a famous person in the world. But this knowledge is real.It's a pity that as a woman, plus she is born with deficiencies, she can't think too much, otherwise, if she was born as a man, she would have to go to the imperial examination road to win a first name.

On this day, it happened that my elder brother Guo An came home on business.Guo Ping started to play tricks, so she found her brother's clothes from the past few years, and carefully decorated them. She pretended to be a man, and went to meet the scholar whom her brother praised all the time.

Fortunately, although there is a difference in age between the two brothers and sisters, they come from the same mother, and their looks are very similar, even though there is a lot of difference in height, but if you don't compare them seriously, you won't be able to tell anything for a while.

As soon as Guo Ping saw Cheng Sheng, she pretended to be her elder brother, and began to chat with Cheng Sheng about learning, and from time to time, she even asked some tricky questions to make Cheng Sheng difficult.

Although Cheng Sheng was a little puzzled, the friends he met today were a little different, but he didn't notice it for a while.

Although Guo Ping was unconvinced at first and deliberately made it difficult for Cheng Sheng, she was gradually attracted by Cheng Sheng, and a ray of love tied to Cheng Sheng.

It's just that she is not an ordinary woman.

Although she is tempted, she definitely doesn't act like a little girl, instead she puts more affection on the landscape, poetry and painting.

Later, when her brother Guo An went out, Guo Ping pretended to be her brother and went to see Cheng Sheng several times.

Soon, Guo An found out about his younger sister's playfulness, and was a little distressed, so he had to explain it patiently to Cheng Sheng.

Fortunately, Cheng Sheng is not a person who sticks to etiquette. After knowing the truth, he admired Guo Ping even more and gradually moved his heart.

The younger sister, Guo Ping, has not decided on a marriage for a long time, even though she has passed the age of Ji due to physical reasons.

After getting acquainted with Cheng Sheng, Guo An focused on matching up his sister and friends.

Speaking of Cheng Sheng, ever since he met Guo An and met his confidant, he can be said to be proud of his horseshoe disease.

Unexpectedly, it was God's will. On the way home, Guo An ran into a gangster. After a fight between the two, he was seriously injured. .

After Cheng Sheng heard the bad news, he was unconscious, as if in a dream.

Guo Ping hurried back home to take care of the funeral.

The family was originally a big family with luxuriant branches and leaves, and she was the pillar of the family. Because the elder brother who succeeded the head of the family had gone, she was the only one left in their big house.

The three-bedroom and four-bedroom people are arguing endlessly, and they all want to take the burden of the big house.

But Guo Ping had other thoughts, and after discussing with her surviving father, she decided to recruit a son-in-law.

After looking at each other several times, Cheng Sheng gradually fell into Father Guo's eyes.

However, although Cheng Sheng was poor and his parents died, he was indeed a good candidate to recruit a son-in-law, but he was the only one left because of his bloodline.

It's not good, let Cheng Sheng enter Guo's house completely.

After several trials and decisions, Cheng Sheng really decided to marry Guo Ping.

However, it wasn't about recruiting a son-in-law, but because of balance, Cheng Sheng and his wife Guo Ping were asked to help take care of the Guo family's affairs after marriage.

The Guo family is a big family with a big business, and the affairs of the family are intricate and complicated, which is not something ordinary people can support.

He also said that although Cheng Sheng had decided on a marriage, the main purpose of going to Beijing was to catch up with the exam. In the spring of the next year, Cheng Sheng was admitted to the Jinshi smoothly, and even was selected as a candidate in the imperial examination.

After becoming Tanhua, Cheng Sheng married Guo Ping soon after.

It can be said that there are three great joys in life, meeting old friends in a foreign land, wedding night in the bridal chamber, and getting a title on the gold list.Cheng Sheng has enjoyed everything, the only regret is that his confidant friend Guo An passed away.

But his wife is human, intelligent and gentle, and can also be called his confidant.

"The Story of the Purple Hairpin" is a chapter-style novel. According to the structure of the subject matter, it can be said to be perfect when it is written here.

It happened to be written here, and the book only reached 25 chapters.

As for the last twenty chapters, some people say it is a failure, while others say it is a wonderful one.

Generally speaking, there is a lot of controversy, and many people even criticize the lies in the book.

The author is not popular, just like the books on the market, and then tells the story.

Instead, from the eighth year after the couple got married, it started with a mighty first-year banquet.

On that day, it can be said that the lights were brilliant and the momentum was huge.

I don't know how many people came to Guo's house, even officials from the court are not a few.

Some of them are colleagues of Cheng Sheng, and some are relatives of the Guo family. They are connected with the Guo family and depend on each other.

It can be said that the author exhausted his vocabulary and focused on describing the extravagance of the birthday party for the children of Cheng Sheng and his wife Guo Ping.

