Scholar's Youth

In Jingxiu, Cui of Langya was proficient in all six arts: calligraphy, piano, chess, and chess. He was the best in the south of the Yangtze River. His reputation spread far and wide, and he was in the limelight for a while. The Cui family has a son named Fangnian, who has a small character named Ruyi and is good at playing the guqin. Every time you play the harp, you must first bathe and burn incense, fast for three days, play the harp under the big banyan tree, and sing loudly, saying: "When you are decorated with lotus osmanthus, the enchantress drags her skirt; when you wear a raincoat, the fisherman sings late; when you meet a beautiful woman, the young master dances with his sword." Such a handsome young man should have inherited the family's glory as a matter of course, but he unexpectedly offended the powerful, and his family was separated and he was living in exile. Fortune and misfortune depended on each other. During a palace coup, Fang Nian accidentally performed meritorious deeds and became a hero respected by everyone. After relying on his own ability to achieve a prosperous youth, he quietly retired to seclusion with his beloved and disappeared...