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Legend has it that Su Shi's younger sister, Su Xiaomei, grew up reading poetry, proficient manager, is a talented female generation. Little sister sixteen years old, the door to the marriage of a lot of people, little sister because of their own age is still young, not ready to get married too early, and strive to be young to learn more, so the front to the marriage of the people is very suspicious, but can not be rashly rude. So she thought of a way to ask all the suitors to answer three questions, and if they answered correctly, they would marry him.

Su Xiaomei to choose a husband and son-in-law to talent, Shu more talented women, to the Song Dynasty and out of a Su Xiaomei. It can be said that the Song Dynasty Sichuan's spirit of excellence in the Su family, Su Xiaomei's father, Su Xun, brother Su Shi, Su Zhe all talent, the so-called "a father and son of three words, a thousand years of the article eight people.

Su Xiaomei looks not fat and not thin, thin lips, round face, big eyes, coupled with a high forehead, prominent jaw, a look is a witty look. Since she was a child, she loved to fight with her two brothers than the talent, a faction of naivety, especially big brother Su Shi full beard, belly protruding body fat, wearing a wide robe and big-sleeved clothes, do not trim, unrestrained, it is the object of her mouth, so all day long at home in the war of words unceasingly.

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Story a

One day Su Dongpo joked about his sister's looks, describing his sister's convex forehead and concave eyes is:

Not out of the hall before the three or five steps, the forehead first to the front of the Hall of Painting;

Several times wiping the tears of the deep and difficult to get to, stayed in the woof of the two-way spring.

Su Xiaomei laughed and sneered back:

A bunch of sad grass out of the lips, hair and sideburns ear apricot;

The corner of the mouth a few times no place to look for, and suddenly heard the voice of the hair.

This poem ridicules Su Shi's unrepaired and disheveled beard. Girls are most afraid of others to say her looks weakness, Su Xiaomei forehead protruding some, eye sockets concave down some, was Su Shi grabbed out to flirt with a meal, Su Xiaomei said Su Shi's beard seems to have not caught the pain, feel that they did not take advantage of, and then examined, and found that his brother's forehead is flat, there is no sense of loftiness, and a picture of a horse's face, up to a foot long, the distance between the two eyes is farther away, the whole is the combination of the five senses is not proportional, and the whole is not the proportion of the face, and the face of a horse, and the eyes are far away.

The sky is flat, the road is three thousand, look at the eyebrows between the clouds;

Last year a drop of tears of lovesickness, so far flowed not to the cheeks.

Su Shi was so happy to hear that he patted his sister's head and laughed. The Su family siblings play proverbs up, can be said to have no inhibitions, often with puns, let you imagine.

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Story two

One winter, after the snow cleared, Su Shi cloak a large fur robe sitting in the sunny place sun, the wind blew, fur brushing, Su Xiaomei walked by the side, saw this scene, immediately said: "The wind blowing fur fur chaotic." Finished smiling and looking at Su Shi giggling, a look of complacency. She stood in the corner of the wall just also some snow and ice, at this time in the sun's radiation, melting snow, along the wall straight down, Su Shi thought nothing of it, said in passing: "sunshine wall wall water flow." Su Xiaomei although still young, but has been the first understanding of personnel, immediately red face, looked hard at his brother, ran away quickly. Another time, Su Xiaomei is squatting in the well dissecting fish, Su Dongpo from outside back, riding through, a see, immediately said: "sister dissecting fish, squat down a dissected in half!" Su Xiaomei hesitated for a moment, but finally could not resist, raised her head slightly, half shy, half angry at her brother, said: "Brother riding a horse, straddle up and add another whip."

Su Dongpo has many monk friends, the prevalence of science in the Song Dynasty, advocating the Mingxin see the nature of the rest, but also make the status of women greatly declined, the woman's personality is full of repression, in addition to vigorously advocating women's foot-binding in addition to the more demanding women's words do not raise their voices, laughing at the teeth of the teeth, every day in the boudoir in the study of the women's red, the day of the marriage of the head are still topped with a piece of red cloth to prevent others from seeing. Su family is a family of readers, see different, in addition to those monks with Su Dongpo socialization is the four great emptiness, so Su Dongpo and those monks talk about jokes, and does not interfere with his articulate sister in the middle of stirring, tube her elegant or, wild or.

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Story three

One day, Su Dongpo and a group of monks out to play, Su Xiaomei also followed step by step, and suddenly saw a monk swimming in the river, loads of sinking and floating, the blue waves as if a naked ball rolling, Su Xiaomei see more than a little strange, to see the excitement, the tirade of voices, said: "Qingjiang River Wash the monk in the water, wave rolling gourd." Followed her behind a presiding monk is also a love of jokes, immediately said: "Biyao tent sitting beautiful people, smoke cage peony."