Even those who have read this book have to have a doubt whether this is true and reasonable, considering the status of Guo Fu.

Extremely exaggerated, extremely distorted.

At the banquet, the entire Guo Mansion was even more crowded, among which Cheng Sheng exchanged greetings with the guests, which seemed to be undercurrent.In the mansion, Guo Ping was dealing with the Guo family's family affairs and seemed to have no free time.

So prosperous, yet so empty, it seems like a long-running dream, which can be broken at the touch of a finger.

In the last twenty chapters, the author closely writes one after another of the small things that happened in the Guo family, fragmented and scattered, as if the main line has been lost.

In just 30 chapters, the author described more than [-] prominent characters, starting from the servants of the Guo family, and then to the huge family members, with the family's business dealings interspersed in between.

Even the final ending is both regrettable and confusing.

The last two chapters begin with the death of Guo Ping.Obviously, the author was still talking about the little things about Guo's family going down to the human world last time, and interspersed with some interesting stories between Guo Ping and Cheng Sheng.

Obviously everything is so beautiful, beautiful people linger.But the author just skipped to more than ten years later at the beginning of the next chapter. It is written in the book that Guo Ping failed to survive this winter.

Guo Ping went, and the Guo Mansion held a more grand funeral.At this time, Cheng Sheng was already the prime minister of a country, and countless people from the mansion came to express their condolences.

It took more than a thousand words to express it to the fullest just for sending off the mausoleum.

At the end, Cheng Sheng mourns for Guo Ping.

This mourning, the book does not mention the specific age of the mourning, it is only written that one day and one night, Cheng Sheng fell into a dream and returned to the monastery where he was borrowed. Inscribe the title, take office immediately, learn from that season's chief, and travel all over the world.

One day, when he climbed the back mountain, he met the same person he had met before.

He played Xiao in the pavilion, he stopped outside the pavilion, looked at it for a long time, and finally went up to meet him like before.

Here it is, the whole book is over.

It can be said that except for Cheng Sheng’s dream at the end, which is similar in style and language to the first 25 chapters, and the subsequent writing about the affairs of Guo’s family and the filth of the world, it is completely ghostwriting. Awe-inspiring, but also very different from the previous style.

As a result, many people even said that the author changed in the last 25 chapters, or that the entire book was actually written in the first [-] chapters.

Although there are only 45 chapters, the number of words in each chapter is quite a lot.

The full text has a full 30 words, and it is a relatively thick book among the various editions published in modern times.

This novel has been handed down for more than 1000 years since its publication. Of course, due to age reasons, there are indeed gaps in the manuscript.

However, in the process of dissemination, many literati favored him, and many of them had extensively searched for manuscripts, repaired them, and finally compiled a complete chapter.

Of course, although there are many people who like this book, for most Chinese people, it is still not easy to read it.

Compared with other novels that are more popular with the public, this novel is relatively more obscure, and the plot seems a bit scattered, and in the later stage, it uses multiple perspectives to describe the large and small events surrounding the entire Guo Mansion , which has to raise the threshold for reading.

As for the date of its completion and the specific author, there are different opinions. It seems that from the beginning, the source of this book is a mystery. At the beginning, this book has even been handed down to scholars in the Jin Dynasty, Mingzong Wenzong and Wenzong dynasties. Among Mo Ke.

It is very strange that, although it can be seen from some official diaries left behind by Emperor Wenzong that "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" was indeed well known by these officials, no one mentioned the author, let alone discussed the details in the book too much. The plot, on the contrary, is just a slight mention and a few words of praise.

Until the fall of the Jin Dynasty, the rise of the Chen Dynasty, and the change of dynasty, the founding king of the Chen Dynasty found a beautifully printed "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" from the palace of the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Jin Muzong. It is said that Jin Muzong was particularly fond of it in private. Compared with books, I still have to read them for a while before falling asleep.

At that time, it was rumored that the founding king of the Chen Dynasty burst into laughter when he saw this book, and said that this book should be published and passed on to the world.

This led to "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" being completely and officially published and made available to the public, rather than being circulated among specific people as a manuscript.

Of course, the deeds about the founding king of the Chen Dynasty and "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" are just rumors that have been circulated in the market, and there are no more in-depth or clear history books to show that this thing really happened.

After all, regarding the founding king of the Chen Dynasty, it is said that this is likely to be the blood of the Jin Dynasty, and even this is one of the important reasons why he was able to rise up in an instant and win the support of a large number of local clans.

If we say that the mid-Jin Dynasty had the most enlightened political environment, a rare balance was reached between the emperor, the imperial court, and literati, thus achieving a state where the top and bottom were integrated, the top and bottom were effective, and the government was operating efficiently.

