New Legend of Peach Blossom Fan

Introduction to "The New Peach Blossom Fan Legend" ——Han Gong Hu Sang In the late Ming Dynasty, there was political corruption, frequent suspicious cases, fierce party struggles, eunuchs taking power, constant natural disasters, and the rise of thieves. Hou Fangyu lived in Nanjing and lived by Mochou Lake, where he met the famous prostitute Li Xiangjun. On the day of the engagement, Hou Fangyu wrote a poem on the fan and gave it to Xiang Jun as a token. Ruan Dacheng, a remnant of Wei's eunuch party, was not tolerated by the scholars of the restoration community, so he bought a dowry on his behalf to win over Hou Sheng. Li Xiangjun was a strong man and decisively returned the dowry. Li Zicheng conquered Beijing, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng supported King Fu to ascend the throne and changed Yuan Dynasty to Hongguang. They abused power and disrupted the government, ostracizing scholars from Donglin and Fushe. Zuo Liangyu used the name "Qing Jun Side" to force Nanjing. Hou Fangyu sent a letter to dissuade him, but was framed by Ruan Dacheng. Hou Sheng fled to Yangzhou alone and went to Shi Kefa. Ma Shiying forced Li Xiangjun to marry Caofu Tianyang, but Xiangjun refused with death. Blood splattered on the poetry fan, and Yang Longyou dyed the blood stains on the fan into peach blossoms. Li Xiangjun was selected to teach opera in the palace and asked Su Kunsheng to bring the peach blossom fan to Hou Sheng. Hou Sheng returned to Nanjing to visit and was arrested and imprisoned. The Qing army crossed the river, Hongguang's monarch and his ministers fled, Hou Sheng was released from prison, took refuge in Qixia Mountain, reunited with Li Xiangjun, and both became monks. Kong Shangren, the author of "The Peach Blossom Fan", "used the emotions of separation and union to write about the feelings of rise and fall", implicitly expressing his ambition to "reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty". It is the pinnacle of ancient Chinese historical dramas. In order to make it easier for modern readers to read, "The New Legend of the Peach Blossom Fan" adapted the script into a novel, and also incorporated a large number of background historical materials from the Wanli, Taichang, Tianqi, Chongzhen, Hongguang, and Longwu years.