"The monk sleeps under a brocade blanket, a gourd in the midst of ten thousand flowers."

The host immediately responded, "A woman against a bronze, two Nymphaea in a half-mu pond."

Su Xiaomei was at a loss for words, and was at her wits' end when she looked up and saw a monk holding a boat in the center of the river, and changed the subject:

"The monk is holding the boat, and his penny is hitting the luohan in the center of the river."

This line is a bit difficult, it is from the "shadow" of the pen, must be "shadow" to answer in order to be apt, the host could not help but scrutinize, and finally said:

"A beautiful woman to draw water, rope holding The Goddess of Mercy at the bottom of the well."

Su Xiaomei was not willing to do so, and once again made a challenge:

"Five hundred Luohan crossing the river, the shore of the river, a thousand Buddha's hands."

This time, Su met her match, and the presiding monk quickly responded:

"A beautiful woman looking at the moon, two cicadas on earth and in heaven."

Among Su Dongpo's many monk friends, Fo Yin was one of the closest, and he and Su Xiaomei had no inhibitions about fighting. One day, Fo Yin said to her playfully, "I have a couplet, dare to ask the female master to answer," the couplet is:

"A woman sleeps alone, vertical and horizontal three hairy eyes."

Su Xiaomei is a woman, Fo Yin knows that she has never been competitive, and people never lose the couplet, this time on the choice of a pair of full of yellow mood want to force Su Xiaomei can not open, who expected Su Xiaomei has never been naughty and bold, and early and her brother on a similar couplet, do not feel how, although the beginning of the inevitable blush, but the thought that you dare to say the monks, and what I do not dare to say, so I said:

Su Xiaomei is a woman, Fo Yin is a woman, and she is a woman. Then he said:

"Two abominations on the same couch, upside down four bald heads."

Fo Yin shook his head repeatedly, recognizing himself as a failure, and praised Su's youngest sister for her embroidered mind and quick-wittedness. Once Su Dongpo and Buddha Yin monks meditating in the forest, the sun shifts the bamboo shadow, a silence, a long time, Buddha Yin said to Su Dongpo: "Observe the sitting posture of the gentleman, cool like the Buddha." Su Dongpo heart joy, see Buddha India's brown robe through the hinge on the ground, said to Buddha India: "the superior sitting posture, living like a pile of cow dung." Fo Yin monk just smile. Su Dongpo thought this time to let the Buddha India monk ate a boring loss, secretly pleased, can not help but quietly told Su Xiaomei, unexpectedly Su Xiaomei said: "brother you lost again, imagine Buddha India to Buddha heart to look at you like Buddha, and you are in what kind of mood to look at the Buddha India it?"

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The Legendary Marriage

Note: Qin Shaoyou's main wife, Xu Wenmei, did not have any historical records of Qin Shaoyou marrying Su Xiaomei. The following story is purely fictional for entertainment purposes only, or as material for a costume drama, and any similarities are purely coincidental.

Su Xiaomei grew up and remained very naughty. Her marriage is increasingly becoming a problem for Su's father and son to consider, Su Xiaomei is talented, smart, and unconventional, naughty and even playful, and not very outstanding, to find a very satisfactory person to be a husband is more difficult.

First, Huang Tingjian introduced Wang Anshi's son, Wang Hechou, to Su Xiaomei, and happily brought Wang Hechou's masterpieces to Su Xiaomei for evaluation. Su Xiaomei looked at them and finally told Huang Tingjian that Wang Hechou's works were: "More than novelty, more than subtlety, less than grace and less than subtlety, and it's hard to become a great master." Huang Tingjian still wanted to fight for it, saying that Wang Chuxuei was extremely intelligent and could understand it after reading it once. At this time has been sitting next to the silent Su Xun cold he said: "This is what can be rare, who's son read the book to read twice?" Huang Tingjian had nothing to say, in fact, in terms of family history, in terms of looks, in terms of talent, Wang is enough to compare with Su Xiaomei, but Su Xiaomei just look down on people.