It can indeed be called the most glorious period for ancient scholars. Ten years of hard study, one day was named on the gold list, the other day was Tian Shelang, and the evening was in the Tianzitang.

It is not false to confer titles of marquises and worship prime ministers.

Then the Chen Dynasty can be said to be undoubtedly the embodiment of the centralization of imperial power. The emperor became the supreme, worshiped and worshiped by all people.Of course, it can indeed be said that the founding king of the Chen Dynasty was a talented and powerful emperor. Although he was based on a family, he won the throne. Only with a single bang, the power of the aristocratic family was reduced, and the supremacy and unique authority of the imperial power was confirmed.

Although The Story of the Purple Hairpin was officially published in the early days of the Chen Dynasty, by that time, everything was still waiting to be done, and the people did not have much energy or time to browse this book. Gradually getting richer, "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" really spread widely.

But what is really known by everyone is the drama of "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" and the various storybooks derived from wit and beauty, not novels.

There are many adapted versions, and the authenticity of "The Purple Hairpin" has always been in doubt, and the mysterious author has always been talked about by everyone.

Until modern times, many scholars have re-examined this book using techniques learned from the West.

Having a relatively clear understanding of the specific age of its production can be regarded as lifting its mysterious veil.However, there are still many doubts and mysteries about the author's life research and the author's intention to write this book.

For orthodox literati, writing novels is not on the stage, and poetry and writing are the real way to pass on to the world.

Therefore, the literati who wrote novels in ancient times generally used their pseudonyms to create novels under pseudonyms.

Ren Pingsheng, the author of "The Story of the Purple Hairpin", said at the beginning that although this book is written for people, the plot in the book is nothing more than a dream, and the words in it are all the author's gibberish.But many scholars have always believed that there are archetypal characters in the book, and even many events in the book happened in real life, and even the author must be not young, let alone a poor scholar, but born in a wealthy family and in the upper class of the Jin Dynasty.

Because of the sophistication of people in the book, it is not something young people can control.

The descriptions of scenes, family anecdotes, and exchanges between scholars in the book are a complete panorama of the society of Jin Dynasty.

03

Chu Ying knew that her mentor was a loyal fan of "The Story of the Purple Hairpin".

In fact, although his book "The Past and Present of the Purple Hairpin" has been criticized by many people in the academic circle, it has sold very well.

The language in the book is beautiful, the viewpoints are novel, and it conforms to most of the logic while opening the mind. Many people can't help shouting loudly after reading it.

In that book, the instructor first sorted out the evolution of the version of "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" that has been passed down for so many years, as well as the year when the book was written.Then, in a humorous tone, it introduces the discussion of "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" by many scholars and literati over the years.It is not until the end that the book expresses its own opinions and speculations in a relaxed and witty tone.

It is written in the book that he guessed that the purple hairpin had the meaning of referring to the imperial court, and the author wrote this book to write about the deeds of the Yongping and Yong'an years of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Chai has the meaning of expressing affection, but why it is purple depends on the background of the author's creation of this book. At that time, purple was the most noble color in the Jin Dynasty, and high-ranking officials in the court were all proud to wear purple.

The Guo family in the book refers to the imperial court and the royal family.The Guo family's three and four households competed for the position of housekeeper, which actually meant that several princes were competing for the crown prince at that time.

Scholar Cheng Junze means Chengjun's grace.Later, Cheng Sheng took care of big and small affairs in Guo's house, just like the head of the family, and many people had to get his approval for everything.In fact, it was because his status in the Guo Mansion was like a prime minister in the court.And every time he wants to do something, he will get the consent of his wife Guo Ping. In fact, it is because Guo Ping is the actual head of the Guo family, and even the court...

Guo Ping Guo An means peace.

Even, these two people are very likely to be the same person.

They were born to the same mother, and they look alike, and Cheng Sheng never discerned the difference between them in the book.

Even, if you carefully observe the plot in "The Story of the Purple Hairpin", you will find that Guo Ping and Guo An's brother and sister have never appeared on the same occasion at the same time.

Either Cheng Sheng and Guo An get along, or Cheng Sheng gets along with Guo Ping. The relationship between Guo Ping and Guo An has never been described positively, which is also the most incredible thing in the book.

Guo Ping disguised herself as a man and pretended to be acquainted with Guo An and Cheng Sheng, but in fact it was all a cover.

The two encounters between Cheng Sheng and Guo Ping and Guo An in the book are very similar in terms described by the author. Every communication between Cheng Sheng and Guo Ping is the same as that between Guo An and Cheng Sheng.

Even when they got married, what Cheng Sheng said to his younger sister Guo Ping, his inner thoughts were similar to what he and his elder brother Guo An once said.

