The story of "Tang Bohu dotting autumn incense" has been circulated among the people for hundreds of years, and there has been controversy about the authenticity of this legend. However, today we are going to explore the real history behind this story and unravel the mystery together.
The real Tang Bohu in history did not have the legendary romance, lived a poor life, and had a rough life. He was implicated in the imperial examination fraud case, lost hope of advancement, and had many unhappy marriages. The second half of Tang Bohu's life is inseparable from Taohuawu, he calls himself the master of Taohuawu, and once wrote "Peach Blossom Anthem" to describe his life.
Although Tang Bohu did not marry a wife named Qiu Xiang, there was indeed a woman named Qiu Xiang in his contemporaries, but she was not the maidservant of a large family, but a famous prostitute in the Fengyue Field of Jinling in the southern capital at that time. Qiu Xiangqin, chess, poetry, and painting are proficient, and are known as "Wuzhong female talents".
At the same time, there is also the figure of Hua Taishi in history, he is 27 years younger than Tang Bohu, formerly known as Hua Cha, and is a five-year jinshi of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. Hua Taishi lives frugally, eats simply, and there is no maid at home. His two sons are not mentally retarded, and they are rarely talented. It can be seen from this that "Tang Bohu points autumn fragrance" was originally "Chen Gongzi points autumn fragrance", because the prototype Chen Yuanchao is also a native of Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and Tang Bohu is the same talent, Feng Menglong at the end of the Ming Dynasty mistook the identities of the two. Rumors are refuted