Just when everyone was anxious about Su's marriage, Su Shi met Qin Guan (秦观), Qin Shaoyou (秦少游), by chance. Qin Shaoyou, a native of Gaoyou in today's Jiangsu Province, was born into a landowner's family whose fortunes had fallen, and whose income from the fields was not enough to support themselves. During his teenage years, he also worked with some courtesans in Yangzhou and Yuezhou, "secretly unraveling their scented pouches and lightly parting with their ribbons," and "winning the name of the Green House of Thin Fortune. "Qin Guan in the Song Zhezong Yuanfeng five years and Yuanfeng eight years two times to the Beijing examination failed, Yuan You five years he went to the Beijing for the third time, this time thanks to Su Shi, got as well as the first and stayed in the Beijing for five years to be appointed as a doctor of the University, and the State Historical Institute of the editors, and from then on, he and Su Dongpo's relationship between the teacher and friend, Qin Shao-you will often go in and out of Su's home, the youth of the Qin Shao-you slowly attracted the attention of the Su Xiaomei, the day she saw her brother's place. The day she saw the poetry of Qin Shaoyou at his brother's place, issued a heartfelt admiration, which is a very rare thing, the Su family father and brother will be in mind, and actively try to facilitate the marriage.

As long as Su Xiaomei's side does not have an opinion, as one of the four bachelor's Qin Guan naturally has nothing to say, so the four bachelor's Huang Tingjian made a ready-made matchmaker. Since Qin Shaoyou is not yet an official, while the three Su is already famous, the wedding is naturally organized in the Su family. Generally speaking, the wedding night, the bride will only be shy, joy and anxious waiting in the past, but the witty and eccentric Su Xiaomei is a unique, in the case of occupying all the "location" and "people and", actually want the groom to solve her out of the three topics only! The bridegroom was allowed to enter the bridal chamber.

The first riddle is:

Copper and iron are cast into the oven, and ants are on the wall;

Yin and yang have no two meanings, and heaven and earth are in the center of me.

The first line, "Copper and iron are smelted in an oven, which means "transformed". In the second sentence, the ants climbed up the snow-white powder wall with the meaning of "along", and "along" and "edge" are connected. In the third sentence, there is only one meaning of yin and yang, and that is "Tao".

In the fourth sentence, there is only "man" in the middle of the universe. Together, the four sentences are "the Taoists".

Qin Shaoyou figured out this section with a little thought, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. It turns out that when Huang Tingjian told Qin Shaoyou, the Su family is ready to Su Xiaomei married to him as his wife, although he immediately agreed, but the thought of the legendary Su Xiaomei sudden forehead concave eyes, the young man Qin Shaoyou on his future wife's appearance is really assured, he never saw Su Xiaomei, due to the prevalence of science, emphasizing that men and women do not have to be close to each other, after the betrothal is more likely to see each other again, but not good enough to ask someone else, this piece of the disease of the heart is really deeper and deeper, that day finally learned that Su Xiaomei is a man who is not a woman, but a man who is not a woman. Deeper and deeper, that day finally learned that Su Xiaomei want to enter the temple incense wish, Qin Shaoyou plan to come to mind, dress yourself up as a "Taoist", first in front of the temple door and so on, Su Xiaomei sedan chair, Qin Shaoyou went up to beg: "Miss blessed with life, wish to send mercy! " Su Xiaomei in the sedan chair immediately refused: "Taoist what virtue and ability, dare to ask for alms."

Qin Shaoyou wanted Su Xiaomei's hitch and immediately said, "May the lady's body be like a medicinal tree, and all diseases will not be born!" Su Xiaomei is just belligerent, not willing to show weakness, followed by saying: "With the Taoist mouth spitting lotus, pennies without shedding." The side answer side thought, listen to this Taoist accent is very pleasant to hear, the age must not be too big, I do not know how to look, from his language to see quite a lot of talent, Su Xiaomei curiosity together can not help but lift the sedan chair curtains to see the truth,

Qin ShaoYou want to be Su Xiaomei show face, how to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hurry up and take a step forward, Su Xiaomei openly feel that this is the person Qin ShaoYou, incense is also Do not want to enter, signaling the maid to turn around and leave, Qin Shaoyou chased and said: "The little lady one day to rejoice, why scatter the treasure mountain?" Su Xiaomei heart trouble, angrily replied: "crazy Taoist this greedy, that have to carry the gold cave." Side said the side of a gust of wind like a sedan chair back to the house, Qin Shaoyou finally saw Su Xiaomei, think she is not ugly, especially the temperament of the high Hua, Qingqi compelling, so happy, Su Xiaomei back home but the more you think the more angry, so there is a cave night of the first difficult questions, test Qin Shaoyou, avenge an arrow.

Qin Shaoyou juvenile is in Yangzhou and other places in the courtesan field mixed, in the scene of the face has long been cultivated thicker than the cowhide, figured out that a "poetry riddle", put pen to paper on the back of a:

Chemistry of the spring, the edge of the famous garden flowers bloom;

The way is the east wind original master, everyone dare not! The first is the one that is not.