Change Guo Ping's name to Guo An, and the book won't even be affected too much.

It was as if these were not two people, but one.

If there are character prototypes in this book.

Maybe from the beginning to the end, Guo An was the only person he knew with Cheng Sheng.

He also said that when Guo An died, it can be said that it was a stroke of genius in the book. Not only was there no foreshadowing, but even the reason for his death can be said to be extremely unreasonable. People go to incense, and the temple where the scholar Cheng Junze lives is not far from the capital.

Since it is the capital, the guards are strict and the soldiers will be enriched.It can only be said that it is too rare to fall into the soil and become a bandit.

Even if there were really many bandits, they would not dare to be bandits around the capital.

It can be said that the plot of Guo An's death seems to be added abruptly, which is very abrupt.

Moreover, Guo An's death in the following article seemed to have only a short moment of impact on the Guo family and Cheng Sheng.

Once passed, it is never mentioned.

There is a detail, I don't know if you have noticed, but on the eve of Cheng Sheng and Guo Ping's wedding, no one mentioned Guo An, including Guo's father.

It seems that there is only Guo Ping in the Guo family, and Guo's father has always had only one daughter, Guo Ping, or only one son.

Therefore, the episode of Guo Anzhi's death is over, and it is over.It did not have too much influence on Guo Fu.

In the last twenty chapters of the book, Guo Ping and Cheng Cheng have been married for more than ten years.

Guo An is Guo Ping's elder brother and Cheng Sheng's confidant. Even from the dark places in the book, it can be seen that Guo An and Cheng Sheng are not just confidantes.

However, in this world, the two most closely related to Guo An never mentioned Guo An in the later stage.

All of this is so unimaginable and puzzling, making one want to travel back thousands of years and ask the author himself what his intentions are.

But there is another guess, which is also a guess that opened my mind when I was studying the history of the Jin Dynasty.

If Guo An and Guo Ping were originally the same person, then everything could be perfectly explained.

Including the later stage, the relationship between Guo Ping and Cheng Sheng is special. In fact, the relationship between the two of them can be said to be in a state of split.

Sometimes it's not like a husband and wife at all, but like a relationship between superiors and subordinates, with Guo Ping at the top and Cheng Sheng at the bottom.Although Cheng Sheng held the power of the Guo family, he still had to ask Guo Ping for opinions from time to time.

Even from the perspective of the servants, the clothes and seating positions of the two of them have a very obvious relationship of superiority and inferiority.

But sometimes the two of them are really like lovers all over the world, their love is deep and deep, every move, every word is completely the way of getting along between lovers.And this kind of relationship is very special, different from the ordinary relationship between men and women.

The book describes many times that Cheng Sheng was treated favorably by Guo Ping, but Cheng Sheng seemed to be struggling deeply with this relationship.

The plot of recruiting a son-in-law is very special, and the ending is also unexpected, which may be a manifestation of struggle.

Maybe, taking on the male body and the female body are actually about the relationship between Cheng Sheng and a person he met.

Gender is just a veneer, and what the author really wants to write may be just a relationship.

It's just that this relationship may be a bit complicated, and it's not known to outsiders, and it's not even allowed to be known to the world, and it can't even be written clearly.

The author can only write in a straight line, changing the gender of the characters, blurring the dynasties and events in the book, and secretly writing about this love that happened thousands of years ago.

If the Guo family really refers to the Jin Dynasty, then who is Guo Ping, the successor of the Guo family, or the real Guo An?

Of course, I have always maintained a point of view that "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" was probably co-written by two people.

The acquaintance between Cheng Sheng and Guo An in the early stage was written by one person, while the relationship between Cheng Sheng and Guo Ping in the Guo Mansion in the later stage was written by another person.

The reason why I judged this way is because I found that the author's attitude towards the characters is different.

The early author was very partial to the scholar Cheng Sheng, and the author wrote it in a relaxed and cheerful state.

The author is like an old man, when he was old, he wrote while recalling the leisure and comfort of his youth. He was so happy, he highly appreciated Cheng Sheng, and maintained a reserved attitude towards Guo An, impartial.

The later authors were very biased towards Guo Ping or Guo An.In one scene after another, he wrote about Guo Ping's truth, kindness and beauty, her kindness, and her generosity to the utmost. The author undoubtedly has an attitude of admiration.As for Cheng Sheng, who is in charge of the Guo family with the support of Guo Ping, there are some criticisms.

As for the family, country and world discussed in the book, it was created jointly by the two, and has undergone many revisions and deletions.

As for the author, I believe it should be someone close to Cheng Sheng and Guo An in the book.

Because the whole book has always been written from the perspective of a bystander, never describing too much