There are two copies of "Xiao Hongsheng Poems" in the house, one is an ink print, which is a signed copy of the author Qiu Shuyuan, and the other is a red copy, which is very rare. Qiu Shuyuan's former residence is very close to my home, and when I stand on the top of the building, I look at it not far ahead. But the former residence is hidden in the jagged buildings and is difficult to find, as ethereal as looking back at the back of Qiu Shuyuan in the depths of the years.
Qiu Shuyuan (1873-1941) was named Weiming, also known as Dexin, Weixuan, Shuyuan, alias Xiao Hongsheng, Xingzhou Yugong, Haicheng, Fujian (in Huizuo, Xin'an Village, Haicang District, Xiamen City), and raised people during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. In 1895, Qiu Shuyuan participated in more than 1,300 people to carry out a bus book in Beijing. Later, he went to Singapore to inherit his father Qiu Duxin's million-dollar inheritance, because he had no intention of career and business, so he met friends with poetry and founded the "Lize" and "Huiyin" literary society, becoming the leader of the overseas Chinese literary circle in Southeast Asia, and was a famous Singaporean poet and newspaper man in the early 20th century, known as "Nanyang Genius" and "Southern Poetry".
Singapore's English name is Singapore, and the name of Sin Chew is actually ordered by Shu Yuan. Regarding the origin of the name "Sin Chew", Qiu Shuyuan said in the article "Sin Chew Tracing the Origins": "Singapore, formerly known as Xingjia Pulau, Wu semantics refers to Lion Island, and the English word is changed to Xinjiapo, Jiayi is added, and the provincial text is also. Fujian and Guangdong merchants also called Shi Lak, because a hundred years ago from Malacca Johor land route, from the southwest of the slope for the passage, is the place name Shi Lak Gate also. The name of Sin Chew began in the ...... of 1**8 yearsShuyuan was named by chance ...... Tiannan XinbaoLater, when Song Sen was raising the school, he compiled a monthly magazine, which was cited - it has been popular for a long time, as if there are other signatures for natural persons. In 1902, when Qiu Shuyuan published the article "Sin Chew Yu Gong Talk" in the "Lujiang Daily", he also elaborated on the origin of the name "Sin Chew".
In his old age, he wrote poems "to go from splendid to peaceful and indifferent, and to make poems that are leisurely and distant, and in order to get rid of the shackles of rope and ink and enter the realm of nature, his spirit is transferred to small poems - five or seven quatrains, do not exaggerate, do not disguise, only capture the most beautiful impression of the moment, and only capture the activities of his own soul for a while."
Xiao Hongsheng's poems" were inscribed by Di Pingzi, a famous newspaperman at that time, and the preface written by Kang Youwei in the autumn of 1922 was at the beginning of the article. Kang Youwei said in the preface that "or with Huang Gongdu, Jingqing, and Jin Lianyan", and its value can be known. It was followed by Qiu Shuyuan's "Xiao Hongsheng Poems from the Preface" and "Xiao Hongsheng Poems from the Preface". This book is a single fishtail, with one side on all sides, 14 lines on half a page, and 24 words in a line. Small print on two lines, 33 words in line.
On the cover of the ink print, there are seven characters of "Mr. Dongfu Shuyuan Gift", the line inscribed with a brush, the dot painting is flying, strong and fit, when it is Qiu Shuyuan's handwriting, but unfortunately I don't know who the recipient "Dongfu" is. What makes this autograph book unique is that there are more than 10 seals in the book, including famous seals and idle seals, such as "Qiu Shuyuan Seal", "Wei Qi Handmade", "Qiu Shuyuan's Clan", "Shu Yuan", "Xiao Hongsheng", "Alcoholism", "Wind and Moon Lovesickness", "I Wish to Be Safe", "The Only Way", "Xiaohong Poems", "Shuyuan Hand-edited First Draft", "Wei Ming Longevity", etc., some are printed at the end of the preface, and some are printed at the frontispiece of each volume.
The red print is rebound after restoration, the cover is added later, and traces of insect moth can be seen on the front and back pages of the whole book, but the flaws are not concealed and do not affect the reading. Compared with ink prints, red prints are also very rare.
The book contains four volumes of "Xiao Hongsheng Poems" and three volumes of "Xiao Hongsheng Poems", which are selected from 1890 to 1917 by Qiu Shuyuan, a total of 201 questions and 451 poems, most of which are "wandering and glamorous poems over the years". These poems, which have the habits of the old literati, show an aspect of Qiu Shuyuan's legendary life, from which they can fully understand his real life, social interactions, and literary achievements. Some people also think that "Xiao Hongsheng Poems" is "a work of many games, not a true collection".
After the publication of Xiao Hongsheng's poems, it was quite sought after, and there was no shortage of inscriptions. The editor of "People's Literature" said: "Reading his poems is like seeing his people, but he is not like a person in Shuyuan, and he must not be a poem in Shuyuan." The more I know the relationship between poetry and people, the more it is. Literary historian Lu Danlin said: "Recently, he (Qiu Shuyuan) sent me a copy of Xiao Hongsheng's poems, with a preface by Kang Youwei at the beginning, inscribed by Di Chuqing, and sent three more copies to me to transfer to Di Chuqing, Ding Zhonghu, and Pan Laolan. "Di Chuqing is Di Pingzi; Ding Zhonghu, also known as Ding Fubao, is a famous medical educator, bibliophile, and translator in modern times; Pan Laolan is Pan Feisheng, the word Lan Shi, the number of swordsman, Xinlan, Lao Lan, alias Lao Jian, Kendo people, etc., is a famous poet, lyricist and scholar in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and is also an important member of the Nanshe, Lishe and other societies.
After Qiu Shuyuan's death, his daughter Qiu Mingquan and son-in-law Wang Shengzhi sorted out his posthumous works and published the "Shuyuan Poetry Collection", which is divided into the first part, the second part and the third part, in order of year, including 1045 poems written between 1890 and 1941, which is a summary of his poetry creation in his life, and plays an important role in the study of Qiu Shuyuan's life and the history of Chinese society in Southeast Asia.
Author's Affiliation: Xiamen Xingcai Vocational and Technical College).