The word at the beginning of each line in the poem is "化缘道人", and the whole poem also implies an apology, Su Xiaomei read it and was delighted that her husband was so talented and quick, and that he finally admitted his mistake to me.

Another riddle was circulated at that moment, and it was declared that the whole poem was about four historical figures, and the answer to the riddle had to be indicated one by one.

The riddle is:

Strong Master Shengzu has the ability to read at night;

Silk thread often remember mother, the old man leaning on the door all day long.

Qin Shao-you, a learned man, guessed without even thinking about it: in the first line, the strong master is Sun Quan, in the second line, the one who steals light from the wall is Kong Ming, and in the third line, he thought of "the thread in the hands of the loving mother, the clothes on the body of the wandering son, and the tightly sewn threads, fearing that he will return late" from the threads.

Naturally, it is "Zisi", the fourth sentence, the old man leaning on the door all day long, naturally, it is Wang, that is, Taigongwang.

Qin Shao-you successfully passed the test, this test, for Qin Shao-you is like a marching army, every problem is a step forward, this time has come to Su Xiaomei's boudoir outside, Su family father and son and many guests are waiting for the last problem. The window of the boudoir slowly opened a slit, revealing Su Xiaomei's delicate hand, handing out a piece of paper, the servant immediately took it and handed it over to Qin Shaoyou, only to see the above written:

"Hands push open the window in front of the moon, the moon and stars are rare, this night categorically does not rain."

Su Shi looked at the side, secretly laughing, stretching out a finger, pointing to the word "rain", Qin Shaoyou understand, immediately answered:

"A stone breaks the water in the sky, the sky is high and clear, tomorrow morning must become frost."

"Tonight will not rain" on the surface of the moon and stars, but actually implies the meaning of "clouds and rain", as well as "rain" and "language" harmonization. The meaning of "rain" and "language" is also harmonized, which means that I won't talk to you tonight. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of the meaning of the word "rain" and "language", which means that you won't talk to me tonight.

The note was handed in, and the door opened, Su Xiaomei stood by the door with a smile and shyness, and Qin Shaoyou gladly entered, naturally, Wushan dream, cloud and rain intercourse.

There is another anecdote about Su Xiaomei making things difficult for Qin Guan on his wedding night.

Qin Guan heard that Su Dongpo's sister, Su Xiaomei, not only looks good but also good poetry and lyrics, has long been in love. He went to the Su family to propose to them. Su Xun asked each suitor to write an essay for his daughter to read. Little sister in the article on the youngest tour of the criticism: "not at the same time with the three Su, when it is a world of horizontal." Su Xun then betrothed Su Xiaomei to Qin Shaoyou. On the day of the wedding, the youngest sister intended to make things difficult for her. The first two questions were not difficult to Qin Shaoyou, then the third question: "Pair of pairs":

Closed door to launch the moon in front of the window;

ShaoYou afraid of the pair of bland can not show their own talent, so sat by the pond to think hard. Until the third night, Su Dongpo came out to spy on his brother-in-law's news, saw Shaoyou in the pond could not stop muttering "closed the door to push out the moon in front of the window", know that the little sister is difficult, then quietly pick up the stone thrown towards the pond. The first time I saw this, I heard a bang and saw the moon in the pool, so I was inspired and quickly came up with the next couplet:

Throwing a stone to open up the sky under the water," he said.

Then the door to the cave opened with a bang.

Su Xiaomei's triple couplet made it difficult for Qin Shaoyou

During the Jiayou period of the Song Dynasty, Qin Shaoyou, a famous lyricist, was attracted to the clever and lovely Su Xiaomei when he visited Su Shi. Su Xiaomei is not only proficient in poetry and song, but also in couplets, needlework and women's red, only in the light of the "three Su" not many works of the world, little known. Qin Shaoyou fell in love with Su Xiaomei at first sight, and was determined to devote his whole life to her, in order to make a perfect match.

The wind and the rain are in harmony with the fall, and the love of a man and his sister are in harmony with the canal. In the autumn season when the curtain was rolled back and the chrysanthemum bloomed in the east hedge, Qin Shaoyou and Su Xiaomei, a pair of lovers, finally walked into the marriage hall where countless masterpieces have been sung throughout the ages - the cave room, where they continue to perform the classic story of taking over history.

Smart and quick-witted, Xiaomei decided to compete with Shaoyou in a battle of wits when they entered the bridal chamber. The first is to have a chance to compete with her beloved, and the second is to see her lover's dilemma. So as soon as she entered the bridal chamber, she ordered her maid Yanhong to close the door and recited a couplet asking Shaoyou to answer the first line:

"East room, west room, old room, newcomer to the bridal chamber, lifelong companion."

Qin Shao-you received the pair of y touched by his little sister's love for himself, and could not help but speak off the cuff:

"South to study, north to study, elementary school exams to teach the Imperial College, the party to marry the bride."

Smaller sister heard ShaoYou recited the couplet, know that no difficult lover, then personally open the door, greeted ShaoYou sitting at the table, YanHong on the good food and wine will close the door quietly away. The youngest of the two, who is a member of the family, is a member of the family of the youngest sister.

ShaoYou knew his sister's temperament well, so he was not going to stop until he got it right.

So he stood up and bowed:

"I'd like to ask my sister to make a couplet."

"After three rounds of drinking, the cups are exchanged for a toast, the cups are all in the words."

Shao You was stumped. ShaoYou pondered for a long time, but could not answer. Seeing that he was silent, the little sister did not bother him, but just pointed her fingers on the table. Shaoyou back to God, look at the table full of delicacies, a sudden realization, immediately on the road:

"The dish over the five flavors, the shape of the beauty of the beauty of the color of the beauty of the freshness of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the beauty of the heart to stay."

ShaoYou to vegetable metaphor, praise does not show the shape, has been shy to the little sister stretched over the arm, with sleeves to cover the face, and drank this cup of refreshing the heart of the cup of wine.

When Yanhong took down the banquet, the moon was already in the middle of the sky. The youngest of the two, the youngest sister in hand, four eyes opposite, overjoyed. The little sister said shyly: "before the red tent, and Lang hands, if you want to sleep together, and then a couplet."

ShaoYou know that things do not come in threes, not to mention that has been out of the two lines, a boldness was born: "Thank you for the little sister to give the line"

"Although the little sister is small, small hands, small feet and small mouth, small but not small-minded, you have to be careful."

The little sister spat out eight "small" words in one breath, alert and praising himself, arrogant slightly exposed, Shaoyou could not help but knit his brows. He paced back and forth, bitter chanting, can not help but secretly anxious. Little sister see three drums, the moon moved to the west building, also feel remorse, just can't help but look at Shaoyou with a warm gaze.

ShaoYou saw that the little sister could not help but look at himself, looking at him with affection and shyness, and could not help but be moved by his heart, so he casually said:

"ShaoYou is a young man, and the young family has a few rooms and few wives, which is rare and rare, so I would like to marry a young girl."

Small sister carefully read this couplet, feel that ShaoYou in the point of determination to marry their own time, but also self-metaphor of the world few, not down the ambition of men, FangXin greatly pleased, then extinguish the candle pine tent, the achievement of a pile of ancient good relationship.

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After marriage

It is rumored that shortly after the wedding, Su Xiaomei again to the temple incense to return the wish, the temple monks and the Su family siblings were extremely familiar with the temple monks this time intentionally asked Su Xiaomei: "How is it like to be a newlywed?" Su Xiaomei smiled but did not answer, but so that the pen and paper waving figures, and then the note personally pasted inside the bell, said to the monk, want to know exactly, a look will know. The monk had to put his bald head into the bell inside, only to see the paper wrote: "so and so." Happy accompanied by Qin Shaoyou laughed.

Qin Shao-you once in the courtesan pile "roaming won the building thin reputation to survive", has a variety of means to mobilize women's motivation.

Qin Shao-you will be lyrics, his words are good through the bleak scenery, the tone of the expression of sentimental feelings, words like his person, Qin Shao-you of this temperament is also loved by Su Xiaomei, but unfortunately, God jealous of its fate, only a few years after the marriage, Su Xiaomei on the dust of the world. At that time, Qin Shaoyou was working as an official, politically disillusioned, and was relegated to the outside world. When he heard the news, he wrote a song called "A Thousand Years of Autumn":

"Outside of the water's edge and sandy shores, the city's spring cold receded, and the flower shadows were chaotic, and the sound of the ducks was shattered. The wine helmet was sparse, and the parting clothes were wide. I'm not seeing anyone, and the blue clouds are closing in on each other. Remembering the past meeting at the West Pond, the gulls and ducks flew together, hand in hand, who is there now? The dream is broken by the sun, and the face is changed in the mirror. Spring has gone, and the red spots are as sad as the sea."

Then Qin Shaoyou took a woman named Xu Wenying as his wife, which is the latter.